What illness did you come to see?
"Is Dr. Li available today to see my child about heart disease?"
"Yes, but you need to deduct points before you can enter, and you can only have one companion."
Min Hui said to Song Ziming and Song Ziqi, "Then I'll go in."
He didn't even blink when half of his points were crossed out; he didn't feel the slightest bit of heartache.
Points can be exchanged, but we can't afford to offend Song Xia. Besides, given the current situation at the base, it's uncertain whether these points will still be useful in the future.
It's only been a short time since the apocalypse, and they're already getting restless and can't hold back anymore. At first, they said all sorts of nice things, like preserving the flame of humanity, continuing the hope of life, and sharing weal and woe. But once those people tasted power, they threw everything aside.
While those with superpowers certainly play a crucial role in this apocalyptic world, without restraint, the base will only dwindle in numbers.
When ordinary people feel hopeless about life, can a small number of people with superpowers defeat the apocalypse?
He firmly believed that ordinary people were no less valuable than those with superpowers. Weren't we all ordinary people before the apocalypse? Weren't those high-tech gadgets, those firearms, and those new types of food invented and improved by ordinary people?
He had always thought that it would be great if there was a powerful and compassionate leader to manage the apocalypse, because only through forceful suppression could ordinary people have a chance to survive.
Perhaps they will still have to endure a lot of hardship to make a living, but at least they won't be as desperate as they are now, especially women, who are treated like objects, even worse than ordinary objects.
The conflict is escalating too quickly, giving the weak no chance to breathe. This contradictory set of rules will inevitably collapse sooner or later.
"Uncle Min."
"Hmm?" Min Hui came back to his senses and sighed deeply. He had been overthinking things again.
Looking at Song Zi'an, he had an immature idea in his mind: if he could get Song Xia involved, that would be great. With Song Xia's abilities, she could definitely manage a better base than this one.
But he couldn't selfishly ruin other people's lives, and once Song Xia's identity became known, he couldn't guarantee what would happen in the future.
No matter how powerful someone is, they can still be pecked in the eye by a goose. The humanization of zombies involves so much more.
"Uncle Min, can I really be cured?"
"We should at least give it a try, shouldn't we? The experts at the base have been researching the use of crystal nuclei for treatment, and maybe they've already achieved some success?"
Song Zian pursed his lips: "Actually, it doesn't matter if it can't be cured. I'm already much luckier than other children."
"Having someone like you, Aunt Song, is truly a blessing for you."
Min Hui sighed inwardly. After the apocalypse, so many children died tragically, and some even had their own parents choose to abandon them in order to survive. But Song Xia had been doing her best for a group of children with no blood relation from before the apocalypse to after.
Soon, the nurse led them to Dr. Li's office. Dr. Li was nearly fifty years old and had not yet awakened any supernatural abilities. Fortunately, because of his authority in cardiology, he was still able to live peacefully in this base.
"Come here and let me take a look."
Min Hui took out Song Zi'an's medical records from before the apocalypse: "Dr. Li, take a look, this is a test report from a year ago."
Dr. Li took a closer look at the medical report he was able to produce before the apocalypse. In the post-apocalyptic world, even basic living conditions are difficult to guarantee, so the fact that he could preserve the medical records intact shows the extent of his dedication and the strength of his family.
"A large ventricular septal defect accompanied by cardiovascular malformation..." Dr. Li sighed slightly. If it were a small defect, it could be cured through surgery, but a large defect accompanied by cardiovascular malformation, even he could not guarantee a cure.
So he could only say to the two of them tactfully, "The hospital was severely damaged after the apocalypse, many instruments are no longer usable, and there is also a shortage of some postoperative medications..."
Min Hui's heart sank, but Song Zi'an, though disappointed, was not discouraged: "It's okay, Uncle Min."
Dr. Li paused for a moment and then said, "However, it's not entirely hopeless."
"Please speak."
"As far as I know, some patients have experienced a complete disappearance of their previous symptoms after they have activated their superpowers. If this child can activate his superpowers, he might have a chance to recover."
Min Hui asked again, "Does the research institute already have successful cases of activating supernatural abilities in ordinary people?"
"That's absolutely right."
However, just as Min Hui was getting excited, Dr. Li told him some bad news: "But the number of cases where superpowers are successfully activated is less than one in a hundred."
Min Hui's heart sank again: "I understand."
Dr. Li scribbled on the paper: "I'll prescribe some medicine for the child to try and alleviate some of the symptoms. Seeing how well you've raised the child, I'll tell you something else: the higher the level of the crystal core that activates superpowers, the greater the chance of success."
Min Hui's eyes flickered. Thinking of the zombie tiger's crystal core, he felt that there might really be hope.
Are the crystal cores of zombies and zombie animals the same?
Dr. Li looked up at him and said, "No one has obtained the crystal core of a high-level zombie animal yet, so there are no experiments, but the probability of obtaining a regular crystal core is about the same."
Min Hui opened his mouth, wondering how many experiments the base had conducted to arrive at such a conclusion.
After he got the medicine, he met up with Song Ziming and Song Ziqi. Just as he was about to go back, he saw his teammates rushing over.
"Min Hui, something bad has happened! Lao Luo and the others have been arrested."
"Why were you arrested when everything was fine?"
"It's that zombie tiger. They detected that the tiger skin and bones we brought out were not from ordinary zombie animals, so they insisted that we hand over the crystal core."
Min Hui's face darkened: "There are rules in the base that crystal cores belong to individuals. Why should we hand them over?"
After saying that, he gave a wry smile. He knew that rules could be changed at will by those in power.
"What do we do now?" Song Ziming looked at Min Hui. "Do you need my help?"
“You can’t help, especially since you’ve brought Ziqi and Zian with you. I’ll take you out of the base first.”
Despite being very worried about the safety of her teammates, Song Ziqi and Song Zian had no special abilities, and taking them along would only be a burden, so it was better to send them away first.
"Actually, that's possible..."
“No need.” Min Hui stopped him from saying what he was about to say. “If we take them out, it will only arouse their suspicion and cause more trouble later. We can just explain that we met a powerful person by chance and picked up these things.”
Min Hui knew that this excuse was somewhat far-fetched and that the higher-ups wouldn't believe it, but it was the best way.
"They can't find the crystal core here, so they'll release them one day."
The team member hesitated, unsure whether they would be released or not, but he knew that Lao Luo and his group would definitely suffer inhuman torture.
The group drove to the base gate. Upon arrival, they saw the person who had harbored ill intentions towards Song Ziqi in the testing room early that morning, along with the dozens of superhumans behind him. Their hearts sank.
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