I Run Away with the Earth to Save the World [Unlimited Flow] - Chapter 127

The March Hare cheerfully called out and squeezed through the door. The already limited space in the ward became even more crowded with the arrival of the giant rabbit.

Grandma Fang and the others had no choice but to sit back on the bed, barely making the room seem just densely packed rather than completely impassable.

Wang Feizhou, seeing the giant rabbit up close for the first time, was stunned. “W-what’s going on?”

Jing Qizhen glanced at him and noticed Wang Feizhou’s eyes were fixed on the March Hare’s little dress vest, particularly on the finely decorated waistcoat and the golden watch chain, his gaze almost blank.

Jing Qizhen casually said, “It’s fine, just ignore it.”

The March Hare nodded in agreement, its round red eyes looking at Wang Feizhou as if it were completely reasonable. “Yes, don’t mind me! Sir Rabbit isn’t looking for you!”

Wang Feizhou: “…” He couldn’t help but feel slightly rejected.

Not bothering with the big rabbit anymore, Jing Qizhen checked the time. It was about half-past six.

Apart from the survivors’ earlier terrified screams and the March Hare’s constant muttering, the hospital was otherwise silent. By then, the March Hare had also quieted down and the survivors had fled elsewhere, making the inpatient building suddenly fall silent.

Moreover, all the noise had only come from the inpatient building. The old hospital building across the way, which had been filled with ghost doctors and nurses the night before, had somehow fallen silent again, like a deserted graveyard.

Lu Lingxi took out binoculars and glanced at the outpatient building. “It seems pretty quiet over there.”

Jin Guijuan, holding her phone and monitoring the corridor of the old building on the screen, also looked up. “The old building looks like it did when we first arrived last night. The ghost doctors and nurses are all gone and the hospital seems empty.”

Drawing from his limited experience as an intern in a hospital, Wang Feizhou spoke up, “Even though different hospitals may have shift changes that vary by half an hour to an hour, generally speaking, half-past six isn’t a typical shift change time.”

Jing Qizhen nodded. Although slightly frowning as he thought, his tone remained calm. “Let’s eat something first and then we’ll check the old outpatient building.”

Si Jiayang immediately got up. “I brought the pot back. I’ll make some noodles!”

Jin Guijuan, Lu Lingxi, and Old Xiao also moved to help Si Jiayang.

Manman looked at Jing Qizhen. “Got any ideas? What are we going to investigate at the old outpatient building?”

Jing Qizhen shook his head slightly, his brows still furrowed. “My thoughts are still scattered, I can’t connect the dots yet. But I want to check whether the hospital facilities match the characteristics of the 1990s.”

Manman immediately understood. “Because of the appearance of those police officers?”

Jing Qizhen nodded. “Yes, there’s definitely something off with this time discrepancy.” Unfortunately, he couldn’t figure it out yet.

Wilcox also spoke up, “What about those survivors? Is it okay just letting them run off?”

The giant rabbit, who had been quietly following Yun Shuanghua, perked up upon hearing ‘survivors running off.’ “Huh? Survivors? Are you talking about those weird humans who were yelling at Sir Rabbit earlier?”

Jing Qizhen affirmed for Wilcox, “Yes.”

The March Hare: “Oh! Those survivors you mentioned didn’t run away! After rushing past Sir Rabbit, they went straight into the restroom!”

Wilcox: “…”

Although from an architectural perspective, restrooms are relatively safe refuge points during natural disasters like earthquakes, in horror movies and games, they are definitely hotspots for supernatural and terrifying events.

Jing Qizhen was silent for a moment and then sincerely said, “That’s fine. If we need to find them later, we can just go there…”

Everyone else: “…” Although that logic makes sense, why does it sound so strange?

Si Jiayang, who was cooking, thought about it and decided not to get involved in the conversation.

Jin Guijuan hesitated a bit. “Leaving the survivors in the restroom like that won’t cause problems?”

The March Hare was shocked. “Do you want to lock the restroom door?!”

Jing Qizhen: “You’re probably the only one who would think that…”

Even though those survivors always scream in terror and seem mentally fragile, they still come across as kind-hearted victims despite their despair. It’s unreasonable to expect too much from such fragile but good-hearted people.

The Earth couldn’t help but murmur in Jing Qizhen’s mind, “What’s up with this big rabbit? Its thoughts are quite dangerous!”

Jing Qizhen: “Hmm?”

The Earth: “Locking people in the restroom? That’s a classic bullying tactic from school! If this big rabbit went to school, it would definitely be a bully!”

Jing Qizhen: “…”

For a moment, he didn’t know how to respond. In the end, Jing Qizhen could only say, “Anyway, it’s already a Sir Rabbit, fully grown, so it won’t be going to school.”

The Earth: “…That’s true!”

After about half an hour, Si Jiayang finished preparing breakfast.

Yun Shuanghua was holding a bowl, but his eyes kept wandering to the pot Si Jiayang was using.

Si Jiayang, being cautious, especially since Yun Shuanghua was known for being a kitchen disaster, quickly moved the pot behind the table when he noticed Yun Shuanghua’s gaze.

Yun Shuanghua reluctantly looked away. He wasn’t planning anything unusual, just wanted to learn. Cooking was something he had never done and didn’t understand at all. Of course, the most important reason was that the food cooked on the stove tasted really good, which sparked his curiosity.

