Am I really hallucinating?

Chapter 636 A Little Bit of Knowledge Every Day

The treatment of Lu Chongming's mother cannot be done haphazardly in the hospital.

This is no ordinary illness. If factor deficiency syndromes suddenly and inexplicably get better, then Lu Chongming's mother will inevitably be investigated and studied.

At this critical juncture, Lu Chongming's family is about to encounter even more trouble.

Lu Chongming first went to the hospital to see his mother and complete the discharge procedures. This had been agreed upon long ago. The hospital had already used up the pure white factor used to maintain her treatment, so there was no point in keeping Lu Chongming's mother in the hospital. Therefore, she had no reason to suspect anything when Lu Chongming came to pick her up.

Lu Chongming took his mother home.

"Chongming, why did you suddenly come to pick me up from the hospital? Haven't you been busy with work lately?" Although Lu's mother was happy to see her son and return home after so long, Lu Chongming's sudden arrival without prior notice made her feel uneasy.

“…Mom, I’ve found a way to save you.” Lu Chongming paused briefly, considering his mother’s possible reaction, before speaking decisively.

“You don’t need to do this…” said Mrs. Lu.

"No, don't think like that! We've genuinely sought help from a master, and he can definitely save you." Lu Chongming could tell at a glance that his mother had misunderstood, and he said irritably.

"Oh, I thought you were just desperately trying anything." Mrs. Lu said with a smile.

"Sigh." Lu Chongming sighed inwardly. He had already tried everything and almost ruined himself. "Let's go home first. I'll contact Dad after I've cured you, and our family can have a good get-together at home."

"Chongming, what do you want to give in return?" Mother Lu asked.

She understood her illness; it was incurable, and even maintaining treatment required precious pure white factors. If it could be cured instantly, its value would be immeasurable.

Is it really possible to get something so easily?
Although Lu Chongming really wanted to say "You don't need to worry," such perfunctory words to his family certainly wouldn't dispel his mother's idea of ​​pursuing the matter.

"Actually, there's no real cost. It's just that my continued activity is valuable to that person. There's still a lot to do afterward," Lu Chongming said.

There must be many things inside that she doesn't understand. Lu's mother didn't press the issue. It was enough that Lu Chongming was willing to say so much. However, as a mother, she still felt uneasy about making her child sacrifice so much: "Don't overwork yourself."

"Mm." Lu Chongming nodded gently.

Lu Chongming brought his mother back to their long-lost home. The once warm and cozy home now only retained a faint trace of daily life.

As soon as Mrs. Lu came back, she started criticizing Mr. Lu for not cleaning properly, saying that there were piles of unwashed dishes and chopsticks and things were left lying around.

As soon as he got home, before he even had a chance to do anything else, Lu Chongming accompanied his mother to start a long-awaited deep cleaning of the house.

After all that was done, Lu Chongming took out a small model of the prototype lighthouse and handed it to his mother: "You can take this. You might fall asleep later, and you'll be fine when you wake up."

Lu's mother reached out and took it, then lay down on the bed in the bedroom.

As the light on the lighthouse model flickered slightly, a layer of white light enveloped Lu's mother, and a feeling of drowsiness washed over her, causing her to fall asleep.

Seeing this, Lu Chongming was still a little nervous.

“Don’t worry.” A gentle voice sounded, and in the prototype lighthouse model, Stratus outlined a blurry figure: “After the factors are replenished, the body’s functions will return to normal. Because I directly injected the power, you will even become better than the average person.”

"I just hope she can live a healthy life," Lu Chongming said softly.

“Factor deficiency syndrome is indeed troublesome. But the problem lies not in the treatment, but in its sudden onset. Many patients only realize they have this terrible disease when their bodies have exhausted their factors and their functions have collapsed, and they often die during their first episode. But as long as timely intervention keeps the body healthy, with the current power of the Beacon, reactivating the factors in the patient's body to the end of their natural lifespan will not take much effort at all.” Stratus said in a complex tone.

A little bit of tidbit of knowledge every day that makes you want to hang your descendants up and whip them.

It was something that could have been solved simply by letting the lighthouse shine. The damage caused to the lighthouse by an ordinary person suffering from a deficiency syndrome is negligible. If shining a light on an ordinary person could make the lighthouse's light source unstable, then either Stratus was just messing around and burned himself to death, or later generations have made the lighthouse worse and worse.

The Pure White Society and the Lighthouse couldn't possibly be unaware of these things; they simply didn't want to bother with such matters for ordinary people.

Why not try this method? Maybe we can even make some money off some people. Pure White will never complain about having too much money anyway. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been forced to rob a bank.

Looking at his mother's sleeping face, Lu Chongming, upon hearing Stratus's words, recalled that he had seen some patients like his mother. Every time he visited his mother in the hospital, he would naturally see people in the same condition.

Compared to the silence of the Lu family father and son after the incident, he had seen far more people break down because of their loved ones.

There are also many cases where, even if the family does everything in their power, all they can get in the end is a corpse.

He was thinking, or rather, he had been thinking all along, whether the situation of those families represented his own future.

However, he was really, really lucky.

"The Central Assembly... Although my current position within the Bureau is completely devoid of status, it is indeed an occasion I've always dreamed of," Lu Chongming said.

Stratus looked at the child, sighed deeply, and felt even more distressed.

Why has Dadu become like this?

He didn't think that the choices he and his like-minded friends made were wrong. Perhaps they hadn't done enough in the past, which led to a series of mistakes in later generations, ultimately leading them astray.

Fortunately, it's never too late to change things, especially for a behemoth at the macro level.

Lu Chongming stayed home with his mother today and also contacted his father to tell him about the situation and ask him to come home early tonight.

Afterwards, Mo Mang came and took away the prototype lighthouse. It had a lot to do and was quite busy. The children in the monastery band also needed its further guidance.

Then I need to go see that child named Hong Yijia.

Whenever it sees the bustling city on the street, it feels happy, but after seeing more details, the heaviness in its heart weighs it down and it falls silent.

……

"The 'First Tower' has been confirmed to have fully awakened and departed from the prototype lighthouse; that building has become a complete shell. Its whereabouts are still under investigation..."

The central core area of ​​the capital, with its thousands of corridors.

This is a palace building located in the central core area of ​​Dadu, covering a considerable area. It is also an important landmark and a symbol of cultural heritage in Dadu.

From above, the palace courtyards resemble a well-organized maze.

Most importantly, this is the office of the Pure White Lighthouse and the Pure White Society in the central district of the capital.

At that moment, in one of the spacious offices, someone was reporting on the follow-up investigation into the Lumière Street incident that had occurred not long ago.

“There’s no need to investigate anymore. Now that it’s fully awakened, it will definitely come looking for itself, to Dadu, to me.” The man sitting at the end of the square white table had long white hair and wore a neat white robe that looked like a formal suit. His hands, gloved with white gloves, were placed on the table, and one finger tapped the surface lightly.

Besides his handsome and rugged features, his most striking characteristic is the white markings on his body that resemble those of a fern.

"It will not be the key to the future. No matter how much internal strife there is, no matter what the outcome, even if you and I die in the ensuing turmoil... the only thing that will not change is the darkness above our heads, waiting to crush us at any moment."

"Let's leave that matter here and focus on the gathering. We are the center of the world; even if we do nothing, trouble will come knocking on our door. You understand, right, Ptolemy?" The man's words echoed in the room, carrying a hint of etherealness.

“Of course…” Before him, a woman with long, light golden hair, dressed in a style similar to the man but with fewer decorations, bowed to the figure before him.

"Your Excellency Eliadodie."

(End of this chapter)