CHAPTER 823: CHAPTER 800: MALNUTRITION

Song Ziyuan has left.

On Jiang Xiaoxiao’s forehead, Song Ziyuan left behind a trace of Divine Sense.

That night, Jiang Xiaoxiao went to see Captain Liu Jian.

Liu Jian’s attitude was strange, full of caution, and even glanced behind Jiang Xiaoxiao.

Jiang Xiaoxiao smiled, guessing that Monkey had spread the word about Song Ziyuan to his captain, and with such a big shot here, everyone must be trembling.

"Captain, how is your injury? Did you recover?"

Liu Jian grinned; although he hadn’t seen the big shot, he could still feel the aura.

"I’m doing great. You could remove the stitches before you leave. Didn’t you see after three days you came back, my wound has healed so much, almost invisible. I never expected it to recover so quickly."

"It’s still your excellent physical condition!"

Jiang Xiaoxiao checked Liu Jian’s wound, which was no exaggeration; compared to humans in her world, his recovery speed was impressive.

In just seven days, the wound had almost disappeared.

"Captain, I just wanted to ask if there’s any place on our 900th level or around here where monsters have the Fire attribute, or any place that is Fire attributed?"

The most likely place is Number Ten.

Liu Jian frowned in thought, "Every level has a Red Flame Battlefield. The monsters here are said to be Fire attribute demon beasts, but those monsters never leave the volcano.

Unless we enter their territory, they won’t invade anywhere else. It’s said that the monsters there are all Fire attributed, and Fire attribute monsters are very tough.

They have strong attack power and we can’t defend against them, everyone could be turned to ash in an instant. So, very few people go to those places."

"Also! Also, every Red Flame Battlefield is different, but we don’t have the qualifications to go to the Red Flame Battlefield. People below the 700th level have never seen the Red Flame Battlefield, it’s said to be an honor for S-class warriors only."

Monkey also hurriedly shared what he had heard.

Jiang Xiaoxiao listened, and indeed, it was quite a handful, enough to be troubling one after another.

When Jiang Xiaoxiao was preparing for her next mission, she planned to seek help from the Black Horned Dragon.

No harm in asking for help.

Returning to her room, someone knocked on the door.

Captain Lu took out a pile of Crystal Stones, which were the colorful gems from monsters.

"Doctor Jiang! I know these can’t compare to the fees in the medical treatment center, but please, look at my mother, she’s not doing well."

Jiang Xiaoxiao didn’t refuse and accepted the Crystal Stones, "Let’s go! Take me to see her."

The two of them headed to Captain Lu’s home, one after the other.

Indeed, Captain Lu was extraordinary, as the captain of the Flying Tiger Team, he lived differently. At least, it was a two-room suite.

The sound of the door opening startled a girl, a ten-year-old girl whispered.

"Grandma woke up for a moment, then fell asleep again. I’m scared..."

"Don’t be afraid, this is a doctor!"

Jiang Xiaoxiao saw the elderly woman lying on a bunk bed, similarly white-haired, but the elderly woman had her eyes tightly closed.

A simple examination, the elderly woman never woke up, Jiang Xiaoxiao frowned.

The elderly woman’s condition was not ideal, long-standing various diseases, plus malnutrition.

Right!

Severe malnutrition.

"How is she?"

Seeing Jiang Xiaoxiao put down her hand, her face heavy, Captain Lu was worried.

"Doctor Jiang! It’s okay, whatever the issue, speak up, we can handle it. We knew this day would come, people on the 900th level all know that death here is our fate. How’s my mom?"

"Captain Lu, you are the captain of the Flying Tiger Team, judging by your living conditions, you live well, but your mother is actually very malnourished."

Captain Lu blinked, Malnutrition!?

What does that mean?

"I don’t understand what you mean! Malnutrition? You’re saying my mom’s starving?"

After saying this, Captain Lu laughed, "No way, how can that be? We live well, we have meat at every meal, it’s not possible..."

Jiang Xiaoxiao turned to examine the little girl.

Her expression was heavy, that’s strange. If Captain Lu were two-faced about his mother, at least his daughter wouldn’t be starved.

"Captain Lu, can I do a check on you?"

Captain Lu was very cooperative.

After the examination, Jiang Xiaoxiao had only one word, bizarre.

Really, the three of them looked physically strong or lean, but all shared one common issue, malnutrition.

"Captain Lu, your whole family is malnourished."

Jiang Xiaoxiao couldn’t understand why malnutrition existed.

Though supplies were scarce, generally from what she saw, external game was plentiful, and resources weren’t severely lacking, even if the monster was fierce, humans’ adaptability was strong.

It shouldn’t be impossible to survive.

Yet malnutrition was hard to explain.

"Can I see your fridge?"

Captain Lu led Jiang Xiaoxiao to open his fridge, explaining as he did.

"We’re not lacking food. See, we have moose, one-eyed sheep, four-eyed cows, tiger-headed crocodiles, everything you need, and there’s bread and rice, various canned fruits and vegetables, everything is here! How could there be malnutrition!"

Captain Lu was a little dubious if Jiang Xiaoxiao was deliberately saying so; malnutrition didn’t exist in their home.

Jiang Xiaoxiao looked at the canned goods.

A full cabinet of cans, all sorts, including corn, tomatoes, peaches, oranges, and meat and fish can, basically everything you need.

"Captain Lu, don’t we have the Star Sky Forest here, why not grow vegetables and fruits? Like the coconut we ate yesterday, the juice is sweet, and coconut flakes can enhance the food’s flavor!"

"You don’t know, since the biggest alien battlefield, everyone can only live in shelters. The outside environment is harsh, the Star Sky Forest you see, actually only a patch is plantable.

The rest can’t grow anything, as you’ve seen along the way, seeds have long been extinct, it’s been a thousand years since ancient times, various seeds have vanished.

Rice seeds are what we later found during gathering that can be eaten.

But the number that can grow is some. Other vegetables and fruits are from the exchange center, we have never had fresh ones. Not just us, everyone is the same."

Jiang Xiaoxiao finally understood what the problem was.

Unbalanced diet led to malnutrition among these people.

"Captain Lu, where do the vegetable and fruit cans from the exchange center come from?"

Since the world no longer has fruits and vegetables, and none can be grown, who knows to make these cans?

Captain Lu shook his head, "I don’t know either, the exchange center is exclusively managed by the shelter, none of us know. Every month dedicated vehicles replenish the supplies here."

No one had thought about this question.