Poseidon in Arknights

Carmen saw Xiyue walking towards them and immediately became alert. Her hand instinctively moved towards the sword at her waist, but she stopped herself abruptly.

Reaching out was an instinctive reaction, but reason also told Carmen that what was the point of pulling it out? She had seen what had just happened.

If a dead person can be expanded and transformed, why can't a living person?

The opponent is undoubtedly something that cannot be resisted by human power. Whether its true form is the so-called ocean as Kal'tsit just said, that is not important.

For Carmen, all he needed to do was confirm whether the other side could be defeated by Iberia, but it was clear that the situation had just shown Carmen that anything built on life or flesh and blood could not defeat the other side.

Kal'tsit, who was standing to the side, breathed a sigh of relief as she watched Carmen's hand hover in mid-air. If Carmen had really tried to draw his sword, Kal'tsit would have stopped him before that. She didn't want to add fuel to the fire at this critical moment.

Although given Yuuki's personality, she certainly wouldn't take her anger out on them, for Kal'tsit, it's best to play it safe. The other side is a powerful figure, and one who can overturn the table in every sense of the word, so they can't afford to mess with them.

Since we can't afford to offend them, we can only go along with their wishes. Besides, it's just an image; they probably just want to say something through the screen...

Just as Kal'tsit was thinking this, the image of Yuuki in the water curtain, even though it had already reached the edge, was still moving towards them.

When the image showed Xiyue stepping through the water curtain, the water curtain instantly deformed to form Xiyue's protruding feet. What was originally an illusory image in their eyes became a real existence.

"..." Kal'tsit recalled what Yuuki had said when she first arrived in Granfalo and asked Yuuki for help, hoping that Yuuki would prove her worth.

"It seems Miss Kal'tsit doesn't quite understand my abilities. Wherever there is water, I will be there."

"This certainly includes my water clone. Of course, if necessary, it may not be necessary to completely separate me and my water clone."

"Of course, I will try to differentiate them a little, otherwise it would be too tiring."

'Wherever there is water, there is water, including water clones.' Kal'tsit looked at Yuuki, who had already emerged from the water curtain, 'Ubiquitous…'

No wonder Xi Yue sometimes felt like she knew everything. In this world, apart from the desert, there is water even in the desert. In a sense, she was indeed omniscient.

Of course, perhaps the other party really doesn't want to get involved in certain things, because as Yuuki said, it would be very tiring. I hope I'm just overinterpreting things.

"Hello, or good afternoon." Xi Yue stepped out of the water, the water flowing back onto her as she smiled and waved to the two of them.

"Good afternoon, Yuuki." Kal'tsit looked at Yuuki's smile and breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the other party didn't seem angry.

"Good afternoon, Dr. Kal'tsit." Yuuki smiled, then glanced at the somewhat nervous Carmen and smiled amicably before turning back to Kal'tsit. "How was your chat? Did you two enjoy yourselves?"

"We had a brief exchange of opinions." Kal'tsit summarized what had just happened, and then looked at Carmen beside her. "Then, just as I was about to prove something to Carmen, I saw something surprising."

It could be described as a scene that shattered one's worldview; at least judging from Carmen's eyes, her understanding of science was almost completely shattered.

Of course, this also includes Kal'tsit herself.

Carmen, standing to the side, took a deep breath, lowered her hand that was still hanging in mid-air as she tried to grab the sword, and then gave Yuuki a bow that represents respect in Iberia.

Carmen's movements were somewhat stiff; he hadn't performed this kind of greeting in a long time, since there were very few people in this country who could command his respect.

"Hello, Lord Yuzuki."

"Hello, Saint Carmen." Yuuki smiled and raised her hand to greet Carmen. "Do I need a prefix?"

“No need, Lady Yuzuki, just call me Carmen.” Carmen shook her head. “I am the only saint left in Iberia now, so there is no need to call me Saint Carmen.”

"Is that so?" Yuuki nodded. "Then, Lady Carmen and Dr. Kal'tsit, please continue your conversation. Or is there anything else I can do for you?"

“We’ve settled things between us.” Kal’tsit looked at Yuuki. “We were actually at the stage of proving it just now, but it seems that Lady Carmen doesn’t need it.”

“Hmm.” Carmen nodded, then looked at Yuuki and hesitated for a moment before speaking, “Miss Yuuki, please allow me to answer my question. I would like to ask, what did you just do to that heretic?”

