Ye Lin scrutinized Xu Yiheng from head to toe. Instead of continuing her reproach or demanding anything else, she shifted the topic.

"I guess these two doctors might have more important reasons. If they were simply trying to earn more visa time, they wouldn’t be doing this.

"So...

"I don’t accept this condition. If you still insist, then I can only stop selling you any medication.

"Unless you give me a reasonable explanation.

"’Morality’ and ’profit’—at least one of these needs to be accounted for."

Xu Yiheng’s expression was a bit hesitant. He pondered for a long time before finally making up his mind.

"Alright, then I’ll be honest with you.

"In fact, the doctors advised me that I shouldn’t tell you about these matters. But you were indeed sincere, stating the prices of these medicines clearly from the start. This shows you’re also inclined towards being honest and cooperative.

"Continuing to keep this from you indeed feels somewhat unfair.

"These five medicines correspond to five different real-world prototypes, which can be identified using the initials on the bottle and the molecular formulas on the pills.

"They are Ibuprofen, Codeine, Morphine, OxyContin, and Fentanyl respectively.

"OxyContin and Fentanyl have strong side effects and pose a risk of addiction.

"So, as much as possible, these two medications shouldn’t be allowed to flow into the general patient population."

As Xu Yiheng spoke, he took out samples to show Ye Lin.

Ye Lin carefully examined the pills. At a specific light angle, she could indeed see the incomplete molecular formulas engraved on them.

She didn’t possess the relevant expertise, so she couldn’t verify if the molecular formulas matched the specific drugs, but at least the initials and the prototype names of the medications were corresponding.

Just like M stands for Morphine, and F for Fentanyl.

If Xu Yiheng insisted that F stands for Morphine and M for Fentanyl, Ye Lin would certainly doubt the truth of these claims.

But now, since the initials and the prototype names match perfectly, Ye Lin judged that the likelihood of Xu Yiheng deceiving her was not high.

Ye Lin thought for a moment and asked, "But... OxyContin and Fentanyl can also be used as prescription medications, right?

"As long as doctors don’t over-prescribe to patients, giving only three pills at a time to ensure lethal pain is treated, it should be fine.

"There might not be any particularly severe consequences.

"And the benefit of doing this is that we can obtain the medication at a lower price. Our profit margins will increase."

Xu Yiheng immediately grasped Ye Lin’s point.

The procurement price for M-type drugs is 1000, while O-type drugs cost only 100.

If you consider the chain of sales-auditor-doctor-patient as a whole, then for a pill bought from a vending machine until it’s taken by a patient, the former actually consumes ten times the medical points of the latter.

Using O-type medication can achieve ’patients spend less, sales earn more.’

After all, these medical points will ultimately be consumed by the vending machine.

Xu Yiheng sighed: "Of course, I’ve brought up this issue before.

"But both doctors believe it’s best not to do this.

"Precisely because O-type drugs and F-type drugs are cheap, one shouldn’t buy them in bulk.

"Because once you have a large stockpile, it’s hard to resist the temptation and you subconsciously want to sell them all for extra profit.

"Human nature can’t withstand such tests.

"So the best way is to cut it off at the sales-to-auditor stage."

Ye Lin frowned slightly: "The doctors don’t want to take on this responsibility themselves, and instead, they pass it on to you?

"And what about you? What do you think?"

Xu Yiheng paused: "Me? I... I don’t really have a clear idea.

"I’ve already obtained a list of six patients from the two doctors. There are no players from my own Community in this area, so I have no vested interest in these patients.

"If the drugs are already rampant and everyone’s earning medical points, then I have no reason to stay aloof; that would be pointless.

"But if the drugs aren’t rampant yet and they become so because of my actions... then I would feel guilty."

Ye Lin considered for a moment: "Who is the VIP patient closer to Zone A? What’s their name?"

Xu Yiheng paused but didn’t ask much, just answered truthfully: "It seems to be a player from Community 14, named Tan Minglei."

Ye Lin nodded: "Understood. Thank you for your honesty.

"I’ll seriously consider your suggestion and try to bring more medicine next time.

"In any case, I hope we can continue to cooperate until the end."

Xu Yiheng nodded: "Alright, thank you!"

...

Back in her room, Ye Lin, as always, swallowed a C-type pill when the pain came.

Then, she stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, silently observing the situation outside.

The room where the sales are located has a corner floor-to-ceiling window extending into the atrium, so it offers the best view, simultaneously allowing her to see Zone A and Zone B’s auditors, doctors, and patients.

Zone A’s Auditor Shen Qingyun still sat in the cramped space of the audit room. Having likely taken medication and not suffering from pain, his thoughts were unknown.

The doctors and VIP patients in Zone A also seemed normal, at least having taken the basic I-type medication.

Zone B’s auditor, Xu Yiheng, was staring outside in a daze, his expression somewhat confused.

Zone B’s doctor didn’t seem to be suffering from severe pain, pacing the room, his thoughts a mystery.

Among these people, the only one in bad shape was the VIP patient in Zone B.

Previously, Ye Lin had specifically asked, and he was a player from Community 14 named Tan Minglei.

Ye Lin remembered he was one of the first players selected as ’Infected’; last time, he took a common I-type medication, but it wasn’t effective, and he was still curled up in pain on the sofa.

It’s the same this time.

Ye Lin fell into a brief thought, then walked to the vending machine in the room, navigated to a special page, and prepared to initiate a call.

"Zone B, Tan Minglei."

Ye Lin didn’t know the specific characters, but fortunately, the game mechanism didn’t require manual input. A correct voice input sufficed.

According to the game rules, there are two different functions on the special page, ’Call’ and ’Monitor.’

’Call’ requires specific region and name, costing 1000 medical points, limited to once per game round, but there’s no time limit. Players can complete the call within a minute, then proceed to meet other players in the next round.

’Monitor’ doesn’t require specific region and name, allowing direct selection of a room on the map, costing 2000 medical points, and once used, players cannot open any doors to meet others during that game round.

Now, Ye Lin was using the ’Call’ function.

She paid the medical points and then patiently waited while looking through the floor-to-ceiling window towards Tan Minglei’s VIP room.