I am weak and friendly

Chapter 348 What Was Taken Away and What Was Transferred
For Sister Gao and Brother Zhang, Tongtong's "acquired brain injury" is a pain that will never fade in their hearts. It is a defect that Sister Gao would rather risk her life and sacrifice her health to treat.

However, in the hearts of the parents of this child named "Chenchen", if their child could survive, even Tongtong's life would be something they would envy immensely.

Just like Tang Yiping himself, who was already in a terrible state due to SMA, it was only after meeting Mr. Du Yuanshan that he truly understood what it felt like to have only two days left to live.

I gained a different understanding and feeling about life.

Then, Tang Yiping realized that if he couldn't solve the problem of this terrorist elimination team, he probably only had less than 30 days left to live...

Well, maybe "Chenchen" will live longer than me.

This is a truly hellish joke.

Tang Yiping wanted to laugh.

But I'm almost twenty myself, and it'll be a long shot for Chenchen to live to twenty. All things considered, I guess I win...

Wait, am I in even more hell now?

Tang, have you no integrity?!
As Tang Yiping was thinking this, he noticed that the little boy named "Chenchen" had secretly glanced over at the small cake on the table before quickly looking away.

But he hadn't moved away for long before he turned back, his eyes filled with longing, almost reaching out his little hand.

Chenchen's parents exchanged a glance, both able to see the helplessness in each other's eyes.

Tang Yiping quickly picked up the small cakes and asked, "Chenchen, right? Can he eat cake? I bought a lot, and they won't taste good if left out. Do you want us to finish some?"

"Ah? No need, no need... it's alright..." Chenchen's father quickly waved his hand.

"Help us finish this, there's no refrigerator here, or it'll spoil quickly." Tang Yiping said, forcefully handing a small cake to Chenchen. "Here, Chenchen, help your brother finish this cake, I accidentally bought too much!"

"Thank you, brother!" Chenchen obediently reached out and took it.

Tang Yiping looked at Chenchen's hand and his heart skipped a beat.

What an arm this is! It's practically skin and bones. The skin is so loose that it looks wrinkled and rough. It's hard to imagine that this is the hand of a ten-year-old boy; it looks more like the hand of an old man.

At the moment of contact, Tang Yiping "smelled" a certain scent from Chenchen.

A familiar taste.

But there were some differences that Tang Yiping couldn't figure out for a while.

Tang Yiping was stunned for a moment, then quickly regained his composure.

"Come on, everyone, have one." Tang Yiping took two more small cakes and handed them to Chenchen's parents, who both quickly waved their hands.

Tang Yiping offered several times before the two of them finally broke off a small piece and ate it.

Watching the two of them lick their fingers as they ate, Tang Yiping couldn't help but think of Master Tang and Madam Mu again. Back when the price of Nusinersen sodium hadn't come down, their family was also struggling financially.

Although we are still poor now, it's much better than it was back then.

"Chenchen, you stay here with Mommy, Daddy's going to work." After finishing the small cake, the middle-aged man put on a yellow t-shirt and hurriedly left.

Sun Licheng, who had been staying in the corner, strode after the man and caught up with him. Two deep voices could be heard in the corridor, but it was unclear what they were saying.

When Sun Licheng returned, he saw Tang Yiping looking at him, smiled somewhat embarrassedly, and stood back in the corner.

Got it, orphan, single, and could die at any moment, right?

Tang Yiping was quite moved.

This Brother Sun is a good person.

Moreover, he's an excellent report writer!
What a good person!

After her husband left, the pale-faced woman lay back down on the bed. She was too weak, so she closed her eyes to rest.

Chenchen ate her cake in small bites, looking at Tang Yiping sitting in a wheelchair, and asked, "Brother, are you sick too?"

"Chenchen!" the woman quickly scolded her son.

Tang Yiping quickly waved his hand, indicating that it was alright.

“Yes, I’m sick too,” Tang Yiping said.

"Brother, will you die too?" Chenchen asked again.

Now, Sun Licheng and the others also looked over.

"If things don't go well, I probably won't have more than a month left," Tang Yiping said. "Of course, if things go well, I might live a long time."

"Really? Me too!" Chenchen's eyes widened.

"Really? What a coincidence!"

"Hehehe..." The two of them laughed, though it was unclear what they were laughing at.

Anyway, hellish jokes are really funny.

Those nearby, listening to the conversation between the two, felt a mix of dread and utter confusion.

