Extraordinary Pedigree.

Chapter 630: Flower of Blood and Bone - Fourteenth Flesh - Bloody Plague I
"We are all steppe wolves of flesh and blood. Beneath the skin of human civilization, we hide endless loneliness and wildness. Every great soul inevitably achieves its transcendence at the cost of flesh and blood.

The pain of blood and flesh makes us feel the reality of life, but in this reality, we also feel the absurdity of life.

Because we were not born into this world by careful selection, we were forced to come into this world without any choice. We did not actively choose to be born into this world, but were forced to bear the weight and frivolity of life, struggling forward in this endless contradiction - you and I, are both thrown into this world, without any room for choice. 』

"Fourteen Incarnation Inscriptions - Blood/Bloodline"

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10:10AM.
Edici Federation. The Bluegrass State.

City of Lexington.

Drop drop-

The weather was gloomy, with a thick layer of dark clouds in the sky, and cold wind mixed with drizzle falling from time to time.

The trees on both sides of the street swayed in the wind, and the scattered leaves swirled on the ground.

The tall buildings in the city seem even colder and taller in such weather, and the pedestrians on the streets are walking hurriedly, as if they all want to avoid this sudden change in weather as soon as possible.

At 3121 Beaumont Center Loop, a modern, urban vibe permeates the space.

This is a bustling commercial district surrounded by tall buildings.

The constant flow of vehicles, the honking of horns and the voices of pedestrians mixed together to form the unique hustle and bustle of this city.

At this moment, Xia Xiu was standing in front of the door of the Blue Grass Blood Center headquarters, wearing a neat black suit and holding a silver cane in his right hand, looking particularly solemn and elegant.

His face looked a little tired, as if he had just gone through a long journey.

[Federal Aviation Administration of Eddie reminds: Dear Director Abraham, you have completed this time in the federal shared channel in less than two minutes.

The starting point of this shuttle: [Isati, the State of a Thousand Lakes] → [Lexington, the State of Bluegrass] (about 1448 kilometers.)

Thank you for choosing to use the Aviation Authority Lexington Ether Shuttle Line.

We hope you are satisfied with your shuttle experience. If you are satisfied with our route and service, please take a few minutes to leave your valuable comments at [evaluation link+].

Your feedback is very important to us and helps us continuously improve and enhance our service quality.

Thanks again for your support!

good luck,

[Customer service name: Think Tank Hermes III Generation Clone]
[Unit Name: Ether Shuttle Line Department of the Federal Aviation Administration of Edici]
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Xia Xiu used his spiritual power to open the link without hesitation, and without hiding his disgust, he directly gave his evaluation and concern.

【Rating: ★★☆☆☆】

[Anonymous message (pinned): Can you optimize the service line? The line shuttle is very unfriendly to the extraordinary people who are not from the financial spectrum. I have never seen the ether shuttle use minutes as the unit! Moreover, have you never considered making a camouflage coating? High-level extraordinary people cannot enjoy better services. Whose shuttle line does not block the high-order frequency of ether! What, use your line, encounter monsters on the way, and I will call all the way here myself! ]

The fourth sword-wielder of the Kingdom of Heaven chopped off thirty blind Ether Void Predators along the way.

His experience along the way was very bad. The route was so bumpy and uncomfortable, and he even encountered a brain-twisting monster on the way who tried to treat him as food.

This groove-like experience is only worth one star, and the extra star is completed considering the relationship between political allies.

【Thank you for your evaluation! 】

The customer service think tank replied with a smiley face, the kind that made people feel like it was being ambiguous.

Xia Xiu simply shut down the space agency's local spectrum network that he was temporarily connected to, out of sight, out of mind.

Although he will still need it later, as for why he will need it later - of course it is because through the mark of [Gray Eyes], he has become the restraining force of the ritual and discovered that the fourteen targets of this gang are actually in the fourteen states of the federation.

He has to run through fourteen states within the countdown and fuck all fourteen incarnations.

After creating it, he also had to strongly counter the attempts behind the scenes to prove the existence of Green Day.

There is still a series of workload and post-event reports to be written.

The number of corporate slaves is completely filled up.

No wonder the fourth sword-wielder has a bit of a “hot temper” now.

But that's always the case with work.

Endless documents, endless overtime, the maze of this castle is nothing more than a ruthless mockery of human dignity.

Sometimes people always have a thought: every night of overtime is like a violation of freedom. Why do we have to exhaust our lives in endless overtime?

Nature is not so cruel. Only human society uses meaningless work to exploit the soul.

"Whoo~"

Xia Xiu exhaled coldly.

Then, he stretched out his left hand, took off the black top hat on his head, and gently patted his clothes with the top hat to brush off the dust and rain.

The drizzle fell on his shoulders and hat, forming a thin layer of water droplets.

There was a gleam in his golden eyes, and his gaze was fixed on the building in front of him.

The building numbered [40513] is a modern structure with a simple and professional appearance.

The building's facade is made of brick, stone and glass, which looks stable and majestic. The glass curtain wall reflects the gloomy sky, giving people a cold and solid feeling.

