This Spiritual Energy is Lethal!-Chapter 199 - Humanity Perishes in 2006
Chapter 199: Chapter 199: Humanity Perishes in 2006
Chapter 199: Chapter 199: Humanity Perishes in 2006
The machine’s readings were quickly transmitted to the computer, and Jiu Lin took the computer from Chen Ke, switching the interface to a graphics software interface.
This software displayed complex line graphs and an array of buttons that Chen Ke couldn’t understand. Six differently colored lines each showed unique trends, while the red one was almost a straight line.
Even the always cool and composed Jiu Lin couldn’t help but be a bit surprised. She looked closely at Chen Ke’s face.
“What’s wrong?” Chen Ke asked, puzzled.
“The red line represents blood pressure, and now it is a flat line, without any fluctuation…” Jiu Lin eyed Chen Ke, her gaze full of suspicion.
“Are you trying to tell me that I’m already dead?” Chen Ke smiled.
“You’re joking, Doctor, he’s standing right next to me. Could there be something wrong with your device?” Sam laughed.
Jiu Lin’s earlier statement had scared Sam; just one look at that thing and you turn to ash? He had looked more than once…
Now that her device scanned Chen Ke as a dead man, it inadvertently gave Sam a false sense of hope. Perhaps this Dr. Jiu Lin was an amateur, and what she said wasn’t entirely accurate.
“Impossible…” Jiu Lin looked doubtfully at the machine on the table, feeling uncertain inside.
“Just tell me the result. Is there that Ash Element in my blood?” Chen Ke took the opportunity to change the subject.
Jiu Lin sighed, pointing at a blue line on the chart that showed the lowest fluctuation among the six lines, except for the red one, with a slow upward trend.
“Unfortunately, your blood already contains the Ash Element,” Jiu Lin sighed.
“Does that mean I am about to die?” Chen Ke asked, not taking it seriously.
“Hey buddy, don’t jinx yourself. Look, we’re still alive. Either this Ash Element thing is unreliable, or we’re just lucky and still have time for treatment,” Sam laughed.
Chen Ke’s casual tone was hugely encouraging to Sam, as if the catastrophic disaster before them wasn’t so frightening after all.
“It sounds like you are all not taking it too seriously. Most people who are diagnosed with Ash Syndrome react in this way,” Jiu Lin said.
“Let me guess, the next part of the story goes like this? You have a way to cure this terminal illness, but you don’t have enough resources. We, on the other hand, would have to risk being killed by monsters outside to gather materials to save ourselves, and incidentally, other patients?” Chen Ke spread his hands.
Many movies and games were like this; even in the face of certain death, the protagonist always managed to find a way to survive. Both players and audiences understood that the protagonist couldn’t possibly die.
“I have one piece of good news and one piece of bad news, which do you want to hear first?” Jiu Lin rarely smiled.
“I’ve never heard any good news; you’re the first to tell me something positive. Start with the good,” Chen Ke spread his hands.
Jiu Lin closed the notebook and placed it on the table. Then she looked at Chen Ke.
“Do you know how long it takes for a person’s blood to circulate once within their body?” Jiu Lin asked.
“I’m not a medical student, of course I wouldn’t know, but it must be very fast, right?” Chen Ke asked.
“Very fast. After the liver produces the blood, it’s pumped by the heart, a muscular pump, to the rest of the body, passing through the large arteries, medium arteries, and small arteries to all the body’s capillaries, and then returns to the heart through the veins. This entire cycle takes only about 20 seconds,” Jiu Lin said.
“Oh, considering an adult’s height, that is pretty fast,” Chen Ke nodded.
“Everyone’s physical condition is different, or you could say, a person’s internal environment can vary greatly under different emotional and physical states, so the speed of blood circulation isn’t constant. Some people have it fast, some slow, and all of this is reflected on the blood pressure,” Jiu Lin explained.
“So…?” Chen Ke looked at Jiu Lin.
“From the test results just now, your blood pressure is zero, your blood is basically not circulating… and the spread of the Ash Element is achieved through blood circulation, which means… your transformation into ash will be much slower than others…” Jiu Lin said.
“That’s just nonsense. If the blood were not circulating, it would show as black spots on the skin, but look at him, he looks no different from a living person,” Sam laughed.
“You say what you want. In the past, I might have tried to dissect him for research, but now I’ve lost interest,” Jiu Lin coldly said.
“You just said some people turn to ash instantly, why haven’t I?” Chen Ke asked, puzzled.
“Put it this way, looking at the phenomenon in most people around the world, turning to ash instantly is normal. Not turning to ash instantly is an individual deviation. Out of the 7 billion people globally, there are bound to be a few tens of millions who are different. You understand what I mean,” Jiu Lin explained.
“I get it, but even so, I can’t escape the fate of turning to ash, right?” Chen Ke asked.
“That’s the bad news I wanted to tell you; this disease… or rather, this phenomenon is incurable,” Jiu Lin said.
“Uh… are you kidding me?” Chen Ke asked.
“Look at this world, Mr. Unknown. After the mutation occurred, all the top medical institutions and Spiritual Energy agencies globally conducted research. This is not Ebola, nor is it AIDS; it’s a global indiscriminate killer of 100% of the population, a disaster for all humanity. To find a cure, the remaining human population undertook a collaboration ignoring nationality, religion, politics, and ethnicity. Don’t underestimate human power and resolve. But this time, we are truly helpless,” Jiu Lin stared into Chen Ke’s eyes, her tone somewhat urgent.
Chen Ke and Sam were momentarily at a loss for words, only just beginning to realize the seriousness of this disease.
“The global population nearly evaporated by 70% in a second, with the rest gradually turning to ash; that’s the current situation. Haven’t you really noticed?” Jiu Lin looked at them, puzzled.
Even Sam realized that this world was not a so-called reflection but an actual existing world where humanity was on the brink of extinction.
Chen Ke suddenly thought of something and scanned the room.
“Your turn, let me see your blood,” Jiu Lin reached out her hand to Sam, motioning him to expose his wrist.
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“No, I refuse. Death is not frightening, but waiting for death is. If I have that stuff in my body, then so be it,” Sam said.
“If I may ask, what year is it…?” Chen Ke, unable to find a clock in the room, asked.
“Why are you asking this all of a sudden?” Jiu Lin looked at Chen Ke.
“Our phones are dead, and it’s been a long time since we’ve seen the time,” Chen Ke said.
Jiu Lin opened her laptop, double-clicked the time area in the lower-right of the system tray, showing the calendar.
Chen Ke leaned in to look and saw the date was fixed at February 22, 2006.
