414: Chapter 58 Chen Duo's Predicament

After leaving Ma Xianhong's courtyard, Meng Li returned to his residence to study the Sleep Gu and Qi Gu he had exchanged for.

Relying on Daluo Cave Observation, he quickly thoroughly researched the two little things, and then recalled Chen Duo's situation.

In his first life, Meng Li had only seriously watched the anime of under one person.

But by the time he underwent Transmigration, the anime had only been released up to the fifth season.

Therefore, regarding under one person, the content he clearly remembered was limited to the beginning up to Chen Duo's death.

The part that left the deepest impression on him was the death of Chen Duo.

Because Chen Duo's fate was so rough and her experiences so tragic that it was enough to make a tough man weep, leaving a lingering sense of injustice.

As for Chen Duo's death, setting aside external factors like Everywhere Connect and Zhang Chulan, and returning to the essence of the matter, the fundamental cause lay in the Gu Poison within her.

Since she was a child, Chen Duo was raised as a Gu by those madmen from the Medicine Immortal Society who worshipped Gu. The Gu Poison within her, comparable to a virus, had evolved continuously into the terrifying Original Gu Poison.

Under the influence of the Original Gu Poison, Chen Duo's internal organs had become a breeding ground for producing various types of Gu Poison.

The Gu Poison would cause Qi to be generated within Chen Duo, and once the Qi circulated, it would prompt the Original Gu Poison to derive more Gu Poison.

A closed loop was formed between the three.

Under these circumstances, Chen Duo was a potential, mobile, large-scale source of viral infection.

Once it broke out, the resulting casualties would be immeasurable.

This was the fundamental reason why the top management of Everywhere Connect wanted to control or even eliminate her.

To solve the Gu Poison problem, one would either have to remove Chen Duo's internal organs or stop the circulation of Qi within her body.

But either method would lead to Chen Duo's death.

There is no need to elaborate on removing internal organs.

If the circulation of Qi were stopped, Chen Duo would be unable to effectively control the Gu Poison.

Once they lost control, they would inevitably backfire on Chen Duo.

Furthermore, as the amount of Gu Poison increased, it would become increasingly difficult for Chen Duo to control, or rather suppress, them, eventually requiring her to consume her own life force.

If she didn't want to consume her own life force, she could choose to spread some of the Gu Poison outward to alleviate the pressure on herself.

But under the influence of Liao Zhong, Chen Duo knew that doing so would hurt innocent people and bring disaster.

Therefore, she could only choose to suppress the Gu Poison within her own body.

As a result, her life force would be depleted at a rate far exceeding that of an ordinary person.

In other words, without the arrival of Zhang Chulan and the others, Chen Duo probably wouldn't live much longer.

Because Meng Li had observed Ma Xianhong's Self-Cultivation Furnace, in its current version, it could only allow people to develop independent abilities.

In terms of treatment, let alone Chen Duo's Gu Poison, it couldn't even solve the frail health issues caused by the malignant mental mutation in Liu Wukui's brother, Liu Hongzhong.

However, Meng Li wanted to try.

First, it was to rectify the lingering injustice from the past.

Second, it was for an experiment; he wanted to see if combining the power of the Eight Peculiar Skills could achieve a Heaven-Defying change of fate.

Incidentally, he wanted to verify the origin of Feng Baobao.

In Meng Li's first life, the origin of Feng Baobao was far from being revealed.

Regarding this point, there were various opinions online.

Among them, the most popular theory was that Feng Baobao was the product of the combination of the Eight Peculiar Skills.

Later, the TV drama version of under one person adopted this theory, with slight modifications, setting it as: Feng Baobao was the daughter of Rootless Life and had died accidentally.

To save her, Rootless Life went to great lengths to find the inheritors of the Eight Peculiar Skills to act together.

As a result, Duanmu Ying had an accident halfway through, causing Feng Baobao to be successfully resurrected, but without her memories.

The drama version was like this, but the original manga and anime might not be the same.

However, regardless, Meng Li wanted to try using the Eight Peculiar Skills to save Chen Duo.

As for her death in the original plot being Chen Duo's own choice...

On the surface, it indeed appeared that way, but in reality, it was because Chen Duo had no better options at the time.

If she really didn't want to live, she wouldn't have fled after Liao Zhong died.

Gathering his scattered thoughts, Meng Li began to ponder a plan to save Chen Duo.

First, remove the internal organs, transfer the Original Gu Poison to a specially made spatial container, then use the Shuangquan Hand to create normal new internal organs, and then use the Six Treasury Immortal Thief to convert vitality to replenish her life force, and use the Qi Source Flow to convert Primordial Qi to replenish her Qi.

During this process, it might cause Chen Duo to fall into a state of temporary death, so he would also need to seal the surroundings, or use Restraining Spirits and Dispatching Generals to keep her Soul...

Just as he had formulated a rough idea, Meng Li sensed someone approaching.

Before long, a knock on the door sounded.

Meng Li got up to open the door and discovered it was Chen Duo.

She had changed into a white dress that she had transformed according to her own wishes, but she was still wearing the protective suit specially made by the Dark Fortress underneath.

That protective suit contained special Materials that the company had discovered at the Medicine Immortal Society, which could help Chen Duo suppress the Gu Poison within her to a certain extent.

But Meng Li, following common logic, would not know this.

Therefore, he first complimented her: "This dress is very pretty; you have good taste."

Then he feigned confusion: "Why didn't you change the set underneath as well? Are there no suitable clothes?"

Seeing that the dress she chose was approved, Chen Duo couldn't help but curve her eyes into a smile.

Hearing the latter part, she first nodded, then shook her head, and then explained: "This piece of clothing cannot be taken off, otherwise many people will lose their lives."

Meng Li pondered and said: "Is it because of the Gu Poison?"

Chen Duo nodded.

Meng Li stepped aside to make room: "Come in and talk."

After Chen Duo entered the room and sat down, Meng Li took out mineral water, cola, AD milk, and other drinks from his storage ring, and said casually: "Which drink would you like? Choose for yourself."

Chen Duo looked left and right, and finally chose a bottle of AD milk.

Meng Li took a bottle of green tea, then continued the previous topic and probed: "Can you let me see your condition?"

Then, he offered an explanation: "I am a doctor, and I am very interested in some diseases, poisons, and the like, and I like to challenge some difficult and complicated cases. If you let me see your condition, maybe I can find a way to help you."

"Of course, you can also refuse."

"No matter what, I will respect your choice."

Chen Duo did not answer, but instead asked with a hint of doubt: "You seem to know a lot about my situation; have we met before?"

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