He took the last few steps and pushed open the revolving door at the entrance of the building of the blood center headquarters. The door slowly turned, and the cold wind was sucked away. The air with a little moisture blew in his face, which was the unique warm atmosphere of the room.

Xia Xiu looked at the interior buildings.

The reception area is spacious and bright, with comfortable seats and an information counter. Several staff members are warmly welcoming blood donors who come to register.

Various brochures are placed on the information counter, introducing the process and precautions of blood donation.

Soft lighting illuminates the entire hall, making people feel relaxed and at ease.

The blood collection room is equipped with advanced blood collection equipment and the chairs are designed to be very comfortable.

The nurses were busy shuttling between the chairs, whispering softly to comfort the somewhat nervous donors.

There are several warm paintings hanging on the walls, trying to make the whole environment more cozy.

Slogans are everywhere:

[Donate a drop of blood, save a life]
[Your blood can ignite hope]
[Donate blood, love is priceless]
Behind the slogan is a rest area for people who donate blood, which is also very thoughtfully designed.

Several sofas and chairs are neatly arranged for blood donors to rest, replenish water and have snacks after donating blood.

Several volunteers were on hand to help ensure that every blood donor received timely care.

"The Bluegrass State's largest nonprofit blood center provides blood and blood products to more than 70 hospitals in the state. The center has multiple blood donation sites in Lexington and operates mobile blood drives to cover the wider area."

Xia Xiu recalled the information about the blood center at the Lexington headquarters in his heart. His eyes swept across the scenes and he felt that everything here was in order.

Then he adjusted the top hat and silver cane in his hands and walked towards the information counter.

Xia Xiu arrived at the information counter and a staff member immediately noticed him.

The worker was a young woman wearing the blood center's uniform, a crisp white shirt and black pants, with a name tag on her chest that read: Emily.

She has short chestnut hair, a kind smile on her face, bright and lively eyes, and looks very friendly.

"Hello, welcome to Blue Grass Blood Center. My name is Emily. How can I help you?" Emily asked politely, her voice gentle and clear.

Xia Xiu showed a warm smile, and at the same time did not forget to apply more [Weakened Presence] on his body to reduce the influence of the human apostles on mortals.

"Hello, I'm here to donate blood."

After hearing this, Emily glanced at the man who had an ordinary appearance but was dressed in somewhat retro style.

"There are still people wearing top hats and carrying canes these days." She muttered to herself.

Then, she professionally took out a form and a pen and handed them to Xia Xiu.

"Great! Thank you for your support for blood donation. Please fill out this registration form, including your name, contact information and some basic health information."

Xia Xiu took the form and pen, sat on the counter and began to read carefully.

Emily continued, "After filling out the form, we need you to answer some health questions to ensure that you are in a suitable physical condition to donate blood. These questions mainly include recent health conditions, whether you are taking medication, travel history, etc."

While the nurse was talking, Xia Xiu had already quickly filled in the personal information column, randomly selecting an ID from the public identity database of the Administration and the Federation.

The remaining few were interesting to him.

Because this was his first time to come into contact with the "free blood donation" blood supply chain which is entirely Terra-specific.

There are various records on the questionnaire:
Recent health status and history of any chronic illness.

· Have you ever had any infectious diseases (such as hepatitis, AIDS, etc.)?

Have you had fever, cough or other infection symptoms recently?

·Whether you smoke, drink, or use drugs.

·Whether there is any recent travel record to areas with high incidence of infectious diseases.

Whether you have come into contact with someone who may be carrying an infectious disease.

………………

All of the above gives people the impression that the recipient of a blood transfusion only needs to consider blood transfusion, while the blood donor has more things to consider.

As Xia Xiu watched, he sketched out various options, and at the same time, he habitually used the [Don Quixote Module] to induce thinking. He liked to induce silently, and he also liked to sit behind the scenes and play chess.

[Xin Liezhi] has his reasons for liking him. If he wasn't wearing the skin of the fourth swordsman, he would be more suitable to be the [Champion].

Both of them always like to mix something like salt in the inner soul of living beings, and then extract the value they want from it.

In other words, life is sometimes their currency.

Nurse Emily, who was standing nearby, quickly became a "talkative" person.

Even though she was facing a "weirdo with an ordinary appearance", she suddenly felt a desire to talk to him.

A desire to communicate based on the nature of work, to express emotions, and to express value.

"What do you think of Terra's blood circulation system?" Emily suddenly asked Xia Xiu.

When she spoke, she didn't even use the honorifics of the service industry, and her face was filled with a new expression, a didactic expression.

"Hmm... a system that matches the current 'situation' of the ball." Xia Xiu pretended to be dull and answered after pondering for a while.

In response to Xia Xiu's slightly strange answer, Emily could only cough a few times in embarrassment.

Then, she ignored Xia Xiu's words as if she was just chatting casually, and began to explain her own rich opinions in the hope of calming the blood donor in front of her.

"The mechanism of unpaid blood donation is the foundation of the modern blood supply system. As you know, the blood supply system was not perfect before, and blood donation mainly relied on family members or paid blood donors. Due to the lack of strict testing and management, paid blood donation often leads to the risk of blood-borne diseases."

