Chapter 8

【Repair Value: 10 points】

Looking at these numbers in his mind, Su Xiaofan fell into deep thought. He realized that he seemed to have obtained something extraordinary.

This so-called repair value was simply too miraculous and too incredible. It could directly repair bodily damage, and in just a few short hours, it had restored Su Xiaofan's body, which would have taken him half a year to recover from, back to its original state.

Although he had no particular beliefs, Su Xiaofan, who had grown up in a materialistic environment, always liked to find scientific ways to answer questions.

But this time, Su Xiaofan could not use science to explain what had happened to him. What was this repair value? Where did it come from? Su Xiaofan knew nothing about it.

"Could it be that getting electrocuted activates this system and generates repair value?" Su Xiaofan thought, taking out his sister's phone from the bedside to search. His own phone was probably already a pile of scrap metal after the electric shock.

"Hmm? So many people die from electric shocks every year?"

He didn't know until he looked it up, and Su Xiaofan was immediately startled. Just in China alone, the number of people who died from electric shocks the previous year was 8,000, and the number of people who died from lightning strikes was around 3,000 to 4,000. It seemed that getting electrocuted or struck by lightning was more likely to result in death rather than generating repair value.

"Can this repair value be used on others? How can I get more repair value?"

Unable to figure out the source of the repair value in his mind, Su Xiaofan shifted his thoughts to how he could obtain more repair value. This thing had already shown its effectiveness. Regardless of other things, just the ability to repair bodily functions had greatly benefited Su Xiaofan.

"Why isn't it answering?"

After asking these two questions in his mind, Su Xiaofan waited for a while but saw no new words appear in his mind. He began to understand that this thing seemed to have a temper. Apart from using the repair value, it wouldn't answer other questions casually.

"Should I try getting electrocuted again?" Su Xiaofan licked his lips and looked at the power socket by the bed, feeling a strange urge.

"Never mind, my back isn't fully healed yet. If I try and end up dead, who will I complain to..." Su Xiaofan laughed bitterly in his mind. Just using his phone had strained the muscles in his back, and the burning sensation made him draw a deep breath.

"Use the repair value to heal the burn on my back?" This thought crossed Su Xiaofan's mind.

【Repair Value: 10 points, heal back burn, deduct 8 points of repair value, proceed?】

The words appeared in Su Xiaofan's mind again.

"No, don't heal!"

After hesitating for a while, Su Xiaofan still chose to refuse. Given the previous effect of the repair value on his bodily functions, he believed that deducting 8 points would likely heal his back burn in a very short time. Although healing the back burn would be good for him, Su Xiaofan couldn't explain the reason to the doctors.

According to the doctor's explanation, burns are typically classified into three degrees. First-degree burns only damage the epidermis, causing redness, swelling, heat, and pain, with small blisters and no scarring, healing in about a week. Second-degree burns, which are superficial, cause redness, swelling, heat, and pain, taking about half a month to heal. Deep second-degree burns take over a month to heal.

Su Xiaofan's back burn was a third-degree burn, reaching the bone and being very difficult to treat. If not treated properly, it could easily lead to sepsis, and in severe cases, even threaten life. Even with timely treatment, it would take at least two to three months to gradually recover, leaving a large scar.

The repair value that appeared in Su Xiaofan's mind was too unscientific. If his back burn healed quickly and he couldn't provide a reason, he feared he might become a lab rat for some department. Su Xiaofan would rather endure the pain for a while than let this happen.

Even the recovery of his bodily functions, Su Xiaofan didn't plan to tell anyone.

He decided to spend a week gradually building up the doctors' psychological acceptance of his rapid recovery, then request to be discharged to rest at home. He couldn't just jump out of the bed now; that would scare even his sister.

"Damn, I need to get the catheter removed first."

Su Xiaofan suddenly saw a yellow liquid in a plastic bag hanging by the bed, and his lips twitched. If he had no sensation, it would be fine, but now that he had recovered, having a tube inserted into his urethra was unbearable. This accident was more severe than the car crash he had before, during which he didn't have to use a catheter.

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"Brother, I'm back. Are you okay?" Su Xiaoxiao returned quickly. Su Xiaofan saw that her hair was still wet, indicating she had rushed to the hospital right after taking a shower.

"I'm fine, Xiaoxiao. Put the clothes here, I'll change myself." Su Xiaofan thought for a moment and said, "Go find a nurse and see if they can remove my catheter. It's too inconvenient."

