"Master, Mei Houdiao's body is in critical condition. All his internal organs are failing. Estimated time until death: three minutes."
As Mei Houdiao's body rapidly shriveled, Xiaoxi alerted Nameless. He looked up at Mei Houdiao, then stepped out of the Gravel Shell's internal space.
He stood beside Mei Houdiao and crouched to examine him. A little of the tension left him.
The problem was not complicated. Mei Houdiao's body could not sustain the powerful physique beastification had given him, so the transformation had exhausted his physical reserves.
While beastified, though, he effectively had several buffs that made him immune to Negative Status effects. That was why he had felt no discomfort.
Once his reserves ran out, his beastified state collapsed. The exertion had been far too intense for him, damaging all his internal organs to varying degrees. With the transformation gone and no energy left to sustain them, they began to fail.
Nameless drove a finger into Mei Houdiao's neck. Moments later, vitality flowed through his body like sweet rain after a long drought. Nameless also activated several targeted healing abilities, swiftly repairing his organs.
A minute later, Mei Houdiao had recovered completely. He was healthier than he had been before by an immeasurable margin.
Mei Houdiao was middle-aged, after all. Years of exhausting work had left him with the minor ailments common to people his age. After Nameless treated him, his body was no different from that of a healthy man in his twenties.
"Looks like making him too strong won't work either," Nameless murmured, looking at the unconscious Mei Houdiao.
The Beastification Potion was too potent. Ordinary people simply could not withstand it and would die soon after taking it.
Nameless wanted this world to develop a system that let humanity fight the insects, even suppress them in