Beast Tamer: I'm invincible because I can see the evolution path!

Chapter 177 Qiao Bai: 72-Hour Extreme Rescue?

"Professor Qiao Bai..."

Compared to Qiao Bai, there were actually quite a few veteran and higher-level pet professors who came.

But then I think about the amount of online discussion about Qiao Bai these days.

There was also the previous incident of the Fourth Army achieving zero casualties.

Shi Kang's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had seen a lifeline.

This is a lifesaver!

"Professor Qiao Bai...maybe Professor Qiao Bai really can discover something?"

Shi Kang's eyes gleamed with excitement. He crossed his arms and muttered to himself, "Professor Qiao Bai has created more than one miracle; maybe this time will be no different..."

"President, I think you should deal with the immediate problem first," Yu Ke said expressionlessly.

Ha ha.

Hoping for Qiao Bai?

It's not that Youke doesn't trust Qiao Bai.

As Chairman Shi Kang's secretary and part-time assistant, You Ke pays close attention to information on the internet.

Qiao Bai's name has appeared on the internet with an extremely high frequency over the past year, not to mention recently, he has practically dominated the trending searches, leaving a group of people in the entertainment industry angry but unable to speak out.

But this doesn't mean that Qiao Bai is omnipotent.

People always have their own areas of expertise and comfort.

In Youke's view, Professor Qiao Bai's area of ​​expertise is the study of pet evolution, and he can also handle some problems caused by supernatural creatures.

Although I heard that Professor Qiao Bai's dream is to become an excellent beast tamer.

But none of these are very important.

The problem of the forbidden lands of red soil is not simply a matter of supernatural beings.

It is uncertain whether Yan Cheng's high fever is related to any supernatural beings.

Hoping for Professor Qiao Bai's approval... the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment. Youke felt there was no need to over-mythologize Professor Qiao Bai.

Shi Kang, feeling dampened by the cold water: "..."

"What you need to focus on now is that these people are already on their way, especially Mr. Jundu and Ms. Hui, who will be arriving soon, along with other seventh-tier beast tamers. As the president of the Red Earth City Beast Taming Alliance, you must come up with a set of procedures." Yu Ke continued his barrage of questions.

"It is said that the inspection team also sent people here."

Shi Kang over.

This is not about killing him.

He is already dead.

Shi Kang was still somewhat aware of what he had done.

With two Heavenly King-level Beast Tamers and the inspection team... Shi Kang was done for.

……

Yancheng.

After bidding farewell to the Light-Year Dragon Rider, Qiao Bai entered Flame City with his four pet beasts.

"This is really..." Qiao Bai looked at the deserted streets and alleys, and the pet center with long queues and people and tents everywhere in front of it not far away, and his mood was a little complicated.

The situation is visibly bad.

After thinking for a moment, Qiao Bai walked toward the pet center that was closest to him.

As you get closer, you can hear the sound of people maintaining order coming from the loudspeaker. Patients with high fevers are entering the pet center one by one to receive treatment using special equipment.

Even if the high fever doesn't subside immediately, at least the person's condition won't get worse.

Qiao Bai instinctively activated his talent skill, expecting not to see anything, but then he was stunned.

kindness?

This is……

"Hello, sir?" Just as Qiao Bai was in a daze, a girl's voice came from beside him.

Qiao Bai turned his head and saw a girl with her hair in a bun and wearing a pink nurse's uniform. She was slightly shorter than Qiao Bai. She looked up at Qiao Bai with her amber eyes and her voice was still panting from running.

"Excuse me, are you a beast tamer here to help?"

"Hmm." Qiao Bai thought he should be considered one.

Seeing Qiao Bai nod, the nurse's face lit up with a big smile: "That's wonderful!"

"My name is Shen Xiangyao. I am a senior medical student at Hongtu University, and I am currently doing my internship at Yancheng Pet Center. This is my student ID."

Qiao Bai was completely dumbfounded when he saw the student ID card that the girl named Shen Xiangyao pulled out.

kindness?

hmmmm?

Why is someone pulling out their student ID right away?

How come I've never seen him before?

After showing her identity to Qiao Bai and confirming that she was alright, Shen Xiangyao quickly said, "The pet center is running out of medicine. After all, all the medicines prepared here are for pets. If the city center hospital and surrounding hospitals weren't already full, the pet center wouldn't be open to patients."

