The boy gently fed her two spoonfuls of water before turning to Yao Ran and saying, "This is my younger sister. Elder Sister, do you know what kind of medicine she needs?"
Looking at the root-like deformities on the girl's feet, Yao Ran recognized that her mutation was in its late stages. Without treatment, she would soon transform into a mutant tree.
Yao Ran approached the bed, checked the girl's pulse, temperature, and legs, and then said, "I can cure her, but you will need to find where Chen Zizhen lives."
The boy's eyes lit up at her words. He nodded and excitedly said, "No problem! I will go find out right away!"
Before leaving, the boy gently held his younger sister's hand and whispered, "Elder Brother will be back soon."
After saying that, he turned to Yao Ran and Long Yu and said, "Elder Sister, I'm leaving my younger sister in your care."
Yao Ran met his gaze and nodded. "Don't worry. When you come back, your younger sister should recover by then."
Though skeptical, the boy decided to trust her. Giving his younger sister one last look, he hurried out to complete his task.
After the boy left, Yao Ran took out a bottle of lake water and fed the little girl a few spoonfuls. Then, she carefully examined her root-like legs.
Seeing that the deformation remained unchanged even after drinking the lake water, Yao Ran poured the water directly onto the girl's legs. After waiting for a moment, she noticed that the water had been absorbed by the root-like legs, leaving no residue.
Half a minute later, the root-like legs began to soften.
Long Yu, who was observing from the side, said, "It's working."
Yao Ran nodded and continued to pour the lake water little by little onto the girl's legs. Each time the root-like legs absorbed the lake water, she added more, repeating the process until the girl's legs returned to their normal form.
Picking up some dried roots that had fallen off the girl's legs, Yao Ran inspected them closely. Breaking one apart, she discovered an internal structure resembling human soft tissue, muscles, and nerves.
She showed the dried root to Long Yu and said, "A Yu, look at this."
Long Yu took the dried root from her and inspected it. His expression changed when he noticed the structure inside the dried root.
Putting the dried root down, he said, "The root is really part of her legs."
Yao Ran nodded. "Yes."
After a brief silence, she added, "A Yu, don't you think the deformation is progressing faster in this life?"
Long Yu thought for a moment and replied, "You are right. I remember that in our previous life, the deformation process took over four years. Only during the sixth year after the end of the world began did some humans fully transform into mutants."
Frowning slightly, he asked, "Ran Ran, can you figure out why the deformation process has sped up?"
Yao Ran shook her head and sighed. "I'm not an expert in biology, so I can't determine the cause."
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