Hearing Shen Qiang's words, the many doctors in the duty room were all stunned.

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"Shen Qiang, are you saying that we all got it wrong?"

Looking at the gazes of the many doctors.

Shen Qiang helplessly arched his brows and after a moment of silence, said, "I can't be absolutely certain now, but please give me a few minutes to talk to the patient's family. Of course, you can contact the Parasitic Research Center now."

"Before they arrive here to take the patient, I think I should be able to find the answer."

Hearing this, the many doctors present looked at each other with odd expressions.

Shen Qiang left the duty room to see a pale-faced young man sitting blankly outside the ICU.

He was wearing mountaineering boots.

Storm pants, quick-drying T-shirt, and a storm jacket was placed on the chair next to him.

Shen Qiang said, "Hello, is the patient inside the ICU your family member?"

"It's my friend." The young man said somewhat anxiously, "We went mountain climbing together. We were supposed to camp midway up the mountain last night, but because our physical strength was poor and we were unfamiliar with the terrain, we didn't make it."

"As it was getting dark, we found a cave and decided to camp there."

Shen Qiang slightly furrowed his brows and asked, "Then what happened?"

"Then?" The young man frowned in recollection. "The floor of the cave was all gravel; on the outside, there was excrement from previous campers, so we walked a few steps inside the cave."

"There was a flat spot inside, but it was narrow, and we couldn't quite lie down comfortably, so he took a foldable military shovel we had and dug near the cave wall."

Shen Qiang frowned and asked, "Did you dig up a jar?"

The young man was startled and replied rapidly, "Yes, he dug up a jar."

"You opened it, and inside was a fragrant oil, right?" Shen Qiang continued.

The young man was stunned and said in amazement, "Yes, a fragrant oil, like well-refined lard. He said it might be good for boiling noodles, so he used the spoon he carried to scoop some of the oil."

"After that, he gasped, and then passed out. I was terrified and called for help. The local police sent us to the county hospital, but the county hospital refused to treat us, so we came here."

Hearing this, Shen Qiang frowned.

And almost at that same moment.

The alarm in the ICU suddenly sounded.

Then Shen Qiang saw the duty doctors and nurses running over here hurriedly.

"Inject adrenaline."

"Ventilator!"

"It's over, the worm in his brain is dancing. He's a goner."

Hearing the doctors' words, Shen Qiang urgently furrowed his brows and said, "Did you notice anything else when he screamed, like hearing any sounds or seeing anything?"

"No, I only heard his scream," the young man said, his face pale. "Is he not going to make it? I didn't harm him."

"Intracranial pressure is too high. We must perform surgery immediately to relieve the pressure!"

"Have you gone mad? Hearing the sound of the drill, that worm will get even more excited. It will turn the patient's brain into mush."

"We must act now, or he's as good as dead!"

Hearing the shouting from the ICU, Shen Qiang frowned and said urgently, "Answer my question. Think carefully, did you notice anything else at that time? Your answer will determine whether your friend lives or dies!"

Watching the doctor in the ICU getting ready to drill into his friend's head.

The young man started to cry.

"No sound, just a golden light, a gold light, like a golden firefly!"

Shen Qiang's eyes immediately lit up.

"Confirmed!"

Shen Qiang took two steps at a time to sprint into the ICU and bellowed, "Don't touch his head, I know what it is!"

Hearing this, the chief of neurosurgery frowned and said, "His intracranial pressure is too high, mannitol won't be fast enough!"

"Trust me!"

Shen Qiang turned around, took a small plastic measuring cup used for testing from the side, then cut open his own index finger, dropping a few drops of fresh blood into it, and quickly placed the small cup directly over the patient's ear.

Then, he silently circulated True Qi in his hands.

Layers of undulating True Qi spread out like ripples with a strange rhythm.

Almost instantly, a doctor by the monitor exclaimed, "The bug has stopped, it's not moving anymore!"

The head of neurology and the chief of neurosurgery immediately froze, they looked at each other, eyes full of confusion.

But at this moment, Shen Qiang felt an unmatched tension.

Because ever since he had seen the CT images and heard the various doctors explain the oddities of the bug, Shen Qiang's mind had conjured up the records concerning Gu Poison.

Gu are artificially cultivated poisonous insects, and Poisoning is a practice close to witchcraft.

In Huaxia, the character for "Gu" can be found in oracle bone inscriptions, highlighting its ancient origins.

There are many types of Gu.

Among them, the most powerful is the Golden Silkworm Gu.

Golden Cicada Gu is not afraid of water, fire, or blades, making it the hardest to eliminate.

Therefore, even in the Immortal Realm, the Golden Cicada Gu is a terrifying method of poisoning that induces fear at the mere mention of its name. Without the power of the True Immortal Realm, anyone affected by it is doomed to die.

But Shen Qiang had hesitated before.

The real reason lay in the fact that not all Golden Cicada Gu are the same; there are also variants.

An ordinary Golden Cicada Gu is created by sealing various poisonous insects like venomous snakes, centipedes, lizards, earthworms, toads, and so on, in a jar, letting them fight each other to the death. After a year, only one remains.

This one changes in form and color. It takes on the shape of a worm with golden yellow skin, thus becoming a Golden Silkworm.

Such a Cicada Gu, though vicious, has form and substance, which means that a Cultivator can defend against it and even kill it when they are on guard.

The truly powerful Golden Cicada Gu is made by placing twelve poisonous insects in a jar and secretly burying it at a crossroad. After forty-nine days, it is secretly retrieved and put into an incense burner where it is offered tea and Incense twice a day. The Golden Silkworm obtained this way is intangible, residing within the incense ash.

This type of Cicada Gu is particularly fond of clean environments, always keeping the home of its host spotless.

If you visit an ordinary household and see that even the corners are clean without a trace of spiderwebs,

and when you kick some dust at the threshold, then look back to find that the dust has mysteriously vanished, you can be sure that this family definitely has a Golden Cicada Gu.

But the two types mentioned above are just Cicada Gu.

The true Kings of All Gu are another two types of Golden Cicada.

One type is the formless Golden Cicada that resides in the human body. The host must meditate and endure hardships, serving it with their own flesh and blood, passing through more than three generations. This is the Golden Cicada Spirit Gu.

It is not afraid of water or fire; it is unaffected by the axe and blade, highly sentient, and can communicate with the host's intentions.

Even an ordinary person possessing such a Golden Cicada Spirit Gu can make ordinary Cultivators flee in fear.

And the last type is the strongest and most dangerous of them all.

This involves taking young boys and girls or juvenile animals of each gender and Refine them into Incense through Secret Techniques to feed the Golden Cicada.

This type of Golden Cicada takes one hundred years to take shape, another hundred to gain intelligence, and yet another hundred for wings to grow from its ribs, requiring three hundred years to mature.

The Cicada fed on Incense made from juvenile animals is black and called the Blood Corpse Golden Cicada. It's extremely ferocious, with a strong bloodthirst, and easily turns on its master. Such a Cicada is rarely refined unless there is overwhelming vengeance involved.

The other type, created by feeding Golden Cicada with Incense made from young boys and girls, is particularly malicious.

But the Golden Cicada Gu refined in this manner has advantages no other Golden Cicada Gu possesses.

It is intelligent.

Not only that, but it has form and can dissipate at will. It is not only impervious to water and fire, resistant to swords and spears, but it can also practice Cultivation, with both intelligence and power growing over time.

Therefore, it is truly the King of All Gu.

The strongest, the Spirit Corpse Golden Cicada!

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