I Kidnapped An Alien Civilization

2021-07-07

Chapter 79 Strange Diseases

The end of a semester is the busiest time for students, and students with good academic performance usually gain more High grade point, all night study. Students with poor academic performance usually do “last-minute preparation” before the exam in order not to fail the course.

Therefore, the clamor brought by “The Return of the Great God” quickly subsided, and fatty and the others started the pre-exam sprint of leaving early and returning late. Li Mo also started a “regular” life because he had no exam assignments. Every morning, he has to come to the basketball court. “Practice shooting” with the biology student I met last time.

After seeing Lan Xichen dragging his slightly inconvenient legs countless times, he struggled to pick up the ball. Li Mo finally couldn’t help but say: “Otherwise, I’ll go pick up the ball for you next time.”

Lan XiChen looked slightly startled, the basketball in the clapped, “You still see it out. , my legs are still different from normal people, aren’t they?”

As he said, he hugged the basketball, came to sit on the row of chairs on the side of the court, looked at the winter sun, and said with blurred eyes: ” I thought you didn’t see it, it seems to be serious again.”

Li Mo also sat down beside him and turned sideways, “Your leg is injured?”

Lan XiChen shook his head and patted his legs, “It’s getting more and more obvious, time is running out.”

“If you consider me a friend, you might as well tell me your legs What’s wrong?” Li Mo said with concern, looking at his melancholy look.

“Do you know amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?” Lan XiChen still patted his legs with his hands.

Li Mo shook his head, but hearing the name knew it was not a simple disease.

“Have you heard of ALS?” the teenager said with a bit of self-deprecation.

ALS, Li Mo heard the name when he was in junior high school.

Stephen William Hawking is a famous physicist at the University of Cambridge, UK, and one of the greatest modern physicists. Because of ALS, he is paralyzed, unable to speak, and only has three fingers on his hands to move.

Li Mo’s idol Kobe Bryant once did the “ice bucket challenge” for ALS, which is an activity in which ice water is poured all over the body. Many celebrities in the world, such as Bill Gates, Zuckerberg and Sandberg, have also appeared on the camera for ALS. It is said that it is to experience the pain of ALS patients.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is also called motor neuron disease (MND), Charcot disease in France, and Lou Gehrig disease in the United States. In my country, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and motor neuron disease are usually mixed. It is caused by the injury of the upper and lower motor neurons, resulting in gradual weakness and atrophy of the muscles including the bulb (the so-called bulb, which refers to the muscle innervated by the medulla oblongata), the limbs, the trunk, and the chest and abdomen.

The symptoms are progressive muscle atrophy and weakness of the limbs, and finally respiratory failure.

The patient with ALS finally watched as his body was frozen, little by little lost consciousness, and was finally taken away by Death God.

Common age of onset: 30-60 years old.

Treatment results: no cure.

Cause: unknown.

At this time, Li Mo realized the benefits of being memorable. When Lan Xichen mentioned ALS, a book about ALS appeared in his mind. At the end of the book, the protagonist chooses an uninhabited valley where death comes quietly.

“When did you get sick?” Li Mo asked cautiously. According to the book, ALS patients usually have a lifespan of 6-10 years.

“After finishing the last subject of the college entrance examination, I wanted to laugh, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t laugh.” Lan XiChen seemed to be trying to control his facial muscles to make a smile, but In the eyes of others, I saw his cheeks tremble.

“That’s when I realized there was something wrong with my body.”

Maybe because I didn’t have close friends in college, maybe because Li Mo was the same age Let them sympathize with each other. Lan XiChen opened his heart on this winter morning.

“I’m a genius, do you believe it?” Lan XiChen’s cheeks shook again, Li Mo knew he was trying to smile.

Li Mo nods because he “feels the same.”

“When I was 10 years old, my mother took me to Mensa Club abroad to test my IQ, and the measured data was 180.”

“At that time I I clearly remember the surprised expression of the white-bearded foreign old man who took the test. 180 was enough to become a Mensa member, but was rejected by my mother.”

“My mother is like this. A arrogant person, her everything is perfect and without blemish, even her son is different from ordinary people. So she brought me here just to tell everyone that she has a son with a high IQ. I am just her A tool for showing off.”

He mentioned his mother with several points of hope and more of disgust.

“But all this was broken after I took the college entrance examination at the age of 15, and soon I was sent to the hospital by her assistants for examination. At that time, the doctor vaguely explained the probability of being sick, She was scolded by her on the phone.”

At this moment, Lan XiChen stopped and asked in a low voice, “Are you not willing to listen to this?”

Li Mo looked at his lonely look, “We are friends, aren’t we?”

“Yes, we are friends.” Lan XiChen nodded heavily and continued.

“That night, I was taken by her assistants on a plane to a private clinic in Germany. There, I had a whole week of examinations, MRI, EMG, nerve conduction velocity , genetic testing.”

“Maybe I have done all the tests, but the doctor didn’t tell me the final result. It’s just that I received a call from her, and on the phone, She asked me what else I wanted to do now.”

“I said I wanted to go to college, so she bought a house for me in Yanda and arranged for a nanny to take care of me.”

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Lan XiChen said in a low voice at this time, “You know, that was the last phone call she ever called me. If I need anything in daily life, just tell the nanny.”

Li Mo is not good at comforting people. Looking at Lan Xichen’s hesitant expression, he asked, “How old are you now, and it’s the end of the term, don’t you need to review?”

“I’m 17 now Years old, sophomore.” Lan XiChen said confidently: “I told you, I don’t have to review every exam to get full marks, don’t you believe it?”

Li Mo laughed, “My name is Li Mo, who is also 17 years old this year, graduated from the Department of Mathematics.”

“17 years old, graduated with a bachelor’s degree?” Lan Xichen was startled by the two inappropriate words.

“Did you start college when you were 13?” he asked in the heart after calculating.

Li Mo shook his head, “I started college at the age of 17, so, as a good friend, let me tell you about my experience.”

Li Mo I feel that maybe my own experience will inspire Lan XiChen, that is, no one can predict what will happen tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)