CHAPTER 264: CHAPTER 139 BRIDE MASK_2

It’s not easy to earn money, and it’s equally hard to obtain Demon Cores. The randomness of the entry tickets is too high, and there are only a few Demon Spirits in Black Death City, making it hard to find suitable ones to get Demon Cores from.

"The Godslayer Shrine has been quiet recently. If I could enter Blood Moon Black Death City one more time, all problems would be solved." Li Xiu fed all the remaining E-grade Radiant Demon Cores to Demigod Shana, but it still wasn’t enough to advance him to C-grade.

The appetite of Demigod Shana is even larger than that of a Jedi Knight, requiring more resources for advancement.

Li Xiu calculated; not only does he have to nurture the Demon Spirits, but the contracts on him require resources to improve both Primordial Embryo Quality and level.

"Having too many things can also be a headache." Just as Li Xiu was lamenting, his phone suddenly rang.

Li Xiu glanced at it and saw it was a call from Kun Sha.

"Li Xiu, do you have time? Can you come to Tyrone City?" Kun Sha seemed to be in a hurry, skipping the pleasantries.

"What happened?" Li Xiu asked.

"Something happened to Qin Shi..." Kun Sha explained the situation anxiously.

Initially, Li Xiu thought Qin Shi was injured in battle or maybe someone attempted an assassination, but it turned out Qin Shi fell ill.

However, Qin Shi’s illness was strange. Her body was in a constant state of high fever, which had persisted for more than a day. Kun Sha had consulted every available doctor and provided the best treatment for Qin Shi, yet the fever showed no signs of abating, and the cause could not be identified.

Now, Qin Shi was already in a coma. Kun Sha was afraid that if the fever continued, even if Qin Shi woke up, her brain might be damaged from the heat.

"The doctors have no ideas; what can I do?" Li Xiu felt puzzled. He wasn’t a doctor, so why was Kun Sha asking for his help?

Kun Sha said helplessly, "At first, Qin Shi’s temperature shot up to forty degrees. The doctors said that if it didn’t go down soon, her life would be in danger. Now it’s almost fifty degrees and still climbing. However, despite being in a coma, her bodily functions remain undamaged, with normal EKG and other tests. It’s an illness I’ve never seen before; a normal person at such a high temperature wouldn’t survive. I’m wondering if it’s somehow related to the nature of being a Magic Armor Master, so I thought of you. Maybe you know what’s going on."

After hearing Kun Sha’s explanation, Li Xiu frowned. A Magic Armor Master, apart from having higher Spiritual Force, doesn’t have a body different from ordinary people. Surviving temperatures over fifty degrees without dying, while tests are normal, seems quite mysterious.

"You’re a Magic Armor Master too. Do you think this illness is related to being a Magic Armor Master?" Li Xiu asked in return.

"I’ve never encountered anything like this. Asking you is like trying to rescue a dead horse as if it were still alive. If Qin Shi’s fever doesn’t go down, she really won’t make it." Kun Sha said helplessly.

"Do you know why Qin Shi collects rubies?" Li Xiu suddenly asked a question unrelated to the illness.

"I have no idea. Qin Shi never mentioned it. Previously Pa Shan also asked her, but she just smiled and said nothing more." Kun Sha asked suspiciously, "Do you mean her illness is related to the rubies? That seems unlikely; rubies themselves don’t emit harmful radiation enough to cause illness." Kun Sha knew that some gemstones have radiation that could adversely affect human health, but rubies don’t have such high radiation levels.

"Has she been collecting new rubies recently?" Li Xiu didn’t answer Kun Sha, continuing to ask.

"Let me think; the rewards I’ve promised her so far are shares in gemstone mines, but it’s not time for dividends yet. However, she seems to have taken on a private job recently, reportedly acquiring quite a few benefits, probably rubies." Kun Sha said.

"Tell me more." Li Xiu hurriedly pursued.

He suspected Qin Shi might have tangled with Demon Spirit Gemstones, as her illness seemed very unusual.

"I’m not very sure about this. You know, Qin Shi is practically working for free for me now, so how could I feel right about asking her about such things?" Kun Sha said apologetically.

"I’m heading over now." Li Xiu arranged some city affairs and then set off for Tyrone City.

There wasn’t much to arrange, as he hardly ever meddled in those city matters.

Fortunately, he hadn’t left the Southern Cross Federation, and though Tyrone City wasn’t as close as Red Sand City, it wasn’t too far either.

He rode the Masked Emperor whenever possible, and when he couldn’t, he rode the Pink Nightmare. He hurried for more than two days to reach Tyrone City.

When Li Xiu saw Qin Shi lying in bed, he was taken aback. Qin Shi’s originally pale face was now as red as an apple. Standing next to her, he could feel warmth akin to a radiant heater coming from her.

"It’s definitely more than fifty degrees, isn’t it?" Li Xiu looked at the thermometer connected to Qin Shi, which registered at fifty-four degrees; any higher, and it seemed they could fry an egg on her.

"Her body temperature keeps rising, and the doctors dare not use physical methods to cool her down..." Kun Sha said helplessly.

"You all go out first; let me examine her." Li Xiu ushered Kun Sha and Pa Shan out, then walked to the bed, first examining Qin Shi’s hands and then pulling down her collar a little to check if she was wearing a necklace.