Poseidon in Arknights

The perfumer was also overwhelmed by the smell and took a few steps back, shaking his head at Gavial: "No, the prescription in the book is just like that, and it specifically states that it will have a pungent smell."

"This pungent smell, isn't it?" Gavial rolled his eyes, rummaged through his small bag, and then took out a napkin and stuffed it into his nose.

"Perfumer, are you sure there's no problem with this?"

"Yes, no problem." The perfumer nodded confidently, and finally showed Gavial his phone screen. "I just asked Miss Yuzuki as well."

[Perfumer: Hello, Ms. Yuzuki. During our experiment, we noticed that after adding the herbs to your bath, the solution seemed to become unusually foul-smelling. Is this normal?]

[Yuzuki: No, this is normal. The taste will be a little strong. I remember it was noted in the book.]

[Perfumer: Hmm, the book does indicate that it will have a pungent scent, but we've also spoken with Ms. Nightingale, and she doesn't seem to have mentioned that scent.]

[Yuzuki: Yes, because Miss Nightingale's prescription has been specially formulated with added medication. Nightingale's condition is not just a simple neurological problem.]

“I see.” Gavial nodded. “Since Miss Yuzuki says there’s no problem.”

“Lancet-2.” Gavial glanced at the medical cart beside him. “Your oxygen supply machine should be working properly, right?”

"It can operate at full power." The vehicle's nozzle bobbed up and down, seemingly indicating a nod. "It's ready to provide service at any time."

“Alright.” Gavial nodded, walked out the door, and pushed in a Rhodes Island operator in a wheelchair. “Desk, it’s up to you.”

“I really want to say, ‘Leave it to me.’” Descartes pinched his nose. “But shouldn’t it be ‘Leave it to you.’ You’re the doctors.”

"The problem is we don't even know if it will work," Gavial bluntly told them, adding that Desk and the others weren't entirely sure either.

After all, the only case of treatment right now is Nightingale. Although in theory, Nightingale's condition can recover, there's no reason why others can't.

The problem is that the nightingale's situation is a bit too complicated. The nightingale's paralysis is more due to the long-term pressure and slow damage caused by the toxins.

However, Desk's case was different. During the battle, shrapnel from an explosion pierced his body and lodged near his spine. Due to a lack of timely treatment, he became paralyzed in his lower limbs.

The situation is different from Nightingale's, but Nightingale's case is rare. To put it bluntly, someone like Nightingale wouldn't have survived long enough to receive treatment without Shining.

More often, paralysis occurs due to various reasons, like with Descartes. If such cases can also be treated, then this drug might truly be called a new dawn.

"What are you saying?" Desk rolled his eyes at Gavial. "I'm about to be cooked in the pot, aren't you going to say something to comfort me?"

"Alright, help me inside, otherwise how are you going to collect the data?"

"Okay, okay, we're confident." Gavial said perfunctorily, then picked up Deske from the wheelchair and carefully placed him in the basin.

Then Gavial took the oxygen supply device from the medical cart and said, "Put this on, it'll make you feel better, otherwise this smell is unbearable."

"Is this how you use the oxygen supply system on the Lancet-2?" Desk took the oxygen supply system. "Isn't that a bit wasteful?"

“I’m doing this so you can feel better.” Gavial rolled his eyes. “Think about it, you’re going to be soaking here for two hours.”

“Uh…” After a brief moment of thought, Desk put the oxygen supply to his face and then gave Gavial a thumbs up.

He then grabbed the two handles in the pool and pressed himself down into the water as far as possible.

Upon seeing the other party and asking them to be prepared, the perfumer looked at the medical cart beside her and said, "Lancet-2, please keep an eye on things here. We'll be right outside the door."

"Okay, understood." The medical cart emitted a buzzing sound. "I am ready for full monitoring, and all data is waiting to be collected."

"Then trouble you."

Chapter 206: The Dawn of New Day

——————Rhodes Island, Accommodation Area, Yuuki's Room——————

jump!!!

The previously quiet room was suddenly filled with the sound of an explosion, as if something had burst through something else.

"Hmm, what was that sound just now?" Hearing the noise, Xi peeked out from the painting and looked at Xi Yue, who was covered in vines and grass and looked somewhat helpless. "Uh, Xi Yue, what are you doing?"

