Inside the ward.
The air was eerily quiet.
Everyone's eyes were fixed on Zhou Wanshan's phone screen.
【Remaining lifespan: 28 days】
These few short words sent a jolt through the hearts of many doctors.
If the previous name, age, and assets could still be explained as being scraped by some hacking technology,
then this item was a bit different.
Director Li Guohua subconsciously frowned.
As the head of the infectious diseases department,
he knew Zhou Wanshan's condition better than anyone.
In fact,
just this morning,
the hospital had specially convened an expert meeting.
The core of the discussion was how much longer Zhou Wanshan could hold on.
The final conclusion was: about a month.
Thirty-five days at most.
And twenty days at the shortest.
And now,
this software had directly given an exact number?
This had to be a coincidence, right?
But what if it wasn't...
As if thinking of something,
Director Li Guohua inexplicably felt a surge of tension and chill in his heart.
Several experts nearby had clearly thought of the same thing.
They looked at each other,
and none of them spoke.
On the hospital bed,
Zhou Wanshan stared intently at that number.
Suddenly, he looked up.
"Director Li."
"A week ago, didn't you say..."
"...that I should still have nearly two months?"
His voice was very calm.
But the atmosphere in the ward instantly became awkward.
Several doctors looked at each other in embarrassment.
In the end, Director Li Guohua cleared his throat.
"President Zhou,"
"your condition has indeed undergone some changes."
"The progression of the lung wither disease is even faster than we anticipated."
"This morning, our expert panel re-evaluated it."
"The latest prediction... is about a month or so."
"It's just that the meeting only ended recently, and we hadn't had the chance to notify you yet."
Hearing this, Zhou Wanshan fell silent for a few seconds.
Then, he waved his hand.
He didn't care about this at all right now.
His gaze fell back onto the lifespan treasure once again.
To be precise,
it landed on the option called 【lifespan trading】.
With a light tap of his finger, the page immediately redirected.
Everyone in the ward subconsciously leaned in closer.
The next second,
a prompt popped up.
【Detected that this is the user's first time purchasing lifespan.】
【The rules for lifespan purchase are as follows:】
【Total assets below 100,000: No purchase eligibility.】
【Total assets 100,000–990,000: To purchase 1 year of lifespan, 100,000 RMB must be paid.】
【Total assets 1,000,000–9,990,000: To purchase 1 year of lifespan, 1,000,000 RMB must be paid.】
【Total assets 10,000,000–99,990,000: To purchase 1 year of lifespan, 10,000,000 RMB must be paid.】
【Total assets above 100,000,000: To purchase 1 year of lifespan, 10% of total assets must be paid.】
【Note: lifespan price is automatically determined based on the user's assets.】
Seeing this massive difference in purchase price,
sharp gasps immediately filled the ward.
"It's the same purchase of a year of life, so why is it divided into social classes? Some people only need a hundred thousand, while others... need over ten million?!"
A young doctor couldn't help but speak up.
The nurse next to him also widened her eyes.
"So the more assets you have, the more expensive it is?"
"This is simply highway robbery!"
Everyone nodded in agreement.
No matter how they looked at it, this was absurd.
Zhou Wanshan looked at the personal information panel.
He clearly belonged to the tens of millions tier.
In that case, purchasing one year of life would require paying ten million!
Everyone subconsciously looked at Chen Fan again.
After all, he was the only person here who had actually bought life.
"You bought it too? How much did it cost?"
Zhou Zihao asked impatiently.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Chen Fan remained as steady as an old dog.
He cleared his throat and lied smoothly.
"I'm poor."
"My entire net worth is only around a hundred thousand."
"I bought one year of life, and it only cost me a hundred thousand."
The ward instantly fell dead silent.
"One hundred thousand for a year."
"Ten million for a year."
Wasn't this price difference a bit too ridiculous?
Zhou Zihao almost jumped out of his skin.
"Dad!"
"You heard that, right?"
"They're slaughtering you like a pig!"
"This is clearly a scam!"
"What kind of decent person would ask for ten million right off the bat?"
"And for buying something as ridiculous as lifespan!"
"If you told this to anyone, probably not even a primary schooler would believe it!"
Zhou Wanshan didn't say anything.
He just stared quietly at his phone.
Zhou Zihao grew even more anxious.
"Dad!"
"Think about it!"
"If you could really buy lifespan,"
"the world would have descended into chaos long ago!"
"How could it be our turn to encounter it?"
"And even if we take a step back!"
"Even if such a thing really existed, why would it be you?"
In the ward,
many people nodded in agreement in secret.
The words were crude but the logic was sound.
However,
Zhou Wanshan slowly raised his head
and looked at his son.
"Zihao."
"If a drowning person grabs a rope, do you think he would first verify whether the rope is real, or would he just grab it?"
Zhou Zihao was instantly at a loss for words.
Zhou Wanshan continued,
"I only have less than a month to live now."
"Never mind ten million, even if it were a hundred million!"
"As long as I can really buy a year of life,"
"I would still buy it."
Zhou Zihao was sweating profusely with anxiety.
As if suddenly struck by an idea, he had a brainwave.
"Dad!"
"But you don't have to spend ten million either!"
"How about this: transfer the money to me first, and transfer all the assets to my name too! Just leave one million in your account... no, just leave a hundred thousand!"
"In that case, wouldn't you only need to spend a hundred thousand?"
As soon as he finished speaking,
the eyes of everyone in the ward instantly lit up.
That's right!
Doesn't this rule charge based on assets?
Then wouldn't transferring the assets do the trick?
However,
just as those words left his mouth,
Chen Fan almost cursed out loud.
If you guys do this, how am I supposed to do business?
"Ahem..."
He couldn't help but clear his throat and speak up, "Um, President Zhou, this method probably won't work. You can take a look at the announcement."
"Announcement?"
Zhou Zihao frowned.
Zhou Wanshan was also taken aback.
Soon, under Chen Fan's guidance,
a 'Transaction Notice' caught everyone's eye.
【lifespan tradings follow the principle of equivalence.】
【Any form of transfer, gift, concealment, nominee holding, or trust will not affect the final pricing of the lifespan trading.】
【'lifespan treasure' reserves the right of final interpretation.】
Upon seeing this notice, the ward instantly fell silent.
Zhou Zihao was completely dumbfounded.
"How can they even do that?"
No one answered.
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.
It seemed there were no loopholes to exploit?
It was made to look so incredibly real!
Not knowing what he had thought of, Zhou Wanshan actually laughed.
He laughed louder and louder.
"Good."
"Very good."
"Only this way would someone feel the urge to spend money to try it out."
With that, he extended his finger without hesitation and pressed the purchase button.
【Do you confirm the purchase of 1 year of lifespan?】
【Payment Amount: 10,000,000 RMB.】
【Confirm / Cancel】
Without even a hint of hesitation, Zhou Wanshan clicked confirm.
The next second,
Ding!
A text message notification sound popped up.
【An expenditure of 10,000,000.00 RMB has been made from your account ending in 8818.】