Tiffany's words made the Queen of Vengeance, Bice, and Professor Gustav gasp.
Without Tiffany's advice, if they had directly used the essence of life, the situation Tiffany described would likely have occurred. The蛊 (gu) worms in their bodies would have madly absorbed the energy of the essence of life and then erupted, causing the father and son to die on the spot.
"Ms. Bice, if, I mean, if your spell can cure us..." Mark asked somewhat unwillingly from the side.
"Then are you willing to try and gamble on that one-in-a-million chance?" Bice turned her head, her eyes fixed on Mark like knives.
"I..." Mark was left speechless by the retort.
If it were a 50% or even 30% success rate, the Gustav father and son might have chosen to take the gamble.
But a success rate of 1 in 10,000, what was the difference between that and suicide?
"Your Highness, I actually have an idea, I think we can try it?" Tiffany said suddenly from the side.
"Tell me?"
"We can puncture Mr. Gustav's liver, extract the parasites and their eggs from it, and then inject these into a pig's liver.
Then you can use the essence of life to treat the pig and see if the parasites are killed or if the pig dies due to the parasite outbreak!"
Tiffany's proposal truly came from a doctor's perspective.
In fact, the DNA of pigs is more than 70% similar to humans, and pigs and humans are roughly the same weight. Many drugs and their effects used on pigs are not much different from those used on humans.
Even many human organ transplants can use pig organs, provided that the rejection reaction is well managed.
Furthermore, the absorbable sutures used in human surgery are made from pig intestines.
Tiffany's proposed experimental plan was medically logical, and the Mayo Clinic felt it was worth trying. Although they still couldn't understand the principle behind these supernatural abilities treating diseases, gaining more insight into a treatment method was still a gain.
So, the experiment was immediately arranged. A healthy, fat pig was sent to the laboratory, followed by a liver puncture.
This time, the person being punctured was Boris Gustav.
In the previous attempts, parasites were extracted from Mark's body. His liver had already undergone two punctures in a short period and could likely not withstand another one, as the damage to the liver would be too great.
Under the guidance of the CT scanner, a thick needle entered Boris's liver, drawing out fluid containing eggs and some live parasites.
Immediately after, this fluid was injected into the liver of the large white pig.
In just over an hour, the large white pig began to show symptoms of restlessness and extreme hunger, then started to eat ravenously.
Tiffany concluded that the large white pig had been infected by the parasites. Bice then extended her hands, and an essence of life the size of a grape appeared in each of Bice's hands.
The essence of life was directly thrown into the pig's food and was directly swallowed by the large white pig.
Half an hour later, the large white pig, which had been eating voraciously, suddenly rolled its eyes, convulsed, foamed at the mouth, and then died.
The large white pig was immediately sent to the dissection room. Soon, its liver was removed, covered with hundreds of dense, soybean-sized worm clusters, just like Matthias's liver that had been dissected before. The result was self-evident. Bice's essence of life could not only do nothing to these parasites but would instead become their nourishment. The last straw of hope for the Gustav father and son was gone.
Bice and Tiffany left the hospital. In a secluded place, Bice stopped and looked at Tiffany.
"Tiffany, is there really no way to kill these parasites?"
"Your Highness, with our current abilities and the current level of medical development, I'm afraid not."
"We must find a way to solve this problem!"
"Your Highness, forgive me for being blunt, but what does this parasite have to do with our Dark Altar?"
"Heh heh, this parasite, although there's no evidence, I know it must be that fellow named Ling Tian. He will be a major threat to our Dark Altar!
This person is very dangerous and has caused immense damage to our Dark Altar. I must find an opportunity to kill him in the future. If we don't resolve his methods, we will have no chance of winning, and we might even fall into danger!" Bice said through gritted teeth, her hatred for Ling Tian now reaching its peak.
Tiffany hesitated for a moment and then said, "Your Highness, I've been researching similar cases recently. I've found that both the Mayo Clinic and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have some similar cases.
And these cases all originate from Southeast Asia or South Asia. The cause of infection for these people is said to be an evil sorcery performed by local sorcerers, who are called 'Jian Tou Shi' (降头师). This evil sorcery involves something called 'Gu' worms.
From the资料 (information), I've learned that Gu worms are very vicious insects, possibly parasites. I guess the parasites on the Gustav father and son are Gu worms!"
Bice's eyes lit up upon hearing this. "Does this mean that as long as we find someone who can control Gu worms, we might find a way to deal with these insects!"
"You are correct, Your Highness is indeed wise!" Tiffany flattered her slightly.
"Where can we find such gifted individuals?"
"I saw in the资料 (information) that these gifted individuals were once abundant in southern China and Southeast Asia, but the inheritance in China has been broken. Only in Southeast Asia do some Jian Tou Shi possess this ability!"
"Good, I will send people to Southeast Asia immediately to find some Jian Tou Shi there and expand the strength of our Dark Altar!"
Bice had now made up her mind. She was determined to leave the United States and expand the Dark Altar's sphere of influence worldwide. Only then could they contend with Ling Tian.
...
Ling Tian returned to Wang Jiazhuang and spent his days intimately with Wang Bingxia. The two were inseparable, like a divine couple.
After a few days of adjustment, Wang Qing Tian returned to work, full of vigor.
After several years of acquisitions and expansion, Bing Tian Pharmaceutical Industry now had a large number of branch factories and medicinal herb cultivation bases.
Their production capacity could now explode. After careful consideration, Ling Tian decided to sell some of their flagship products at several times, or even ten times, the price to developed countries. It was a shame not to profit from foreigners!