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Chapter 261 Scavenger

"This is the daily medical supplies area, where we have some special medicines for treating diseases. Would you like to look at the general medicines area first, or the special medicines area?" The sales clerk stood in front of the tall shelves and turned to look at Gu Mian.

Gu Mian glanced at the shelf in front of her, then at the shelf of dungeon potions behind her: "Let's take a look at the dungeon potions first."

Upon hearing this, the sales clerk lifted her foot and walked in two or three steps to the shelf full of duplicate medicines.

"Our medicines are classified into four levels: A, B, C, and D. Of course, level A medicines are the most effective and the most expensive, but they can save lives in critical moments. Level B medicines are next best, and so on, with level D medicines being the cheapest and, of course, the least effective."

"Category A drugs are on top, followed by B, C, and D. What we are facing now are Category D drugs."

While the salesperson was still talking non-stop, Gu Mian had already turned her attention to the shelf in front of her.

Although the salesperson said that Category D drugs were the cheapest, the price wasn't much cheaper.

Gu Mian was looking at a small 10ml vial of medicine. Because everything was labeled, Gu Mian easily figured out what kind of medicine it was.

[Double-type Blood Clot]

[Injected near the bleeding site, it can cause the blood in the wound to clot briefly, lasting up to two minutes. The wound will not heal during the clotting process.]

[Note: Effects can be stacked]

This means that injecting one bottle takes two minutes, injecting two bottles takes four minutes, and you can even inject a hundred bottles to stop bleeding for several hours, provided you have the money.

The price of this [D-Blood Clot] is 100 points, making it the cheapest medicine.

It's not very expensive for Gu Mian, but it might be for others. Besides, it only stops the bleeding for two minutes. Once the effect wears off, the bleeding will continue as before...

Unless a player suffers a very serious injury just before the dungeon ends, such as having their carotid artery severed and bleeding to death after a short while.

Overall, this is a very useless medicine, no wonder it's the lowest grade D medicine.

However, there are always unexpected events.

Gu Mian also has another profession, which is "doctor".

Although this profession didn't play a significant role due to Gu Mian's improper actions in the dungeon, it will definitely be useful in the future, especially given the current harsh environment and scarce resources.

Gu Mian seemed to already see a group of patients whose hands, if they were to hold each other, could circle the earth, waiting for her to treat them.

Gu Mian, a doctor, has a professional skill that he hadn't used much before, but now it seems it can come in handy.

[Excellent Medical Skills lv.4]

[Treatment effectiveness is increased fourfold when medical supplies are used]

Not long ago, this skill was only level three. Gu Mian got nine attribute points in the train dungeon. Since he couldn't add to his physical attributes, he put all of them into this skill. After all, he couldn't use the attribute points anyway.

This skill is a perfect match for medicines in the supermarket.

For example, the [D-Blood Clotting] potion has the effect of clotting blood for two minutes. When placed here by Gu Mian, it increases the effect by four times, which is two minutes plus eight minutes, for a full ten minutes.

Gu Mian rubbed her hands together, eager to try it out. She was already thinking about who to use as a test subject to see how this medicine could work in combination with her skills.

"Sir?" The sales clerk looked at Gu Mian with some confusion.

Not long ago, the game underwent a major update. Right after the first event ended, for some reason, the last event caused dozens of dungeons to crash simultaneously.

A large amount of resources have been used to repair the dungeon, and the supermarket has also been modified; now, the sales clerks can no longer see players' personal information. This has led to him not knowing how to address the player in front of him who looks so bewildered.

He could only laugh awkwardly a few times before continuing, "Because it's a D-grade medicine, the effect isn't very good. Actually, these things in our supermarket would be better used with the 'Doctor' profession. By the way, you know that the profession dungeon has been open for a long time now, right?"

Hearing this, Gu Mian felt slightly guilty, then nodded calmly, pretending to be very composed: "I know."

The sales clerk looked a little bitter: "Actually, all the professions available in the game are very lucrative, especially the doctor profession. If you perform well, you can earn a lot. If there were more doctors in this game, we wouldn't have to worry about sales at all..."

"but--"

Gu Mian knew that whenever the word "but" came out, there would definitely be a twist in the story.

Sure enough, the salesperson then began to recount Gu Mian's great achievements.

"The Doctor class instance wasn't opened many times. That instance was supposed to exist forever, until a certain player went in..."

Gu Mian knew what happened next.

He wasn't in the mood to listen to other people's stories, so he looked up at the medicine on the upper floors.

Gu Mian has good eyesight and immediately spotted the Grade A medicines on several layers above.

The names of Grade A drugs are much better than those of the drugs below. Gu Mian glanced at them casually and her eyes locked onto one of them.

It's a bottle of medicine, or rather, a single pill.

Gu Mian saw that the glass bottle, about the size of a thumb, contained only one pill.

【Copy Type A - Cleaner】

[If a player takes this medicine before they are about to die, they will immediately enter a state of suspended animation, where all physiological functions cease, halting the death process (unless there is an external threat). This effect lasts for ten minutes; after the effect expires, the dying player will continue to die.]

[Note: The effects are cumulative; the maximum dosage within 24 hours is ten capsules.]

This thing is incredibly powerful; it's practically a forced life extension. If used at the right time, it can leave a player lying dead until the end of the dungeon.

Or use the time that has been forcibly extended to seize the opportunity for emergency treatment; Gu Mian understands this principle very well.

Of course, this thing isn't cheap either.

5000 points.

Even Gu Mian, who was barely surviving by maintaining a facade of decency, couldn't help but exclaim, "How terrifying!"

He can't afford this thing either.

Upon closer inspection, buying this kind of Grade A medicine is really a bad deal. You can't even get 5000 game coins in a single dungeon. Wouldn't it be a huge waste to buy this thing and use it in a dungeon? Besides, even if you use this thing, there's no guarantee of survival.

However, since this medicine is here, it must have its purpose. Could it be that in future dungeons, there will be situations where death is absolutely unacceptable?
In that case, wouldn't I, as a doctor, be destined to rise to prominence?

At this moment, countless thoughts flashed through Gu Mian's mind, but she forgot that her actions in the dungeon had absolutely nothing to do with the word 'doctor'.

Just as he was still thinking, the fat man suddenly appeared out of nowhere, pushing a small cart filled with bedding, clothes and other things.

"Doctor, are you not done yet?"

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