If you don't want treatment, get out! This doctor has a terrible temper.

Chapter 193 The Coal Boss's "Hot Spring" Dream

Wang Minyu stared at the green meaty lump, which was about the size of a millstone and shaped like a "middle finger," and his expression was quite interesting.

On the system panel, a red warning box is flashing frantically:

[High-risk biological sample testing!]

【Name: Mother Zero - Epidermal Tissue (Active Dormant State)】

[Hazard Level: A-]

[Characteristics: Possesses extremely strong regenerative capabilities and environmental mimicry. Swells upon contact with water and proliferates upon exposure to heat. Long-term exposure can lead to disruption of the organism's genetic chain, resulting in "atavism" (such as the growth of gills or scales).]

[Note: Using this to make medicinal liquor? Are you tired of living or don't want your genes to be chaotic enough?]

"Boss Tu," Wang Minyu took a deep breath, trying to make his voice sound less like he was looking at an idiot, "you just said you were going to use this... to make medicinal wine?"

Tu Jinshan rubbed his hands together, his face full of anticipation: "Yes! Doctor Wang, look at the color and the luster! It's clearly a highly nourishing substance! I've heard that the Tai Sui meat Ganoderma is the elixir of immortality that Qin Shi Huang sought. I don't even ask for immortality, I just want my back to be strong for another ten or eight years..."

"Strong?" Wang Minyu sneered. "If you actually drink the wine made from this stuff, not only will your back be strong, but your whole body will be strong—you'll turn into a rock, incredibly hard."

Tu Jinshan was startled, his chubby face trembling: "No...no way? That feng shui master charged me 800,000 yuan for his appraisal!"

"Then you can call the police to arrest him. The minimum penalty for fraud is ten years." Wang Minyu winked at Guan Shan.

Guan Shan understood immediately, put on specially made lead-coated gloves, picked up the "Tai Sui" and walked to the backyard.

"Hey! Be gentle! That's a precious treasure!" Tu Jinshan cried out with heartache.

"Stop yelling," Wang Minyu interrupted him. "If you keep this in your house, your whole family will grow mushrooms in less than three days. I'm taking it for you; consider it saving your life. The consultation fee is waived, and this thing is mine."

Although Tu Jinshan felt sorry for Wang Minyu, he blindly believed in Wang's medical skills. Since the divine doctor said it was poisonous, it must be poisonous.

He immediately put on a fawning smile: "Alright! As long as you accept it, that's its good fortune! Um... actually, I came here today to ask you for a small favor."

"explain."

"Here's the thing, I recently took over that abandoned resort in the western suburbs, you know." Tu Jinshan pulled a planning map from his pocket and spread it on the counter. "I plan to turn it into a super five-star hot spring hotel! But... the drilling team drilled down two thousand meters and didn't find any hot water. Instead, they hit a bunch of... black mud, and it smells a bit pungent."

Wang Minyu glanced at the map.

Western Suburbs Resort.

The location is right in the north of Changxiang City, next to that abandoned old waterworks.

In other words, the "mother's" lair, as K9 mentioned.

"Mud?" Wang Minyu's heart skipped a beat. "What does it smell like?"

"I can't quite put my finger on it." Tu Jinshan wrinkled his nose and tried to recall. "It's a bit like... rotten eggs, and a bit like spoiled seafood. And the mud is really strange, it's warm, but when you touch it you feel a chill down your spine."

Wang Minyu and Su Qing, who was typing on her computer, exchanged a glance.

That's the mother's secretions.

Tu Jinshan is truly a "treasure-hunting genius." Last time he unearthed a "valve" while mining, and this time, while developing real estate, he stumbled upon the "mother body's" discharge outlet. With that kind of luck, it's a real shame he's not a mine-clearing soldier.

"Boss Tu, I'm afraid your hot spring won't be able to open." Wang Minyu pointed at the map with his finger. "That place has bad feng shui. There's something... extremely ominous underneath."

"Huh?" Tu Jinshan's face turned green. "No, Dr. Wang! I've invested three hundred million! My entire fortune is in there! You have to help me! Aren't you supposed to be able to cure ghosts? Perform a ritual for me, exorcise the evil spirit, and the price is negotiable!"

Wang Minyu pondered for a moment.

If the resort really did dig up the "mother's" excretory layer, that would give him a reason to intervene.

Going directly to the water plant might alert them, but if we transport the equipment there under the guise of "developing hot springs," it would be much more legitimate.

"I can help you," Wang Minyu said slowly, "but I have one condition."

"You say! Ten are fine!"

"First, I want a 51% stake in the development of that resort. That means I'll have veto power."

"No problem! You're the major shareholder!" Tu Jinshan agreed readily. Anyway, if it couldn't be fixed, it would just be an unfinished building, and nobody would want it even if it were given away.

"Secondly, I need to transport a batch of 'special' exploration equipment into the area. You're in charge of handling all the approval procedures, and we'll tell everyone that we're introducing advanced geothermal technology from abroad."

"Leave it to me! I'm the expert at these procedures!"

"Third," Wang Minyu pointed to the backyard, "you know that Situ Zhen from earlier, right?"

"I know him! That crazy guy who works with audio equipment!"

"I want you to cooperate with him and make all your construction teams, excavators, and loudspeakers follow his orders. He tells you where to dig, and you dig there; he tells you what music to play, and you play that music. Even if he tells you to play the Great Compassion Mantra on the construction site, you have to put it on repeat for me."

