Chapter 191, exclusively published on Jinjiang Literature City: General, you're so white...
Inside the Yunlu Village Clinic.
Li Tie, Ge Yuan, and the others looked at Huo Tiankuo with expressions of pity, their lips trembling as they asked, "General, how did your arm...?"
Huo Tiankuo looked haggard, but his eyes remained resolute. He touched his empty left sleeve with his intact hand and said, "It's just a broken arm. It's lucky that I didn't die."
He was much better off than the disaster victims who froze or starved to death during the extreme cold season.
But the deputy general and several personal guards following behind him clearly did not think so; their expressions were sorrowful and heartbroken.
General Mingming had already acquired immortal arts, and his future was clearly bright. Losing an arm was a huge loss. How could he be lucky?
One of the guards looked at Lu Xuan with hope in his eyes and asked, "Boss Lu, is there any hope for the general's arm?"
Deputy General Liu then took out Huo Tiankuo's severed arm, which was wrapped in a clean cloth, from his spatial storage.
"We also brought the severed arm. Mr. Lu, could you please take it back to the general?"
As he spoke, he lifted the cloth to reveal the severed arm inside.
Village chief Ge Yuan and others couldn't help but gasp.
There were at least four large chunks of flesh missing from the severed arm. The flesh and blood in the wounds had turned black and congealed, and the frontmost cut was clearly torn off.
They simply couldn't imagine how much pain Huo Tiankuo was in at that time.
[Ahhh! General Huo is in deep trouble! His arm has been forcibly torn off!]
Just looking at my phantom limb makes me feel pain.
[Oh my god, this arm is so badly damaged. Even if it could be reattached, there's no need to use the original part.]
[The next one looks even worse; it definitely needs to be replaced.]
Lu Xuan said to his deputy general, personal guards, and Huo Tiankuo himself, "It can be treated, but rather than reattaching the severed arm, it would be better to replace it with a new one."
The Huo family army, who had just been invigorated by the words "can be cured," were left bewildered.
Deputy General Liu looked astonished.
What does it mean to get a new arm?
Can this still be replaced?
We don't need to cut off an arm, but we can't have someone else cut off an arm to give to the general, can we?
If that's the case...
Deputy General Liu rubbed his arm, his expression gradually hardening.
He tried using elixirs but failed to acquire immortal techniques, causing the Huo family army to incur even more debts. If he could make a contribution to the general, he would gladly die for it!
"My hand—"
Before he could finish speaking, Lu Xuan mentioned the existence of the medical pod and its ability to clone a new arm for Huo Tiankuo.
The words that were about to come out of Liu's mouth were swallowed back by him, and then his expression became even more shocked.
It's not about using someone else's arm, but about creating something from nothing and growing an arm all over yourself.
You can do that?!
Huo Tiankuo was also incredulous. "Arms growing out of thin air? Is that really possible?"
Ge Yuan immediately stepped forward to testify, saying, "Didn't the general see that the scars on my face were healed? It was thanks to the medical pod."
Huo Tiankuo exclaimed in surprise, "I thought it was a treatment device..."
Ge Yuan shook his head: "It's a medical pod. Lu Xuan said that the medical pod can treat all kinds of difficult and complicated diseases, including human body repair. If the general goes in and lies down, his arm will definitely grow back."
Lu Xuan asked, "General, do you want treatment? If you don't want treatment or don't believe me, I won't force you."
"Treat him! Of course we must treat him!" Deputy General Liu hurriedly replied on behalf of his general.
Although he still harbored some doubts about what Lu Xuan said, what if? What if it really could grow?
Lu Xuan said, "The cost of limb regeneration is not low. Repairing one arm requires a thousand catties of mutated grain, and it cannot be replaced by other materials."
The medication needed for limb regeneration is the most expensive among the special medicines used in the medical pod. The price of 1,000 jin is already discounted because Huo Tiankuo is a general who defends the country.
For anyone else, it would weigh at least two thousand jin.
