Upon hearing this, Lin Yiran immediately carried the man to the best hospital in the Ninth Star System. After giving the man a full-body examination, she anxiously waited outside for the results.

Not long after, a female doctor wearing black-rimmed glasses walked into the medical room with the examination report in her hand.

"Ms. Lin, is that right? We have some unfortunate news to tell you. We hope you are prepared," the female doctor said with a helpless smile, then pointed to the examination report and said to Lin Yiran.

"According to this examination result, your husband has already..."

Lin Yiran couldn't wait to reply: "He's already dead, right?"

“No, no,” Dr. Lina shook her head. “He’s not dead.” “He just exhausted his mental energy, causing his brain to shut down, but his organs and bodily functions are still working and in very good condition.”

Lin Yiran was still a little confused. So she pressed on, asking, "Could you explain it a bit more clearly? I haven't been to school, so I don't really understand this."

Judging from Lin Yiran's clothes, she was probably very poor. It's normal for poor people not to have gone to school, which she could understand. However, the combat uniform worn by the man who was brought in was the latest model. Lina became suspicious and decided to check the man's identity at the gene bank after get off work.

It's no wonder she's so cunning; this man and this girl don't seem to be from the same social class at all.

However, as a doctor, she still has a responsibility to treat every patient and their family equally.

Lina smiled. "It's alright. Can I ask you under what circumstances your man was injured? You know, interstellar medicine is so advanced now. Even if organs or limbs are missing, or even the head can be regenerated using cells, brain cells are the only ones that cannot regenerate. Normally, very few people would be injured this badly. People's protection of their brain is something engraved in their genes, and it would only be injured like this under absolutely dangerous circumstances."

Lin Yiran didn't hide anything: "We were entangled by mutated plants in the Forest of Hope. He probably had all his mental energy drained by the mutated plants, right? But what does that have to do with shutting down the brain?"

Lina felt a little regretful: "I see. It's because that mutated plant drained his mental energy. Mental energy can be restored after it's depleted, but if you forcefully use it again now, it will damage your brain. The brain is the carrier of mental energy, like the roots of a tree. If the trunk has no energy, forcibly absorbing energy from the roots will cause damage. And brain damage is irreversible. Once damaged, it cannot be restored and will enter a forced shutdown state."

Lin Yiran was stunned for a moment after hearing this: So, he is now in a vegetative state? No, a person in a vegetative state should be conscious.

"Now is not the time to worry about that: Can it still be cured?" Lin Yiran asked.

Lina then looked troubled and expressed her deep regret: "Our hospital receives at least a hundred patients like your husband every year. It's not unusual. But unfortunately, none of these patients wake up. So I suggest you choose painless death to end his life... what we call euthanasia."

Lin Yiran frowned. No, she couldn't decide someone else's life or death, especially since this man was her savior; without him, she might not have survived. After all, they were facing a level ten mutated plant, and even the system had abandoned her. So she made up her mind: "No, I will continue to treat him, but I want to know, with such advanced medical technology, is it really true that not a single patient has regained consciousness?"

Lina shook her head regretfully: "Not a single case."

Lin Yiran sighed: "Alright then, I'd like to know if there are any treatments for this in our interstellar space? Or are there any medications that can nourish and protect the brain?"

Lina: "Yes, many soldiers encounter this situation when clearing out mutated plants. So, in order to give these soldiers' families some hope, our country has developed brain treatment drugs and also covered all the treatment costs for these soldiers. However, these methods are still in the trial stage, and so far, there has not been a single case of successful awakening."

Lin Yiran: "………………" She fell silent for a moment. Silence is golden. Did she really have to choose that method to euthanize this man?

Lina: "I don't know if you've seen the news, but the First Interstellar Medical Hospital has just developed a brain-nourishing medicine that can significantly improve the activity level of patients' brains. They say it has the potential to completely awaken these patients in the future. That medicine is the most effective of all the medicines currently available. Perhaps you could apply to our hospital to have it used on your man."

Lin Yiran didn't hesitate at all: "Okay, let's use it on him then, but this kind of medicine must be very expensive, right?"

Lina: "It's alright. It costs one million star coins per injection, and one injection is given once a week. Combined with other treatment programs, it only costs about six million star coins a month."

Lin Yiran looked at the one million star coins in her Star Brain with utter dismay. For the first time, she witnessed what a gap truly meant—the gap between the rich and the poor.

The treatment costs six million Star Coins per month.

But the lowest-ranking civilians in the interstellar world are still eating insect cakes that cost ten star coins each.

This wealth gap is no less severe than that of the apocalypse.

It turns out she was a complete pauper!

"Well, I'll continue his treatment, but could you give me some time to raise the money? Don't worry, I'll definitely raise the medical expenses within the stipulated time! And him...?"

Lin Yiran: We can't just leave him in the hospital, can we?

Lina: "Actually, you can take him home first. That medicine only needs to be injected once a week. The other treatment medications also need to be injected manually. You can take him home and buy the medicine at the hospital yourself to inject it yourself. This will save a lot on hospitalization and nursing fees. There's no need to stay in the hospital; there are many unnecessary expenses there. You can use the savings to buy medicine."

Lin Yiran thought about it and felt that Lina was right. If he lived with her, she could save a lot of money. Wouldn't it be great to use that money to buy him medicine?

However, Lina still wanted to offer some advice: "Actually, many people would not choose to continue treatment in this situation. Miss Lin, you can consider the method I just mentioned." Seeing Lin Yiran's predicament, she couldn't help but remind her.

Lin Yiran did not intend to do that. After saying goodbye to Dr. Lina, she went downstairs to pay all the examination fees and bought some medicine to treat external injuries. Then she carried Senran back to her hotel.

Because another person was added midway through the trip, Lin Yiran paid the hotel owner an extra five star coins per day as compensation.