"It's nothing, just a little accident." Upon hearing Xi's voice, Xi Yue tossed aside the vines hanging from her head and turned to look at Xi. "Don't worry about it."

Xi's gaze passed over Xi Yue and looked behind her, at the wall that was now covered with vines that looked like they were of a different kind.

"So you've finally found the mood to fuss over the garden? But it was such a mess before!"

"I guess so." Yuzuki glanced back at the wall behind her. "But I'm not really messing around with the garden; I just want to make some small improvements."

As Xi Yue answered Xi, she lightly tapped the wall behind her, and a faint blue glow emanated from the gaps in the vines. Then, the entire wall liquefied.

Once the vines lost their support, they all tumbled into the wall and disappeared into the abyss, some unknown.

"I see." Xi stepped out of the painting, glancing curiously at the wall that was still in a liquefied state. "By the way, where did you throw them?"

“The Iberian side.” Yuzuki clapped her hands, threw the last blade of grass stuck to her shoulder into the wall behind her, and then the wall returned to normal.

"Hmm, will there be any problems?" Xi wasn't surprised that Xiyue could throw those vines directly to Iberia, thousands of miles away.

After all, if she were prepared, it wouldn't be impossible for her to do such a thing. Besides, Yuzuki is the ocean, and isn't Iberia the sea?

What's strange is that Yuzuki suddenly started gardening today, and even said she was doing an experiment.

"It's nothing." Yuuki clapped her hands. "I just provided Rhodes Island with a prescription and prepared the medicinal materials they needed."

"However, there is a slight problem with those medicinal herbs. Perhaps they grew too fast, which makes their medicinal properties unstable."

"Hmm..." Xi nodded as if she understood, then tentatively asked, "So Xiyue, were you just trying to stabilize their medicinal effects?"

“Mmm.” Xi Yue nodded. “We also increased their production a bit, but how should I put it, it’s obvious there’s a problem.”

"I'm not quite sure whether it's because rapid growth and stable medicinal properties can't be combined, or it's a matter of increased yield. Anyway, they just exploded."

"Those vines were just a product of their rampant growth; I just wasn't paying attention and they got all over my face."

"What about the medicinal properties?" Xi nodded. She knew a little about medicinal herbs. For a medicinal herb, regardless of yield or rapid growth, the most important thing is whether it still retains its original medicinal properties.

“Yes, but it’s meaningless.” Xi Yue shook her head with some regret. “They have the medicinal effects I need, but it’s pointless.”

"If it has medicinal effects, how can it be meaningless?" Xi looked at Xiyue with some confusion. "Doesn't that mean the experiment was successful?"

"Because the land can't provide the resources they need to grow." Xi Yue spread her hands, her expression full of helplessness. "Adding fertilizer is useless."

"The nutrients they need to support their rapid growth cannot be provided by the soil or even by nutrients."

"What happened just now?"

Xi Yue pointed to herself: "It's very simple, because I can skip that step. Providing the necessary nutrition is not difficult if I want to."

"If the nutrients provided are insufficient, the medicinal herbs that grow will not be of much use. However, the cost to make them grow is too high and not worthwhile."

"It's fine if I use it myself, but since I've given it to Rhodes Island, it's natural that Rhodes Island should also be able to use it."

"By the way, even single-point stability is not good. When I increased their production, I left a portion with only single-point stability as a control. I don't know if it's because of me, but it still grew wildly, just not as violently."

"So it was a failed product." Xi nodded understandingly. "Speaking of which, what were the effects of that medicine?"

"To restore the neurological adjustment state," Yuzuki said casually. "In short, it can help some patients who have become paralyzed due to various reasons regain the ability to walk."

"Eh, isn't that important?" Xi was somewhat surprised. "It seems that Rhodes Island has obtained a rather good prescription."

“They’re using it now.” Xi Yue stood up and stretched. “I’ll go down and take a look. Xi, you can go and rest. When you come back, you can pick up Hong.”

"Oh." Xi nodded, then stood up, wanting to return to the painting.

"Oh, right, Xi." Xi Yue, who was about to leave, stopped as if she remembered something and looked at Jia Xi. "You haven't left the house for almost half a month either."