"In several major wars on Terra in the past, amidst the sea of ​​blood created by the massive death, humans discovered blood types and built a huge blood system based on them.

In the early days, blood banks had enough reserves for blood to become a major weapon of war, keeping soldiers alive to fight.

Blood donation clinics are offering cash to people willing to donate a pint of blood in response to the surge in demand.

The ready availability of blood had an immediate benefit: doctors could perform larger surgeries than before, and blood loss was no longer an obstacle to the surgical process. This development led to great strides forward in the entire medical field.

In addition, this also means that blood collection centers have become big business.

Blood collection points sprang up in the slums outside major cities, becoming as common as check cashing points and pawn shops in slums today.

Various national unions negotiated blood prices with the government, and soon the supply of blood from professional donors increased dramatically in major cities of the subcontinent.

At the time, blood supplies could save lives, and few people bothered about the ethics of the supply chain.”

"Indeed, only people in the slums can sell blood, but some people do it voluntarily, some have no choice, and some are forced by the environment."

Xia Xiu added this sentence as if to be a supporting actor.

"……certainly."

Emily choked and looked at the blond young man who blinked innocently with a little annoyance, then continued:

"Paid blood donation will certainly be replaced, especially in poor areas, which may lead to vulnerable groups donating blood due to economic pressure. The most important point is that it may lead to social distrust of the blood supply system. The public may worry about the safety and quality of blood, thus affecting the overall blood donation rate."

"To sum up, people are worried that it is not clean - both the poor and the rich hold this idea." Xia Xiu put it more directly.

Emily was somewhat dissatisfied with the directness of the blond young man.

She always felt that some things would make people feel uncomfortable if they were said too bluntly.

It was like my younger self taking his first political class.

When one comes into contact with the nakedly violent nature of the "state," one instinctively resists describing its nature.

Macro-narrative is magnificent, while realpolitik is chilling.

Emily glanced at Xia Xiu, who shrugged with an innocent smile.

She could only hold her breath and continue:
"Indeed, everyone is worried about uncleanliness. With the advancement of blood transfusion technology and the deepening of understanding of blood-borne diseases, people have gradually realized the importance of unpaid blood donation. Unpaid blood donors are usually healthier and do not engage in high-risk behaviors, thus reducing the risk of blood-borne diseases. Generally, blood donors like you will have to undergo a physical examination in addition to the report. Of course, the physical examination is free."

After finishing speaking, Emily paused for a few seconds to make sure that the other party did not continue to use his humorous eloquence, and then she continued:

“Make voluntary donation a routine practice. Paying for any kind of blood is considered coercion and carries a heavy fine. In addition, a complex system has been set up for voluntary donation. People donate blood at blood banks, sign organ donor cards, and donate their bodies to science after death, all for free.

"People who exchange money for body parts could end up in jail."

"The law is clear: buying human bodies is wrong."

“Under such a system, authorities may be able to trace a donor in their records, but the donor’s information is sealed and not accessible to public scrutiny. The donor’s contribution saves the patient’s life, but it is impossible for people outside the hospital to find out the donor’s identity.

The blood was stripped of the donor’s identity, barcoded and placed into sealed plastic bags.”

"What patients buy is a unit of blood, not a part of a human body."

"That way, the recipient won't feel like they owe a favor to a particular donor, but will instead feel grateful to the blood donation system in general, and to the doctor who performed the surgery in particular."

Emily showed some kind of emotion and excitement, but Xia Xiu lost interest in listening to the other party's discussion of law and instead buried his head in writing the list in his hand.

First of all.

When it comes to fairness in profits from the human body business, the law has its shortcomings.

And there are two fatal flaws in this.

First, individuals cannot buy and sell directly, but doctors, nurses, ambulance drivers, lawyers, managers, etc. can all quote market prices for the services they provide.

It is like the patient did not pay for the heart according to the law (organs cannot be bought and sold), but he definitely paid for the heart transplant.

Hospitals and medical institutions are increasingly profiting from organ transplant operations, and some are even distributing the proceeds to shareholders.

Everyone in the supply chain made money, except the actual donors, who didn't get a penny.

After explicitly banning the purchase of human body parts, hospitals can essentially obtain human body parts for free.

Second, the moral dilemma.

Blood donors donate their blood but face moral oppression.

Yes, as a contributor, you are sometimes oppressed by social morals.

Perhaps it is because morality is not always present, so fewer and fewer people are willing to donate blood.

At this time, another form of paid substitute will appear among the free ones.

People also discovered another embarrassing situation: they found that the blood was not flowing to those who needed it most.

Sometimes contributors will be reduced to a situation where they have no blood left.

Ischemia has become the norm nowadays. Faced with the fact that there is no blood available in public blood banks, patients are reluctant to buy blood and doctors find it difficult to intervene. Behind this is the public's misunderstanding of voluntary blood donation and the dilemma of the blood donation system.

The mechanism always emphasizes that people should love their neighbors unconditionally, as they love themselves.

They love their neighbors, but they find that their neighbors do not have the same love for them.

Has the paid market been eliminated?
No!

"If the desire for blood and flesh loses the guidance of reason, it will lead people to depravity and destruction—"