bookrandom Chapter 440
Chapter 440
[Kang Kang, can you tell me why you redeemed your points?]
Ni Yangzhou sighed and asked, but he already had a vague answer in his heart.
Seeing that he could no longer hide it, Liu Zikang wanted to give his sister-in-law's brother something later, but he let her take it out of her pocket - a cotton doll, but with long hands, no facial features, and a pure plain body, and it was impossible to tell its gender.
Like presenting a treasure, Liu Zikang handed the cotton doll to Ni Yangzhou, grabbed his hand to help him hold it steady, then turned around and jumped into the private chat interface to type.
[Brother, don't worry, my sister-in-law has a body to live with.]
——That was the "recreated body" obtained in exchange for 10 points.
Lu Zheng's eyes fell on the small cotton doll, guessing its purpose. He also knew that the other party was sending a private message, and he didn't feel any fluctuation in his heart. After all, they had known each other for a long time, so he waited obediently.
Ni Yangzhou looked at the doll in his hand, his heart aching. He suddenly remembered that he had a younger sister in the distant past. If his sister could grow up like this and have him by her side, she might look like Kang Kang.
Like a real family, consider each other.
Ni Yangzhou closed his eyes, feeling touched and guilty:
[Kang Kang, thank you so much, but I don't have any use for this doll right now.]
Liu Zikang shook his head, his eyes urging:
[Don't hide it from me. My brother-in-law walked by the ward the other day, and I could tell something wasn't right with you two. Could it be that my brother-in-law has developed some mental issues?]
Liu Zikang recalled the situation at that time. The two people who had been in such a tacit understanding that they could not distinguish between each other suddenly distanced themselves from each other. It was not even a physical distance, standing at a distance or close to each other, but the alienation was shown by various subtle little movements, the eyes were no longer facing each other, the eldest brother pulled the corner of his clothes unnaturally, and the sister-in-law's brother-in-law followed with a dark look.
I was once a lab assistant in Egnima's experiments. People like my brother-in-law, who have glandular defects and can't emit pheromones, are more susceptible to illness. Furthermore, he's been collaborating on so many experiments for drug research, including cell regeneration and gland atrophy and then regeneration. Old Man Peng was helpless to deal with these potential side effects and could only ask his superiors for the maximum compensation he could. However, this compensation was only a drop in the bucket.
Ni Yangzhou knew that perhaps for Yan Congzhi, participating in the experiment and developing drugs to ablate glands was paving the way for himself as the host.
Each Yan Congzhi in the previous world also had different settings, some lacking money, some lacking power, and some even having physical disabilities. In this world, Yan Congzhi entered the mission world with the best money, power, and personal physique.
He didn't know how much the other party had paid, but Ni Yangzhou acknowledged this love.
"Brother, if you hadn't helped me in the past, I would have died at the hands of some strategist from that remote puppet regime. I'm not making this sacrifice foolishly; I'm trying to repay you."
Liu Zikang looked at the person on the bed. Ni Yangzhou looked back and lowered his eyes for a long time before slowly replying:
[Kang Kang, Big Brother knows, but you said at the time that this thing can't be taken out of this world, so...]
Liu Zikang understood immediately:
[Is there something wrong with my brother-in-law's health?]
Ni Yangzhou nodded:
[Even if this reconstructed body can solve the immediate problem, my life expectancy here is only three years.]
The situation was more complicated than Liu Zikang had expected.
Ni Yangzhou looked at Lü Zheng who was waiting obediently on the side, then switched back to the group to explain:
[Kang Kang mortgaged his life in exchange for this product in order to help me.]
Lu Zheng nodded, he almost understood.
[Kang Kang, these points have all been spent. You should keep them for now. They might come in handy in an emergency.]
Liu Zikang still didn't give up and returned to the group chat, stubbornly refusing to take the doll handed back by his elder brother:
[It's all exchanged, big brother, you can take it.]