Deputy General Liu remained resolute: "No matter how many supplies are needed, we will treat them!"
After the second batch of grain is harvested, they will all receive their share, which is only a thousand catties of mutated grain. It's not difficult for five hundred people to gather it together.
Huo Tiankuo quickly said to Lu Xuan, "Please trouble Brother Lu to treat me."
He certainly wouldn't let his personal guards use their own supplies to treat his arm; he would get treatment for his arm and find a way to provide the necessary supplies himself.
...
Afterwards, just like when he treated Ge Yuan, Lu Xuan had Huo Tiankuo take off his clothes, remove the bandages that were holding his severed arm, and lay him in the medical pod. He then poured medical fluid into the pod and added the medicine needed for limb regeneration.
When Deputy General Liu and the others, who were seeing the medical pod for the first time, were inevitably frightened by the sight of Huo Tiankuo being submerged in the medical liquid.
They only breathed a sigh of relief when they confirmed that their general could breathe normally and that he was slowly closing his eyes due to the anesthetic effect of the medical fluid, but his chest was still rising and falling regularly.
Deputy General Liu stared at the general's mutilated body parts for a long time without seeing any change, and couldn't help but ask Lu Xuan, "Boss Lu, how long will it take for the general's arm to grow back?"
Lu Xuan glanced at the control panel, "Seven days."
Deputy General Liu was startled again.
It takes a hundred days to recover from a broken bone or tendon. Crops used to take four or five months to harvest, and now it takes a month. But an arm can grow back in just seven days.
No, that's not right.
Deputy General Liu was somewhat anxious, "Does that mean the general can't leave the medical pod during treatment? Does that mean he'll have to go seven days without food or water?"
Lu Xuan said, "I will add a special nutrient solution that can be absorbed by the skin to the medical pod every day, so he won't starve. In seven days, I will give you a healthy and lively General Huo."
Deputy General Liu and his personal guards finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The group stayed in the medical pod for half a day before reluctantly leaving, realizing that the camp still needed them.
In the following days, while taking over Huo Tiankuo's place and leading his personal guards to continue fighting the beast horde attacking the camp, Deputy General Liu also took time each day to come to Yunlu Village to check on the progress of the treatment.
On the first day, there were no obvious changes at the fracture site.
The next day, several flesh-colored buds began to grow from the broken and damaged area.
On the third day, the cut was gone, and the granulation tissue had turned into a complete fleshy mass, with the bone that had grown out along with it still visible in the middle.
Every day that followed, the changes were obvious.
Vice General Liu was always very happy after reading it, but at the same time, he looked like he was questioning the meaning of life.
After returning, he told his anxious and suspicious soldiers and other disaster victims about the latest crop growth, which caused an uproar among the others.
"Has it really grown?"
"Didn't they just reattach the general's original arm, and then have granulation tissue and bone grow back on its own?"
"Isn't that the same as crops?"
The disaster victims simply could not imagine the scene of severed limbs growing back.
Some people subconsciously cover their fingers or wrists with their hands, imagining that after these parts are broken, granulation tissue will grow from the cut... Ugh, goosebumps instantly appear.
Many people asked, "Lieutenant General, may we go visit the General?"
"Have the helpers who stayed in Yunlu Village seen it yet?"
Deputy General Liu shook his head and said, "The general isn't performing acrobatics; he's treating injuries. How can he let people gather around and watch?"
Even within Yunlu Village, apart from Lu Xuan occasionally checking on the treatment progress, only the village chief and Ge Yuan would take a look. Others could only find out the progress by listening to their reports.
Deputy General Liu said, "The general will be fully recovered and return in seven days. You will then be able to see him."
The disaster victims could not hide their curiosity from the unquestionable tone of Vice General Liu's voice, so they could only suppress their curiosity and start counting down the days, hoping for General Huo's return.
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Day six in the medical ward.
Huo Tiankuo's entire arm has almost completely regrown. Except for the missing nails, the new arm looks exactly the same as his old arm.
On the morning of the seventh day.