Although Tu Jinshan looked completely bewildered, he gritted his teeth and nodded for the sake of the three hundred million: "Fine! As long as there's hot water, I'll play anything, even 'Tantrum' instead of 'The Great Compassion Mantra'!"

"make a deal."

After seeing Tu Jinshan off, Wang Minyu immediately convened an emergency meeting.

The small pharmacy was packed with all sorts of "eccentric and unusual people".

"That's roughly the situation." Wang Minyu pointed to the location of the resort on the map. "The construction site at Tujin Mountain is located right at a node of the underground water vein. That so-called 'black mud' is actually biomass used by the parent organism to assimilate the surrounding environment."

"It wants to turn that area into its 'incubator'," Su Qing analyzed. "Once that mud seeps into the groundwater, the water source for the entire Changxiang City will be polluted."

"So we have to get ahead of it." Wang Minyu's eyes were burning. "We need to give it a 'dialysis'."

"Dialysis?" Everyone was puzzled.

"That's right." Wang Minyu turned to Pierre. "Chef Pierre, didn't you keep complaining about not having enough of that 'Ghost Umbrella'?"

Pierre's eyes lit up: "Could it be...?"

"That black mud, though toxic, is top-notch fertilizer for fungi," Wang Minyu said with a capitalist's smile. "I'm going to transform that resort into a giant... fungal culture medium. Using Old Cai's improved 'purification mushroom,' we'll absorb the energy from the mud and convert it into resources we can utilize."

"It can solve pollution, mass-produce precious medicinal materials, and also open a 'medicinal hot spring' to harvest the wallets of the rich."

"This is simply..." Li Siyuan swallowed hard, "killing three birds with one stone."

"No, it's killing four birds with one stone." Wang Minyu pointed to Situ Zhen, who was assembling equipment in the corner. "Once Situ's big loudspeaker is set up, it can also use sound wave resonance to give the 'mother body' below a 'sonic rock-breaking' effect. I don't believe it can sleep at that frequency."

"But boss," Zhao Na raised her hand, "that's the 'mother body,' even the S organization doesn't dare to directly provoke it. What if it wakes up?"

Wang Minyu took out the slice of "Tai Sui" that he had confiscated from Tu Jinshan from his pocket.

"It won't wake up."

Why?

"Because a part of it is in my hands." Wang Minyu played with the green piece of flesh. "According to the principles of homeopathy, or the 'sympathetic magic' in witchcraft, as long as I control this part of the tissue, I can interfere with its main body in the opposite direction. If it dares to move, I'll give this piece of flesh... cupping."

Everyone shuddered as they looked at the piece of meat.

Applying cupping therapy to a piece of meat? That's something else entirely.

"Alright, let's split up." Wang Minyu clapped his hands. "Su Qing, you're in charge of monitoring the underground data. Guan Shan, you take the equipment and go to the construction site as the security captain. Don't let any unauthorized personnel get close. Pierre, get your pot ready, we're going to the site... to make soup."

"Making soup?" Pierre exclaimed excitedly. "Making it in the hot springs?"

"Yes. We're going to make the biggest... sterilization soup in the entire Changxiang City."

……

Three days later, at the construction site of the western suburbs resort.

The once abandoned construction site is now bustling with activity.

Dozens of excavators, under Situ Zhen's command, were digging trenches in some strange formation.

A huge sound array was set up all around, playing a deep, heartbeat-like white noise.

Tu Jinshan stood beside Wang Minyu, looking at the huge, bubbling mud pit, his heart pounding.

"Dr. Wang, this...this really produces a hot spring?"

"Don't worry." Wang Minyu, wearing a protective suit, held a huge thermometer and inserted it into the mud. "The temperature is 45 degrees Celsius right now, just right."

He turned to Pierre and shouted, "Add the ingredients!"

Pierre directed a truck to dump an entire load of processed "purified mushroom" spawn into the mud pit.

As the bacteria were introduced into the pit, the previously lifeless black mud suddenly began to boil violently.

Countless white mycelia spread across the surface of the mud like lightning, greedily devouring the black toxins.

The mud changed color visibly from black to gray, and finally turned into a clear and bright... emerald green.

A unique, refreshing fragrance instantly filled the entire construction site.

"Amazing! Absolutely amazing!" Tu Jinshan's eyes widened. "The water has become clear! And...it smells so good!"

"This is called 'Jade Hot Spring'." Wang Minyu took off his mask, a satisfied smile curving his lips. "Boss Tu, get the money printing presses ready. Your hot spring hotel is about to become a hit."

However, just as everyone was immersed in joy, Su Qing suddenly rushed over, her tablet computer emitting a piercing alarm.

"Boss! Something's wrong!"

"What's wrong?"

"The signal underground... has changed." Su Qing's face was deathly pale. "The release of the bacteria just now seems to have stimulated something down there. It... it's responding to us."

"A response?"

"Yes." Su Qing pointed to the waveform line on the screen that had suddenly straightened out. "It sent an audio message."

Wang Minyu took the computer and pressed play.

From the speaker came a clear, childlike voice, yet it sent chills down your spine:

"Mom...I'm hungry."

The next second, the once calm green "hot spring" suddenly exploded.

A giant "hand" made of transparent water emerged from the bottom of the pool and grabbed at Tu Jinshan, who was standing on the shore!