The Return to District 014
Xu Huo stayed inside Uncle Guan's special prop for seven full days. His condition hadn't deteriorated too badly during that time, but his physical and mental states were clearly worse than before. Each time he vomited, he brought up more black fungal threads than the last.
"When are your next Dungeons?" Chi Minghong asked as she discussed it with Uncle Guan and the others. "How about staying in a high-risk Dungeon a little longer? It doesn't look like he'll be able to get rid of the poison in his body anytime soon. Going out now would only be more dangerous."
Uncle Guan and the others had certainly been considerate. After Xu Huo mentioned that a certain kind of fungus could alleviate the poison in his body, they'd gone out of their way to find plenty of it. They'd also bought a lot of Antidotes from the game to help him, but none of it had made a noticeable difference.
So they couldn't tell whether, if Xu Huo's condition continued, he'd slowly die or recover on his own. If he could recover, then of course it was best to stay as he was now. But if he couldn't, it would be better to go out sooner and look for other ways to cure the poison.
"Go to some more developed game Sub-districts. You might be able to buy a suitable Antidote," Uncle Guan told Xu Huo. "Those Sub-districts are relatively safe too, but the trip carries risks."
"I'm not as bad off as I look," Xu Huo said. His skin showed some signs of it, but most of his weakness was because the injuries he'd suffered during this period hadn't healed. Now he'd been poisoned as well, and the combined strain had slowed his recovery even