Closer to Revealing My True Self-Chapter 88 - 82 Once Bitten by a Snake_2

"He’s been spoiled too much and speaks without thinking. He says whatever comes to his mind, so he offends a lot of people."

Lu Yue glanced at the new information on his phone.

"The hospital has confirmed that he was poisoned with some kind of neurotoxin, but they still don’t know what it is exactly, saying the composition is complex.

"It’s not clear whether the poison was extracted from animals or plants, or if it was synthesized artificially.

"Whether he was poisoned inside or outside the venue is also unclear, since the onset of the poison might have been delayed."

Feng Yi asked, "Didn’t they call the police to investigate?"

Lu Yue scoffed, "Those people usually play too hard, they can’t withstand an investigation. Now that his life isn’t in danger, his family doesn’t dare to let the police look into it."

Worried that Feng Yi might question the safety of the food on the premises, Lu Yue said, "We had everything they ate and drank here today checked, and found no sign of poison. Others drank the same thing he did, and no one else had any problems, only he did. As for the more detailed stuff, that depends on whether the Xie family wants to investigate or not.

"Xie Jijie will probably have to stay in the hospital for a few more days, which is just as well, it’ll be quiet without him. Xie Jijie being targeted this time served as a warning to the others; if they continue to play recklessly without a care, sooner or later, something’s bound to happen."

Lu Yue had other matters to attend to, and couldn’t chat with Feng Yi indefinitely, so he arranged some tasks inside the venue and then left.

The night celebration had already started, and there would be a new product show on the central stage later.

The venue was filled with a festive atmosphere, bustling with excitement.

Feng Yi did not stay at the event.

Although such an incident occurred, he was quite anxious about being investigated, but his stomach wasn’t worried at all, digesting food at an incredibly high efficiency!

Feng Yi himself didn’t know why he needed so much energy.

He didn’t feel like any part of his body needed charging; he was just constantly hungry.

Based on his experience, he suspected another mutation was imminent; otherwise, he wouldn’t be absorbing so much energy.

He didn’t stay at the venue because most people had shifted their attention to the central stage, leaving few people in the dining areas, and his continuous eating alone would be too conspicuous.

It was better to leave early and find a place to continue eating by himself.

For the next two days, Feng Yi continued to stay there while keeping an eye on any changes with Xie Jijie.

The rest of the time was spent eating and sleeping, then eating again.

Even Feng Yi was curious: where was all the energy from the vast amount of food he consumed being absorbed?!

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Xie Jijie was dreaming.

He kept having nightmares.

He dreamt that a snake was chasing him.

Ferocious eyes, a gaping mouth, and those two fangs like the scythes of the grim reaper!

No matter how much he ran, when he looked back, those two fangs were still behind him, getting closer and closer...

Xie Jijie woke up in panic.

Drenched in cold sweat.

Gasping for breath.

His emotions hadn’t yet detached from the nightmare as his eyes fixed on the ceiling.

A very unfamiliar environment.

Then he moved his eyeballs around to look.

"Ah!"

Xie Jijie tried to swat away a tube connected to a nearby machine but found it difficult to lift his hand. When he finally did, he discovered tubes attached to his own arm.

"Ah!!!"

Xie Jijie frantically tore off the various tubes attached to his body, screaming in terror.

The sharp alarm of the equipment resounded in the hospital room.

The bedside attendant rushed to call for help.

The Xie family also had people on guard at the hospital; when they heard the commotion and came over, Xie Jijie’s emotions had somewhat stabilized. However, any sight of those long tubes caused him to become agitated and display a look of terror.

Seeing his older brother from the Xie family come in, Xie Jijie looked as if he had seen a savior. "Brother! Save me! There are snakes! So many snakes! I want to go home! I don’t want to stay here!"

It took a great deal of effort for the older brother from the Xie family to calm Xie Jijie down. Nonetheless, due to the effects of the medication and the toxins still not being fully cleared from his body, he soon fell back asleep.

After leaving the hospital room, the elder brother from the Xie family asked the doctor, "Why is this happening?"

The doctor wasn’t sure either.

"He might be having hallucinations because of the toxins in his body, which could cause him to perceive long, tubular objects as snakes—things like the tubing from the machines, IV lines, or even power cables."

After some thought, the doctor asked, "Has he ever been bitten by a snake?"

The eldest of the Xie Family said, "He was bitten as a child. We took him on a trip, and he sneaked out to play and got bitten. But it was a nonvenomous snake. Ever since then, he’s been really afraid of snakes, especially terrified!"

