A few military doctors worked nervously in front of portable medical equipment. Through all sorts of probes and patches, they collected Granny Wang's physiological parameters.
In the end, they could not save her.
They sighed and explained the parameters to their granddaughter.
Wang Xiaojuan nodded with tears in her eyes and signed the resuscitation report.
"The patient signed a body donation agreement before she died. She volunteered to join the Red Dragon Army's Eternal Journey. Based on the procedure, we need her immediate family members and five neighbors to be witnesses to ensure that the entire process follows the rules, is logical, and is legal." The military doctor looked around.
Granny Wang's mahjong partner was willing to be a witness.
Meng Chao and Bai Jiacao stepped forward as well.
"Alright, please sign here as witnesses. Next, we will play the video the donor recorded beforehand. Please watch it carefully and ensure that what we do next will be in accordance with the donor's will." The military doctor connected the video to Granny Wang's television.
Granny Wang from a few years ago appeared on the screen, and she was in high spirits.
She was sitting cross-legged on her bed with a large shotgun on her lap. Her biochemical pet, Sword-toothed Hunting Dog, lay beside her. It was Big Tooth.
"Juan 'er, if you can see this video, it means that I'm already dead. I even turned into a zombie!"
Granny Wang was still full of energy in the video. "Don't cry. You're made of water. You've loved to cry since you were young. You're completely different from Young Cao next door.
"Birth, aging, sickness, and death are the laws of nature. A person is just a bag of skin. If they die, they'll have nothing left. Does it matter if they rot slowly or turn into a zombie?
"You don't have to be sad for me. Really, Dragon City has transmigrated for fifty years. How many people can live for fifty years? After going through so many things, I've been lucky enough to live to this age. I've already benefited a lot!
"Don't stop me. I'm not being rash. I've been thinking about it for a long time. Before I transmigrated, I was just like you. When I was a teenage girl, I already thought about donating my body in the future.
"It's a long story. It was an era when Grandma was still living in my hometown on Earth. At that time, there was a large-scale plague in Grandma's hometown. The entire city was enveloped by the virus, and many people died inexplicably, including me.
"But soon, doctors, nurses, and volunteers from all over the country protected the entire city, and we received the best treatment and care.
"I'm already old, and I can't remember a nurse with beautiful eyes. She took good care of me. She told me stories, sang, and danced when she was free.
"I can't forget the fact that she wore three layers of protective clothing and danced rather clumsily. She looked like a fat swan.
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"It was not until the last few days of her life that I accidentally overheard the nurses' conversation that I learned that she had signed the body donation agreement. She wanted to donate her sick body to speed up the research on the plague.
"I cried and wanted to see her, but she had already been sent to the ICU. Patients with mild illnesses like us couldn't enter.
"I was the first patient she took care of and recovered. She cared about me a lot, and during the last few days, she asked the doctor to send me a sterilized paper crane from the ICU.
"I opened the paper crane. There were no words on it. There was only a picture of a girl in a red dress among the flowers and plants. She looked like me. There was also a beautiful star with a smiling face in the sky. It looked like her.
"At that time, I was still young, and I didn't understand many things. For example, why did the nurse travel all the way from her hometown to my hometown and fight against the virus for a few months? In the end, she died without anyone knowing about it. After she died, she even donated her body for scientific research.
"But my grandmother kept this paper crane until I grew up and transmigrated to the Other World. I often look at this picture and look at the nurse in the picture who still smiles even though she has turned into a star. I think about what she wanted to tell me.
"Every time I ran into a pit I couldn't get over, I thought about the nurse's smile, and I felt like I was protected by a force. It was a good feeling.
"So, I wanted to be like her. I wanted to turn into a smiling star in the sky and watch over Juan 'er, Young Cao next door, Blessed Heavenly Garden, and all of Dragon City. I wanted all of you to grow up safely and happily."
When she heard this, Wang Xiaojuan finally cried and leaned against Bai Jiacao's shoulder. "Granny!"
Bai Jiacao felt a lump in her throat. All the negative emotions in her head turned into hot tears that slid down her cheeks.
"Granny Wang …" she called out to her softly.
The old woman in the picture seemed to have heard the girl's cry. She smiled and said, "By the way, Juan 'er, aside from you, we only have Big Tooth. If I'm not around and you need to stay in school and study, ask Uncle Meng and Young Cao next door to help us take care of Big Tooth, okay? Young Cao likes Big Tooth the most. Every day after school, she comes to our house to play with him. She won't bully him, and he won't bully her either. "
Wang Xiaojuan stopped crying, bit her lip, and said, "Alright!"
