The Ultimate Evolution - Chapter 875

Chapter 875: Rank 3 disease

Sheyan was already mentally prepared to receive such a bad evaluation, but the extra ten achievement points should be due to the realm's recognition of the dramatic changes he made in the plot . However, a notification he received afterwards made him speechless . The realm discovered that there was residue of the 'Enemy of the Forest' imprint on his body . Even though there was very little left, it was still discovered by the realm's quarantine rules, and he must cleanse it . The important thing was that he must pay for the service!

Sheyan cursed non-stop as his wallet was put to the slaughter . After all that was done, his vision gradually blurred as he return to the nightmare realm .

Sheyan didn't go to rest after he returned to the realm because he was already on a holiday in the Shire before he came back . He felt so fresh right now that he could immediately fight a battle of wits and brawns with anyone .

First, he contacted Mogensha . . . . but there was no response . That could mean two things . Either he hadn't completed his Growth-Hunter advancement mission, or he had completed it and had gone back to the real world . If he had died, the party should have been notified .

Next, Sheyan contacted Zi . No response there either .

Sheyan suddenly found himself having nothing to do . He had already enquired before; if he wanted to take the boundary test, he must apply within 3 days the next time he entered the nightmare realm .

So Sheyan contacted his crew in the Pirates of the Caribbean world . Those scoundrels on the Dingyuan were still loyal to their captain and were very respectful to him . Sheyan reminded them to be careful of Davy Jones . What Sheyan did with Paul must have made him feel very, very offended . Sheyan couldn't rule out the possibility of Davy Jones venting his anger on Sheyan's subordinates .

Sheyan contemplated for a bit and walked to the realm's appraisal room . Something had been bugging him for quite a while now but he had no way of investigating it in the previous world . He took out an extremely ordinary nut (as in the one used with a bolt) from his personal space . Unlike how it looked, the description of the nut was not ordinary at all .

[This item marks the beginning of a magnificent mission . After using it, you will obtain a mission with an E difficulty rating, that has a Realm evaluation of a 'Golden Side Mission'! What are you waiting for?]

That's right, this was the object Drubal of Stockholm Party used to ransom for his life . The mysterious nut .

Sheyan placed the nut on a platform and asked the realm to appraise it .

It didn't take long for the appraisal result to appear . There was only 1 line .

[Please enter the Terminator world to find out the origin of this nut . ]

Sheyan was dumbfounded for a moment before he proceeded to the appointment room upstairs to exchange the 5 Tear Stones of the Balrog he got from Drubal for 15 achievement points . Next, he waited a while for Reef and Franklin but they showed no signs of returning anytime soon, so he returned to the real world .

In the real world, Sheyan checked on the ability of 'Pestilence Monarch' . 'Pestilence Monarch' must obtain new diseases in the real world in order to strengthen itself, so the notifications only appeared now .

[Your Pestilence Monarch ability has evolved . Rank 3 disease slot unlocked . ]

[Inputting environmental data . Commencing information sampling . . . . ]

[Information sampling completed . Data analysis was successful . ]

[Hint: The host can choose one disease from the following list to undergo sampling infection, and thereby control an evolved infection form of bronchitis . ]

[A . Emphysema]

[B . Common pneumonia]

[C . Tuberculosis]

[D . Asthma]

[Hint: the disease you choose to control will affect the subsequent branch in the skill tree ]

[The characteristics, infectiousness, and treatment difficulty of the disease you choose will reflect onto the effect shown by the modified A-virus . Please choose carefully!]

[There is no time limit for this choice . Please choose after careful consideration . ]

Sheyan felt that enduring up to bronchitis was his limit the last time, but his HP had undergone tremendous growth now . He had the confidence to withstand the assault of a rank 3 disease .

Sheyan collected a large amount of information and felt that he understood these diseases better now . He speculated the development of these 4 branches to be as such:

Option A: The ultimate evolution for this option should be the pulmonary heart disease . It would cause suffering for the enemy's heart and lungs .

Option B: The evolved form should be atypical pneumonia .

