Arknights' Lock of Heaven

Chen, who had rushed over here, also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank you for your hard work," she said as she approached Xia Yu, glancing at Froststar in his arms and then at the bear in the Reunion Movement uniform behind him.

"The transfer of prisoners..."

“It won’t be handed over to you,” Xia Yu interrupted her.

Chen was taken aback when he heard this, assuming it was due to the previous impact of the sewers.

"The Royal Guard Bureau..."

“It’s not the Guard Bureau,” Xia Yu interrupted her again, “it’s Lungmen.”

"As for the reason, Amiya has already gone to talk to Wei Yanwu about it."

"The battle is over, and the level of performance Lungmen displayed during the battle was not what a qualified ally should have."

After saying that, ignoring the angry glares from the Royal Guard agents around him, he walked around their location and left.

Chen stood there blankly, motionless.

This incident was full of unexpected events, which shook her to her core.

Am I really on the right path?

Is the city I'm protecting on the right path forward?

Thinking back on everything that happened before, thinking back on everything I saw in the sewers...

A flame was burning in her heart.

But duty restrained all anger and discontent.

It wasn't until Xia Yu turned her back and left that Chen realized the battle was over.

The special inspection team's mission has ended, and the Reunification Movement has suffered a complete defeat.

All that's left is to clean up the battlefield and deal with the aftermath.

These things don't require my help.

In other words, it's time to do what you've been suppressing in your heart.

Go ask that person what those innocent people in the slums did wrong.

Go ask that person why they made that choice back then.

Go ask that person what his ideal Longmen is like, and how it differs from your own.

In a daze, Chen recalled Amiya's resolute figure from before.

I should have followed them.

After all, they were traveling the same way.

67 Sleeping Beauty

“Vascular signs are all normal…” Warfarin frowned as she looked at the medical report in front of her. “This is very strange…”

"So, the eldest sister survived, right?"

Big Bear breathed a sigh of relief and slumped into his chair.

His hands were still tightly bound, but he didn't utter a single complaint.

The eldest sister survived.

He miraculously survived!

“I can’t guarantee anything,” Warfarin said, her face darkening as she glared at Xia Yu. “According to you, she survived after experiencing that level of Originium Arts activation…”

"This all goes against medical common sense. If you're not lying, I even think I need to go back to school."

"Because the situation is unclear, I cannot make any promises."

Big Bear didn't seem too nervous when he heard this.

When describing the battle earlier, he didn't mention the everlasting flower to Warfarin.

Because he still remembered how Xia Yu described it.

Something that even emperors who built countless great achievements dreamed of.

He didn't know where his uncle got this thing, but Big Bear, who had been tempered by countless storms, naturally wouldn't talk about it in front of others.

If this doctor can be trusted, then Xia Yu will naturally tell her.

With this in mind, Big Bear kept the matter of the Everlasting Flower a secret.

This also led Warfarin to believe that Xia Yu had failed to keep her abilities a secret and had saved the woman named Froststar.

Although he didn't wrong Xia Yu, he was using an alias this time.

“Ahem,” Xia Yu walked to Shuangxing’s bedside and explained, “Let me explain.”

"The reason for this is a strange thing called the Everlasting Flower," he continued to explain without changing his expression, despite Warfarin's "Are you kidding me?" look. "The effect of this flower is very simple: it brings the dead back to life."

"This is a legendary flower from the World Garden, the secret realm of Avalon, that never fades. It's only natural that it has this effect!"

Xia Yu's face was full of sincerity, "To be honest, I was also startled when I recognized this Everlasting Flower..."

Warfarin's lips twitched. "Are you trying to coax a child?"

Do you think I've never seen this before?

Amiya's health report isn't only accessible to Kal'tsit; even I, a veteran of Rhodes Island, can see it!

Why aren't the flowers withering? And why is Avalon still blooming?

Only that big, dumb guy from the Reunion Movement would believe it...

Thinking of this, Warfarin paused slightly, then gave Xia Yu a questioning look.

Xia Yu nodded slightly in affirmation.

It was you who started this!

However, at least it kept it from others. Judging from the previous description, it seems that the flower used as a shield was not given by Xia Yu herself.

That's good, Rhodes Island wasn't implicated.

"Ah, so this is a rare treasure?" Warfarin's eyes widened. "I read a similar description in the family records, but I thought it was just a fairy tale..."

“I never thought it actually existed,” she shook her head repeatedly, looking regretful. “It’s such a pity, it would have been great if we could have kept some samples.”

"So the doctor has heard of this flower too," Big Bear said, raising his head excitedly. "No wonder he's a knowledgeable and long-lived Blood Demon..."

"That doctor, what about my older sister?"

“If it is indeed the rare treasure described in the records,” Warfarin said with a serious expression, “there is nothing wrong with her health.”

"Although Oripathy has not been cured, it has regressed to the stage when the disease was first contracted."

At this point, Warfarin glared at Xia Yu again, "She hasn't woken up yet, perhaps it's just because she was too tired before."

Big Bear's expression immediately calmed down.

"I'm so tired... This is good... I can finally get some rest and a good night's sleep..."

"I have a different opinion on this matter."

Just then, Xia Yu ignored Warfarin's murderous glare and calmly said, "Perhaps I know a little more than Dr. Warfarin."

"I know of one case where a husband went out to find everlasting flowers to prolong his wife's life because she was seriously ill, and she spent the last three years of her life alone at home."

"At the last moment of her life, her husband finally returned to her bedside with the legendary everlasting flower and spent his last hour with her."

"The effect of the Everlasting Flower is to bring the dead back to life, so the wife must die first before it can be used. The husband watched his wife slowly breathe away in his arms with a satisfied smile. He did not tell his wife that he had found the Everlasting Flower, wanting to give his wife, who had been bedridden for three years, a surprise."

"Then they used the Everlasting Flower, but strangely, although she started breathing, my wife never woke up."

"The husband waited and waited, and after hundreds of sunrises and sunsets, looking at his wife who was still fast asleep, he felt that he had been deceived."

"He went through great hardships to return to Avalon and knelt before the sage, begging for a real everlasting flower."

"But after listening to his description, the wise man told him that what he had given him was the real everlasting flower, and that the reason his wife had not woken up was because after three years of loneliness, her last wish was to reunite with her beloved husband."

"At the last moment of her life, her wish was fulfilled, and she died content."

"Although she was quickly revived by the everlasting flower, she still subconsciously believed that she was dead."

"That's why he hasn't woken up yet."

"The husband broke down upon hearing this, all because he hadn't told his wife about the everlasting flower beforehand, all because he was trying to create a surprise for her..."

"But the wise man told him that there was still hope."

"The power of emotions is great. As long as you stay by her side attentively and call out to her sincerely, she will hear you one day and wake up."

"The husband heeded the wise man's advice, returned home and stayed by his wife's side, telling her about the sweet times they had spent together."

"After countless days and nights, finally, on a morning just like any other, my wife opened her sleepy eyes."

"I think I had a very, very long dream?"

“It sounds like a fairy tale,” Warfarin said, rubbing her forehead, “but considering that much of history has been passed down orally as stories, it does have some reference value.”