CHAPTER 1568: CHAPTER 1568: I DON’T QUITE UNDERSTAND YOUR WAY OF THINKING

However, the third injection still didn’t have a good effect. Bacterial liquid medicine often works well when just injected, but as time goes by, the condition tends to relapse.

"Have there been any new variants of the mutant fungus?" Xu Huo turned his head to look at the medical staff nearby.

The person froze for a moment before realizing the question was directed at him, and immediately said, "No... actually, we don’t have a deep understanding of mutant fungi, maybe there are differences in individuals."

Outside, Jiang Qiao also noticed something was wrong. When treating patient number 0 previously, such recurrent symptoms were not evident in Lü Yin’s case; one dose of the medicine showed significant improvement, and it remained stable until now. Lü Yin had been injected with three doses; how could such a situation arise?

As she seemed to realize something, her face changed, and she immediately looked at the medical staff beside her with disbelief in her eyes.

Beside the sickbed, besides the instruments, there was a metal insulated cabinet. During Xu Huo’s treatment, the medical staff opened the insulated cabinet several times to place blood, skin flakes, and hair collected from Lü Yin. Inside was a box of tools, containing unknown items, but there were numerous small holes at the back.

The medicine just used on Lü Yin was Xu Huo’s last stock. To manufacture fresh bacterial liquid medicine, he had to draw his blood on the spot...

So he ignored the medical staff’s speculation and asked him to get the box from the insulated cabinet.

"That’s where the antitoxin is stored; it will lose efficacy when taken out of the insulated cabinet..." The medical staff intended to say something, but upon meeting Xu Huo’s gaze, he heard only the words "get it," which made his expression blank as he turned around.

However, spiritual control could only reach this extent. The next second, the medical staff snapped back to his senses, and without looking back, he charged towards the door. Meanwhile, a low-frequency vibration sounded within the isolation ward, not only interfering with Xu Huo’s psychic power but also causing dizziness and nausea.

Xu Huo steadied himself by holding onto the bed, feeling a familiar heat in his nostrils, while his protective suit shredded like a poor-quality disposable product.

As he started bleeding from his nose, the medical staff already closed the ward door, and the originally sealed wall panels at the four corners of the room suddenly sank, revealing holes below that sprayed out large amounts of white smoke.

The thick white fog filled the view, turning the whole room into a hazy expanse. This fog was likely a hypnotic potion, with the concentration raised to a certain level, even Lü Yin, who was in pain, fell asleep.

The potion was not the issue, but the frequency targeting the brain within the room infuriated Xu Huo. He was severely injured in the battle with Dou Shengnan, having not fully recovered. The Special Defense Department probably created this special room specifically to counter his spirit evolution; for those with super evolution of the brain, the effect of interference devices might be as effective as props.

He looked out the window, where Jiang Qiao was already restrained, the player with the healthcare staff badge tore his name off his chest and picked up a microphone nearby, saying, "Xu Huo, please cooperate. This is for the lives of tens of thousands."

Xu Huo leaned against the sickbed, not bothering to take the gas mask, and stood there talking to the people outside.

"It’s not surprising to want to claim a good thing as your own, especially when it’s convenient to act using power, but there’s no need to put on a high hat."

"I only have one question: whose order is this?"

"Everyone you see here, including Chief Jiang, represents the government." The person, similar to the player who followed Director Lü earlier, spoke plainly about these words, neither excited to capture Xu Huo nor displeased by sarcasm, "I know this action isn’t correct, but for those struggling on the brink of life and death, we have no choice."

"Whether you are unwilling to hand over the Antidote Fungus or genuinely unable to produce enough, it has to be verified by us."

"Rest assured, the room only contains strong hypnotic agents; later, we will inject the interrogation potion for questioning, and we will not harm you during this period. Your contributions to the country will be remembered forever, and compensation will be given afterward. Please do not resist."

He finished speaking and waited for Xu Huo’s response.

But Xu Huo did not speak and instead turned to the insulated cabinet, retrieved the prop box from a distance, and opened it.

Inside was a small glass bottle, seemingly containing fresh human tissue, but the surface was covered with a grayish substance, drifting like dust in the bottle, sticking to the bottle wall, and then overflowed through the opened bottle mouth.

"This is probably not just to get a few truths from me?" Xu Huo did not doubt the government’s capabilities, smoothly transitioned after the Super Props incident, nurturing many players at unimaginable speed, and restoring order, talents and geniuses are never lacking. After the last high-risk instance, a large amount of dead mycelium he left behind revealed a fact — the King Fungus, which couldn’t survive long in any environment including the human body, could still propagate continuously within him.

The government wanted to avoid direct conflict with him, hence initially sought help, then negotiated, and after fruitless attempts, aimed to acquire something practical from him, not just a few bottles of bacterial liquid medicine.

Of course, the government couldn’t know about the Nüwa Stone; what they wanted was perhaps his blood, or the mother stock of King Fungus.

Why King Fungus could survive individually on him, due to him being special, or holding the origin of this fungus, this was the breakthrough the government was after, not his claim of being unable to supply enough bacterial liquid medicine.

The government never underestimated Xu Huo, so they prepared twenty Rank-B players, using the Special Defense Department’s strongest props and devices obtained from the game.

But these had to be established on Xu Huo’s inability to leave 014, thus the first move was the hypnotic potion, with the mutant fungus and Lü Yin merely delaying tactics.

No response came from outside, Xu Huo closed the prop, then took a sealed box to put it away in the luggage compartment, and returned to the sickbed to fit Lü Yin with a protective mask to check her situation.

Once isolated from the hypnotic potion, Lü Yin soon woke up due to pain, but her expression visibly improved a moment later.

"My chest doesn’t hurt anymore." She looked at Xu Huo, "Will I survive?"

"Without accidents, you should live to a ripe old age." Xu Huo replied.

Lü Yin smiled, "Thank you."

Xu Huo nodded, then walked out of the isolation ward and stood among those Rank-B players.

"Goalkeeper" instantly blocked everyone’s attacks, he looked at the player disguised as healthcare staff, "I don’t quite understand your mindset, you haven’t come up with solutions, or can’t think of any, so you turn on your own people; didn’t you consider the consequences?"