Chapter 206: Origins and Treatment

Wu Pifu accepted the four thousand tons of water tickets.

Water tickets were the hard currency of this world and could be exchanged for pure fresh water at any time in the towns and buildings of the three major societies.

In this world, pure fresh water was not only a necessity for life and growing food, but also served as an energy source. Whether for vehicles or the electricity of towns, pure fresh water was essential.

Therefore, the value of these four thousand tons of water tickets was very high. Wu Pifu had walked along the street and roughly checked the prices. A pancake sold on the street, mixed with sand and impurities, weighed about 400-500 grams, but the exchange price was only 500 grams of water tickets.

In the town, a two-story house that didn't leak wind, had simple furniture, and a power supply system, with an interior area of about 400 square meters, located slightly off-center but not in a slum area, only cost 1,500 to 2,000 tons of water tickets.

Even by a rough calculation, the value of four thousand tons of water tickets was equivalent to millions in 21st-century currency.

Li Muxia and her group took Wu Pifu to their residence. The pickup truck rattled along the way, and Li Muxia continued to introduce various intelligence and gossip to Wu Pifu.

"According to many mercenaries, explorers, or security soldiers, the three major societies possess a massive amount of groundwater resources. There are even rumors that the current global drought was actually caused by the three major societies to monopolize pure fresh water..." Li Muxia said.

Wang Wang, beside her, disagreed. "Miss Li, that's not just a rumor. Many teams that set out to search for the source of the dried-up riverbeds almost never returned. The three major societies must have done something shameful."

Li Muxia glanced at Wang Wang and shook her head. "That's really blaming the three major societies wrongly. They do each possess more than one underground river and have a massive supply of groundwater, but they really didn't cause the global drought."

Wang Wang stopped talking. Tizi, seeing Wu Pifu's confused expression, helped explain, "Miss Li's parents were researchers, formerly high-level personnel in the Researcher Society, so she knows many inside stories that we don't."

Formerly?

Wu Pifu looked at Li Muxia, knowing this girl must have her own story.

However, he didn't intend to dig deeper; it had nothing to do with him. Now, he wanted to confirm his next move.

Soon, the pickup truck arrived at their stronghold—a giant warehouse on the edge of town. Entering it, one could see the warehouse piled with all sorts of miscellaneous parts, while the back half was partitioned into several rooms.

As soon as they entered the warehouse, Li Muxia excused herself and ran toward the rooms.

When she got the water tickets at the Mercenary Society, she had exchanged them all for antibiotics. Four thousand tons of water tickets only bought eight antibiotic pills; the price was simply outrageous.

"Li Muxia's sister, Li Xianchun..."

Watching Wu Pifu standing in the warehouse looking around, Big Brother walked to his side. "Li Xianchun was seriously injured. Although she was treated in time, the inflammation never went away and has only gotten worse. This time, she finally got the antibiotics... I don't know if she can be saved."

When Wu Pifu entered the warehouse, he had already smelled the scent of rotting flesh. But it wasn't from the piled-up parts, because due to the biochemical beasts, these parts were all cleaned and perhaps even burned, with no organic matter present. The smell of rotting flesh came from the inner room, and he even heard extremely faint, painful groans.

However, these things had nothing to do with him. They were strangers; why bother being a hero?

Wu Pifu said to Big Brother, "Give me a room. I'll rest for the night and leave tomorrow."

Big Brother was stunned. He opened his mouth to say something, but finally just sighed and said nothing, pointing to a side room. Watching Wu Pifu walk over nonchalantly, he muttered with a sigh, "Li Xianchun, that little girl, is just too stubborn. She insisted on exploring and researching the origin of the biochemical beasts, otherwise, she wouldn't have..."

Wu Pifu stopped in his tracks and looked at Big Brother. "What did you just say?"

Big Brother hadn't intended to speak to Wu Pifu; his voice was very low, audible only to himself. But how could Wu Pifu not hear his muttering? Let alone that, he could easily hear the conversation between the two sisters in the inner room, and even the whispers a hundred or two hundred meters outside on the street.

Big Brother was stunned, not knowing what Wu Pifu was asking. Wu Pifu asked directly again, "You said she was researching the origin of the biochemical beasts?"

Big Brother nodded knowingly. "Yes, she is a researcher, a scientist, the rarest kind of person in this era. She researches the origin of the biochemical beasts. Actually, it's not just her; her parents were researching this, and her grandfather was too. Come to think of it, her grandfather was among the first batch of scientists to research the origin of the biochemical beasts..."

Hearing this, Wu Pifu didn't walk to the side room but strode toward the room where the sisters, Li Xianchun and Li Muxia, were.

The room wasn't large, containing only a bed and a small cabinet. On the cabinet was a photo of two little girls snuggling up in front of a man and a woman—clearly a family portrait.

At this moment, Li Muxia was crushing an antibiotic pill into water. On the bed lay a woman with a gray-green complexion, her chest and abdomen wrapped in blood-stained gauze. This was clearly Li Xianchun. She looked 70% similar to Li Muxia but lacked her wildness, possessing a bit more of a scholarly air.

