Chapter 1231: Four-System Evolution Ability Enhancement

From the cave in the giant tree on Huiyi No. 28 Mountain, Xia Qing had taken out a pack of medicine, which contained six small packs in total. Three were antidotes, and three were special-effect medicines for repairing bodily damage; one of them happened to be the special-effect medicine for repairing the bodily damage caused by the mid-grade venomous snake poison.

In other words, after a period of conditioning with this medicine, Luo Pei's visual evolution ability was expected to return to its peak — Level Ten.

The steady and calm Luo Pei froze, the rims of his eyes gradually reddening.

Once, he had been a top-tier fighter and top-tier sniper at the absolute height of glory. Now, with his abilities damaged, he could barely cling to the edge of being a top-tier sniper, and his fighting ability had dropped by a large margin.

Even so, Luo Pei still carried his gun and blade, charging at the very front line, repaying the brothers who had stayed by his side without abandoning him when he was poisoned, fighting for more supplies for the squad and for Hui Three.

When facing the provocation and mockery of top-tier snipers from other bases, he held back his furious teammates, buried all his emotions deep in his heart, and took it calmly.

Never expected, never expected...

Xia Qing was even more excited than Luo Pei. "Brother Luo! That's great! This is really great!"

Zhang San spoke in a chilling tone, "If you pat him two more times, he won't be okay anymore."

Xia Qing, her face full of smiles, immediately stopped. "Don't worry, Brother San, I know my limits, I didn't use much force."

Luo Pei rolled his shoulders a bit, letting the big shot understand that his shoulder blade muscles and bones weren't that fragile, then stood up intending to solemnly thank Xia Qing and the big shot, but was interrupted by the big shot.

"I'm hungry."

Xia Qing immediately understood. "Brother Luo, we're in for a treat tonight. Come on, let's go with Brother San to taste Sister Ping's cooking. Her culinary skills are a whole level above Eryong and Captain Yang's!"

Yang Jin's tragic cooking can already be compared with Eryong's? Luo Pei laughed out loud, and followed Zhang San and Xia Qing outside.

Zhang San didn't invite him? With this big shot's awkward temper, saying "I'm hungry" to his face was already a very formal invitation.

Walking along the excessively clean corridor, entering the big shot's exclusive room in the cafeteria, and seeing the table full of food that looked, smelled, and tasted wonderful, Xia Qing sincerely hoped the two big shots could focus all their attention on the food and chat a little less.

After Zhang San took his seat, Luo Pei sat down as well. Looking at the rice cakes on the table, Luo Pei confirmed that Zhang San's regard for Xia Qing was even higher than he had guessed.

After confirming that the two masters had no intention of chatting, Xia Qing felt at ease and focused on eating with her bowl. The food she ate alone was more than what Luo Pei, who had already eaten dinner, and Zhang San, who had a small appetite, ate combined.

After dinner, Zhang San took Luo Pei into the lab to work for an hour, and then Luo Pei left Territory Seven tightly gripping a bottle of pills and a tube of liquid medicine.

Xia Qing handed her idol a cup of warm water and waited eagerly for him to quote a price. She felt that the value of this pack of medicine was higher than that seven-hundred-plus jin of ore!

Fortunately, she hadn't opened the outer packaging of the medicine in Lao Si's cave; otherwise, causing such precious medicine to be damaged and lose value would have broken her heart.

Zhang San, who had just finished examining Luo Pei's body and compounding medicine, took the cup of water and sat in his soft reclining chair, taking a few sips. "Those three antidotes aren't considered precious, estimated at 300,000; the medicine Luo Pei took, you can discuss the price yourselves; the remaining two recovery medicines contain a total of six scarce Yi synthetic elements, including Yi-6, and are priceless."

Yi-6, recovery factor?! Xia Qing's eyes instantly went wide.

No wonder Blaze sent people to bomb the Giant Tree Forest. The Fire Phoenix must be furious after losing such precious medicine.

