Panacea and the Ring

"Die, die..."

The man was brutally beaten while cursing loudly and kicking with great effort.

The woman's body was being hit with loud thuds, like an empty sack, but her cries were suppressed, as if she was trying to hold them back.

After ten minutes, the man finally got tired of beating her and his drunkenness kicked in. He searched her and found money on her body, then lay down on the sofa and fell asleep. She slowly got up from the floor, trembling, and reached out to take a medicine bottle from the drawer of the cabinet next to her.

He poured out a pill, and Xiao Xiao saw that it was just a cheap vitamin.

But after taking the pill, she suddenly felt much more energetic.

The arm, twisted from being hit, made a cracking sound, slowly repaired itself, and became straight again.

And the wounds on her body and Yu Qing's body were slowly disappearing.

She forced a smile, pushed open the door, and went out. The three children stood in a row in the living room waiting for her, their eyes numb and cold.

They were very hungry.

The woman forced a smile at them, "Don't be afraid, Dad is angry. I'll go cook for you."

With no response from the children, she turned around and headed towards the kitchen.

But at that moment, the television in the room, whose screen was flickering, suddenly started playing a piece of intermittent and strange music.

It was as if some whisper had subtly influenced her. She turned her head abruptly and saw Xiao Xiao standing outside the window.

Originally, she wouldn't dare speak to a man, and she felt it was somewhat rude of him to stand outside the window looking at her home like that. However, the faint melody and whispers she heard made her surprisingly unable to feel hostility towards Xiao Xiao. Her hidden fear dissipated, and her curiosity inexplicably increased. This suddenly gave her the desire to talk, and she said to Xiao Xiao:

"Hello, what are you looking at?"

Xiao Xiao looked at the medicine bottle on the table and asked curiously, "What's that?"

"It's what kept me alive."

The woman smiled and said, "I've forgotten when I discovered this medicine bottle. The medicine poured out of it can heal injuries and cure illnesses. It cured my illness and my child's illness. One pill can solve all the problems."

Xiao Xiao, "Can I have one?"

The woman hesitated, but still poured one for Xiao Xiao.

Xiao Xiao held it in his hand, hesitated for a moment, then suddenly took out a fruit knife and gently made a cut in his palm.

The flesh rolled and blood flowed out.

He threw the pill into his mouth, swallowed it with difficulty, and then looked at his palm. Surprisingly, the bleeding stopped very quickly, and the flesh was stitched back together.

"That's amazing..."

Xiao Xiao couldn't help but laugh, looking at the woman. "You usually rely on it to treat your illness?"

"Yes..."

The woman glanced back at her child, who was staring intently at her in the living room, and said:

"My child is still young, and I can't rely on my husband. How can I survive without this medicine bottle?"

"..."

Xiao Xiao slightly, turned and left, but before leaving, he suddenly turned back and said, "But I'm also very curious..."

"Since this medicine bottle can hold medicine that can cure any disease, can it also hold medicine that can kill people but whose toxicity cannot be detected?" He smiled and added, "I think that kind of medicine can be very effective sometimes."

The woman's eyes brightened slightly.

Xiao Xiao continued walking forward when his phone beeped, signaling the arrival of a second email:

[Special Item - A Panacea Bottle]

[Redeemable Points: 3000 points]

[Note: Any pill placed in this bottle will become a miraculous medicine that can cure all kinds of diseases and injuries.]

[Note: Sometimes, we live not because we want to live.]

[...]

"Indeed, we've found another one..."

Xiao Xiao sighed inwardly, wondering if he was really that lucky.

He was just carrying out the special training mission given to him by Yang Jia, and he actually discovered such a magical and special item.

Worth 3000 points, this medicine bottle is already considered a very powerful special item, right?

However, Xiao Xiao felt he couldn't bring himself to take away all of this woman's hopes.

Even if she is just a puppet in this city, a fake person.

He just felt increasingly depressed and quickened his pace, wanting to find the other two elements as soon as possible.

But just then, not far along, they heard a man panting heavily.

Xiao Xiao stopped and turned a corner. He saw a fat, clumsy man frantically emptying all the trash in an alley littered with garbage and plastic bags, frantically searching through it, with a phone tucked between his neck and shoulder.

"You bitch, do you think I don't know about your affair with that driver?"

"You were having sex in his truck?"

"Die out there, never come back! Divorce! Divorce me!"

"..."

He shouted hoarsely, his body covered in layers of sweat. Even before Xiao Xiao got close, he could smell the strong stench emanating from him, which seemed even stronger than the smell of the garbage on the ground. He angrily hung up the phone and then searched through the garbage heap even more diligently.

Search, search...

After an unknown amount of time, he still hadn't found the thing. Instead, he picked up the phone again, his voice trembling with tears, and said:

"Honey, I was wrong, please don't blame me..."

