"It's having some effect."
Yang Yi sent a private message from his salt bath.
The reason he did not speak was that opening his mouth would make him swallow a large amount of sea salt, and it was unbearably salty.
"That's good!" Su Na nodded.
This showed that her approach was right.
Stimulated by the salt, Yang Yi had lost interest in sweet things.
But three hours passed, and the negative status, gourmet desire, had not disappeared.
Instead, Yang Yi's skin gradually grew dry and began to itch.
Su Na decided to increase the dose.
It was like using antibiotics against bacteria.
The dose and course had to be sufficient to deal with it in one go, lest the bacteria return and become harder to handle.
Su Na replaced the surrounding bricks with a custom rubber frame that fit seamlessly and could adhere tightly to the metal table.
Then she began adding saturated saltwater until it covered Yang Yi's whole body, leaving his nose exposed so he could breathe.
At this point, the sea salt became a pool of white paste, greatly increasing the curing effect.
Yang Yi's skin was no longer merely dry and itchy. It began to hurt and gradually wrinkle as his body slowly dehydrated, even costing him a point of Qi and Blood.
"Are you sure this can cure me?"
He forced himself to endure the discomfort as he asked Su Na.
"I'm not sure, but there's no better method right now."
Four hours later, Yang Yi's Qi and Blood had dropped to fifty and was still falling.
His skin had shrunk and wrinkled from water loss, leaving him unrecognizable, as though he were aging rapidly.
Su Na had been monitoring Yang Yi's panel. When she saw his Qi and Blood fall below fifty, she