Chapter 1 Li Ang's Blood Pool Therapy

Hearing Li Ang's reassurance, Mule and Laura didn't relax at all. Instead, the expressions in their eyes as they stared at the blood pool became even stranger.

"Don't you believe me?"

Li Ang said anxiously, "I made this pool of water. How could I not know what it tastes like?

I'll drink it to show you."

With that, he squatted down by the blood pool, scooped up a handful of viscous blood water with his rubber-gloved hand, and, under the horrified and bizarre gazes of Mule and Laura, slowly brought the blood water toward the mouth of his dragon-headed mask.

"Ugh, ah, ooh, ooh, ooh, cough, cough, cough—"

Li Ang retched violently at the blood pool, his throat making a series of desperate coughs.

After a long while, he raised his dragon head, gave Mule a thumbs-up, and said with difficulty, "See, I told you it tasted good..."

Good your head! Your throat's probably been corroded! Just spit it out!

Mule cursed inwardly, her facial expression stiff and numb, unsure of what to say.

Laura swallowed hard and said with difficulty, "R-really going to lie down in it..."

"Yes."

Li Ang nodded and took out another blood bag.

The blood bag was filled with blood water, with a large number of plump, white silkworms floating inside, wriggling and twisting at will, forming a rather spectacular sight.

"It's not just you lying in it, but also these silkworms."

Li Ang explained, "They can use their mouthparts to stitch up external wounds and secrete mucus to promote wound healing, which is beneficial for shortening the duration of the surgery.

In addition, they can float in the pool like bath ducks, which is very cute and can relieve the patient's psychological stress."

???

You're probably the only one who thinks this kind of thing is cute!

How could putting a bunch of densely packed, wriggling, snow-white silkworms in the blood pool relieve a patient's stress?! This is completely different from rubber ducks, okay?!

Mule glanced at the slightly trembling polar bear doll and couldn't help but take half a step forward, asking, "Ahem, Mr. Shopkeeper, can the surgery be done without these silkworms?"

"Without?"

Li Ang frowned and pondered, "Hmm... actually, I can do the surgery without the assistant worms, but it'll take longer and cost more. Two hundred more."

Li Ang wasn't lying. The medical assistant silkworms really could assist him in performing surgery and speed up the process.

But there was one thing he didn't mention. These silkworms weren't just assistants for stitching up wounds. They were also one of the raw materials that could be used for modifications...

Insects go through four stages of development—egg, larva, pupa, and adult—which is called complete metamorphosis, like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly.

Elementary and middle school textbooks usually consider "pupation" to be a kind of sublimation, from an ugly larva to a beautiful adult. But in reality, the pupation stage isn't so sacred. Instead, it has a kind of evil and morbid feel—

When an insect hatches from an egg, it has a tiny, transparent, disc-like structure in its body, which is the so-called "imaginal disc."

The imaginal disc is similar to undifferentiated human stem cells, containing all the major structures of the adult body.

When the larva pupates, most of the cells in the larva's body die on their own, breaking down into a nutritious paste.

At the same time,

the imaginal discs and adult cells scattered throughout the larva's body are activated. The former is like the trunk of a tree, and the latter is like the branches and leaves, rapidly constructing the adult body.

In other words, the larva is like a living, moving, eating, and excreting placenta.

Its fate is to commit suicide at a fixed time, melting itself from the inside out and using its nutrients to hatch a new life hidden within its body...

If you think carefully about it with human morality, you can realize the twistedness, evil, and chaos in insect metamorphosis.

In fact, the biological mother version modification is not essentially different from insect metamorphosis.

Li Ang uses the biological mother version to melt the recipient's organs into a paste and reconstruct new organs.

The so-called "medical assistant silkworms" are also equivalent to a "portable modified organ."

Different types of silkworms have different types of imaginal discs inside their bodies.

When Li Ang needs them, the medical assistant silkworms will enter normal metamorphosis, forming a pupa.

In the pupa stage, they combine with the host's cells,

and eventually differentiate into human arms, legs, hearts, stomachs, and other organs,

which are directly implanted into the host's body.

This is equivalent to saving Li Ang the step of reconstructing the organs for the customer himself,

thereby saving time.

However, if customers knew that the new organs they were being replaced with were originally worms... they would probably go crazy, so Li Ang didn't write it in the product description.

"Add 200..."

Mule breathed a sigh of relief, "Acceptable. But I want to observe the surgery from the side. Is that okay?"

Li Ang raised an eyebrow, his gaze shifting between Mule and Laura.

For Mule to care so much... this customer must not be simple.

Is she a close friend or relative of Mule in the real world?

"Sure, move a chair over and sit down. The surgery will take a long time."

Li Ang turned to the polar bear doll and said lightly, "If there's nothing else, let's get started."

Laura turned her head to look at Mule. After the latter nodded, she slowly pulled down the zipper of the polar bear doll and crawled out.

"Hmm?"

Li Ang looked at the little girl, who was about ten years old and wearing a hazmat suit, then turned to look at the expressionless Mule, opening his mouth as if to say something but stopping.

Can someone so young be a player? Or is this some kind of Tian Shan Child Grandmother?

Whatever. It's none of his business anyway.

Li Ang shrugged and said casually, "You don't have to take off the hazmat suit. Just lie in the pool and keep your whole body submerged. By the way, do you have any requirements for your height after the modification?"

"Height?"

Mule couldn't help but ask, "What do you mean?"

"At a child's body size, increasing to 9 attribute points is exponentially more difficult."

Li Ang said calmly, "I need more energy to adjust the balance between muscles, bones, internal organs, and blood.

For example, if you give me the space of a bicycle, I can only modify it into a motorcycle at most.

But if you give me the space of an off-road vehicle, I can modify it into a tank.

If you limit it to a child's body size, then the strength and agility limits will be reduced."

Li Ang paused and said indifferently, "Actually, the most suitable height for a body enhancement surgery is between 2.2 meters and 3.5 meters.

This body type can perfectly balance strength and flexibility, coming closest to the upper limit of combat power.

However, the taller you are, the more materials you consume, and the more money you need to add.

What do you think?"

Mule thought in her mind about a healthy little loli who was only 10 years old, 2.2 meters tall, 150 kg, full of muscles, and easily crushing demons and monsters in her way. She couldn't help but shudder all over and quickly asked, "Is there a way to compress her body size normally and release the restraints during battle?"

"Good idea."

Li Ang praised Mule's quick wit and shook his head, "I can achieve the effect you want,

but this kind of surgery requires a huge amount of energy.

We're not considering opening it as a commercial project at the moment.

If you want, you can adjust her height to 1.6 meters first, so that she can have the strongest combat power at this stage without seriously affecting her appearance."

One of Li Ang's own trump cards was to remove the plant fiber restrictions under his skin, allowing his body size and basic attributes to skyrocket.

This type of surgery takes almost half a month and thousands of points of Swamp Divinity.

He might as well sell magic potions with that effort. That's more profitable.

"One meter six..."

Mule opened her mouth. She genuinely regarded Laura as her own sister. If possible, she wanted to give Laura a normal, happy, and carefree childhood.

But... Laura actually awakened as a player.

In this desperate and dark killing game, she herself could barely protect herself. Did she really have the ability to protect Laura...?

As if seeing Mule's depression, Laura pursed her lips and said firmly, "Then let's go with one meter six. It's just height. As long as I can live, it doesn't matter."