Ni Yangzhou shook his head:
[Yan Congzhi's condition hasn't reached this point yet, and...]
After hesitating for a moment, Ni Yangzhou said directly:
[There are currently six different versions of him in his body. Even if he were to be transported to the cotton doll, there would still be five left.]
Liu Zikang opened his mouth in surprise, as if a duck egg could fit in it.
Is it so exciting?
[that……]
Lu Zheng, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke:
[Zikang, if big brother doesn't need this cotton doll, can you give it to me in exchange?]
Liu Zikang looked at Lu Zheng, only to see that the other party was staring at the doll, then looking at him with pleading eyes.
Ni Yangzhou was not used to being called "big brother". Although he didn't know who was older in the other worlds, and there was no point in discussing age during a mission, it would also be weird to call the other person Ni Yangzhou directly, after all, they had the same name.
But Lu Zheng didn't think too much about it. He just felt that Ni Yangzhou was more experienced than him and seemed reliable, so he called him. After saying that, he felt a little embarrassed. He was not very sociable in life, but after being lonely for so long, he felt close to someone who had the same experience as him.
[Brother, I don’t want that. I want to trade with Zikang.]
Lu Zheng typed hurriedly:
[Zikang, do you think I have what you need? "Noble Help," "Mustard Seed Sumeru," or how about I give you back 20 years of your lifespan and give you... four and a half years? Or do you want points? I can trade you another 20 points. Or a house? My parents saved up for the down payment on a house in my hometown. I still have a mortgage, but I can pay it back. Anything else is also fine. Experimental results?]
Lu Zheng racked his brains to think of what else he could exchange. If the experience card could not be redeemed immediately and could not be transferred to another person, he would have wanted to give his experience card to the other party as well.
When Ni Yangzhou heard this, he thought it was a big risk. He knew that life span was very important to Lu Zheng, and whether he would be alive after five years was also the criterion for judging whether his mission was successful or not. In order to exchange for this cotton doll, he did not leave any room for himself.
"What if you have no lifespan and the mission fails? I advise you to think about it carefully." Ni Yangzhou disagreed and typed a word of advice.
[No, it's okay.]
Lü Zheng replied seriously:
[There are things more important than the mission.]
[Besides, accumulating lifespans isn't just about earning points; you can also use them to escape death yourself, or...extend the lifespans of others.]
[I originally planned to be a doctor. If I could successfully extend the lifespan of others, I would accumulate lifespan points. If I accumulated enough, I could add days to my own lifespan.]
It's just that the amount accumulated is very small, 100 people can accumulate one day's lifespan. Before, in the world of the mermaids, he purified the waters by donating his scale heart, and countless tribesmen and other aquatic animals whom he had never met were protected. Although Lu Zheng was in poor health, he lived cautiously, so he lived for a thousand years.
Looking back on the following centuries, I and my former lover lived in seclusion, not seeing outsiders for so long that my language skills were almost deteriorating. Although I was physically unwell, I could say I lived a happy life. Unfortunately...
My system is very busy, claiming to be managing tens of thousands of hosts. Occasionally, they came over to give me some pointers, saying that I should pursue research. While difficult, success would yield enormous rewards.
Ni Yangzhou thought about it and realized that compared to being a doctor and saving patients one by one, it would be more convenient to develop some medicines, which would benefit more people.
If Seele, a drug that ablates glands, becomes widely available, Lü Zheng, as a participant in its development, should not have only five years to live.
Liu Zikang was not very interested in the option, but Lu Zheng begged so much that he was almost willing to exchange it regardless of the cost, so she was willing to help.
Liu Zikang asked doubtfully:
"Why do you need this doll? It has certain requirements for use. Do you have a complete soul to entrust to it? Or do you want to keep a substitute for yourself? No, if you can't complete the main quest, you will still fail even if you switch to the substitute!"
Lu Zheng nodded hurriedly:
[Yes, it has a soul, but I don’t use it myself.]
[I want to give it to the real "Lü Zheng".]