Under Tao Le's surprised gaze, Xia Huangquan calmly opened the escape hatch and jumped out.
There were clearly countless energy guns pointed at him, but he didn't care at all, and even turned to smile at Tao Le.
"Don't be afraid," he said silently with his lips.
"The third young master said, no one will be left alive." Amu's voice was cold, without any warmth from before.
Countless energy bombs immediately penetrated Huang Quan's body, turning him into a ball of white light and turning him into nothingness in front of Tao Le.
She didn't know why, even though she knew it wasn't true, seeing this person die in front of her like this, Tao Le's heart suddenly felt a heavy pain.
Because of this indescribable pain, Tao Le even forgot about the guns aimed at her.
But there was no chance for her to feel fear.
Because at this moment, everything around Tao Le changed, and he was in a new virtual city-like scene.
At the same time, the game's prompt sounded: "Congratulations to Deep Space Spark, for passing the prologue with a score of 962! Ranking: first in this group and first in the entire server."
Next, the scores and information of other members of the group also appeared in her mind.
Xiahuangquan is ranked second, and Black Gold and Guanhai Tower are tied for third and fourth.
Ruby and a few people who aspired to be pirates lined up at the back, but after their names, they all had a skull symbol added.
Tao Le understood that this was the division of camp selection. Most people represent order, while a few people like Ruby choose chaos.
What she didn't understand was that she and Xia Huangquan were still on the pirate ship at that time and didn't escape, so why weren't they assigned to the chaotic camp like them?
Could it be that just because he showed his willingness to escape, he would be considered as antagonistic by the system?
It makes sense to think so.
At this moment she also roughly understood the function of the prologue.
In fact, the resources obtained in the early stage of the game are determined based on performance.
As the first place in this group, she received quite generous rewards:
A private G-class starship; 100,000 yuan in funds; 10,000 microcubes of source energy; 100 random herb seed packets.
In addition, there is something that makes Tao Le baffled: a complete learning tutorial on health-preserving skills.
Tao Le took a rough look at it and suddenly felt a lack of interest.
Instead of continuing to play, she chose to quit.
The scene where he died in front of her just now had a certain impact on her heart, and she needed to rest and adjust.
Speaking of which, until now, Tao Le didn't think there was any point in this game.
The immersive feeling is indeed very strong, but it is also too bloody. It is completely different from what Melanie originally introduced it to.
In addition, for the first time in her life, she made a gaming netizen, who, after betraying a lot of people, died in front of her in that way.
She always felt that he was a man who was both good and evil. It was difficult to evaluate him, and she didn't know how to face him.
Things like games are still a waste of time. Tao Le told Xiao Qi to put away the VR glasses and not plan to play anymore for the time being.
When she said this, she didn't notice the disappointed look in Xi Mu's eyes.
Coincidentally, just after lunch, Tao Le received a call from the hospital, asking if she could go back to the stage for surgery and be responsible for doing EHS sutures.
Dr. Ai Yuan, who came from Haishi, can only stay in Yunshi for a week in total. The hospital must fill up his time, so that neither he nor she can be idle.
Speaking of which, allowing her to rest at home for a day and a half is already a great deal of care.
The waiting area outside the gastrointestinal endoscopy department was filled with a large number of patients as always.
When Tao Le passed by, he saw a seven or eight-year-old boy running and jumping happily around the waiting area.
Such a young boy has gastrointestinal problems? Tao Le frowned and opened the golden finger.
Well, the child is quite healthy and has no gastrointestinal problems at all.
Tao Le couldn't help but shook his head because of his sensitivity.
This child obviously came here with the adults in his family. It must have been brought here because there was no one to look after it at home.
Just as she was about to walk in, she heard a violent cough.
"Hey, watch it!" A woman almost jumped up and shook her clothes desperately: "You are so old, why are you coughing rice grains on people!"
"I'm sorry!" The 60-year-old man next to her had a red face and kept apologizing. He took out a wad of toilet paper from his pocket and wanted to wipe it with her.
"Forget it!" The woman looked at the crumpled paper with disgust, turned around and sat down away from the old man.
Tao Le noticed that the boy just now ran back, hugged the old man and kissed him twice.
The old man then laughed, but with this smile, he couldn't help but cough a few times and choked out a few grains of rice.
Seeing this scene, Tao Le's expression became solemn.
She arrived early, and there was still some time before the operation started, so she could take some time to understand the situation.
"Uncle, is this child your grandson?" Tao Le asked as he sat next to him.
"Yes!" The uncle kept his eyes on the boy, his eyes full of doting.
"The child's parents, do they live with you?"
This topic obviously brought up the old man's sadness.
"His parents passed away in a car accident the year before last, and they took my wife with them." The old man hesitated for a while before saying, "This child is now dependent on me."
Tao Le really didn't expect it to be like this.
"Then you came here today because you have a bad appetite?"
"Not really. I've been coughing at home for more than half a month and it's not getting better. So I called the internal medicine department this morning and was looking for a doctor."
Probably because he hadn’t chatted with anyone for a long time, the old man started chatting:
"The doctor asked me to do a bunch of tests and take a chest X-ray, and he said I had some bronchitis."
"I told the doctor at that time that I have been suffering from acid reflux in my stomach recently and it is a bit difficult to swallow. Can I treat him together?"
"The doctor took me very seriously. He asked me for a long time whether I should smoke or not, and whether I should drink or not."
Hearing this, Tao Le could not understand what the physician treating the old man was worried about.
It's easy to say that acid reflux may be caused by gastric ulcer or reflux esophagitis.
But difficulty swallowing is a very dangerous sign.
The doctor's first reaction was to rule out esophageal cancer.
This is the tenth most deadly disease. It progresses rapidly. Once discovered, it is often at an advanced stage - basically hopeless.
"The doctor asked me a lot of questions, such as how to drink water, whether I can swallow it, etc."
Tao Le was also very concerned about this issue: "Do you choke when you drink water?"
"It was fine before, but I started to choke when I drank water recently." The old man said and coughed a few more times.
"Before I came here, I was wondering if it could be lung cancer because I kept coughing." The old man looked a little relaxed: "But the doctor said it couldn't be the case. It was probably a stomach problem."
"That lady was so kind. Seeing that I had come all the way to see a doctor, she helped me insert a gastroscopy number for the afternoon - otherwise, the appointment for this examination would have been scheduled for half a month."
"It's okay if it's not lung cancer!" He looked at his grandson who ran out as Sa Huan'er said, "What if something happens to me, what will happen to this child?"
Tao Le glanced at the child, feeling quite heavy.
Based on what we just learned and the verification by Golden Finger, this old man’s body can’t hold on much longer.
(End of chapter)
