Chapter 5: Doctor

“I……” The man in the white coat appeared calmer than the others; even the corpse on the table didn’t affect him. “My name is Zhao Haibo, I’m a doctor, you should be able to tell from my clothing.”

He reached out and tugged at his dirty white coat, continuing, “Before coming here, I was performing surgery on a lady. She had nao shi nei zhong liu, which was growing rapidly and had been enlarging over the past six months, already causing mild shui nao. If we didn’t perform craniotomy quickly, it could be life-threatening.”

“I chose the frontal lobe approach, using CT ding wei to directly puncture to the nao shi. In reality, this surgery always carries significant risks each time it’s performed, but that lady chose to take the risk in order to stay with her young son for the long term.”

“Normally, the operating room maintains such stability that even a breeze isn’t allowed, but who could have expected something more powerful than wind to strike.”

“When the earthquake hit, I had just removed the lady’s skull and was cutting the hard meninges. If anything went wrong at that step, it could easily cause da nao cua shang, leading to devastating aftereffects.”

“I made a quick decision to terminate the surgery and temporarily replace the skull. Otherwise, in that dusty environment, the lady’s life would have been in grave danger.”

“But I didn’t expect this step to be more difficult than I imagined. How could I accurately replace a small piece of skull when I couldn’t even stand steadily?”

“The nurse beside me bumped into me, throwing me off balance, and no one could keep steady. In the chaos, I could only first cover the lady’s head with a sterile sheet, then immediately turn to organize everyone’s evacuation. But at that moment, I was hit by a medical cart, and I fell to the ground.”

“Before I could get up, the operating room ceiling cracked open, and I lost consciousness immediately.”

After hearing the doctor’s story, everyone’s faces looked uneasy.

In his story, he used many yi xue shu yu.

Among these terms, if one word was made up, no one could tell.

“Zhao Yisheng, where are you from?” the muscular man asked casually.

“I don’t feel obligated to answer your question.” Zhao Yisheng replied, “My story is finished.”

The muscular man opened his mouth but said nothing.

“Am, am I next?” A boy wearing glasses hesitated for a moment and said, “My name is Han Yimo, I’m a……”

“Wait.” The goat-headed one suddenly interrupted Han Yimo.

This startled Han Yimo, and he turned back in confusion.

“Wha-what’s wrong?”

“It’s ‘intermission time’ now.” The goat-headed one smirked and said, “We’ll have a twenty-minute break.”

Everyone was a bit at a loss.

Having an “intermission time” at a moment like this?

Qi Xia glanced at the clock in the center of the table. From the time they woke up until now, half an hour had passed.

Now it was 12:30.

“In other words, this ‘break’ is mandatory.” Qi Xia thought to himself, “When it reaches 12:30, no matter who is speaking, there will be a forced twenty-minute rest……”

But the game had only been going for thirty minutes, and now they had to rest for twenty minutes?

Qi Xia frowned, knowing this wasn’t something he needed to worry about.

The organizer of this game was a madman, so there was no point thinking about it in normal terms.

So, he could only keep brainwashing himself in his mind.

“I’m Li Ming, from Shandong.”

Only by repeating this countless times could he blurt it out when it was his turn to speak.

Everyone waited quietly with troubled expressions.

Though it was called a “break,” the atmosphere was even more oppressive.

“May I ask…… can we talk?” the muscular man asked the goat-headed one.

“Oh, of course, this is free time now, I have no right to interfere.”

The muscular man nodded and turned to Zhao Yisheng: “Zhao Yisheng, where exactly are you from?”

Zhao Yisheng’s face darkened: “I said, you seem to have been dissatisfied with me from the start. Why do I have to tell you where I’m from?”

“Don’t misunderstand, I have no ill intent.” The muscular man said steadily, “The more you say, the more credible it is. Since everyone else has shared their hometowns, there’s no need for you to hide it, right?”

“The more you say, the more credible it is?” The doctor shook his head noncommittally. “I only know that ‘talking too much leads to mistakes.’ If the rules are absolute, there’s nothing wrong with my story. Besides, I don’t trust any of you.”

“That’s a bit biased.” The muscular man said, “There are nine people here, only one is the enemy. If you’re willing to cooperate with everyone, we can work together to expose that liar. The more you hide, the more suspicious you become. This is the second time I’m asking—are you still going to hide it?”

The muscular man was clearly skilled at interrogation; with just a few words, he had backed Zhao Yisheng into a logical corner.

His meaning was clear:

Only the “liar” doesn’t need to trust others, since he knows his own identity.

If the doctor continued to hide, he would become the target of all.

But someone who could become a brain specialist wasn’t ordinary. He snorted coldly and asked, “Then you answer me first—who are you? What do you do?”

“Me?” The muscular man didn’t expect the doctor to counterattack suddenly, and his expression turned unnatural.

“That’s right. Since you keep pressing me after my story, I can ask you before yours.” Zhao Yisheng smiled slightly. “Fair, isn’t it?”

The muscular man thought for a moment, then nodded. “You’re right, I have nothing to hide. My name is Li Shangwu, I’m a jing cha.”

As soon as he said that, everyone looked at him.

At a time like this, the two words “jing cha” gave everyone an unexpected sense of security.

“You’re a police officer?!” The doctor was stunned.

No wonder he felt this man had been probing from the beginning. He was also the first to suggest “wanting everyone to survive.” Maybe he really wanted to save them all.

The doctor’s attitude clearly improved. “If that’s the case, I apologize for my earlier attitude. I’m from Jiangsu.”

At that moment, the tattooed man Qiao Jiajin looked uneasy: “I say, Zhao Yisheng, are you really going to trust this Li Jingguan?”

“Hmm?” Zhao Yisheng looked at Qiao Jiajin in confusion. “What are you trying to say?”

Qiao Jiajin tapped the table with his finger and said lightly, “This isn’t ‘story time’ right now, in other words…… everyone can lie now.”