As the butler finished speaking, Ling Tian and Ali's eyes both fixed on him.
"Quick, tell me, what should we do!" Ali asked urgently.
"I just searched through the related books in the Myriad Laws Pavilion. Based on the spells and literature related to what you just described, I found a method.
Among the ancient sages and powerful beings, a magical artifact called the Star-Fixing Disk was recorded.
This artifact was used to help people determine spatial positions.
No matter which realm a person is in, as long as the Star-Fixing Disk is locked onto them, their location can be found..."
"Excellent, where can I find this thing?" Ling Tian asked.
The butler shrugged helplessly.
"Mr. Ling Tian, although our Spirit Realm space has many precious treasures, we don't actually have a Star-Fixing Disk here. However, we have enough raw materials to manufacture one."
"Then hurry up and make one!"
The butler immediately went to give instructions, and thus, in the Spirit Realm space, several artisans became busy...
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The Mayo Clinic, while appearing to be a hospital on the surface, was in reality a small town covering a very large area with tens of thousands of residents.
At this moment, in a villa within the town, Boris Gustav and his son Mark, both wearing patient gowns, were anxiously waiting.
Several hours prior, the father and son had arrived at the Mayo Clinic via private jet and undergone extremely comprehensive physical examinations.
Not long after, a white man in his 50s with thick hair, holding a thick stack of test reports, approached the Gustav father and son.
This white man was named Southgate, and he was also one of the top doctors at the Mayo Clinic.
Dr. Southgate's brow was furrowed. He had already understood the father and son's condition, but the results of the examination were not satisfactory.
Dr. Southgate's examination approach was conventional, considering the illness based on symptoms and gradually ruling out possibilities.
There were only a few diseases that could cause extreme hunger in humans, the first being cancer.
Cancer is a disease where cancer cells divide and replicate endlessly and without restraint, forming tumors. Due to the massive cell division and replication, it consumes a large amount of the body's nutrients.
Therefore, many cancer patients, excluding those with inflammatory digestive tract cancers, exhibit a significant symptom of emaciation and increased appetite.
Many late-stage cancer patients become so thin that they are unrecognizable, essentially because their bodies' nutrients have been drained by cancer cells.
However, this symptom of increased appetite caused by cancer develops gradually over a long period. The onset of symptoms in the father and son was too rapid, not resembling cancer.
Furthermore, cancer is theoretically not contagious, and the probability of both father and son falling ill simultaneously and contracting cancer is very low.
Blood tests showed that the father and son's blood parameters related to cancer were completely normal, with no signs of cancer.
Further medical imaging examinations also confirmed this, ruling out the possibility of cancer.
The second common disease associated with increased appetite is diabetes, a metabolic disorder caused by pancreatic disease and insufficient insulin secretion.
Without enough insulin, the sugar in the patient's blood cannot be converted into energy for consumption and breakdown.
As patients cannot obtain sufficient energy from the body's sugar, they need to consume more food to ensure their bodies have enough energy.
However, excessive food intake leads to elevated blood sugar, creating a vicious cycle.
Many diabetics are very thin but have frighteningly large appetites. In fact, Dr. Southgate's initial suspicion was diabetes.
However, diabetes tests are very simple, and the father and son's blood sugar levels were also completely normal, ruling out diabetes.
The doctor then suspected hyperthyroidism. If a person has hyperthyroidism, it is also a metabolic disease where excessive secretion of thyroid hormones accelerates the body's metabolism, leading to excessive consumption of calories and a feeling of hunger.
Thyroid examination is also simple, requiring only a blood test. The father and son had no problems in this regard and were also ruled out.
Finally, there were some gastrointestinal diseases, such as duodenal ulcers, which could cause hunger. However, this condition generally occurs on an empty stomach. The father and son, after eating so much, were experiencing hunger before the food in their stomach and intestines had even been digested, which clearly indicated that these diseases were not the cause.
"Mr. Boris, Mr. Mark, we have conducted an examination on you, and the results are not very clear.
Your bodies are very healthy, and almost all your indicators are normal. We have investigated all the diseases that can cause hunger and have found no clues.
I wonder if this might be a psychological condition caused by some reason?"
"Impossible, I can confirm that this hunger is physiological, not psychological!" Boris Gustav stated emphatically.
He was a politician, and every successful politician was iron-willed. Even if some politicians lacked mental fortitude, they would not be so easily swayed by hunger.
"Alright, I will arrange for someone to draw blood later for further examination.
If necessary, I will consult with specialists from other departments..." Dr. Southgate said somewhat helplessly.
"Doctor, please think of another way. I'm hungry again now, and I have a strong desire to eat. Moreover, I really want to eat raw things, like raw fish and raw meat..." Mark said with a distressed expression.
At this moment, Boris suddenly remembered something, and Mark's words gave him inspiration. His expression changed completely.
"Doctor, is there something wrong with my liver? Do we have parasites in our livers?"
Dr. Southgate was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.
"Parasites generally do not cause this feeling of hunger. Furthermore, through ultrasound examination, your livers only show slight fatty liver.
We also conducted CT scans of the liver and found no signs of parasites..."
"Doctor, listen to me. Two months ago, my nephew died in your hospital. Before he died, he suddenly became extremely fond of eating raw fish, and he also got hungry very easily...
I now suspect that the illness my nephew and I are suffering from might be the same!"
The doctor was greatly alarmed upon hearing this, surprised that there could be similar cases, and that they were from the same family. After all, many diseases have a family history!