Chapter 194: Mind
Zhang Nianzu and the others had already guessed that Du Heng was from the Strongman Clan, but today they finally got confirmation from Xu Yingdong. He was about to speak when Ah San said, "What do you mean by clearing the books?"
Xu Yingdong asked, "Have you ever been sick since you were little? Even if it was just a fever or a cold, have you ever felt unbearable pain because of an injury?"
Ah San shook his head and said, "I always hear people talk about fever, but I've never had one."
Xu Yingdong said: "Fever itself is a normal defensive phenomenon for ordinary people. The body uses fever to resist viruses. The viruses in your blood are very strong and will not give invading viruses any chance. Just like ordinary people will always have conflicts with their neighbors in their daily lives, but the emperor has guards, so he has no such experience."
Li Changgui suddenly said, "Guards also rebel sometimes."
Xu Yingdong added , "Yes, when you reach the age of 45, the guards will collectively rebel, the emperor will lose his prestige and privileges, and immediately become inferior to the common people. In this year, all the previously beneficial viruses in the blood will turn against you and become harmful viruses. Therefore, when a soldier is 45 years old, he will be particularly sensitive to pain, quickly become weak, and his organs will fail. All of this will erupt in a very short period of time, and the result will be death. This is called a reckoning."
Ah Si said: "Du Heng's blood is full of harmful viruses, so his blood entered Uncle San and Ah San's bodies and started to cause trouble?"
Xu Yingdong said: "That's right, it makes you experience the near-death state in advance. At this time, the warriors are particularly weak , the pain is doubly acute, and the recovery ability is lost. I'm afraid even ordinary people can easily defeat you."
Ah San said with lingering fear: "No wonder I feel like I have experienced all the pains I have never experienced in my life."
Li Changgui asked: "Why didn't we die?"
Xu Yingdong said: "Because the blood in your body acted as a defense. After all, only a small amount of poisonous blood entered your body. The guest was not able to overwhelm the host, and it was finally eliminated."
Zhang Nianzu said, "Du Heng is not dead because he keeps changing his blood, so we found a lot of blood bags where he lives." He looked at Xu Yingdong and finally asked the question he had always wanted to ask, "How do you know all this?"
Xu Yingdong said casually: "He has already contacted me."
"Ah?" Everyone looked at him, waiting for his explanation.
Xu Yingdong spread his hands: "He came to me as a patient and asked me for help."
Li Changgui said in a deep voice: "He is the one who is against Grandpa."
Xu Yingdong looked at Zhang Nianzu and said, "I'm sorry, I know you are enemies, but I have no intention of exploring who is right or wrong. In this war, I just want to remain neutral."
Ah Si shouted, "Don't forget that you are from the Qiangren tribe, and Brother Nianzu is the ancestor!"
Xu Yingdong said: "From this perspective, Du Heng is also one of my people."
Zhang Nianzu asked him: "Did they coerce you?"
"No." Xu Yingdong said, "But he asked the same question as you - whether the blood of the grandfather can eliminate the harmful viruses in the blood of the soldiers."
Zhang Nianzu asked, "What do you say?"
"I was originally scornful of this hypothesis, but I don't mind doing a few more experiments if everything is ready. Most importantly, he gave me a lot of money for research funding."
Ah San said angrily: "If you have money, you can——"
Zhang Nianzu signaled him to stop talking nonsense and asked Xu Yingdong: "What do you mean by having everything ready?"
Xu Yingdong said, "I have your blood sample and a dying soldier." He paused and said, "I haven't formally asked for your opinion yet. If you object, I will terminate the experiment."
Zhang Nianzu's mind moved and he said, "If your experiment is successful, does it mean that Lao Jiang, Chang Gui, and Ah San will be able to break the curse through the same operation in the future?"
Xu Yingdong said: "That's the theory."
Li Changgui said flatly: "I have never thought about living a hundred years, nor do I want to be a soldier who can't fight!"
Zhang Nianzu said, "Asan and Asi are still young, Xiaoliang and Doudou are still young, we must give them a chance to choose." He said to Xu Yingdong, "I agree, you do it."
Xu Yingdong said calmly: "Okay, but don't hold your hopes too high."
Zhang Nianzu was surprised: "What are you talking about? You've already taken the money..."
Xu Yingdong said: "I admit that I took the money for selfish reasons, in order to do my own research. Of course, I would do things that I promised to do for others, but I certainly wouldn't put in too much effort."
Zhang Nianzu asked doubtfully, "Your own research?"
"My research topic is always aimed at blood diseases of ordinary people. This kind of personal and small group interests can only be incidental." Xu Yingdong said slowly, "Whether your experiment is successful or not, in 100 years, all of us will be dead, but if I can make a contribution to my topic, even if it is just a small progress, it means that in 100 years, thousands of people will live for it."
Zhang Nianzu was stunned and said, "So you have such a big heart."
Xu Yingdong said: "First of all, I would like to thank you on behalf of my patients. My research topic is how to rationally use the toxins of soldiers to eliminate the lesions in the blood of ordinary people."
Ah Si said: "So you took our blood pressure just for your own career."
Zhang Nianzu said: "Doctor Xu is standing higher than us."
Ah San said fiercely: "Throw you to death!"
Xu Yingdong said: "So please forgive me for standing aside and watching the feud between you, because I have too many things to do, but don't worry, I will treat everyone equally, and no one will get more information from me than the other party."
Zhang Nianzu said: "Thank you for speaking clearly, I have no objection."
Xu Yingdong said: "Thank you for your understanding."
Zhang Nianzu said, "I only have one question about them. It can't be considered as prying into secrets. Of course, you don't have to answer it. If Du Heng wants to get my blood, why doesn't he come to me directly?"
Xu Yingdong said: "I don't know."
Zhang Nianzu shrugged and said, "Okay."
Xu Yingdong said: "I really don't know this. In fact, apart from their sudden visits, they have not communicated with me. I don't know more than you."
Zhang Nianzu nodded and said, "We're leaving now. Finally, on behalf of the parents of the two children, I would like to express my gratitude to you. I won't give you a red envelope. After all, you are not short of money now."
Xu Yingdong shook hands with him and suddenly asked, "Were you involved in the whole fight?" After getting a positive answer, he looked puzzled and said, "Then I also have a question, but I know you can't answer it - why were you beaten so badly, but you were safe and sound afterwards?"
Zhang Nianzu smiled bitterly and said, "How miserable do I have to be for you to think it's normal?"
Xu Yingdong shook his head and said, "With the physiques of Changgui and Asan, they both had so many broken bones, but you are fine. There is no reason why your bones are harder than theirs."
