Chapter Fifteen: The Brand-New Car I Just Mentioned!

Wu Bin picked up the document and began to read it carefully. This was a habit he had developed in his previous life. No matter who handed you a contract—trustworthy or not—you had to read every word thoroughly. After all, in a society governed by law, verbal promises and ink-on-paper agreements were two entirely different things.

Only after confirming that the contract was flawless did Wu Bin sign it.

No sooner had Wu Bin finished signing than Li Guotai handed him a white card.

Wu Bin looked puzzled. “What’s this?”

“This is the White Dragon Card from the Medical Alliance, valid nationwide,” Li Guotai explained. “With this card, all your medical expenses can be put on account first. If your physical examination reports and other data provide us with valuable medical reference information, then your medical costs will be waived, and you might even receive a bonus.”

Hearing this, the viewers in the livestream chat erupted in excitement.

“Whoa, that card is amazing! Is this the legendary Medical Pass?”

“This is way better than the Medical Pass. A card that allows you to put expenses on account means Wu Bin’s personal information and medical records will definitely be uploaded online and shared across the entire network, effectively giving hospitals nationwide access to his data. It’s like every hospital in the country is at his service!”

“I don’t know, it feels like it’s the other way around. Feels like he’s serving hospitals all over the nation.”

Their intuition was not wrong.

Li Guotai had given Wu Bin this card precisely because of his unique constitution—fragile yet incredibly difficult to kill! For ordinary people, this would be a curse, but for medical researchers, it was like having the perfect experimental specimen walking among humanity.

“All right, Wu Bin, I won’t disturb your rest any longer. Take good care of yourself,” Li Guotai said, taking the signed documents and leaving the ward with his team.

Lying in bed, Wu Bin couldn’t shake the feeling that he had just been freeloaded again. But this time, it wasn’t a loss—at least he no longer had to worry about medical expenses.

Over the next two days, Wu Bin lived comfortably in the hospital, eating and drinking as usual. During this time, Li Guotai arranged for nurses to perform several tests and draw blood multiple times. Every time they saw the reports, Li Guotai and the professors would become ecstatic.

“Incredible, absolutely incredible! His body has developed antibodies against the toxin from Phytolacca!”

“Director Li, should we give him a bit more Phytolacca to test this further?”

“Yes, Director. If he truly forms antibodies, this would be a major medical breakthrough!”

Li Guotai glanced at Wu Bin with growing excitement.

Within the human body lies a vast antibody gene bank. Scientific research shows that antibodies to all viruses can be found within this gene bank—but it takes time to find the correct antibody. Most people don’t survive long enough to do so.

Cancer remains incurable precisely because no one has found the key to defeating it within the human body. Once that key is found, cancer will no longer be a death sentence.

Now that Wu Bin had developed antibodies against the Phytolacca toxin, if this could be verified, it would be equivalent to discovering the key to combating this toxin. Using this key, they could potentially develop antibodies for similar toxins.

“Director Li, why are you all staring at me like that? I’m not a lab rat, you know.”

Li Guotai smiled awkwardly. “Don’t worry, Wu Bin. We won’t do anything against our principles.”

“I’m just here to inform you that your illness has been cured, and you can be discharged.”

“Great, Director. Do I have to handle the discharge paperwork myself?”

Li Guotai shook his head. “No need. I’ll take care of it for you.”

Wu Bin felt elated. Having someone familiar in the hospital was a blessing—no need to handle the paperwork himself, just walk out.

Once outside, He Bingbing took the initiative to invite Wu Bin to ride back to the university in their TV station’s car. After this Phytolacca incident, the station was confident in continuing to follow Wu Bin’s story. In just two days, the livestream audience had surpassed three hundred thousand viewers. Their segment had become one of the station’s hottest.

“I’m going to take a nap, Bingbing,” Wu Bin said as he sat in the passenger seat, closing his eyes.

Suddenly, a system notification popped into his mind.

Ding.

[Congratulations, host. You have successfully been cured of one disease and earned 100 Life Coins.]

[A new disease has been prepared for you. Please choose.]

[Please make your selection within ten minutes; otherwise, the system will randomly assign a suitable disease.]

Why did it only give me two minutes to choose?

This damn system must have detected I was fully healed.

Wu Bin steadied his nerves and looked at the three options the system presented this time: fracture, sudden death, and severe disability.

Ugh.

Seeing these familiar choices made his temples throb. Since he’d been poisoned before, the poisoning option had disappeared, replaced by severe disability, while the other two remained unchanged.

So, does this mean you have to experience one type of disease before the system refreshes the other categories? That’s incredibly inhumane.

Just as Wu Bin thought this, a new interface popped into his mind—the Life Mall!

At the sight of the four golden characters “Life Mall,” Wu Bin burst out laughing.

Of course! He couldn’t just suffer for nothing; there had to be some reward.

Wu Bin entered the Life Mall and browsed the items. Just one glance left him stunned.

Wow.

This mall had everything!

Theoretically, as long as he had enough Life Coins, he could exchange for anything!

Wu Bin checked his balance—only 200 Life Coins.

That was awkward.

He could only afford some cheap items for now.

“Healing Potion? This sounds interesting.”

Wu Bin clicked to view the details.

[Healing Potion: After use, treatment effectiveness increases tenfold for one hour. Redemption price: 50 Life Coins.]

Wu Bin understood. With this potion, he could shorten his treatment time and be discharged sooner. It was quite practical.

After all, some illnesses involved painfully long treatments. Shortening that process meant reducing the suffering.

“Alright, I’ll redeem one.”

[Congratulations, Healing Potion redeemed successfully. It has been placed in your backpack.]

Relaxed after confirming the redemption, Wu Bin looked again at the three choices and finally selected severe disability.

This had to be better than sudden death, right?

[Host has made a choice.]

[Next disease: Severe Disability.]

Seeing the system’s prompt, Wu Bin felt uneasy. The system hadn’t specified which part of his body would be disabled. Hopefully, it wouldn’t be too severe.

Just as he was lost in thought, a loud bang came from outside.

The car abruptly stopped.

Wu Bin had just opened his eyes when a masked man dashed over and violently knocked on the passenger window.

“Damn it, that’s my brand-new car!”