Chapter 618: New Instance Composition
[Please note that instance rule filling must comply with corresponding regulations and cannot set rules beyond the instance's own level. Instance holders may set rules based on the instance's characteristics while participating in it, ensuring smooth gameplay without completely closing off the game. Additionally, once rules are successfully established, instance holders must also abide by the game rules.]
[Rules must pass game review.]
Xu Huo had seen this advance notice before. Although time was tight last time, he had still verified some game rules.
The rules filled in must be related to the instance's content, and the mission content must also be related. Moreover, it must not completely block the possibility of clearance. In fact, it cannot be completely blocked because after the rules are established, the game will impose restrictions on the instance holder.
The three missions he set when the instance was last opened were "accept at least one psychological treatment," "kill a doctor," and "find the hospital entrance."
The first two had some flexibility. With his participation, the hospital would not be forcibly assigned by the game to have a doctor responsible for psychological treatment, nor a doctor whose death in the second mission would allow clearance. However, the third "hospital entrance" did exist. The game set a fixed entrance, located at the main gate of the hospital building, but the "entrance" in the players' eyes had already been swapped by him.
[During the current instance upgrade process, the Seventeenth Hospital has added the Dean's Office, Psychological Treatment Room, Pathology Room, Infectious Disease Observation Floor, Pathogen Sample Library, and Infectious Disease Isolation Building. Please have the instance holder fill in the game rules as soon as possible.]
The upgrade was not yet complete, but Xu Huo could already see the floor plan of the Seventeenth Hospital. The basic setup of the first building remained unchanged, only the corresponding floors had been added. The first and second floors had become offices, rest rooms, meeting rooms, and security workstations.
The third to sixth floors were general wards, while the seventh, eighth, and ninth floors were locked wards. Each of these floors had corresponding treatment rooms. Half of the tenth floor was where the dean worked and rested, and the rooftop was a therapy garden.
However, the Dean's Office and Psychological Treatment Room were also present in the latter two buildings, both on the top floors.
The second building housed the Pathology Room, Observation Floor, and Sample Library. These three areas did not actually occupy an entire building. Many rooms were sealed with metal doors, marked with "Danger — No Entry" signs.
The exterior of the entire third building had been reinforced with metal electrical grids. The main entrance had triple checkpoints. Inside, a few wards were already contaminated, likely the pathogens left behind by Yu Guo, but they had been transferred to the third building.
Xu Huo thought briefly and wrote new missions on the authorization document:
[① Accept at least one psychological treatment.]
[② Help the dean with a small task.]
[③ Clean the hospital entrance.]
After submitting the missions, the second one did not pass. It flickered, and the text automatically changed to: [Steal an important pathogen sample.]
Xu Huo raised an eyebrow. Sure enough, at most one of the three missions could be determined based on his subjective will for clearance. The newly generated second mission carried the game's intention to incite opposition between players and the instance holder. Moreover, the background story setting had become more detailed, starting to develop a narrative.
After the new authorization document was successfully submitted, the system popped up a notification:
[The "Seventeenth Hospital" instance has successfully upgraded to D-rank. Congratulations to player Passerby A. This instance is a random instance with no limit on the number of players it can accommodate, but please be mindful of the hospital facilities' capacity.]
After the upgrade was completed, Xu Huo did not open the door to let more and more players in. Instead, he quickly checked the changes in the buildings. He found that every fire safety equipment station in each building had added a floor plan of the hospital, accurately scaled down to the hospital's dimensions. He tried to use his mental power to alter the appearance of the floor plan but failed.
"So this is the game's restriction on the instance holder..."
He opened a door in the wall, went directly to the tenth floor, and simultaneously opened the hospital's main entrance.
By this time, a large number of players had gathered outside the hospital. Besides the ten foreigners, nearly fifty players had been lured over by Gu Yu, Brother Liang, and the others. Among them were cannibal players and ordinary players. Most had attacked directly upon discovering "Xu Huo," while a few had come to watch the excitement. Unfortunately, they followed Gu Yu, Zheng Liang, and the others and were sucked into the expanded instance.
Xu Huo had previously instructed them to keep a certain distance from the signal location, but plans couldn't keep up with changes. The hospital's range had expanded, and a large area in front of the entrance was now included in the instance's scope. As a result, they were accidentally trapped inside the instance as well.
Other players who had been inadvertently pulled into the instance gritted their teeth, wanting to drag them out. At that moment, the hospital's main entrance opened, and the game began to announce the instance information.
[You have entered the "Seventeenth Hospital." You are defaulted to participate in this D-rank random instance.]
[Background Introduction: This was once a world-famous mental sanatorium. Using a unique psychological targeted treatment method, the hospital cured hundreds of mental patients, including some who later became famous figures in the art world. Everyone who walked out of the Seventeenth Hospital praised it endlessly, calling it the most perfect hospital in the world.]
[However, after the death of Dr. Finland, who founded it, the legendary psychological treatment method disappeared, and the hospital gradually declined into a second-rate facility. But upholding Dr. Finland's virtue of healing the sick and saving lives, the Seventeenth Hospital still takes in some patients without family or friends for free, providing them with treatment. The only downside is that most of the treatment facilities here are outdated.]
[Few patients who enter here are cured and leave. Instead, people living near the hospital often hear screams coming from inside, especially at night. Some even claim to have seen vehicles loaded with corpses driving out of the hospital. The local government has sent investigators multiple times, but all attempts failed due to the newly established infectious disease research project at the Seventeenth Hospital. According to official reports, many hospitalized patients have been infected with an unknown pathogen. This pathogen is highly contagious, and there is currently no good treatment method. Patients can only be isolated on-site. At the same time, for people's safety, nearby residents are advised to move away.]
[As time passes, the Seventeenth Hospital gradually becomes something people are unwilling to mention. But strangely, whenever mental illness needs treatment, people always think of the Seventeenth Hospital again, tirelessly sending their family and friends here.]
[Today, a new batch of patients has been sent to the Seventeenth Hospital by their families.]
[Instance Missions: ① Accept at least one psychological treatment.]
[② Steal an important pathogen sample.]
[③ Clean the hospital entrance.]
[Players can exit the instance upon completing any one mission.]
[Instance Time: Unlimited.]
[Please note: The hospital does not welcome patients with overactive imaginations.]
(Chapter End)