Chapter 1397: Chapter 1375 Poisoned 1
Teacher Mo happened to be online, because Manbao’s online schedule has been irregular lately. Sometimes she’s online in the morning, sometimes at noon, and sometimes in the afternoon. He knows she’s traveling, so she has a lot of time on her hands.
He couldn’t understand why it would take so many days to travel over seven hundred miles. It would only take them five or six days to travel between two planets, wouldn’t it?
But in order to accommodate this student, he has developed the habit of logging in occasionally to check during this period.
When Manbao’s data was sent over, he happened to be online, so he opened it and took a glance before saying, “It’s radioactive material. How come you have such a thing there?”
Teacher Mo stared at it for a moment, with a serious expression on his face, and quickly replied to Manbao, “This stuff can affect human genes. Long-term exposure can cause chromosomes to mutate, leading to deformed offspring. With enough time, it will even mutate one’s own genes. You can’t stop its pollution by just burying it. Do you have an isolation box there?”
Of course, she didn’t. Manbao had never even heard of such a thing. They had wooden boxes, but burying them underground was useless. What good would putting it in a wooden box do?
Manbao quickly asked, “Teacher Mo, my patient wants to have a baby. So, can he still have one?”
“Yes, some of the values are off, but they haven’t affected the gene yet. However, the body needs to metabolize these substances first,” Teacher Mo took another look at the data spectrum and concluded, “It will take about half a year. Stay away from those substances, and give him some medication to soothe his body and promote metabolism…”
Manbao: “…But he wants to have a child within two months.”
“That’s not possible,” Teacher Mo said directly, “The baby born under such conditions has a high chance of being deformed. Besides, looking at his values, isn’t his body unsuitable for pregnancy now? Isn’t it humans that get pregnant there?”
Manbao glanced at the crown prince sitting dumbly on the ground, seeing his head buried in his knees and his exposed arms bulging with veins. Obviously, he was still very angry, just controlling himself.
Recalling their first meeting, when the crown prince came out from the inner chamber with a bloody sword, Manbao immediately said, “Teacher, if he waits until half a year later to reproduce, the grass might already be growing on both my grave and his.”
Teacher Mo: “…”
He didn’t ask why, and after pondering briefly, he said, “There is a potion that can directly metabolize these substances, but the issue with his weak vitality…”
“I’ll handle that,” Manbao immediately asked, “What is this potion, is it available in the store?”
“No, that type of potion became obsolete sixty years ago. Now every household has a medical chamber. Even if clothing and helmets can’t completely eliminate radioactive material, lying in the medical chamber can do it. Who would want to take such bitter medicine?”
Manbao was stunned, “Then, what should I do? Is this potion a traditional herbal formula?”
“Of course not,” Teacher Mo shattered her fantasy, “It’s an extracted agent. My lab can extract it, it’s not difficult.”
Manbao breathed a sigh of relief, just as she was about to request Teacher Mo to make a vial for her, he already said, “But I can’t give it to you without a reason, the Encyclopedia Pavilion won’t approve it. You send that radioactive material to the teaching room, I’ll start a new teaching course. When the potion is prepared, I’ll put it up for teaching. Afterward, you can take the potion, and I’ll take the radioactive material, how about it?”
Teacher Mo didn’t hide the fact that he wanted the radioactive material, he stated directly, “This thing is of great use to me.”
Keke remained silent, which made Manbao realize that the item could be transported over, and it even seemed to agree.
Manbao didn’t hesitate much and agreed. Then she asked, “What does this thing usually look like?”
Her gaze swept over the chaotic room, unable to discern what the toxic radioactive material was.
Teacher Mo frowned, thought for a moment, and said, “I’m not very familiar with the form it takes in your world, but it should be a plant or solid…”
“That means it’s a solid,” if it were a plant, Keke would have been dinging a long time ago.
But a solid item…
Manbao looked around the room and even reached out and moved some fallen shelves but still couldn’t find it.
However, her actions roused the crown prince and the crown princess. The crown prince, who was deep in thought, raised his head, frowned at her, and asked, “What are you looking for?”
Manbao, holding a gold Buddha figurine she picked up from the ground, said, “I’m looking to see what the toxic thing is.”
The crown princess wiped her tears and hurriedly asked, “Doctor Zhou Junior, are you sure the crown prince is poisoned?”
Manbao nodded.
Of course, she couldn’t be sure before scanning. After all, the pulse only showed that his temper was irritable and restless, without indicating poisoning.
The crown prince sneered at the crown princess, then turned his head to Manbao and said, “Alright, treat based on the second method. Regulate both my and the crown princess’s health. I expect good news in three months.”
Manbao, seeing he didn’t inquire about the poisoning, got a bit anxious, “But the poisoning…”
“Someone will investigate it. You can leave now.”
That’s not acceptable. If left unchecked, even if the crown princess indeed produces a child in three months, if the child is born deformed a year later, what would she do then?
The crown prince and crown princess have been under her care. If questioned later, wouldn’t her life be in danger?
Manbao said seriously, “Your Highness, we need to detoxify first before discussing body regulation…”
The crown prince sneered, “You don’t even know what poison I have, how do you detoxify it?”
“How do you know I don’t know?”
The crown prince had already pushed the crown princess aside, stood up, and looked down at Manbao, sneering, “What, do you also take me for a fool? You initially couldn’t tell I was poisoned through pulse-taking. It was because I lost my temper, which was uncommon, that you noticed.”
“After you left, even though I didn’t let other imperial physicians take over the treatment, I still invited them to check my pulse each month. Last time, Director Xiao personally came to diagnose after I got extremely drunk, and even he couldn’t find out…”
Manbao said, “Your Highness, the poison didn’t enter through the mouth, and your symptoms aren’t very severe,” she interrupted his words and quickly reassured him, “I estimate it was recently placed near you, so if we find it and allow me to take it for research, I’m sure I can come up with an antidote.”
The crown prince frowned, “It didn’t enter through the mouth?”
“No!” Manbao’s gaze was already sweeping around the room, saying, “It should be a solid, like a stone or gemstone. Did you recently add any gemstones or similar items in your room?”
The crown prince turned his head towards the other side of the study.
Originally, his study was made into one space from two rooms. After a fight with the crown princess, he had cleared half of the study and moved it inside, leaving the other half as the study.
He turned and strode towards the study.
The crown princess hurried to follow, accidentally stepping on a bead on the floor and nearly falling. Manbao reacted quickly, supporting her. The two of them assisted each other as they quickly followed the crown prince into the other side of the study.