Chapter 79 A Great Doctor
Zhang Nianzu and Xu Yingdong had met more than once, but one did not expect that the other was Tangdou's attending physician, and the other did not expect that the other was a relative of the patient.
After Xu Yingdong was stunned for a moment, he immediately bowed to Zhang Nianzu and said, "Hello, Grandpa."
"Hello too!" Zhang Nianzu held his hand. Tangdou's attending physician had a new connection with him. He felt a little emotional and didn't know whether to be worried or happy.
Lao Jiang was surprised and said, "So you have met before." He pointed at Xu Yingdong and said to Zhang Nianzu, "The day I was hospitalized, this guy saw through my identity at a glance. He asked me about Grandpa's news that day, but what does scout mean?"
Zhang Nianzu turned his gaze to Li Changgui.
Li Changgui said slowly: "Ninety percent of the men in the Qiangren tribe are warriors, and the scouts are among the remaining ten percent. They have extremely strong eyesight, and their hearing and sense of smell are far superior to those of warriors. Fighting a war is not just about being able to fight, so they often play the role of scouts. Think about it, before a battle begins, they can predict when the enemy will approach, and even hear what the enemy commander said. With this information, they can fight with half the effort...
"Before each battle, the combatants would send each other their blessings. They would say to the soldiers, 'I wish you victory in every battle' and the scouts would say, 'I wish you good hearing and good eyesight.'" Li Changgui said and glanced at Chiang Kai-shek.
Lao Jiang's face turned red, and he realized that he had not "cut" against the warriors of his own tribe. He did not identify with the strongman tribe because he had lost his inheritance, and other people in the tribe did not identify with him either.
Zhang Nianzu asked: "How do you coordinate the ratio of soldiers to scouts?"
Li Changgui said: "There is no trick. Warriors always account for 90% and scouts are just a combination. There will never be too few, nor too many. It is so magical. In addition to warriors and scouts, as far as I know, there is another role in the tribe."
Everyone asked, "What role?"
Li Changgui said, "Assassin." He paused and said, "Unfortunately, I have never seen one in all these years, and my parents rarely talked about it. I suspect it has been lost."
While Li Changgui was talking, Zhang Nianzu kept looking at Xu Yingdong. He scratched his head and said, "I always feel like I've seen you somewhere before—except for the two times in the hospital."
Xu Yingdong looked around and suddenly pointed at Xu Xiaofeng in the center of the stage and said, "I've smelled that sister before."
"Eh? What are you talking about?" Lao Jiang suddenly widened his eyes.
Xu Yingdong said to Zhang Nianzu, "More than a month ago, were you chasing someone in your car and almost lost him at a fork in the road?"
"Yes!" How could Zhang Nianzu forget? That day was the first time he and Zhao Weiming came to meet Chiang Kai-shek. As a result, Xu Xiaofeng and Zhao Mei'er were kidnapped. He drove to a fork in the road and didn't know which way to chase them...
Xu Yingdong said: "The one who showed you the way was me."
Zhang Nianzu was surprised and asked, "How do you know I'm chasing someone?"
Xu Yingdong said, "I heard a scuffle in the car ahead and smelled a woman's perfume. I knew something bad was going to happen. You caught up with me, so I helped you. I also remembered this when I smelled a familiar smell."
"I see!" Zhang Nianzu exclaimed, "You are really awesome!"
Lao Jiang hesitated and said, "So I should thank you--" Although it was a life-saving grace, it still felt weird to have his goddess sniffed by someone else.
Seeing that everyone's eyes were not natural, Xu Yingdong simply said generously: "Do you want to say that I am like a dog? It doesn't matter, just say it."
Zhang Nianzu laughed and said, "How far is your effective distance?"
Xu Yingdong said, "In a noisy city environment, 200 meters is no problem. If there is a tailwind, it can go farther. As for vision—" He pointed to a man holding a mobile phone across the street outside the bar and said, "I can see the content of the text message he sent."
Lei Tingting sighed: "Ordinary people have absolutely no secrets from you."
Xu Yingdong said, "I'm not that curious. In fact, I've learned to consciously block out some useless information." He looked at Lao Jiang and said, "I heard your even breathing that night when you were rescued, and I knew you were not an ordinary person."