Deputy General Liu and several personal guards, Lu Xuan, the village chief, Ge Yuan, and others gathered again in the treatment room.
Under Lu Xuan's control, the medical fluid, which had lost its medicinal effect, was slowly drained. Once all the medical fluid was emptied, the hatch of the medical pod was opened, and Huo Tiankuo, who had been asleep for seven days, slowly opened his eyes.
Deputy General Liu strode over and handed the general, who had sat up, a blanket to cover his exposed body. Then he excitedly exclaimed, "General, your arm has really grown back!"
Huo Tiankuo, who had been lying down for too long and was in a daze, instantly perked up when he heard the keyword. He looked down and saw that his lost arm had indeed returned.
He tried to swing his arm and clench his fist with a moving expression. The whole movement was smooth and there was no sense of mismatch. It was as if this arm was something he had always had since birth.
No, there have been changes.
One of the guards noticed the chest faintly visible under the blanket and, as if suddenly discovering something, stammered, "General, you're so fair-skinned."
Huo Tiankuo, who was in the middle of his excitement, stopped and turned to his personal guard with a smirk: "?" What kind of frivolous talk is that?
Unexpectedly, Deputy General Liu then added, "It really is true, General, you've become so much fairer."
Huo Tiankuo: "..."
He instinctively looked down and was instantly blinded by a blinding white light.
What is it?
Something's odd, let me take another look.
Huo Tiankuo took a closer look and found that his upper body, which was originally covered with various scars left by knives and guns, was indeed as clean as new. Upon closer inspection, he also found that his body, which had always been somewhat heavy due to numerous injuries, felt lighter than ever before.
Lu Xuan spoke up at the opportune moment, saying, "The limb regeneration potion has a strong restorative effect, and the general's other hidden ailments were also repaired during the arm's growth process." After all, the price wasn't low, so these were considered extra benefits.
Huo Tiankuo is currently at his peak, especially with his lightning-type superpowers.
Huo Tiankuo: "..."
Having been on countless battlefields and endured more than half a year of tormenting famine, after my body was completely worn out, I was able to rediscover the physical strength I had when I was a young boy. It would be a lie to say I wasn't happy.
However, looking at my own delicate and tender skin, it just felt awkward, making it impossible for me to be truly happy from the bottom of my heart.
Ge Yuan, who had the same experience, felt a deep sense of sympathy.
Then, seeing that the general's face was not only white, but his whole body was also fair and tender, and that the change was even greater than his, she felt that she was actually quite lucky.
Haha, another pretty boy has appeared.
[It's good that the arm has healed, but the sight of a tough guy turning into a weakling in an instant shows how dangerous the medical pod can be.]
[I feel like the medical pod feature really needs improvement. Not all men like having fair, rosy, and flawless skin like women do; it's too effeminate.]
[What do you mean by "white-cut chicken"? Only chickens without any muscle are called "white-cut chicken." General Huo at least has eight-pack abs.]
[Seriously, although his fair skin and delicate features seem a bit incongruous with General Huo's handsome appearance, the general's physique is truly amazing. His eight-pack abs are really enviable, and he even has a V-line! *slurp*]
[Hey, why are you covering it up even more? Show it to everyone, we can't do anything through the screen, haha.]
Huo Tiankuo felt a chill run down his spine for no reason. He subconsciously pulled the blanket tighter around himself, told Lu Xuan, and went to the next room to change his clothes.
With clothes covering his body, Huo Tiankuo felt at ease; otherwise, he always felt that something was secretly watching him from the shadows.
It must be my imagination.
"Congratulations on your recovery, General!" Li Tie and Ge Yuan greeted him with beaming smiles.
Huo Tiankuo laughed and said, "I should be thanking Brother Lu."
Lu Xuan smiled and said, "The main reason is that the medical pod provided by the immortal is very useful. If the general needs it again in the future, you are welcome to use it again."
Huo Tiankuo: "..."
There shouldn't be a next time for this.
