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Chapter 142: Medicine is such an inconvenient thing
When the atmosphere eased a little, Ma Zhaodi had time to take a closer look at the surrounding environment.

A complex large-scale freezing machine occupies a large area in the abandoned factory. The wires are deliberately bundled to one side so that they do not appear messy; the humming sound of the instrument is very slight, so it is not easy to attract the attention of passers-by; the ice-blue liquid flowing through the pipes from time to time seems to be extremely compressed liquid frozen gas, maintaining Nora's freezing effect in circulation.

There is no doubt that a considerable portion of the huge amount of money Victor stole from the many robberies was probably used to build and maintain this large machine that runs 24 hours a day - that is, his wife's life support device.

The remaining part may have been spent on visiting famous doctors. Considering the price of medical services in the United States, it is very reasonable for Mr. Freeze to rob banks many times. It is very likely that he robbed this morning because he was almost out of money.

The real robber was not on the wanted list. Ma Zhaodi grinned and couldn't help laughing, but then he felt that the action was a bit scary, so he stopped laughing.

Mr. Freeze casually hung the gun back on his body. The barrel of the gun, flashing with an ice-blue light, looked very beautiful, and was somewhat similar in color to the two thin hoses extending from the tank on his back.

A closer look reveals that the hose is actually transparent, and it contains liquid frozen gas, which is directly connected to his armor. After being processed by the armor, the temperature is raised to around zero degrees, achieving a cooling effect inside the armor.

"That cryostat contraption you built for your wife is beautiful."

"No matter how beautiful a crystal coffin is, it's just a coffin." His expression darkened when he mentioned this topic. "I just want her to recover, but I don't have much money. By the time I find a way to get the money, she won't have much time left."

"Robbing a bank isn't the right thing to do. Maybe it would have been better to leave her in Gothic? Those guys said they wanted to continue improving their cryogenics research project. They should have secured sufficient funding, and there's no way they'd let Nora die."

Upon hearing this, Mr. Freeze's face showed obvious disdain, disgust and indignation.

"They had no desire to continue their experimental research, and they had no ability to improve the project without me. In fact, after I joined Gothic for three months, I realized that they were just a shell with nothing but a facade."

As he answered the questions, he regretted the decisions he had made in the past.

His wife's condition worsened after he joined Gothic. Victor was forced to put Nora into the cryostat, suspending her life and waiting for the medical community to develop an effective treatment plan.

"Victor, will you continue to stay by my side after I fall asleep?"

"I will never let you go in my life."

At that time, he gently kissed his wife goodbye and sealed her in the freezer with tears in his eyes.

However, just one month later, the project was forcibly shut down.

"Victor, this research on cryogenics is simply too expensive," said Boyle, the boss who had always spoken to him kindly. It was he who had lured Victor into this nearly ineffective company. But now, looking at the financial statements, his expression had completely changed. His brow furrowed, and he spoke in a low voice, "Don't even mention me. No company looking for profit would keep it."

"But, Boyle, this is different from what we agreed on. You said the company would definitely provide me with the corresponding financial budget. You said you believed in me and supported me in carrying out this project. Only then did I agree to hand over my research to the company."

"Victor, you're an adult. In the adult world, people only believe in contracts written in black and white." Boyle shook his head in disdain. "And our contract only states that the research will belong to Goethe upon completion. It doesn't specify that I must help you complete the project. You didn't complete it, and instead wasted the company's first round of funding. This already makes me very angry. I advise you to be obedient and cut your losses in time. It will be better for everyone."

Victor, with bloodshot eyes, wearing glasses and a cheap suit, practically knelt before Boyle as he desperately explained, "It will have a high payback period. This project will be very valuable in the future! Please! My wife depends on it!"

"Okay, okay, Victor, you're just an incompetent nerd. Give yourself and your wife some dignity - Security! Security! Come and take him away! The woman is dead, don't worry, come and move the equipment." "No! Don't touch my equipment!"

In the chaos, Victor subconsciously took a gun from the security guard. He held the gun tightly as if it were his last straw, waving it at the approaching crowd, like a hysterical mental patient who was forced into a desperate situation.

Then, someone came up and grabbed the gun; then, the two began to struggle; then the gun went off.

The machine containing the refrigerated gas was broken by a bullet, and the cold current and ice quickly swept through the entire laboratory. The security guards and Boyle, who saw the situation was not good, immediately fled.

Helpless Victor hugged Nora's freezer tightly in the cold, as if he was holding a fragile treasure, which was his promise to his wife.

"Victor, will you continue to stay by my side after I fall asleep?"

"I will never let you go in my life."

The cold air spread rapidly, and large chunks of ice surrounded, submerged, and froze everything in the laboratory. The ice also invaded the outside of the laboratory through the open door. After only ten minutes, the entire floor of the building where the laboratory was located turned into an ice cave.

Victor, who was at the center of the cold wave, initially felt extremely cold, and then was frozen into a popsicle. But when he was about to lose consciousness, his body seemed to feel warm again.

Is that Nora? She's hugging me?

With such doubts, he fell into a deep sleep. Before falling to the ground, he could only see Nora's frozen container slipping from his frozen hands and then rolling far away - his body was too stiff and he could no longer hold her.

In this way, Victor was buried in dense ice.

"So, when you woke up, you looked like this?"

"When I woke up, I just found that I seemed to no longer be afraid of low temperatures," Victor replied. "But I later realized that I had completely turned into a cold-blooded animal and could not survive at normal temperatures."

Ma Zhaodi thought for a moment and said, "Maybe you can go to Antarctica?"

"It's too lonely in a place where there are few people. Besides, I have to cure Nora."

Hearing this, Ma Zhaodi nodded: "In that case, we need to thaw her first. My treatment is very fast, it will only take two or three minutes."

Hearing this, Victor frowned and gave him a look of distrust.

"Why are you looking at me? I didn't say I was a traditional doctor." Ma Zhaodi took out two candies, one white and one red. "If I don't understand medicine, can I still save people? Is medicine such an inconvenient thing?"

(End of this chapter)