Chapter 2148 - 1176: Cafeteria (Part 4)

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Just as the two were caught up in their emotions, suddenly, a cry of alarm came from afar, followed by a commotion.

At the same time, some staff ran in that direction, as if something significant had happened.

Hu Weimin and Ma Jing also stood up and moved toward that direction, which happened to be at the other end of the cafeteria.

"Help! Help!! Come quickly and save him!!"

When they arrived close, they saw a man lying on the ground, convulsing all over, his face turning purple, not coughing or making any sound. Nearby, lunch boxes and chopsticks were scattered on the ground, with food everywhere.

Ma Jing, who is an emergency room nurse in real life, immediately recognized that the man was choking, most likely because he was careless while eating and blocked his airway with food.

The woman beside him, appearing to be his girlfriend, was shouting for help while prying open the man’s mouth, but her technique was very coarse and couldn’t save the person at all.

"Everyone back away! Back away!!" Ma Jing cleared the crowd surrounding the choking man, laid him flat on his back, opened his mouth to check, but couldn’t see the obstructing object.

So, she prepared to perform CPR. Instinctively, she turned her head to find a companion to help, but Hu Weimin’s shadow was already nowhere to be seen.

In reality, she is an emergency room nurse, and her will to save the person overcame everything at this moment. She immediately began to perform CPR on the choking man.

First, she did 30 chest compressions. After completing a round, she pried open his mouth to check the airway again, and finally, after the second round of compressions, the obstruction showed—a small piece of steamed bun.

It seemed the man was in a rush, either to go to the Cultural Palace or to start his night shift, and ate too hastily, accidentally choking.

Once the obstruction was removed, Ma Jing began artificial respiration, maintaining the rhythm of 30 compressions with two breaths repeatedly. A few minutes later, the man finally regained his breath, regaining some consciousness.

At the same time, the factory medical staff arrived, took over the scene, and carried the choking man out on a stretcher.

As the choking man was carried away, Ma Jing also breathed a sigh of relief. She stood shakily, and the scene erupted in applause.

Ma Jing accepted a towel from the cafeteria staff to clean the food residue off her face. Only then did she realize that this was not reality but the Nightmare World, and Hu Weimin reappeared at the outskirts of the crowd.

Without lingering on-site, Ma Jing immediately stood up and left, with Hu Weimin quickly following.

"Hey, hey, wait for me, why are you walking so fast?" Hu Weimin called from behind.

"Where did you go just now?" Ma Jing asked.

Seeing Ma Jing’s displeased expression, Hu Weimin didn’t hide anything and said straight: "I was worried about being ambushed, so I moved to the outside of the crowd, turned my back to you, bent down, and observed through my legs to see if anything frightening would sneak in."

"What did you see?" Ma Jing stopped in her tracks, finally feeling a chill.

"I saw nothing." Hu Weimin shook his head, sighed, and continued: "I admire your actions, but please remember, this is the Nightmare World, and our only goal is to survive."

"Don’t act impulsively; always remember Captain Ma’s advice to us—first observe, then think, and finally act only after careful consideration." Hu Weimin treated Yang Xiao’s words as golden rules.

"But you saw the situation just now. If I had been a step slower, that man would have been in danger." Ma Jing argued.

"I’m not arguing with you, but the path you’re taking now isn’t leading to the Cultural Palace. Where do you want to go?" Hu Weimin asked.

"I want to go to the infirmary. After all, I am a nurse there, and it would be strange not to even check on such an incident." Ma Jing looked ahead.

"Alright, I’ll go with you, but we need to be quick. Otherwise, they might think we are intentionally stalling, delaying our time to the Cultural Palace." Hu Weimin insightfully pointed out.

By the time they arrived at the infirmary, the man’s condition had improved; he had regained consciousness but still needed to lie down, with the woman who seemed to be his wife at his side, crying continuously.

Seeing Ma Jing arrive, the woman immediately got up and thanked her repeatedly.

The man on the hospital bed also struggled to sit up, but Ma Jing reassured him to lay down and rest.

"Doctor Ma, you chat, I’ll go buy you some soda." The woman said, and despite Ma Jing’s refusal, she ran off to buy soda.

"Doctor Ma, thank you... thank you for saving me." The man, having just caught his breath, spoke weakly.

"It’s what I should do. Any medical staff seeing someone in need wouldn’t stand by idly." Ma Jing replied earnestly: "Next time, focus on eating during meals—don’t talk and don’t drift off, learn from the mistake."

Hearing this, the man seemed to remember something, and his face turned pale, "Doctor Ma, I... I wasn’t talking that made me like this, I... I was..."

Noticing the man’s abnormal nervousness, Ma Jing and Hu Weimin also realized something was off, and Ma Jing finally sat down, asked casually: "What’s wrong, is there something you want to tell me?"

The man hesitated repeatedly, glancing outside, confirming the woman hadn’t returned, then lowered his voice: "Doctor Ma, I think... I think maybe I’ve been overworking lately, seeing things unclearly. I saw... I saw some strange things in the cafeteria."