However, the confirmation that missing body parts can be repaired is good news for Huo Jiajun and the disaster victims.
At least as long as there is still a breath left, there is a possibility of being saved.
The other villagers already knew that Huo Tiankuo would be 'discharged' today, and as soon as they saw him come out, the villagers waiting outside the clinic immediately became excited.
"They're out!"
"Look at General Huo's arm, it's really grown back!"
"Fortunately, it has grown back. I heard that General Huo is not married yet. If he were missing an arm, it would be difficult for him to find a wife."
Lu Xuan had said that the medical pod could regenerate limbs, but before Huo Tiankuo, no one in the village had lost an arm or a leg, so there was no opportunity to put it into practice. This was the first time the villagers had witnessed a miracle firsthand.
Su Ying squinted and looked for a while, and found that apart from his arms, General Huo's skin seemed to have improved.
He couldn't help but wonder, "Could it be that besides repairing his arms, General Huo also got a beauty and whitening treatment?"
After their initial excitement, the villagers rushed to congratulate Huo Tiankuo, and many of the older women took out supplies they had prepared beforehand, such as spare ribs, beef bones, pork liver, beef and mutton, eggs, river shrimp, mutated yams, and mutated red dates, and stuffed them into his arms.
They knew that the treatment in the medical ward would not leave any aftereffects, but the traditional thinking of the older generation was that one should take good care of oneself after recovering from a serious illness.
They generously brought out many of the supplies that they themselves wouldn't normally eat freely.
Huo Tiankuo originally didn't want to accept it, but everyone stuffed it into his hands and ran away. The village chief also persuaded him to accept it, and in the end, he had no choice but to accept the villagers' kindness.
Having not returned to the camp for seven days, Huo Tiankuo was worried about the situation there. After expressing his gratitude to Lu Xuan and the village chief once again, he left Yunlu Village with Deputy General Liu and the others.
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Upon returning to the camp, the sight of Huo Tiankuo's intact arm caused a sensation among all the refugees and soldiers in the camp.
An arm actually grew out of nowhere!
Is this the legendary "resurrecting the dead and restoring flesh to bones"?
If this doesn't count as magic, then what does?
The disaster victims were so excited that their faces turned red, wishing they could lose an arm themselves and experience the feeling of a new arm slowly growing back.
Many of the guards couldn't help but lean over to check Mo Huotiankuo's arm to confirm its authenticity.
Some even boldly stared at Huo Tiankuo's fair face and reached out to pinch it.
Of course, before he could actually grab it, he was scared back by Huo Tiankuo's warning look.
In the end, all I could do was secretly sigh to myself, "The general is really fair-skinned."
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Huo Tiankuo's recovery greatly boosted the morale of the Huo family army camp, but whether his arm was intact or not did not prevent the beast attacks from continuing.
On the fifth day after Huo Tiankuo recovered, Huo Jiajun's thousand-acre greenhouse yielded its second harvest.
Last time, almost the entire battalion was mobilized for the harvest, but this time, there were still many wild boars and wolves harassing them outside, so the soldiers couldn't spare the time and the disaster victims had to do it themselves.
Because there were a few hundred fewer people, it took half a day longer than last time, but overall it was all collected in one day.
Drying and threshing will take several days, but based on the previous estimate, the yield this time will be about the same as last time.
Including the debts incurred from building greenhouses and buying medicine not long ago, the portion used to pay off Lu Xuan's debts totaled 850,000 jin. The remaining 650,000 jin was the share belonging to the Huo family army of more than 3,000 people.
Huo Tiankuo, referencing the model of Yunlu Village, reserved 30% as public resources, and distributed the rest according to the number of people.
The personal guards still received two portions, the able-bodied men received 1.5 portions, and the others received one portion.
Each person received a little over 100 jin of grain, the able-bodied men received 150 jin, and the personal guards received 200 jin.
Huo Tiankuo also humanely allowed them to choose the food they wanted.
If you want to use more brown rice, then use brown rice. If you want something even tastier, you can use corn, yam, or sweet potato.
