The next day, Lin Tan Tan went to see the mixed-race youth again. Oh, his name was Ruther, a rather exotic name.
Ruther was fed stomach after stomach of sugarcane juice, and his body was emitting a strong smell of sugar. He recovered a little, but Lin Tan was worried that he would get diabetes.
Lin Tantan had come here today mainly to help Lu Jianping select ingredients that met his requirements. The square-faced, thinning-haired uncle looked helpless. "The sugarcane field was destroyed, and we only managed to get a few stalks back. Could you please see if there are any wood-type superpowers here?... That research institute hasn't been able to develop the equipment to test superpowers for days. I'm really sorry to bother you."
Lin Tan Tan picked at the sugarcanes. Only one had the wood-type ability; the others were just ordinary mutant sugarcanes. As she picked, she asked, "Who destroyed the sugarcane field?"
"I don't know who it is. They say it only has half a head. It might be a zombie. Are there zombies that eat sugarcane?" Lu Jianping said in a somewhat funny tone. He seemed to be a very easy-going person in private, but Lin Tantan was not sure whether he was deliberately showing this easy-going attitude in front of him.
Lin Tan was stunned. Zombies only eat raw flesh and blood, right? I've never heard of any zombies that like to chew sugarcane.
"Did you see it wrong?"
"Maybe."
Fortunately, the sugarcane field was destroyed, and someone discovered a field of water chestnuts. Several mutant water chestnuts were dug out from it, one of which had water-related abilities. When it was mashed into juice and given to Ruther to drink, it also had a very good effect.
Lin Tan Tan turned around and told Ye Xiao about this: "I didn't expect Lu Jianping to cherish the lives of his men so much. Three mutant plants with superpowers must have cost a lot of money."
Ye Xiao was a little absent-minded. She glanced at him. At this moment, she was transferring energy to Ye Xiao to promote the growth of his ribs. It was the first time she saw him distracted during treatment.
Ye Xiao came back to his senses: "You mean, a person with only half a head?"
"Yeah, do you know of such a person, or have you seen such a zombie?"
Ye Xiao didn't say anything, but he suddenly thought of someone, and then denied it. That person must have been dead, and even if he was bitten by a zombie again after death, he would not be able to turn into a zombie.
But he still felt a little concerned in his heart, but he suppressed this worry calmly and said to Lin Tantan: "Lu Se is Lu Jianping's adopted child, so of course he cares about him."
"Ah, so that's how it is."
"It's said that this was the child of an old friend's affair while abroad. Later, this friend passed away unexpectedly. Lv Jianping couldn't bear to see his friend without an heir, so he personally went abroad and went through many twists and turns before finally finding the child in an orphanage. It took quite a bit of effort to bring the child back."
"Then Lu Jianping really cares about it, raising his friend's child as his own."
Ye Xiao's expression froze slightly, then returned to normal, and was not noticed by Lin Tan.
After Ye Xiao's injury recovered, he left the base again and began to look for a target with only half a head. Before he found the target, he discovered several corpses one after another.
Without exception, these corpses died at the hands of fire-type mutants. There were no signs of fighting on their bodies, only a charred hole in their chests. Their eyes remained confused even after death.
The injury looked so familiar. Ye Xiao stood up from the latest corpse and looked at the ruins of the city in the sunlight with a very grim expression.
Zhou Yan wasn't dead. Regardless of why he survived even with half his head chopped off, his method of killing was a way to vent his anger, to declare something, or to practice?
The people who died before were just ordinary people who were alone, but the ones who died later were people with superpowers, and this time there were two people with superpowers. How could he make two people lose their minds at the same time?
Lin Tantan knew nothing about this at the time. She still went to the shantytown, but only for half a day. After a few days, she only went there for two or three hours.
The number of influenza patients has been decreasing day by day, and because mutant animals have entered people's diet, it can be obviously seen that more people are eating meat these days. Even if the meat of mutant animals does not have special powers, it is more nutritious. Some people are still sick, but they may recover slowly after eating it for a few days.
The free clinics are gradually being withdrawn.
Lin Tantan's clinic is still overcrowded, and this is also because of the mutated food.
Some people were unlucky and had no way to detect the disease, so they ate something poisonous. Some people were suddenly too weak to be nourished. Some people ate mutated meat that was too hard and had indigestion. Some people were allergic, and a large number of people were injured in fights with mutated animals.
In short, doctors never have to worry about having no business.
However, because the patient group changed type, many wood-type mutants were unable to adapt for a while, and the treatment efficiency was particularly low.
Lin Tan Tan spent some time sorting out some cases, and then called a meeting of wood-type mutants upstairs in the clinic.
