Biochemical Martial Arts: Supreme Heavenly Venerate

Half an hour later, Lin Rui's eyebrows were deeply furrowed.

He had not only used the medical techniques of Tianji Star, similar to the traditional Chinese Medicine methods of inspection, auscultation, inquiry, and palpation on Lin Xi but had also employed many detection devices within the club.

Lin Rui discovered that there were indeed significant issues with Lin Xi's body.

He found that Lin Xi's vital energy was incredibly strong, even exceeding many senior exosuit officers!

Her physical condition was also quite robust, though not as evident as her vital energy, it still far surpassed her exosuit level!

The reason Lin Xi couldn't usually demonstrate these physical advantages was that there was an unknown substance in her blood causing her body to endure great stress, continuously corroding and damaging Lin Xi's body!

At the same time, these 'unknown substances' were also the reason why Lin Xi's physical condition was so strong.

The 'unknown substances' were also continuously strengthening Lin Xi's physique, but the rate of enhancement was far slower than the damage they inflicted.

What was terrifying was that the stronger Lin Xi's physical condition became, the more unknown substance her body produced.

Although exosuits could enhance Lin Xi's physical condition, they would also stimulate the creation of more unknown substances.

Besides, her Primordial Spirit was also under severe strain!

One could imagine, a normal human spirit having to bear the body of an elephant; Lin Xi's spirit would eventually collapse.

Lin Rui also understood why Professor Sima was so anxious to create an alternate body for Lin Xi.

Lin Xi's main consciousness stayed inside the alternate body in Tianji Star, which relatively lessened the burden on her spirit, plus, alternate bodies have a significant advantage in the growth of spiritual power.

However, this method was merely treating the symptoms, not the root cause.

Unfortunately, Lin Rui was unable to identify what exactly the 'unknown substances' were; this might require specialized equipment for detection.

The reason he could perceive it was entirely due to the Great Grandmaster level high-level medical skills he possessed.

After examining Lin Xi, Lin Rui furrowed his brow and pondered deeply, "Your current physical state is a bit troublesome. From the examination results, it looks like you've gone mad, Lin Xi!"@@novelbin@@

With a lift of her eyebrows, Lin Xi unapologetically responded, "You're the one who's gone mad!"

She had thought that Lin Rui's serious fiddling around might reveal something significant.

Is this all?

At this moment, however, Lin Rui looked steadily at her, "Lin Xi, have you been occasionally harboring thoughts of despair lately, like wanting to end it all, no longer wanting to live, or even to just destroy the world or something? Also, are there parts of your brain where memory cells are inactive, as if someone has sealed some of your memories?"

Lin Xi was momentarily stunned, her mind slightly trembling.

How could Lin Rui know? Was this also something he had discovered?

That's impossible! Even Professor Sima with his brilliant medical skills couldn't possibly sense her thoughts.

She immediately denied it, "No, I've never thought about ending my life."

Lin Rui looked at her steadily, then using the chat system, he sent Lin Xi a prescription.

"You can try this prescription. The main ingredient is 'Shenxin Tea' along with some unique herbs from Tianji Star, combining them with Fluoxetine Hydrochloride from Western medicine, brewed into tea for consumption. It should significantly alleviate your burden—"

Lin Xi looked at it with a flat response.

Professor Sima had also prescribed her medication, which Lin Xi was currently using.

Although Professor Sima was a surgeon, he definitely had stronger pharmaceutical knowledge than her brother.

Seeing her expression, Lin Rui knew what the girl was thinking. He then opened the online marketplace of Sky Blue Pharmaceutical Company and ordered some medicines.

Sky Blue Group not only owned an exobody team equivalent to a medium-sized exobody company on Tianji Star but also rented several starships from Exobody Administration Bureau, running Tianji Star's medicine-related business.

Lin Rui could purchase many unique medicines from Tianji Star from their family.

The overall cost was slightly lower than that of the Exobody Administration Bureau—of course, the reduction was very limited.

When the courier arrived, Lin Rui personally prepared and mixed the medicines, brewed a large pot of strong tea, and handed a cup to Lin Xi, "Try drinking this and see."

Lin Xi suspiciously took the teacup.

She was predominantly skeptical, but upon receiving the tea, Lin Xi was struck by surprise.

The aroma of the tea and the steam entering her nostrils instantly cooled her spirit.

When Lin Xi drank the scalding tea, not only did it cool her soul, but her body also felt relaxed, as light and airy as a feather swaying in the wind, effortlessly floating, completely unburdened.

The pervasive itching and pain throughout her veins also disappeared by a significant measure in that instant.

Lin Xi was caught in a daze, astonished that the tea actually worked!

In fact, her current physical state was quite worse than a normal person.

It was as if she was carrying a mountain every day, and now that the medicine had removed a significant part, she felt much lighter.

The key was that it greatly eased her spirit, and her body did not reject the tea.

Lin Xi bit her lower lip, struggling to restrain the urge to cry.

This sense of relief, which she had not experienced for years, made her spirit tremble, her tear ducts warm, her emotions nearly uncontrollable.

