Don't pick up the wild people on the roadside (VII)
"Why are you suddenly scary!"
The doctor met their gazes. The pair of eyes were extremely lifelike, but the eyeballs without eyelids were exposed to the air, with bloodshot eyes and a vicissitudes of life. After staring at each other for a long time, he felt like he was being seen through.
Yun Qing hid behind Jiang Yuanshi, poking his head out to express his dissatisfaction to the doctor: "What do you mean by eating or not eating? Stop scaring me! I haven't encountered any in the Lower City. The Upper City has so much supplies, why would they eat people?"
Jiang Yuanshi stood there stiffly, glanced at Yun Qing, and sighed silently in his heart.
It seems that the identity is real, he is really a self-destructive player.
If Jiang Yuanshi remembered correctly, there was only one C-star character mentioned in the original text, Mu Changkong's marriage partner, who died tragically after having his gland replaced.
And there is not even a name in the outline.
All of a sudden all the main characters were gathered.
But the opponent's system is Z01. No matter how willful Yun Qing is, according to the various restrictions when doing tasks bound to Z01, it is impossible for Yun Qing to appear now unless he is not controlled by the plot.
It's impossible that the main gods would relax the requirements just because Z01 is difficult to kill, right?
What does it matter if he works so hard? Is it because his life is miserable?
"You are lucky. If you were dressed like this and sneaked into the upper city, even if you revealed your identity, they would still try every means to dig out your glands and eat them. That is a famous dish in the upper city. Even if the nobles fight for it, they may not be able to have a bite." The doctor said with a feeling of aftertaste, "Before you die, they will guide your pheromones to explode to the most concentrated state, and then cut off the glands completely when they are most active. At that time, the glands are not only the largest, but also the most elastic."
The doctor withdrew his hand and used the scalpel to cut the package. The friction sound of the plastic bag and the cold voice of the robot made people's skin crawl.
Yun Qing was shivering in the back, and Jiang Yuanshi was already starting to feel hungry.
How come this horror story has a bit of deliciousness to it?
Yun Qing touched his neck and asked, "Even if what you said is true, what about the Lower Town? The Lower Town shouldn't be dangerous. People don't even have food to eat. Don't they eat people?"
The doctor laughed disdainfully, "Eating people? You mean people with live flesh? How many complete living people can be found in the downtown area? Everyone is missing arms and legs and has metal prostheses. Some people have machines inside. The wounds connecting the machines have long been marinated with oil. It's better to eat their parts than to eat them."
A complete person?
Yun Qing looked up subconsciously.
Jiang Yuan, who was still starving and hadn’t reacted, said:?
Doctor: "Forget about him. A living person with glandular disease is more terrifying than an assembled person. If you eat it, it may be contagious. If you don't starve to death, you will die of contamination. If you are lucky, your glands will be scrapped and you will become waste. Then you will be worse than a substandard robot."
That's good, I have the virus and no one comes near me.
Jiang Yuanshi asked: "How do you treat glandular diseases?"
The doctor glanced at him and sighed, "It can't be cured unless you find an Alpha who is a perfect match for you and lets him use pheromones to condition you. It would be best if you were marked for life."
Jiang Yuanshi: "You just said I have an infectious disease, so won't I be infected if the marked Alpha bites my glands?"
The doctor snorted, "Yes, so even if you find a suitable A, whether he is willing to sacrifice his own level to accompany you is another matter. Temporary marking damage is only temporary. If it is a high-level A, it is just a minor cold for them. But once it is a lifelong mark, then from then on you are connected by disease. Glandular diseases do not care about the level of contact."
In the original novel, Mu Changkong did not mark Jiang Yuan for a long time. Maybe the other party had recovered his memory at that time, or even earlier. In this case, the resistance in the lower city area was futile from the beginning. It would be impossible for the biggest boss to succeed in it.
But Jiang Yuanshi didn't understand. Mu Changkong, who had recovered his memory, had been with Jiang Yuan for so long that he could be said to be waiting for the opportunity to suppress the lower city area. But what did the other party mean by the so-called recovery of his memory with Jiang Yuan later?
Why do you love me so much?
Can the contrast between a person having memory and not having memory really be that great?
It's acting.
Jiang Yuanshi didn't understand.
"Then is there no other way? Why does this glandular disease make it seem like one is forced to find a partner?" Yun Qing saw that Jiang Yuan was reluctant to speak, so he couldn't help but ask the doctor.
The doctor said: "Any other methods? Yes, there are, but..."
Yun Qing: "But what? Why do you always like to leave things unsaid?"
The doctor ripped open the cloth wrapped around the patient and fiddled with the patient with a mechanical arm, saying, "I'm afraid you won't be able to cope with it if I don't keep you in suspense. I'm telling you, there are two other ways. One is to find a scapegoat to dig out a fresh gland and replace it on the spot. The success rate is 80%. The other is to make an artificial gland, but after so many years, the success rate is 100%, and the survival rate is 0."
"..." Yun Qing was choked by the previous method, but she didn't give up and asked: "Why can't artificial glands be made?"
