20: Amazing drug effects
In a dim rental room, a thin young girl was lying on the bed, enduring the torment of illness.
The pain in her body was so intense that The young girl wanted to end her own life. However, thinking of the message she had just seen on her phone, she decided to endure it a bit longer; perhaps the person who left that message could truly save her!
The young girl's name was Li Anjian. She was a child abandoned by her parents at birth and grew up in an orphanage. She entered society at fifteen. Because she was too young, no one would hire her for a job. Eventually, a couple running a restaurant hired her, providing room and board but no salary. Not long after, the restaurant went out of business due to poor sales. Li Anjian had to start her job-seeking journey again. No one knew how she survived those days—sleeping under bridge holes or on the streets, using cheap sanitary pads, and calculating every meal for fear of having nothing to eat the next day.
In this way, she finally made it to adulthood, thinking that once she grew up, she could work normally to support herself. But as the saying goes, "the rope breaks at its thinnest point, and misfortune finds the wretched." After a severe bout of abdominal pain, Li Anjian went to the hospital for a check-up and was diagnosed with late-stage cervical cancer. This girl in the prime of her youth was truly at a loss. It was common knowledge that spending money on treatment could prolong life, but the problem was she had no money at all, nor even any relatives; she could only wait for death.
Just today, she completely gave up on treatment. She then spent twenty-five yuan at a barber shop to have a barber give her a beautiful makeover. Then, she bought a small cake, intending to fulfill a birthday dream for herself, before dying silently in this cramped rental room.
After eating the cake, Li Anjian used a mobile phone filter to cover her haggard face and recorded her experiences over the years in a video, then uploaded it to the internet.
Perhaps the heavens truly had eyes; her story quickly sparked heated discussions among netizens. Some were skeptical, some sympathetic, and some wanted to donate. The video soon reached the trending searches. Thus, while Qin Yang was screening trial participants, he saw this girl and sent her an invitation for the drug trial... Meanwhile, in a household in An City, Shaanxi Province, a thin man and woman were leaning against each other, discussing the authenticity of the message left online today.
Soon, the man made a decision and said, "Let's go! We'll set off tomorrow. It's just a drug trial; anyway, we're both people waiting for death. If it can really inhibit the disease and let us live, that's even better. If it can't be cured, there's no loss."
"Husband, I'll listen to you," the woman replied gently.
"Wife, do you blame me for making you give up treatment?" After a long silence, the man suddenly asked.
"I don't blame you, husband. I know your difficulties. We really should leave something for the kid and our parents; I can't squander it all," the woman replied with tears in her eyes.
The man wiped the corners of his wife's eyes and showed a smile, saying, "Wife, don't worry. Even if I go, I'll go before you; I definitely won't let you be lonely."
...Two days later, H City Railway Station.
Qin Yang brought several driver Death Warriors and drove three cars to the station exit.
Over the past two days, the messages Qin Yang sent out had received replies one after another. For these people who were nearing the end of their lives, Qin Yang's message was undoubtedly their last straw to clutch at; naturally, no one would refuse. For convenience, Qin Yang had them all come to H City today. On the other hand, Qin Yang had also arranged the accommodations for these ten trial participants.
After more than half a day, Qin Yang finally picked up everyone.
There were twelve people in total: ten adults and two children.
These people were very respectful when they saw Qin Yang. Qin Yang told everyone to relax and then took them to a hotel to get settled before taking them to Hongbin Tower for dinner.
During the meal, Qin Yang said, "Everyone, there's no need to worry. Even if the medicine produced by my company cannot completely cure your illness, it will definitely inhibit it. However, this process takes a long time, roughly ten courses of treatment. So, please be patient."
"President Qin is too kind. We are already very grateful that you could let us come. To be honest, our current situation is just waiting for death at home. Regardless of whether the disease can be inhibited, we are very grateful to you for giving us this opportunity. Rest assured, whatever requirements you have, we will definitely cooperate to the best of our ability!" the man from the couple was the first to reply.
Seeing this, the others also chimed in.
Qin Yang looked at everyone's expressions; their gratitude was heartfelt. He felt that his judgment was quite good, as he hadn't encountered any unreasonable people.
Everyone continued eating. After a while, Coffee, who suffered from rectal cancer, suddenly asked in a low voice, "President Qin, I made a deal with my fans for this medical trip. I'll be livestreaming every day to let them know my situation. I'm not sure if livestreaming will affect you; if it does, I'll cancel it."
Hearing this, everyone looked at Qin Yang again. In fact, it wasn't just Coffee; almost everyone sitting here was an anti-disease influencer. It was the daily encouragement and financial support from the vast number of netizens that had kept them going until today. Livestreaming daily and reporting to netizens had basically become their routine. They also intended to livestream during this trip but hadn't dared to ask for fear of affecting Qin Yang. Since Coffee had asked, they also wanted to hear Qin Yang's opinion.
Qin Yang smiled and said, "You are free to do whatever you want here; I won't restrict you. In fact, speaking of which, I'd quite like to see you livestream your daily condition after injecting the God Serum to netizens. The starting point for our company's development of this gene serum is to relieve the pain of all patients. However, because the company's reputation is small and lacks influence, that's why I invited you high-profile anti-disease influencers to come.
Actually, I'm quite looking forward to your livestreams. I have full confidence in the serum developed by our company. If you get better day by day under the observation of netizens, this itself will be a very successful advertisement!"
Hearing Qin Yang's agreement, joy appeared on everyone's faces. Since Qin Yang dared to let them livestream, it showed that Qin Yang was not a fraud. On the contrary, this drug trial really could be the turning point of their lives. Everyone also began to look forward to tomorrow's trial.
