nucmednet Chapter 283 New Life
Chapter 283 New Life
Chapter 283 New Life (4)
It didn't take the woman long to get the videotape; about a minute later, footsteps could be heard coming from through the slightly ajar door.
Then, a withered, pale hand reached out from the crack in the door.
What he was holding was an old-fashioned DV videotape.
The woman didn't speak, but no one present dared to let her hold up the videotape like that.
The newcomer naturally dared not take it, so Ning Jianwei, who was standing closest to the door, accepted it.
As soon as she got her hands on it, she was certain that the videotape was imbued with supernatural power, and quite a significant one at that.
She felt uncomfortable simply by holding the videotape.
The woman quickly withdrew her hand: "Give it back to me before midnight tonight."
After saying that, she quickly closed the door.
"I don't have a good feeling about this videotape," Ning Jianwei said truthfully, holding up the videotape.
Of all the people present, apart from the only newcomer, Shu Yuan, no one else needed her "reminder."
Ironically, it was this newcomer, the only one who didn't understand, who developed a strong sense of vigilance and aversion towards the videotape after hearing these words.
"So now, where are we going to find equipment to play the videotapes?"
As soon as Ning Jianwei finished speaking and turned to look at the others, she saw the fortune teller standing in the opposite room 402, making a gesture with his hands. Then, the next second, with a click, the door to room 402 was opened.
Her expression remained unchanged as she stood naturally next to the fortune teller, and she also instructed Jiang Jing, "If there's a suitable television inside, go and call the people downstairs up. Those who want to watch can watch together."
Seeing this, Yangpi muttered to himself, mostly saying bad things about Ning Jianwei, and also cursing Lu Jinzhao along with him.
Lu Jinzhao had no idea what was wrong with it again; it hadn't been normal since it came into contact with Anning City.
However, considering that it most likely came out from here, this abnormality is understandable.
If it weren't for the fact that the sheepskin was essentially a ghost, Lu Jinzhao would have even thought that its unusual behavior was due to nervousness.
The group entered room 402. Fortunately, there was indeed a television set inside that could play DV videos. This thing looked quite old. Lu Jinzhao could not remember the last time he saw such a television set was when he was in elementary school.
This made Lu Jinzhao realize that this community was not entirely the same as the real world.
At least these pieces of furniture don't seem to be from the original 402.
Although I only glanced into 402 casually at the time, it was enough to tell that the interior design of 402 was a typical contemporary style, rather than the current style that looks like it was designed twenty or thirty years ago.
Not to mention televisions that can play DV videotapes.
"It seems that this is where the Anning City platform is not quite the same as the real world."
Lu Jinzhao was pondering.
The platform and the real world are gradually converging, but the boundaries have not been completely broken, so it is not exactly the same as the real world yet.
If this platform weren't merging with the real world, perhaps they would be in a place more like they were twenty or thirty years ago.
Jiang Jing went downstairs to call someone.
Before coming, Lin Lin had told Lu Jinzhao about the situation at the Capital Platform. There were many small groups and several different factions, but there was no major friction. They just had different ideas and styles of doing things, but they were generally in the same direction.
Ning Jianwei's small group was led by her. Even though they were both top-level officers, Jiang Jing would listen to her to some extent and trust her judgment.
Lin Lin did not belong to Ning Jianwei's clique, but Ning Jianwei did not exclude her.
Soon, Jiang Jing led the others upstairs.
However, Lu Jinzhao noticed that not everyone came.
Some people lingered outside the room, hesitant to come in, seemingly not intending to watch the videotape.
She didn't say anything more.
But all the regular passengers gathered around the television, finding an angle where they wouldn't miss a single image, ready to start watching.
None of them intended to skip the first task.
With a click, Ning Jianwei pressed the TV switch.
The TV didn't light up immediately; it froze as if it hadn't been used for a long time, starting with a little static and gradually filling the entire screen.
The TV had no signal; the screen was just filled with static.
Ning Jianwei pushed the videotape into the playback port. As the tape started spinning, a buzzing sound, like a loose connection, came from the television. The picture didn't appear immediately; the sound came first.
"--pull--"
A female voice, but it was drawn out, strangely long, so long that the word "drawn" sounded like a meaningless sound caused by some kind of equipment malfunction, or like a bizarre sound effect that would appear in a horror movie.
There was a pause of about half a second before the second half of the sentence began.
"—Start the delivery surgery record."
There was no picture when the two sounds appeared, which seemed strange. Some people even wondered if there was something wrong with the videotape itself. But the next second, the picture switched in.
It was a somewhat old operating room, but the equipment and medical staff looked very professional. The scene had a slightly cool color tone, with a pregnant woman lying on the operating table under blue and white lights.
But is she pregnant?
Those who watched the video inevitably had doubts.
Because her belly wasn't protruding; it was flat.
It looked like someone was filming with a handheld DV camera; the camera focused on the woman's stomach for a few seconds, then moved to her face.
She had a very ordinary appearance, and her facial features looked a little swollen, but her expression was very calm, so calm that it didn't seem like she was being documented during a surgery.
Moreover, her eyes were open; she was conscious and not under anesthesia.
The video suddenly started to freeze again, and the sound became muffled. Someone was talking, but it was impossible to hear what they were saying.
The doctor approached the operating table.
Her hands were placed above the woman's abdomen.
The scene was somewhat strange; the doctor's movements were very unnatural, but it was hard to pinpoint exactly what was wrong.
The screen froze for another frame, and the next second, the woman's abdomen was ripped open.
The assistant walked over, and the DV camera shook slightly, as if the person filming was rotating the camera.
In this shot, only half of the assistant's figure is visible, but in the next shot, the assistant suddenly occupies the entire screen.
I couldn't see her face clearly, only the surgical gown she was wearing and what she was holding in her hand.
A baby.
The baby was born not long ago; its skin was wrinkled and it was still covered in amniotic fluid.
But the baby's eyes are open.
When the video reached this point, even inexperienced newcomers sensed that something was amiss.
Worse still, the next second, as if on purpose, the camera suddenly zoomed in on the baby, magnifying the eyes that shouldn't have been open, and the blurry image became clear at that moment.
A chilling, extremely noticeable cold suddenly enveloped the entire room, enveloping everyone who witnessed this scene.
Lu Jinzhao's skin began to sting, and [Silence] clung tightly to her, cracks starting to appear on its body.
A supernatural phenomenon occurred.
A ghost appeared.
The image on the television screen started shaking again, and the cameraman changed his perspective.
The assistant handed the baby to the operating table, not to the mother, but to the doctor.
The doctor took it, and then—
The screen froze again, this time for longer than before. In the next frame, an even stranger scene appeared.
The doctor slowly placed the baby into the woman's ruptured abdomen.
The woman's belly is slowly growing.
Her expression remained calm, or rather, it was simply expressionless.
The videotape abruptly ended when the baby was fully placed inside the uterus.
--clatter.
The device popped up the videotape, indicating that the entire recording had been viewed.
(End of this chapter)