In a Horror Game, But Memory Resets Every Six Seconds - Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Every instance had its own Gatekeeper.

They were high-authority NPCs who explained the rules and, within their own instances, could punish and erase players who broke them.

The Gatekeeper of the Hospital Instance looked under thirty.

She was a very pretty young woman who clearly loved looking beautiful.

The beauty part was my own deduction.

Because the two lengths of intestine hanging out of her had their ends tied into bows.

They dragged along the floor as she walked, just like the sleeves on Diaochan Christmas Romance.

The veteran players had seen plenty of Gatekeepers, so they were all extremely calm.

The new players had run into a few NPCs on the way to Base Camp, but none of them had been anywhere near this oppressive.

“Ah!”

For a while, the new players all shrieked and yelped in chaos.

I screamed once every six seconds.

Everyone else had quieted down, but I was still going.

The Gatekeeper began announcing the rules. [Welcome to Third Affiliated Hospital. I am…]

Me: “Ah!”

What was this? So scary.

[…I am the Gatekeeper of the Third Hospital Instance. The clear condition this time is…]

“Ah!”

So scary.

That Gatekeeper bled from her stomach whenever she spoke, the blood running down her intestines.

After being interrupted for the seventh time, the Gatekeeper stared at me with dead-fish eyes.

I looked back innocently.

In the end, she wrapped me up in bandages until I looked like a mummy, leaving only my ears and nose exposed.

Everything in front of me went pitch-black. I couldn’t see a thing.

I became much better behaved.

With my legs curled up, I wriggled around on the ground like a maggot.

[The clear condition this time is Warmth Value.]

[The wards on each floor of Third Hospital are occupied by Unknown Anomaly entities. Players may move freely and make contact with the unknown. If your Warmth Value reaches full, you will die and be eliminated. Return to True Heart to clear the instance.]

[Countdown: 60 minutes. Before the game doors open, you may not go downstairs.]

[Find the key. When the Hospital Gate Opens, everyone may escape.]

[I will also be one of the unknowns.]

The moment the Gatekeeper’s voice fell, the players in each team grew restless.

The Hospital Instance had always worn people down psychologically.

Although it was rated A-class, it could absolutely reach the S-class level of other instances.

If this had been an escape-and-kill scenario, some of them might have gotten excited.

But at this moment, all forty-three players looked worried.

There was also one mummy whose face couldn’t be seen.

Whether they were beginners or veterans who had survived countless battles, compared to the fear value in an escape-and-kill scenario, Warmth Value was clearly much harder to control.