The Ultimate War Of The Apocalypse
Chapter 585 - 578 - : In Agonizing Pain

Chapter 585: 578 Chapter: In Agonizing Pain

At many times, the saying "better off dead" is far from just an empty adjective.

Gao Yuan really was in so much pain that he felt life was worse than death; and often, when one uses this idiom, it comes with another — you wish for death but cannot have it, and wish for life but cannot obtain it.

Think about it, to not even be able to wish for death — how miserable that must be.

Gao Yuan was now in so much pain that he felt life was not worth living, and on top of that, he couldn’t even seek death.

There wasn’t a single part of his body that wasn’t in pain, and that would have been bearable, but, unfortunately, Gao Yuan couldn’t hear, couldn’t see, and couldn’t even speak.

But this time, unlike the last time when his consciousness was extremely clear but he just couldn’t control his body’s pain, he could control his body now, only he was firmly bound, and so tightly that struggling was impossible.

All senses were lost because his eyeballs had burst, leaving him without vision; his eardrums had been pierced, leaving him without hearing; his skin had been burned, so he lost his sense of touch; and his nasal mucosa had been destroyed by high temperature and pressure, depriving him of any smell. As for the sense of taste, Gao Yuan only felt there was something in his mouth, but he could not taste anything.

If given the choice, Gao Yuan would not hesitate to shoot himself.

But that’s just it, sometimes you really cannot seek death. Now Gao Yuan deeply understood why Ram and the others could use this phrase as an ultimate psychological weapon.

Gao Yuan was struggling with all his might. His body was firmly locked, but his muscles tensed, obviously straining.

"I can’t stand to watch this anymore, I really can’t..."

When the muscles tensed, the skin would split, and then blood would flow out, which meant there were hardly any intact areas of skin on Gao Yuan’s body. And Ram could imagine the pain he was enduring.

So, even with Ram’s capacity for psychological endurance, he couldn’t bear to watch anymore.

"This is outright torture. If it were me..."

Rabbit shook his head, then turned and said, "I’m getting out of here."

The ward was large, but there was only Gao Yuan inside, and those who wished to visit him could only look from outside the window.

This was because Ram had to undergo injections of monster plasma at least five times a day.

Viruses deadly to ordinary people would die under the attack of nanobots, but killing the viruses took time, and as the viruses divided and replicated inside Gao Yuan’s body, the products in the monster’s body that promoted rapid production were also rapidly taking effect, repairing Gao Yuan’s bodily functions.

Therefore, battles were being fought inside Gao Yuan’s body every day. The number of nanobots inside him was too vast. In order to keep the viruses at a level sufficient to repair the body, he had to be injected multiple times.

As for bacterial infections or blood rejection, which might kill a normal person countless times over, it was nothing at all for Gao Yuan.

But every coin has two sides. As Gao Yuan’s body recovered, his initially necrotic nerves also began to repair, so he felt pain, and as his nervous system gradually improved, his pain would become even more intense.

Ram and Rabbit left, but Yu Shunzhou and Nie Erlong arrived at the small window.

Upon seeing Gao Yuan’s miserable condition, Yu Shunzhou immediately turned away, let out a soft sigh, and then, controlling his electric wheelchair, he fled the sight of Gao Yuan’s isolation ward.

Nie Erlong’s mouth fell open. He subconsciously licked his lips and said to Lizhizi beside him, "How many days has it been? Every day like this? This, this is just too cruel..."

Lizhizi said in a low voice, "It’s been four days, and he has exhibited strong brain waves and muscle activity for the first time, which means he has regained consciousness."

Nie Erlong said anxiously, "Then at least let him shout! Why did you gag his mouth?"

Nie Erlong seemed a bit angry, and Lizhizi continued in a low voice, "He can’t shout, if he does, he’ll just keep going until his throat is torn apart. However... although he’s in pain now, Andy Ho says he has passed the most dangerous phase. What’s next is recovery, which will take some time, but he’s going to make it."

Pausing for a moment, Nie Erlong said quietly, "Recovered? So, he’s going to be alright soon?"

Lizhizi fell silent, and Nie Erlong said loudly, "Speak up, will you!"

"It will only get worse."

Nie Erlong also fell silent. He opened his mouth several times as if to speak, but in the end, he said, "Give him an anesthetic, a sedative, put him to sleep!"

"It’s no use, none of it works anymore. Super-high doses of painkillers are already ineffective, and the sedative we are using is ten times the normal human dosage, but it has no effect at all. It can’t be controlled anymore. No one knows the exact condition of his body now. Drugs that work on normal people have no effect on him."

Nie Erlong exhaled and cautiously glanced at Gao Yuan, then immediately said, "Let’s go, I don’t want to watch anymore, I can’t."

As he spoke, Nie Erlong quickly lowered his head, afraid others might see the weakness in his eyes as tears fell.

Quietly wiping his eyes with his sleeve, Nie Erlong said softly, "I don’t envy him anymore, I don’t want to transfuse his blood anymore, I really don’t."

Lizhizi began pushing Gao Yuan out, and at that moment, Andy Ho, wearing the highest level of protective suit and holding the newly collected monster blood, walked over.

"You’ve seen him already. Now leave this place and never come back. This area is contaminated."

Nie Erlong and Lizhizi left as if fleeing, and in the end, only Xinghe with a stern face and Ashraf holding a rifle, seated cross-legged a little farther away, were left outside the door.

Ashraf looked worried, just staring blankly at the door, as if deep in thought.

Xinghe nodded at Andy Ho, then Albert, also in protective gear, opened the door to let Andy Ho in and followed him, closing the door behind them.

Actually, there was not much to worry about regarding airborne viruses, but Andy Ho and Albert were on alert, fearing that the steel fastenings wouldn’t be able to secure the agonized Gao Yuan. Now, Gao Yuan was like a poison to them; if they received even a tiny wound from him, it would be fatal.

Andy Ho picked up a needle, and looking at Gao Yuan, his body almost entirely wrapped in steel rings, he found a spot and attempted to insert the needle, but the tip came to a stop on the trembling skin and bent.

Andy Ho was frozen for a moment, then said to Albert, "I can’t get it in, his muscles are too tense, too forceful..."

"Change the needle, the thickest one!"

Andy Ho carefully changed the needle and tried again on the softest part of the body, but found it still wouldn’t pierce the skin.

"This muscle strength is terrifying, unimaginable. Intravenous needles have been completely squeezed out by the muscle. Needles used on elephants can’t get in, but what do we do now?"

It was the first time Andy Ho had posed such a foolish question to a colleague, and he looked to Xinghe, who was outside and nodded, making a gesture of injection.

Albert exhaled and said, "I’ll go get a steel spike and hammer, and then... you know."