Xia Qing quickly calmed down. "Brother San, if you have use for the antidotes, keep them; if not, I'll take them to sell. Of these three special-effect medicines for repairing bodily damage, apart from the one used for Brother Luo, can you use the rest?"

According to the distribution ratio, Yang Jin could only take one-tenth of the medicine. Luo Pei definitely took more than one-tenth just now, so how to handle the remaining medicine was entirely up to Xia Qing to decide.

Zhang San's expression instantly softened. "Luo Pei has already taken one type, and there's another type you can use. The remaining one is for repairing severe skin and muscle damage caused by poisoning. If you don't have someone you want to save, I want to use it to exchange with a researcher in Guicheng for a batch of urgently needed supplies for the lab. I'll pay you the medicine points according to the total price of the supplies it can be exchanged for."

One I can use? Xia Qing blinked twice rapidly.

The medicine she had been exchanging with her idol, for repairing skin and bone damage, had already been soaked twelve times; six more soakings and the repair would be complete. Why would she still need such precious special-effect medicine?

Zhang San shot her a look. "When was your last period?"

So that's what it was...

Xia Qing answered honestly. "It should have been the second year of the natural disaster, I don't remember which month exactly."

Having started amenorrhea in the second year of the natural disaster, Xia Qing felt she was quite lucky. Many women had died from being attacked by evolved animals because of the smell of blood during their periods.

When Xia Qing lived in the ordinary evolver dormitory in the outer city of the safe zone, many female evolvers in the dormitory building had irregular periods or amenorrhea, and everyone's mentality was about the same as Xia Qing's.

Staying alive was more important than anything. After amenorrhea, not only did it reduce survival risks, it also saved a sum of expenses — plenty of benefits.

Zhang San knew what kind of life Xia Qing had lived in the nine years before the natural disaster, and his expression softened considerably. "Last year, before you used the bodily damage recovery medicine, I had Daya do an examination for you, and in several subsequent examinations, it was already confirmed that your amenorrhea was functional hypothalamic amenorrhea caused by long-term severe malnutrition, overwork, extreme cold, and excessive psychological pressure. The original plan was to start conditioning your body from April this year."

The medicine 41-6 that Zhang San had compounded for Xia Qing to treat her bodily damage, based on her specific condition, could not be used simultaneously with the vast majority of other medicines, so it was necessary to wait until that medicine was finished before using others.

It was just unexpected that the bodily damage treatment course, which should have been completed in six months, had been restarted twice due to various accidents midway, and was still ongoing!

Xia Qing was deeply moved. "Brother San, when you had me take the evolved version Eight Treasures Pills in July, was it because of this illness?"

What do you think?!

Zhang San gave Xia Qing an annoyed look. "Although you are a high-level evolver and are still in the golden window period for bodily growth and development — that is, puberty — prolonged amenorrhea has already caused damage to your body. Otherwise, after your diet and living conditions improved, you should have returned to normal."

"Amenorrhea isn't just a fertility issue. When the body lacks estrogen protection for a long time, the risk of cardiovascular and other diseases increases."

After reminding Xia Qing of the severity of this illness, Zhang San finished the water in his cup, in an excellent mood. "I originally planned to exchange three types of scarce Yi synthetic elements with Red One, and combined with Yi-28 collected from the big toon tree on your territory next spring, to compound a treatment medicine for you. I didn't expect you to bring back better medicine yourself. After your hormone levels return to normal, it won't just promote your bodily development; your evolution abilities can also be raised by one to two levels."

Xia Qing's teary eyes instantly lit up. "Brother San, can all four of my evolution abilities be raised?"

Zhang San nodded. "With medication plus reasonable diet and exercise, theoretically it can be achieved."

"Brother San, can I still grow taller?" At only 177 cm, Xia Qing needed longer legs and stronger combat power!

"Want to know?"

Xia Qing nodded. "Yes!"

Zhang San couldn't be bothered with her anymore. "Go find Broken-Waist and have it take a look at you."

Xia Qing...