Extraordinary pedigree

Chapter 630 Flower of Blood and Bone·Fourteen Incarnations-Blood Plague I

"We are all steppe wolves of blood and flesh. Under the skin of human civilization, we hide endless loneliness and wildness; every great soul inevitably achieves its transcendence at the cost of blood and flesh.

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 carefully, we were forced to come to this world without 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 all beings thrown into this world, without any choice. 』

"Fourteen Incarnations Engraved-Blood/Bloodline"

10:10 AM.

Edisi Federation·Bluegrass State.

Lexington City.

Drip drip drip-

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

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 seemed even colder and taller in such weather, and the pedestrians on the street walked hurriedly, as if they all wanted to avoid the sudden change of weather as soon as possible.

At 3121 Beaumont Center Loop, the modern urban atmosphere permeated it.

This is a bustling commercial district, surrounded by tall buildings.

The continuous flow of vehicles, the sound of horns and the conversations of pedestrians mixed together, forming the unique hustle and bustle of this city.

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

His face was slightly tired, as if he had just experienced a long journey.

[Edisi Federal Aviation Administration Reminder: Dear Director Abraham, you have completed this time in the federal shared channel, and it took less than two minutes.

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

Thank you for choosing to use the Lexington Ether Shuttle route of the Aviation Administration.

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

Your feedback is very important to us and can help us continuously improve and enhance the quality of our service.

Thank you again for your support!

Best wishes,

[Customer Service Name: Think Tank·Hermes III Generation Clone]

[Unit Name: Ether Shuttle Route Department of the Federal Aviation Administration of Edici]

Xia Xiu did not hesitate to open the link with his spirituality, and did not hide his dislike, and directly gave his evaluation and mind.

[Evaluation: ★★☆☆☆]

[Anonymous message (top): Can you optimize the service route? Route shuttle is very unfriendly to extraordinary people of non-financial lineages. I have never seen ether shuttles use minutes as units! Moreover, have you never considered making a camouflage coating? Can't high-level extraordinary people enjoy better services? Whose shuttle line does not block the high-order frequency of ether! What, use your line, and I will fight all the way here if I encounter monsters on the road! 】

The fourth sword-bearing man of the Kingdom of Heaven who chopped off thirty blind ether void predators on the way was output.

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

This groove-like experience is only worth one star. The extra star is completed considering the relationship of political allies.

[Thank you for your evaluation! ]

The customer service think tank replied with a smiley face, and this smiley face was still the kind of smiley face that made people feel that it was playing tricks on themselves.

Xia Xiu directly turned off the local spectrum network of the Space Agency that was temporarily connected, so that he would not be annoyed if he didn't see it.

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

He has to run through the fourteen states within the countdown and T***D all the fourteen incarnations.

After the creation, he will also have to fiercely hedge against the attempt to prove the existence of [Green Day] behind the scenes.

There is still a series of workload and post-event reports to write later.

The amount of social animals is directly full.

No wonder the fourth sword holder is a bit "impulsive" now.

However, work is always like this.

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 trampling on freedom, why do we have to exhaust our lives in endless overtime?

Nature is not so cruel, only human society will use meaningless work to squeeze the soul.

"Hu~"

Xia Xiu exhaled cold air.

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

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

His golden eyes showed a glimmer, and his eyes were fixed on the building in front of him.

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

The exterior facade of the building is made of masonry and glass materials, 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 blood center headquarters building. The door slowly turned, and the cold wind was drawn away, and air with a bit of moisture rushed towards his face, which was unique indoors. The warm breath.

Xia Xiu looked at the internal buildings.

The reception area is spacious and bright, equipped with comfortable seats and information counters. Several staff members are enthusiastically receiving blood donors who come to register.

Various brochures are placed on the information counter to introduce the blood donation process and precautions.

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

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

The nurses busily shuttled between the chairs, softly comforting the nervous donors.

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

Slogans 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 after blood donation, which is also very thoughtfully set up.

Several sofas and chairs are neatly placed for blood donors to rest and replenish fluids and snacks after donating blood.

Several volunteers are on hand to help ensure that every blood donor receives timely care.

"The largest non-profit blood center in the Bluegrass State, providing blood and blood products to more than 70 hospitals across the state. The center has multiple donation locations in Lexington and operates mobile blood donation vans to cover the wider area. "

Xia Xiu mentally recalled the blood center information at the Lexington headquarters. His eyes swept over these scenes and 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 came to the information counter, and a staff member noticed him immediately.

The staff member was a young woman wearing the blood center's uniform of a neat white shirt and black trousers, with a name tag on her chest with her name on it: Emily.

She has short chestnut hair, a friendly smile on her face, bright and energetic 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, he did not forget to apply a little more [Presence Weakening] on his body to reduce the influence of the human apostle on mortals.

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

After Emily heard this, she glanced at the man who looked plain but wore some retro clothes.

"There are still people wearing top hats and holding canes these days." She muttered in her mind.

Then, she immediately took out a form and a pen and handed them to Xia Xiu in a professional manner.

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

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

Emily continued: "After filling out the form, we need you to answer some health questions to ensure that your physical condition is suitable for donating blood. These questions mainly include recent health conditions, whether you are taking medications, travel history, etc. "

While the nurse was talking, Xia Xiu had already filled it out quickly.

In the personal information column, please choose one from the public identity database of the Administration and the Federation.

The remaining few amused him.

Because this was the first time he had come into contact with the all-Terran blood supply chain of "free blood donation."

There are various records on the questionnaire:

· Recent health conditions and history of any chronic illnesses.

