Seeing that Lu Jiu didn't say anything, the woman cried, "Boss Lu, can my husband still be saved?"

Hearing this "Boss Lu", several nurses turned around and saw Lu Jiu's iconic long black hair and black mask, their eyes sparkled. Boss Lu is so famous now that they actually saw the real person!

Lu Jiu was tingling with worry for the little bug, and didn't have time to ask the system if there was a solution.

Instead of waiting for the system's answer, the energy collection system sounded a prompt.

[The energy collection system reminds the host that the magic crystal marrow energy conversion is complete, and a total of 932,660 magic points have been obtained. 】

Lu Jiu: ...

At first, Vera gave him three magic crystal marrows, and he found two magic crystal marrow fragments himself. The magic value after conversion was more than 800,000. As a result, the five magic crystal marrows given by the Cecil family were only this much more. They really gave defective products.

However, Lu Jiu was already satisfied with this much magic value. Although it was less than 1 million, he could use the magic value in his hand to make up for it. He could always get enough magic value to buy advanced gene enhancers. As long as Si used it, he could become a real demon spirit.

The excited voice of the system exploded in Lu Jiu's mind.

[Host host, do you want to buy advanced gene enhancers now? ]

Lu Jiu: No hurry.

Lu Jiu is not in a hurry, but the system is!

[How can I not be anxious? If I buy it early, I can upgrade early!]

Lu Jiu: Now that Si Xu is not here, I can only put it in the inventory after buying it. Isn’t it more useful for mana? Why should I spend it so early?

[System upgrades take time. The sooner I buy it, the sooner I can upgrade. After I upgrade, maybe I will have a solution to the disease?]

Lu Jiu was suspicious: In other words, you have no solution now?

[Everything I know is something that happened and was recorded in the Demon Sea plane. If something happened in the Earth plane, unless there is a ** record, I definitely don’t know about it. Besides, this kind of disease has never appeared before, so there is no record of it.]

Lu Jiu: Then how do you know that there will be a solution after you upgrade?

The system freezes for a while.

[I don’t know now, but after the upgrade, it will become more powerful. Isn’t it more likely that I will know?]

Rujiu always feels that the system is too eager, but as long as it involves magic points, the system has never been impatient.

Rujiu: If it is upgraded, will the system functions still be able to be used normally?

[Most functions will be closed, basic functions will be open, and the gates can be used normally.]

Rujiu thought for a while: Your ability may be used now, so you should upgrade later.

System: ...

[Don’t wait until later, everything can be upgraded on the spot now, and everything will be upgraded very quickly, really!]

Rujiu: Will the subsystem be closed?

[No, the subsystem is open normally, and the main system is upgraded. 】

Lu Jiu thought that keeping the Demon Hunting System would not help now. If the disease crisis can be solved after the upgrade, it is better to upgrade it as soon as possible. After all, the subsystem is not affected, then the Demon Hunting Chef God System, the energy collection system and Si Xu's weapon manufacturing system can be used normally.

Lu Jiu spent 1 million magic points to buy an advanced gene enhancer. He felt distressed and excited. He felt distressed for the magic points, and excited because he wanted to know what Si Xu would look like when he completely turned into a demon spirit.

Lu Jiu had just paid when he heard the cold mechanical sound of the system, which was obviously not the normal sound of the system.

[The Demon Hunting System reminds the host that the accumulated magic points have exceeded 1 million, meeting the upgrade requirements. The Demon Hunting System is upgrading...]

Rujiu was stunned. The mechanical voice only said this, and nothing else. He couldn't even see the upgrade progress.

Rujiu came here just to confirm whether this kind of pest came from the Demon Sea plane. Now that it has been confirmed, he has no way to solve this problem, so he won't waste time here.

Rujiu left the ward and headed towards the elevator. Passing by a ward door, he saw a small ball rolling out of the ward and was kicked out by Rujiu.

Rujiu:...

Rujiu hurriedly took two quick steps, grabbed the small ball and wanted to send it back to the ward, but when he turned around, he met a pair of eyes.

