The waterlight on the wall reflected the flame of the gas lamp, and the wailing echoed in my ears.
A stretcher bed was lined up behind the iron bars, and a dozen figures were fixed on the stretcher, some roaring at the top of their lungs, some whispering, or laughing foolishly. Most of these patients were wearing police uniforms, as well as a few medical staff.
The police officers taking care of them behind the bars put sound-blocking cotton in their ears to prevent those crazy words from entering their ears.
But in fact, amidst this chaotic roar, it is difficult to concentrate and listen to what a particular patient has to say.
"Why did they become like this?" Lu Li asked.
He saw a familiar face in the hospital bed, Police Officer Vincent.
That night in the madhouse, he was still complaining to Lu Li that things were getting worse and worse lately.
"They found something from the lunatic asylum, and everyone who came into contact with it and saw it went crazy." Joel pointed to a certain bed, and the figure on it was convulsing violently like an epileptic. "That's Sheriff Erics.
, the poor guy just looked at it."
That's why they were greeted by Deputy Sheriff Valentine.
"What did they see?" Valentin asked in a low voice, not daring to breathe loudly.
Joel squinted over: "Didn't I say that everyone who has touched it is lying inside. Unless you can find a way to make them regain their senses and speak."
"Will they recover?"
"Their minds have collapsed. In other words, their sanity values are no longer effective or have been cleared to zero, and there is almost no possibility of waking up."
Lu Li remained silent.
He had estimated the danger of this world to the greatest extent, but still underestimated it - he would go crazy just because he saw it, which was almost unavoidable.
"Don't be too sad. Most people who go crazy don't live long." Joel thought Lu Li's silence was pity for these patients. He shook his head and said with an expression that he was used to seeing: "They won't eat. As time goes by,
They will become weaker and weaker. Those patients who yell will die first, then those who struggle and move, and finally there will be a wave of relative silence."
"Where is that thing?"
Joel's face became a little gloomy: "It's lost. So I stayed to deal with these problems, and the other team members went to track the guy."
"Richard did it?"
"No one would want to steal it except him." Joel looked at Lu Li. "Do you have any ideas?"
Lu Li did not answer him directly, and asked with a calm expression: "I still have some questions, such as why Richard was fine after touching that thing."
"Maybe he's somehow immune to this chaos? I don't know."
"When did they start going crazy? When they came into contact with that thing, or after a period of time."
Because several days have passed since the lunatic asylum incident.
"Let Valentine talk to you."
Joel waved his hand, as if he was too lazy to explain, and he and Lu Li looked at Valentine at the same time.
"Uh..." Deputy Sheriff Valentin froze and hesitated several times, but couldn't say anything.
Just as it was Sheriff Erics who was lying inside instead of Deputy Sheriff Valentin, the deputy Sheriff who was afraid of death saved his life because of his greedy and fearful character.
Valentine, who had escaped, would not jump into the fire pit again. If Joel, the night watchman, had not appeared, he would not have even come down to see his subordinates.
Joel noticed something, but said nothing. He waved to a police officer taking care of the patient in the iron fence.
Maybe he thinks people like Valentine are smart people and the ones most likely to survive to the end.
The staff taking care of the patients had already noticed the appearance of the two men accompanied by the deputy police chief. Following Joel's wave, one of them temporarily put down the wooden feeding bowl, opened the unlocked iron door and stood in front of the three of them.
Joel pointed to his ears: "There is nothing wrong with my Nikolai counter. Take off the plugs in your ears."
The officer couldn't hear what Joel said, but it didn't prevent him from understanding the movements. He hesitated to remove the cotton in his ears, and then grinned in pain because of the ear-piercing wailing sound.
"Should we talk somewhere else?" Joel asked, looking at Lu Li.
"It's fine here." The environment did not affect Lu Li's thinking.
Joel nodded, pointed at Lu Li and shouted, "This friend wants to know the process of why they went crazy."
The staff nodded and loudly recounted what happened after that night.
There were no problems when Vincent and others came into contact with the object, which is why Sheriff Erics was lying inside - they didn't yet know what contact with the object meant to them.
This strange calm did not last long, and Vincent and others began to behave strangely. They first heard murmurs in their ears, each of which was different. Some people heard two people arguing, and then more and more people were arguing.
Someone heard prayers, and then more and more prayers joined in. Someone heard someone talking to him, and then more and more people spoke.
Without exception, their situation worsened over time.
This situation lasted for a day, and these people began to have hallucinations. Some people saw something descending from the gloomy clouds. Some people saw many strange black shadows wandering around them. Some people saw an infinite line spreading downwards, as if
A deep staircase leading directly to the ground.
At this time, both the person and the people around them have realized that they are strange.
Sheriff Erics was the last person to come into contact with it. When the time difference drove others crazy, Erics still maintained his last sanity.
Erics realized what the source was, and when he finally regained consciousness, he banned everyone from touching that thing, and locked all those who had hallucinations after touching that thing, including himself, into the basement, and put the deputy chief in charge of the next step in the police station.
everything of,
Later, Lu Li found out that Deputy Sheriff Valentine contacted the night watchman and the item was stolen by Richard.
After saying this, the staff plugged their ears again and went back to the iron bars to get busy.
Joel looked at Lu Li who was thinking, waiting for his judgment.
"You can pay attention to the residents who have disappeared recently." Lu Li said.
Joel mused: "Do you think Richard will continue?"
"He is a lunatic with different thinking than ordinary people. Since he dares to break into the police station and steal things, he will not hide temporarily like ordinary people. He will continue-"
At this point, Lu Li paused slightly and asked, "Can I see the missing persons information you compiled?"
Joel tilted his head: "Deputy Sheriff, give him a copy of your information."
"I'll go back and get it!"
Valentin, who already regretted following him, said quickly, turned around and left the basement.
After leaving the dark and depressing basement, Valentine felt relaxed all over, and he waved to summon a subordinate.
"Bring me the missing persons list compiled from the lunatic asylum incident."
