359 Ceremony
◎May you reach Utopia soon◎
Pei Shu's high temperature did not stop because there was a hole in his heart, and this must be the site of the lesion.
Zhu Ning first used the metal manipulation to sense the foreign object on his heart. There was no movement. This was definitely not metal. What could it be? Did the explosion penetrate the heart? Or was it an old injury?
Zhu Ning: "There's something in his heart."
Bai Cheng also came over to take a look. Actually, the light was not enough at the moment, but the inside of Pei Shu's chest was very bright, and there was indeed a foreign object on the side.
Bai Cheng: "Get it out."
Zhu Ning was speechless, and suddenly understood why he was chopped in half last time because it was Bai Cheng who said to cut his brain open. Sister Bai is always the bravest.
Bai Cheng: "If you don't get it out, it might not get better."
Her suggestion was very practical, but Zhu Ning was hesitant to act. "What if he dies after he gets it out?"
Bai Cheng spoke coldly: "This is your dog, not mine."
Zhu Ning: “…”
What? Where did Bai Cheng learn his current personality?
Whether Pei Shu is dead or alive, Zhu Ning is the only one responsible. She cannot kill people indirectly.
Zhu Ning was under immense pressure. She thought quietly that Pei Shu's body temperature was too high, and the grass where he was lying was burned to ashes.
If we delay any further, Pei Shu will most likely die.
Zhu Ning struggled a little, "Do it."
She spoke the words clearly and crisply, but didn't know how to proceed. Bai Cheng said, "You should disinfect the knife first."
Bai Cheng handed her the knife very experiencedly, like a responsible nurse, with three rotting corpses surrounding her, solving other unexpected problems.
She seemed to have some regrets about not performing a craniotomy on Zhu Ning last time, and wanted to make up for it this time.
Zhu Ning understood the psychological pressure Lin Xiaofeng was under at the time and regretted very much that she did not have Zhu Yao's skills. If only the mother in her memory was there, heart problems were her forte.
Zhu Ning: "I'll just use my hands. The knife will melt."
The needle tip is made of metal and will melt. If the melted iron sticks to the heart, Zhu Ning won't know how to peel it off.
Zhu Ning's hands were covered with hardened skin, as if he was wearing a pair of bone gloves. Bai Cheng rummaged through his bag and found a bottle of disinfectant. He simply poured some disinfectant on Zhu Ning's hands to disinfect them.
Disinfection is useless. Under extremely high temperatures, all bacteria will be burned to death.
This didn't look like an operation at all. It was more like some mysterious religious ritual, sacrificing the heart to the devil or something. Zhou Haiqing didn't dare to go near while holding the child, and couldn't help but stretch her neck to look.
Zhu Ning stretched out two fingers and slowly inserted them into the damaged chest. It looked easy, but it was not very easy. He felt obvious resistance just after inserting two knuckles.
Boom——
Pei Shu's heart beat under Zhu Ning's fingertips, reminding her of when she was a child and went to the countryside to watch a pig being slaughtered. The butcher teased her by placing a freshly slaughtered heart in her palm and saying, "Touch it, it'll beat."
Then Zhu Ning was so frightened that he dared not move, feeling his hot heart twitching in his palm, as if it was still alive.
Pei Shu's heart was very hard, and the description of volcanic rock was correct. She groped and touched the foreign object. As soon as she touched it, Pei Shu suddenly struggled violently.
If you undergo open surgery without anesthesia, the pain will make you want to die immediately.
Bai Cheng wanted to help hold it down, but he was immediately burned when he touched it and had to pull his hand back. His body temperature was almost over 300 degrees.
Zhu Ning pinched Pei Shu's throat with one hand and used the thread of consciousness to twist his mouth to prevent him from biting his tongue. With the other hand, he quickly pulled out the end holding the foreign object.
"Be quiet," Zhu Ning comforted him, "It's okay."
Pei Shu whimpered in pain. Zhu Ning's attention was focused on his heart, and more magma flowed in his heart. Was he really going to be killed by her?
Pei Shu opened his mouth and breathed heavily as if he was short of oxygen.
Bai Cheng said coldly: "You almost strangled him to death."
"Oh," Zhu Ning said nervously. Pei Shu's face was pale. He might not have died from an accident during surgery, but from suffocation. "I'm sorry."
After Zhu Ning let go, the lava flow rate slowed down visibly. This was probably caused by the violent contraction of the heart during suffocation.
"Give me the healing agent." Zhu Ning said quickly while pressing Pei Shu.
Bai Cheng handed her the healing agent. Zhu Ning's palm touched the syringe, and the hardened substance spread from Zhu Ning's skin to the needle, wrapping the needle as well.
She originally just wanted to try it out, and this ability seemed to be of some use.
