She patted the back of his hand to reassure him. "Don't worry. I know what I'm doing. Your little sister will support you from now on."
I can't stop worrying, Sang Yunpu thought. He had always been the one looking after Sang Luoluo. How many days had it even been since she became an evolved human?
Sang Luoluo put away the weapons, and the two of them went to find the doctor.
Sang Luoluo took out the gene agent, wanting to treat her leg.
When the doctor saw the gene agent Sang Luoluo produced, he knew that if she hadn't bought it through the hospital, it must have come from the black market. Many agents were sold on the black market, so that was nothing unusual.
The doctor removed the cast first, then took an X-ray to determine the dosage.
The cast came off with a series of cracks. Sang Luoluo felt no discomfort. While they were waiting after the X-ray, the doctor hurried over with the film, repeatedly confirming that it really belonged to Sang Luoluo. The shape of the bones matched her previous X-ray.
But how had it healed in just three days?
The doctor would sooner believe the X-ray machine was malfunctioning than believe Sang Luoluo's fractured bone could heal on its own in three short days.
"We'll take another X-ray," the doctor said firmly, pushing up his glasses.
Sang Luoluo looked up at the doctor, then turned to look at Sang Yunpu.
Sang Yunpu looked at the doctor, then down at Sang Luoluo.
With little confidence, Sang Yunpu asked, "Could it have been a misdiagnosis? Was your leg fine all along?"
Even he didn't really believe it as he said it. He had seen the X-ray back then too.
Sang Luoluo moved her lower leg. It didn't hurt at all. With the cast on, she hadn't felt anything while getting around in a wheelchair or on crutches and had assumed that was normal. Only now did she realize she didn't even know when her lower leg had healed.
Now that the cast was off, it felt just as it had before the injury.
Sang Luoluo was certain her leg really had healed.
Sang Luoluo lowered her foot to the floor and took two normal steps. She found she really could walk without any discomfort.
Beside her, Sang Yunpu was overjoyed. This was wonderful.
The doctor returned with the latest X-ray and found that the bone in her lower leg had completely healed. It was nothing short of a medical miracle. Staring at Sang Luoluo, he said, "Incredible. Absolutely incredible. This shouldn't be possible. Could it be your evolution ability? Do you have two abilities?"
Watching the doctor suddenly turn almost incoherent, as if possessed, and start muttering medical terms and radiation data neither of them understood, Sang Luoluo shook her head. "I don't know."
She put the gene agent away. She didn't need it anymore. All that trouble for nothing. She would keep it for now.
The doctor looked at Sang Luoluo as though he had found a new research subject. "I think there must be something special about your blood. Your genes have probably evolved again. I'll submit a request right now to have the laboratory study your genes."
Sang Luoluo: "...%&*￥"
Sang Yunpu stepped in front of Sang Luoluo. "You can't take my sister's blood without our permission."
Sang Luoluo was a little frightened too. Surely she wouldn't actually be taken away for experiments? A bone healing in such a short time was simply too shocking.
Seeing their defensive stance, the doctor hastily explained, "It's not what you two think. Base regulations require evolved humans to provide blood for the base laboratory to study. We'll only take a little, and it won't harm Sang Luoluo at all. Please rest assured about that. I'm sorry. Did the way I acted just now frighten you?"
Sang Luoluo suddenly remembered that she seemed to have glanced at that rule in a post for evolved humans. But she had been so busy these past few days, and no one had notified her to have her blood drawn, so she hadn't thought much of it.
She pulled Sang Yunpu aside and showed him the rule in the evolved humans' forum regulations. Only then did he step aside.
Just as the doctor asked a nurse to draw Sang Luoluo's blood, Jian Cheng arrived with a gene agent. Seeing Sang Luoluo sitting there having blood drawn with her cast removed, he asked the doctor what had happened. He looked equally incredulous and immediately informed Dr. Wang.
What could one say? Sang Luoluo's value had risen again.
"Assistant Jian, what brings you here?"
After greeting Sang Yunpu, Jian Cheng showed them the gene agent in his hand and said, "Dr. Wang saw that your leg was injured, so he asked me to request a dose of gene agent from the laboratory to treat it. He wanted you to join the laboratory project sooner."
Sang Yunpu was secretly stunned. That was a whole dose of gene agent, and they had just delivered it for free???!!!
Perhaps he still hadn't adjusted to his sister's ability.
Jian Cheng said, "Now that your leg has healed, you won't need this agent. I'll head back. Get a good couple of days' rest. The laboratory will probably start assigning you tasks in a couple of days."
Sang Luoluo nodded.
She told Sang Yunpu to rest and recover properly in the hospital, then went home alone.
Thinking the whole way, she recalled what had happened to her recently. Her spatial evolution ability was a lie. Perhaps this was her real evolution ability. Did that mean she had awakened an evolution ability?