Rujiu looked at the little boy standing at the door in surprise. Wasn't he the child who was confirmed to be infected with the disease? !

The door of the ward was only half open, and the little boy was standing in front of the open door. There was no expression on his face, and his eyes looked empty.

Rujiu felt a chill on her back when he was staring at her.

When the two looked at each other, Rujiu was surprised to find that there was a green light flashing between the little boy's eyebrows. Rujiu

suspected that she had seen it wrong, and looked carefully again, but there was no green light, and there was still intact skin there.

The little boy's empty eyes gradually regained their spirit, and he smiled at Lu Jiu. That smile was a little strange... No, not only the smile was strange, Lu Jiu felt that the whole body of the little boy was strange, especially...

Lu Jiu looked the little boy up and down, and finally knew what was strange. The little boy stood at the door, with his feet together, the position of his toes aligned with the line of the door, and he stood there straight, but it just felt strange.

The little boy stretched out his hand, "Brother, this is my ball."

Rujiu took a few steps closer and handed the ball over, "Here you go."

The little boy's hand was a distance away from the ball, "Brother, can you come a little closer?"

Rujiu was about to take a step forward, but suddenly stopped, "Come and get it."

The little boy looked at the ball eagerly, "I can't go out."

Rujiu was about to ask about this, he squatted down, "Why can't I go out?"

The little boy stared at the ball again, "The nurse said I can't leave the ward, not even a step away."

That strange feeling appeared again.

Rujiu looked around, "Now the nurse is not here, you sneak out, she won't know."

The smile on the little boy's face disappeared, "I promised the nurse that I would not leave the ward."

Rujiu stared at the little boy for a long time and came to a conclusion: this child is abnormal.

Normally, children of this age are the most forgetful and playful. Even if their parents tell them not to be naughty or run around, they will still play and run around. Just like this child, the nurse told him not to leave, and he really did not leave, not even stepping his toes beyond the line.

"Taotao, what are you doing standing at the door?" A young nurse walked over quickly.

When the nurse saw Lu Jiu, she didn't need to ask any questions. She guessed his identity as soon as she saw Lu Jiu's long hair and mask.

The nurse asked uncertainly, "Are you Boss Lu?"

Lu Jiu stood up, "It's me."

The nurse was very happy, "I, I'm your fan, can you, can you give me an autograph?"

Lu Jiu: "..."

He hasn't been an idol for so long, why does he still need an autograph?

The nurse quickly took a pen and a photo from the nurse's desk and asked Lu Jiu to sign the photo.

When Lu Jiu saw the photo, he felt a little uncomfortable.

The photo should have been developed by the nurse herself. It was the photo of Lu Jiu tying himself in a cluster of bone spurs and looking at the camera blankly. The key is that he is in the form of a mermaid!

The young nurse looked at him hopefully, and Lu Jiu had no choice but to bite the bullet and sign the photo.

The young nurse happily returned the photo to the service desk and put it away. When she came back, she wanted to take Taotao back to the ward. At this time, the little boy was still standing at the door with his feet together, motionless.

"Can I ask you something?" Lu Jiu suddenly spoke.

The young nurse was of course happy to answer Aidou's doubts, "What do you want to ask?"

Lu Jiu said, "What happened to Taotao? When did he wake up?"

The young nurse was a little surprised, "You know about him?"

Lu Jiu talked about how Taotao's mother carried him to the Magic Fish Shop for help, and it was the Magic Fish Shop that called the ambulance.

The young nurse: "I don't know the specific situation. He was not in good condition when he was sent here. He would make a fuss whenever he was awake. Two days later, he woke up again and suddenly became quiet and very obedient. He ate when asked and stopped running when asked."

Rujiu frowned, "Did the hospital use any effective medicine on him?"

The young nurse shook her head, "No, the same medicine was used on the other two people, but it didn't work."

The other two people should be the boy's mother and the diners who were bitten. After Rujiu asked, she got a positive answer from the young nurse.