"Didn't Dr. Kal'tsit just say that?" Yuuki smiled, glancing at Kal'tsit beside her, "Just as Dr. Kal'tsit said, ecological evolution."

Kal'tsit's expression froze for a moment, then she understood: 'So she was overheard.'

“It’s just been accelerated a little bit.” Xi Yue raised her hand and pinched a galaxy on her fingertip. “But it wasn’t created from scratch. Amaya injected the DNA of many kinds of creatures into Quintus’s body, so I just used it a little.”

"May I ask if those things will cause any problems?" Kal'tsit asked from the side, if Yuuki was an ecosystem created by integrating those DNA.

Kal'tsit had to consider whether there would be any problems with those fish or those trees.

“No.” Xi Yue shook her head. “They are just fish, trees are just trees, and fish are just fish. I won’t do anything unnecessary.”

"Although I did consider whether to keep Quintus trapped there forever, which would be too cruel, I decided against it. He has already received enough punishment."

Kal'tsit nodded, then asked, "How long can that ecosystem remain stable?"

After counting on her fingers for a moment, Xiyue said, "If there are no extra resources injected, they will probably reproduce for... well, five or six generations, and then their food supply may start to run out."

"What happens after that is uncertain. After all, life is a complicated thing. However, considering the medical association, well, he might live for a very, very long time."

“After all, it’s a miracle performed by their gods…” Carmen looked at Yuuki and even made a rare joke. “I hope they won’t publicize it too much. But considering that the raw material for that thing is from a heretical sect of theirs, they probably won’t make any public announcements.”

"That's not something I need to think about, is it?" Yuuki smiled. "Although you've already proven what needed to be proven, Kal'tsit, you should be moving on to the next step, right?"

"For example, there's a ship here that happens to be quite close to Granfalo."

"Boats?" Carmen raised an eyebrow. In Iberia, there are actually quite a few boats. Various villages have some small boats that can go out to sea to catch a little fish.

Especially recently, after Hai Si and the Deep Sea Church reformed, the sea is no longer as dangerous as before, and the fish yield has increased significantly.

However, in this kind of situation, the boat that Yuuki would mention is definitely not one of those small fishing boats from a village. It's a boat that not only has a certain prestige in this setting, but it's probably only...

The golden fleet, a symbol of Iberia's past glory, was the only thing Carmen could think of that would give her a little bit of prestige on this occasion, along with the Iberian ships.

As for why it was brought up...

'It can't be the wreckage of the Golden Fleet that they're returning to us, can it? There's no value in salvaging those things, is there?' Carmen pondered whether there was anything valuable on the old fleet.

'If the Originium Engine is intact, it can be disassembled and recycled. Also, the Originium and Pure Originium used as fuel won't be damaged by water and will still have value.'

If Carmen remembers correctly, those fleets had a lot of precious pure source stones used as ignition stones to start the boilers.

After all, it is an Originium engine that drives an entire ship. If you want to keep it running, you can use ordinary Originium as fuel, but if you want to ignite it, you still have to use pure Originium.

The same applies to regular mobile city engines, but mobile city engines are extremely large, and can be powered by accumulating a large amount of ordinary raw stones to meet the ignition requirements.

However, installing the kind of engine used for mobile cities is a bit too demanding for a ship.

It is precisely for this reason that the ship stores a large amount of pure raw stones, which are quite valuable, even for Iberia at present, they are a considerable windfall.

"No, that's not true." Carmen, who was deep in thought, was pulled back to reality by Yuuki's voice. Yuuki looked at Carmen with a look that seemed both helpless and understanding.

"If you need those Originium stones, I'll have the Sea Spirits retrieve them for you later."

“But if I remember correctly…” Yuuki looked at Carmen, thought for a moment, and then asked, “Doesn’t the Medical Association give the Tribunal a good amount of tax every month? Is the Tribunal short of money right now?”

"Hmm, we shouldn't be short of money." Carmen thought for a moment and then shook her head. "But I'm not in charge of finances. No, getting back to the point, if you're not referring to the wreckage, then what do you mean by 'ship'?"

“A golden ship still sailing on the ocean,” Kal'tsit spoke up at the opportune moment. “A complete ship, and there are people on board.”

"..." After hearing Kal'tsit's words, Carmen fell silent. After a while, Carmen finally spoke, "That was indeed an important gift."

"What's the name of that ship, or is it marked with any obvious markings?"

"This..." Kal'tsit fell silent at this point. She really didn't know the current status of the ship. Since she had contacted Carmen directly, Kal'tsit did not go to the nearby medical guild headquarters to find out the situation.