Sister Gao looked at Tang Yiping as if she wanted to say something, but after glancing at the surroundings, she held back. However, she was clearly anxious and took out her phone to send a message.

Chenchen's mother got angry and said, "Don't talk nonsense! You will all be fine and live to be a hundred years old! I won't allow you to talk nonsense!"

“Yes, we will all live to be a hundred years old,” Tang Yiping said, patting Chenchen’s head.

After finishing his cake, Chenchen curled up next to his mother and fell asleep. Tang Yiping looked at his curled-up position and his thin, stick-like wrists, and asked the woman, "What...is Chenchen sick?"

"He... has leukemia."

As the woman uttered those words, Tang Yiping suddenly felt a wave of powerlessness wash over him, and his face instantly turned pale.

Two lines of notifications popped up in front of him:

—You have discerned the weaknesses of unknown Homo sapiens [late-stage leukemia (metastasis)] [life failure (metastasis)], and learned them.

—In your insight into the weaknesses of unknown Homo sapiens, you discovered their abandoned abilities: [their stolen health], [their stolen lifespan], [their stolen vitality].

really!

That aura just now, it really was the aura that had been stolen!
However, this time was different from the previous victims. Tang Yiping saw a new term on Chenchen that hadn't been there before.

Transfer?

Feeling his body sinking into a terrible weakness, Tang Yiping frowned deeply.

This is not right!

This is not an ordinary act of seizure...

what is this?
What is transfer?
Recalling the process of reclaiming his brother's talent, Tang Yiping vaguely had an idea.

What if... taking things isn't the only bad thing they've done to the world?

"When did Chenchen get sick?" Tang Yiping asked again.

“Three years ago.” Chenchen’s mother didn’t really want to talk about this topic, but seeing Tang Yiping also sitting in a wheelchair, she held back and said, “It will be three years in a month.”

three years ago?
Tang Yiping wanted to ask a few more questions when the nurse arrived with the doctor.

Another round of commotion interrupted Tang Yiping's inquiry.

Tang Yiping stepped back, looked at Chenchen, and then took a soft breath.

A faint aura emanated from before his eyes.

Then it extended to...

Almost exactly the same direction as Tongtong.

Above the Qihang Building.

Tang Yiping stared at the top of Qihang Building and remained silent for a long time.

Perhaps, fate is adding more challenges to him.

"You should get some rest too," the doctor and nurse told Chenchen's mother as they left, before drawing the bed curtains closed.

Soon, even breathing could be heard from inside; both of them had fallen asleep in bed.

For some reason, Tang Yiping also felt a little sleepy, and he yawned.

The room quieted down. Sometime later, Tongtong had fallen asleep next to her mother, and Sister Gao was also drowsy. Gao Ming sat on a stool with his head drooping, and even Sun Licheng, who had been standing in the corner, had closed his eyes and was swaying.

Wait, something's not right. What's going on?
Tang Yiping struggled to stay awake, but the next second, he fell asleep.

Then he saw a tree.

It was an incredibly tall, majestic, towering tree.

This size was so great that it even exceeded Tang Yiping's ability to describe it; he felt that all his words seemed inadequate.

If he absolutely had to find a point of reference, even the "Forked Sheep," which seemed to be bigger than the Earth, didn't give him that feeling.

Standing under this tree, he felt like a tiny speck of dust, bathed in a warm, clear, and convincing power.

This is not the shape of any tree on Earth. Its trunk resembles a graceful female limb, stretching out its arms and extending its body into the endless space.

Its canopy stretches out in all directions, like waterweed swaying in the wind.

At that moment, something spread down from its canopy and drooped downwards.

Then, a familiar voice rang out:
"Do you have a wish? A wish you want to fulfill even at a great cost?"

The voice was incredibly loud, seemingly reaching straight to the soul; yet Tang Yiping still felt that the voice was exceptionally familiar.

A gigantic tree, a familiar voice, a beautiful female body...

Tang Yiping felt that the answer was already obvious.

"Lux!"

Tang Yiping said, "What's going on? Lux, you dragged me into this too? Let me out!"

Lux didn't answer him. Various sounds came from all directions, like whispers:

"I hope my son will get better..."

"I hope my wife can recover her health."

"Please don't let my mother die, please, please don't let my mother curse me to death."

"My daughter is sick, please, let her illness be transferred to me..."

"Lux!" Tang Yiping's shout was deafening amidst the prayers.