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

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

·Whether there is smoking, drinking, drug use, etc.

·Do you have any recent travel history to areas with high incidence of infectious diseases?

·Have you been in contact with anyone who may be carrying an infectious disease?

………………

All of the above give people the impression that the blood transfusion recipient only needs to consider blood transfusion, but the blood donor has many more things to consider.

While watching, Xia Xiu sketched out various options, and at the same time started to use the [Don Quixote Module] to induce thinking. He liked to induce quietly, and he also liked to sit behind the scenes and play chess.

[Xin Liezhi] has a reason for liking him. If he wasn't wearing the skin of the fourth sword holder, he would be more suitable to be that [Champion].

The two always like to blend something salty in the inner soul of a living being, and then draw the value they want from it.

In other words, life is sometimes their currency.

Emily, the nurse on the side, quickly became a "talkative" person.

Even when she was facing an "ordinary-looking weirdo", she suddenly felt a desire to talk.

A desire to communicate, export emotions, and export value out of work.

"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 in the service industry, and her face was filled with a new expression, one of being a teacher.

"Well..., an operating system that matches the current 'ball situation'." Xia Xiu pretended to be stupid, and after pondering for a while, he replied in agreement.

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 just now, as if chatting casually, and began to explain her rich opinions, hoping to calm the blood donor in front of her.

"The voluntary blood donation mechanism is the basis of the modern blood supply system. You know that before the blood supply system was not perfect, blood donation mainly relied on family members or paid blood donors. Due to the lack of strict testing and management, paid blood donation often led to the risk of blood-borne diseases. "

“In the past several large-scale human wars on Terra, in the sea of ​​​​blood created by a large number of deaths, people discovered blood types and established a huge blood system based on this.

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

Phlebotomy clinics are offering cash to people willing to donate a pint of blood to cope with the surge in demand.

Having blood readily available has an immediate benefit - doctors can perform larger surgeries than before, and blood loss is no longer an obstacle to the procedure. Such development has led the entire medical field to make great strides forward.

Furthermore, it also means that blood collection centers have become big business.

Blood collection stations sprouted up in slums on the outskirts of major cities, becoming as common as check cashing stations and pawn shops in slums today.

Various national unions negotiated blood prices with the government, and soon there was a surge in blood supplies from professional blood donors in major cities across the subcontinent.

At that time, the supply of blood could save lives, and few people were bothered by the ethics of the supply chain. "

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

Xia Xiu added like a compliment.

"……certainly."

Emily choked, glanced at the blond young man who blinked innocently, and then continued:

"Paid blood donation will of course be replaced, especially in poor areas, which may cause vulnerable groups to donate blood out of financial pressure. The most important point is that it may lead to social distrust of the blood supply system and the public may be worried about the safety of blood. safety and quality, thereby affecting overall blood donation rates.”

"To sum it up, I'm just worried that it's not clean - both poor and rich people have this idea." Xia Xiu put it more straightforwardly.

Emily was a little dissatisfied with the blond young man's directness.

She always felt that saying something too naked would make people feel uncomfortable.

It was like my younger self taking politics class for the first time.

Being exposed to the nature of the nakedly violent institution of the ‘state’, there is an instinctive resistance to the depiction of its essence.

Macro-narratology is magnificent, while realpolitik is cold to the bone.

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

She could only hold her breath in her heart and continued:

"Indeed, everyone is worried about being dirty. With the advancement of blood transfusion technology and the deepening of understanding of blood-borne diseases, people gradually realize the importance of voluntary blood donation. Unpaid blood donors are generally healthier and do not have high-risk behaviors, thus reducing blood-borne diseases Risk of disease - 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 was no longer using her witty eloquence before she continued:

“Make voluntary donation routine. Paying money for blood of any kind is considered coercive and carries heavy fines. In addition, there is a complex system for voluntary donation. People donate blood at blood banks, sign up for organ donation card, and donating the body to a scientific institution after death, all for free.

"Those who exchange body parts for money may 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 protected from public scrutiny. The donor's donation saved the life of the surgical patient, But it is impossible for anyone outside the hospital to find out the identity of the blood donor.

The blood is stripped of the donor's identity, marked with a barcode, and poured into sealed plastic bags. "

"What the patient buys is a unit of blood, not a part of the human body."

“In this way, the recipient does not feel like he or she is indebted to a specific donor, but instead feels grateful to the blood donation system in general and to the doctor who performed the surgery in particular.”

Emily showed some kind of touch and excitement, while Xia Xiu lost interest in listening when he heard the other party discussing the law, and turned to continue writing the list in his hand.

first.

The law has its shortcomings when it comes to fair profits in the human body business.

And there are two fatal flaws in it.

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

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

Hospitals and medical institutions are increasingly profiting from organ transplants, and some even share the profits with shareholders.

Everyone in the supply chain has made money, only the actual donors have not received a dime.

After the explicit prohibition of purchasing human body parts, hospitals can basically obtain human body parts for free.

Second, the moral dilemma.

Blood donors donate blood, but face moral oppression.

Yes, as a donor, sometimes you are oppressed by social morality.

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

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

People also found another embarrassing situation. They found that blood does not flow to those who need it most.

Sometimes donors will fall into a situation where there is no blood available.

Ischemia has become the norm now. Faced with the lack of blood available in public blood banks, patients are reluctant to buy blood and doctors are difficult to intervene. Behind this is the public's misunderstanding of free blood donation and the dilemma of the blood donation system.

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

They love their neighbors, but they find that the love hidden in their neighbors is not the same.

Has the paid market been eliminated?

No!

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