Chapter 154 Organizing Warriors to Refine Healing Medicine!

Yuan Rui looked at Chu Xiao limply, finding even speech to be a strenuous effort. Chu Xiao walked over to the head of Yuan Rui's bed, gently raised him to a sitting position, took out a healing pill, placed it in Yuan Rui's mouth, and brought him a cup of water.

"This is a healing pill crafting skill I just learned. After taking it, you should be back on your feet in just a few days!"

Chu Xiao then explained the taboos associated with the pill to Yuan Rui, instructing him strictly not to touch water within twenty-four hours, otherwise all previous efforts would be wasted. After swallowing the medicinal pellet, Yuan Rui felt his physical condition improve significantly, allowing him to lie back down slowly without assistance.

"Commander Chu, this medicine of yours is truly miraculous! I feel so much better just after taking it. When did you learn how to refine medicine?"

Yuan Rui looked at Chu Xiao. Having known him for so long, he had never heard of Chu Xiao possessing such a skill. His admiration for Chu Xiao grew even deeper; the man was practically an all-around talent—not only skilled in commanding troops and combat, with exceptional intelligence and martial prowess, but now also capable of refining medicine.

"I am not as marvelous as you make me out to be. It is just a skill I recently acquired after leveling up, and I can only refine one pill a day. Your injuries were the most severe, so I let you take it first."

Seeing that Chu Xiao himself was still wounded, Yuan Rui felt an immense surge of gratitude. With only one pill available each day, Chu Xiao had not taken it himself but given it to Yuan Rui instead. How many commanders in this world cared this deeply for their subordinates? His praise and respect for Chu Xiao multiplied.

Just at that moment, Wang Lulu arrived, carrying a lunch box. Seeing Chu Xiao and Yuan Rui chatting, she initially intended not to interrupt, but noticing that Chu Xiao was still bleeding, she wanted to urge him to go back and rest.

Seeing Wang Lulu enter with the lunch box, Chu Xiao asked her to unpack the dishes and share the meal with Yuan Rui. Aside from the medical staff, Yuan Rui had no family members to look after him. Wang Lulu brought over a small table and placed all the dishes upon it.

Looking at the food, Yuan Rui's eyes grew somewhat moist. It had been a very long time since he last ate such appetizing home-cooked dishes, which reminded him of the meals his parents used to cook when he was young. Ever since his parents passed away one after another, he had rarely tasted home-cooked food this delicious.

Knowing Yuan Rui to be a pitiable person, Chu Xiao told him he was welcome to come to his home for meals whenever he had free time so he could enjoy them regularly. After the meal, Chu Xiao and Wang Lulu prepared to return to the ward, when Ren Boyuan hurriedly rushed over to check on Chu Xiao.

"How are you feeling, Commander Chu? Are your injuries serious?"

"It is nothing, just some superficial wounds. A couple of days of recuperation and I will be fine!"

In truth, Ren Boyuan's visit was not primarily to check on Chu Xiao, but rather to inquire about the performance of the skill selector. If there were no issues, he intended to mass-produce them as soon as possible, equipping every warrior who had completed genetic transformation with one.

According to Chu Xiao, the skill selector had no major flaws, except that it failed to make choices in crisis situations. He hoped Ren Boyuan could improve it so that it could automatically select skills during critical moments. Ren Boyuan accepted Chu Xiao's suggestion and prepared to return and begin modifications immediately.

After discussing this matter, Ren Boyuan set down the fruit he had brought and returned to the research laboratory to start upgrading the skill selector. On the other side, work continued on helping more warriors complete genetic transformations, and soon half of the warriors in Kyushu had finished the process.

Before long, it was expected that all warriors would complete their genetic transformations. Lying in his hospital bed with nothing to do, Chu Xiao studied the skill selector, carefully reviewing the descriptions of the skills to avoid making panicked choices in the future.

However, he discovered that it only contained the three existing skills, while the others could only be unlocked after leveling up. At present, among these skills, only the elementary defense was truly useful, but upgrading it would still require some time.

Chu Xiao suddenly remembered that other warriors had also leveled up, and some might have acquired the medicine-refining skill, which would enable them to treat even more wounded soldiers. Chu Xiao immediately summoned all warriors with the medicine-refining skill to concoct healing medicine for those with severe injuries.

However, there were simply too many heavily wounded soldiers this time, and the supply of medicine fell far short of the demand. Still, they did their absolute best; after all, they could only refine one pill a day, and no matter how anxious they were, progress had to be made step by step. From then on, Chu Xiao joined these warriors every day to refine medicine together.

Within a few days, the injured warriors had mostly recovered; those with heavy wounds had transitioned to light injuries, and Yuan Rui's wounds were also nearly healed, allowing him to go out and train alongside Chu Xiao once more.

After recovering and leaving the hospital, Chu Xiao led the warriors in training just as before. Having experienced this battle, the soldiers trained with even greater determination. Seeing the rapid growth of the Underworld King, the representatives of the Three Kingdoms also began training with redoubled hardship.

However, Chu Xiao worried that the Underworld King might abandon the assault on Kyushu and instead attack the other three nations. Given how formidable the Underworld King had become, he feared the Three Kingdoms could not hold out for long, so he proposed that they first select a group of people to come to Kyushu and complete their genetic transformations.

At the very least, when the Underworld King launched an attack, this force could buy some time while awaiting reinforcements from Kyushu. Upon hearing this news, the representatives of the Three Kingdoms were overjoyed and immediately contacted their respective troops to rush to Kyushu at top speed.

Soon, the nation of Mi arrived first in Kyushu. Chu Xiao arranged for Ren Boyuan to prepare ice-fruit juice for them first, but Ren Boyuan was somewhat reluctant—Kyushu's own warriors had not yet fully transformed; how could they give it to the other three nations?

Yet Chu Xiao's mind was made up, leaving Ren Boyuan with no alternative but to follow his orders. After all, Chu Xiao was now the commander-in-chief, second in authority only to Number One; even if he had a thousand objections, he could not disobey military orders.

The supply of ice fruit grew larger by the day, but the number of arrivals also swelled as soldiers from the other two nations successively hurried to Kyushu. Ren Boyuan's research laboratory, which had once been exceptionally desolate, now became extraordinarily lively.

Within a few days, Ren Boyuan completed the genetic transformations for all the warriors of the Three Kingdoms, and they successively returned to their respective countries. These past few days had exhausted Ren Boyuan to the bone, as he had to simultaneously upgrade the skill selector and carry out genetic transformations for the troops of the Three Kingdoms.

Not long after, exactly as Chu Xiao had anticipated, the Underworld King truly launched an attack against the Three Kingdoms, striking all three simultaneously to prevent Kyushu from providing support. Fortunately, Chu Xiao had the foresight to have all three nations send contingents to complete their genetic transformations.

The Underworld King's massive army soon reached the city gates, and the Three Kingdoms each dispatched their genetically transformed warriors to meet the enemy. Although these warriors had grown very powerful, the Underworld King's current robots were vastly superior—it was akin to adults beating children.

They could only delay the pace of the Underworld King's advance without defeating them; four or five warriors surrounding a single robot still struggled immensely. Meanwhile, Chu Xiao had already assembled a large force, assigning the representatives of the Three Kingdoms to each lead a detachment to reinforce their respective countries.

Chu Xiao and Lawrence personally led troops to reinforce Mi. The Underworld King had concentrated his main forces against Mi, making it the hardest-hit nation. According to Lawrence, even though they had dispatched their most elite and genetically transformed warriors, they still proved no match for the Underworld King and suffered heavy casualties, which was why Chu Xiao accompanied Lawrence to support Mi in person.