28: The price of limb regeneration

"I should have been calm and relaxed, handling things with ease; instead, I'm rushing around, scrambling and tumbling..."

It wasn't until past ten o'clock the next morning that Qiao Yu was woken up by a ringing phone.

Opening the door to the first floor of the villa, he saw the delivery person from the Dojo of Limits.

Before Qiao Yu could take the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade book and disc back to the Audio-Visual Room, he saw Uncle Wu, the head instructor of the Limit Clubhouse, standing at the villa entrance with Luo Feng, shouting at him.

“Qiao Yu!”

“Uncle Wu, Luo Feng!”

Qiao Yu also greeted the two of them.

“A-Yu, you bought the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade too?”

Seeing the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade Secret Manual and disc in Qiao Yu's hand, Luo Feng asked curiously.

“Haha, if I don't use up the one hundred million credit limit, I feel like I'm losing out. Since I don't use a gun, the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade is quite suitable.”

Qiao Yu explained.

“By the way, Qiao Yu, you remember Zhang Haobai, right? He offended you and Luo Feng not long ago.”

Uncle Wu asked.

“I remember! What about him?”

Qiao Yu definitely couldn't forget Zhang Haobai; he had Zhang Haobai to thank for the wild genetic fluid, otherwise, it wouldn't have been so easy for him to break through to the Warrior level in such a short time.

“Zhang Haobai's uncle, Zhang Zehu, is a Warrior in the Thunderbolt Martial Arts School. He asked the head instructor of the Thunderbolt Martial Arts School to mediate, hoping to settle the matter privately with you.”

“You two have just become Warriors, and you must be short on cash right now. This is a good opportunity to make a profit from Zhang Zehu. He's been a Warrior for several years and is worth at least hundreds of millions, so don't be polite with him!”

Uncle Wu laughed, extremely happy at the prospect of taking advantage of a Warrior from the Thunderbolt Martial Arts School.

Hearing Uncle Wu's suggestion, Qiao Yu thought it was very feasible.

Zhang Haobai had beaten him up for free before; how could this matter be easily dismissed? Besides, Zhang Haobai's family already owed him.

As for the genetic fluid? What did that have to do with Zhang Haobai's family? That was a gift from nature.

“Uncle Wu is absolutely right. Zhang Haobai habitually oppresses common people, commits rape and pillage, and does all sorts of evil, simply relying on his Warrior uncle. Now that Luo Feng and I are both Warriors, we naturally can't allow him to continue committing such wickedness! It's a perfect chance to make the Zhang family bleed a little and teach them a lesson!”

Qiao Yu nodded, speaking with a serious, righteous, and indignant expression, as if Zhang Haobai and Zhang Zehu were some unforgivable villains.

This was the first time Luo Feng realized Qiao Yu was so scheming. Sure enough, reserved people are full of mischief. He silently nodded in agreement, and an unnamed seed quietly took root and sprouted deep within his heart.

“But we can't let them off easily. If I hadn't arrived in time, A-Yu might have had his limbs broken. If my strength had been even slightly weaker, the consequences would have been unimaginable...”

Luo Feng and Qiao Yu further learned some tricks of the trade from Uncle Wu. After settling on the price for the private settlement, Uncle Wu left first, needing to relay the message back to the Thunderbolt Martial Arts School.

After Qiao Yu put away the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade Secret Manual and disc, he went back to Luo Feng's house to freeload on food and drinks. Since they were family, it couldn't really be called freeloading.

During the meal, when the two noticed Luo Hua was absent, Luo Feng asked worriedly. Luo Hongguo and Gong Xinlan smiled with relief and told them the truth.

“Xiao Feng, Xiao Yu, he has a girlfriend! They are stuck together all day! See, he even forgot the time for dinner.”

“Got a girlfriend? It's only been this long?”

Luo Feng was surprised. Due to social factors, there were many disabled people who were crippled from joining the military or fighting monsters, but Luo Hua had only been in the Mingyue Residential Area for a month—and he already found a partner?

“Luo Feng, Luo Hua can also date online. Isn't meeting up after online dating normal? Since Luo Hua is sticking to her every day, it means the girl likes him too.”

Qiao Yu explained on Luo Hua's behalf.

“Hmm, what you said makes sense. I just hope Luo Hua's first love doesn't die prematurely because of his physical condition.”

Luo Feng nodded, still happy for Luo Hua in his heart. Regardless of success or failure, it was a rare experience for Luo Hua.

When Qiao Yu heard Luo Feng say this, he also remembered that Luo Hua had once contemplated suicide due to the strong opposition from the girl's parents.

Having spent time with them, Qiao Yu could clearly feel that the Luo family truly treated him like family, and he was deeply moved.

If he could heal Luo Hua's legs ahead of time, the bond between them would deepen, and Luo Hua could help him even more in the future!

‘Right, don't I have a System?’

‘System, is there a way to allow limb regeneration?’

Qiao Yu thought, and asked the System.

[host's body requires one million milliliters of flesh and blood mycelium to regenerate a limb. If performing limb regeneration for an ordinary person, two million milliliters of flesh and blood mycelium are required. The stronger the person, the greater the consumption!]

‘A mere two million milliliters, that's just a matter of killing a few more monsters.’

Two million milliliters is equivalent to twenty thousand catties of monster flesh and blood. Some massive monsters weigh several tons; killing just one such monster could allow someone to regenerate a limb. The cost-effectiveness is simply incredible.

[Note: Since the host's genes have changed, the host's own limb regeneration will be identical to the original limb.]

[If limb regeneration is performed for others, it is equivalent to creating a fleshy prosthetic limb, which can only provide sixty percent of the original limb's function.]

‘In layman's terms, this means someone who is missing limbs or paralyzed can become capable of free movement, albeit with some mobility issues?’

[Yes.]

Hearing this, hope surged in Qiao Yu's heart. Luo Hua's legs would soon be saved.

The water of life could allow Luo Hua to recover completely, but before Luo Feng obtains the water of life, Qiao Yu could first allow Luo Hua to regain the ability to move freely!

This favor alone would be enough to make Luo Hua help him without reservation in the future.

With Luo Hua, the future Financial Giant, on his side, would he ever worry about money again? He could probably even afford to buy Thunder God's Underpants at a high price—though he didn't have that kind of fetish... Returning to his residence, Qiao Yu finally had time to check what the recent soul nourishment had brought him.

[host: Qiao Yu (Intermediate Warrior Level)]

[Psycher Master: Unranked]

[Current flesh and blood mycelium quantity: 30,000 milliliters]

[Current soul fungal swarm quantity: 20,000 milliliters]

[Required soul fungal swarm quantity for next soul nourishment: 100,000 milliliters]

“System, I've clearly awakened as a Psycher Master, what does 'Unranked' mean?”

Qiao Yu saw that there was a separate Psycher Master section on the System panel, but it was listed as Unranked, so he asked the System.

[Replying to host, because the host awakened as a Psycher Master acquiredly, both soul strength and psychic power must be continuously accumulated through soul nourishment before they can be further enhanced.]

“I thought awakening once would solve everything, but it turns out accumulation is still necessary.”

If Luo Feng continuously extracted the original psychic power from the Dark Gold Sphere in his mind as his strength increased.

Then Qiao Yu was equivalent to continuously drawing souls from the outside, nourishing his own soul without side effects through the conversion of the soul fungal swarm, thereby gradually enhancing his psychic power.