Bai Jiacao nodded seriously. "Granny Wang, don't worry. I'll definitely take good care of Big Tooth!"
When the Saber-toothed Hunting Dog in the video heard its master call its name, it stood up from the bed.
The Saber-toothed Hunting Dog, which was a few years older in real life, also stood up and wagged its tail vigorously.
Even though its master had become incredibly terrifying and its wild instincts told it not to get close to her, an urge it could not understand made it eager to save its master from the torment.
With some difficulty, Bai Jiacao picked up the Saber-toothed Hunting Dog and hugged it tightly.
Big Tooth struggled a few times before it stopped resisting. It whimpered and leaned its head against the girl's shoulder.
The video should end here.
Granny Wang yawned in the video. She looked around and suddenly put on a mischievous smile like a young girl's. She mumbled to herself, "Ha, when the old man was still alive, he kept telling me that he had been a Red Dragon Army soldier his whole life and that even if he died, he would definitely join the Eternal Journey." He even talked about how he would go to Spring Terrace to recruit his former subordinates. With one hundred thousand banners, he would kill King Yama. He really knows how to brag. He's just a soldier, so where would he get his former subordinates? He's just his former subordinate!
"I didn't expect that the old man would be so unlucky that he would be torn to shreds by monsters. Instead, I'll have the chance to join the Eternal Journey. When I meet the old man again, I'd like to see how he'll still be so arrogant!
"Hey, it's not over yet. You recorded this part as well? It's fine if it's recorded, but don't delete it. I'm not afraid that the old man will hear it. If he hears it, what will he do?! "
In the video, Granny Wang smiled and turned off the recording device.
"Family member of the donor, is the video clear and complete? Do you have any objections?" the military doctor asked.
"It's clear and complete. No objections," Wang Xiaojuan said with bloodshot eyes.
"Five witnesses, do you have any objections?" the military doctor asked again.
Meng Chao, Bai Jiacao, and Granny Wang's mahjong partners shook their heads. "No objections."
"Alright, since the family member and the witnesses have no objections, the donor will officially become an Eternal Life Volunteer. The transformation ceremony will now begin. First, everyone, bow three times to the volunteer's corpse to show the greatest respect."
The military doctor's expression was stern. He led the others to take a step back and bow meticulously.
At that moment, Granny Wang gradually turned into a zombie on the metal stretcher.
Her pupils were unfocused, and she no longer reacted to the strong light from the outside world. Not a single hint of humanity could be seen in her.
Her screams also became sharper. They did not sound like something a human or any other living creature could release. Instead, they sounded like bacteria and viruses multiplying in large amounts in her body, and they pressured her deformed organs.
Her bone cells were stimulated, which caused her canines to protrude. Her lips and gums also continued shrinking, which made her look incredibly terrifying.
The chains made of alloy creaked when she pulled them. They were stretched taut, and they looked like they were about to snap at any moment.
But Meng Chao and the neighbors showed no fear. They slowly and solemnly completed the ceremony to pay their respects.
"Next, we'll inject the virus suppressant."
The military doctor came forward and used a large syringe to inject a tube full of light green medicinal liquid into Granny Wang's body.
They could clearly see the light green medicinal liquid flowing through Granny Wang's body through her protruding blood vessels.
The old woman's convulsing body stabilized a little.
But her murky eyes still shone with a hungry light.
"Third, we'll implant the memory information. We'll implant the video she injected into the volunteer's mutating cerebral cortex when she signed the agreement." Two military doctors carefully went forward and placed a device that looked like a superbrain on Granny Wang's head.
Granny Wang's fierce eyes were covered by the helmet. As the superbrain buzzed, she looked as if she was hypnotized and gradually calmed down.
"Mister military doctor, I'd like to ask, what video did my grandmother inject into her brain? Was it about me?" Wang Xiaojuan asked timidly.
"No." The military doctor shook his head. "It should be the video your grandfather recorded when your father was born."
Everyone understood now.
The consciousness of the old woman on the bed had already faded away. Her brain had started rotting, and the terrifying virus was flowing through her blood vessels and nerves. It was moving through her broken body, turning her from a noble human into a deformed monster.
However, in the deepest part of her dark brain, a tiny flame was burning. In the flame was the first sigh of surprise and joy when she saw the tiny, fragile, and soft flesh when she became a mother for the first time.
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