Seeing Wu Pifu enter, Li Muxia was stunned, her tone very poor. "Not now, I'll come to your room tonight! Get out!" Wu Pifu just shook his head, walked straight to Li Xianchun, and slapped her on the head.

Li Muxia was first shocked, then immediately roared and pulled out the blood-letting dagger from her waist, rushing at Wu Pifu without thinking. Just then, a little girl darted in from outside—it was Daphne. She bared her teeth, seemingly about to show some abnormality, but Wu Pifu just glanced at her and shook his head slightly. Facing the rushing Li Muxia, he reached out and tapped her wrist with one finger. She felt as if she had been struck by lightning; she couldn't even hold the dagger, which dropped, and she retreated several steps, hitting the wall and unable to move.

"Let my sister go, let me do it, let me do it!" Li Muxia was anxious, her voice hoarse as she roared.

At this moment, sounds came from outside the warehouse, and Big Brother and the other two were running over.

Only then did Wu Pifu lift his palm from Li Xianchun's head. Li Xianchun's eyes were wide open, clearly unharmed, but she didn't know what was happening.

Wu Pifu said directly to Li Muxia, "Your sister's internal organs have started to rot, the inflammation has reached her bone marrow, and her blood has started to stiffen. She only has a few days left to live. Your antibiotics can't save her."

Big Brother and the others had already rushed to the door, weapons in hand. But seeing this scene, it was nothing like the evil rape they had imagined, so they all stayed silent, watching the situation unfold.

Li Muxia stood up from the wall, tears in her eyes, crying and viciously saying, "Stop talking nonsense! This antibiotic is produced by the Researcher Society, it's the latest type, it will definitely cure my sister!!"

Wu Pifu shook his head slightly and looked at Li Xianchun. "I heard you were injured because you were researching the origin of the biochemical beasts, is that right?"

Li Xianchun continued to blink her large eyes.

!

Wu Pifu actually understood what she meant and smiled. "Don't worry. Since I've come in, I have the confidence to save you. But saving you isn't free. First, all the research data and intelligence you have must be shared with me. Second, from now on, I will decide your research direction. Of course, I will provide you with research funding, a research site, and the military support you need. If you agree, I'll start saving you now."

At this point, Li Muxia also realized something. She couldn't believe it, but since it concerned her sister's life, she didn't dare to interfere.

Li Xianchun didn't blink immediately. She seemed to think for a few seconds before blinking her eyes again.

Wu Pifu nodded and looked at Li Muxia and the other four. "Don't come in and disturb me. Also, in the next few days, go buy more high-nutrition, high-protein food. By the way..."

Wu Pifu took Chiu Chiu out of his pocket and handed her to Daphne at the door. He said to the four again, "You must take good care of them. Don't let anything happen to them, understand?"

The words were calm, but inexplicably, they made Li Muxia and the four tremble, and they all nodded immediately.

Then they saw Wu Pifu take a chair and sit directly beside Li Xianchun. Li Muxia immediately asked, "Do you need any instruments? What about medicinal herbs?"

Wu Pifu shook his head, ignoring them, and stretched out his hands to clap them together forcefully, but strangely, not a sound was made. Only Li Xianchun's body shook, and a mouthful of foul blood sprayed from her mouth, while her eyes, nose, and ears began to seep blood.

Li Muxia watched blankly, roared, and rushed into the room with her knife again, but she was met with a finger tap from Wu Pifu. This time, she was knocked out of the room and hung on the wall outside.

"If you dare to disturb me again or break in, I'll break your legs!" Wu Pifu's voice rang in her ear.

On the other side, after Wu Pifu clapped his hands, he opened his mouth and roared in a low voice. The sound was like thunder, but it only echoed around him and the bed. Li Xianchun, who had been full of pain, now had blurred eyes, and her eyelids slowly closed, falling into a deep sleep amidst the low roar.

On Li Xianchun's body, a large amount of pus seeped through the gauze, and her complexion actually began to have a slight rosy tint.

Wu Pifu roared for about half an hour, then reached out and slapped, scratched, and tapped Li Xianchun's body, tearing the gauze into pieces. A naked human figure, almost entirely turned into rotting flesh, appeared before him. The injury was indeed in a near-death state; although the internal organs were still intact, many were rotting.

But as Wu Pifu slapped, scratched, and tapped, the rotting flesh on her body began to fall off, the pus in her body began to drain, and the remaining muscles, internal organs, and bone marrow began to heal rapidly...

By nightfall, Li Xianchun was wrapped in clean gauze again. Li Muxia washed her body slightly with boiled pure water. The dying patient, who had supposedly been lying there for three months, actually sat up halfway and ate a large bowl of porridge, a piece of meat, and a bowl of soup before falling into a deep sleep.

Even a fool could see that Li Xianchun had come back to life.

When Li Muxia and the four looked at Wu Pifu, their eyes already carried a strange look.

It wasn't the look of seeing a human.

It was the look of seeing a god or a demon.