NOVPUBPark Changjun felt a bit of itchiness in his foot, but now, in front of so many people, especially with live broadcast cameras around, it wasn’t appropriate for him to take off his shoes and start scratching.
After all, he was a doctor, currently treating a patient, and his hands were needed for examining the patient.
But why was it so itchy?
Park Changjun couldn’t figure it out.
He could only comfort himself by thinking that it was all psychological.
As highly evolved primates, humans possess a special ability known as empathy.
It means when they see their own kind suffering something, they also have a certain likelihood of empathizing with the other.
For instance, upon seeing someone else in pain, people who are more emotionally sensitive may feel as though they are experiencing the same pain, and their bodies will react accordingly.
Could it be that, because of this psychological reason, that he felt his foot was so itchy?
Park Changjun took a deep breath, trying to reassure himself that it was nothing, all a hallucination, and surely there was no problem.
Park Changjun returned the medical record to Yang Kang and said, "Since you’ve already said as much, I will start with administering anti-inflammatory drugs and give him conservative treatment."
"However, after the ship arrives in South Korea, I still suggest that you transfer him to a big hospital to see whether amputation is necessary."
"After all, the infection in his right leg is severe, and if it’s not controlled properly, this infection could spread upward, and then it won’t just be a matter of amputation."
No sooner had Park Changjun finished speaking than a beautiful nurse suddenly exclaimed.
"Dr. Park, look quickly, his leg seems to have recovered!"
Park Changjun leaned over for a look and immediately his eyes widened.
"Impossible! How could it possibly recover so quickly?"
The nurse had just given Wu Bin an anti-inflammatory injection, and Wu Bin’s foot started to recover?
That was way too fast!
Park Changjun couldn’t help but look towards the beautiful nurse.
"Did you get the dosage of the medicine wrong?"
This question from Park Changjun scared the beautiful nurse quite a bit.
After all, medication injected into the body has strict controls on the safe dosage; exceeding it could greatly harm the human body!
The beautiful nurse quickly checked the glass vial set aside to confirm there was no problem with the dosage before she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Dr. Park, I’ve checked, the dosage is correct," she said.
Park Changjun was puzzled once again.
"That shouldn’t be the case, his recovery speed is just too quick, it doesn’t look like something a normal person could achieve."
Upon hearing Park Changjun say this, Yang Kang immediately felt relieved.
He knew Wu Bin wouldn’t disappoint him.
If he could survive rabies, he certainly shouldn’t be taken down by a fungus, right?
But something was off, why was his own foot so itchy?
Yang Kang wasn’t Park Changjun; he knew nothing of empathy or the like.
Yang Kang just felt his foot was a bit itchy, so he walked over to a corner of the room, sat down, took off his shoes, and started to inspect them.
Upon inspecting, Yang Kang’s face turned green and he shouted at Park Changjun.
"Dr. Park, hurry over and help me look, have I been infected too?"
Park Changjun looked down and was immediately shocked.
Yang Kang’s symptoms on his foot were the same as Wu Bin’s.
It’s just that his condition wasn’t as severe as Wu Bin’s; only his five toes were red and swollen, and it hadn’t spread to the top of his foot yet.
Just as Park Changjun was about to say something, other male students also started taking off their shoes and sitting on the ground, saying, "Dr. Park, my foot is very itchy too, can you check mine as well?"
"And me too, it’s been unbearably itchy, I’ve been holding it in for a long time now."
Even the camera operator silently handed his camera to a female coworker before walking over to take off his shoes and join them.
For a time, the entire medical room was filled with a mix of various foot odors.
Han Jiaoyan and Xu Qian retreated immediately, fearing they might get infected as well.
The netizens in the live broadcast room felt their scalps tingle upon seeing this.
"Damn, is it really that severe? Everyone got athlete’s foot?"
"Is that athlete Xiao Hu so fierce? What the hell is he, some kind of disaster-prone body?"
Just as everyone was thinking this, Xiao Hu, supported by others, hobbled over from a distance.
"Doctor, doctor, save me! My leg is so itchy, it’s both itchy and painful!"
Park Changjun took a closer look and was scared out of his wits,
Xiao Hu’s right leg was swollen just like Wu Bin’s right leg, only that without medical staff to remind him, he scratched as soon as he felt the itch.
This scratching directly broke the skin, and fresh blood mixed with pus flowed out of the wound, looking utterly horrifying.
Seeing Xiao Hu arrive, everyone around him cleared a path.
There was no helping it, this guy was too fierce.
His athlete’s foot had already infected so many people, who would dare to come in close contact with him now?
"Quick, put him on another sickbed and give him anti-inflammatories!"
Park Changjun, despite his own itchiness, had Xiao Hu lie down on another sickbed.
In order not to let the fungus spread, Park Changjun immediately implemented full enclosed quarantine and disinfection measures for the entire sickroom, instructing others to leave first.
It was at this moment that Wu Bin volunteered, "Doctor, I feel that I am almost recovered now, how about I go wait outside too?"
"Nonsense, you are the most severe..."
Park Changjun stopped mid-sentence.
Because he noticed Wu Bin’s originally blackened foot sole was gradually returning to a swollen red appearance.
Swelling meant that Wu Bin’s blood could still circulate normally, just that the circulation was obstructed.
Gangrene, however, meant that the area was completely deprived of blood supply, which is why it would turn a dark blue or black color.
This was unscientific!
Park Changjun was flabbergasted as if he had seen a ghost!
Just a moment ago Wu Bin’s five toes had clearly all been necrotic!
Why had they now reverted to a swollen state?
Noticing Park Changjun staring blankly at his foot, Wu Bin reminded him, "Doctor Park, can you unchain me now?"
Reminded by Wu Bin, Park Changjun came back to his senses.
He nodded quickly.
"Yes, but don’t scratch it with your hands after I unlock you."
Wu Bin nodded.
"Don’t worry, Doctor Park, I’m not that itchy anymore."
Wu Bin said so, but he was thinking something entirely different.
The system’s ability really came in handy!
The itchiness just now almost drove Wu Bin to despair, and he nearly considered biting his tongue to end his life.
Fortunately, at that moment, he remembered he had system skills.
So, without hesitation, he activated "Shared Suffering."
Now all the men on this ship had to share a part of Wu Bin’s suffering.
Initially, Wu Bin thought this suffering was just a sensation, but he hadn’t expected that it would also be shared physically.
Since that was the case, Wu Bin was not going to be polite.
He directly increased the proportion of Xiao Hu’s shared suffering, allowing him to experience the intensely sour thrill of being infected by the fungus.