But why had she awakened one? When she first transmigrated here, she had confirmed that she had no evolution ability. Even marks from bumps and scrapes lingered for ages. It seemed that after she returned from the last mission, all her injuries had healed without her noticing. She hadn't paid attention, assuming the Wound Heal Fast she had applied was working. Now it seemed there was another reason.
Thinking back over those days, she had only been trapped in a hive, soaked in honey for a few days, and run a fever?
Right, the fever had been unusual.
Could it have been the honey?
Or had she mutated from radiation getting into her wounds after she fell into that pit?
Wei Xing had run a fever too. How was he doing now?
Sang Luoluo sent her brother a message to ask. He had been at the hospital all this time, so he should have been keeping track.
Sang Yunpu replied immediately: [He's still in the ICU. Things aren't looking good. His high fever still hasn't broken. His team has applied for a gene agent for him.]
Sang Luoluo: [Oh. Brother, I've been wondering whether I awakened another ability when I had that fever last time.]
Sang Yunpu: [We have similar genes running through our veins. Let me awaken too.]
Sang Luoluo: [Shrug.jpg]
Since Wei Xing still hadn't recovered, that meant it wasn't that high fever. Her fever had broken so quickly, which might have been related to awakening an ability. After turning it over in her mind, she came up with another possibility: the Spirit Spring water. She had been drinking it all along. Moreover, since she transmigrated here, her space had absorbed quite a few Crystal Cores. The Spirit Spring water might have changed too. Since she drank it every day, it was also possible her constitution had changed and gradually adapted to the new environment.
Of course, that was only her guess.
Chapter 38: Going home: This family couldn't do without him
For some reason, Sang Luoluo simply felt that the Spirit Spring water might be responsible.
Even if there was only the slightest possibility, she couldn't let this trump card be exposed.
As for Asuo, Sang Luoluo quickly contacted him.
Sang Luoluo: [I still have 2,000 bottles of water here. Can you come pick them up tonight?]
Asuo quickly replied: [Yes, absolutely.]
Sang Luoluo: [Meet at the usual place.]
It was too hot during the day, so Sang Luoluo stayed in her space while at home. That saved on electricity too.
She could eat barbecue in her space without worrying about the smell spreading outside.
That evening, Sang Luoluo judged it was about time, went out, and walked to their usual meeting place.
Asuo transferred 5,000 points directly to Sang Luoluo.
He had sold all 1,000 bottles from last time within two days, earning plenty of points by reselling them.
Before long, Asuo arrived pulling a handcart. This one was much bigger than the last.
Sang Luoluo placed 2,000 bottles of water on his cart. Ignoring his surprise at her leg suddenly being healed, she said, "We won't be able to keep doing this water business. The water source out in the wilderness has been contaminated by radiation."
"These 2,000 bottles are the last of my stock. I'll give them all to you."
Sang Luoluo spoke helplessly.
Asuo asked worriedly, "How... how did it get contaminated? Doesn't that mean we can't do business anymore?"
Sang Luoluo shook her head. "I'll be going into the wilderness on missions often. If I find a new water source, we can keep doing business. I just don't know how long that will take."
Although he didn't know whether Sang Luoluo was telling the truth, Asuo felt awful that a business that had been going so well had suddenly disappeared. "What a shame. It was such a good business. Lots of customers think this water is good and want to order more."
Sang Luoluo said, "I know it makes money too. When I find a new water source, you'll be the first person I contact. You've earned quite a few points now. You don't have to keep living in the shantytown. Come develop your business inside the base. I think there are plenty of opportunities on the black market. You can take a look when you have time."
Asuo could only nod. "All right."
Asuo didn't delay paying for the 2,000 bottles, transferring 10,000 points directly to Sang Luoluo. He reminded her again, "Next time you have resources, make sure you think of me first. Even if it isn't water, I can help you sell other things too. Just let me earn a little on the markup."
Sang Luoluo raised an eyebrow. "That could work. Wait to hear from me."
After parting with Asuo, Sang Luoluo went straight home.
Balance: 16,769.
The next day, as soon as Sang Luoluo left her space and her wristwatch connected to the network, it began beeping nonstop.
Sang Luoluo hurried to check it and found that Sang Yunpu had sent her several messages at six that morning.
He said his leg felt as though it had recovered very well. He didn't have to stay in the hospital and could recuperate at home. He had already completed the discharge paperwork, saving 6,000 points in hospitalization fees. He only needed to return to the hospital in ten days to have his prosthesis fitted. The doctor had already prescribed his medication for the meantime and agreed to let him recuperate at home.
When she didn't reply, he figured she was probably asleep. He said he would pack up. He had returned the earlier wheelchair and would come over in the one Sang Luoluo had been using. He would probably arrive around seven thirty.