"I don't want to go out." Xi shook her head decisively. "Anyway, I don't have anything to do, so why should I go out?"

"Sigh, going out and getting some sun is good for your health." Xi Yue looked at Xi with some helplessness. This child's social anxiety and homebody tendencies haven't changed at all.

“I can paint a sun myself,” Xi said, pointing to her painting. “So even in the painting, I can bask in the sun.”

"...That kind of sun is useless!" Yuzuki said, hands on her hips, looking at Yu. "It's just a portrait, how could it possibly be useful?"

“Then I don’t want it either.” Xi turned her face away. “I think it’s fine this way. Not getting sun exposure won’t do any harm to my body.”

"Really..."

——————Rhodes Island Medical Department Temporary Bathing Site——————

“Lancet-2.” Gavial opened the door and looked at the medical cart. “It’s almost time. Has anything changed since we’re almost there? Hmm, wait, what’s that smell?”

Gavial had prepared herself mentally before opening the door, since the smell was indeed pungent, but she just noticed that the smell seemed to have faded a lot, and even had a faint fragrance.

"Beep." The medical vehicle turned around, facing Gavial directly. Was she turning her head?

"Unfortunately, I don't have a nose, so I didn't realize what changes in the smell Dr. Gavial mentioned had occurred?" the medical cart replied calmly in a slightly mechanical female voice.

"But if it's a physical change, it seems there is." The car turned around again. "According to my monitor, the color of the medicated bath has changed from its original dark brown to much whiter."

“You’ve already reported this.” Gavial walked into the room and climbed up the stairs to the medicinal bath, the water already quite murky.

Seeing Deske almost slide into the pool and float in the water in a position like a baby curled up in the womb, Gavial raised an eyebrow.

After a brief moment of thought, Gawell reached in and pulled Desk up. Seeing that Desk hadn't moved despite the force of the movement, Gawell thought for a moment and then slapped him twice in the face.

While filming, Gavial shouted to the medical vehicle below, "Lancet-2, how come you didn't notice that this guy has already slipped into the pool?"

"The vehicle observed this phenomenon, but according to the monitoring data, Operator Desk's physical indicators are quite stable," the medical vehicle replied calmly. "Both his breathing and heartbeat are very stable."

"Therefore, Lancet-2 believes there is no need to report the situation."

"Do you want to come and see what's going on? I've already slapped him twice, and he still hasn't woken up." Gavial pulled Deske out of the pool.

Are you sure there's really no problem with this?

"Based on the instantaneous increase in Operator Desk's heart rate just now, this unit believes that Operator Desk should have woken up." As the medical vehicle finished speaking, Desk, who was being held by Gavial, first raised his hand to wipe the water off his face, and then opened his eyes.

Deske looked up at Gavial with a hint of resentment: "I think I just heard someone spreading rumors that something happened to me? Dr. Gavial, do you have any leads?"

Gavial felt awkward and turned his head away when stared at like that, but quickly turned back around with a straight face: "Who told you to sleep like a log? I was just worried something might happen to you."

"I was so comfortable that I fell asleep without realizing it." Desk scratched his head. "By the way, does your medicine contain anything that can numb the nerves? Why do I feel a little numb in my hand?"

“Uh, yes.” Gavial nodded after recalling the effects of the medicinal herbs. “The powder from that rotten fruit has an anesthetic effect.”

“Oh, no wonder.” Desk nodded. “When I was soaking in it just now, I felt warm all over, but I didn’t feel anything else.”

"Good afternoon, you two~" Yuzuki's voice suddenly rang out in the room, "How are you feeling?"

"Logically speaking, the initial effects of the medicinal bath should be quite noticeable."

"Hmm?" Gavial heard Yuuki's voice and subconsciously looked towards the door, only to find that there was only the perfumer there. The perfumer also seemed to have heard Yuuki's voice and was looking left and right, searching for her.

"Stop looking, I'm right here." Yuzuki's somewhat helpless voice came from behind Gavial.

Gavial looked back and saw a puddle of water left over from when he added water earlier, which was slowly swelling up, and Yuuki's upper body emerged from it.

"Yo-ho~" Gavial stroked his chin, looking at Yuuki who stood up from the puddle, "Your water clone can do this?"