"...Using supernatural powers to treat patients is actually the same as using ordinary doctors to treat patients. First, you need to detect the lesion, and then use your limited supernatural powers to treat it. Previously, the lesions of flu patients were mainly in the respiratory system, but this time, the focus is on the digestive system. Some toxins are absorbed into the blood and invade the whole body, so you need to spread your energy throughout the patient's body..."
"Here are some typical cases I've compiled, including my thinking and steps in treating them. Take a look." Lin Tantan's explanation was relatively simple. After the photocopied materials were passed around, she turned to Mingze, who was sitting nearby, and said, "Teach them later how to determine whether a patient's complaint is indigestion or food poisoning. You're quite good at this."
"Yes." Mingze answered straightforwardly. He had now become Lin Tantan's assistant and apprentice. As a professional doctor, he knew more about medicine than Lin Tantan, but when it came to the use of supernatural powers, he still had a lot to learn from her.
In fact, he is already quite good. He can infer how to start based on the patient's main complaint. Most wood-type psychics had nothing to do with the medical field before. When facing a patient who said he had a stuffy nose, they would use their psychic powers on his nose. If he said he wanted to vomit, they would treat his stomach. If he was a person with a talent for being sensitive to psychic powers, it would be okay, but most people were relatively dull, and it was difficult to make effective treatments at the beginning.
The same was true when it came to treating influenza patients. Lin Tantan recorded many typical cases and held several meetings with them during breaks before he was able to train this group of wood-type mutants to be able to stand on their own.
"If you still have questions, you can come and ask me." Lin Tantan was about to leave the simple meeting room when someone suddenly raised their hand and said, "Doctor Lin, can I join you?"
Lin Tantan stopped and looked at the young man who stood up. The young man wore gold-rimmed glasses and looked less than 30 years old. When he smiled, he had a delicate and elegant temperament, which easily made people feel good about him.
Lin Tantan had some impression of him. He was a permanent staff member of the free clinic and had good abilities. He could earn a lot of food from her every day. He was also a doctor before the apocalypse and seemed to be in the same hospital as Mingze.
She went to see Mingze, and sure enough, the latter's face had turned black.
The young man with glasses asked again, "Can I join your team? I promise to be loyal and will not have any other thoughts. I will obey all your arrangements."
The "your team" he was referring to was the people who would become part of Ye Xiao's team. In this modest conference room, there was a long table. Those who could sit at the table were "our people," whose identities and abilities had been repeatedly verified by Bai Cheng. Only a dozen or so people had gathered in just a few days. The rest were employed by Lin Tantan, earning a salary. They had to bring their own stools to sit around the table, or simply stand.
Lin Tan Tan had said before that if they didn't understand something, they could ask her, and everyone also assumed that only their own people could disturb her. As a hired worker who didn't know what faction you belonged to, don't expect too much. Lin Tan Tan was willing to take them along when teaching them the skills of using superpowers and didn't charge them tuition. It was already time to smile secretly.
Lin Tantan said, "I don't care about this kind of thing. You can go talk to Bai Cheng."
"Okay, I understand." The young man said with a smile, not discouraged at all.
Mingze glanced at him and said to Lin Tantan, "Miss Lin, go and do your thing. I'll take care of this."
"Okay." Lin Tantan walked out of the conference room. As soon as the door closed, he heard Mingze's voice, which had turned two degrees colder, coming from inside: "Now, let me tell you about some of the main diseases and manifestations of the digestive system..."
Well, Mingze is good in every way, except that he is a little too aloof.
There was a movement in her pocket, and a small chestnut-colored hamster crawled out of her pocket and stood on her shoulder. She tilted her head and rubbed her face with the little bodyguard. Suddenly, she felt a strong gaze directed at her. She turned her head and saw a man squatting on the ground teasing a fat and stupid gray rat. Both the man and the rat looked over. The man's eyes were calm, but the gray rat seemed to have a face full of resentment and was about to crawl over.
Lin Tan Tan quickly said, "You can't, you're too heavy, don't jump on me!"
Big Gray paused, glared at the little hamster that was holding onto Lin Tantan's shoulder, twisted his fat body and crawled away, going down the stairs, dragging his long tail behind him, looking very lost.
Lin Tantan had no time to comfort the big guy who had been in a bad mood every day since she brought the little hamster with her. She looked at the person who was still squatting on the ground and asked, "Why are you here?" She looked at the time and it was indeed lunch time.
Ye Xiao stood up, his slender figure suddenly revealed. Lin Tantan went from looking down at him to looking up at him. He smiled and said, "Come and see you."
