Hospital 444
Chapter 274 - 10 Crisis

Chapter 274: Chapter 10 Crisis

Dai Wei looked at the house in front of him, pushed open the window, and then, squeezed his way in.

Throughout the process, he was very nervous, fearing that his body would touch the mist nearby.

Fortunately, he managed to enter the house without any misadventure.

The mist, both inside and outside the house, stopped clearly on a certain line as if blocked by an invisible wall. The villagers all firmly believed this was due to the temple.

"Whew, that was close. Thank goodness."

However, the problem after entering the house was that there were no windows on the other side. If they wanted to get out, they had to go down from a window upstairs. Luckily, there was a tree opposite that they could climb down.

The staircase was not covered by the mist, which was a stroke of luck in an otherwise unfortunate situation.

"Be careful, hurry up and follow!"

"Okay, okay..."

Suddenly, Dai Wei realized...

He had become the last person in the team!

As the others were eager to get through the house as quickly as possible, they did not care about the formation and quickly bypassed Dai Wei, heading up the stairs. They moved so swiftly that Dai Wei was overtaken by them in a moment of distraction.

All he could do now was to hurry to catch up, to avoid being left behind.

But just as he stepped onto the first stair, something... happened!

He saw the White Mist beside him suddenly start to envelop him!

The staircase was right next to the wall, leaving Dai Wei with no place to hide!

As the White Mist enveloped him, he heard a strange sound coming from within it.

That sound...

Sounded like something being torn apart, and with the White Mist spreading, the sound became clearer and clearer.

Only then did Dai Wei remember to raise the bamboo pole and aim it forward, and then... he thrust the ceramic doll on top of the pole into the mist!

The tearing sound continued, but as the ceramic doll penetrated deeper into the mist, it was like pouring hot oil into water, immediately growing louder!

Dai Wei, terrified, kept pressing his body against the wall, continually extending the ceramic doll forward.

Finally...

The noise began to subside, and the mist started to retreat bit by bit.

Dai Wei breathed a sigh of relief and withdrew the bamboo pole.

He then looked at the ceramic doll and was shocked.

The sobbing ceramic doll had lost its entire right side of the head!

Hadn’t it been less than half an hour?

Dai Wei examined the cross-section of the doll’s head and noticed it was smeared with bloodstains!

What blood was this?

The ceramic doll certainly couldn’t bleed, so whose blood... was this?

Dai Wei continued upwards and saw the window on the upper floor.

Looking out the window, he saw the other eight people had already gone down.

Captain Lin Tai said, "Dai Wei! What took you so long, we’re all waiting for you!"

"Okay, I... I’ll be right there!"

In front of Dai Wei was a tree branch, sturdy and thick. He lifted his foot, stepped on the branch, placed his hand on the windowsill, and tucked the bamboo pole under his armpit.

After placing both feet on the branch, he grabbed a higher limb with one hand, and just like that, he was hanging in the tree.

Suddenly!

That familiar tearing sound resurfaced, and then, Dai Wei saw the great mist starting to surge towards him again!

Now, Dai Wei was in the worst possible situation.

His body was suspended in the tree, and one hand had to grip the branch tightly. If he needed to reach for the bamboo pole under his armpit, he would have to use the hand that was holding the branch! However, doing so, he could not possibly stand steadily on the branch with just his feet!

"No, no!"

At this moment, Dai Wei was gripped by intense fear, and with the White Mist approaching, he couldn’t even lift the bamboo pole!

Just then, Captain Lin dashed over, lifted his bamboo pole, and swiftly inserted it into the White Mist!

As the White Mist finally began to retreat, just inches away from Dai Wei’s nose.

For the patrol team members, this was extremely dangerous. If they couldn’t contain the spread of the mist in time, not only would they die, but the mist would push significantly closer towards the interior of the village. The only stroke of luck was that, with someone on patrol, the mist would only spread in the areas where the patrol team had passed.

Dai Wei finally let out a sigh of relief.

Thank goodness...

He had survived!

Then, Dai Wei jumped down from the tree.

"That was so close just now!"

"Dai Wei, are you okay?"

"How did you end up being the last one?"

"Yeah, my heart was in my throat."

Dai Wei was still shaken.

So close... so very close...

He had nearly died!

Dai Wei looked at Captain Lin Tai and said with immense gratitude, "Thank you! Captain Lin... Thank you!"

Lin Tai sighed and said, "You really have bad luck. How do you manage to run into every possible situation?"

Then, he glanced at Dai Wei’s porcelain doll, saying in surprise, "How come you..."

Thinking for a moment, he then addressed the others, "Listen, everyone, take care of Dai Wei. After all, today is his first time on patrol. Later on, if the mist near him starts changing, help him out a bit."

"Why should we?" the team members immediately protested. "Our porcelain dolls also get worn out from use. If his is used up and then we help, that would make more sense."

"All right, Dai Wei, I’ll make a decision," Captain Lin, knowing fairness was important, said, "Everyone will help you, but you’ll have to share your food rations from the temple with others tomorrow."

Compared to survival, food supplies were indeed something one could forgo. Dai Wei nodded and replied, "Okay, let’s do it that way."

Dai Wei had thought that since his parents had been on so many patrols, they wouldn’t encounter any problems, but he was still nearly in an accident! Now, he couldn’t even bring his rationed food home.

"Alright, let’s keep moving."

"Yeah, can you still walk?"

"I can... I can."

At this time... inside Dai Wei’s home.

Dai Wei’s mother, Zhang Guilin, was making a small birthday cake for her son, hoping to give it to him when he returned, and she had also prepared candles.

Household supplies were quite precious in the village now. The temple could obtain a lot of things, but any items requiring electricity were useless without power, so there was definitely no oven, and also no refrigerator for storing anything in advance.

This cake was destined to be very rough, without even thinking about cream or the like.

"You could have made it later," Dai Jianguo said. "Now that it’s ready, we’ll have to reheat it when Dai Wei gets back."

"I’m afraid I might not do it well, so I wanted to give it a try. If only we had a fridge, then I could try to make it earlier."

At this point, Dai Jianguo glanced at the clock.

"Almost thirty minutes now."

"Hmm," Dai Jianguo said. "It’s almost time for the first count."

After the incident with Uncle Lei San, Village Chief Ge made a new regulation: patrols must count off at least every half hour. If the team captain noticed a decrease in numbers, he must count immediately.

At this time...

Seeing the turbulent White Mist still made Dai Wei feel frightened.

No matter what, they had to keep moving forward.

They had to make a successful round of the village before midnight, at all costs, there absolutely could be no accidents.

Thus, the team continued to advance.

Dai Wei, still at the very front of the team.

At this time...

The snow began to fall heavier than before.

The bone-chilling cold made Dai Wei subconsciously wrap his shoulders.

"Time’s up... count off!"

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