RNP Chapter 44 Time Loop
Chapter 44 Time Loop
Carrying a medical sample transport box in one hand, Chen Qing stepped into Tianhai Hospital alone.
When he reached the corridor where Li Qilin had been killed, he couldn't help but turn around and look.
Deep in the corridor, an older woman was walking hurriedly towards the exit. When she saw me, she called out from a distance, "Doctor!"
Chen Qing did not respond, turned her head and continued walking forward.
After walking about twenty meters, just as I was about to go up the stairs, a tall man in a white coat was walking down the stairs.
Chen Qing clenched his fists immediately. This was the man who had coldly murdered Li Qilin right in front of him!
The white-haired man merely glanced at Chen Qing, showing no suspicion. However, as they passed each other, Chen Qing suddenly turned around, pulled out a scalpel, pressed it against the man's waist, and whispered, "Turn left, into the fire escape!"
"People could come here at any time. Do you want to interrogate me somewhere secluded?" The white-haired man glanced down at the scalpel at his waist, unusually calm.
"Get in the fire escape!" Chen Qing thrust the scalpel into the white-haired man's flesh, and blood began to seep out.
"Don't get excited, I'll go." The white-haired man had barely finished speaking when he suddenly raised his arm and slammed his elbow into Chen Qing's face.
Chen Qing dodged, and the white-haired man darted to the side, his body escaping the blade's edge. At the same time, he suddenly turned around, drew his gun, and fired a shot at Chen Qing.
Chen Qing reacted quickly, ducking his body so the shot missed, and then kicked the man away.
Clang!
A crisp sound came from behind. Chen Qing turned around and saw a nurse standing there, looking terrified, with a tray that had fallen at her feet.
The white-haired man wasn't about to let this opportunity slip by. He raised his gun and fired again, but due to the intense pain in his abdomen from the kick, he lost his aim.
Chen Qing flicked his wrist, sending the scalpel flying, but the white-haired man was no pushover; he shifted his body and dodged it.
puff!
He fired another shot.
Instantly, a spray of blood erupted.
The nurse collapsed in a pool of blood.
"Hahaha!" the white-haired man laughed. "Didn't you say you didn't want to drag others down with you? Now you've done it!"
"Why did you shoot her?" Chen Qing asked angrily.
"Naturally, it's because I can't handle you." The white-haired man pointed the dark muzzle of his gun at the nurse: "Don't move. If you move even a finger, I'll shoot immediately. This time I'll shoot her in the head. I'm aiming very well now. Try me if you don't believe me."
"She's innocent, don't kill her."
"That depends on whether you cooperate or not. Now, turn around and face away from me."
"Then you will kill me."
"Either the bullet goes into your body, or it goes into hers..."
Before she could finish speaking, Chen Qing's scalpel flew out and pierced the white-haired man's forehead.
puff!
This man kept his word and fired a shot before he died.
However, the shot missed the nurse. The moment Chen Qing swung the scalpel, he leaped forward, shielding the nurse from the bullet.
"Don't worry, you'll survive." Ignoring her own injuries, Chen Qing picked up the nurse, found the doctor, and watched as she was wheeled into the emergency room.
Just as the doctor was about to give Chen Qing, who had also been shot, the familiar dizziness and bright light struck again. He quickly took out his phone and vaguely saw that the time was 10:43.
"Brother Qing, this mushroom filling is delicious. You should try it. It's so delicious it makes me want to cry."
After his five senses returned, Chen Qing sat down at the entrance of the steamed bun shop again.
「我又回来了？」陈卿拿出手机看了下时间，还是2025年6月30日9:17。
"Brother Qing, why are you back again? Haven't you been sitting here the whole time?" Li Mengfei put a steamed bun into Chen Qing's bowl.
"Something strange has happened." Chen Qing put down his phone, only to find that there was no blood on it. He quickly checked his right shoulder and found it to be completely unharmed.
It's been reset!
Everything returned to 9:17.
Not only did his physical condition return to 9:17, but his overall performance also returned to 9:17.
Chen Qing is now certain that this is not time travel, but something else entirely.
"It sounds more like a time loop." After listening to Chen Qing's story, Li Qilin made a guess: "Whenever someone is injured in the hospital, you return to 9:17."
"It really does resemble a time loop," Li Mengfei said. "Many movies have this kind of storyline, such as Groundhog Day, Source Code, and Edge of Tomorrow."
"Did the movie explain how to break free from the time loop?" Chen Qing hadn't seen many movies, and he hadn't seen any of the ones Li Mengfei mentioned.
"Every movie is different, right, Qing-ge? Are you planning to learn from the movies?"
"I was just asking out of curiosity."
"Why don't we try to avoid getting hurt again?" Li Qilin suggested. "Both times you came back because someone got hurt in front of you."
"I don't think it's related to the injury. If the loop was triggered by someone getting injured, it should have been triggered immediately after the injury, not after a while."
"That makes sense. So what do you think triggers the loop?"
"We don't know yet."
This time, Chen Qing encountered the white-haired man again at the stairwell.
I have to admit, he's a ruthless person.
Thinking back to his encounter with this person in the previous cycle, Chen Qing gave up the idea of getting clues about Tuibeilou from him.
They passed right by him.
Snapped!
After climbing five or six flights of stairs, I heard a loud crash behind me; I didn't know what had happened.
Chen Qing ignored him and continued walking upwards.
"Stop!" the white-haired man suddenly shouted.
Chen Qing ignored him and continued walking upwards.
"I fired!"
Chen Qing stopped and turned around, only to see a cell phone lying on the ground, smashed to pieces.
The white-haired man then pulled out his gun and pointed it at Chen Qing.
Staring at the dark muzzle of the gun, Chen Qing was completely baffled. He hadn't done anything, hadn't even uttered a sound, yet the other party had already drawn his gun!
Where did they slip up?
"Who are you? What is your purpose?" The white-haired man walked step by step toward Chen Qing.
"I am the organ bank administrator at the hospital."
"They were unmoved when I said they would shoot, and showed no fear at all when they saw my gun. Are organ harvesters these days so mentally resilient?"
"What's there to be afraid of? I thought you were joking."
"Do you know that your hands are very rough? Your entire palms and the area between your thumb and forefinger are covered in calluses, and there are thick calluses at the base of your fingers. Those are the hands that hold a knife, and not a scalpel, but a cleaver. You are not some organ bank manager at all; you are an assassin."
"Even if I'm an assassin, what does it have to do with you?"
"I wasn't sure if you were coming for us, but we had an operation at the hospital today, so I had to be careful when I saw someone like you. So I smashed a phone to check. If it were a normal person, they would definitely turn around when they heard a strange noise behind them. But you didn't. You were indifferent. You were deliberately avoiding contact with me, which means you have something to hide."