Resurrection Empire

"Well, brother Ren Zhong, let's see you later. You've just arrived, and you can just take a stroll in the town. Unfortunately, it's too late now, and the barren people have to rush to the sleeping cabins to occupy the pits. If it's broad daylight, you can still go to the outer city. Let’s take a look around the kiosk. Other industries in Xinghuo Town are not that good, but the service industry is outstanding. It is cheap, good quality, and good for both children and adults. As long as you contribute a few cents, you will be satisfied.”

Zheng Tian said hello and left hehehehe.

Since the mayor was temporarily busy, he could not meet Ren Zhong, the first temporary stranger to enter the town this month, until he was done. Ren Zhong and Zheng Tian agreed to meet at the gate of the town house in an hour.

He happened to take the opportunity to wander around the town by himself, and he was still thinking about his illness.

He had disguised his persona in front of Zheng Tian, ​​so it was not convenient for him to talk too much.

The town house is not difficult to find. It is the tallest lighthouse-shaped building in the center of the town. You can see it by looking up, so you don’t have to worry about getting lost.

There is really a huge spherical camera suspended in the air at the top of the lighthouse.

The slightly emitting red light camera is rotating at an irregular speed, like the insidious Eye of Sauron, monitoring the world all the time.

…

Crunch...crunch...

The white beech wood sign hung by two iron wires fluttered in the wind and swayed.

There are four big characters written in crooked handwriting on the sign, "Miao Hands Rejuvenate".

After parting with Zheng Tian, ​​Ren Zhong asked around and came to a street in the slum near the center of the town.

Compared with other shoddy handmade prefabricated houses on the street, the two-story building of "Miaoshou Huichun" clinic looks clean and tidy, and its shape is much squarer. It is on the same level as the prefab houses used as offices on construction sites in Ren Zhong's memory.

It was getting late at night, but except for the Miaoshou Rejuvenation Clinic, almost no light shone in the windows of any house on the street.

There were no street lights on the street, and it was deserted, with no ghosts or people to be seen.

Fortunately, there are two moons, one large and one small, shining simultaneously in the sky, so I can barely see.

Tangled scraps of paper, tattered furs and other garbage were blowing freely on the streets in the evening breeze.

As the wind got stronger, there was another clanging sound from deep in the alleyway, which sounded like cans rolling around.

With the beautiful street scenes in Iraq like this, in the era that Ren Zhong can remember, local officials would definitely fail the performance assessment for building a civilized city and would have to go home and grow sweet potatoes.

Along the way, Ren Zhong, who was wandering around the town, never stopped observing keenly and trying to discover the details of the times.

Pedestrians on the street can be roughly divided into three types.

One type is people like Zheng Tian's scavenging team, who carry weapons on their backs and wear close-fitting clothing that is easy to move. Both men and women have a strong aura in their brows.

There is also a group of people who mostly wear regular clothes, walk briskly, talk and laugh, and are in a relaxed and comfortable state of mind. These people come and go in different directions, usually in groups of three or two.

The third type, and the most numerous, are those people who were in mental and health-like conditions like refugees when they entered the city. These people were flocking to a certain location on the edge of the town like a tidal wave from all rivers returning to the sea. The scene looked a bit strange.

Ren Zhong was not in a hurry to stop anyone and ask where these people were going and what they were doing. He just randomly selected two people from the crowd and followed them quietly, eavesdropping on their chat.

This is a man and a woman.

The man is a boy, about fifteen or sixteen years old, like a high school student, with a bit of vitality on his face.

The woman has white hair, dense wrinkles and age spots on her face.

The first words the two exchanged made Ren Zhong raise his eyebrows.

The young man held the old woman's hand and said in a low voice: "Mom, don't worry, I will find a way."

mom? Is there something wrong with my ears?

Ren Zhong thought he heard wrongly.

The boy was fifteen or sixteen years old, and the old lady looked to be at least seventy or eighty years old.

There is half a century age difference between the two, but she is actually the boy's mother?

The old woman sighed: "Can I not worry? You will be sixteen in half a month. But the quota for homeless people in the town has already been filled. You will definitely not be able to escape the next census. Or you will be taken away. , or you have to hide out in advance. It's so dangerous outside. Although I have saved enough contribution points to buy you a temporary watch, you don't know anything. Once you go out into the wild, you will definitely die at the hands of a beast. .well."

Young man: "I...I will find a way to go to the deserted village. Although it is dangerous there, you can always..."

Old woman: "Don't be stupid. Can you find the deserted village? Even if you know where the village is, can you walk there?"

Young man: "I'm trying to save some money, and I'll ask the scavenger team to take me there."

Old woman: "Then you can teach me how to save money? Do you know how much a scavenging team charges for one trip?"

"I... alas!" The young man was silent.

After a long time, the old woman sighed: "Okay, I don't have a few good years to live anyway. I'll ask the mayor to be accommodating and transfer my quota to you."

The young man asked anxiously: "What should you do, Mom?"

