Chapter 1567: The Perfect Man
After releasing the items from the container into his item slot, Xu Huo obtained information on two items.
[Soul-Calming Recorder: A funeral item lovingly crafted by a master funeral director. It is said that using this item allows the deceased to happily accept the fact of their own death and joyfully proceed to heaven. Although the deceased can no longer raise any objections to their death, everyone who has used it praises it as a sincere and kind-hearted creation. Some people with religious beliefs even claim that after playing the requiem, a subtle smile appeared on the deceased's face.]
Allowing the deceased to happily accept the fact of their own death and joyfully proceed to heaven—what kind of hellish joke is this?
[Additionally, it can also quiet the living, after all, attendees at a funeral need to maintain a solemn demeanor.]
[Note: It only has a playback time of three minutes and nine seconds.]
The main function is here.
Xu Huo took out the recorder. The fist-sized white square box had only one button. Unsure of the effect of quieting the living, he didn't try it rashly and instead looked at the other A-grade item.
[The Perfect Man: A sculpture personally crafted by the Box Carrier, perfectly replicating the Box Carrier's appearance. It is more lifelike than any wax figure in the world, and its entire body is forged from S-grade metal, possessing hardness comparable to an A-grade item. It is a solid sculpture, and also a solid item.]
This thing was most likely stolen from the Box Carrier's castle. It was just unclear from where, because Xu Huo hadn't seen this sculpture in the castle.
Compared to the previous B-grade item, this one was even less suitable for use. Even a simple smiling puppet in the Box Carrier's castle had a tracking function. A sculpture named "The Perfect Man" clearly showed that the Box Carrier liked it very much. It might also, like the Paper Servant Master, go to great lengths to set up cross-wormhole tracking points. If they met again, he didn't think he would have the good fortune to escape from him so easily again.
An unexpected gain, no need to be too critical.
Closing the item slot, Xu Huo switched to the Under Dimension and searched for information related to the cone-shaped spatial instrument.
To avoid unnecessary trouble, he didn't describe the shape of the cone in too much detail, but instead expanded the scope and checked them one by one.
He had only glanced at it at the time, but he could confirm it was a quadrangular pyramid, silver in color, similar in shade to some other energy weapons, small in size, looking more like a replacement part for a weapon, and it was placed inside an ore, very inconspicuous.
Among the search results, there were many spatial instruments similar to that quadrangular pyramid, with various effects, but none related to positioning.
If it was indeed an ordinary spatial instrument, a common shape wasn't strange. "Complete Script" mentioned it had a simple disguise, which actually made the instrument seem special. If that was the case, it might not have been particularly distinctive when it was manufactured, not obviously different from other spatial instruments.
This thing could only be taken out for a look at the station.
Closing his personal panel, Xu Huo stood up and walked to the window. He pulled back the curtain and looked at the people outside. "Use the door."
The visitors were players from the Special Defense Department. The person immediately entered the residential area and knocked on the door.
"Hello, I am Player Yang Hai, subordinate to Team Leader Jiang. Team Leader Jiang has just arrived at the hospital. It's inconvenient for her to come and invite you herself, so she sent me."
Xu Huo nodded, turned back to say a word to Li Chun, and followed him out of the residential area.
A convoy was waiting outside. The players in the first two cars all got out and waited, while the windows of the last three cars were tightly shut.
"Mr. Xu." The waiting players perked up when they saw him arrive.
Xu Huo greeted them and got into the first car, casually asking Yang Hai, "Are the people in the back cars not in the same group as you?"
"They are from the same group, assigned by the Deputy Minister to accompany us to the hospital," Yang Hai replied.
The Deputy Minister of the Special Defense Department had previously been an invisible figure, basically never appearing publicly.
"Has the Deputy Minister changed?"
Yang Hai's lips moved, but he held back his words for a moment before changing his answer. "Yes."
Half an hour later, the car arrived at a newly built isolation hospital. The procedure was the same as before in Lian City—wearing protective suits before entering, undergoing several rounds of disinfection before arriving outside the isolation ward.
The young woman on the hospital bed was skin and bones. It seemed the excessively proliferating mutant fungus had absorbed most of her nutrients, making even breathing a struggle.
"She is Lu Yin." Jiang Qiao stood beside Xu Huo. "Her condition is very bad. The mutant fungus is growing very fast."
Xu Huo signaled the person beside him to open the door, then walked to the bedside to carefully examine Lu Yin's condition.
A medical staff member was beside her, changing her oxygen mask.
Stopping the action of putting the oxygen mask back on, Xu Huo leaned down and stared into Lu Yin's eyes. "What is your name?"
Lu Yin's eyes shifted in his direction, and she answered with difficulty, "Lu... Yin..."
"What is your mother's name?"
"Lu... Feng... Yi..."
"Good." Xu Huo took out a vial of King Fungus liquid and injected it into her arm. After waiting a moment, he asked again, "Where did you get infected with the mutant fungus?"
"A... gathering... invited by a friend... the location was in Hai City..."
"How many other people were infected like you?"
"I don't know... I don't have a phone..."
"Have you been to any other cities where infections broke out before?"
"No."
Lu Yin's eyes gained a bit of vitality.
Xu Huo gave her a second injection and continued questioning:
"Did you see your mother after the infection?"
"Once..." Lu Yin's expression showed some struggle, as if she wanted to ask about her mother, but she opened her mouth and said nothing.
"When did you find out you were infected?"
"After returning to the lab..." Lu Yin rested for a moment before continuing, "After I graduated... I joined... the evolution potion research team."
Xu Huo turned to ask Jiang Qiao outside the glass window, "Who else was infected along with her?"
"The staff in the lab." Jiang Qiao's voice came through the machine placed in the room. "No one was infected at the gathering in Hai City. We suspect someone infiltrated the lab and released the mutant fungus."
"Has your evolution potion research made any progress?"
"This is confidential information and cannot be disclosed."
Judging by Jiang Qiao's expression, it was likely there were no significant results.
By now, Lu Yin's complexion on the hospital bed had improved considerably, and her breathing was no longer as difficult as before. She tried to sit up, but the medical staff beside her quickly held her down. "You are very weak right now; it's best not to get up."
Xu Huo blocked the medical staff's hand. "Don't block my view."
The medical staff member paused, then took two steps back.
Xu Huo helped Lu Yin adjust her pillow so she could sit up. After observing her for a while, he gave her a third injection.
(End of Chapter)