I farmed in military academy and crushed the entire intergalactic world.

Chapter 649 Serious Side Effects
The global situation has entered a strange state of balance and tension.

The Western bloc, led by the United States, enthusiastically supports the X-47 serum preparation.

It's only $1 a shot; many people can afford it.

As for those who can't afford to fight, what does it have to do with them? Who told them not to work hard and earn money?
After all, some Third World countries are circling around East Korea, silently waiting for aid from East Korea.

Some countries' annual GDP cannot even afford 1000 vials of X-47 serum.

As more and more people recovered, everything seemed to be getting back on track.

Unfortunately, it was only a vague idea.

“On the day of Lidong, our house can be sold for 4 yuan. I’ll borrow some more from your uncle and aunt, and with our savings, we can barely scrape together 8 yuan.” Grandma Guo opened her canvas bag tremblingly.

Inside were rows and rows of bright red 100-yuan bills.

Guo Xiaoqiang, a small man, sat on the sofa, silently shedding tears.

Grandpa Guo then took out a yellowed address book from his bedroom and turned to the last page.

Rough hands caressed the phone number that had never been dialed.

“Son, Xiaoqin is one of us now that she’s married into our family. No matter how difficult things get for her, as long as there’s a glimmer of hope, we’ll sell everything we own to cure her! That needle from America…”

Grandpa Guo took a deep breath and gritted his teeth, saying, "Buy! Let's buy!"

Almost all members of the Guo family had been infected with X-17. Guo Lidong's wife, Xiaoqin, was particularly unlucky; she was the only one in the family to enter the late stage of a deep coma.

Hospitals at the county, city, and provincial levels all say that there are currently no specific treatment options.

However, their neighbors who moved to the United States called to tell them that the newly released X-47 in the US was very effective, and many terminal patients had woken up after taking it, with only a few minor side effects.

The Guo family unanimously believed that in the face of life and death, what did side effects matter?

Guo Lidong's lips moved, and the tough man shed tears.

Housing prices in Anning County are low; two houses would only fetch 4 yuan. If I sell them all, my elderly parents will be homeless and have to live with me.

But if I don't sell, what will happen to my wife? What will happen to my children?

Grandpa Guo made the decision without hesitation and immediately dialed the number.

After a few beeps, the call was connected.

Grandpa Guo truthfully told the other party about his family situation.

After a long silence on the other end of the phone, an aged voice finally spoke: "Old Guo, I'm so glad you contacted me. I know you don't ask for favors unless it's absolutely necessary. I can get the medicine you need."

"but……"

The old man spoke with difficulty: "Sigh, do you think our country doesn't allow the sale of X-47 in China? It's not because we're afraid the US will make money off us, but because this drug has irreversible side effects. This isn't the minor side effect your neighbor keeps talking about... I can't reveal specific details, I can only tell you that the government is trying to find a solution for Guo Shuai."

Grandpa Guo licked his lips, his expression solemn.

His old comrade-in-arms held a high position and was extremely well-informed.

"How serious is it?"

"It's very serious, so serious that some patients would rather not receive treatment."

The Guo family home was eerily silent.

……

Even more desolate than the Guo family's residence was a secret base on the outskirts of the capital.

Located inside the mountain, it is constructed from eight million tons of reinforced concrete and looks like an inconspicuous breakwater from the air.

The internal passage is long and deep, with a dim red light lit every twenty steps.

Lin Xiaohe led the expert team to the secret base. Two three-meter-thick blast-proof doors sank behind them, and the air pressure suddenly tightened their eardrums.

The entire base is sealed under 200 meters of granite, and even the ventilation ducts are equipped with electrostatic adsorption nets to filter nuclear dust.

The air was stuffy and cold, as if every breath was being repeatedly sifted through.

The medical experts followed Lin Xiaohe in silence, as if a huge boulder had been placed on their hearts.

They all knew that the US's X-47 formulation had a problem, but they didn't know exactly what the problem was.

After passing through a series of iron gates and undergoing identity verification, they were taken to an experimental observation room on the first floor.

In a room of less than ten square meters, a patient was kept alone.

Through the bulletproof glass window, they could see the patient's every move.

"This..." Elder Yuan's pupils widened in shock.

He lived for 78 years, took the college entrance examination, studied abroad, served his country in times of crisis, and did research with Lin Xiaohe. He considered himself to be knowledgeable and would no longer be surprised by anything.

However, what he saw before him was truly shocking!

Yellow talismans were affixed to all four corners of the bulletproof glass. Everyone who entered the observation room was given a jade token and required to carry it with them at all times.

Of course, this is nothing.

Old Yuan took a deep breath. Doesn't our country always calculate the auspicious date for any major event? These mere talismans and peace charms won't scare him.

What nearly choked him to death was the patient in the ward!
This was a burly man, about 1.8 meters tall, with a buzz cut, wearing a white tank top and black shorts. His muscles were bulging, his eyes were sharp, and he exuded an aura that was not to be trifled with.

There was a bed and a table in the ward, with a disposable paper cup filled with mineral water on the table.

The patient frowned, strode to the table, picked up the glass, and lowered his head to drink...

"Ahhhhh!!"

A scream erupted from the observation room.

Old Yuan held his breath, his face flushed, his right hand trembling as he pointed to the ward, his teeth chattering as he stammered, "Director Lin... he... he..."

Lin Xiaohe didn't notice the horrified look in Yuan Lao's eyes and nodded, saying, "It's not an illusion, you didn't see wrong, his head fell off."

Before everyone's eyes, a round, bulging head fell straight down and rolled twice on the ground.

"Ugh, so annoying, why did my head fall off again!" Head frowned, his mouth opening and closing impatiently.

Meanwhile, the headless body frantically groped around on the ground like a headless fly.

After a while, the large hand finally touched her hair, and she quickly used both hands to lift her head and place it on her neck.

The moment they came into contact, the skin and flesh at the cut surface moved, connected, and healed rapidly, just like a living thing, and in the blink of an eye, it was smooth as new.

The patient, now with his head back, dared not lower his head carelessly again. He carefully supported his chin with one hand and used the other to drink water from a glass.

He licked his lips, turned his body to the right, and stood in front of a wall, banging on it forcefully: "Hey, have you guys found a solution yet? I can't live like this anymore, I might as well go see my great-grandmother! In this state, will I even be able to be buried in the Sun family ancestral graveyard after I die?!"

Perhaps because he was too emotional, his body swelled up and deformed rapidly.

His skin turned a bluish-black, iron-like color, his height increased to nearly three meters, his limbs were bulging with muscles, and two ferocious, huge bone blades extended from his elbows, their cold light chilling, like the scythe of death.

"Ow..."

Inside the observation room, a series of thumping sounds rang out.

Lin Xiaohe turned her head and saw that in just this short time, two-thirds of the expert team had collapsed.

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