Option C: This should be a special case . Sheyan speculated that if he chose option C, the skill tree branch would end here . However, the rank 3 ability of tuberculosis should be capable of reaching a very high level . It would present a huge early advantage but may be weaker in later stages compared to the ultimate diseases of the other branches, but not by too much .

Option D: Sheyan personally consulted a doctor about this . The doctor contemplated for a long time before telling him that prolonged asthma may cause cancer .

Sheyan chose option B . He had a pretty good impression of atypical pneumonia so he had always been working towards this target . The current Sheyan may have some need for the 'Pestilence Monarch' ability, but it's not like he couldn't survive without it . That's why Sheyan would be willing to sacrifice a bit of present strength in return for a stronger ability in the future .

Next on the agenda would be to activate the A-virus' phagocytosis, replication, and improvement .

This is a powerful move with a cooldown time of 7 days . Moreover, even after activation, the desired genetic code might not be successfully replicated .

That's because the realm gave a notification after Sheyan chose option B that only the pneumonia resulting from a pneumococcus infection of the lungs could be considered common pneumonia . Infections from other bacterias wouldn't count! Sheyan originally planned to continuously catch colds while suppressing his defence and immunity until he caught pneumonia, but from the looks of it learning a rank 3 ability wasn't that easy . The infection must be from a specific type of bacteria .

Only after checking the internet did he know there are various causes of infections for common pneumonia . The most common was of course pneumococcus, but other bacterias such as staphylococcus aureus, streptococcus A, klebsiella pneumoniae, haemophilus influenzae, pseudomonas aeruginosa, E . coli, P . aeruginosa, etc . could also cause common pneumonia .

This meant that even if Sheyan got lucky and caught pneumonia, if it wasn't caused by pneumococcus, then he would have suffered in vain!

"What the hell!" moaned Sheyan . At first, he thought that with the growth in his strength, a mere rank 3 disease would only make him feel uncomfortable . Only now did he know it's not that simple .

Fortunately, after meeting with Zi, he had gone back to Taiwan where he had some contacts . He thought for a bit before making some calls . In the end, he found an illegal clinic .

The illegal clinic had a convenient store front . The owner of the clinic was a doctor before this, but his license was revoked due to taking bribes . When the owner was short on cash, he would provide his services to the people from the underground world . The services include treating wounds that might bring troubles should they be treated at a hospital, such as knife wounds and gun wounds . He had no other bad reputation besides being a money-grubber . As long as one was willing to pay, one would generally leave satisfied .

Sheyan went to the clinic owner, then threw out a stack of cash and a large blade for him to choose . The owner could see that Sheyan was someone merciless, so of course he chose the cash . He passionately enquired Sheyan's reason for coming here . Sheyan told him that his boss wanted to punish an underling who made fun of the boss' coughing and illness . He wanted the owner to find a way to make the underling catch a severe cold too .

Thanks to the cash, the owner told Sheyan everything he wanted to know . Sheyan said that his boss was diagnosed with pneumonia from a pneumococcus infection, so he insisted that the underling must be infected with the same kind of illness . . . . that's a quirk of his .

The owner was a bit dumbfounded . It was the first time he met someone who asked for a specific disease . But, well, money talks . He immediately came up with an idea for Sheyan . Send him to live with people diagnosed with pneumococcal pneumonia in the hospital and let him stay hungry most of the time . That should increase his chances of getting infected .

The owner's suggestion made Sheyan feel disheartened because he must go back to the hospital after all . The good thing was that his a lot stronger now so he felt that he didn't need anyone's help . He confidently walked down his path of getting infected .

With the special ability of Babu-Babusar, Sheyan reduced his immunity to zero . Following the illegal doctors advice, he first caught a cold, then let it became a pneumonia . Sheyan looked expectantly at the two fellow patients around him, hoping to share their joy . They were both being treated for pneumococcal pneumonia . Sheyan expended a lot of effort to get them into the same room .

After a while, Sheyan helplessly sneezed while he was standing next to the window . His initial excitement had subsided by now . He was not feeling much pressure because all signs indicated that things were coming along just as planned . He would first stand in the wind and catch a cold, then slowly advance it into a pneumonia . He had 7 days to do this anyway so he wouldn't rush things . He would take his sweet time to make sure he got things just right .