It's a hell game, who can still be a human being?

Chapter 609 Pre-battle Attrition

Chapter 609 Pre-battle Attrition
After exchanging a few pleasantries with the Bai family members who had arrived, the group left the stronghold.

After driving east for about ten minutes, the view suddenly opened up before us.

At the edge of a lush grassland, there are continuous, indistinct mountains that resemble giant beasts.

"Once you cross this grassland, you'll reach the Ten Thousand Mountains."

Bai San pointed to the distant mountains and said.

"Could there be something fishy about this grassland too?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"No, this is just a normal grassland. However, the grass here tastes very bad and has very low nutritional value, so many herbivores don't want to eat it."

Bai San said.

"Didn't you add any effects like nourishing yin or strengthening yang to them?"

He raised an eyebrow.

Even if it tastes bad, or is dirty and smelly, as long as it can enhance male virility and improve beauty, there will still be plenty of people flocking to it.

"No. There are too many capable people in the metropolis. Not to mention the city hall, even the customers themselves can judge whether the medicine is effective. It would be easy to expose any fakes."

Bai San shook his head.

"That's it."

Liu Zheng glanced at the Nile River doctor subconsciously.

So, the mummies of the Ra clan really do have medicinal effects?

"Humph!"

The Nile doctor glared at him, but did not refute him.

Bai San noticed their interaction, but didn't take it to heart.

The trend of eating mummies has passed. Now, selling mummies is only for their medicinal value, and the Bai family isn't short of money.

"Boss, can I get out of the car for a bit?"

Niu Daji suddenly said.

"What are you doing? Pooping or urinating anywhere? Be careful you don't do it halfway, or the sanitation department will come and catch you."

Liu Zheng said, half-jokingly.

"No, no, no, I cleared out the stock before I came. I wanted to go down and see just how awful this grass really is, hehe."

Niu Daji scratched his head and said.

"No way, you really do eat grass?"

he said in surprise.

"In Metropolis, almost all creatures that can talk are omnivorous. Of course, their diets vary depending on their race and personality."

Nile River Medical Science Popularization Channel.

Animals like cows and horses are easier to digest and absorb when they eat vegetarian food, but good vegetarian food is much more expensive than good meat, so they usually eat meat more often.

"Oh, then you should give it a try."

Liu Zheng signaled to Lao Si to stop the car.

Children from the countryside have never seen the world, and once they come out into the world, they want to try everything they see.

He used to be like that too, so he understands Niu Daji very well.

"Thank you, boss."

Niu Daji got out of the car happily, then plucked a few tender-looking grass stems and put them in his mouth.

"Chew, chew, chew"

Its cheeks puffed out a few times, and then its eyes lit up.

"Chew, chew, chew"

Niu Daji pulled out a few more.

"good to eat!"

With an excited expression on its face, it simply transformed into the posture of a cow and began to eat heartily.

"Something's wrong."

Liu Zheng and the Nile River doctor immediately realized what was going on.

"Shut up, Daji!"

He shouted to stop him.

The Nile doctor was ready to cast his spell, and the sapphire scarab on his chest emitted a bright light.

"what?"

Niu Daji was startled by Liu Zheng's roar and immediately stopped grazing, looking at him.

"Boss, did you call me?"

It asked, looking completely bewildered.

"Yes, I'm calling you. Get back in the car right now, or I'll expel you from the gang."

Liu Zheng gave the order with a serious expression.

"Okay, okay, boss."

Niu Daji, who had never seen him so strict with him, was startled and immediately scrambled back to the car.

"Boss, I'm back, hehe."

It chuckled obsequiously.

"Snapped!"

Liu Zheng slapped it without hesitation.

Of course, it was slapped on the top of the head.

What was wrong with you just now?

he asked.

"Huh? I just ate some grass. You didn't say I couldn't eat that grass."

Niu Daji said with an innocent look on his face.

"You're eating too enthusiastically! People who don't know you might think you're addicted, but those who don't know you might think you're eating grass."

Liu Zheng remained silent.

"I don't know either, I just think those grasses taste pretty good, the more I eat, the better it gets."

"Shut up. Doctor, please go and check me out."

He glared at Niu Daji, then spoke to the Nile doctor.

"it is good."

The Nile doctor nodded, got out of the car, picked a few blades of grass, looked at them, smelled them, and tasted them.

"The grass itself is fine, but it's really hard to eat. The better parts taste like rubber, and the worse parts taste like rubber that's been used to make car tires."

He said as he got back into the car.

