Awakening Inducer Again

Fang Yuan stared at Fang Xiaozhu's attribute panel, astonishment spreading across his face.

Her attribute panel kept changing.

Whenever he had inspected other people's attribute panels before, their attributes had been stable and never shifted back and forth.

Now, one field on Fang Xiaozhu's attribute panel kept flickering and changing.

It was her Star Power level, which alternated between "None" and "Lv.1."

This was clearly caused by fluctuations in Star Power.

Fang Yuan hurriedly said, "Test her Star Power! Hurry!"

Donghai City Hospital had equipment for testing Star Power, but it was rarely needed.

Hearing Fang Yuan's cries, the attending physician asked no questions and immediately had someone wheel over a Star Power detector.

After testing her with the detector, the attending physician turned around and said, "We did detect Star Power, but it's very unstable. Medical conditions involving Awakeners aren't my field. We'll need to call in a professor from Star Power Medical College."

As he spoke, the attending physician sent a nurse to make the call.

They did not wait long.

A professor from Star Power Medical College arrived with several graduate students.

The attending physician briefly explained the situation to the professor.

After examining her with more specialized Star Power detection equipment, the professor came out to explain her condition. "We did detect a Star Power response, but she hasn't awakened normally. Did you give the patient an awakening inducer? That's a banned drug. I'm afraid the Supervision Bureau will need to investigate."

"Awakening inducer?"

Fang Yuan's eyes flew wide at those words. Grabbing the professor's arm, he asked urgently, "You mean the awakening inducer with a ninety-percent mortality rate?"

"Yes. It's a banned drug. Giving someone an awakening inducer is equivalent to poisoning them. The Supervision Bureau must investigate," the professor replied.

Hearing this answer, Fang Yuan, Fang Zhenguo, and Li Shuhua all panicked.

"That's impossible. How could we give Xiaozhu something like that?" Li Shuhua was at a loss.

"Now isn't the time to investigate who gave Xiaozhu the awakening inducer. Saving her is what matters most right now."

Fang Yuan quickly grabbed the professor from Star Power Medical College and pressed him. "Professor, please save her first. Leave everything else aside for now. Save her first."

"The patient is currently in a half-awakened state. The energy level of the Star Power being generated in her body is extremely high, far beyond what her body can withstand. Her brain can't bear the strain, and brain death could occur at any moment. Her condition is very dangerous," the professor explained.

"Doctor, please, save my daughter. Please, save Xiaozhu..." Li Shuhua broke down, pleading in anguish.

The professor reassured her, "We're already doing everything we can to control the runaway Star Power inside her, but we can't keep it up for long."

"Is there no other way?" Fang Yuan hurriedly asked.

"There is. A Star Power suppressant can reduce the production of Star Power-converting enzymes and stop Star Power from being generated. That would save her life. However, Star Power suppressants are quite expensive," the professor replied.

"How much?" Li Shuhua asked hastily.

"At least two hundred thousand per dose."

"Two hundred thousand..."

Li Shuhua's face instantly went pale. Turning around, she clutched Fang Zhenguo's hand. "It costs two hundred thousand. What do we do? We've used up all our savings."

Although awakening inducers offered a three-percent chance of awakening, their mortality rate was as high as ninety percent.

No one in the family would even consider that three-percent possibility.

Never mind a ninety-percent mortality rate-even if it were one percent, they would not gamble with Xiaozhu's life.

Fang Zhenguo clenched his fists and quickly made a decision. "Let's sell the house first."

"But if we sell it now, when will we get the money?" Li Shuhua covered her face and broke down sobbing.

"I have two hundred thousand. I'll go get it now."

Fang Yuan turned to the hospital's doctor and said in a cold, stern voice, "Give my sister the Star Power suppressant right now. I'll go get the money and come back to pay."

Fang Zhenguo frowned, reaching out to stop Fang Yuan. He asked quietly, "You have that much money?"

"Yes."

"Are you sure you can touch that money?"

"I can't worry about all that now." Fang Yuan strode out of the hospital to find a bank.

The two hundred thousand Fang Yuan spoke of was, of course, the check for two hundred thousand he had obtained from Qinglang.

He had not originally wanted to cash that check so soon.

Cashing it would definitely leave a trail, and the Supervision Bureau might well discover his connection to the incident at T-shaped Bridge the previous night.

But he could no longer worry about all that.

Saving his sister came first.

The check bore the logo of Sidafuerqie Bank.

It was a bank with global financial operations and a rather unusual background.

Many overseas Awakener factions used this bank.

Fang Yuan walked into Sidafuerqie Bank with the check, feeling somewhat nervous and worrying that it might not be usable.

However, after he handed the check to the blonde foreign woman at the counter, less than ten seconds passed.

The blonde gave him a charming smile and asked whether he wanted a transfer or cash.

Worried that something might go wrong, Fang Yuan chose cash.

Soon, twenty stacks of cash lay before him.

Fang Yuan packed them into a plastic bag and returned to the hospital.

After the Star Power suppressant was injected into the IV bottle, Fang Xiaozhu's condition gradually improved.

Fang Yuan used Iris Data to inspect her again and found that the Star Power response had vanished.

Her Star Power level had returned to "None."

About ten minutes passed.

Fang Xiaozhu slowly woke up. Seeing that she was on an IV again, she pursed her lips and asked weakly, "Did I faint again?"

"It's all right now, sweetheart. It's all right..." Li Shuhua gently stroked her daughter's forehead, soothing her softly.

Fang Xiaozhu shifted her gaze and saw Fang Yuan. With a sweet smile, she said, "I saw a panda."

Fang Yuan took the panda-patterned chocolate foil out of the bedside drawer and unfolded it. "Was it this?"

"Mm..."

Fang Xiaozhu shook her head and said with certainty, "It was Bear Hegemon."

"Get well soon. Once you're discharged, we'll go see Bear Hegemon." Fang Yuan reached out and pinched her little cheek, his manner somewhat doting.

Only after his sister was out of danger could Fang Yuan calm down and think things through.

Fang Yuan found the office of the professor from Star Power Medical College and said as politely as he could, "Professor, I have a few questions. Do you have time?"

"Please, sit. What would you like to ask?" The professor had a very kindly disposition.

"Professor, how should I address you? Everything was so rushed earlier that I didn't get a chance to ask."

"My surname is Liang."

"Professor Liang, are you certain my sister was given an awakening inducer?"

"Yes. We detected components of an awakening inducer in your sister's blood. There's no mistake about that."

"Can you tell when she was given it? Was it injected or taken orally?" Fang Yuan continued.

"Judging by the residual concentration, it should have entered her system three days ago. As for whether it was injected or taken orally, we don't know. Generally speaking, the amount absorbed orally is slightly lower. Since your sister's Star Power response wasn't particularly intense, I lean toward oral ingestion. But it's also possible that a reduced dose was injected," Professor Liang explained.

Fang Yuan furrowed his brow in thought.

He had heard the term "awakening inducer" twice now.

The first time had been when he took those two cats to the Mutant Biology Research Institute. The second involved Fang Xiaozhu.

That left one possibility.

The awakening inducer in Fang Xiaozhu's system might have come from the same source as the one in the two cats.

Fang Xiaozhu often shared her meals with those two cats.

If someone had mixed an awakening inducer into her food, the two cats would have eaten it too.

And the awakening inducer had entered her system three days ago.

Fang Yuan immediately remembered that someone had visited the hospital on the day the two cats were discovered to have mutated.

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