"You kid, you don't read any news." The doctor sighed, "Artificial glands are also made by extracting human glandular tissue. They are different from those made by modifying a person's internal metal. Glands cannot use prostheses. Artificial glands must match the person in order to avoid rejection and survive. This is a harsh condition. If the genes extracted from artificial glands want to be successfully adapted, they must be modified from the person's glandular tissue."
"Wait, if he's sick, wouldn't the tissue extracted be diseased?"
Doctor: "So that's the problem. Who would cut out a piece of their own gland for no reason? Those who are sick are born with the disease. Alphas and Omegas with glandular diseases are basically born with it, and a small number are acquired later, so there is nothing we can do."
Yun Qing was speechless: "Doesn't that mean death is inevitable?"
Doctor: "Not necessarily. Glandular diseases mainly cause pheromone disorders, rampage, and eventually death from drying up, just like a balloon without air. It would be fine if you pump some air into it when it runs out."
Yun Qing: "You really think people are balloons, and you're punching them in."
Doctor: “So it’s just a hypothesis.”
“…”
“Hey!”
?
Jiang Yuanshi's thoughts were called back by Yun Qing's action of pulling the corner of his clothes. Yun Qing whispered, "Do you have any ideas? I can't think of anything to ask."
Jiang Yuanshi also answered in a low voice: "Yes, there is, but I don't think it will work."
"Who cares if he can do it or not? Just ask and it's over."
Well, Jiang Yuanshi looked up and asked the doctor who was busy over there: "If the gland is removed, how long can I live?"
The doctor paused, and his neck creaked again. He turned his head and stared at Jiang Yuan with a warning: "The gland is equivalent to a person's second gender, and it is also equivalent to another heart. How long do you think you can live without it?"
Jiang Yuanshi said calmly: "You also said it was another heart, but people already have one, right? I don't ask for a long life, I just want to be able to live without the bondage of pain one day."
Doctor: "Even just for a few days?"
Jiang Yuanshi: "Even if only for one day."
The doctor and Jiang Yuanshi looked at each other for a long time, and finally turned their heads away.
"Bang!" The scalpel was thrown into the iron plate.
"Five years, five years at most. That's the longest time recorded in medical records."
"Thank you, that's quite long."
Yun Qing looked up at the man named "Jiang Yuan" and felt that he had become extremely unfamiliar at this moment. In stark contrast to his previous calm and cold appearance, his face was full of determination and stubbornness, his tone was optimistic and full of... vitality.
It's like a different person.
Yun Qing felt an inexplicable fear. He tugged at Jiang Yuan's clothes. Jiang Yuan lowered his head again, "Huh? What's wrong?"
There was no big change in the tone, and the eyes were indifferent. Did it change back to normal?
Is it an illusion?
Yun Qing took back his hand and pretended to say casually: "Sorry, it was just a coincidence."
Jiang Yuan said "Oh" and turned back to watch the doctor's operation.
After being silent for a long time, Z01 took the initiative to ask Yun Qing: "What did you want to ask him just now?"
Yun Qing shuddered, then heaved a sigh of relief when he realized it was the system in his head: "Please, don't speak out of the blue, you scared me. You were always slow when I called you before, why are you so active now?"
Z01: "I'm sorry to disturb you. But you obviously had something to say."
Yun Qing: "So what? I forgot while thinking about it. I can't just tell you the truth. It will make me look stupid."
Z01: …
Yun Qing: "But didn't you feel like he was a different person just now? It was as if he was possessed by something."
Z01 said mercilessly: "No, it may be an illusion caused by the mental stress after being threatened by the doctor."
Yun Qing was stunned by what he said and murmured, "Really..."
Z01: "Does this have any impact on you?"
Yun Qing said gloomily: "Nothing, I just feel a little lost, so strange, I don't know why?"
Z01 didn't say anything else, just repeated what he just said, which directly annoyed Yun Qing, "Please shut up, I didn't even beg B33 to beg me, now I beg you, don't scold the master, how could your ex tolerate you."
Z01: …
"What’s wrong with you?"
Yun Qing covered his ears and met the young man's gaze. Yun Qing looked into his eyes silently for a while and then said, "Someone is chanting in my head."
"...I see." Jiang Yuanshi understood and consoled him, "You'll get used to it. It will become like background music after you listen to it too much."
Yun Qing frowned: "What a hard life you lived in the past."
Jiang Yuanshi: “…”
Z01: .
"Oh!" Suddenly a cold mechanical voice with a wavy sound rang out. The two looked and saw that the doctor had buried his entire head in the package.
Jiang Yuanshi asked: "Excuse me, what happened?"
The doctor raised his head, revealing a bloodshot face, and sighed, "How come this Alpha is missing two teeth? The two canine teeth that are marked are the end of him, right? What a grudge! Just sterilize him!"
“…………”
Jiang Yuanshi and Yun Qing looked at each other subconsciously. Both were shocked. They seemed to remember something and turned their heads back at the same time, pretending nothing had happened.
The doctor was still muttering: "This requires dentures, which will cost extra money! Oh, do you have money?"
Jiang Yuanshi, who had just arrived in this world: I don’t know, I just arrived.
He asked Yun Qing if he had any. Yun Qing took out a handful of strange things with a confused look on his face and quietly asked Jiang Yuan:
"What does money look like?"
Jiang Yuanshi: ...
B33 and Z01 who were watching silently: …………
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