Chapter 560: Chapter 560: New Pain Sensation

Back in the room, Huang Shengjie was the same as before, first taking out the last piece of Class I drug, silently waiting.

The familiar pain appeared again, still the regular pain.

Huang Shengjie immediately threw the Class I drug into his mouth and swallowed it.

The pain gradually subsided, leaving only a slight stinging and burning sensation.

But this time, the feeling of pain had already reached the brink of endurance, even after taking the Class I drug, the situation did not fundamentally improve.

Huang Shengjie could clearly feel that the speed of deterioration of the basic pain in recent rounds of the game seemed to be increasing.

"Is it some hidden rule in the game?

"The more residual pain there is, the faster the next round deteriorates?

"Should I take a piece of Class O drug to clear the current pain?"

Huang Shengjie took out the bottle of Class O drug, but after hesitating for a moment, he put it back.

"Endure a little longer.

"The current level of pain is not yet to the point where I have to take Class O drugs."

This level of pain was already affecting his thinking, but given the current situation, Huang Shengjie didn’t have any urgent matters that required deep thought.

So he ultimately decided to empty his mind and silently endure.

Soon, the regular pain gradually faded away.

But just when Huang Shengjie mistakenly thought everything was over, he suddenly felt something strange.

A peculiar soreness gradually spread throughout his body, even causing his fingers to tremble slightly involuntarily.

At first, Huang Shengjie didn’t pay much attention, thinking it was some kind of illusion, but quickly, this soreness intensified, like waking up after being beaten in a dream.

Furthermore, Huang Shengjie felt his brain suddenly becoming foggy, with sudden tears and nasal discharge, resembling catching a cold, but with mild symptoms—not serious.

"Strange, is it because I didn’t manage the pain promptly, causing regular pain to continue to worsen, leading to new adverse reactions?"

Until now, Huang Shengjie had endured several different levels of pain: regular and special pain without drug mitigation, regular and special pain weakened by ordinary Class I painkillers, and special pain weakened by Class O special drugs.

The sensation he was experiencing now, in terms of pain level, roughly sat between regular pain weakened by Class I painkillers and regular pain not mitigated.

But the excruciating discomfort was unlike any previous pain.

Huang Shengjie continued to grit his teeth and endure; fortunately, the feeling didn’t last long before it disappeared.

He breathed a sigh of relief, quietly grateful that not taking Class O drug was the right choice, and once more stepped towards the lounge.

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Ye Lin walked into Xu Yiheng’s auditing room.

She hadn’t yet sat down when Xu Yiheng angrily questioned, "What exactly did you do!

"Did you talk to Tan Minglei?

"Otherwise, why would he know the price of these drugs?

"I clearly told you about the prototypes of Class O and Class F drugs, also told you about their strong addiction and side effects; this was all based on trust in you. And you repay me like this?

"I really shouldn’t trust you salespeople; you’re all birds of a feather!

"Hah, right, if not for the type of players who value human life less than visa duration, how could anyone be chosen as a salesperson?"

Xu Yiheng’s eyes were filled with hostility as he looked at Ye Lin.

But Ye Lin remained calm, because Xu Yiheng had ultimately accepted her application and met her.

So, no matter how angry Xu Yiheng appeared, there was still room for conversation between them.

Ye Lin sighed softly, then said frankly, "I’m sorry, I did talk to Tan Minglei.

"But I didn’t deceive him, nor did I deliberately hide information.

"Everything I said was truthful disclosure. I told him the prices of four types of drugs, and also made it clear that Class O and Class F drugs have very strong side effects.

"I didn’t use conversation techniques to guide his choice.

"Whatever he did was his own choice."

Xu Yiheng still had a dark expression but didn’t question Ye Lin’s words.

He knew what Ye Lin said was indeed the truth.

After a moment, Xu Yiheng asked somewhat helplessly, "Do you know what Tan Minglei said to the doctor?"

Ye Lin shook her head slightly, "Don’t know, but can roughly guess.

"One possibility is some unfriendly remarks.

"However, I suspect another possibility is more likely."

Xu Yiheng seemed deflated instantly, remained silent for a long time, then said, "Hmm.

"I originally thought Tan Minglei would be furious and would angrily question why the doctor raised prices together with the auditors to deliberately harm him.

"But actually, Tan Minglei didn’t do that.

"He knelt to the doctor, pleaded desperately, hoping the doctor would sell him some Class O or Class F drugs.

"Indeed, you didn’t use conversation techniques to guide his choice, but you had already anticipated such an event."

Ye Lin shook her head, "It’s not really prediction, it’s just the rational choice most players would make."

Xu Yiheng sighed, "What do you want after all?

"You chose to expose this mess, have you thought about how to end it?

"Originally, if these players didn’t know the specific prices of drugs, we could just rescue them using Class M drugs.

"Now selling Class M drugs makes us bear the name of selling overpriced drugs; selling Class O or Class F drugs is harming people."

Ye Lin retorted, "Do you think it can be kept hidden indefinitely?

"Players will review everything clearly once returning to the Community after surviving.

"Even if you use Class M drugs to save them and avoid side effects, do you think they’ll thank you when back in the Community?

"No, they won’t.

"Besides, haven’t you noticed that your two subordinate doctors aren’t actually on the same page with you?

"For how much did you sell the drugs to them?"

Xu Yiheng paused, "Hmm?

"I sold them at 1400."

Ye Lin nodded, "Are you aware of the price those doctors are selling to patients?

"1500 per piece."

Xu Yiheng was stunned.

Upon hearing 1500 initially, it seemed normal, but upon hearing "per piece," his expression instantly became dejected.

"What?

"I sold the drugs at a price of 1400 points per bottle to the two doctors, telling them the highest recommended retail price is 1500, so try to sell it at 300 per piece to real Infected.

"I even deliberately left them a profit margin!

"Selling at 1500 per piece is clearly triggering a violation in trade, isn’t it?

"As soon as 7 violations occur, profits at the end of the game will be reduced to the minimum 30%, what are they thinking!

"Could it be..."

Xu Yiheng suddenly realized something.

Ye Lin nodded, explained, "Yes, considering it normally, avoiding violations is the way to go.

"But if each piece brings high enough profit?

"Then at the end of the game, even taking away only 30% profit is more profitable than selling drugs honestly within the recommended retail range.

"The same bottle, if received at 1400 and sold at 1500, earns only 100 medical points of profit.

"But if sold at 7500, even being reduced to only 30% profit brings 1830 points of profit.

"So, which option do you think is more profitable for the doctors?

"If they only have access to Class M drugs, how would they decide?"