"'Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis'... It is commonly referred to as 'ALS'... The progression of your condition is a bit troublesome, and the prognosis for treatment may not be very ideal, but you can try..."
"No, no..."
Colin sat in a wheelchair and shook his head, "Doctor Wine, it's been almost a year, I have already understood everything I should know, can I be discharged from the hospital directly?"
Dr. Wine's words were stagnant, and he opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but when he saw the calm face of the young man as if he was ready for everything, and then thought of the family situation that the other party had filled in on the medical record...
Finally sighed, still didn't say anything.
"Let's prescribe some medicine, it can relieve some relief," Dr. Wine, who is nearly middle-aged, paused and added, "Don't worry, the price is not expensive." "
Not long after, he couldn't help but sigh after watching the young man leave the office in a wheelchair.
I'm only twenty years old, so young.
As a doctor, he certainly wants every patient to leave the hospital in good health.
But sometimes...
Life is so cruel.
What he didn't know, though, was that Colin, who had returned home, was not as "desperate" as he thought.
When I got home, it was already noon, eleven and thirty-three.
Colin sat on the edge of the bed, frowning at a letter in his hand.
[Invitation Letter For Joining the Bonfire Shelter Company]
This letter was received this morning while waiting for the results of the examination in a daze on the hospital bed, and there was a letter like parchment in it, and there was a very spoof sentence on the letterhead—
"Want to get out of despair and get back to life? Do you see the reality of this world? join the campfire company and you will turn everything around!"
It looks like a classic line from a novel more than ten years ago.
But compared to this sentence, what really cares is the second paragraph under this sentence!
"If you agree to join us, please imprint your thumb below before the countdown '00:57:59' ends. "
The countdown on this line is actually constantly moving!
The moment Colin saw the countdown to his movements, he was certain that some kind of transcendent force might have descended on him.
It was just at the same time that some questions also popped up in his heart.
Why did the company find him?
What is so special about him that deserves an invitation from such a special company?
Compared with those who are so good that they are against the sky, he is not outstanding no matter how you look at it, right?
That's why he didn't press his fingerprints for a long time.
"Could it be that it is because the risk of a dying person being deceived into cutting his waist is small, so he found me?"
"It seems that it is indeed a sigh when I think about it, the useful body parts are taken off, the corpse is thrown out at a point, plus there is not much money and I am suffering from an incurable disease, and no one will pay too much attention to it when it is said that it is a suicide and a disappearance... Wait..."
"'The dying man'..."
Colin muttered to himself and suddenly realized something, he rolled his eyes, looked at a full-length mirror in the room, and looked at his pale and thin face in the mirror, which could not hide his handsome face...
He noticed that, putting aside those unrealistic and unverifiable ideas, he seemed to have an "advantage" that could not be ignored.
That's...
He's dying...
Normally, a person like him who has a short life and can only wait for death suddenly finds that he still has a glimmer of life, even if there is only a glimmer of...
Colin believes that under the instinct of survival, no matter how harmful the requirements are, someone will do it, and they will rush to do it!
"However, this does not include me, if you really want to use this to turn me into a puppet who obeys my orders, it is simply an insult to the bottom line of my conscience!"
Looking at the countdown that was about to begin, Colin wanted to say this, but then he thought about it...
Although he has been good in character and high morals since he was a child, and he can always stick to his heart in the face of dangerous temptations, this does not mean that others can withstand such temptations.
What if it doesn't succeed in itself and goes to harm others?
Colin's eyes sharpened.
The good virtues that have been shaped by the old dean since he was a child make him unable to sit idly by in the face of possible innocent victims!
"Let me see who you really are!"
Without hesitation, Colin reached out his thumb and pressed it under the letterhead.
The countdown of the walk is frozen at "00:00 minutes and 1 second" at the moment when the finger is pressed.
Colin secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart-
Almost didn't catch up!
Well, I almost didn't catch up to save those who might have gone astray.
At the same time, something new appeared on the parchment letterhead.
[The entry trial mission is about to begin, and the "Advent Protocol G-1" is being activated, and the BSC (full name: Bonfire Shelter Company Special Item Containment Company) wishes you all the best in this incident!]
["Advent Protocol G-1" has been activated...]
"Bell-bell-bell-"
The long, heavy, ancient chimes rang in my ears.
The unknown gray fog covers the sky at some point...
Colin felt himself sinking.
This seems to mean that he is being sent to an unknown and mysterious place.
It's just that...
It was at this time.
[We apologize for the inconvenience caused by the strong interference and accident caused by the operation of Advent Protocol G-1. ]
[Quickly checking the solution to this problem for you...]
[The plan has been formulated, and the following means are acceptable:]
[1. After your consciousness is clear, establish a new connection by reciting the full name of the company...]
[2.Please...]
Before he could finish it, Colin's eyes went dark.
I don't know how long it took, but the moment I regained consciousness and opened my eyes, the whole person was stunned...
"Here it is... Where?"
Colin propped himself up and looked around blankly, his vision gradually changed from blurry to clear, and a prison-like scene came into view...
He saw the rusty bars, the torches hanging from the walls of the corridor, and the torches lying beside him in the light of the torches...
Corpse?!
"F**K!"
Colin woke up suddenly, and the whole person jumped up on the spot, instantly getting rid of the state of brain confusion.
There was a corpse lying next to him!
More accurately, a dried corpse with no flesh and blood!
It didn't know how long it had been dead, and beneath the rag-like rags was only bones wrapped in a thin layer of human skin, with unkempt hair, exposed facial teeth, and deep-set eye sockets, hideous and seeping.
To some of Colin's relief...
The corpse died completely, and he didn't jump up and punch him when he was careless.
Taking a deep breath, Colin calmed down a little, and then quickly realized that he seemed... Just crossed over?
As for the reason for the crossing...
"What happened?"
Colin sat on the other side of the cell, far away from the corpse, his mind jumbled with memories as if he had been wounded by a mud truck, unable to remember the details.
"It felt like a voice was asking me to think of something. "
The last memory must be very important, but just as he was combing his mind a little bit, outside the prison corridor, there was a sudden sound of the iron door opening, interrupting his thinking.