CHAPTER 211: CHAPTER 211 HER OPPORTUNITY, HIS VITALITY

An Yan reflexively pulled back her hand. After a few glances at the old man, she finally recognized him.

"Professor Song?"

In just one night, the old man had become considerably haggard, as if he hadn’t slept at all.

Professor Song nodded. "Yes, it’s me. I’m Song Qingshu from Mo Hospital in Yuncheng."

"I have a patient whose condition is very similar to Xiao Xiaojun’s. Professor An, could you please come to Yuncheng with me to help save the Mo Family’s old master? Could you?"

An Yan genuinely wanted to go, but out of caution, she simply said, "Let me see the medical records first!"

"Of course."

Professor Song had his assistant send the medical records of the Mo Family’s old master to An Yan.

Just as An Yan was about to open them, Zhang Xuebin suddenly spoke up, "Little Master, may I have a word?"

An Yan looked at him. Seeing Zhang Xuebin’s grave expression, she put down her phone and followed him into an empty office.

"The Mo Family’s old master is a general!" Zhang Xuebin told An Yan in detail what he had learned from Xiao Hall. "In his youth, he clashed with foreign hostile forces. Shrapnel had entered his head, too close to the brain for the medical techniques of the time to support a craniotomy."

"There hadn’t been any issues initially, but about half a year ago, he fell into a coma."

"I’m not against you saving people, but I want to remind you that operating on him isn’t like operating on this Xiao Xiaojun—you must ensure that nothing goes wrong!"

"Moreover, in Yuncheng, ’heaven is high and the emperor is far away,’ and the Mo Family there is practically omnipotent!"

"In other words, if you fail or offend any powerful groups there, I’m afraid you might not even make it back alive!"

An Yan was speechless. It felt like she was stepping into a dragon’s den!

"Don’t worry, I have a good grasp of my medical skills."

"Besides the Mo Family’s internal chaos, there’s also the foreign element. You know Yuncheng borders foreign territories, and it’s extremely chaotic there. In fact, Ye Xingyu was harmed by drug traffickers in Yuncheng!"

Zhang Xuebin truly didn’t want An Yan to go.

But An Yan was thinking, if she could save a general who had once served the country, wouldn’t she be able to acquire a few more Yezi? Just now, she had received five Yezi. Zhang Xuebin said that by saving Xiao Xiaojun, it was as if she had saved countless others. Yet, for all those people, Bai Wu had given her only five Yezi—she needed to work even harder! She was still hoping to earn more Yezi to connect with the thumb ring sooner.

"Little Master, shall I refuse this for you?" Zhang Xuebin asked, seeing her silence and thinking she was struggling with the decision.

Although Xiao Hall had sold Xiao Xiaojun’s case to the Mo Family, they had only sold the case itself, not the doctor who treated Xiao Xiaojun.

So he felt that for Little Master’s safety, Xiao Hall would probably agree to help him protect her.

An Yan came to her senses and said, "There’s no need to refuse. I’ll take this case."

"You also said he’s a general. Since he’s a general, it means he has shed blood and sweat for the country. If I can save him, I must certainly do my best."

Zhang Xuebin was somewhat embarrassed by her words. Little Master knew to respect her elders, yet he...

"I didn’t ask just now, how much are they offering for this job?"

Zhang Xuebin asked in surprise, "Little Master, are you short of money?"

"Yes, I’ve formed a team and need to support my members." Li Tianyao had given all his people to her; she couldn’t very well continue to let Li Tianyao keep paying those three, could she? And then there were Liang Chen, Mu Enyu, and Su Siming. It wasn’t right to make people work for free.

"Then I’ll go negotiate the price for you. Don’t worry, the Mo Family isn’t short on money!"

"Good."

Soon, Zhang Xuebin had negotiated a deal. "The Mo Family has agreed. They said they’ll give this amount after the surgery is completed!"

Director Zhang held up five fingers.

"Five million?"

"Fifty million! With a ten million deposit! It can be transferred immediately!"

"Agreed!" An Yan nodded. Fifty million should be just about enough to pay their salaries. The salaries of scientific researchers generally weren’t very high; even Li Tianyao’s people only had an annual salary of about a million. With the remaining money, she could also buy more medical supplies. An Yan was quite satisfied.

"Since you’ve decided, I’ll have Xiaohe go with you!" Xiaohe was a police officer and could carry a gun. If anything were to happen, he could at least lend a hand.

"Thank you!"

An Yan thought about the tasks she had on hand and decided to set off for Yuncheng the morning after next.

Once the time was set, she received the box Ya Zhuo handed her.

Inside were various samples Ya Zhuo had collected from the operating room, all neatly categorized and packed.

Back in the university lab, An Yan called Mu Enyu, Liang Chen, and Su Siming over.

"These are the samples from the operating room I had Ya Zhuo collect. Test them and see if there are any changes in the microbial flora."

"Okay." Liang Chen reached out to take them.

An Yan watched as the three of them worked. They were quite skilled.

Soon, the results came out:

The virus became dormant after corroding everything it could, and the viral concentration in the air was zero.

A small amount of the virus still adhered to the ground and the items in the operating room.

Upon encountering lab mice, these viruses immediately reactivated and began to destroy the mice’s body tissues.

When the lab mice’s body temperature fell below zero degrees Celsius, the virus lost its activity.

Placing the lab mice in an environment of minus thirty degrees Celsius completely killed the virus!

The conclusion matched An Yan’s previous experimental results: the virus hadn’t evolved or upgraded after corroding humans.

An Yan was quite satisfied with their cooperation and speed. Besides, their characters had already been tested in the operating room.

An Yan felt confident enough to tell them what had happened to her.

Mu Enyu took her hand, looked at the plum blossom-shaped mark on her arm, and said, "This mark looks so distinct. Sis Yan, are you feeling unwell?"

"No. That person only said that the deeper the mark, the more severe the poisoning."

"Who could be so twisted as to poison a pregnant woman?" Su Siming’s face turned ugly with anger. "Sis Yan, did you call the police?"

An Yan nodded. "Yes, I did. The person has been caught, but he claims there’s no Antidote."

"So, from now on, developing an Antidote will be our team’s primary mission. Besides us, three expert-level individuals will join. However, they won’t come until the Golden Thread Worm is found!"

"Are we sure this poison is from the Golden Thread Worm?" Liang Chen asked.

"It’s not certain, so we have to approach it from two angles!" An Yan replied.

Liang Chen nodded. "Regardless of whether we can find the worm, our current task is to compare these samples with normal ones, identify any abnormalities, and analyze them..."

Liang Chen quickly formulated a plan, and Su Siming and Mu Enyu listened intently as he laid it out.

The three of them eagerly took on their respective roles.

An Yan sat to one side and performed a divination for her upcoming trip to Yuncheng.

The hexagrams indicated that her journey to Yuncheng held a fortuitous opportunity for her.

Considering her Yezi, An Yan felt that after saving the old general, her Clairvoyance Technique might improve. It seemed the trip to Yuncheng was truly unavoidable.

「Ten o’clock at night.」

An Yan left the lab and went to the changing area outside.

She made a video call to Li Tianyao.

He looked as if he had just showered; his hair was still dripping wet.