"You can't get out of bed now, so it's better to keep it in." Su Xiaoxiao shook her head, "Wait until you finish the examination and see what the doctor says. Brother, don't be too stubborn."

"Stubborn? I'm just pretending to be sick." Su Xiaofan laughed bitterly in his mind. He had to endure the pain and gradually increase his activity to dispel the doctors' doubts about his rapid recovery.

"Let's wait until the examination is done. Go out first, I'll change my clothes."

Su Xiaofan sent his sister out and quickly changed into a tank top. When he took off his hospital gown, he realized he hadn't worn any underwear because of the catheter. The area that was usually covered with thick hair was now completely bald. Fortunately, he still had some capital, or Su Xiaofan would have been too embarrassed to face anyone.

"I need to get this tube removed this afternoon." Su Xiaofan put on his hospital gown and resolved in his mind.

"Xiaoxiao, where are my things?" While changing, Su Xiaofan noticed that his pendant, besides his phone, was missing. He wondered if the doctors had taken it off during surgery.

"What things?" Su Xiaoxiao walked into the ward and said, "Your phone is completely ruined. I got you a new SIM card, so you can use this phone."

"Where's the pendant I was wearing?" Su Xiaofan asked, "The one Dad gave me, the one I wore with an 18K gold chain. Where is it?"

To say that Su Xiaofan had deep feelings for the pendant might be an exaggeration, but the chain cost him over 3,000 yuan, and it wouldn't be damaged by lightning.

"The pendant is missing, but Uncle Niu kept the gold chain for you. It's in the cabinet by the bed. What do you need it for?" Su Xiaoxiao looked at her brother with confusion.

"Just make sure it's not lost."

Hearing that the gold chain was still there, Su Xiaofan breathed a sigh of relief. As the saying goes, poor children grow up early. His mother passed away early, and his father was often away from home, so he had always been very frugal. The most expensive gift he had ever bought himself was that gold chain.

As for the pendant, Su Xiaofan didn't pay much attention to it. When his father gave it to him, he didn't think it was anything special. He just wore it for fashion, and in the antique market, not wearing a gold chain was embarrassing, regardless of whether the chain would float in water.

However, Su Xiaofan didn't know that if the pendant hadn't absorbed the energy from the electric shock and lightning strike and then used the gentle energy to repair part of his body, he would have been a pile of mush by now. First electrocuted, then struck by lightning, even a cultivator in a fantasy novel would have a hard time surviving that.

After staying in the ward for a while, Su Xiaofan's attending physician and a group of nurses entered the room. He had to undergo MRI and CT scans, which required him to go to a specialized examination room. As a critical patient, Su Xiaofan didn't even have the privilege of sitting in a wheelchair, so the nurses pushed him on the hospital bed.

With such a good opportunity to perform, Su Xiaofan naturally didn't want to miss it. He first tried to support his upper body with his hands, then attempted to move his body to get out of bed. Although his performance was quickly suppressed by a 200-pound nurse, Su Xiaofan successfully caught the attention of the attending physician, who was surprised by his rapid recovery after such a long coma.

After all the examinations were done, the doctor was even more surprised. The results of the brain CT, chest CT, and brain MRI all indicated that Su Xiaofan's body, except for the burn on his back, was in a healthy state.

Of course, the doctor couldn't detect the weakness in his body with instruments. In the doctor's view, Su Xiaofan's young and strong body, combined with the massages Su Xiaoxiao gave him during the coma, kept his muscles active, which was why he recovered so quickly.

However, according to the doctor, after a long coma, a person usually needed one to two months to recover and adjust. Even if Su Xiaofan recovered quickly, he still needed to be observed.

With the doctor's preconceived notion, when Su Xiaofan returned to the ward, he sat up. By the evening, when Zheng Dajiang brought chicken soup to the hospital, Su Xiaofan even tried to stand up.

Of course, while doing these actions, Su Xiaofan was very careful with his facial expressions, making a great effort to look weak and exhausted. Whether it was because he acted too convincingly, Zheng Dajiang eventually forced him back into bed.

On the third day, after much pleading, Su Xiaofan finally convinced the doctor to remove his catheter.

However, the process was not pleasant. Su Xiaofan suffered the most inhumane treatment of his life, as the 200-pound nurse who removed the catheter was the same one who had prepared his skin before the surgery. She had already seen everything, whether it was supposed to be seen or not.