Rujiu said: "You should know that he is most likely infected with insects. Are they allowed to stay in the ward like this without any protective measures?"

The young nurse just followed the hospital's arrangements. She didn't know much.

"There was no news of quarantine before, and the news just came down today. They will be sent away soon and treated together."

Lu Jiu: "Where are they being sent?"

The little nurse: "Nanhai, there are more people who are sick there, and they can be treated together."

Lu Jiu nodded. The hospital should know better than him how to stop the infection.

Lu Jiu didn't say much. He handed the ball to the little boy and went back first.

He decided to go to Nanhai.

Lu Jiu arranged the store, and that day he was sent to Nanhai by a helicopter of the "Special Security Department" as a consultant for the seventh team.

Of course, the helicopter was transporting supplies and sent Lu Jiu by the way.

When the helicopter landed in Nanhai, Si Xu was already waiting.

Seeing Lu Jiu, Si Xu walked quickly towards him, "Didn't you say you didn't have to come? Why did you come anyway?"

Lu Jiu lowered his voice and said, "If I don't come, how are you going to use the super-intelligent medicine-making space?"

The medicine-making space was drawn from a blind box and can only be placed in Lu Jiu's inventory. Only when Lu Jiu is there can Si Xu enter the medicine-making space.

Si Xu put his arm around Lu Jiu's shoulders and took him off the helipad, "What did the Demon Hunting System say?"

Lu Jiu said angrily, "The system is useless. It said that these pests are native to the Earth plane, and it doesn't know how to solve it."

"Really? Then call it out and ask. Doesn't it claim that the civilization over there is superior to that of Earth? How come it doesn't have a solution?"

Si Xu never completely believed what the Demon Hunting System said. This system seemed to have its own thoughts. It was very cunning.

Lu Jiu: "It has been upgraded. Now only the basic functions can be used. The subsystem is not affected."

Si Xu asked in surprise: "Is the transformation completed?"

Lu Jiu looked at him strangely, "It is completed. It only costs more than 900,000. I bought you a high-level gene enhancer. After you use this, you can become a real demon spirit."

Si Xu sent Lu Jiu to the car and drove over.

There were only two of them in the car, so it was more convenient to talk.

Si Xu asked: "Why did the system upgrade suddenly?"

Lu Jiu: "It is said that the accumulated magic points have reached 1 million, which meets the upgrade requirements, so it upgraded."

Si Xu pondered, "Was it the system's requirement, or did you trigger it accidentally?"

Lu Jiu looked at him, "The system is very eager to upgrade, what did you think of it?"

Si Xu said: "It's good for it to upgrade now. I told you some things, which is equivalent to letting the system know."

Lu Jiu: "What?"

Si Xu "Don't trust this demon hunting system too much. It is very purposeful. Everything revolves around energy, and it is very eager for energy. I really want to know what the system wants to do with so much energy. Since the system has started to upgrade, we just have to wait and see what will happen after the upgrade."

The system is indeed very eager to upgrade. Lu Jiu originally thought that this was the system's instinct, just like the instinct of small animals to protect their food. Isn't it?

Now it is useless to think more. Lu Jiu can only wait.

Lu Jiu and Si Xu talked about the scene he saw in the hospital, especially the strange child.

Si Xu's face was solemn. "We also have the situation you described. Children take less time to wake up than adults. They will wake up in about two to three days after infection, while adults need about five days."

Lu Jiu frowned. "Are they really awake?"

Si Xu shook his head. "It's not certain yet. People who recover from the infection will have a big change in personality and slow reaction. They seem to have become another person. The most important thing is that once they wake up, the pests in their bodies will disappear."

Lu Jiu was surprised. "Did those pests die naturally?"

Si Xu: "It shouldn't be that simple."

Lu Jiu thought for a while, "I want to see the people who have woken up."

Si Xu did not stop them and took Lu Jiu to a rehabilitation hospital in Nanhai, where all the infected people were placed.

