Doomsday Wonderland Vol. 10: Lava [Complete]

1155: Lin Sanjiu's Unexpected Choice

Life can be absurd at times, right?

She had worked hard to level up, train, collect resources, and fight. As a Growth type, Lin Sanjiu had managed to reach where she was today through all that effort. Yet, in the end, she had fallen to the point of selling her kidney?

Perhaps noticing her staring at him in silence for a while, the shopkeeper blinked a couple of times and said, "Oh, you're a new patient, I see."

Lin Sanjiu nodded, waiting for him to continue.

After a brief moment of staring at each other, the shopkeeper finally sighed, seemingly not understanding why he had to explain the situation. "Well... if you want to earn points, you have to exchange something for them, right? Only the hospital administration has points. So, think about it, what does a hospital mainly lack? It's the things in people's bodies."

The ceiling fan above them was especially loud, making a louder noise than the wind it stirred up.

"Of course, if you don't want to sell a kidney," the shopkeeper said, scratching his cheek, "there are options like corneas, blood, hearts... even brains. Blood types and genetics don't matter; no need for compatibility, just having the goods is enough. In fact, about eighty percent of the human body can be used to exchange for points. But usually, people prefer kidneys because you can live without one."

Lin Sanjiu recalled her childhood fantasies of what life would be like when she grew up, but it seemed her imagination back then wasn't rich enough. "What about blood? How do you sell blood?"

"That's a bit tricky," the shopkeeper said, waving his dark, meaty hand. "You'd need to give 10 liters of blood to get 3 points."

10 liters!

That was like taking blood from a dinosaur; it would probably pass out after losing so much blood.

"How many points can I get for one kidney?" She couldn't believe that a small part of herself was seriously considering the option of selling a kidney.

"5 points," the shopkeeper said, smiling at her. "That's just enough for one Lava Player's Handbook."

Was it really worth giving up a kidney for a damn booklet? Was it worth it? If what Ya Jiang said was true, that getting the Lava Player's Handbook would end the game, then maybe it would be worth it. But Ya Jiang hadn't been inside the hospital before, so he obviously didn't know how wrong he was back then.

Lin Sanjiu still couldn't figure out where her life had gone wrong to the point where she had to choose between a few sheets of paper and her kidney. In a way, selling a kidney to buy heroin would be more valuable than this, wouldn't it?

"How... how do I sell it?" she stuttered. "I mean, how do I give you my kidney?"

"Simple and painless; in and out," the shopkeeper said, casually reciting the advertising slogan for organ trading in the doomsday world, giving people a strange sense of déjà vu. "Have you seen this?"

He bent down, disappearing behind the counter, leaving only his butt sticking out. After rummaging around behind the counter, he suddenly slapped a small gadget onto the counter with a 'smack.'

When Lin Sanjiu leaned in to take a look, she couldn't help but instinctively place her hand on her lower back.

It was a rectangular metal frame, seemingly made of the same stainless steel used for surgical knives, about the size of an adult male's hand. Below the steel frame was a round handle wrapped in medical rubber, convenient for gripping, and then—

"Then you make a cut from the area of your kidney on your lower back," the shopkeeper said, holding it and demonstrating to Lin Sanjiu, "while I say 'kidney,' and then your kidney will come out to me."