Chapter 757: Genetic Hope
"Du Peng is back."
"Open the shelter doors and let Du Peng and the others in."
A few people walked into a spacious cave, with four extremely heavy doors at the very front. The doors bore many scratches from monsters. Clearly, this place had also suffered monster attacks over many nights in the past.
But the monsters couldn't break through these sturdy steel doors. After all, this was once a military fortress, and such a door could even withstand missile attacks.
As one of the doors slowly opened.
A passage appeared before them.
The passage was dimly lit with a yellowish glow, the air was stale, filled with a sour stench. There were too many survivors living here, exceeding the shelter's capacity, so the living environment wasn't very good.
But at least it was relatively safe, without the worry of biochemical monsters invading.
Du Peng, Huang Qiu, Xu Li, and Liu Gao each carried a box as they walked into the shelter. Although they brought back precious medicines, their expressions weren't happy, but rather very serious.
Because this time, they had more important things to do.
"Du Peng, where's your car?" a guard asked, "How did you lose the car after just one trip out?"
"It broke down halfway, had to abandon it. But this time, I brought back medicines from a city a hundred kilometers away," Du Peng said.
Medicines?
Hearing this, the nearby guards' eyes immediately lit up, and they all swarmed over.
A dozen people suddenly surrounded them.
"Really? You actually found medicines?" The guards couldn't believe it but desperately hoped it was true, because in the shelter, medicines meant life.
Du Peng directly put down a box of medicines, "This time we brought back two boxes of medicines, I've checked them, they're all usable antibiotics, alcohol, painkillers, and such, very useful. According to the rules, half of the supplies are submitted, the rest we take back."
He had more important things to do now and didn't want to waste time with the guards over these supplies, because he wasn't sure how long Li Yi would be staying here.
So he had to seize every minute.
"Du Peng, you're being very straightforward this time, so we won't check, go on inside," a manager came over, waved away the guards, glanced at the medicines in the box with a look of surprise, then greedily took a dozen boxes for himself.
"Everyone else take one box each, the rest all go up."
This manager, having taken his share, didn't forget about his subordinates either.
After dividing the benefits, the manager looked towards the direction Du Peng had left, slightly moved, because he saw a tall man in special attire sneaking into the group.
He wanted to stop him and ask.
But he inexplicably felt a sense of danger, as if doing so would bring him a lot of trouble.
"Forget it."
The manager finally decided it's better to avoid unnecessary trouble. It didn't matter if a stranger sneaked into the shelter, as long as it wasn't a biochemical monster.
Li Yi began assessing the situation as he walked into the shelter.
Indeed, survival was harsh.
Many survivors, scarce resources, just staying alive was not easy. Every room was crammed with people, and even with ventilation, the air was filled with an unpleasant stench.
Moreover, many people's health was poor, with some form of illness.
This was due to long-term residence in the shelter and malnutrition.
Most importantly, there weren't many children here, the birth rate was shockingly low, and under these circumstances, even without monster influences, extinction seemed inevitable sooner or later.
Although Li Yi had been to many worlds, this world, the Seventeenth, seemed the worst to him.
Du Peng and the others quickly arrived at a separate living quarters, once used to store weapons at a military base, now converted into a large room with many residents.
"Du Peng is back, great."
The people here were happy to see Du Peng, because not everyone in the shelter was eligible to go out in search of supplies. Besides needing manpower, having weapons was crucial.
Weapons weren't for fighting monsters, but for securing the right to go out.
"Little Ma, take these few boxes of medicine and trade them for some food," Du Peng took three boxes of medicine and handed them to a teenage boy, then said.
"I'll go right away," the boy named Little Ma said excitedly, quickly running off after receiving the medicines.
Du Peng then swiftly walked over to a single bed curtained off, saying, "Sis, it's me, Du Peng, I'm back, are you feeling any better?"
"Cough, cough." A weak cough rang out, as the curtain was pulled back, revealing a lifeless woman lying on the bed unable to move.
"Huang Qiu, bring the antibiotics over, hurry and give it to my sister," Du Peng immediately said.
"Okay." The woman called Huang Qiu quickly found the antibiotics from the medicines, with someone handing over water shortly after.
But at this moment, Li Yi only glanced and said, "It's no use, it's too late, the illness has severely worsened, a few antibiotics can't save her."
Upon hearing this, Huang Qiu froze while holding the medicine.
She looked at Li Yi, without doubting his words, because Li Yi was a god-like figure, unlikely to deceive them, these humble survivors like ants, regarding such matters.
"How could it be, she looked fine just yesterday." Du Peng, a man who'd survived the apocalypse for years, was also in a panic now.
"It's because your sister was pretending before, afraid you'd risk your life to search for medicine outside for her. She fainted yesterday because she couldn't hold on any longer..." A middle-aged woman beside hesitated, but finally revealed the truth.
With her close to death, there's no need to hide anything.
Hearing this, Du Peng's body shook, tears unknowingly flowed down.
