415: Chapter 59 Solution Ideas

"You seem to know a lot about my situation. Have we met before?"

Facing Chen Duo's doubt, Meng Li shook his head. "No, but I've heard of you before."

"A legendary existence like the Gu Body Saint Child is quite worth being curious about."

Chen Duo's eyes flickered slightly. She put down the AD Milk in her hand and rolled up part of the right sleeve of her Protective Suit, revealing a small section of her forearm.

That section of her forearm was dark red, covered in pitted scars that looked somewhat terrifying, forming a sharp contrast with the fair and smooth skin of her wrist.

Meng Li gazed at it intently for a moment, then said thoughtfully, "I think I might have a way to help you. Are you willing to let me try?"

Chen Duo thought for a moment and nodded.

Meng Li extended two fingers and placed them on Chen Duo's right wrist. He circulated the Six Treasury Immortal Thief and channeled a wisp of Qi into Chen Duo's body through the point of contact.

The Gu Poison inside Chen Duo sensed this foreign wisp of Qi and instinctively surged forward, wanting to devour it completely.

Chen Duo's thin eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she hurriedly brought the Gu Poison under control.

At that moment, Meng Li drove that wisp of Qi to actively contact the nearest portion of Gu Poison.

Chen Duo noticed this and wanted to say something, but before she could speak, she discovered to her surprise that all of that Gu Poison had died.

This left Chen Duo astonished.

Her Gu Poison had been destroyed by others before, but it was the first time it had happened so effortlessly.

Meng Li was also slightly surprised.

He had only tried using the Six Treasury Immortal Thief to decompose those Gu Poisons and plunder their vitality. He thought it would be difficult, but he didn't expect it to go so smoothly.

Thinking it over, Meng Li understood.

As individuals, most Gu and Gu Poison are actually not very strong, and that includes their life force.

Some Gu insects are even very fragile; once they leave a specific environment, such as a host body, they will die automatically.

Their strength lies in their numbers, their ability to permeate everywhere, and their bizarre abilities, making them impossible to guard against.

Realizing this, Meng Li felt a few more points of confidence regarding saving Chen Duo. He immediately increased his output and destroyed another portion of the Gu Poison.

Sensing this situation, Chen Duo spoke up, "Do you want to destroy all the Gu Poison in my body?"

Meng Li first nodded and then shook his head, saying softly, "I have that idea, but the Gu Poison in you is too deeply intertwined with you. To some extent, you are a humanoid Gu. If all the Gu Poison is destroyed at once, you will die too."

"I am a doctor. My goal is to save people, not kill them."

Then, he changed the subject. "I just destroyed a small portion of the Gu Poison. How do you feel?"

Chen Duo replied, "They are dead, so I don't need to control them anymore. I feel a tiny bit lighter, but it's not very useful."

"Because before long, new Gu Poison will be produced."

"Actually, I've tried controlling them to kill each other to eliminate some and reduce the pressure. But before long, new Gu Poison is produced. Moreover, the Gu Poison that survives the infighting becomes stronger, which in turn causes the new Gu Poison produced by the Original Gu Poison to become stronger."

"This increases my strength to some extent, but it also makes it harder for me to suppress them."

Meng Li fell silent.

In just this short while, he sensed that new Gu Poison had appeared where he had just destroyed the old ones.

"Then how about this?"

Meng Li asked, then further activated the Six Treasury Immortal Thief, injecting the vitality he had just decomposed and plundered from that small portion of Gu Poison into Chen Duo's body.

Chen Duo instantly felt she had gained a trace of something special.

She didn't know exactly what it was, but she instinctively felt that the thing was good for her, and she felt a yearning for more.

Thus, she asked curiously, "What is that? Can you give me a little more?"

"I can."

Meng Li agreed and once again plundered the vitality of a portion of the Gu Poison in Chen Duo's body, injecting it into her. He then let go of her hand and asked, "How do you feel?"

Chen Duo replied, "It's gotten a bit better."

"Gotten a bit better? Can you be more specific?" Meng Li asked.

Chen Duo thought for a moment, not knowing how to put it. She turned to look at the AD Milk in her hand, took a small sip, and then said, "The uncomfortable feeling from drinking this has decreased a tiny bit."

"You feel uncomfortable drinking beverages?" Meng Li was somewhat surprised.

"Mm." Chen Duo gave a soft affirmation, then said, "Not just drinking this, but other things too."

"Then why do you drink it?" Meng Li asked with a frown.

Chen Duo smiled. "Because I want to. I've seen others drink this before, and from the way they looked while drinking it, I felt it should be delicious, so I wanted to try. Now I find its taste is indeed very good—sweet and sour. It's just that after swallowing it, it feels a bit uncomfortable."

"But it's okay, I'm already used to the uncomfortable feeling."

After hearing Chen Duo's words, Meng Li understood after a brief thought.

Her situation was like a person who is sick; influenced by the symptoms, there are physiological adverse reactions to food and drink, such as nausea or loss of appetite.

Once the body recovers, the adverse reactions will weaken and disappear.

He had just injected vitality into Chen Duo, so her physical condition would naturally improve. Because the injected vitality wasn't much, the improvement wasn't very obvious, but Chen Duo herself possessed some characteristics of a Gu, and combined with years of suffering from Gu Poison, her perception was sharp, making it easy for her to notice.

This situation gave Meng Li a new idea.

Perhaps saving Chen Duo didn't need to be so complicated.

The biggest problem endangering her life was that the Original Gu Poison had formed a Gu Nest in her internal organs, resulting in a tight cycle of 'Gu Poison generates Qi → Qi generates Gu Poison' within her body. Then, as the amount of Gu Poison increased daily, it became difficult for Chen Duo to control, forcing her to consume her vitality.

Her own vitality was limited. Even if Refining Qi could bring improvements, it couldn't keep up with the progressively increasing consumption.

But those Gu Poisons were also living beings and possessed vitality.

If Chen Duo could plunder the vitality of the Gu Poison to replenish her own life force as he had just done, the situation would be completely different.

Qi generates Gu Poison, but it could also plunder the vitality of the Gu Poison, thereby reducing the amount of Gu Poison and weakening the pressure on Chen Duo to control them. Moreover, this wouldn't count as raising Gu, so there was a high probability it wouldn't cause the Original Gu Poison to produce stronger new Gu Poison.

The vitality plundered from the Gu Poison could replenish Chen Duo's own life force, thereby reducing the consumption of her vitality.

At that time, even if the Original Gu Poison couldn't be eradicated, the relationship between the Qi and the Gu Poison in Chen Duo's body would change from 'Qi generates Gu Poison, Gu Poison generates Qi' to 'Gu Poison generates Qi, Qi generates Gu Poison, Qi kills Gu Poison, and Qi converts Gu Poison into vitality.'

As long as the rhythm was well-controlled during this process, once the momentum was established, the Gu Poison in Chen Duo's body would no longer be her burden.

If she went a step further and used Qi to plunder the vitality of the Original Gu Poison to take control of them, that would be a qualitative leap for Chen Duo.

At that point, the Gu Poison in her body would be completely under her control and no longer a time bomb.

Chen Duo would become a true Gu Body Saint Child!

Driving Gu Poison with her own will, rather than the current state of superficial control that was actually mutual restraint.

To complete the above vision, the first step—teaching Chen Duo the Six Treasury Immortal Thief!