Free Web NovelChapter 85: Chapter 85: He Hanshi Returns to Human Form
Dr. Ai looked embarrassed. After all, his entire medical team was funded by the Prince, costing over a hundred million annually.
He hurriedly said, "That’s not it. I had Leo find a medicinal herb a while ago. I discovered that feeding it to Chao Si makes the healing cells in its blood more robust."
"So, during this time, I’ve also been researching medication to lower the collapse value."
Ye Ming’s expression softened slightly. Even though Lanlan could heal them, Dr. Ai’s research on the medication had to continue for her own protection.
He ordered, "From now on, don’t waste time studying our blood. Just focus on developing an antidote from Chao Si to lower the collapse value."
"In that case, should I get a sample of the soil and water from Black Star to test?"
Dr. Ai asked tentatively, his curiosity piqued. He really wanted to know why Vice Admiral He had not only survived a spiritual power collapse crisis with such a high collapse value, but had even seen it drop by one point.
’Could it be that this planet, Black Star, really has some kind of undiscovered, miraculous substance?’
"That won’t be necessary. Just put all your focus on Chao Si."
"Oh, alright."
Ye Ming had rejected him without a second thought. Dr. Ai sighed in disappointment, but he was still itching with curiosity.
Ye Ming knew how eager the doctor was to research. He mused for a moment before saying, "I have a plan for this matter. I’ll tell you when the time is right. For now, your priority remains the research on Chao Si."
Dr. Ai’s eyes lit up. "Alright."
Seeing that the two had finished talking, Leo stepped forward again, looking worried. "Your Highness, why don’t you let the female healers from the Imperial Central Hospital treat you? You should at least give them a try..."
"Drop the subject. I have my own plans."
"Alright..."
Leo knew the Prince was a man of his own mind, so he dropped it after one failed attempt at persuasion. fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓
Ye Ming glanced at him, and seeing that Dr. Ai had nothing else to add, he ended the call.
After the call ended, he gazed at the still-frozen robot in the prison. "If we ever get the chance to leave here," he said pensively, "we must destroy the robot’s chip. We can’t risk it accidentally revealing anything about Lanlan."
If they really did manage to escape, the authorities would inevitably retrieve the prison robot for study. Then, there would be no way to keep Lanlan’s secret.
He Hanshi and Yan Huoshui had just been thinking the same thing while watching him on the call.
Everyone was in agreement.
Whether for Lanlan’s sake or their own, if they could really escape, leaving the prison robot intact would be a disaster. Its original data had to be wiped.
After leaving the prison in the afternoon, Shi Lan had some free time and headed to the kitchen.
She remembered her earlier plan to make some snacks to give away, but various things had kept cropping up, so it had been put on the back burner.
Now that life was getting back on track and everything was heading in a good direction, she remembered the plan.
She stood in the kitchen, frowning in thought. ’What would be good to make?’
She browsed some current recipes on the Star Network and discovered that the diet of the interstellar public was still rather simple and unrefined. It was mostly fried or stewed meat, while pastries and desserts were few and far between.
’Making some pastries and snacks would be perfect.’
’I’ll make some peach crisps and snow skin mung bean cakes since they keep well. I can also dry some flower tea to send along. I remember Grandpa Lu was drinking tea the first time we met; he’ll probably like this.’
With that, Shi Lan decided to head to the garden first.
Luckily, the garden had a rich variety of flowers. Shi Lan, along with two robots, picked some roses, chrysanthemums, and lilies.
Once she estimated that they had enough, she led the robots toward the kitchen.
The subsequent washing and drying were handled by dedicated kitchen robots. Shi Lan only had to prepare an initial sample, and they could package everything according to her specifications.
After preparing the flower tea, she started gathering ingredients for the snow skin mooncakes and peach crisps, adjusting the parameters according to the recipe.
In truth, Shi Lan had never made either of these before; she had only watched some food videos. As a result, her initial parameters were off, and the finished products came out either too sweet, too hard, or just plain wrong.
It took a few attempts before she finally nailed down the correct parameters.
This didn’t actually take much time, so she also found some black beans, soybeans, and red beans. She had different robots grind them into powder with sugar, then vacuum-packed them into three types of instant soy milk mix. The Border Defense Star was cold, so she figured Levito, Bai Feng, and the others could make some hot soy milk to drink.
Shi Lan made a cup for herself to test it. The sweetness was just right, which put her at ease.
She prepared a lot of the soy milk mix. After all, many people had been involved in rescuing her from the Garbage Star, so she wanted everyone to have a share.
She took a few satisfied sips, scheduled a logistics robot, and then asked everyone for their addresses. freewёbnoνel.com
Logistics robots were different from delivery robots; their arrival speed was much faster.
Shi Lan scheduled it to arrive within two hours, and it reached Black Star precisely on time.
After handing the heavy, differently addressed packages to the logistics robot, Shi Lan paid a shipping fee of over two thousand.
’Black Star really is remote,’ she thought. The shipping fee was nearly half the cost of her own spaceship ticket from the Capital Star.
’Luckily, I’m relatively well-off now.’
That evening, since there were still some peach crisps and snow skin mung bean cakes left over from the afternoon, Shi Lan served them to the men for dessert, and also prepared a glass of toasted rose milk.
After completing her daily meal delivery rounds, she sat cozily in her office, watching television and sipping her toasted milk, feeling utterly relaxed.
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The days passed by, neither quickly nor slowly, and Shi Lan continued to treat He Hanshi as part of her daily routine.
Perhaps it was due to the daily treatments, or perhaps the Spiritual Poison in their bodies was beneficial to her, but her healing efficiency grew greater and greater.
By the fifth day of treatment, He Hanshi’s collapse value had dropped to 62%.
On the sixth day, Shi Lan continued her treatment.
As they grew more familiar with the routine, she and He Hanshi developed a certain rapport. Before every meal, he would proactively extend his paw, waiting for her treatment.
Shi Lan placed her hand on his paw. A little over ten minutes later, He Hanshi checked and found his collapse value had dropped to 57%.
This proved that Shi Lan’s healing ability was truly growing stronger by the day. The treatment time was the same, but the effect was far greater.
Shi Lan was thrilled to hear the number. Remembering Mu Tangfeng’s initial collapse value, she couldn’t help but ask, "Does that mean Lord He can turn back into his human form now?"
He Hanshi froze for a second before nodding uncertainly. "I think so."
He had been in his beast form for so long that he had almost forgotten what his human self looked like.
He tried to recall the sensation of transforming. His limbs, feeling light after the treatment, began to grow warm. His blood seemed to quicken. In the next instant, he distinctly felt his line of sight rising, and Shi Lan’s figure appeared to grow smaller and smaller.
He tilted his head, regarding his own palm with a hint of unfamiliarity.
’I can really turn back into a human...’
