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“That took me by surprise.”Adrian was similarly surprised. Nicholas invoked a profound sense of mystery. He asked, “Based on what you just said, you seem to have a good knowledge of the Uduma Desert. What’s the story of that place? It felt like we were trapped in a spell or something.”Nicholas explained, “The truth is, the desert doesn’t exist at all. Everything we see there is part of an illusion. There are two levels to it, a visible illusion and a visual illusion.”“I don’t understand.” Mya shook her head in confusion. Nicholas said, “It’s simple. There’s something there surpassing scientific knowledge that presents that Steedten’s hotel and the desert to us so that we can perceive its existence with our own eyes. When we close our eyes, we’ll see a different form of the illusion. These two illusions are completely different but both exist in reality. Everything that you saw and felt from the moment you entered that hotel was not real.”Upon hearing Nicholas’ explanation,
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Adrian brought Nicholas to the treatment room as Lacey began preparing medicines. Ten minutes later, Nicholas lay on the treatment bed covered in blood while Lacey carefully opened up his top to dress his wound. The others stared at the strange, terrifying wound on his chest. It looked like it had been caused by sharp claws and was covered in black-colored blood. Lacey said anxiously as she looked at Nicholas, “This is going to sting. Bear with it.”She then poured the medicine onto the wound and began dressing it. She also grabbed a scalpel to remove all the infected flesh before stitching it up. More than an hour had passed by the time she completed the procedure. She was exhausted and drenched in sweat. Once done with treating Nicholas’ wound, Lacey asked sympathetically, “What happened to you? How did you get infected with Reaperiosis?”Reaperiosis was a unique form of infection, and the term was coined by Lacey and her mentor. It was not an aggressive disease but an infected
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“I heard from my mentor about the technology of ancient Gostia that allowed its people to control corpses. I believe that Gostia and Partingia are linked in some ways.”“So you believe that the corpse that attacked you was a relic of Gostia? How were they capable of controlling corpses?” asked Lacey. “It’s connected to Snowspirin—a medicine produced by Gostia. It’s capable of changing human cells and results in human evolution. I studied it during my journey and found that there are components of Isle 416’s worms in it,” said Nicholas. Everyone was stunned.Nicholas looked toward Gloria and said, “If you can’t be cured, you’ll become similar to the corpse that I encountered on the snowy mountain. You’ll be mindless and incapable of thought, but you’ll be left with a powerful, indestructible body.”Gloria was so scared that she was shaking. Nicholas’ story had linked Gostia and Partingia. In other words, Gloria’s condition occurred back in Gostia and Partingia a millennia ago. It
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There were many unexplainable mysteries on Isle 416, in the Uduma Desert, and atop Mount Shangspar. If the outlanders found out, they would certainly go to extremes in view of their stubbornness. By then, not only Navia would be affected, but other places would be involved as well. Hence, the best way to manage this now was to investigate the matter thoroughly before the outlanders found out about it and identify an appropriate solution.Nicholas got out of bed. He knew that Gloria could not afford to wait anymore. He said to Lacey, “Study the Nihil Pill and Snowspirin with me. We’ll extract some of the excess components. Gloria can’t wait any longer.”“But what about yourself?” Lacey asked concerningly.“I’m fine,” said Nicholas. He then said to Adrian, “Please give us some room, sir. Lacey and I will inform you when we’re done.”Adrian nodded, then left the treatment room with Mya and Gloria. Nicholas and Lacey began to carry out studies on the two medicines. They wanted to extra
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Gloria got onto the bed while Lacey pulled over some medical equipment that she attached to Gloria’s body, including a blood pressure monitor, ECG monitor, and all manner of testing equipment. While Lacey bustled about her tasks, she said, “Nick and I will be using a fusion treatment technique. We’ll be injecting extracted molecules from the antidote into Gloria’s blood vessels and combining them with a medicated bath, acupuncture, and Navien medicine. The process will be long, so please wait patiently.”“Will it hurt?” asked Adrian. Lacey shook her head. “I don’t know. We don’t have any precedent. Gloria, you have to bear the pain even if it does hurt.” She looked toward Nicholas. “We’re ready. You may perform the injection.”Nicholas nodded and walked over. The syringe he held in his hand contained green fluid. He clutched Gloria’s wrist before slowly injecting the green fluid into her. He took two steps back after he was done and waited for her reaction. Lacey walked over to
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Lacey bustled about, then got Gloria into a medicated bath, who visibly shook for a moment when she got in. Black blood seeped out of her skin, ears, and eyes, staining the water red. Following the bleeding, the reading on the blood pressure monitor started dropping. Noticing this, Lacey said anxiously, “Nick, her blood pressure is dropping but it’s dropping too quickly. It’s about to reach the lowest value.”This was Lacey’s first time experiencing such a situation. Though she was still composed, she was also a little bewildered. Hearing Lacey’s report, Nicholas said, “Insert two needles above the kidneys to stimulate the secretion of epinephrine. We’ll continue to observe her condition after that.”“Okay.”Lacey felt for Gloria’s kidneys, quickly inserted two needles, then continued to observe. Watching the scene unfold, Adrian and Mya were tense and emotional. About two minutes later, Gloria’s blood pressure stopped dropping and rose slightly before stopping.Gloria’s blood
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Lacey’s brows furrowed upon noticing the situation. Nicholas asked, “How is she?”Lacey replied, “She’s losing too much blood. If this continues, she will need a blood transfusion.”He answered, “We’re almost done. Use the silver needle to shut all her main arteries for three minutes before reopening them. Check her blood and find out what’s coming out of her skin.”Lacey nodded. She looked at Adrian and Mya. “Prepare another bucket of hot water.”Adrian and Mya nodded. Lacey removed all the needles on Gloria’s body and inserted new needles into a few main acupoints. Then, she ordered Adrian to get Gloria out of the tub and put her into another. Lacey extracted some blood from Gloria’s skin and put it under a microscope.She reported, “The worms are dead. We’ve succeeded, Nick.”He replied, “Don’t get excited yet. Let’s continue to observe her.”Lacey inhaled a deep breath. She then noticed Gloria’s skin slowly turning purplish-black in numerous spots. The spots on her skin
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Gloria calmed down at last. She stopped shaking and her vital signs stabilized. Even though the value did not meet the normal standards, it was still well within the scope of treatment. In the meantime, Gloria had already fallen asleep. She felt as if everything around her was unrelated to her. All she wanted to do was close her eyes. Lacey felt relief wash over her after seeing Gloria’s latest condition. Adrian looked at Gloria, then turned to ask Lacey, “How is she?”Lacey nodded. “She has pulled through. I’ll examine the mutated cells in her blood again to find out the number of cells that have yet to be expelled.” She drew some blood and placed it into a piece of testing equipment. After getting the results, Lacey pronounced, “It’s much better than I had hoped. Only a small amount of mutated cells remain. The medicine extracted from the Nihil Pill and Snowspirin is still working inside her body to kill the remaining mutated cells. I’ll perform a few more rounds of acupunctur
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