Telepathy allows one not only to sense the other’s sensory input but also to perceive impending danger.
An inappropriate dosage of medicine can also be dangerous.
Therefore, as long as Xia Yu resolved to inject himself, he could determine whether it was dangerous or not.
The reason he didn’t use Xu Youxiang’s body for this process was because he couldn’t sense danger as acutely in someone else’s body as he could in his own.
Normally, this sensitivity wasn’t very important, but this time Xia Yu needed to gauge the level of danger precisely to determine the dosage, because many medicines were toxic, and the key was to keep the toxicity within a non-serious range.
Picking up the medicine, Xia Yu began his experiment.
He first placed all the medicine in front of him, tested the lethal dose, and then gradually reduced it while sensing the danger.
He divided the danger into ten levels. Then he went to the third-floor balcony and tested it by estimating the height at which a fall would cause disability, determining that level seven would result in limb disability.
He then took a knife and mimicked cutting himself, estimating that level five would result in loss of mobility.
Through this testing, he quickly determined a relatively safe dosage.
The third-level dosage was already quite perfect, and according to estimates, the efficacy was also fairly good. However, he decided to use the second-level dosage, which had slightly weaker efficacy.
Because this was a single dose, and even if one dose was safe, repeated doses might accumulate and cause problems. Xu Youxiang couldn’t rely on just one dose of medicine. Therefore, leaving some margin was the best choice.
Xia Yu couldn’t test this kind of danger unless he actually injected the medicine.
Injecting was out of the question. Although the current dosage was already relatively safe, it still had side effects. If he was incapacitated by the side effects, who would make the medicine to counteract them?
As long as he logged in every time Xu Youxiang used the medicine and sensed the effects, he could avoid serious consequences.
After recording the test results, it was already late at night when Xia Yu climbed into bed.
Before sleeping, he first checked his phone.
He saw a friend request from Xu Youxiang.
After he accepted it, Xu Youxiang quickly sent a message.
“What are you doing?”
Seeing this message, Xia Yu frowned.
This kind of trivial question was something Xu Youxiang would never have asked before.
Was she under pressure? After all, she also knew about the medicine.
Before Xia Yu could finish thinking, Xu Youxiang sent another message:
“Will you come to Yaoguang recently?”
Thinking about it, Xia Yu felt that making Xu Youxiang use a medicine with uncertain effects was too much of a test of her mental resilience. At a time like this, it would be much better if he were present.
“I’ll see. I might come over,” Xia Yu didn’t give a definite answer.
“I heard that the scenery at Jintan is quite nice.”
Xu Youxiang’s message made Xia Yu fall into thought again.
Jintan was a bay on the edge of Yaoguang, a famous scenic spot.
However, its main attraction was the view during dusk and dawn, the transition between day and night, so it was also known as a kind of sacred place because one had to spend the night there after seeing the scenery.
If An Siyao had suddenly said something like this, Xia Yu might have hesitated whether the little silly girl really wanted to go see the scenery, but Xu Youxiang must have had another meaning.
For a moment, Xia Yu felt a flicker of interest, a male instinct, but his reason quickly suppressed it.
He hadn’t yet decided how to deal with Xu Youxiang, and if he acted now, he would be tied down with no other choices.
However, a direct refusal wouldn’t work either. Xu Youxiang would certainly understand his intentions, and a direct refusal would leave her with resentment.
Thinking about it, Xia Yu typed a reply:
“I did a simple test to determine the dosage of the medicine. The process is hard to explain, but these days I may not be able to leave Zilang.”
“Can the medicine be used now?” Xu Youxiang’s attention quickly shifted.
After chatting with her for a while and comforting her, Xia Yu put down his phone and fell asleep.
He slept until seven in the morning when he logged into Xu Youxiang’s body.
A plate of white jade dumplings was placed in front of Xu Youxiang, and she was waiting for Xia Yu’s arrival.
After eating the dumplings, Xia Yu briefly explained to Xu Youxiang that the danger level of the medicine could be determined, but the side effects could not be identified.
Xu Youxiang said she didn’t mind.
After finishing the dumplings, Xia Yu went to the lab and prepared seven doses according to the previous test.
Originally, whether to make it into tablets or liquid required further research, but there was no time for that now, so injection was the only option.
“Teacher Xu, are you going to use this medicine?” a researcher noticed Xia Yu’s actions.
“I have a use for it.” Last time, Xia Yu had secretly stolen the medicine, but this time, he didn’t hide his actions.
After taking the medicine, he called Yu Liang.
Using unapproved medicine privately was illegal, and the side effects would definitely be discovered later. Moreover, he needed a skilled doctor to help with treatment.
After hearing Xia Yu’s words, Yu Liang was silent for ten seconds before sighing:
“You young people, you’re all perfectionists. Compared to life, what’s physical disability?”
Although he said that, Yu Liang still agreed.
In the evening, he brought all the necessary documents. Although there was some slight maneuvering around certain rules, overall it was legal.
Late at night, at Yaoguang Medical University Affiliated Hospital, under the watchful eyes of a group of doctors, Xu Youxiang used the medicine.
As soon as the needle was pulled out, he was taken away for examination.
After a night of observation, nothing unusual happened.
Lying in bed, Xia Yu comforted himself and fell asleep.
He woke up in the afternoon, used the medicine again, and was wheeled away for another checkup.
He stayed in the hospital for a week, and so did Xia Yu in Xu Youxiang’s body.
During this week, apart from fatigue, drowsiness, and lowered body temperature, no other symptoms appeared.
At noon, after Xu Youxiang woke up, another round of tests began.
However, this time the tests were about Xu Youxiang’s legs, not the drug’s side effects.
After the examination, the doctor looked at Xu Youxiang’s report with a frown, then picked up the previous report to compare.
Xia Yu could feel Xu Youxiang’s nervousness, and he felt the same.
After another five minutes, the doctor put down the report and said, “The effect is somewhat unique. It does seem to have improved, but there seems to be some change. That’s normal, after all, this is a new drug.”
“Can the leg be saved?”
“Yes, at this rate, it should recover to a normal paralyzed state in a month. If it continues, we’ll see how it goes.”
Xu Youxiang let out a sigh of relief.
Xia Yu also felt relieved. He yawned and felt drowsy. The effects of weakness and drowsiness were quite strong. These days, he just wanted to lie quietly in bed, not even feeling like playing games.
After Xu Youxiang lay back down, Xia Yu said goodbye and returned to his own body.
Unlike usual, he didn’t continue logging in. He had already stayed in Xu Youxiang’s body for a whole week and could finally take a break now.
During this week, his body had been managed by Tuo Guanyu, and he was almost forgetting what it felt like to be healthy.
Picking up Tuo Guanyu’s management log, Xia Yu glanced through it.
Several classmates came looking for him, but Tuo Guanyu refused them. Some media outlets came looking for him, but they were also turned away. Nothing unusual there. Xia Yu continued reading.
He came across a message that caught his attention.
Yan Wei had returned.
When Xia Yu thought of Yan Wei, he remembered Yan Baiyu.
Once he arrived at Efang, he would find a way to visit and taste the dumplings made by the creator of the white jade dumplings to see what they were like.
Putting down the management log, Xia Yu started thinking about what to do next when Gui Zixiao called.
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