This time the needle successfully penetrated Pei Shu's neck. The medicine could not be seen after it was injected, and it was not known whether it evaporated or was absorbed.
After doing all this, Pei Shu's struggling gradually slowed down, and Zhu Ning had nothing to do.
This is the only medical condition available outside the wall.
"I'll take a break," Zhu Ning said, "I'll leave it to you next."
Bai Cheng handled the subsequent follow-up. When Zhu Ning stood up, he found that his legs were weak. He had been running in the forest for several hours and using his supernatural powers to exhaust his body, but it was not as stimulating as performing heart surgery on a person.
She originally wanted to wash her face with river water, but the corpse of the apple man was still floating in the river, so she could only wipe the cold sweat off her face.
Zhu Ning sat aside, his mind completely blank. When he came back to his senses, the foreign object in Pei Shu's heart was still lying in his hand.
In the moonlight, the thing looked particularly strange. Zhu Ning initially thought it was a piece of iron, but now it looked more like some kind of crystal.
It's only as big as a piece of glass, completely black, not very reflective, but seems to absorb all light sources. It looks... very similar to the material of the system?
Yes, the new system that Zhu Ning found in the Zombie City looks very similar to this thing.
Is this something brought out from the air door? But the glasses guy and the others have this thing?
Could it be...the Far North?
This thought suddenly popped up in Zhu Ning's mind: Is it the root cause of the disease left by Pei Shu when he went to the Far North?
That doesn't make sense. If it was the Far North, why did it happen only now? Because the explosion blew this thing into the heart?
Only Pei Shu could answer her, but the unfortunate child was still unconscious.
Bai Cheng didn't dare touch him directly. He used a pair of tongs to poke Pei Shu's body left and right, as if he were roasting a sweet potato, with Pei Shu being the one being turned over. Zhu Ning asked, "Are you okay?"
Bai Cheng: "I don't know."
Zhu Ning glanced into the depths of the forest, then glanced at Zhou Haiqing not far away, and asked, "Is that child she's holding a corpse?"
Zhu Ning had always suspected that there was something wrong with the baby. Bai Cheng could sense corpses. She had tried it when she first met these three people, but she shook her head: "No."
"But I don't know if it's a human." Bai Cheng said again.
After all, the baby looked very strange. Not only did he not cry, he didn't even make a sound.
Zhu Ning originally wanted to rest and take a nap while holding Lin Xiaofeng in his arms, but now there are a lot of things going on right under his nose.
Zhu Ning: "You go to sleep first, I'll watch over you and call you to take over later."
Bai Cheng made a place for himself on the spot. They didn't have any extra tents, so they could only sleep anywhere. Bai Cheng lay next to Pei Shu. The two of them were only one meter apart, lying in a row, which looked particularly unlucky.
Bai Cheng noticed Zhu Ning's gaze and explained, "He's warm."
Zhu Ning: "...Go to sleep."
Zhu Ning yawned, her eyelids drooping with exhaustion. No wonder she was able to fall asleep while being chased by that bamboo monster.
She wanted to ask Huo Wenxi for a wake-up shot or a cup of strong tea. After shaking her head and perking up, Zhu Ning made sure her three teammates were safe and walked towards Zhou Haiqing.
Zhou Haiqing had been observing Zhu Ning and finally remembered why this person looked familiar. She was not a pilgrim at all, but a demon, or a true God.
Later, I became more certain when I heard Bai Cheng's name.
Zhou Haiqing wanted to take a half step back, but was stopped abruptly. Behind her was a strange forest, and in front of her was a blood-red lake. Zhu Ning looked the safest.
Zhou Haiqing was shaking so violently that it was difficult for Zhu Ning to ignore her shaking while holding the child.
Zhu Ning: "Sit down, standing is so tiring."
As soon as she finished speaking, Zhou Haiqing and the man sat down immediately, as if they would be eaten alive by Zhu Ning if they were a step later. They remembered that Zhu Ning's publicized ability included devouring, and they might become food.
Zhu Ning didn't bother to explain and asked, "Are you a family of three?"
Zhou Haiqing nodded: "Yes, this is my husband Hong Yong."
Zhu Ning asked, "What else?"
Zhu Ning just said three words, the meaning of which was self-evident. Zhou Haiqing knew that she wanted to know the information about these three people.
She began to speak haltingly, trying to prove that she was truly harmless, "We are sixth-class citizens..."
Zhu Ning was a little surprised and asked, "What is superpower?"
Zhou Haiqing: "Hong Yong can transform into a dagger, and I can do small space storage."
The second ability was quite interesting. No wonder they were stockpiling it. Zhu Ning asked, "How small?"
Zhou Haiqing hesitated for a moment, feeling that hiding it from Zhu Ning was pointless. She stretched out her left arm and said, "Under the protective suit, though it's hard to show, there's a coin-sized circle. When you open it, you can store items. I've tried it and it can hold up to 30 kilograms of rice."