When Si Xu brought Lu Jiu there, they happened to meet Lu Yu who had just come out, and this time even Shi Shuqing came with them.

Seeing Lu Jiu, Lu Yu joked, "I said Captain Si was here, why didn't the consultant of Team 7 come with us, but he's here anyway?"

Lu Jiu: "..."

Lu Jiu: "If you could be a little faster, why would you make me make this trip?"

Lu Yu spread his hands and sighed, "Things are a bit tricky, I wonder if Boss Lu has any good solution?"

Lu Jiu asked curiously, "If you don't have a solution, how can I have one?"

Lu Yu looked at Lu Jiu, then at Si Xu, "What are you doing here in such a hurry?"

Si Xu: "Come and see the people who have woken up. Xiao Jiu also saw a child who woke up in City A."

Lu Yu and Shi Shuqing both had unhappy expressions. Those people who had woken up were too weird.

Rujiu and Si Xu wanted to check it out, and Lu Yu and Shi Shuqing also went with them, wanting to see if they could find anything.

Rujiu thought Si Xu would take him to the ward, but unexpectedly Si Xu took him directly to the monitoring room.

Looking at the people on the surveillance screen, some of them were sitting on the hospital beds, their backs straight, staring in one direction without moving; some were standing at the closed door, staring at the door without moving; and there was another person who looked up, staring at the surveillance camera, his eyes empty, no one knew what he was looking at, the screen was full of his big face, a little scary.

There was a room full of children, each of them had a toy, playing with their own, not talking or gathering together.

In short, all the people who woke up were not normal.

Rujiu stared at the surveillance screen, and suddenly moved closer to look at the big face on the screen. He suddenly pointed at the man's brow.

"Did you see it? There was a green light here just now."

Several people in the surveillance room: "..."

Rujiu knew from their expressions that they should not have seen it.

Rujiu looked at Si Xu, "Did you see it?"

Si Xu: "No."

When he was in the hospital, Rujiu also saw a green light at Taotao's brow. He thought he had seen it wrongly at the time, but now he saw it again. Rujiu didn't think he had seen it wrongly. Rujiu

thought carefully, and when he looked again, the big face on the surveillance screen had moved away. The door of his ward was opened, and someone was talking to him.

Rujiu suddenly had a guess.

Lu Jiu: "I want to go to the ward to see them."

Si Xu, Lu Yu and Shi Shuqing all followed him.

They didn't let anyone get close to these awake people easily. Their condition was very wrong. They didn't know if they were aggressive... Although they had been surprisingly quiet so far, they still had to be on guard.

Lu Jiu chose a ward. The person in the ward was the man who was sitting motionless on the bed. Lu Jiu leaned over the small window on the door and looked inside. He stared at the man's brow and raised his hand to knock on the door.

The person inside didn't respond. Lu Jiu continued to knock. The man's brow flashed green again. The person inside seemed to come back to his senses after being in a daze. He looked at the door and then walked over to open it.

Lu Jiu took a step back and winked at the three people behind him.

Three people: ???

What do you mean? What do you want to do?

The door of the ward was opened, and the person inside looked at Lu Jiu blankly.

Lu Jiu stared at the center of his eyebrows, "Hello, can we chat?"

The man's eyebrows flashed green again, and an expression appeared on his wooden face. Just as he was about to speak, Lu Jiu decisively reached out and grabbed the green light between the man's eyebrows. Lu Jiu seemed to have pulled something, and some root-like threads were pulled out from the man's eyebrows...

"Ahhhh——!!!!"

The man suddenly screamed, pushed Lu Jiu away, and rushed up with a ferocious face. A long leg kicked over from the side, and the crazy man was kicked back to the ward. Lu Yu and Shi Shuqing quickly closed the door of the ward. There were miserable screams and banging sounds of doors coming from inside. It was very crazy!

Lu Yu was about to ask Rujiu what happened to that person and why she suddenly went crazy, but when he turned around, he saw Rujiu holding up her hand, looking at the green liquid on her fingers with horror . Rujiu : “ …

”

Ahh