Chapter 32: Deadly Infection 17
Many people in the group asked the same question.
“Are you crazy? Do you think those who bought it weren’t sick?”
“Something worth tens of millions or hundreds of millions, how much are houses and cars worth? Are they doing charity?”
“These rich people are so disgusting!”
… Chu Yian felt dizzy and her eyes blurred from reading.
She put her phone aside and took out her treasure box. It was time for the three-day treasure box opening, and she wondered what good things she would get this time?
She really hoped the treasure box would be powerful enough to let her directly get a special medicine.
The item was in a jar, and the first sensation upon touching it was cool and smooth.
“A bottle of moisturizing essence cream that all mothers love to use, making your skin smooth and tender.”
“Note: Will be recalled after this round of the game ends.”
“Good item’s inner thoughts: Want good skin? Use Dabao morning and night.”
Chu Yian held this jar of face cream, feeling nothing but disdain.
Who had the mind to put on face cream at a time like this?!
She was so angry that she threw the skincare cream directly into the trash can.
A few minutes later, she picked it up again.
Since she already drew it, she might as well put it on her face. Such a large jar, it would be a pity to throw it away. This damned simple quality prevented her from being wasteful.
On the twenty-third day of the game, the official media still hadn’t reported on the special medicine, but in the groups she joined, the number of sellers of special medicine had increased from one to six.
So many appeared overnight?
Chu Yian got up to check, and almost every group was similar.
“Two doses of special medicine, bidding starts at 5 million, come quickly if you want it.”
“Special medicine obtained with life, bidding starts at 6 million, sign up, starts in two hours.”
“Friends, I found another place selling special medicine, everyone follow me and rush!”
… In the afternoon, more groups selling special medicine appeared, each with two or three doses. Two days ago, it was hard to find even one dose, but now there seemed to be many.
However, soon, someone said these groups were scams.
“Beware!!! Ninety-nine percent of special medicines on the market are fake. Do not buy fake special medicine at high prices, do not buy fake special medicine at high prices!”
“Special medicine is currently hard to find, even the upper class are paying 1 billion and still queuing, how could the medicine flow out?”
“Don’t buy medicine indiscriminately!! Be careful not to empty your family’s savings for a fake product.”
… If it was fake medicine, then it made sense.
She wondered how special medicine was everywhere in just two days. Successfully scamming once meant tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions, in income. Faced with such huge profits, many people would take risks, even at the risk of their lives.
But the consequence of doing so was the ruin of many families.
Game Day 24—
The official media still had no news.
However, according to the game rules given at the very beginning, it was already the fourth day since the special medicine was successfully developed and began production. To this day, not a single trace of the special medicine had been seen, or it was all hearsay, which made Chu Yian feel a little anxious.
She had energy but nowhere to use it.
The only way to access drug sources was probably through various unofficial rumors and WeChat groups. Even if she knew that many of them were false information and scammers, she could only try to find some true information from these fake messages.
“Ah, it’s so hard!”
Chu Yian let out a wail and collapsed onto the sofa in the living room, looking up to see that Lu Qingyuan had actually come down.
“Tomorrow morning at five, come with me to get something.”
“Ah? What thing?”
“Special medicine.”
These three light words made Chu Yian sit up abruptly, “Teacher Lu, special medicine? You didn’t get it by looking at those unofficial rumors and participating in an auction in a group, did you?
They said ninety-nine percent are fake, you weren’t scammed, were you?”
She looked at him worriedly.
Even for a rich person, this amount was not small money.
Lu Qingyuan walked directly to the refrigerator and took out a bottle of water from it.
“I know someone at the International Disease Research Center, and I used some means to apply for the special medicine. Didn’t I say it would be available in four or five days? It’s a little faster than expected.”
Chu Yian’s eyes widened suddenly; a pie had fallen from the sky, stunning her.
Wait, that special medicine should be very difficult to obtain.
“Teacher Lu, did you get one dose or…”
Chu Yian was thick-skinned, but she didn’t have the nerve to say the word “two.” After all, it was something that was worth hundreds of billions and even a chieftain couldn’t get, so she subconsciously felt that there was definitely no share for her.
Lu Qingyuan looked at her two trembling fingers, unscrewed the cap of the bottle in his hand, “Would I call you if there was only one dose?”
“Ah ah ah ah!”
Chu Yian immediately shrieked upon hearing this, “Teacher Lu, you are really, really, really too kind! Teacher Lu, thank you!”
She rushed forward and hugged him tightly again, her whole body dancing with joy.
“Don’t get too happy too soon. Their transportation is inconvenient, they’re sending it by helicopter, and we need to pick it up ourselves.”
Lu Qingyuan interrupted her premature celebration, “A helicopter suddenly appearing in the city will attract a lot of attention. We need to arrive at the agreed place in advance tomorrow and leave as quickly as possible after getting the item.”
Game Day 25—
Chu Yian hadn’t even had time to open her treasure box for a draw before she and Lu Qingyuan hurriedly got into the car and set off.
They lived in the western suburbs, and the special medicine was to be dropped off at a nearby plaza.
There were no pedestrians on the road. Vehicles, buildings, and even the billboards on the road were covered in a thick layer of dust. Along the way, smashed pharmacies and shops could be seen, and occasionally, one or two decomposed corpses could be spotted on the road.
And in the Residential Area, there were even more corpses in these places. There was even a Residential Area where corpses were piled up into a wall at the entrance, sealing off the main gate. Flies, rats, and some bed bugs crawled on them.
In short, everything seen during the day made one feel the despair and desolation of this city even more.
Despair also harbored danger.
Chu Yian hadn’t had time to feel sad when two cars suddenly drove out from an alley behind them. On the empty street, the two cars followed closely behind them, constantly honking their horns.
In the quiet city, these horn sounds were particularly prominent.
That group of people provocatively challenged them, even speeding up, trying to catch up.
Lu Qingyuan glanced in the rearview mirror, then began to accelerate.
“Damn it, they dare to run!”
A few punks with dyed yellow hair and tattoos in the back cursed, “Step on the gas to the floor, don’t let them get away like this!”
How many people in the city now could wear the kind of protective suits they were wearing? This clearly looked like a fat sheep!
The group was like hyenas that had been hungry for a long time, staring at this piece of meat.