And the young woman on the sickbed was now slipping into unconsciousness, unable even to stay awake, only occasionally letting out a weak cough.
But suddenly, Du Peng thought of something, and abruptly knelt down towards Li Yi, his head hitting the ground heavily.
He understood that in this situation, the only one who could create miracles and bring his sister back to life was Li Yi.
"Get up, no need to kneel, I promised you I'd bring her back." Li Yi sighed at this moment, he could not stand such partings of life and death, the suffering of the world.
After all, he had only been in cultivation for a few years, and before him in Tianchang City, he was also a low-level worker hustling about, resonating with these matters.
"Have them all clear out, make some space for me." Li Yi said.
Immediately, Huang Qiu, Liu Gao, and Xu Li chased away the people nearby, and left a large open space in the middle for Li Yi.
At this moment, Li Yi took out a Life Repair Cabin from the Red Gold Five Elements Bracelet.
"Carry her into the cabin." Li Yi said.
The woman called Huang Qiu immediately walked over and carefully carried the woman from the sickbed.
"Luckily she isn't dead, still has a breath left, otherwise I wouldn't be able to do anything." Li Yi stated with emotion: "Lan Ji."
His fifth-generation intelligent system, Lan Ji, still had a backup at this moment.
"Master, I'm here." Lan Ji's voice sounded from within the Life Repair Cabin.
"Help heal this person before us." Li Yi said.
"Okay, Master."
Upon receiving the order, Lan Ji immediately began a full-body scan on the severely ill woman and started the healing process.
At this moment, many nearby survivors watched this scene with amazement.
Because no one knew how such a large cabin appeared suddenly, nor did they ever imagine there existed such advanced technology in this world, even before the catastrophe, technology had not reached this level.
As the Life Repair Cabin operated.
Quickly.
The woman who was supposed to die today began to recover at a speed visible to the naked eye.
This is the unreasonable nature of the technology from the Sixth World.
Even if only your head remains, the Life Repair Cabin can bring you back.
It took only a few minutes.
"Healing complete, the patient has recovered."
Lan Ji's voice echoed, and the Life Repair Cabin opened. The woman, who was previously comatose, now gently opened her eyes and regained consciousness.
Her skin was fair, her face was rosy, her complexion radiant, and she looked unbelievably healthy.
It was as if she had been reborn.
Understand, the Life Repair Cabin not only treats illnesses and restores limbs but also repairs some bodily defects, such as removing scars, treating nearsightedness, adjusting bones... It can even change the size of a brother, if you're willing.
Of course, Li Yi definitely doesn't need that function.
"Sis, are you okay?" Du Peng was extremely excited at this moment.
This truly was an immortal-like method, saving a person on the brink of death.
"I seem to be cured." The woman touched her face, feeling her transformation, in disbelief.
Sick for half a month, restored to health within minutes, it was a marvelous feeling.
"If you siblings want to catch up, do it aside slowly. Since we've already used the Life Repair Cabin, let's also make you Genetic Warriors. Who wants to go first?" Li Yi then took out several Gene Potions.
Even though they were only Basic Gene Potions, if combined with the Evolution Method, they could break genetic barriers, growing to become Level 9 Gene Warriors in the future.
In other worlds, the power of Genetic Warriors might be insignificant, but in this world, a Level 9 Gene Warrior could walk around with impunity.
"I'll go."
Huang Qiu immediately volunteered, stepping forward without hesitation.
Li Yi glanced and nodded slightly: "Not bad awareness, you're willing to cooperate with me even though you don't know what a Genetic Warrior is, very good, I appreciate people like you."
The Wasteland Biochemical World is not without its merits.
At least the people of this world have high awareness, they dare to fight, sacrifice.
"Lie down, this is Gene Potion from the Sixth World, not some grotesque biochemical modification, Gene Potion can enhance your genes, turning you from an ordinary person into a superhuman... Of course, becoming a superhuman takes time."
Li Yi handed over a Gene Potion, and Lan Ji controlled the nano-metal tentacles of the Life Repair Cabin to take the Gene Potion, then began the gene injection.
"But an ordinary person's body is too frail, unable to bear the side effects of gene injection, the worst result is bodily collapse and death, even so, are you willing to try?"
"I'm not afraid of death, because I still want to follow you to change this world." Huang Qiu said resolutely, lying within the Life Repair Cabin.
"Haha, interesting, I'm quite looking forward to your futures." Li Yi laughed.
As the Gene Potion was injected.
Huang Qiu, who was previously calm, suddenly opened her eyes wide and let out agonized screams, her veins bulged, her skin turned crimson...
Li Yi did not let Lan Ji control the Life Repair Cabin to alleviate her pain, he wanted the survivors here to witness this scene.
Without the resolve to face death, don't imagine changing this apocalyptic world.
Although, with the Life Repair Cabin, Huang Qiu wouldn't die, but these survivors didn't know that.
Because in Li Yi's view, cowards are not worthy of gaining this power.