Qiao Bai: OK

This resolved a question that had been on his mind.

That's exactly what I meant.

There's a difference between pet centers and human hospitals, isn't there?

Although... well, Qiao Bai's gaze swept over the patients with high fevers again.

"We have a lot of patients at the pet center and we really can't get away from them. Could you please go to the central hospital to pick up the medicine?" Shen Xiangyao's voice gradually became apologetic as she finished speaking.

But the patients behind her and the responsibilities she carried made Shen Xiangyao insist on finishing what she had to say.

Shen Xiangyao looked at Qiao Bai with amber eyes filled with expectation and sincere pleading.

"Okay." Qiao Bai didn't think much of it and readily agreed.

Upon hearing this, Shen Xiangyao's face lit up with a big smile: "Thank you so much, sir!"

"These are the medicines we need. Please take the list to the central hospital, and they will prepare the corresponding medications." Shen Xiangyao slapped a long prescription into Qiao Bai's hand, waved to him, and then quickly ran towards the patient.

Qiao Bai: "..."

As Qiao Bai watched Shen Xiangyao disappear among the tents, he momentarily wondered if he had been framed.

In other words, isn't this list of required medications... excessively long?

Qiao Bai watched as the "gurgling" tail of the car rolled directly to the ground, revealing a list of required medications that was over a meter long. Qiao Bai deeply suspected that he had really been scammed.

"...Never mind, the situation in Yan City is indeed..." It's not surprising that so many medicines are needed.

Moreover, Qiao Bai himself wanted to go to the Central Hospital to see if other patients were in the same situation.

soon.

Qiao Bai rushed to the city's central hospital.

Compared to the spectacular scene of tents being set up at the entrance of the pet center, the situation at the city center hospital was no less impressive.

From the inside out.

There's no empty space anywhere that can fit a bed.

Qiao Bai activated his innate skill, weaved through the dense crowd, and finally arrived at the logistics department.

The staff looked at the list that Qiao Bai had taken out, took a deep breath, and had a hesitant expression, but still prepared all the medicines on the list without missing a single one.

Qiao Bai fell silent as he looked at the half-full truckload of medicine.

How is he supposed to send it back?

"Alright, give the order to the driver, and he'll deliver it as quickly as possible."

"On behalf of the patients at the pet center, I thank you," the staff member said quickly, then busied herself answering calls like an octopus.

Qiao Bai overheard it.

People from all over the country sent medicine, money, and supplies... Oh, but this last one wasn't needed and was directly rejected.

What Yancheng needs most right now is all kinds of medicine, especially anti-inflammatory and fever-reducing drugs.

The order was handed to the driver, and the delivery truck started moving immediately.

Qiao Bai stood in a corner of the hospital lobby, his gaze sweeping over the patients and healthy people, a strange feeling flashing through his mind.

This situation...

This is truly the first time he's seen it.

Qiao Bai was trying hard to summarize the patterns.

Why are some people suffering from high fevers while others are perfectly fine?

How do we distinguish between beast tamers and non-beast tamers?

No, no.

Some beast tamers also fell into a state of high fever.

But the proportion of ordinary people is still higher.

What's so special about those beast tamers who didn't fall into a high fever?

Qiao Bai's brows furrowed more and more tightly.

"I wonder if the Flame City Beast Taming Alliance has information on all the beast tamers. I need to look for patterns."

……

Qiao Bai sat inside the Beast Taming Alliance in Red Earth City, surrounded by piles of information on the beast tamers of Flame City. He was flipping through them quickly, while also checking on the beast tamers who were suffering from high fevers.

Outside.

Youke looked at Qiao Bai with a curious gaze.

"Inspector Ning, is it really useful to look at these documents?" Youke's tone was full of uncertainty.

She looked at the woman in front of her who had prepared these materials for Qiao Bai. She had a tall and well-proportioned figure, an icy temperament, a beautiful face, and... the insignia of the inspection team on her body.

Yep.

He's the kind of person who could get Shi Kang, the chairman, fired in a heartbeat.

"I don't know." Ning Ruxue, who had volunteered for this inspection team mission and unexpectedly ran into Qiao Bai, said in a calm tone.

As she spoke, she turned to look at Qiao Bai, whose expression was growing increasingly calm in the room: "But he must have his reasons."

Yuko: "..."

