Ever since transmigrating, throughout two worlds, Li Lin had never thought he would one day be seriously injured and unconscious.
When making that choice, he hadn't thought much either. Just instinctively felt he should do that. Instinctively saw through the weakness of that inexplicable restraint and shattered it, instinctively grabbed Lappland's back collar, instinctively jumped off the building, then fell into a trash heap and became unconscious due to the impact.
Actually, being unconscious isn't a very simple symptom. Unconsciousness is often only one step away from death. Although Li Lin's physical fitness had improved significantly through training, compared to the powerhouses of various races who could easily jump three feet high, Li Lin, as a fragile human, truly couldn't compare. He could get injured just jumping from the third floor; falling from the sixth floor without other means meant certain death. But for other races, this was a trivial matter .
In other words, compared to other species, Li Lin's body was as fragile as glassware. If not for being able to walk and jump, he could even be labeled third-class disabled.
But in his previous life, he hadn't felt much incompatibility. Because intuition let him take many shortcuts, and he hadn't encountered any problems that required force or martial strength to solve. Most could be easily escaped relying on intuition and wisdom. But the moment he went down to save someone, Li Lin finally realized the difference between himself and others.
They were different. For other races, jumping down from such a high place was just a harmless act of heroism saving a beauty.
But for Li Lin, the moment he landed and impacted, the intense pain instantly made him lose consciousness.
And in the subsequent time of being half-conscious, half-awake, all he felt were signals of torture constantly transmitted from all over his body and the related miserable cries of various internal organs. Occasionally, he could even hear some fragmented, illogical conversations from the outside world echoing in his mind.
'Do Originium checks on everyone! Now! Immediately! Check for infection before saving lives! Otherwise, the whole hospital will be infected!'
'Lappland confirmed no Originium infection. But this Li Lin, he… Director, come see for yourself.'
'What is this? What is all this stuff… Who did such a cruel thing!?'
'Pause the Originium Arts surgery! Do not use conventional medical methods! Use physical methods to correct! Medical Arts, don't stop, three shifts! Patient's pupils are starting to dilate! Defibrillator ready!'
'Physical correction is also very difficult; these organs are too fragile, and most have redundancies and deformities; we can't even distinguish the function of some organs. And now the patient's body has a very strong rejection reaction, needing an emergency blood transfusion. But we can't find the same blood type. Heal the wounds with Medical Arts first, leave the rest to time.'
'Arrange a separate ward for him. Then call Wei Yenwu! Tell him, someone in your Lungmen is currently conducting inhumane genetic experiments! What crime did this child commit to be born like this? And how many genetic experiments were conducted during such a long period of growth? Look at these gland tests; there are over one thousand four hundred types of antibodies completely outside our scope. I don't know what these biologists were thinking, but as a doctor, I believe they crossed the line!'
'He has amnesia? No identification proof? Isn't that nonsense! Would you issue a certificate for a disposal item!'
The noisy clamor gradually faded away. Accompanied by some warm power flowing within his body, Li Lin felt his originally almost burning body seemed to have improved a lot. The original fatigue also gradually recovered, and his consciousness began to completely sink into deep sleep.
And when he woke up, he opened his eyes and looked up, seeing a brand new white ceiling.
"…This time it really is an unfamiliar ceiling."
Li Lin smiled silently, trying to move his body. But the sharp, piercing pain transmitted from all over made him give up this action. Plus, his body seemed wrapped layer by layer in gauze, and a warm power was still continuously repairing something inside him; that warm feeling made Li Lin abandon too many actions. Just like soaking in a hot spring, he lay on the hospital bed with narrowed eyes, waiting for time to pass.
However, it seemed there was some other design around this hospital bed. Not long after Li Lin woke up, a small lamp hanging above Li Lin's head lit up. A sound of footsteps came from outside, followed by the sound of a door being pulled open and footsteps entering.
"Li Lin. Are you awake?"
"…Officer Ch'en?"
Looking at the woman who pushed the door open and entered, Li Lin was stunned.
He had thought the first one to come in would be either Lappland or someone else from Penguin Logistics, but he never expected Officer Ch'en to visit him first.
Seemingly also seeing Li Lin's somewhat surprised expression, Officer Ch'en pulled a subtle smile onto her face. Then pulled over a chair from the side, sat beside Li Lin, coughed once, and said seriously:
"First, thank you for the obstruction by you and your companion. Preventing a dangerous Oripathy patient from leaving Lungmen with some even more dangerous materials. I apologize for the injuries you currently have due to this oversight. Your companion named Lappland needs to undergo quarantine inspection due to recent contact with Oripathy patients. But rest assured, she is not infected with Oripathy. You too. You are both safe."
"Oh. Then what's wrong with me now?"
"That's what I'm about to say."
Looking at Li Lin lying on the hospital bed, Officer Ch'en's expression turned somewhat sorrowful.
"Your condition seems to be more than just amnesia. And your injuries are also very complex. What I'm about to say next, you must not be surprised, stay calm. What I say might very likely cause your perception of this world to deviate, but please believe me, everything I say is absolutely true."
"Okay, go ahead."
"Are you mentally prepared?"
"I am."
"Then I'll say it."
Officer Ch'en looked at the somewhat baffled Li Lin, a trace of inexplicable emotion flashed across her face, then she calmly opened her mouth and said:
"You don't have amnesia. You were just recently created. So it seems like only some memory fragments have problems, but actually, you are an Originium patient who was created and then abandoned. There are no Originium factors in your body, only some Originium components due to food, clothing, shelter, and transport. But what's important isn't these, but that there are large quantities of fragile organs and antibodies in your body, causing your flesh and blood to continuously decay. This is the true culprit of your fragility."
"…??????"
This I really fucking didn't expect.
I'm a perfectly fine Earthling, how did I get the Curse of Flesh?
Looking at Officer Ch'en, whose expression seemed somewhat sad, Li Lin, if not for being sure he absolutely had memories of his previous life in his head, might have actually believed her.