"Hmm... I see... The blood test shows that there are some foreign substances inside their blood. From the identifiable components shown here, the foreign substances are very similar to the materials that are used for some illegal weight loss drugs in Null Dimension, that can forcibly block the human body from absorbing nutrients from food and expelling the nutrients through excretion, thus, giving a drastic weight loss effect. Aside from that, one of the identifiable components are very addictive, which will force the consumer to consume it despite knowing it is harmful to their body, many ladies in Null Dimension are killed by that medicine. However, that's not our focus point right now. With these two properties here, it greatly explained the unusual phenomenon in this village. I have a strong feeling that those 'blood-lusting plants' are capable of releasing those harmful foreign substances in order to get extra nutrients from the people in this village." said Ben as he looked through the blood test results.
"I happened to collect some sample from the root just now just before it totally disintegrated, we might be able to find some other clues out of it." said Junior as he took out a small tube with the root sample he collected.
"That would be a great help, good job, Junior." said Ben as he took the sample from Junior.
Then, Ben carefully opened the tube and dropped a few drops of some clear solutions into it before giving it a gentle shake. After a few seconds, the mixture of the solution and root sample turned into a light purple cloudy infusion.
"Mhmm... It looks like my hypothesis is accurate after all." said Ben.
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Meanwhile, Secret Base.
Yuki is helping Ben with the daily treatment and wound cleaning for Silvia who had regained consciousness the day before Ben left. Despite almost losing her life a few days ago, Silvia looks quite alright except for the nasty wounds left by the ants that are recovering well, and it seems like the ant's attacks did not affect her cheerfulness for a single bit.
"It's okay, Yuki-chan! I can do this on my own, Dr. Ben had shown me once last night." said Silvia as she hastily tried to take away the large cleaning syringe and cotton gauze from Yuki.
"No, you can't, Dr. Ben had given a full instructions for me to take care of you well. And no, he didn't show you how to treat your own wounds, he is giving you a proper treatment for your wounds." said Yuki, with a firm attitude, in order to stop that silly thought of Silvia.
"But I am a healer, I should the be one that does the healing job but... It seems like I have been causing lots of troubles this few days. Even Ruby-chan hurt herself trying to save me..." said Silvia, a bit remorseful.
"Ha! If you don't want to cause more troubles, just stay still and let that lady treat you." said Marco in a slightly mean, as she overheard the conversation between Yuki and Silvia, and was slightly annoyed.
"Ah... I am sorry." said Silvia.
"Despite Marco-chan's words sounds harsh but her intention is good, and what she said isn't wrong as well. If you insist to do your wound treatment by yourself, it might end up getting worse, so it's better for you just sit back and let me service you. For your information, I am low-keyly a healer as well." said Yuki with a friendly tone.
"Lady, stop addressing me with that friendly title, I am just here to help under the command of His Grace." said Marco, in a cold manner.
"Haha... Whatever you say, I have already considered you as a part of us. And if you don't know, I had been taking care of you for quite a long time with Dr. Ben when you were in coma back then." said Yuki, slightly teasing.
"Tsk... Whatever you like." said Marco as she turned her face away from Yuki.
"Anyway... Silvia-chan mentioned Ruby-chan just now, I am wondering why did Chris and Dr. Ben decide to bring her with them. Isn't Marco-chan supposed to be a better option? It's not like Ruby-chan could provide any help for their task right now." said Yuki, slightly doubtful.
"Well... I believe Dr. Ben must have his own reasons for doing so. He is a wise man." said Silvia.
"I agree with her, those guys know what they are doing." said Marco.
"Oh... Okay." said Yuki with a shrug.
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In the small village near the lost kingdom.
After confirming that the source of the nutrient repelling substances is from the 'blood-lusting plant', Chris, Ben and Junior are now discussing about the way to overcome that deadly phenomenon in the village.
"If those nutrients blocking agents are from those plants, I believe that we should be able to get some clues to producing cure out of it, if we have an adequate amount of the plants." said Ben.
"But I don't think it's an easy job to collect such a great amount of the sample, furthermore, it can be quite dangerous to even collect the sample from those assaulting roots." said Junior, stating out his concerns.
"Well... I have a wild guess... What if those roots are actually coming from that forest we saw covering the lost kingdom?" said Chris after a short thought.
"Ah... Now you mentioned that, it is actually making a lot of sense. If that forest got its nutrients from this village, then the extraordinarily huge size of the plants in it is pretty much explained." said Ben, agreeing with Chris's wild guess...
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Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might cause the writer to stop writing."
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