The giant python lingered for a while before leaving again. Hu Xiaotian opened his eyes once more. Even such a simple movement had become an immense struggle. His eyelids had swollen until his eyes were mere slits. He tried to breathe, but felt his throat closing up. This is bad! Drawing on his extensive medical knowledge, he concluded that an allergic reaction had caused swelling in his throat. He needed an immediate incision into his airway and insertion of a tracheal tube, yet even this straightforward emergency procedure was now beyond him.
Hu Xiaotian's head felt heavy and muddled. Moving a single step had become extraordinarily difficult. He tried to step over the corpse, but his impaired movements made him trip. He lost his balance and fell heavily to the ground. He felt no pain at all; the nerves throughout his body had already gone numb.
Am I really going to die like this, without even knowing why? Despair began to fill Hu Xiaotian's heart. He thought of his parents, Long Xiyue, Murong Feiyan, Baobao, and the brothers who had braved life and death alongside him-Zhou Mo, Xiao Tianmu, and Zhan Peng. He even thought of Xi Yan, Qiqi, and Sumeru Heaven... It seemed he would never have another chance to see them... He did not even have the strength to stand.
Suddenly, a tall, straight figure dressed in red appeared before his eyes. Ji Feihua stood suspended in the air before him, regarding him coldly as he barked, "Get up! You haven't completed the mission I entrusted to you! Don't you care whether your parents live or die?"
Hu Xiaotian shook his head, silently saying to himself, Farewell. I came here for no rhyme or reason, and now I'm dying like a miserable coward...
Then he saw his parents'