He didn't know if his shout had any effect, but the next second, he felt his field of vision suddenly change, becoming an overhead view.

He saw dozens of tiny figures at his feet, praying to the tree.

He heard himself say, "What price are you willing to pay for this wish?"

"Anything is fine with me, you can have anything you want, even my life..."

"Take it, you can take anything."

"Just spare my life, take everything else. My mother will be so heartbroken if I die... But if you really want it, then so be it..."

Various sounds came from the room.

Then, he felt his hair extend downwards, reaching towards those figures…

Is it about to start sucking blood?

"Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop!" Tang Yiping shouted quickly.

Lux remained unmoved, and her hair continued to spread.

No!

Exit! Exit! Exit! Exit!
Tang Yiping didn't know if this trick would work, but once he learned the weakness, it worked when he was controlled by that weakness.

He didn't know how long he had been shouting when suddenly his vision blurred, and when he opened his eyes again, he found himself back in the ward.

A rustling sound came from the side. Tang Yiping looked down and saw something translucent sticking out from a crack in the floor.

It's hard to say whether this thing is a solid or an ethereal entity. It looks a bit like a strand of hair, but it's finer, more transparent, and has branches like roots.

At this moment, it was slowly climbing onto Sister Gao's hospital bed, spreading towards her arm, and then burrowing under her skin.

The transparent root system turned red.

Sister Gao's face immediately turned even paler.

Tang Yiping had thought about how Lux drank blood many times, but he never expected that Lux would do it this way...

Is this Lux's "roots"?

The roots of the Wisdom Tree, no, the Vampire Tree?

It truly lives up to its name as a vampire tree!

Wait, something's wrong!
Although Sister Gao's health isn't very good, she's probably still okay. But Chenchen's mother is in very danger now. If she gets sucked blood again, she might really die.

Tang Yiping quickly pulled back the curtain of Chenchen's mother's hospital bed and saw that the translucent tree roots had already climbed up to the head of the bed and were only inches away from her.

"Wait, Lux!"

Tang Yiping called out again, but the tree root did not respond. Tang Yiping quickly reached out and grabbed the tree root.

Lux's roots wrapped around Tang Yiping's wrist and pierced into it.

hiss……

The feeling was strange; it wasn't pain, but rather a combination of itching, numbness, and aches.

Then Tang Yiping saw that the translucent tree roots were slowly turning red.

Sigh, fine, fine, go ahead and inhale.

I knew there would be a price to pay for enjoying brainwave stimulation.

Tang Yiping thought to himself.

"Ah, Li Ke Bolen?" He heard a surprised voice, then the hair that had been piercing his palm suddenly withdrew and disappeared.

The noise returned. He heard Sister Gao's puzzled "Eh," the creaking sound of Gao Ming rocking in his chair, and Chenchen's mother muttering something in her sleep.

He turned his head and saw Sister Gao looking at his arm with a puzzled expression.

Tang Yiping went to the window and looked out. He saw Lux outside the window, putting away her relaxed posture and looking up at the window where Tang Yiping was.

“Li Ke Bolen, are you alright! I’m so sorry, so sorry! I’m still not in control of myself…” she shouted, “I didn’t realize it was you just now…”

Lux's sudden appearance immediately attracted the attention of everyone nearby.

After all, she was just too eye-catching.

Oh dear, the concept of "rooting" has been broken.

Suffered.

Tang Yiping spurred his wheelchair and ran downstairs.

When he got downstairs, he found that the previously noisy area had returned to calm.

Lux stretched her body again, returning to her [Rooted] form.

However, this time she did not close her eyes, but looked at Tang Yiping with a look of fear.

“Li Ke Boren, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to hurt you…” Lux said, “Can I heal you? I’m so sorry, so sorry!”

"Lux, are you sucking their blood to treat them? Tongtong's brain injury has also healed, was that your doing?"

"Yes, it's me."

"Do you have to drink blood to get this treatment? What does this treatment require? Can you use something else to pay for it?"

For example, the kind of thing called "the dust of original stillness".

Anyway, there are plenty of Tang Yipings.

Tang Yiping said, "Actually, humans are very fragile creatures. You almost endangered many people's lives just now."

“I’m sorry? I didn’t know!” Lux said. “Yes, I was treating them just now, but it’s not what you think.”

"Actually, I didn't do anything; they were healing themselves..."

(End of this chapter)