Kal'tsit then turned her gaze to Yuuki beside her. The ship was sailing on the ocean, and Yuuki must know what was on it.

“That ship is called the Fool,” Yuuki said as Kal'tsit looked over. “And there are two people on board, one of whom is the captain…”

"Afonso, he's still alive!" Carmen's eyes widened when she heard that the ship was the Fool's, and when she heard that the captain of the Fool's was still alive, Carmen couldn't wait to interrupt Yuuki.

"Wait, that's not right." Carmen subconsciously dismissed this guess. No matter how much food a ship stores, it's impossible for two people to survive for 60 years.

“They’re still alive.” Yuuki interrupted Carmen’s musings. “The food on the ship really couldn’t last them that long, so they made a very difficult decision.”

"But wouldn't it be better to see it for yourself than to file a lawsuit?"

As Xi Yue stepped aside, a dark blue vortex appeared beside her, slowly rotating, its destination unknown.

"please."

Chapter 184: A Good Doctor-Patient Relationship (Revised)

Chapter 184: A Good Doctor-Patient Relationship

"What is this?" Carmen stared at the swirling vortex in the air. "A portal?"

"Otherwise what? You don't necessarily want to take a boat there, do you?" Yuuki looked at Carmen matter-of-factly. "Teleportation is definitely more convenient."

“Go through this door and you’ll reach the Fool directly,” Carmen asked, still somewhat uneasy.

Based on Carmen's understanding of magic, there shouldn't be any magic capable of long-distance teleportation on this land, right? Is this even possible?

It was this remaining scientific and technological knowledge that made Carmen somewhat uneasy about the vortex before her.

Seeing that Carmen was still not moving, Yuuki guessed, "Hmm, Mr. Carmen, you...you're not experiencing teleportation dizziness, are you?"

Not everyone can adapt to teleportation. For example, Talulah does get dizzy from teleportation. Short distances are fine, but longer distances can be very uncomfortable for her.

“No, not at all.” Carmen shook her head. “I’m just feeling a bit sentimental. We can just go through it, right?”

“Yes.” Xiyue nodded, then thought for a moment and added, “After you’ve dealt with Alfonso, if you still want those Originium, have the Sealings retrieve them for you.”

"Uh, I already said I don't care about those things... Never mind." Carmen shook her head. Those Originium stones were good things no matter what, and there was no reason to give them up.

Besides, Hai Si probably doesn't need that kind of thing. And retrieving things from Shanghai is a bit troublesome for them, but for Hai Si, it's not much easier than a piece of cake.

The value of money is hard to say, but the value of pure source stones is extraordinary. They are the absolute hard currency of this land and a resource that no organization would ever want too much of.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Miss Yuzuki."

"It's nothing." Xi Yue smiled, then led the way into the vortex and disappeared. "Alright, let's not keep them waiting too long, let's go."

"Hmm." Carmen took a deep breath, gritted her teeth, and went straight through.

“Long-distance teleportation…” Kal’tsit looked at the vortex in front of her, still wanting to think about what exactly Yuuki’s powers were. She had never stopped thinking about this before.

Even though she knew it was impossible to fight back, Kal'tsit still wanted to gather even the smallest bit of information. After several days of observation, Kal'tsit had managed to summarize some of it.

Life catalysis, life healing, that's the gist of it. The water of Yuzuki can provide healing effects because of this power.

Because it is an authority, not magic, Yuuki's healing effects are free of any Originium components, which is why Yuuki's healing methods are effective for Patriot and the Twin Stars; otherwise, it would just be a case of drinking poison to quench thirst.

Other things cannot be confirmed. Even if Yuuki gave Jessica some kind of mark that could be engraved on bullets and have different effects, it cannot be confirmed that it was a derivative of Yuuki's own power.

And the newly established concept of ecological evolution undoubtedly reflects the cradle status of this concept, which originated from the ocean, in the concept of life.

What is the reason for this teleportation? Is it due to the omnipresence of water?

Just as Kal'tsit was still thinking, the vortex suddenly moved closer to her, enveloping her at an extremely fast speed.

——————Iberian Sea Fool——————

"What are you thinking about?" Yuuki looked helplessly at Kal'tsit, who seemed not to have reacted yet. "Does my affairs really need to be investigated?"

Kal'tsit pinched the bridge of her nose; the bright blue light had stung her eyes a little when they were passing through the blue tunnel. "Can you hear me?"