That night, nothing happened.
The next morning, Qin Yang woke up and looked at the thirteen more burly men in front of him, feeling a bit helpless.
It was a good thing to have more subordinates, but having them refresh in front of him every midnight was a bit unpleasant. What if Qin Yang was playing a game with a young lady and a Death Warrior suddenly refreshed, scaring her to death?
Regarding this situation, Qin Yang also asked, and the system unexpectedly gave an explanation: only when the system reaches level four will Qin Yang have the authority to designate the landing location of the Death Warriors. Since it hasn't been upgraded yet, he can only endure it. Fortunately, Qin Yang was already used to the current situation.
Thirteen Death Warriors refreshed today, meaning another week had passed, and another Third-level Death Soldier had arrived.
Qin Yang opened the information of the Third-level Death Soldier.
Third-level Death Soldier: Jiang Bo
Skill: Traditional Chinese Medicine (Master Level), success rate of disease diagnosis increased by 50%.
Seeing that it was a Death Warrior who knew Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qin Yang's eyes lit up. As everyone knows, Traditional Chinese Medicine is very difficult to learn. Generally, those proficient in it are very old, but that's how it is; it takes time to hone. Not to mention he was a Master-level practitioner. Based on the system's nature, Qin Yang felt that Jiang Bo's medical skills should be no less than those of national experts in China.
With such an old doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine around, it would be much more convenient for any daily illnesses. Moreover, it could be considered a warning device installed by the system for Qin Yang; if there was an illness, Jiang Bo would see it in advance and treat it, significantly increasing safety.
Qin Yang then arranged for Jiang Bo to be his personal doctor. As for the other Death Warriors, they were allocated according to their skills. Now that Qin Yang had two factories, the allocation of Death Warriors was much simpler.
At nine o'clock in the morning, Qin Yang took Coffee and the others to the laboratory of the Third Pharmaceutical Factory. He attached great importance to clinical trials. Originally, he wanted to invite several doctors from the city hospital just in case, but with Jiang Bo, Qin Yang naturally trusted the system's capabilities more, so he didn't invite any others.
This laboratory at the pharmaceutical factory had existed before, but after Qin Yang took over, he upgraded and improved it. Rather than a laboratory, it was more appropriate to view it as a small clinic.
Ma Jun had already adjusted everything on the hospital beds in the laboratory. According to Qin Yang's instructions, each Gene Defect Serum was divided into ten portions for injection into the trial participants. Regarding this, it wasn't that Qin Yang was not generous; although he had full confidence in the system's products, the dosage itself was part of the trial. In the end, by observing the effect of the dosage, the final dosage for each bottle would be determined, and it was also for safety considerations.
The process of injecting the serum was very calm. Although each trial participant was somewhat nervous, there were no special reactions in their bodies after the injection. This allowed everyone to breathe a sigh of relief. Next was to observe the effects after the drug took effect.
Time passed, and it was another day.
Li Anjian had been a bit nervous since she finished the injection yesterday. Lying on the hospital bed, she didn't even know when she fell asleep due to excessive tension. But after she woke up, she made a startling discovery: she found that she had slept particularly comfortably this time. She hadn't experienced the feeling of waking up naturally after a full sleep for a long time. Previously, due to her illness, her body was always in constant pain. As the condition worsened, she couldn't sleep at all without taking painkillers. Moreover, even with painkillers, because she had developed resistance, she would be woken up by intense pain as soon as the effect of the painkillers wore off.
But now, without taking painkillers, the pain in her body had lessened; this was clearly her body developing in a positive direction.
Immediately, a look of surprise appeared on Li Anjian's face, and she quickly got up from the hospital bed, wanting to tell the others the good news.
But when she walked out of the ward and came to the office where Ma Jun was, she found that all the other trial participants had come, and every one of them had a look of surprise and disbelief on their faces.
"You all noticed it too!" Li Anjian asked tentatively.
Everyone nodded quickly.
"We're saved! President Qin's serum really works. My wife and I haven't slept this comfortably in a long time. And when we woke up this morning, we could clearly feel that our bodies are much lighter, as if the cancer cells are decreasing!" the husband of the sick couple said.
"Your feeling is correct. After you fell asleep last night, our laboratory conducted tests on your bodies. Through observation, we found that the causes of the diseases you suffer from are being gradually inhibited. For those with slightly milder cases, the lesions also show signs of shrinking. This indicates that the serum indeed shows a restraining effect on your illnesses," at this moment, Ma Jun walked out of the office, holding a stack of reports and speaking with a smile.
"Really!"
"My feeling was actually true!"
"Great! We're really saved!"
After being confirmed by Ma Jun, everyone wept with joy. Heaven knows the pressure each of them bore every day when they had to gamble with the Grim Reaper. It's not scary for a person to die suddenly; what's scary is that kind of despair while waiting for death!
After everyone had finished venting their emotions, Ma Jun continued, "Alright, since everyone knows they have hope of surviving, I hope everyone maintains a good mood every day and cooperates well with the trial until the day you are finally cured and walk out of here!
By the way, if you livestream, don't mention our company's name for now, because the serum hasn't been truly produced yet. Informing the outside world would only cause others unnecessary trouble. Of course, when the day comes that you can talk about it, I will let you know."
"Thank you, Dr. Ma. We will be discreet."
"Yes, we promise not to say anything for now!"
Hearing this, everyone hurriedly expressed their stance all at once.
Ma Jun nodded and then let everyone go back. The trial involves one injection every three days. When not undergoing the trial, everyone is free to move about.
No one dared to disobey Ma Jun's words now. After all, the life-saving straw was right in front of them; only a fool would offend someone who held their life in their hands.