The whole day, Xia Yu was thinking about Xu Youxiang.
If there was a medical method, and the issue was merely about money or something else, Xia Yu could find a solution—he could take a more radical approach, such as body swapping.
But Xu Youxiang had already said that current medical technology simply lacks the capability in this area.
Then the only option was to create something out of nothing.
By using the method of gaining experience through game skills to level up, he could forcibly elevate his medical skills beyond the limits of human capability.
Judging from piano playing, the human limit is roughly level 6, so would level 7 be required?
No, perhaps it wouldn’t need to be that high. This kind of medical skill might not be something current human technology is unable to achieve, but rather something that hasn’t been developed yet.
It’s like many unsolved academic puzzles—these aren’t necessarily unsolvable, but those capable of solving them usually have more important research to focus on and are unwilling to spend time on them.
The abilities gained from skill upgrades are comprehensive. As long as he reaches the required level, Xia Yu would gain the corresponding expertise.
The current problem was, how could he find a body with this kind of skill bonus?
Compared to programmers, doctors are professionals who serve the public. Finding renowned physicians wouldn’t be difficult.
As long as it wasn’t a hospital with strict access control, he could find a way to get inside.
But he didn’t know whether he could obtain the desired skill bonus from those famous doctors, or whether he could level up in time.
Thinking about this now was pointless. He should start trying directly.
Getting up from bed, Xia Yu used the excuse of “inviting classmates to play together” to leave home early, leaving Youxue with Kong Hanyue.
He plotted a route on the map: first going to Kaiyang, then Yaoguang, followed by Efang. If he couldn’t find anything in these three locations, it would prove that searching this way was like looking for a needle in a haystack, and he should abandon this method.
To avoid disturbing the doctors’ work, he chose to swap during their off-hours.
None of the three well-known doctors in Kaiyang had the relevant skills. Each of these three doctors had become famous for different reasons: dexterity, meticulousness, and suturing.
One of the five renowned doctors in Yaoguang did have a medical skill bonus, but it was for internal medicine surgery, which Xu Youxiang wouldn’t benefit from.
After searching through Efang, Xia Yu found another doctor with a mental therapy skill, but that was also of no use.
However, mental therapy was still a useful skill. Xia Yu spent eight hours mastering it.
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to use the hidden benefit of level 1 to directly gain the skill at level 1 and leave immediately, but because it was simply ineffective.
It might be because level 1 was merely the default level, and in reality, the other person’s affinity hadn’t even reached level 1.
After returning to his own body, Xia Yu gave up on this method of searching.
All these doctors had skill bonuses that could enhance their medical abilities, but none were what Xia Yu needed.
The success rate of this approach was too low. He should think of other ways.
For example, obtaining another body search opportunity.
Xu Youxiang had obtained her body through a body search.
Body search was a task reward from the game, obtainable only by completing tasks.
But such tasks didn’t have any fixed trigger conditions.
He could only give it a try.
He decided to go back first.
On the high-speed train ride home, Xia Yu used his game opportunity of the day on An Siyao.
To improve efficiency, Xia Yu had only logged into An Siyao’s body once in the past few days to briefly explain the situation.
After a moment of darkness, Xia Yu saw the familiar piano.
An Siyao didn’t say a welcome back, as that would be inappropriate at this moment.
“Did you solve it?” An Siyao asked.
Xia Yu didn’t tell her exactly how he would solve it, only saying that he wouldn’t come over for a few days.
“Not yet. How about you?” Xia Yu asked.
“I asked Auntie Ning to invite some experts, but it seems they don’t have any solutions either,” An Siyao replied.
In other words, he still needed to find a breakthrough through skills.
He definitely needed another body search opportunity. He had to find a way for the game to issue a related task.
“What I’m going to do next might seem a bit strange. Don’t be surprised,” Xia Yu told An Siyao.
“Okay,” the girl agreed. Her mind flashed back to Zhong Yunxin’s box of clothes.
That kind of strangeness seemed somewhat embarrassing.
To her relief, yet with a hint of disappointment, Xia Yu’s strangeness wasn’t like Zhong Yunxin’s. He simply lay on the bed talking to himself.
Xia Yu was conducting an experiment.
The purpose of game tasks was testing. The lack of issued tasks might be because he was unknowingly doing the test content already, so the game didn’t need to waste resources issuing tasks.
Previously, he had already tried a few things without success.
Now, he had a new idea.
“Making mobile apps is so troublesome. I don’t want to do it anymore.”
No prompt sound appeared.
“Controlling a black cat to shoot advertisements is so troublesome. I don’t want to do it anymore.”
Still no response.
“Body swapping is so troublesome. I don’t want to do it anymore.”
That couldn’t possibly have no reaction. It was probably because it was an impossible thing, so it couldn’t trigger the prompt sound.
Looking back at previous tasks, first he controlled a black cat to participate in the “Cats and Dogs Go Forward” show, then joined the District-wide Instrument Competition. It seemed these were all related to competitions, and what was unique about competitions was probably the audience.
Therefore, when Xia Yu mentioned making software or shooting advertisements, both of which involved an audience, there was no response.
After thinking for a while, he said again, “The college entrance exam is coming soon. I should focus the remaining time on studying and just drop all the student council stuff.”
[You have received a test mission.]
[Before the college entrance exam, help An Siyao earn the admiration of students at Dongzhi Xiang Academy.]
[You may choose one of the following rewards:]
[1. Hosted AI Personality Change]
[2. Level-Up Card Lv5]
[3. Body Search Attempt x1]
So that’s where the test was.
Playing games required battling wits with the system.
After accepting the mission, Xia Yu felt relieved.
With body search, he would definitely find the right skill bonus. The current issue was time.
Thinking about this, Xia Yu couldn’t help but blame Xu Youxiang a little. If she had told him earlier, he wouldn’t be in such a rush now.
However, he could understand Xu Youxiang’s feelings. Wanting to share good news but not bad news was a stubbornness common to all humans.
He asked An Siyao, “How long can Xu Youxiang’s legs hold out?”
“Optimistically speaking, about six months.”
Six months? That should be enough time.
Sitting up, Xia Yu began thinking about the mission objective.
How was he supposed to make An Siyao gain the admiration of students at Dongzhi Xiang Academy?
With control of the student council and An Siyao’s popularity already surpassing Feng Yujia’s, wasn’t she already qualified enough?
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