Chapter 97

Blood gushed out, and Li Helin couldn't help but cry out in pain. But he was truly resilient, firmly remembering the words he needed to teach Xu Mo to perform the surgery. Despite the intense pain, he gritted his teeth and looked at the monitor. His eyes were fixed on the screen, step by step guiding Xu Mo on what to do.

He barely managed to stop the bleeding with a hemostat and immediately urged, "The little bug is right there. Look carefully, can you see it?"

In fact, he could see the wound clearly through the monitor, but he didn't see any bug. He assumed the bug was too small to be seen on the screen, so he urged Xu Mo to look.

Xu Mo carefully examined the wound but still couldn't find any bug. He had to say, "I can't find it."

Li Helin was greatly alarmed upon hearing this. Sweat dripped from his forehead, half from the pain and half from anxiety. He shouted, "How is that possible? Look again carefully."

But when Xu Mo examined the wound again, he still couldn't find any bug.

Li Helin angrily said, "How can there be no bug? You must not be serious enough. Let that girl take a look." As he spoke, he tried to sit up to examine his own wound. But the wound was below his navel, and even when he sat up, he couldn't see it clearly. Instead, it aggravated his injury, and he couldn't help but groan loudly.

Han Ying, upon hearing this, came over to take a look. Like Xu Mo, she didn't see any bug and shook her head.

Li Helin's face turned ashen. After a moment of thought, he said, "Make another cut nearby and see. Hurry! Hurry! The bug must be there. I can feel it. If it's not here, it must have moved to another place."

Xu Mo and Han Ying were shocked. They thought, "Li Helin must be crazy. The so-called bug is probably just his hallucination. If we make another cut and still can't find the bug, should we keep cutting? A few more cuts, and he will either die of old age or bleed to death."

But Li Helin was insistent. Xu Mo had no choice but to make another cut next to the wound. After this cut, he still couldn't find any bug.

Li Helin was already on his last breath, but he still urged Xu Mo to make another cut. This time, Xu Mo knew what to do without being told. After stopping the bleeding, he immediately examined the wound, but just like the previous two times, he couldn't find any bug.

He sighed inwardly and said to Li Helin, "There's still no bug."

After saying this, a long time passed without any response from Li Helin. Xu Mo was puzzled and couldn't help but look at Li Helin. He saw that his head was tilted to one side, and he was no longer moving.

Han Ying was standing next to Li Helin's head. She looked down at his face and shook her head heavily at Xu Mo, whispering, "It's no use. Li Helin is dead."

Xu Mo reached out to feel his nose, and indeed, there was no breath. He put down the scalpel.

It turned out that before meeting them, Li Helin had been using a needle to repeatedly pierce his abdomen to stop aging, causing excessive blood loss. Now, with several more cuts on his abdomen, he had suffered a great shock. Despite his efforts, he died from exhaustion.

Strangely, with his death, the aging stopped.

"What should we do?" Han Ying looked at Xu Mo, her expression filled with worry.

Xu Mo knew she was worried about what Li Helin had said, that both of them were infected and would age and die like the others.

He said, "Let's stay here for the night." He thought, "I don't know if what Li Helin said is true or not. There's a pharmacy here. If Han Ying and I are really infected, staying here will give us access to medication."

Next to the medical room was a large pharmacy with a wide variety of medicines. Next to the pharmacy were living quarters with all the necessary facilities.

The two of them each found a room to stay in, took a shower, and went to sleep.

The next day, Xu Mo woke up and the first thing he did was check his body. He examined himself carefully, even using his ability to sense the harmony of heaven and earth and his spiritual touch, but he still couldn't find anything abnormal.

His body was fine, and he felt no signs of anything wrong. He couldn't help but wonder, "Is Li Helin exaggerating? Is the aging not transmitted through blood? Otherwise, why am I still fine after a night?"

He walked out of his room and went to Han Ying's door, finding it closed, and she hadn't woken up yet.

He knocked lightly on the door and asked, "Han Ying, are you awake?"

After a while, Han Ying's voice came from inside, sounding somewhat tired, "I just woke up, Xu. How are you feeling? Are you infected?"

Xu Mo said, "I'm fine. How about you?"

"I... I'm fine too." After a moment, Han Ying's voice came from the room, but it lacked confidence.

