The Abyssal Garden: No Room for the Idle

"What is this..." Both were somewhat shocked.

"As long as you absorb it, her body will also receive the healing effect, but of course I should remind you, this can only restore her lost life force, it won't work for her condition."

Su Qi said gently.

Every factor could impact the strength—if one were to claim the existence of something and make everyone in the world believe in it, it might actually be possible to materialize it. Of course, right now the Concrete Ability could only exist for a very short time and was far from the level of creating something from nothing, of creating all things.

It could only be said perhaps the fame was insufficient.

"Understood..." Sigong Cheng nodded with a trembling voice, having researched restorative potions themselves for a while, and continuously used them to prolong their daughter's life. However, after excessive use, she developed a strong resistance to the medicine, and it soon lost its effect. They hadn't expected the other party to have other methods.

"Well then, I must be impolite."

The next moment.

"..."

Sigong Cheng watched silently as Su Qi inserted the feather into Sigong Xun's nostril.

"This way, the absorption is better, faster."

Damn it!

Couldn't you just place it in her mouth?

He felt like he was crazy to believe this guy.

But soon after...

The feather slowly vanished, the strength merging inside.

The previously comatose Sigong Xun's body shuddered slightly, her pale complexion visibly recovering, and then...

"Ah Qie!"

Sigong Xun sneezed heavily and murmured sleepily, "Why does my nose itch so much?"

Sigong Cheng and Florence Grace's eyes trembled.

"Is it really effective!?"

Su Qi didn't look at the fading feather; he had seen Sigong Xun's medical reports, but those were just cold data. Now, with her right in front of him, he was watching her vitals.

Great... It was all for naught.

Her condition could only be delayed, not completely healed.

Sigong Xun slowly opened her eyes, seeing Su Qi and her parents, her expression a bit confused.

"Um... who are you..."

"You're awake? Congratulations," Su Qi smiled, "Your bothersome hemorrhoids have been cut away."

"..." The two beside her were stunned.

Sigong Xun, still groggy, stuttered, "I... don't have hemorrhoids."

Su Qi pondered, "Sitting for long stretches every day and not getting hemorrhoids... That's not scientific."

Sigong Cheng's eyelids twitched.

What the hell are you telling my daughter!

"Cough cough..." He coughed, "Let's talk outside."

Su Qi paused, "Okay."

Sigong Xun watched dazedly as her mother, with red-rimmed eyes, hurried over, "What happened... Isn't that man a doctor?"

"It's complicated..."

Sigong Cheng also left the sickroom, looking at him earnestly, "Anyway, thank you for stepping in... I'm incredibly grateful, and I will do my utmost to meet all your conditions!"

"Then... would you give me half the assets of Life Group?"

"..."

Sigong Cheng fell silent, hesitating for a moment then gritting his teeth, "If you can completely cure my daughter."

Su Qi paused, surprised that the other party would really agree.

However, there was no way... Although the power of the Undying Bird differed from potions, being a trait that restored life force without developing resistance, it couldn't be used to heal diseases.

"Forget it... The Hustlers Chamber of Commerce is no worse than your Life Group."

Sigong Cheng: "..."

That statement also indicated that he was also powerless regarding his daughter's illness.

He was silent for a while, pondering the conditions Su Qi had proposed earlier, seriously, then spoke, "You proposed to support The Hustlers Chamber of Commerce, and I will certainly oblige, but forgive my bluntness."

"Illegal Land is currently undergoing a purge operation. If successful, it'll become a district of Main City, and the major powers will devour this place; and if it fails, the Black Emperor and Jile's Crowd will not tolerate a third-party power taking root."

"In Main City, I can support you with all my capabilities, but in Illegal Land, it's very difficult."

Su Qi shook his head lightly, "Not necessary, after all, neither of the scenarios you mentioned will occur."

Sigong Cheng was taken aback.

"Because, this place should be decided by the majority."

....

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Both sides were engaged in intense combat, the so-called purge nothing more than reckless slaughter, large numbers of people caught in the crossfire, forcibly dragged into the streets as cannon fodder.

Machinery mingled with flesh, despair and resentfulness were howling.

Simon, with bloodshot eyes, stared dead at the distant rumbles and gun smoke!

Countless people were fighting, the tumult of battle destroying everything!

The slums were full of refugees! Packed, with blood and ash covering them!

Meanwhile,

In other places, many more refugees were captured, continuously sent off as human cannon fodder!

The purge troops from Main City, because of their strategy and the cruel tactics of both factions, executed all the fleeing people on sight without any mercy!

The battle had reached a fever pitch, both sides throwing themselves into the fray madly.

"Damn it, damn it!"

Someone roared, their body starting to tremble:

"We just want to survive, do we have to be purged too! Why!"

"Just because we have no money, no power! Do we deserve to be treated like trash!"

They couldn't leave; Illegal Land was sealed off by Main City. This place would become a slaughterhouse, no one able to escape!

Anger, resentfulness, despair!

And powerlessness! They had nothing! No way to resist, no way to protect themselves!

And right now, Su Qi was sitting silently on the roof of an old building, watching them.

Clearly, the people's resentfulness and anger had reached a boiling point. If weapons had been provided earlier, they probably would have already risen up in resistance.