A grown man in his prime can eat his fill with 30 jin of grain a month, while the elderly, children, and women can live comfortably with 10 to 20 jin.
Now that they've suddenly received five times the amount of food rations, even though many people had calculated the costs beforehand during the first harvest, when they actually received several large bags of food rations and mutated cabbages that they couldn't even hold in both hands, everyone still felt a strong sense of unreality.
So much grain really belongs to them?
In the future, they can also eat their fill every day, three meals a day, just like the villagers of Yunlu Village.
After being in a daze for a long time, many disaster victims were so excited that they cried and laughed at the same time.
With tangible gains and the thought that all of Boss Lu's debts had been paid off this time, and that all the next gains would belong to them, the disaster victims' spirits soared even higher.
No matter how frighteningly the wolf packs howled at them, they ignored them completely.
Nothing can stop them from turning the soil and planting new crops!
After the new seeds were planted, the disaster victims, for the first time ever, had a strong desire to shop. Taking advantage of the fact that the beast herd had just disappeared and wouldn't be coming back for a while, they made a special trip to the general store in Yunlu Village to spend some money.
Everyone has already changed to at least one bio-suit, so there isn't much need for it anymore, but it's still worth buying more of the other items.
Essential supplies such as self-heating blankets, hand warmers, nutritional supplements (salt and sugar), and medicines.
Those who wanted to be a little more extravagant would buy canned fruit, pork jerky, dried persimmons, pickled bamboo shoots, and other local delicacies. These were usually bought by the soldiers themselves.
When divided equally, the amount of supplies spent by each person was actually not much, about thirty to fifty kilograms of grain.
At least one-third of the more than 3,000 people arrived in batches, and the total cost reached an astonishing 40,000 kilograms of supplies.
Lu Xuan used all of these supplies as prizes for a new round of raffles for the audience.
As for the 850,000 jin of rice that Huo Jiajun gave him to repay his debts, after all of it was recycled and processed, he made a net profit of more than 200 million points.
In addition, Huo Tiankuo also exchanged 100,000 jin of public supplies for ten vials of evolution fluid, which were also recycled and disposed of by Lu Xuan.
Lu Xuan opened the live stream backend and glanced at the real-time data.
The peak number of concurrent online users has reached 1.2 billion, with 320 million fans and a balance of 1.2 billion.
When Lu Xuan encountered the swarm of rats, the total number of online users had exceeded one billion, and he had achieved another accomplishment, earning a reward of one million points.
The increase in other data is significantly faster than before, mainly due to the repeated animal attacks encountered in the more than twenty days since entering the polar night.
While Star Alliance viewers enjoy watching mukbang videos, their love for battle is also ingrained in their bones.
In the past, they could only occasionally watch Lu Xuan show off his skills and get a taste of his prowess. This time, fifty or sixty different groups of beasts attacked one after another, so they could watch them all at once and Lu Xuan also benefited from the spectacle.
The day after Lu Xuan made a fortune, the ground around Yunlu Village suddenly began to shake violently.
The Lu family.
Lu Qing and the others, who were having lunch, were startled. "Was it an earthquake?"
Lu Xuan's expression hardened. "It's not an earthquake. The next earthquake will be in three days."
Lu Qing and Lei Yan's expressions changed simultaneously.
If it's not an earthquake but it's shaking so violently, then it must be...
Lu Xuan told Lu Miaomiao to take good care of Lu Qing and Lu Chen, and then hurriedly went out with Lei Yan to check the situation.
Once outside, as expected, the rest of the hunting party also rushed out nervously.
The group dispersed to different directions and used night vision binoculars to observe the distant movements, discovering that dark, swarming beasts were rushing toward them from all directions.
After more than twenty days of hunting, the members of the hunting team, who thought they had gotten used to it, felt a chill run down their spines when they saw the sheer number of beasts that they couldn't even count.
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Author's Note: Special thanks to Changyushan for throwing a grenade today.
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