These past few years had been very hard for her; her body was in great pain. If it weren't for her brother still being there, if she no longer wanted to find out about her father and sister's whereabouts, to confirm whether her mother was dead, Lin Xi would have long ceased wanting to live.

Or let her despairing battle dragon destroy this despairing world—destroy as much as it can.

"How about it?" Lin Rui glanced at her sidelong, "This is called 'Divine Heart Purification Tea.' Brewing such a pot can last two or three days. If you feel the effect is weakening, tell me, and I will adjust the prescription."

However, this could only treat the symptoms, alleviating Lin Xi's condition temporarily.

To completely cure Lin Xi, and to fully understand her physical condition, it was still necessary to quickly gain more Soul Power points and acquire more knowledge in the field of biology and prosthetics.

"The effect is not bad!" Lin Xi, expressionless, scooped another cup for herself and slowly savored it.

The tea was bitter, but Lin Xi tasted a sweet fragrance within it.

At this moment, Lin Rui's attention returned to the bank card; he was pondering how to use this money.

"This is dirty money; it must be laundered before it can be used. Do you want me to help you with that?"

Lin Xi also looked towards the video projection of the bank account: "'Han Ji' also offers a money laundering service, but their fee is quite high, around 40 percent."

Lin Xi was not familiar with this area, but she was willing to learn if Lin Rui needed her to.

"No need."

Lin Rui shook his head; money from the underworld naturally had to be used within the underworld.

He opened an underground darknet and began browsing through it.

This darknet address was something he had obtained from Fei Yunlai on his way back to school just now.

"Lin Xi, how much would a top-tier hacker setup cost you now? I want the best of the best, the kind that can maximize your hacking abilities to the extreme.

Since you know about the orbital station explosion, you should know that there was a formidable hacker involved then. That guy not only used the station's anti-terror systems to block two 5A squads for a full minute but also significantly slowed down the response time of Mingde University's security department and the surrounding police stations. I need you to help me suppress this person."

Lin Xi's spirits lifted, knowing that Lin Rui had agreed to let her join his team.

Lin Xi unhesitatingly replied, "Top-tier equipment is beyond our purchase capability. I can't even use something that advanced right now. The most suitable quantum supercomputer on the market for me is the Shenyan-9, a sister model of the Tianyan, valued at 200 million Federation coins. I need two: one for use and one as a backup. Together with all sorts of miscellaneous equipment, the total cost is over 500 million. It might be even pricier on the black market. Besides, adding a stable power supply and unrestricted high-speed network might require a base."

She knew that hacker; his hacking skills were probably only grade A+, but it was just his superior equipment that made him look impressive.

If she could get a Shenyan-9, she could easily suppress him.

She could also leverage her hacking abilities to help Lin Rui locate those people.

"Then let's set a budget of 600 million!"

Lin Rui continued to scroll through webpages; he had found the page in the darknet that sold various combat robots: "You'll be responsible for finding this base. It not only has to be safe and hidden but also spacious enough for modifications and must come with permanent property rights to avoid troubles.

Besides, we'll need a robust security system, including situation awareness devices, automatic weapons, combat robots, and so forth."

When Lin Xi is contending with hackers online, she won't be able to take care of herself.

She and this base, both required a powerful protective system.

So, Lin Rui first needed to get a short-range quad-band passive radar with strong concealment capabilities and an ether element detection radar.

'Red Spider' Model 6 protective robots had always had good reviews, not only could they provide protection for the base, but they could also assist Lin Rui in fighting under certain special circumstances.

However, even a second-hand 'Red Spider' Model 6 cost between 3 to 4 billion on the darknet.

Another option was to buy second-hand parts sold on the darknet and assemble them himself; this method was more cost-effective, costing around 100 million to put together a 'Red Spider' Model 6.

But this required strong mechanical skills, plus one would have to program the combat AI of the robot themselves— the performance of the protective robots wouldn't possibly match the original.

Of course, some particularly skilled mechanics could modify the 'Red Spider' Model 6 to possess even greater combat capabilities.

Lin Rui suspected that Wang Li's four 'Red Spider' robots were assembled from scrapped parts, simply because their combat AI seemed quite subpar, appearing rather stupid.

Lin Rui knew nothing about mechanics; he could only buy readymade ones.

He scratched his head in frustration, pondering that the 28 billion Federation coins might not be enough after all.

This budget could only afford six second-hand 'Red Spider' Model 6s, which severely lacked in giving Lin Rui a sense of security.

At this moment, what Lin Rui did not know was that, not far from him in another suite, Fei Yunlai watched a message from a certain friend with a grave expression.

He had found out who was behind Wang Li, likely a high-ranking official from the military's logistics department.

This Iron Fist King was not only involved in the drug trade but was also involved in various military supplies.

At present, at least ten percent of the goods in the underground military part markets of the Ninth Base came from the Iron Fist King.

So, the money in Wang Li's account was likely meant to be turned over to this high official.

Coincidentally, this individual had close ties with a certain three-star general in the Federation military.

Fei Yunlai turned off the projection on his personal smart device and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, looking out.

He hadn't expected that he would inadvertently come into conflict with that man's forces again today.

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But—

Fei Yunlai clenched his fists tightly, his eyes flashing sharply.

This was exactly to his liking!