Chapter 403: Chapter 345: Miracle Drug: APX-1
"Hey, you know, I owe my life to this armor for being able to see you alive." Li Zheng moved his hand, and the armor disappeared from his body, being stowed away into a capsule home.
You have to admit, this Earth Dragon Armor made by Li Chun came at just the right time, and with perfect timing!
If it weren’t for the Earth Dragon Armor’s exceptional defense, even if Li Zheng only took part of the blast, it would’ve been a near-death experience, and it wouldn’t have been as simple as a couple of broken ribs.
"Alright, it’s just a piece of armor, and you’re already putting on airs." Xiao Siyuan grumpily pressed on some of the broken ribs, assessing the injury: "Not bad, just broken, no bone displacement, you got lucky."
"Xiao Lin, drag him to the medical bed, and I’ll check his internal organs again."
"Okay, Doctor Xiao."
Lin Fengjiao was visibly relieved upon hearing Li Zheng was okay, careful as she helped him up and led him to the living quarters.
Li Zheng grimaced, saying, "Why check? My status bar already shows it, broken ribs, lung damage, heart hit hard."
"Status bar? What status bar?" Lin Fengjiao, not paying attention initially, suddenly realized and asked curiously.
Li Zheng knew he had slipped. The status bar was a convenience brought by Prelis’ Eye, and other than a few others with the Old Prel physique, no one else had such a feature.
His mind spun as Li Zheng replied, "Oh, it’s a special genetic ability I developed, which lets me display my status on a data panel, kind of like in an online game."
"So that’s it, Brother Li even has such an ability, amazing!" Lin Fengjiao didn’t think much of it. Given the oddities in the Matrix’s genetic abilities and Li Zheng’s higher-than-average strength, she wasn’t surprised he got such a thing.
"A good thing or two, and you’re already swaggering." Xiao Siyuan walked ahead to open the door, letting them in with a jerk of his head: "Lie down there."
With Lin Fengjiao supporting him, Li Zheng went and lay on the medical bed, while a few mechanical arms transformed into various tools under Xiao Siyuan’s manipulation, commencing treatment.
"To be honest, whenever I see these mechanical arms, I always think of Doctor Octopus, and feel like I’m Spiderman getting dissected and studied by him." Li Zheng gritted his teeth, enduring the pain from the "bone-setting."
Xiao Siyuan stood at the console, not lifting his head as he said, "Spiderman can’t compare to you. That series is at most prefixed with ’extraordinary,’ but today you even killed an extraordinary life form."
"Yet I’m still lying here, aren’t I?"
Xiao Siyuan finally looked up, pensively saying, "You’re right. By the same reasoning, I’m better than you."
"..." Li Zheng was silent for two seconds: "Haven’t seen you for a night, you’ve gotten humorous."
"I’ve always been humorous, it’s just that you didn’t notice before." Xiao Siyuan manipulated the controls, with one mechanical arm’s tip turning into a hollow needle tool.
"You came just in time today. I’ve developed a new drug with good healing effects on internal injuries, but there are still some unknown effects I haven’t figured out. Your physique is quite strong, help me test the drug."
Saying this, Xiao Siyuan waved, summoning a syringe filled with blue liquid.
[APX-1
Tier: Unknown
Type: Medical Equipment
Effect: Extremely strong healing effects on internal organ damage.
Description: A new drug created by Xiao Siyuan using his ability mixed with certain medications.
Note: The product still has unknown effects, use with caution.]
Weird.
Li Zheng wore a peculiar expression; even someone as omnipotent as Old Prel couldn’t ascertain the so-called "unknown effects"?
"Hey, old Xiao." Li Zheng felt some reluctance. He wasn’t too keen on injecting something with unknown effects into his body: "I haven’t offended you recently, right?"
"Nope."
"Then why are you bent on harming me?"
"Harm you? How did I harm you?"
"Haven’t harmed me?" Li Zheng struggled, held down by a mechanical arm and limited in movement, "Damn, you’re using me as a guinea pig for your drug test, isn’t that harm?"
"It’s just one dose, no risk of death, what’s there to fear?" Xiao Siyuan raised the syringe, saying calmly.
"No risk of death?" Li Zheng shouted: "You’re saying it so easily, how do you know it’s non-toxic and won’t be life-threatening?"
"Of course I know."
"How do you know?"
"I injected myself."
"..."
"Twice."
"..."
"Otherwise, where did you think the definitive effect in the description came from?"
"..." Li Zheng looked at Xiao Siyuan with a shocked expression, "Are you crazy? The new drug’s effects are unknown, and you dared inject it into yourself?"
"Someone’s got to do it." Xiao Siyuan seemed nonchalant about it.
"Since you’ve injected yourself, why don’t you simply inject yourself again and figure out the drug efficacy?"
"Didn’t I just say?" Xiao Siyuan said calmly: "I’ve injected two doses into myself."
"...!" Li Zheng recalled it was indeed the case.
"This drug has tolerance; the same target can only be injected once in a short period, with no effect from multiple injections." Xiao Siyuan installed the syringe onto a mechanical arm: "Neither injection harmed the body, so I have confidence in persuading you to help me test the drug."
"Are you sure there won’t be any weird side effects?" Li Zheng remained suspicious.
"Relax, would I harm you?" Xiao Siyuan grinned, showing his white teeth.
"Well..." Li Zheng wanted to say more, but Xiao Siyuan’s expression changed, pressing a button on the console.
The mechanical arm with the new drug suddenly plunged, injecting the new drug into the vein without leaving a drop.
"Damn, you...!" Li Zheng saw this, his eyes widening in rage, about to curse.
However, as the drug entered his body, nothing unusual happened.
On the contrary, his previously burning lungs and heart, under the treatment of the new drug, began to rapidly recover, proving to be much more effective than the specialized internals-healing nanobots!
Moreover, Li Zheng’s heightened Spiritual Power sharply noticed some of the medication flowing into an unspeakable area along the blood vessels.
After a while...
"Damn! This drug’s amazing, old Xiao, give me another shot!" Li Zheng sensed a secondary development in a certain area, his face lighting up with joy, and he immediately changed his tune, eagerly asking for another shot from old Xiao.
"In your dreams." Xiao Siyuan seemed to ponder, nodding: "Looks like the other effect is indeed correct. I’ll ask Chu Xiao later, see if he’s willing to try a shot."
"Don’t be stingy! Such a great thing, give me another shot!" Li Zheng shouted.
Xiao Siyuan rolled his eyes: "Didn’t I say already? Only the first shot is effective, even if you get injected a hundred more times, it won’t have that effect."
"Ah? That’s such a pity!" Li Zheng smacked his lips with lingering interest.
Just one shot, and a secondary development increased by about a quarter, truly a divine artifact for men!