Jing Qizhen noticed those little details and couldn’t help but think. In the erosion areas they’ve encountered so far, the availability of supplies is far inferior to the real world, especially when it comes to food.

Moreover, considering Yun Shuanghua’s stomach, which could even digest knockout drugs, his diet should be extremely varied.

Jing Qizhen believed it if Yun Shuanghua said he hadn’t eaten good food. But if Yun Shuanghua claimed he was constantly starving, Jing Qizhen wouldn’t buy it. His diet was probably more diverse than that of a survival expert like Bear Grylls. |5|

So, what kind of harsh experience could make a kid so food-obsessed?

As he thought about it, Jing Qizhen looked up and saw the March Hare standing beside Yun Shuanghua, muttering while holding a bowl. Looking at the big rabbit, Jing Qizhen had a sudden thought and asked, “March Hare, can you cook? Does the Fairy Tale Kingdom have professional chefs? Are the chefs afraid of fire?”

The March Hare was stunned by the question.

Even Yun Shuanghua couldn’t help but turn his head.

Jing Qizhen looked sincere, without the slightest hint of teasing.

The March Hare was dazed for a moment and carefully glanced at Yun Shuanghua before cautiously answering the first question, “I can eat grass.”

Si Jiayang: “…” Rabbits are easy to feed, there’s no problem with them eating grass.

The Earth murmured, “Eating grass? So it doesn’t know how to cook.”

Jing Qizhen: “No wonder Yun Shuanghua isn’t bothered about losing this big rabbit.”

Although the March Hare could be considered an emergency food supply, it was hard to actually cook and eat a talking rabbit…

After thinking it over, Jing Qizhen concluded that if he were in Yun Shuanghua’s position, he wouldn’t know how to deal with the big rabbit either. The only option would be to let it roam freely and follow him if it wanted to. Whether it got lost would be the March Hare’s own problem…

After breakfast, it was already past seven.

After putting down his bowl, Si Jiayang picked up the pot again.

Old Xiao instinctively asked, “Cooking lunch already?”

Yun Shuanghua, still holding his bowl, immediately looked over curiously. “What are you making?”

Si Jiayang: “I’ll make some potato pancakes.”

Then, Si Jiayang took the remaining noodles from the pot, drained the water, and mixed them with shredded potatoes before frying them into small pancakes.

This way of reusing leftovers wasn’t uncommon. Even if someone couldn’t do it themselves, they would have likely seen it at school cafeterias. The only two who hadn’t seen it before, Yun Shuanghua and the March Hare, were stunned.

Lu Lingxi clicked his tongue in amazement. “I just realized, this is a classic skill of cafeteria chefs!”

Manman laughed. “When I usually eat with Jiayang, he makes a variety of dishes but in small quantities, so there’s never any leftovers.”

Jing Qizhen casually summed up, “Isn’t this just like how school cafeterias use anything to make fried rice, meatballs, pancakes, or bun fillings?”

Everyone else: “…” Well summarized, no issues!

After Si Jiayang finished frying the potato pancakes, he placed them on a plate and called out to the hallway, “We’ve got some potato pancakes here. You can come over and help yourselves!”

Seeing this, Jing Qizhen immediately stuck a pinhole camera in a concealed corner nearby. If the survivors were drawn by the smell, they would be able to see them through the surveillance.

However, Yun Shuanghua’s gaze fell on the plate. He blinked and smiled brightly, his tone light and carefree. However, what he said was rather unexpected. “Can I take one?”

Si Jiayang: “…Of course you can!”

Seeing this, March Hare immediately extended his fluffy paw. “I-I want one too!”

Si Jiayang continued to nod.

A moment later, the fully equipped Jing Qizhen and his group left the inpatient building and returned to the old hospital building. Following behind them were Yun Shuanghua and March Hare, each holding a potato pancake.

Old Xiao instinctively wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, but finding nothing there, he muttered quietly, “Why does it suddenly feel like the atmosphere isn’t tense anymore?”

The Earth, now looking at Yun Shuanghua and March Hare with a bit of gloom, mumbled all the way, hitting the nail on the head, “I think those two just followed us for food.”

By now, everyone had more or less realized this. They noticed that when Si Jiayang was helping with breakfast earlier, he had specifically prepared several extra portions…

Jing Qizhen immediately nodded in agreement. “Mm.”

The Babyball was feeling a bit gloomy, so he metaphorically patted it for comfort. After all, Jing Qizhen knew that the reason Babyball disliked Yun Shuanghua was because Yun Shuanghua had been eating the whole way, while Babyball had just been watching the whole time…

By now, daylight had fully broken.

After re-entering the old hospital building, besides Jing Qizhen and his group, the place was once again completely deserted and there wasn’t a single ghost.

Wang Feizhou whispered, “They’ve disappeared again, just like around ten o’clock last night.”

Manman took out her phone and carefully compared the photos she had taken the previous night, confirming, “The scene doesn’t seem to have changed.”

The group went upstairs, heading straight to the equipment room where they had hidden the day before.

Jing Qizhen checked the equipment room’s supplies. “The items we took haven’t been replenished, so it seems the hospital isn’t caught in a time loop.”

After a pause, Jing Qizhen said, “It seems we still have to wait for the eight o’clock mark.”

They wanted to see if, once the key time arrived, besides the ghosts, anything else would ‘refresh’ in the old hospital building…