"No way, you can eat car tires with such gusto? Why don't you try it with a spare tire?"

Liu Zheng urged.

"Huh? Boss, are you sure you want to?"

Niu Daji said with a bitter face.

"Was your sense of taste always this extraordinary?"

he asked.

"No, I've always been perfectly normal."

"Then think carefully about why this is happening. If you can't figure it out, then you can go eat my spare tire."

Liu Zheng threatened.

"what?!"

Niu Daji was dumbfounded, but seeing his serious expression, he had no choice but to think about it seriously.

"Oh, right, Dr. Bee said that my senses might undergo some changes during the treatment, but it will be fine after the treatment is over."

After a while, it said.

Why didn't you tell me something so important sooner?

Liu Zheng gritted his teeth and said.

"I was just worried that you'd be concerned, boss. Besides, I tried it later and nothing unusual happened, so I thought I was just lucky and didn't get infected."

Niu Daji said embarrassedly.

"You can only think what you think when you become the boss. From now on, you must report to me first for everything. Don't make your own judgments, understand?"

He placed the tentacles on Niu Daji's head and said.

"Understood, boss."

Niu Daji quickly buried his head in his chest.

"very good."

Liu Zheng nodded in satisfaction.

"If this minotaur brother likes to eat, it would be good for him to eat more."

Bai San spoke up.

"Oh? What do you say?"

"These grasses seem to contain some trace elements that are beneficial to herbivores, so every now and then herbivores come to try them. Of course, they eventually can't stand the taste of these grasses."

Bai San laughed.

"Okay, then I'll give you ten minutes. Eat as much as you can."

Liu Zheng said to Niu Daji.

"That's great! Thank you, boss."

Niu Daji cheered as he got out of the car and rushed toward a particularly lush meadow.

"Brother Bai, can I buy this fodder from you later?"

He asked Bai San.

"I'm afraid that won't work, Mr. Liu. These grasses will wither quickly once they leave this grassland, and the beneficial components within them will likely be lost as well," Bai San said, shaking his head.

"Then why did you say this was just an ordinary grassland?"

Liu Zheng was speechless.

"Relatively ordinary, after all. Where in the metropolis can you find anything completely ordinary?"

"Hmm, it doesn't seem to have any problems."

He was powerless to refute.

After all, this is a world where even walls can become addictive.

"Can I borrow your hedgehog path often?"

Liu Zheng asked again.

"It still won't work, Mr. Liu. The existence of Hedgehog Path is a secret. If Bao Mei hadn't pleaded with us as the head of the Yuan family, our head would never have agreed to lend it to us."

Bai San indicated that he was unable to help.

"Alright. Niu Daji, you have another half hour. Eat as much as you can, as long as you don't die!"

He called out to Niu Daji, who was not far away.

Upon hearing this, the minotaur stiffened, and his eating speed slowed down instead of increasing.

After all, eating to your heart's content and eating as much as you can are not the same thing.

"Actually... sigh!"

Bai San watched Niu Daji engrossed in his food, wanting to say something but holding back.

"Why are you hesitating, man? Brother Bai, just say it. Whether you want money, goods, or a favor, I'll do what I can, and if I can't, forget it. Even if we don't make a deal, we can still be on good terms."

Liu Zheng said, feigning impatience.

"Okay. Actually, I originally planned to talk about it after the trip to the Ten Thousand Mountains, but this just happened, so I'll shamelessly say it now."

"Brother Bai, do you want me to help you find out about your son?"

He answered quickly.

"That's right, Mr. Liu really has a keen eye for people's hearts."

Bai San said admiringly.

"Which department of the city hall is in charge of the hospital?"

Liu Zheng asked.

He was referring, of course, to the Metropolitan Hospital, the only public hospital in the metropolitan area.

"The hospital's president is the Minister of Health, but the executive vice president, who is also the vice minister of health, is in charge of the hospital's work. In terms of rank, the hospital's executive vice president is lower than the executive vice minister of health, but in terms of authority, the executive vice president is only responsible to the president, who is also the minister, so their positions are roughly the same."

"However, at the Standing Committee meeting, the Executive Vice Minister can raise questions to other ministers, so the Executive Vice Minister is still a step above the Executive Vice President."

Bai San rattled off a string of words like he was reciting a tongue twister.

Fortunately, Liu Zheng was a reporter, otherwise he really wouldn't have understood.

"So, through what channels did you get Bai Tianshi into the hospital?"

He asked directly.

"It was done through a deputy director in the Ministry of Health, but that deputy director was removed from his post two years ago."

