Xie Xuan felt like she was performing a delicate heart surgery, but what she held in her hand was not a scalpel, but a ball of black unknown liquid.
The black liquid slowly flows out along the blood vessels corroded by mycelium, eating up the blood vessels as thick as hair bit by bit, and then rebuilding new blood vessels with the black liquid.
Xie Xuan carefully controlled her ability to prevent herself from accidentally eating too much, and as a result, the task took longer than she had imagined.
From dawn till dusk, the two of them sat facing each other for more than two hours before Xie Xuan finally withdrew her hand.
"Okay." Xie Xuan let out a long breath, "It should be fine."
She paused. "Even if there's a problem, there's no way to fix it."
Song Zhixian lowered his head and looked at his heart again, but unfortunately he saw nothing. The muscle tissue in his chest that had been corroded by the mycelium was now covered by a black film.
Song Zhixian took off his protective suit and touched it with his hand. The film was icy cold and felt very elastic, like a layer of rubber.
Xie Xuan's control over her supernatural powers far exceeded Song Zhixian's imagination. Not only did she not eat any extra food, but she used her supernatural powers to replenish the blood vessels and tissues she had eaten.
It's like making an artificial prosthesis to replace the tissues and blood vessels that have been corroded by mycelium.
"Very good." Song Zhixian took a deep breath and felt the relief of breathing after a long time.
It was hard to imagine that just a few hours ago his lungs had been like a broken bellows.
Xie Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. "I used my special abilities to create something similar to an artificial prosthesis inside to replace the corroded parts of your body. It can autonomously devour the hyphae that continuously extend outward from your heart, maintaining a stable state."
She paused here and made a dot gesture with her fingers, "But there is a problem with this method. My ability is a whole and cannot be completely separated, so..."
Without Xie Xuan saying anything more, Song Zhixian saw it himself. On the black membrane on his chest, there was a very thin thing like a hair extending outward, and the other end was in Xie Xuan's hand.
Song Zhixian was silent.
Chongming and Xiao Yao fell silent after seeing this scene.
The straightforward Xiao Yao couldn't help but ask, "Why does it look like a dog chain?"
Xie Xuan coughed awkwardly. "I didn't think of this when I started, and I only remembered it when I was almost done. But if I remove the supernatural power now, you'll die. How about this, you just bear with it for a while, and when we get back inside the wall, I'll accompany you to find a cure?"
"This is the only way." Chongming held his forehead.
But Song Zhixian himself didn't feel anything special. "It doesn't matter to me, but it won't cause any burden to you, right?"
Xie Xuan shook her head. "It's not a big burden. She's a big girl, so giving her a little bit is nothing."
Song Zhixian said thoughtfully: "Does your shadow have self-awareness?"
Xie Xuan said: "I don't know either. Maybe there is, or maybe it's just another part of my consciousness."
Song Zhixian nodded, not dwelling on the question any further. "Is there a length limit for this line? Do I need to leave a hole in the protective suit?"
Xie Xuan shook her head in embarrassment. After hearing what Xiao Yao said, she actually felt like she had forcibly tied up Song Zhixian with a rope.
"No, no," Xie Xuan said. "Don't worry about her. She can pass through tangible objects on her own. As for the length, dozens of kilometers shouldn't be a problem. Anyway, we are in a small team now, so we shouldn't encounter the problem of insufficient length."
Song Zhixian accepted it well, put his clothes down, and put on his protective suit again.
Instead, Xiao Yao and Chongming seemed to be hesitant to speak.
Xie Xuan looked like she had just finished an operation and received positive feedback from the patient. Her confidence was surging. Seeing Xiao Yao's expression, she asked him, "Do you need my help too?"
Xiao Yao shook his head like a rattle, "Thank you, but no thanks."
Chongming: "If this method wasn't so restrictive, maybe you could switch careers and become a rehabilitation doctor in the future."
Xie Xuan was stunned for a moment. She had not thought about the future yet. In her mind, the furthest thing she had clearly planned was to have a meal together with everyone after returning to the wall after this mission.
Words like "later" and "future" are too vague for Xie Xuan.
She always felt that she was a person with no past and no future, and all she had was the present.
But originally she was alone, but now she has to be responsible for Song Zhixian's life and death, because once she dies, Song Zhixian will also die.
Thinking about it this way, Xie Xuan felt a little regretful. She didn't like the feeling of carrying other people's lives on her shoulders.
But it's too late to regret now.
Soon after it got dark, they could vaguely see the outline of a small town.
The second mission sample collection point is in a village.
It was called a village, but it was probably similar to the small town they had just escaped from.
As the RV entered the edge of the town, Chongming asked Xie Xuan, "Should we camp inside the town or just outside it?"
Xie Xuan had been frightened by the small town last time. "I think it's better to camp outside the town. What about you guys?"
"I didn't hear any unusual heartbeats," Song Zhixian said. "We can be stationed anywhere."
Xiao Yao was obviously still in shock, "Just outside the town."
Even if Chongming had any objections, there was no need to speak out. There were four people in total, one abstained, and two had to stay outside the town.
However, Chongming originally planned to stop and camp outside the town.
Anyway, their progress was already much slower than that of other teams, so there was no rush to cover the few hours' journey.
After finding a relatively spacious place to camp in the forest, we prepared to wash up and rest as usual.
Now Xie Xuan was the only woman left in the car, and the others unanimously gave her the first chance to take a shower.
But Xie Xuan was standing in the bathroom wondering whether she needed to take a shower.
Because she doesn't eat normal food now, there is only mycelium and unknown black liquid in her body, and she probably doesn't secrete sweat, oil or anything.
However, in order to live like a normal human being, Xie Xuan still got some water and simply washed herself.
Just as Xie Xuan was struggling in the bathroom, the people outside encountered an unexpected situation.
They met several people.
People in black protective suits walked out of the forest and approached the RV like three terrifying black shadows.
Chongming was standing in front of the car when he saw the three dark figures coming out and immediately turned to look at Song Zhixian, "People?"
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