Chapter 45: This Kid Knows How to Play Along! (Bonus Chapter!)

Wu Bin lay on the hospital bed, feeling somewhat nervous as he noticed his body covered with various monitoring devices.

"Director Lu, I've only suffered a fracture. Is there really any need to make such a big fuss?"

"Only a fracture?"

Lu Changshi was almost so angry he laughed.

"Do you call that a fracture? You were shattered directly into pieces!"

"We need to run a full-body scan on you now. Don't worry, it won't cause you any pain or harm."

Wu Bin tried to speak again, but Lu Changshi promptly clapped an oxygen mask over his face.

He had never encountered anything so absurd in his entire life.

When the patient was first wheeled in, there was nothing he could do except leave it to fate.

By the time Wu Bin died, and he pronounced him dead, Wu Bin had crawled out of the morgue freezer all by himself.

Getting slapped in the face repeatedly like this—who could possibly withstand it?

His stellar reputation, built over a lifetime, was about to be ruined by a lowly rodent like Wu Bin right before his retirement!

Why a rodent?

With the innate divine physique of a lab mouse, what else could he be?

"Director, the test report is out."

His assistant handed the report to Lu Changshi.

The more Lu Changshi read, the more his hands trembled.

"This... are you certain there was no scanning error?"

"Are these data points even possible for human bones?"

The report indicated that the bones within Wu Bin's body had completely recovered.

Not only had they recovered, but they had also grown stronger!

The freezer door could serve as a witness to this fact!

What Lu Changshi found even more unbelievable was that Wu Bin's bone density was denser than before, yet lighter in weight and greater in strength!

In other words, the skeleton currently inside Wu Bin's body was evolving entirely in accordance with the Olympic spirit—thicker, lighter, and stronger!

What the hell!

He had been shattered into dust, yet he had actually evolved instead?

Had modern medicine ceased to exist?

Lu Changshi finally understood why Li Guotai was so nervous about Wu Bin.

In the eyes of medical professionals, Wu Bin at this moment was practically an inexhaustible treasure trove.

Fragile he might be, but he simply refused to die!

What was the ultimate puzzle of medicine?

Was it not death itself!

If they could fully comprehend Wu Bin through research, wouldn't that mean everyone could evolve into a crunchy shark just like him?

At this thought, Lu Changshi gazed at Wu Bin with blazing eyes, a brilliance so intense that it almost blinded Wu Bin, making him unable to look him in the eye.

"Subarashii, magnificent, simply magnificent!"

Wu Bin: ......

You asked me to give you a disease, and now you're blurting out your mother tongue, huh?

The assistant had never seen such absurd data either.

Based on Wu Bin's current skeletal strength, let alone taking a kick.

Even if he were hit by a heavy truck, it would be the truck that fractured on the spot.

"Director, what should we do now?"

"Save all these data points. Before the end of this month, let's all collaborate and strive to publish a paper."

The assistant wore a troubled expression.

"These data are too outrageous; no one is going to believe them."

Lu Changshi glared fiercely.

"The person is lying right here, who dares to say our data is outrageous?"

"If they don't believe it, they can come and see for themselves. Investigations and evidence collection are welcome!"

"In short, I am definitely publishing this paper. Not even the Jade Emperor himself can stop me!"

After saying this, Lu Changshi broke into a beaming smile. "Student Wu Bin, don't be nervous. For the sake of our research, we need to extract a little bit of your cell fluid and bone marrow. It might hurt just a tiny bit, so please cooperate a little."

Damn it!

You just can't hold it in anymore, can you!

You really are going to slice me up for research!

Just as Wu Bin was about to resist, Li Guotai walked in from outside.

"Old Lu, what are you doing? Did the checkup really have to take this long?"

Lu Changshi excitedly handed the test report to Li Guotai.

"Old Li, take a look at this. How damn absurd are these data!"

"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would have suspected the machine malfunctioned!"

"I now suspect that there is something inside Wu Bin's body that promotes ultra-fast bone healing, so I'm planning to extract some of his bone marrow for further research."

Upon hearing this, Li Guotai immediately refused.

"No way. You're not extracting bone marrow to cure him; you have no right to do this."

Lu Changshi was so anxious he scratched his ears and cheeks.

"I'm doing this research to save more people!"

"Think about it, how many people in our country suffer from fractures every year? If we can master this ultra-fast healing technology, where someone has a fracture one second and is completely healed the next, wouldn't that be a wonderful thing?"

Li Guotai shook his head.

"We are doctors. We cannot commit such unconscionable acts simply for the sake of scientific research."

"I can understand how you feel, but you also have to consider Wu Bin's feelings."

"While we often joke that he has the innate divine physique of a lab mouse, you can't actually treat him like a lab mouse."

Hearing this, Wu Bin, lying on the hospital bed, was moved to tears.

Li Guotai was truly the one with a righteous moral compass!

Lu Changshi fell silent, his conscience seemingly pricked.

"Old Li, you're right. I almost made a mistake, and I'm glad you woke me up in time."

"It's just that the thought of such a massive treasure trove sitting right in front of me and not being able to mine it breaks my heart. Sigh."

Li Guotai smiled and shook his head.

"It seems you still didn't understand what I was saying."

"Huh?" Lu Changshi looked bewildered.

"Doesn't your Second Hospital have an annual research budget allocated? Since you want to extract Wu Bin's bone marrow, you should at least offer him some nutritional compensation, shouldn't you?"

"Ah?"

Lu Changshi froze.

"Would that... work?"

Li Guotai smiled and said, "Why don't you just ask for his personal opinion?"

Lu Changshi walked up to Wu Bin and removed his oxygen mask.

"Student Wu Bin, I would like to extract a small amount of your bone marrow, and offer you fifty thousand yuan as nutritional compensation. What do you think?"

"No way!"

Wu Bin refused with absolute firmness.

"Do you have any idea how important bone marrow is to me! You bunch of butchers! Executioners!"

Li Guotai piped up from the side with a counteroffer.

"What about one hundred thousand?"

Wu Bin sneered. "Do you think I would yield to money? I am the master of money, not its slave!"

"Two hundred thousand."

Wu Bin's expression shifted instantly, replacing it with a broad smile.

"Old Li, you really have an eye for character."

"Come, come, should we extract it from the back? I'm ready, let's begin."

Lu Changshi: ......

Bone marrow extraction was actually a very routine examination in a hospital.

Extracting a small amount had no impact on the human body.

It was just that Lu Changshi needed Wu Bin's personal consent because it was for experimental research.

Once the two hundred thousand yuan hit his account, Wu Bin proved extremely cooperative and showed no resistance whatsoever.

When He Bingbing walked in with the cameraman to conduct an interview, Wu Bin even took the initiative to say:

"That I was able to recover this time is entirely thanks to Director Lu's exquisite medical skills and benevolent heart."

"At the same time, in order to help more fracture patients like myself, I actively petitioned Director Lu to extract a little of my bone marrow fluid for scientific research."

He Bingbing was moved to tears, her little pearls rolling down uncontrollably.

Wu Bin waved his hand and spoke with righteous indignation:

"Don't cry. This is all merely my duty, nothing special at all. After all, I am also a proud student of the Agricultural University!"

Xu Wenyao was the first to applaud from the side.

This kid certainly knew how to play the game!