Bai San said with a worried expression.

This incident also affected the Bai family's business, with other competitors taking a significant cut of their profits.

"It's troublesome."

Liu Zheng also sighed.

He didn't know anyone in the Ministry of Health to begin with, and the hospital was a semi-independent department, making it even more difficult to find connections.

I'll ask about it later.

Liu Zheng didn't dare to make any guarantees.

"Thank you, Mr. Liu."

Bai San knew this was a complicated matter, so he didn't ask him for a definite answer.

In fact, Yuan Bao'er's request for him to be her guide was also to create opportunities for him, and Liu Zheng's use of the hedgehog path was also thanks to him.

"This is a medicine I made by accident years ago. Because of its rather strange effects, I've kept it as a souvenir. I never thought it would actually come in handy this time."

Bai San opened the medicine box he was carrying and rummaged around for a while, finding a fist-sized, yellowish-brown pill with many granular protrusions on its surface.

"This pill can increase the user's appetite and food intake by hundreds of times, and its effects last until the food is digested. Therefore, I named it the Stomach-Strengthening and Digestion-Promoting Pill."

he introduced.

"It doesn't look like it's designed to stimulate appetite at all."

Liu Zheng squinted and said.

"Don't judge a book by its cover. I used only the best medicinal materials when I made it. I originally wanted to make a Mind-Calming and Qi-Nourishing Pill, but I don't know which step went wrong and this is what happened."

"Although the effects of the medicine are different from what I wanted, the quality is the same."

Bai San tried to save face.

"After eating so much, you can't move at all and just feel sleepy. Isn't that a good way to calm your mind and replenish your energy?"

he complained.

"Huh, Mr. Liu, does that mean I've successfully refined it?"

Bai San exclaimed in delight.

"No, I didn't, don't talk nonsense. You'd better be more careful when you make medicine in the future, patients can't handle this kind of surprise."

Liu Zheng took the pill, and the item description immediately popped up.

Name: Stomach-Strengthening and Digestive Pills (Disposable)

Type: Item

Quality: Excellent

"Effect: After use, appetite and food intake will be greatly increased (the effect is positively correlated with physical condition), lasting for one hour. After the duration ends, you must not eat until the food is completely digested, otherwise your stomach and intestines will rupture."

"Note: Let me show you what a real big appetite looks like!"

"Can it be taken out of the instance: Yes"

"what?"

The item's effects are different from what Bai San described.

He didn't think Bai San was lying to him. Either Bai San himself had misjudged the effects of the medicine, or the system had modified the pill.

Liu Zheng leans towards the latter.

So the question is, which method should be applied to a local like Niu Daji?

After thinking it over, he decided to use the latter method.

After all, Niu Daji isn't him; you can't just cut off his ruptured intestines and let them grow back.

"Daji, come here."

Liu Zheng reached out and called Niu Daji back.

"Take this pill, then go back to eating grass. Stop immediately when I tell you to, understand?"

He handed the digestive pills to Niu Daji and then gave him some instructions.

"Got it, boss. *burp*"

Niu Daji swallowed the pill and burped; the smell was a mixture of condom and photinia flower.

"Yue! Go away, go eat your grass."

Liu Zheng quickly coaxed it away.

No wonder herbivores can't eat this bioweapon-grade forage, even though they know it's beneficial.

Next comes the waiting time.

With nothing to do, Bai San and Dr. Nile discussed their pharmaceutical experiences, while Liu Zhengze and Lao Si played dice.

As for the stakes, they're naturally eating grass.

Although the fourth brother was good at gambling, he dared not use it on Liu Zheng, as he naturally lost more than he won in the face of Liu Zheng's luck attribute, which had been improved many times.

However, when Liu Zheng tried to balance the wins and losses at the end, Lao Si insisted on sticking to his bottom line and insisted on discussing each side separately.

So one of them ate ten blades of grass, and the other ate six blades of grass, successfully achieving a lose-lose situation.

"Should we give them some brain-boosting medication?"

Bai San said with a strange expression.

"It's no use. The only solution for this level of serious illness is a brain transplant."

"The Nile doctor said calmly."

Living males always do some crazy and harmful things that don't benefit themselves or others; they'll be fine once they become dead.

"yue!"

Liu Zheng and Lao Si gave them the middle finger while vomiting.

"stop!"

When the timer reached 59 minutes, Liu Zheng immediately called a stop.

Niu Daji, who had already eaten until he was as big as a ball, immediately stopped eating.

"Boss, I can't walk anymore."