Over at the Military Hospital in the Vita Outer District, Sheng Wu's room was the largest. It had nothing to do with rank; it simply needed to accommodate his enormous body.
His physique far exceeded the Central Star Zone average, as did his injuries and illnesses. On top of that, his race was already extremely weakened, nearly extinct. It was safe to say that every aspect of treating this patient had been pushed to the limit.
The patient himself had no expectations for the treatment.
When Tai Yu entered the room, Sheng Wu had just changed the medicinal bandages wrapped around his body and was sitting on a huge flat bed.
Having spent this period bedridden and rarely leaving his room, he could not even be bothered to put on his cybernetic prosthetic limbs. His whole body seemed to have shrunk by a size for no reason. With limbs missing, his tightly wrapped torso was uneven as well, with chunks absent from many places.
What drew the eye most was the large basin before him, filled with the bandages that had just been removed.
Seeing Tai Yu's gaze shift toward it, Sheng Wu snapped the fingers of his relatively intact left hand. The bandages in the basin immediately ignited in a ball of blazing white flame. Though they were clearly soaking wet, there was barely any smoke, and they turned to ash in an instant.
Since there was nothing worth looking at, Tai Yu turned to Sheng Wu's heavily bandaged face. "Field Officer Sheng Wu, aren't you going to take a look at that medical laboratory Deputy Director Yu recommended?"
Sheng Wu waved a hand. "They call it treatment, but really, it means being studied. There's no point."
Tai Yu did not pursue the subject, instead changing topics. "Did you