What a practical ability! Zhu Ning has a card, but it can only hold one thing.
Zhou Haiqing: "We're not very powerful people with special abilities. After registering, we're under surveillance. I feel like it really affects my life."
This was the first time that Zhu Ning came into contact with the sixth-class citizens at the bottom of society. All those he had met before had been recruited by various organizations. The ones Zhu Ning had come into contact with were too "high-end" and he never really understood why the sixth-class citizens were the bottom of society.
Compared to Su He who was reduced to ashes with a snap of his fingers, Zhou Haiqing and Hong Yong's special abilities are of little use in actual combat. The Federation is worried that they will increase the crime rate, so they monitor the door and make regular visits to the community. Therefore, Zhou Haiqing's living conditions are very ordinary, and she is just an ordinary person.
Zhu Ning: "Where are your children?"
Zhou Haiqing tightened her arms around her baby, pausing for a moment before continuing, "Xiaobao has a genetic disease, a... deformity. Genetic screening showed she was a fifth-class citizen. We've been to many hospitals and spent all our savings, but we can't cure her. Online fundraising was initially effective, but then the donations dried up. Netizens said my family wasn't the worst hit, and they donated to others."
Zhou Haiqing didn't elaborate on the disease. They tried every possible means to prevent the children from being destroyed. People with a short lifespan would be judged as fifth-class citizens and placed in the garbage dump to fend for themselves. However, humans with excessively deformed appearances would enter the destruction process because they were "an eyesore" and the next screening would begin.
Zhu Ning was silent. She had always thought that pilgrims were just fools. For the first time, she saw the other side. They were a very traditional family of three who were just trying to cure their child.
"We went out of the wall just to get treatment. We didn't mean any harm." Zhou Haiqing's voice became more pleading.
Zhu Ning asked, "How do you know Utopia can cure it?"
Zhou Haiqing's tense body slowly relaxed as she spoke. "There's no oppression there, medical care is free, the poor also have dignity, there's no death, no disease, no pain."
As Zhu Ning listened, he felt more and more that this was another Eternal Life Pharmaceutical. The news released by Utopia was too dreamy and false, and would only attract desperate people.
Zhu Ning couldn't help but look at Xiaobao in Zhou Haiqing's arms. She called her daughter Xiaobao. She was the best treasure in the world, but also her weakness. Money and life were not as valuable as a finger of Xiaobao.
If utopia is false, what would Zhou Haiqing have done along the way?
"When Xiaobao was first diagnosed, I rushed to the hospital with her. The doctor said it was pointless and asked me why I was so persistent, as if I had some conspiracy and was a sinner." Zhou Haiqing's face was pressed against the baby, and because of the protective helmets between them, their faces could not touch each other and could only touch lightly.
Zhou Haiqing: "I just want to hear her call me mom. I really don't have any bad intentions."
She was asked again and again why she wanted to protect a deformed child, whether she was going to do some human experiments, or whether she wanted to destroy the world. She always said no, she just wanted to listen to the child.
She didn't have any extravagant expectations, it would be fine if Xiaobao called her mom.
Later, she had no choice but to go out of the wall. Of course she knew it was dangerous, but she had no other way out.
She became a member of the pilgrims. When they set out, there were more than 500 people in the group, like a flock of migrating geese. When they reached this forest, only 37 were left. They got lost in the forest. Zhou Haiqing was very lucky, as she was closer to Utopia.
Zhu Ning felt very anxious. She agreed to take the trip because of Lin Xiaofeng. She wanted to comfort Zhou Haiqing and give them some space to be alone, but Zhou Haiqing might have the clue she was looking for. Guo Zilin had been contaminated last time and could not communicate normally, but Zhou Haiqing didn't seem to have it yet.
She really wanted to know Liu Yu's secret, wanted to know more news about Utopia, and what was the purpose of pilgrims entering Utopia.
Zhu Ning was determined to continue asking, "Do you know Teacher Qi?"
"Teacher Qi?" Zhou Haiqing was stunned, as if the name had been deliberately buried deep in her memory, requiring careful digging to find it. She muttered to herself, "Teacher Qi... I've seen her..."
A person appeared in her mind, dressed in black, standing on top of the tall city wall, smiling and looking at every "student". Yes, they were still students at that time, and they needed special ceremonies to become real pilgrims.
Zhou Haiqing became more and more confused as she spoke. "She gave me a map."
On the high wall, the wind was particularly strong. Teacher Qi's hand touched Zhou Haiqing's forehead. At the moment of touch, time around them seemed to stop.
Zhou Haiqing looked at her stupidly. Teacher Qi planted a seed and said softly, "May you reach Utopia soon."
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