Chapter 12 (1/2)

Chapter 12: Strange Tree

Chang repressed the twitching in his stomach, then he turned his head away from the operating table and reached for the surgical instruments.

He collected some needles and threads for st.i.tching, and then turned to the scalpels.

Scalpels were one of the sharpest knives. The purpose of its existence was to cut. Hence, Chang didn’t doubt the sharpness of these tools.

Compared to the scalpel, the kitchen knife in his backpack was dull, not to mention the material it was made of. Chang simply picked up a few of the largest ones, then tightly grabbed them in his hands and left the operating room.

The girl outside of the operating room was still vomiting, so Chang stepped forward and patted her on the back. “There, there, they were just flies. If you want to survive in this world, you need to prepare to face any circ.u.mstance. Here, take two of these and man up. We’ll fight with these knives if we ever encounter anything.”

Chang handed the knives to the girl, then headed back to the pharmacy department.

He walked towards Tao’s corpse, which already had a pungent odour.

Tao had “smoked” half of the cigarette.

“Sorry buddy, I have to leave you here.” Chang glanced at Tao, then gave the body a big hug. He put Tao’s body back into hid original spot, then pulled on his arm. A finger was sliced off using the scalpel.

Chang then sc.r.a.ped off the flesh from his bone and soaked it in alcohol. He rubbed off any remaining pieces and threaded it together with his father’s finger. He put the necklace on his neck.

“I’m taking your finger with me, thank you for the last journey.” Chang called the girl who was mourning her family member. Then, he loaded a backpack that he found somewhere else with antibiotics and antiseptics.

This was the second time he left the pharmacy, but this time he was going to leave it behind forever.

Following the girl and being once again exposed to the sunlight pa.s.sing through the red fog, the first thing that caught his attention was that the visibility seemed to have improved.

“Is the fog dissipating?” Chang looked at the girl beside him. He clearly remembered that the visibility was less than 3 meters yesterday morning. But now, he could see bushes that were seven or eight meters away, causing Chang to be astonished.

“No…The fog didn’t change one bit.” The girl squinted and carefully observed the fog, confirmed, “It didn’t dissipate; rather it’s even denser than yesterday.”

“Really?” Chang looked around and found that he was able to see within a range of seven to eight meters, so he asked with uncertainty, “Are you sure?”

“Hundred percent sure, why?” The girl was puzzled too.

Seeing her face, Chang no longer suspected her, and instead created a new perception of this world.

The chance of the fog dissipating was low; he knew that before he even asked the girl. If the fog wasn’t dissipating, but vision had broadened, there was only one conclusion he could make – His vision had improved.

“Does this mean I’m the one that mutated?” Chang muttered to himself, “every other organisms has evolved, so it must be the human’s turn.”

Thinking of this, Chang clenched his fists tightly and spent a moment to feel the changes in his body.

First, he clenched his fists, causing his skin to rub between his knuckles. Chang felt that his power had improved, but not by much.

Secondly, he could now capture the soft sound of the air flowing with his ears, and his nose could smell the fresh gra.s.s meters away – his sense of hearing and smell were greatly improved.

“What are you doing?” Noticing that Chang didn’t move with his eyes closed, the girl urged.

“Nothing …” He quickly changed the topic, “How did you get to the hospital yesterday?”

“I was bitten by a stray dog and came after my wound got infected.”