Chapter 239: Visiting Hospital Ruin Again
Vikram glanced at the Plant Essence in his hand.
After deducting 400 Plant Essence for the two potions, he still had many.
Thinking of the Hospital Ruin he was going to, Vikram’s eyes gradually deepened.
He retreated to his room alone.
"It’s about time."
Vikram murmured, looking at the Intermediate Primal Evolution Fruit quietly lying in the System store.
Intermediate Genetic Potion: After consumption, increases the user’s four-dimensional physique by 20 points each. The physique enhancement effect only works once per person. Price: 10000 Plant Essence.
Vikram re-examined the Intermediate Genetic Potion, which he had previously considered expensive. Seeing its 10000 Plant Essence price, he now found it somewhat cheap.
Based on the current rate of accumulating Plant Essence, he could afford this potion in just two-three days.
Looking at the 23000 Plant Essence he still had, he didn’t think much and quickly pressed the purchase button.
Plant Essence - 10000.
In his hand, a fruit appeared, looking much like the Basic Primal Evolution Fruit, except the colour was purple.
Everything produced by the system, whether in terms of practicality or aesthetics, was impeccable.
Though it was just a fruit, it would occasionally flash with a faint glow.
Combined with the purple colour, it looked exactly like a purple galaxy.
After a brief appreciation of the fruits in his hand, Vikram ate it, and didn’t leave even a single portion of it.
It was still the familiar sensation of physical enhancement, but unlike the previous times when his body simply felt comfortable as if soaking in a hot spring, this time the reaction was much more intense.
Vikram felt all the muscles in his body subtly trembling.
Not only was there no expected comfort, but due to the muscle tremors, Vikram even nearly lost his balance.
He was about to slowly move to the bed, so that if he fainted again, he wouldn’t have to sleep on the floor.
However, at this moment, a sudden sensation of coolness began to sweep through his entire body.
Vikram felt all his pores open up, and the air in the treehouse seemed to rush in through them, seizing the opportunity.
Immediately after, his muscles stopped trembling.
However, before Vikram could stop and properly see what was happening, some other unusual changes occurred in his body.
Vikram suddenly found himself sweating profusely, accompanied by a dark, unidentifiable liquid slowly seeping out of the pores on his skin.
"What the?!"
"Have I reached the legendary realm of ’pooping through pores’?"
Vikram had been exposed to many Earth novels, and he immediately recognized this classic scene.
"According to the novels, this should be a process of ’cleansing the meridians and refining the marrow’, expelling accumulated waste from the body?"
Understanding this, Vikram had no further doubts. Since it wasn’t a bad thing, he headed straight for the bedroom bathroom.
He stayed there for almost two and a half hours before coming out.
During that time, he spent two hours just showering and also had two big poops on the toilet.
If he hadn’t been worried about scrubbing his skin raw, Vikram would have stayed there longer.
The main reason was that the stuff was simply too disgusting; no sooner had he rinsed it off than a little more would seep out of his skin.
Now finally clean, Vikram stood before the full-length mirror on the bathroom wall, carefully examining the changes in his body.
The most obvious change was that Vikram’s skin, which had tanned quite a bit from his travels in the Wasteland, was now several shades lighter.
It was almost a cool, pale complexion.
Just looking at himself, Vikram felt a strong sense of unfamiliarity.
He thought a big man looked more comfortable with a robust, yellow complexion.
However, since it was a ’meridian and marrow cleansing,’ this was not something Vikram could control.
There were still benefits to becoming fairer. Vikram’s face, already handsome with soft features, had undergone this automatic whitening. Although it lost a bit of ruggedness, his attractiveness clearly increased by a level.
"No wonder they say ’one white covers three ugliness.’ This really isn’t nonsense. Is that exaggerated?"
Previously, Vikram hadn’t really believed this saying. Now, as someone who was already not ugly and seemingly had no room for improvement, he still saw such significant changes after becoming fairer. It truly was something.
"Why do I feel like I’m really becoming a ’pretty boy’?" Vikram uncomfortably pinched his face, realizing that in addition to his skin becoming fairer, its texture had also improved.
Now, his face was like a boiled egg, delicate and smooth.
It wasn’t just the skin on his face; all the parts of his body that had undergone the marrow cleansing had become equally flawless.
Despite how delicate his skin appeared, the stamina stat, representing his physical defense, was still there.
He estimated that now, let alone light firearms, even a large sniper rifle other than a Barrett, if fired at him, probably wouldn’t even break his skin.
After all, being immune to light firearms was generally achievable at around 60-plus points of physique. He is now near 100 in all Physique.
"Hiss! Who is this handsome guy in the mirror?"
"Oh, it’s me. Never mind then."