"Oh!" Xu Mo said, "If that's the case, let's go?"

This time, Han Ying didn't answer immediately. After a long pause, her voice came again, hesitantly, "Xu, I'm afraid... I'm afraid I can't go with you."

Xu Mo sensed something was wrong and pressed, "What's wrong? Open the door and let me see."

Han Ying said, "I'm fine, Xu. Just go by yourself. Don't worry about me."

Xu Mo said, "Are you infected?"

Han Ying seemed startled. There was a 'snap' from inside the room, as if something had broken. After a long pause, she denied in a flustered voice, "Infected? No, I just feel a bit unwell. What are you thinking? I... I have my period."

This lie was not convincing. Xu Mo became even more convinced that she was infected. He was puzzled, thinking, "Why is she infected, but I'm not?"

Knowing this fact, he calmed down and said, "Alright, Han Ying, open the door and let me see."

Han Ying still refused to admit it, "I'm really fine, Xu. I'm not lying to you."

Xu Mo, feeling anxious, shouted, "I know you're infected. Open the door quickly."

Han Ying couldn't help but cry, sobbing, "Xu, I can't harm you. You... you should go by yourself."

Xu Mo knocked on the door forcefully and threatened, "There are many tools here. Even if you don't open the door, I can break it down. You know that."

Han Ying sighed, "Xu, why do you have to do this?"

Xu Mo urged again, "Open the door quickly."

After a moment, Han Ying walked to the door and opened it. Xu Mo looked at her and saw that her face was still tear-streaked, and she looked extremely tired and haggard, clearly having had a bad night.

He didn't have time to ask more and pressed, "What does the infection look like? Let me see."

Han Ying shook her head, "Since you're not infected, just go by yourself. Why worry about me? This... this might harm you."

Xu Mo scolded, "Don't talk nonsense. Let me see your symptoms first."

Han Ying turned her face away, wiped her tears, and sobbed, "You're not a doctor. What good will it do to see? Leave as soon as possible before you get infected. In a few days... in a few days, I'll be like the others, aging and dying."

Xu Mo couldn't help but scold again, "Nonsense. With me here, how can you age and die? I may not be a doctor, but there's no disease I can't cure." His tone was full of confidence.

This wasn't just boasting. There was a condition: the disease must be on his own body. For diseases on others, external injuries were easier to diagnose, as they were visible. Internal injuries and complex diseases were more challenging.

He learned from the divine farmer, understanding the properties of herbs. His strong sense of touch allowed him to sense his body's specific needs after getting sick, and then use the appropriate medicine.

Understanding the properties of herbs and using them based on the body's needs made him a master of medicine.

Therefore, if the disease was on his own body, he could cure anything. For others, it was much more complicated. He had never learned medical skills and didn't know how to diagnose others.

Unless the disease could be transmitted to his body, he would be helpless with other diseases. In this sense, saying he knew nothing about medicine wasn't entirely wrong.

Fortunately, the aging disease could be transmitted, or he would have been helpless.

However, the disease was too strange, especially when it flared up, which was terrifying. He didn't have complete confidence. If it weren't for Han Ying being infected, he wouldn't have taken the risk. He could ignore others, but he couldn't ignore Han Ying.

Han Ying, upon hearing his words, couldn't help but turn her face, wipe her tears, and say in disbelief, "Li Helin couldn't cure it. What can you do?"

Xu Mo said, "I have my own methods. Don't ask too many questions. Let me see your condition first."

Han Ying, seeing his confidence, was half-convinced and half-doubtful, and said, "I... I have some red spots on my body."

Xu Mo said, "Are they on your stomach?"

Han Ying nodded and added, "Not just on my stomach, but also on other parts."

Xu Mo said, "Let me see."

Han Ying blushed but obediently lay down on the bed and removed her clothes.

When she removed her clothes, Xu Mo noticed that she had a very good figure, with a slender waist and no excess fat on her abdomen. This wasn't surprising, as she had been searching for the night-blooming grass in the wilderness for over four years, climbing mountains and crossing rivers. If she had excess fat, that would be strange.

More remarkable was her flawless, smooth skin, like a perfect, pure white porcelain. However, at this moment, there were red spots on her sides, abdomen, and inner thighs.

The red spots looked like blood clots that had split into many small pieces, or like new scabs on a wound, making them particularly noticeable and alarming.

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