"Let's have sex in the car, but remember, you have to open the window."

"Otherwise, it would be very dangerous if exhaust fumes got into the car..."

"I'm waiting for you to come back, you must come back..."

"..."

Xiao Xiao quietly watched the man cry and curse, and sometimes he would smile and say something ingratiatingly into the phone.

Watching him sweat profusely as he frantically searched through a mountain of trash, I watched quietly for a while before slowly walking over to the fat man, squatting down beside him, and gently asking, "Could you tell me what you're looking for?"

The fat man turned around angrily, about to unleash a torrent of curses, but a strange sound rang in his ears.

His anger vanished instantly, replaced by immense grievance, and he said in a desperate, tearful voice:

"I'm looking for my and my wife's wedding rings."

"I'm so useless. My wife loves this ring the most, but I lost it..."

"..."

Xiao Xiao looked at him quietly and said softly, "What's the use of finding her now? Your wife is not coming back."

"Yes, I will come back..."

The fat man's voice suddenly grew louder, almost like a roar, as he said, "My wife is wonderful, it's just that I lost my ring..."

"As long as she wears the ring again, she'll definitely leave that truck driver..."

"..."

Xiao Xiao sensed the determination in his heart, then nodded gently. "Then I'll help you find it."

The Eye of the Seer instantly flew out from his body, hovering in mid-air. In an instant, it had taken in the entire pile of garbage. Then, Xiao Xiao entered a state of Mind Burst, and countless analyses and eliminations were carried out in an instant. Then he walked forward and gently kicked the bag of garbage with his toe. The bag of garbage overturned, and a bright yellow ring rolled out from inside.

Is this it?

Xiao Xiao turned to look at the fat man and asked curiously.

"It's it, it's it, I've finally found it..."

The fat man rushed forward with delight, clutching the ring to his chest. "My wife is coming back..."

Xiao Xiao simply nodded and followed silently behind him. The fat man was so anxious that he didn't even say thank you before rushing out. He rode his nearly broken electric scooter, speeding through the streets and alleys, until he reached the entrance of a fish market and kicked the door hard.

Soon, the screams of a man and a woman rang out from inside, and a shirtless man rushed out wielding a fish-killing knife.

The fat man was horrified and wanted to back down.

"Bang!"

But just then, a startling gunshot rang out, and Xiao Xiao appeared behind him, holding Silver Revolver.

This broken gun, with its pent-up emotions, was about to fire a shot every now and then.

Otherwise, they would refuse to obediently fall into a deep sleep.

Xiao Xiao could control was preventing its bullets from actually hitting certain people; it would still be fired eventually.

While inwardly complaining, Xiao Xiao remained expressionless on his face.

He simply turned around, pointed the still-smoking gun barrel forward, and aimed it at the man holding the fish-killing knife.

The man was horrified and raised both hands, while the woman who was screaming suddenly covered her mouth.

"Go ahead..."

Xiao Xiao nodded to the fat man and watched as he walked forward shakily, encouraged by the Record Player Miss.

He forced the ring onto the woman's finger.

The next moment, Xiao Xiao seemed to see a fleeting moment of confusion in the woman's eyes. Then, as if waking from a nightmare, she suddenly hugged the fat man and burst into tears, crying out, "Husband, I was wrong, husband, how could I have done such a thing? How could I have let you down so much... Take me home, I want to go home now, husband..."

Xiao Xiao's gaze swept across her face and then landed on the ring.

"Ding-ling..."

The third email arrived in Xiao Xiao's inbox:

Special Item: Ring of Shackles

[Exchange Amount: 1000 points]

[Note: If this ring is successfully placed on someone else's ring finger, it will forcibly endow that person with the quality of loyalty. Until the ring is removed or accidentally falls off, the person's mind will be forever bound to it, genuinely and eternally loving and remaining loyal to the giver.]

[Note: Ha, he actually believed he could keep her with a ring...]

[...]

"This is really interesting..."

Xiao Xiao looked at the contents of his email, then looked up at the couple walking further and further away. After a long while, he finally put away his Silver Revolver.

He turned and walked into the city, lost in thought.

Starving Finger.

Panacea Bottle.

The Ring of Shackles.

Some of these elements are not very useful, some can produce amazing effects under certain conditions, and some can even be described as magical. But in essence, they are all the same and all have some kind of magical effect that seems incredible when you think about it.

But in this city, it somehow feels very logical...

Is it an illusion brought about by the observer's insight, or is it an inevitable result of the content of this special training?

Xiao Xiao a vague feeling that he was beginning to understand this city.

The scene with the fat man is from the movie "Blind Detective," which had a great impact on me when I was young and left a deep impression on me!