"What should I do? I will die sooner or later. I will die sooner or later. At my age, what do I have to be afraid of? Silly boy."

The old woman's disheveled face shone with a kind light.

"Mom...I..." the boy choked.

"Stop talking, we have to walk faster. We don't have temporary watches in our hands now. We are going to be late. There are no watches available for rent in the centralized sleeping cabin."

"Um!"

The two of them stopped talking and just walked forward quickly. If they were in trouble, they quietly retreated and disappeared into the darkness.

He found out three things.

First, the age of sixteen is a very important node. According to what the two said, people under the age of sixteen are considered minors and do not occupy the desert quota and can live safely in the town. It is speculated that even if minors are in the wild, they should not need a watch as an identity document, and hunters will not kill them. This is reasonable, and it means that the civilization system still gives new leeks a certain amount of time to grow.

Second, the elimination review mechanism is called census, and it will definitely take place in half a month, but it won’t be too long.

Third, the deserted people in the town basically do not sleep at home, but go to a place called a centralized sleeping cabin. You can also rent watches there. I don’t know what the meaning is yet, but there must be a reason.

Then Ren Zhong went to a kind-looking old man and asked where the hospital in the town was. In the end, he learned that this small town with a total population of at least 20,000 people did not have a hospital. There was only one called "Miaoshou Huichun". There is only one doctor named Sun Miao in the clinic.

…

Boom, boom, boom.

Ren Zhong took a step forward, walked up the steps in front of the "Miao Hands of Rejuvenation" building, and knocked on the door gently.

"Doctor Sun, are you there?"

An impatient middle-aged voice sounded in the room, "Not here!"

Ren Zhong: "..."

Before coming over, the kind old man who showed the way gave Ren Zhong a warning.

The old man said that Dr. Sun Miao had a weird temper, was very moody, and was extremely difficult to deal with.

Now it seems that is indeed the case.

But Ren Zhong is not worried that he will not be able to seek medical treatment.

Just from the location of this "Miaoshou Rejuvenation" clinic, Ren Zhong can see the essence through the appearance.

This person named Sun Miao is most likely a good person.

The clinic is located at the corner of the street and is the most impressive and formal two-story building on the street.

Turn right from the street intersection and walk towards the outside of the town, and then enter the large slums that you passed through on the way here.

But just one street away, on the inside, where you turn left from the street entrance, is the large white wall.

The white wall surrounded the town into a circle and was divided into many pieces.

Within the large circle and the small circle surrounded by white walls is a small area, high or low, with clean structure and bright exterior walls. At this time, the brightly lit houses look like contiguous single-family villas. The resource recycling company building that Ren Zhong visited before is located in this area.

The location of the clinic is very particular.

As the only doctor in the huge Xinghuo Town, Sun Miao is not worried about business.

Regardless of whether you are poor or rich, if you need medical treatment, who else can you turn to if you don't turn to him?

Therefore, Sun Miao is definitely not short of money, but he opened a clinic at the intersection of a slum and a high-end area, enduring the strange living environment of heaven on the left and hell on the right. The meaning is self-evident.

Of course, it is also possible that Sun Miao really has some special hobby that only the poor can satisfy, and is a complete pervert.

That would be very scary. There is nothing he can do about it, so I can only try to think in a good direction first.

He had no choice. He had already tested it before. Without any medical assistance, even if he had a good rest, his condition would only allow him to survive for five more days.

As a short-lived ghost who can be resurrected, he is not afraid of being used as a guinea pig by the weird doctor.

"Dr. Sun, please open the door. I know you are inside."

At this moment, the severe pain of late-stage lymphoma suddenly broke out again. Ren Zhong covered his neck and spoke again in a tone that sounded calm.

But my throat still shook a little uncontrollably, it hurt too much.

This was just the beginning. After a few seconds, severe pain suddenly erupted.

The abdomen and brain attack at the same time, like someone taking an electric drill and drilling holes in the brain and stomach.

In an instant, beads of sweat poured out from every pore on his body.

Ren Zhong hummed in a low voice subconsciously, leaned his back against the door of the clinic, and sat down softly.

The heavy responsibility of being a half-doctor after a long illness is clear to me.

If he was in the hospital at this time and there were analgesics or anesthetics that could relieve the severe pain, he might be able to live a few more days.

But no.

In order to break through Crystal Wing Flying's blockade, he performed excessive amounts of strenuous exercise after this round of resurrection, which actually put a huge strain on his body.

If he didn't get timely treatment and no pain relief, he might not survive the night.

Severe pain can trigger shock and lead to a peaceful death.

This may seem cruel, but it is actually the body’s self-protection mechanism.

It is better to welcome the end of life calmly than to wail and struggle for a long time in a torture that is worse than death, and then die miserably.

Shock death is essentially a gift of relief left to mankind by the great law of natural selection and evolution.

"Aren't you annoying! I won't be here even if I say I'm not here. Why are you..."

The door finally opened.