"These worms..."

"These worms aren't the virus I mentioned to you; they are the patient's flesh. After being corroded by the virus, his flesh quickly transforms into countless tiny worms wriggling at the wound."

"The reason the worms do this is to enlarge the patient's wound, making it easier for the virus to corrode more flesh."

After listening to the doctor's explanation, Wang Dayong couldn't help but spit on the ground.

Looking at the images inside the medical tank, he struggled to swallow the saliva brewing in his mouth for a long time.

The doctor couldn't take it anymore and instructed his student to use the mechanical arm to clean off all the worms on the patient.

Niu Jieshi scrutinized carefully for a long while, then incredulously asked.

"He's still alive?"

The doctor nodded, indicating that although a normal person's flesh would certainly be done for when rotted to this extent, he still retained the most basic vital signs.

Jiang Xiao and Shi Shi were quite aware of this; once the concentration of the blue liquid in the medical tank reached a certain level, it could bring people back from the dead.

Holy shit...

After cleaning up the worms, Jiang Xiao and the others could more intuitively see the changes in the patient's body.

Those wounds, deep enough to see bone, or rather, with even the bones rotting, were spreading into the nearby flesh at a speed visible to the naked eye.

No "virus" could be seen.

They could only see the flesh near the patient's wounds rapidly age, shrivel, and finally decay, producing worms.

"Strange, his changes weren't this rapid before. This time, in less than a minute, his flesh turned into worms. Previously, our observation took half an hour."

The doctor adjusted his glasses and opened the medical log to record the latest situation of the patient.

Turning old and decaying again?

Jiang Xiao thought of the earlier "leak" of heavenly secrets by Old Yang, who also died of age, alive.

But he was even less fortunate; after dying of age, the worms were born from within him, and when they exploded, they splattered all over those other historians.

"Jiang God, see if you can use your powers to kill the 'creatures' on the patient?"

Shi Shi, already raring to go, immediately leapt up, raising her hands and shouting.

"Me, me! Let me!!"

Jiang Xiao and Niu Jieshi exchanged smiles with no intention of competing.

Jiang Xiao waved to the doctor, signaling for Shi Shi to give it a try.

Seeing this excessively cute little girl, the doctor felt a bit helpless, but seeing Jiang Xiao's determined gaze, he could only agree.

He walked to the console, operated the mechanical arm, and slowly opened the small door of the glass chamber.

Shi Shi excitedly climbed up, eager to observe these peculiar "worms" up close.

"Open the medical tank too, I want to take a good look up close at what's going on!"

Shi Shi shouted, her voice filled with anticipation and curiosity.

Open the medical tank?

How many viruses would be inhaled even when just taking a breath?

The doctor's brows furrowed, his fingers hovering over the console, hesitating.

For him, Shi Shi's request was unacceptable, as it concerned life safety issues.

"No, Shi Shi, you aren't even wearing protective gear. Close contact with the patient like this is extremely dangerous."

The doctor's tone was firm, refusing Shi Shi's request.

Shi Shi appeared somewhat dissatisfied, pouting and ready to retort, but Wang Dayong, standing beside, helplessly shook his head, interrupting her.

"It's alright, she's a weirdo, just listen to her."

Wang Dayong said to the doctor, his eyes revealing a hint of helplessness.

Huh?

The doctor looked bewildered, clearly finding it hard to believe that this cute little girl was a "weirdo."

Shi Shi pouted angrily, with her face flushed, and perked up her little beast ears on top of her head to express her "strength."

But when the doctor saw those cute beast ears, his hand, initially ready to open the tank, stopped again.

Is this a pet-type weirdo?

Cute to this extent, is her combat power really higher than mine?

Jiang Xiao nodded, indicating to the doctor to just open the door. He knew Shi Shi's abilities, knowing she could handle herself even in the virus-laden center of Hong Kong.

The doctor took a deep breath, finally releasing his fingers and pressing the button.

The door at the top of the medical tank slowly opened, revealing the half-decayed patient inside, crawling with worms.

Without any hesitation, Shi Shi stepped directly into the medical tank, climbing up to get a closer look at those nauseating worms from above.

She reached out and gently touched one of them, frowning slightly.

"These worms... they're very resilient, but I can feel their fear of me."

Shi Shi whispered, her gaze flickering with a peculiar light.

"Fear?"

The doctor echoed in confusion, not understanding Shi Shi's words.

"Yes, they're afraid of me."

Shi Shi's voice held a trace of confidence. Her fingers lightly glided over the worm, causing them to scurry away in panic.

Jiang Xiao and the others focused on Shi Shi's actions, observing the worms that once greedily devoured the patient's flesh now losing their direction under Shi Shi's touch.

The doctor had to remind her, "Be careful, these worms might carry potent viruses."

Shi Shi just smiled, having absolute confidence in her abilities.

Her eyes were fixed on the white worm bodies squirming on the patient's skin.

Then she reached out her tender little hand, her fingertip gathering a faint black light, gently touching one of the worms.

Instantly, the worm's body started to tremble, then dissolved into a wisp of smoke, disappearing from the patient.

Shi Shi's actions didn't stop. Her fingers traced lines in the air.

Each line accurately hit its target, and the worms under her power all vanished into obscurity.

This cleaning speed outpaced the most precise and intelligent mechanical hands by countless times.

"Just this?"

Shi Shi raised an eyebrow, seemingly thinking that it was already steady, not noticing Jiang Xiao and the doctor looking at her with a peculiar expression.

Everyone looked at Shi Shi's proud little expression, feeling nonplussed inside.

Although she cleared the worms, the truly deadly virus was still rampaging in the patient's body.

Wang Dayong, unable to watch anymore, stepped forward a few paces to remind her solemnly.

"Uh... Shi Shi, the worms you killed are just ordinary worms, transformed from the patient's flesh. Your main target now is the invisible viruses on him."

Shi Shi paused in surprise, blinking her big eyes, clearly not understanding Wang Dayong's meaning.

She felt she had done well, after all, she had cleared out those disgusting worms.

"Virus?"

Shi Shi repeated and seemed to recall the doctor's earlier words, but she obviously hadn't taken them to heart.

"But the worms are all wiped out by me, aren't they?"

Clearly, Shi Shi hadn't grasped the doctor's words at all earlier, mistakenly believing the "worms" were the main culprit.

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