With a rather conceited air, he struck a few poses in front of the full-length mirror before slowly putting on his clothes.
He pushed open the door, he has also gotten some information from Abhishek about the Hospital Ruin. Because of this, he decided to clear the Hospital Ruin.
On the other side, three two women sitting on the sofa were still wondering why Vikram hadn’t even eaten lunch and had been locked in his room for so long.
But when they finally saw Vikram emerge from the room, their eyes immediately flashed with surprise.
"Handsome, who are you?" It was Divya who spoke. She had been checking messages in the group, but when she noticed the dramatically changed Vikram, her eyes couldn’t move away for a moment.
Anjali was even more direct, immediately going over and thoroughly inspecting Vikram from head to toe, even his underwear.
Finally, she came to a conclusion, "Stinky Vikram, have you been possessed?"
"Get out of here, what are you talking about? My physique just got stronger and automatically became like this."
He had intended to push away Anjali, who was thoroughly examining him, but after learning he hadn’t been possessed, wasn’t a clone, or a bionic robot, Anjali clung even tighter.
Her meticulous examination quickly turned into groping, and even Divya and Sophia joined in.
They marveled, their eyes constantly flashing with admiration.
"Tsk tsk tsk, you know, with your physique, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration for you to be a gigolo for some female Shelter leaders."
His well-built but not overly bulky muscles, combined with his good looks, would make him a bona fide heartthrob on Earth.
Though she was joking, Sophia couldn’t hide the joy in her eyes.
After all, the two of them had long been in a relationship; there was no reason to dislike her other half becoming more handsome.
Regardless of Vikram’s willingness, the three women pulled Vikram onto the sofa and started kissing and hugging him.
Midway through, seeing the three women’s gazes become intense, Vikram quickly sobered up.
"Wait, it’s broad daylight, what are you three trying to do?"
"Of course, we want to," the three women said in unison.
Vikram: "..."
Despite the three women’s strong invitations, Vikram still firmly refused, "No, today, I have planned to visit the Hospital Ruin, and it feels so important. We can talk about this later. You three are responsible for looking over the territory. And no matter what happens, never leave Territory 1."
Hearing this, the three showed matching expressions of disappointment, but ultimately could only meekly comply.
Vikram, after his little Vikram calmed down, left the territory with his all Druids together.
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While Healy was driving the RV, Vikram was thinking about the message of Abhishek, who told him.
That his boss, Lawrence was planning something, and he was confident that he would clear the Hospital.
Vikram also believes in it, since he knew Lawrence, the boss of Brown Wood Shelter, wouldn’t truly be willing to give up this resource point.
Moreover, he also knew that the main ruin would appear, after he finished the Zombie ruin.
That’s why he was taking all of the Druids and Sprouts with him.
"Vik, how strong was the Legendary Zombie?" Warrior Druid asked him.
"He has a physique near a hundred, but I am not worried about him, I am worried about the next ruin."
Hearing this, the other nodded. Except for Icy, Stormy and Earthy, all have the memories of what happened in the previous Ruin. In the face of Split King, they were just toys.
"We also need to clean up all the ordinary Zombies," Vikram had heard from Abhishek last time that there were also many other lower-level Zombies in the Hospital, so he needed them to clear them first.
When they reached near the Hospital resource point.
"After all this time, this Hospital hasn’t changed much."
The first time Vikram went to the Hospital, only Phanty was with him, so the others had naturally never seen this Hospital point.
Parking the RV in advance at a certain distance from the Hospital, they got out, and their eyes were immediately drawn to the massive resource point before them.
"This resource point is much larger than the factory we explored before, no wonder there’s a Legendary-level inside."
Although they had harvested a lot of food at the food processing factory before, the factory itself was just a small one, only a few thousand square meters.
But this Hospital was different.
Besides the largest outpatient building in the center, there were several other buildings around it, such as the inpatient building, emergency building, and rehabilitation building.
These alone added up to tens of thousands of square meters.
Vikram estimated that if the Hospital’s supplies weren’t particularly abundant, there should be more than one Legendary-level here.
After all, the Purple Gold-level zombies were still holed up in several caves underground.
Putting away his vehicle, Vikram approaches the Hospital.
From a distance, the Hospital didn’t seem to have changed, but upon closer inspection, Vikram noticed its true condition.
"Are there so many people at this resource point?" Warrior Druid noticed the bustling crowd ahead, a little surprised.
Compared to the deserted scene during his last visit, there was now a large group of Survivors observing outside the Hospital.
Looking at the many people, Vikram was also a little shocked, he had actually thought that other Survivors might discover this resource point.
After all, it was difficult for such a large Hospital to go unnoticed.
But later, he thought that Brown Wood Shelter probably wouldn’t let other people get close, so he didn’t pay much attention to it.
