Doomsday Wonderland Vol. 10: Lava [Complete]

1157: The Place Where Sharks Lurk

The dimly lit wall lamps looked like patients on the verge of passing out at any moment. Lin Sanjiu held the price list and carefully examined it under the stingy light of the wall lamp. Suddenly, she noticed a detail she hadn't paid attention to before and exclaimed, "Hey!"

"What's wrong?" asked Ya Jiang who was in two parts.

She pondered for a moment, unsure of the significance of her discovery. "Do you have your price list with you?" she asked Ya Jiang.

Ya Jiang flicked aside his long hair and took out a black hairpin. He split it into two thin legs, creating a tiny shadow between them. After a few strokes, he exclaimed, "Oh!" and handed the price list to Lin Sanjiu. In an environment where deceit was likely necessary to survive, this was a gesture full of trust.

"Thanks," Lin Sanjiu said, although her thanks were not for the price list.

Ya Jiang looked puzzled. "Thanks for what?"

Forget it.

Due to the loss of one hand, Lin Sanjiu had to place his price list on the ground before comparing it with her own copy, carefully examining each line. The two price lists were almost identical, containing a lot of information, and it was challenging to notice the small differences without scrutinizing each word.

"Here." She spread the two open price lists side by side and pointed to one of the items on the list. "Why does your price list not have the item 'flower basket'?"

Ya Jiang lowered his head and confirmed, "Yeah, it's true. It's not there." After a moment, he asked, "What about it? What's so strange about the flower basket?"

"It's just a bit odd." Lin Sanjiu sat on the ground, taking the opportunity to rest for a while. "I'm not really sure what it means... You see, the price list only introduces the prices of various items in the hospital's payment counter. Since it is a payment counter in a hospital, the list should only include medical supplies. But what does a flower basket have to do with medical supplies?"

As she looked at the two books, she vaguely felt that she might be making a big deal out of nothing. "In theory, it should be a product from the affiliated shop. But... why are the other items in the affiliated shop not listed, only the flower basket?"

Ya Jiang suddenly let out a sound of unease from his throat, like a nervous pigeon.

"What's wrong?" Lin Sanjiu said, raising her head. "Do you have any ideas?"

"This is my specialty," he said excitedly, his face turning pale, waving his hands in the air. "You know it too!"

"What do you mean?"

"This price list was printed by someone," Ya Jiang said quickly. "So, it was just an accidental mistake!"

Did the deception start as soon as they woke up?

Lin Sanjiu was taken aback, then puzzled. "But what's the point of making such a price list? Besides the flower basket, all the other information is the same as the real price list... It didn't lead me to another player's room or anything."

Her patient room was in the middle of the barrel-shaped hospital, while Ya Jiang's room was closer to the bottom. The range between them was too vast, with at least hundreds of patient rooms separated by it. No matter who made the price list, it was unlikely that they could spread it to hundreds of patient rooms one by one. From this perspective, the price list in Ya Jiang's hand should be real.

"True," Ya Jiang said, finally realizing. "If I were the one who made it, I would definitely send you to some other place and set a trap for you there. But it only said 'hospital's lower level.'"