It was still cold in March, but Ye Xiao had already taken off his winter clothes and was only wearing two or three thin pieces, although his winter clothes were not very thick.
In short, this piece of clothing perfectly shows off his good figure. Lin Tantan couldn't help but glance at his chest. Well, it was very symmetrical, firm and full, but it was probably still padded.
"..." Ye Xiao was helpless. What did this look mean?
"Is the meeting over?"
"Yeah, come downstairs."
The clinic lobby is downstairs. Although it is lunchtime, there are still quite a few people in the lobby. When they saw a huge rat crawling down, most of them were shocked and scared and dodged to the side. Some people were used to it and knew that this mutant rat was raised by Lin Tantan.
At the stairs, a young man was leaning against the wall with a sword in his arms. He stood up straight when he saw the two men coming down.
Lin Tantan was a little surprised: "Xu Li? You're here too?"
Ye Xiao said, "Let's talk in the consulting room."
After entering Lin Tantan's clinic, he said, "Let Xu Li follow you from now on."
"Ah? What?" Lin Tantan was so surprised. Although Ye Xiao said that he would replace her with a few bodyguards, it was not because the psychic looked down on him, but because he felt that the psychic Jiang Zhongyi was not steady enough. After looking for other people, he felt that none of them could be completely trusted, and maybe their superpowers would not be half as strong as hers when they encountered danger.
It hasn't been decided yet, but Xu Li's words were still too unexpected.
Ye Xiao had his own considerations: Although Xu Li didn't have superpowers, he was stronger than most superpowered people. However, because he didn't have superpowers, he had to fight at close range, which was too risky when facing zombies. Now that he had more manpower, he didn't want to let Xu Li go out of the base and take risks. However, if he stayed inside the base, he would be too introverted and didn't like to socialize. If he wasn't given something to do, he would sit in a corner and stare blankly for eternity.
So it’s a good idea to talk about protecting the forest.
He was still hesitant before, but when he learned that Zhou Yan was still alive and his abilities were growing stronger, he finally made the decision. Although Xu Li seemed to obey everything and had a soft personality, because he had practiced martial arts since childhood, his mind was very firm and almost nothing could shake him.
Lin Tantan looked at Ye Xiaoyou and then at Xu Li: "What happened?"
Ye Xiao then told everyone about Zhou Yan, including how he had killed him once, but the other party came back to life for some unknown reason.
"He has dual powers? How is that possible? No, that's not the point. Are you saying you can't kill him? Are you sure he's really dead?"
"I cut off half of his head." Ye Xiao said.
Well, this should be a sure death, but if it's certain death, how can he still survive? Lin Tantan sat in a chair, squeaking and kowtowing to the little hamster in his hand. Could it be that because Zhou Yan is the future president, the most important figure, his luck has improved and he can't die? Stop kidding, okay?
If he ended up being the president of the New Century, what would Ye Xiao do? If that guy took over, even if Ye Xiao was still alive and well, he would definitely deal with Ye Xiao. In history, even after Ye Xiao's death, that guy would do everything he could to erase any trace of Ye Xiao's existence. He was a psychopath who couldn't accept the existence of someone stronger than himself!
Seeing her reaction, Ye Xiao knew the principle behind Zhou Yan's special ability and why he could come back to life. She was completely unaware of this.
He said, "He's outside the base right now. There's strict inspections to get in, so he shouldn't be able to get in. I'm letting Xu Li follow you just in case. Xu Li is determined, so he shouldn't be easily affected by his abilities. I'll give you a few more people. Don't have fewer than four people with you at any time."
Lin Tan nodded. She knew the importance of this. Just looking at Xu Li, she couldn't help but say, "Wouldn't it be a waste of Xu Li's talent to follow me?"
Xu Li gave her a shy smile: "No, this is what I am suited for."
Lin Tan said to himself, of course I know you are good at protecting people, but the problem is that he is your Bai Cheng’s personal bodyguard!
Historically, Xu Li never awakened any special abilities, but he was always Bai Cheng's last and strongest line of protection. Bai Cheng was the true manager of the Zhengyang base, and possessed a space whose dimensions were unknown to outsiders but rumored to be enormous, containing a vast amount of supplies. This made him a target for assassins from various factions. Xu Li protected him from many crises, until his final death alongside him.
So how come this person is now protecting her? She doesn't think she can compare to Bai Cheng in terms of importance.
The author has something to say: Zhou Yan didn't die because he had three superpowers, not because of any halo. He was kept alive to promote the next plot and introduce several new characters. This is done in the outline. He will be offline soon.
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