Youke looked at Ning Ruxue, then at Qiao Bai in the room, her expression somewhat complicated.

no……?

Let's put aside age and such.

These two people, who seem to have nothing in common, actually have a pretty good relationship?

Yu Ke suddenly remembered how Chairman Shi Kang had excitedly said that Professor Qiao Bai was his savior.

For a fleeting moment, Yu Ke's thoughts went astray.

If that's the case... never mind, let's not do it. The president is truly beyond saving.

"Here, Inspector Ning, these are all small tricks that Chairman Shi did in private. You can go and confirm them again." Thinking this, Youke handed a thick stack of documents to Ning Ruxue.

Ning Ruxue was not frightened by Youke's actions and remained calm.

I flipped through the folded documents in my hand.

No major errors.

However, it's clear that Chairman Shi is a person who is eager for quick success and instant benefits. The excessive mining and irregular exploration of the forbidden red soil area might have been tolerated under other circumstances, but in the present situation...

Ning Ruxue nodded.

We will handle it according to the proper procedures.

At least the position of president can be considered for a change of personnel.

Seeing Ning Ruxue's expression, Youke smiled with satisfaction. Just as she was about to say something more, she heard the sound of a chair scraping against the floor coming from inside the room.

Yuko: "?"

Yu Ke subconsciously turned her head to look in the direction of the room and saw Qiao Bai stand up with a confident smile on his face.

"Qiao Bai, you..." Ning Ruxue also looked in Qiao Bai's direction, and was stunned when she saw Qiao Bai's somewhat familiar expression.

Immediately afterwards, Ning Ruxue's eyes lit up.

"What did you discover?"

Ning Ruxue thought of Qiao Bai's expression during the match.

Qiao Bai would show a similar expression every time he was confident of victory.

It was dazzling.

It's so captivating that you can't take your eyes off it.

"Yes." Qiao Bai nodded gently, showing no intention of hiding anything.

"We've discovered a pattern in these people's behavior."

Qiao Bai sighed as he spoke.

"Really?" Yuka asked in surprise.

After the incident in Yancheng, they also tried to investigate whether there was any pattern among these people who fell into a high fever, such as what they had been in contact with... but they came up with nothing about the more common scenarios.

They cannot be distinguished as beast tamers and ordinary people.

After all, both types of people were infected.

If all ordinary people were infected, and some were not, perhaps they could deduce something from the uninfected beast tamers.

However, a small number of ordinary people were not infected.

Although the quantity is small, it cannot be ignored.

From the time of the high fever incident until now, too little time has passed, and there are too many problems to solve and deal with. If we don't have any clues, there simply won't be enough time to investigate.

How long has Professor Qiao Bai been in Yancheng?

Including the time spent reviewing these materials, the total time involved definitely did not exceed three hours.

Professor Qiao Bai said he discovered a pattern?

Even though Youke knew that Qiao Bai was truly amazing, it was still hard to imagine that Qiao Bai could actually do what he said.

Qiao Bai nodded.

He was able to discover the pattern not for any other reason than that he saw a [Fire Toxin Buff (72 hours)] above the heads of all the patients suffering from high fever.

Each one.

Every patient who falls into a state of high fever carries this buff.

Qiao Bai didn't know why a talent skill that could theoretically only view the state of extraordinary beings could see this buff on a person.

Unfortunately.

You can see it, but you can't click to see the details.

Qiao Bai was even more uncertain whether this "72 hours" meant the high fever would subside automatically after 72 hours, or something else that would lead to something even worse...

Ideally, this matter should be resolved within 72 hours.

At the very least, we need to find out what the source is.

By comparing and contrasting those with high fevers with those who were not infected, and focusing on the term "fire poison," Qiao Bai quickly discovered a pattern.

First, the simplest aspect is the Beastmaster.

Beastmasters whose pets were either fire-attribute or lightning-attribute did not fall into a high fever state.

As for that small group of ordinary people who didn't get infected... Did Qiao Bai really not see the pattern? Or did he ask the "angel" for help, so that the "angel" could use the power of the internet and artificial intelligence to summarize and generalize?

We've finally discovered the pattern.

Ordinary people whose immediate family members, parents, siblings, or other relatives are Beast Tamers, and whose immediate family members specialize in fire-attribute pets or lightning-attribute pets, were also not affected.

(End of this chapter)