Lao Jiang murmured, "So I am exposed like this."
Zhang Nianzu said: "Since we are all family, tell me the truth, what is the hope for Wu Doudou's recovery?" This is what he cares most about.
"It's very slim." Xu Yingdong said, "It's no exaggeration to say that the chances of getting this type of blood cancer are very slim."
Although he understood, Zhang Nianzu was still very frustrated when he heard this answer. He asked again: "Didn't you tell me last time that you were going to take a radical treatment plan? How are you preparing?"
"Failed." Xu Yingdong said expressionlessly, "I have to inform you with regret that my idea was completely wrong. When I was still studying in medical school, I was committed to studying the blood of soldiers--"
Zhang Nianzu said: "But you are not a warrior."
Xu Yingdong said: "My father is."
Li Changgui said: "He is now..."
"He died at the age of 45." Xu Yingdong's emotions were not affected at all, and he continued, "I found that the reason why soldiers are so strong is that in addition to their bones and muscles being different from ordinary people, their self-repair ability is mainly achieved through blood. There is a temporary gelatinous substance in the blood of soldiers. Its function is similar to that of platelets. It can play a role when people suddenly lose blood and make wounds heal quickly. I spent a lot of effort to finally extract it, and after a long time of research, I found that it is actually a virus."
"Virus?" Everyone was surprised. Although Li Asan and Li Asi were not well educated, they knew that this was not a good word.
"Yes." Xu Yingdong said, "It is similar to a long-term latent virus. Its side effect is that it will suddenly lose its effect when a person is around 45 years old, causing sudden failure of all organs in the body. When a person dies, there will be no pain and no obvious signs. This is why most soldiers die in that year."
Lao Jiang asked, "You have been trying to crack it for so many years?"
Xu Yingdong shook his head. "From the perspective of current technology, it's difficult. The main purpose of my research is to use it to cure blood diseases in ordinary people. This warrior virus is very powerful and can almost kill all other viruses. Following this line of thought, if it can be transplanted into the body of an ordinary blood disease patient, then the patient should also be cured."
Lao Jiang suddenly collapsed and said, "You took my blood that day just for your research?"
Xu Yingdong looked at him and said, "Yes, I hope to cure the vast majority of ordinary people first."
Lao Jiang said somewhat disappointedly: "I thought you were doing this for your people."
Xu Yingdong said: "Brother Jiang, while the Warrior Virus shortened your life, it also brought you a lot of benefits. From childhood to adulthood, you have never even had a cold or a headache. Living to the age of 45 in good health is already a luxury compared to many of my patients. It has never treated you unfairly, so you should not complain about it - I'm sorry, I heard you talking about a topic that I'm interested in at the door just now, so I listened a few more words." It turned out that he had heard the conversation between Lao Jiang and Li Changgui.
Zhang Nianzu said: "So you are devoting yourself to blood research not to improve the life span of your people, but to conquer the world's blood diseases?"
"Yes."
Zhang Nianzu said, "You did the right thing." After he said that, he felt something was wrong. He was a strong man and was not limited by the age of 45. He didn't know what Li Changgui and Asan and Asi's attitude towards this.
Li Changgui said indifferently: "Grandpa said you did the right thing, then you did the right thing."
Zhang Nianzu asked: "What happened next? Why did you say it failed?"
Xu Yingdong said, "Because the Warrior Virus is too overbearing, it manifests unparalleled destructiveness in the body of an average person. If it is forcibly transplanted, the patient will die immediately. I have made many efforts to make them compatible, but it is not feasible. The last time I talked to you, I thought I had a new idea, but the experiment ended in failure."
Lao Jiang asked: "You are a scout, have you ever studied your own blood?"
Xu Yingdong said: "Of course, but the result is that my blood is exactly the same as that of ordinary people. The reason why I have special abilities should be organ mutation, which is no longer within the scope of my research."
Zhang Nianzu said: "What else can we do now?"
Xu Yingdong's eyes sparkled as he said, "I'm in a hurry to come see you because you're the ancestor, the person who has cracked the code of the strongman race. I want your blood to see if there are any new discoveries!"