"Was it snake venom he was poisoned with?"

The doctor shook his head, "We can only tell it’s a kind of neural toxin for now. This toxin’s composition is very complex. We suspect it might be a new type of toxin."

The eldest of the Xie Family had heard this many times already; he knew Xie Jijie was poisoned with a neural toxin that caused chaos in the nervous system throughout the body, paralysis of the respiratory center, in other words, suffocation.

The situation was actually very dangerous at the time; if the Lu Family hadn’t called the medical team in time to rush over and treat him, Xie Jijie’s life would have been in jeopardy!

Now, the Xie Family was just waiting for Xie Jijie to wake up and ask him what exactly had happened, whether he had come into contact with any dangerous drugs.

The doctor said, "We want to do a more comprehensive examination of his body to see if there are any suspicious... wounds."

This time the eldest of the Xie Family couldn’t be sure.

Xie Jijie usually played too wildly; they didn’t know whether Xie Jijie had done anything even crazier, so they had to be certain before allowing the hospital to conduct the examination.

If Xie Jijie really had lost his life, then the Xie Family would definitely not let go of any clues, no matter what, they would turn everything inside out in their search, even if it caused a rift with the Lu Family.

But now that Xie Jijie wasn’t in life-threatening danger, and this symptom had too many question marks, if they really found out something, and it turned out that Xie Jijie had committed a crime, covering it up would not be so easy.

After hesitating, the eldest of the Xie Family still decided to wait for Xie Jijie to recover, for his mind to clear, and to ask privately before making arrangements.

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Feng Yi stayed in the hotel for 5 days, changing streets each day to eat.

After waiting for 5 days with no commotion, Feng Yi knew he was probably safe.

Perhaps as Lu Yue said, since Xie Jijie and the others usually played too wildly, the Xie Family wouldn’t dare to probe too deeply, thus not tracing anything back to Feng Yi.

Feng Yi packed his things and dragged his suitcase back to Rong City.

After hearing about the symptoms of Xie Jijie’s poisoning, Feng Yi knew that the little bit of venom that leaked from his left fang was a neural toxin.

If there had been hemotoxin involved, the wound would have swollen, or even become necrotic.

But this was different from Feng Yi’s earlier self-experimentation conclusions.

When the fangs first started to grow, Feng Yi had conducted separated tests; at that time, the venom from both fangs caused identical wounds.

Afterward, he didn’t conduct separate tests anymore; he just mixed the venom from both fangs together for the tests.

A few days ago, when he used fish for the toxin test, he didn’t separate them either.

Actually, on closer reflection, after talking to the butler that day, Feng Yi bit his own arm; the two fang marks resulted in slightly different wounds.

But at the time, he didn’t even consider this aspect.

Now it seems, it’s not a matter of uneven injection of the venom, but that the toxins were inherently different!

He needed to conduct another test.

Feng Yi took out two flute-shaped cups, the same ones he had used before when collecting venom.

Feng Yi used his left fang to inject venom into his arm, and the cup was for the right fang to collect the venom.

He still couldn’t control the output on one side, so he had to do it from both sides at the same time.

Feeling this bite was too awkward, he set aside the cup.

A two-handed cupping method!

But this time, he wasn’t cupping his cheeks; instead, he placed one hand against each fang, injecting venom into each palm at the same time.

Because his body had developed a strong resistance, to see the differences, Feng Yi injected a slightly larger amount of venom this time.

After the injection, Feng Yi observed the differences between the two wounds.

This time it was clearly different!

The wound caused by the left fang wasn’t noticeably swollen, just a bit itchy and numb.

The wound from the right fang, on the other hand, was noticeably swollen, burning, and had minor bleeding.

However, due to his body’s resistance, the swelling from the wound on the right side didn’t last long and subsided quickly, and the pain wasn’t clear.

But the new test results were in!

Now Feng Yi was certain that his two long venomous canines had diverged...

No, it should be said, the venom glands on the left and right had diverged!

After a long period of hunger, one felt that the neural toxin was stronger and more conducive to survival, while the other believed that the hemotoxin was more badass and more intimidating.

Of course, there might be other toxins mixed in, and exactly what they were like, Feng Yi couldn’t know for sure.

All he knew now was that the venom from the two fangs had become different!

Feng Yi: My fangs are awesome!

They’ve evolved their own personalities!