Chapter 101: If Only There Were Someone With Multiple Hearts For Me To Study
Continue! Full power!
Just like that, Xia Shang's heart remained in a state between damage and recovery. However, thanks to the abnormal effect brought by the Adaptive Talent, his heart continuously grew stronger. Although each enhancement was quite limited, the sheer number of times made up for it.
Thus, very quickly, the Fusion Progress on the Panel was pushed to 99%.
At this moment, the Desire Mirror naturally appeared behind Xia Shang. Unfortunately, its appearance lasted no more than three seconds before Xia Shang crushed its head with a single palm.
This level of Desire Mirror was too weak.
Especially compared to the previous two. The first, Gluttony Enhancement, at least managed to stir his inner desire to become stronger. The second, Adaptive Self-Healing, was even more significant; the desire not to die almost made him lose control.
As for Heart Engine, it had nothing to do with Xia Shang. He didn't have a strong desire for speed.
Otherwise, in The Boys World, the first thing he would have chosen would have been A-Train's speed, not the Carbon Superlattice that could save his life.
After the Fusion Progress reached 100%, Xia Shang extended his right hand, watching his right palm gradually liquefy and slowly outline the prototype of a heart. The newly formed heart was a one-to-one replica of his current heart, but neither its strength nor its ability could compare to the original.
"It seems the best option to achieve the original effect is to place it inside the body and nurture it for a while." While Xia Shang turned, the heart prototype on his right arm instantly disintegrated into a mass of flesh and blood, and in the blink of an eye, restored into a normal palm.
A heart is different from an eyeball. An eyeball can be hidden under the skin, but how can a heart be hidden? After compression, the space inside his body is only so big. Let alone fitting a whole heart, even half a heart would be difficult enough.
Suddenly, Ant-Man's ability surfaced in Xia Shang's mind. If he could borrow his ability, perhaps he could achieve this.
"Hiss, who knows what star level Marvel is." Xia Shang felt a headache. In his opinion, Marvel was at least four stars or higher. Unless the Panel could cut through worlds, he really couldn't go there anytime soon.
"No, wait, I think I remember seeing a similar ability in the Vought Hero Database. That guy seemed to be an ant too, apparently called Termite."
"But that guy's ability can only shrink, not grow bigger. It's a bit like a cut-down version of Ant-Man."
Furthermore, even if the space problem was solved, how to make multiple hearts function effectively was also something Xia Shang needed to research.
Xia Shang's next plan was to first implant a few miniature hearts inside his body, then slowly modify them. He would solve the second problem first, and moreover, if the main heart was damaged, the other hearts could step in promptly.
The next day.
Xia Shang was in the Room, researching how to reasonably place the hearts, when there was an urgent knock on the door.
Only after opening the door did he learn.
It turned out that Yoon Ji-su had appendicitis and needed effective treatment within a short time, otherwise Yoon Ji-su's life would be in danger.
Although Lee Eun-hyuk knew a little about medicine, he understood even better that professional matters should be handled by professionals. So, he had someone find Xia Shang.
"No problem, take me there." Don't let the fact that Xia Shang had never worked as a doctor fool you. To be honest, he understood the structure of the human body better than many professionals. As the saying goes, 'long illness makes a doctor,' and in Xia Shang's view, appendicitis was just a minor surgery.
"Prepare a sterile environment and drugs like anesthetic and antibiotics. It would be best to get me a set of surgical scrubs. Oh, and all equipment used in the surgery needs to be sterilized, otherwise it's easy to cause wound infection." Xia Shang entered the small room, checking Yoon Ji-su's body condition as he spoke.
"Those drugs aren't in the Apartment. We'll have to look for them in the Hospital nearby." Lee Eun-hyuk said, frowning.
"Hurry up." Xia Shang put on gloves. At the same time, an extremely thin Invisible Tentacle drilled into Yoon Ji-su's abdomen and entered her body. This thing's function was similar to Nanorobots, just not as small.
It was a pity he didn't have X-ray Vision yet, otherwise it would be even more convenient.
Human tissue structures are remarkably similar, with only minor differences, so it wasn't long before he found the location of Yoon Ji-su's appendix.
"Let's go look for them." It was finally decided that Pyeon Sang-wook, Park Yu-ri, and Cha Hyun-soo would go out to find the items.
Under Xia Shang's direction, the rest of the people were busy with the preliminary preparations for the surgery.
"Okay." Not long after the three left, a look of pain appeared on Yoon Ji-su's face.
"There's no time to wait for them. Prepare for surgery." Xia Shang said coldly, while Lee Eun-hyuk assisted him.
If the Muscle Monster hadn't been killed by Xia Shang, it would likely have already attacked Cha Hyun-soo and the others by now. In the end, it was Seo Yi-kyung who drove the fire truck and knocked the Muscle Monster off the Cliff, saving Cha Hyun-soo and the others.
"So steady." Xia Shang's knife work was extremely precise, and his hand was very steady, showing not a hint of tremor, which couldn't help but earn Lee Eun-hyuk's praise.
The appendix is a blind tube, about six to eight centimeters long. This thing is easily susceptible to bacterial infection. Fortunately, Yoon Ji-su's appendix hadn't festered or rotted, otherwise a catheter would be needed to drain it.
If Lee Eun-hyuk hadn't been watching, Xia Shang wouldn't even need ten seconds to handle this minor surgery. He would just let the Tentacle cut off the appendix, then make a one-centimeter incision and pull out the severed blind tube.
However, Xia Shang certainly couldn't handle it that way now. So, he had to find the area above Yoon Ji-su's appendix, make an incision about four centimeters long, go through the incision to find the appendix, and with a flick of Xia Shang's surgical knife, lift the appendix outside the abdomen. Then, he cut it off at the base, stopping the blood and disinfecting it in one go.
"Solved." Xia Shang tossed the disinfectant cotton into the bin and said easily.
Actually, performing this kind of surgery also brought him quite a few benefits. He was inspired by the blind tube; some things inside his body were indeed useless and just taking up space. It would be better to discard them to make Room for the hearts.
"That fast? How was the surgery result?"
Seeing Xia Shang come out, the people gathered by the door quickly crowded around and asked.
"The surgery was very successful. It was a textbook-level operation." Lee Eun-hyuk said, following behind Xia Shang.
Just then, Seo Yi-kyung drove the fire truck and stopped in front of the Apartment door. Not long after she returned, Cha Hyun-soo and the others also came back from outside.
After learning that the surgery went very smoothly, the few people immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Inside the Room, Xia Shang was performing surgery on himself. After removing the unnecessary blind tubes, the miniature hearts inside his body had reached three in number. Unfortunately, they were only connected to the blood vessels and couldn't perform the normal function of a heart.
"If only there were someone with multiple hearts for me to research, how great would that be. It would probably save me a lot of detours." Xia Shang couldn't help but sigh.
(End of Chapter)