About the same time.
Main continent, a remote castle somewhere.
"Gudu Gudu..."
In the hall of the castle, a light gray jar was being boiled on the fire. The liquid inside was boiling, and a pile of medicinal materials were floating up and down.
It can be seen that the medicinal materials not only include common things similar to branches, but also some strange and weird things, such as: crystal clear crystal caterpillars, half-cut black bones, sticky liquid masses, grass-green bird eggs, and a wisp of gray-brown. hair…
These things were cooked in the jar for a long time until the jar turned red and melted into the water, turning into a large jar of dark black liquid. It emits a fishy smell similar to rotting fish and shrimp, which makes people feel nauseous as they think of the sewage flowing in the port sewers.
A pair of hands stretched out, and the surface of the palm was wrapped in a thick layer of compressed air, with a vacuum layer in the middle, like wearing a perfect pair of insulated gloves. Witch Su easily took the hot pot off the fire, limped to Hulk on the side, and said bluntly: "Drink."
Hulk looked at Sue and then at the liquid in the jar.
After reading it, he looked at Su again, swallowed his saliva, put on a stiff smile on his face, and asked somewhat flatteringly: "Isn't this... a little too hot? Why don't you let it cool for a while?" drink?"
"Is it too hot?" Su raised his eyebrows, turned to look aside, and called out his nickname, "Ice cubes!"
"Okay." The voice came, and the "ice cube" in the corner waved his hand, and diamond-shaped ice flakes were formed in the air. With another wave of his hand, the ice cubes formed were like fish swimming in the sea, quickly "swimming" to the edge of the jar, and jumping into the jar in groups one after another.
The white steam coming out of the jar quickly decreased, and the temperature of the dark black liquid inside continued to drop to a level suitable for drinking.
"It's fine now, you can drink." Su said, urging Hulk.
Hulk opened and closed his mouth. He couldn't find any reason to delay. His expression became extremely aggrieved. He looked at Su Dao almost pleadingly: "Well, can we discuss it and don't drink this stuff? I don't think we should drink this stuff. , I can also resist the side effects of the energy furnace fusion process."
"Nonsense!" Su Leng looked at him and said angrily, "Whether you can resist it or not is not your decision, it's the result of the test. Did you forget that the attempt failed three days ago?"
As he spoke, Su put down the jar in his hand, reached out to Hulk's collar with one hand, and roughly tore open Hulk's shirt, revealing a palm-sized scorch mark on Hulk's chest.
He raised his hand and warned: "If it hadn't been discovered earlier and stopped in time, you would be dead now, do you understand?"
"My condition was not very good. If I adjusted it, maybe..." Hulk defended weakly.
Su became impatient and said in a higher tone: "What nonsense are you talking about? I ask you to drink the strengthening medicine, and you just drink it obediently. That's it. This is not a matter for you alone, but concerns many, many people. If you don't You have to drink.
Don't look at me like this. Are you feeling wronged? To be honest, if my physical strength wasn't as strong as yours, I would have integrated an energy furnace myself, and I would never be as scared as you, and I would be worse than a woman. "
"I..." Hulk was unconvinced and his eyes widened a bit, "I'm not afraid of the fusion energy furnace, okay. Even if I die, it doesn't matter. After all, I have been mentally prepared for it a long time ago. But I'm afraid What I want to do is drink this fortified liquid... This thing is really terrible to drink. I didn't expect it to taste so bad at first. How about...adding some sugar? If that doesn't work, you can add some salt. The taste is really weird. "
"Don't be delusional. Drinking it obediently is your only choice." Su Dao, "When taking this strengthening potion, you must strictly follow the instructions. Add some water to dilute it and add some ice to lower the temperature. That's the limit. Add the rest of the ingredients. , maybe it will change the effect of the potion. I think you don’t want to drink it for a long time. Not only does it not improve the body’s carrying capacity for the energy furnace, but it also has a counterproductive effect, right?”
Hulk: "..." He was completely speechless. Any reason he could find was blocked by Su.
In desperation, with the last glimmer of hope, he looked at Captain Jasmine in the hall and said, "Captain, do you think I can... take a rest and drink again in the afternoon?"
At this time, Jasmine was sitting on the ground, keeping silent, and kept looking at a room sealed with stones dozens of meters away—that was where Xizhe rested. After returning from exploring the ruins, she entered inside, and there was no sound until now. The news made her more and more worried.
Worried, Hulk shouted several times in succession. Jasmine finally came to her senses, glanced at Hulk, and said angrily: "You can't delay, drink it now. Either take the initiative, or I'll ask the others to drink it for you. You choose."
As soon as these words came out, "Wood", "Camel", and "Ice Cube" all stood up and glanced at Hulk, expressing their interest in this task.
Hulk looked at it, cursed in a low voice, and said with a helpless face: "Okay."
After finishing speaking, he picked up the jar with a sigh, raised his neck, and poured liquid into his mouth.
"Gudong! Gudong!"
There was a swallowing sound, and Hulk's entire face began to twist, almost wrinkled into a bitter melon.
"Gudong! Gudong!"
After a while, Hulk swallowed all the liquid in the jar in one breath and threw away the jar. He held his hair with both hands for several seconds, rolled on the ground several times, and banged his head on the ground for a long time. Then he let out a breath and felt his soul return.
Tears started to flow out of his eyes at some point. Hulk looked at his companion who had no sympathy at all and couldn't help but accuse: "This is too unpleasant to drink."
"Okay, okay, stop complaining, drink this can before talking."
The sound came, and "One-Eye" was seen walking in from the door carrying a new jar, and placed the jar in front of Hulk.
The jar was filled with liquid that was almost overflowing. The color was darker than before, and the taste was stronger than before.
Hulk looked at it and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment: "This is it?"
"Uh, I forgot to tell you." "One Eye" said, "In order to maximize your body's carrying capacity for the energy furnace, from today on, the number of potions you drink will continue to increase. This is just the first increase. Cans, there are two more cans cooking outside, they will be cooked in a while and they will be brought in for you."
"I..." Hulk glared to the maximum, then hit the wall next to him, and shouted in a broken voice, "Don't stop me, I won't survive!"
"boom!"
There was a muffled sound.
Out of respect for Hulk, no one really stopped him. Hulk's head hit the castle wall firmly, and then he was knocked out - the lower half of his body was still on the wall.
Everyone watched silently.
A few seconds later, with his head blown by the cold wind outside the castle, Hulk understood that he could not escape his tragic fate. With a long sigh, he withdrew his head in disgrace, walked back to where he was, and drank the second can of liquid with tears in his eyes.
Then came the third can.
The fourth can.
Four full cans—and that’s just for one day, tomorrow will come quickly.
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