Arknights: Studying medicine can't save Terra

Qi Yan and the Mud Rock team searched several villages before finally finding an abandoned village to use as their base before nightfall.

The Witch King endured Qi Yan's boasting about his glorious journey, and upon finding a place to stay, he immediately burrowed into Qi Yan's body, vowing never to come out again.

Mudrock also took charge, dividing the team into several parts to clean up the camp and go hunting.

When the hunting team returned with several rabbits, Qi Yan had already lit a campfire.

Watching the Sarkaz skillfully handle the rabbit, Qi Yan approached with a strange smile and deliberately asked:

Do you know how to tell the sex of a rabbit?

The Sarkaz who were dealing with the hares were somewhat puzzled, and also somewhat curious:

"Why bother identifying this thing? We're all eating it anyway. But do you have any good ideas?"

"Of course, let me tell you, there is an ancient text in the Yan Kingdom that says, 'The male rabbit's feet are twitching, while the female rabbit's eyes are glazed over.'"

Qi Yan explained in a serious tone: "It means that when a male rabbit is lifted up, its legs will keep thrashing, while when a female rabbit is lifted up, its eyes will become glazed."

However, when two rabbits are lying on the ground, it becomes impossible to tell their sex.

"Hehe, this is interesting."

The Sarkaz were all amused, and some even called over Mudrock to share this interesting tidbit of information.

Mudstone stood there silently, subconsciously touching his horn, as if worried that he would be picked up and expose something.

Chapter 336 Qi Xiaobai, the Rescuer from Suffering

One of the Sarkaz in the squad, intrigued by the verification method Qi Yan mentioned, picked up the rabbit he was holding.

“Hey, he’s squinting!” he exclaimed immediately.

"What are you doing, you idiot?"

Sarkaz, standing next to him, immediately punched him on the shoulder: "I already snapped this rabbit's neck. If it doesn't squint and starts moving, I'm not eating today."

Sarkaz, who had just taken a punch, sneered:

"Come on, you'll probably eat it even more happily once it starts moving, gnawing on it while commenting on how resilient the rabbit is and how firm its meat is."

"Makes sense."

After a few moments of laughter and joking, the two quickly and efficiently cleaned the rabbit's internal organs, skewered it on a stick, and roasted it over the campfire.

Seeing that their attention had shifted, Ni Yan stopped pondering the strange feelings stirring in her heart and sat down next to Qi Yan.

Her massive armor cast a shadow beside the campfire, and Qi Yan even had to tilt his head back to meet the helmet's gaze.

After hesitating for a moment, Qi Yan lowered his gaze and fixed it on Ni Yan's chest:

"Don't you take off your helmet when you eat?"

"The food supply is insufficient to support everyone's daily energy needs. We need to establish contact with Wolumond as soon as possible to exchange supplies."

Mudrock's deep voice pierced through the armor as he slowly said, "Water is an essential survival resource, and it also needs to be exchanged with Wolumond."

The meaning of travel is not just about how many roads you travel, but also about protecting your companions along the way. This land tells me that it cannot offer help to you or me.

Qi Yan looked down at the ground beneath him, and it took him a while to react.

Mudrock, being a rare branch of the Sarkaz, is naturally compatible with soil and even possesses a certain ability to communicate.

This is because Mudstone sensed the soil and deduced that the village was lacking in resources.

In order for the squad to survive and obtain supplies to continue their journey, they must quickly complete a trade with the people of Wolumondene in exchange for resources.

Qi Yan nodded in agreement, and then said:

"There's no need to worry about that. As the commercial center in the area, Wolumonde has a relatively peaceful policy towards infected people, and normal trade in goods will not be hindered."

"If you don't make too much of a fuss, we could even go into the city and have some fun. How long has it been since you slept on a soft bed and took a hot bath?"

Hearing Qi Yan's words, Mudrock didn't say anything, but the Sarkaz around him all lit up.

"Is it really possible to enter the city?"

"We're Sarkaz, and mercenaries at that. Are we really going to get to sleep in a soft bed?"

"The key point is taking a shower. I've forgotten when I last took a proper shower. Before, bugs would chase me, but I managed to scare them away."

Qi Yan smiled and patted Ni Yan's arm, inviting him:

"Let's do it together then, and rub each other's backs."

Mudstone: "..."

The other Sarkaz didn't feel anything special about the invitation.

But Mudrock felt a strange sensation deep inside.

"Do you... have any special sensory abilities?" Mudstone turned to look at Qi Yan. "What did you discover?"

The Sarkaz felt a chill run down their spines, their laughter abruptly ceasing as they all turned to look at Qi Yan.

They didn't know what their captain meant by those words, but this sudden questioning was enough to put these Sarkaz on their guard.

Faced with the sudden tension, Qi Yan took a deep breath, his eyes, which shimmered with a faint golden light, lowered slightly.

He said softly, "That's right, I have a special ability to sense... to sense natural disasters!"

A natural disaster is coming! This disaster is extremely fierce; it will paralyze all the power plants in Wolumonde, leaving no escape. This region will become a cage, and the people inside will struggle for survival like trapped beasts. Resources will become extremely scarce!

"what?!"

The Sarkaz gasped in unison.

Mud Rock was also startled.

She just wanted to ask Qi Yan if he knew her gender, but she never expected that her casual question would reveal such a terrifying piece of news!

After the initial shock, questions followed.

“Traveler, this is no laughing matter,” a Sarkaz said in a deep voice. “If you can sense the impending catastrophe, why don’t you hurry and escape instead of leisurely leading the way for us?”

"Because... I want to save those suffering from natural disasters," Qi Yan said with compassion.

His face bore the holy expression of a priest, his eyes filled with compassion and resilience.

If anyone from Rhodes Island were present, they would be absolutely terrified by now.

It's a pity no.

In an instant, all the Sarkaz present, including Mudrock, felt a shock to their souls.

It was a radiance called idealism that shone upon them.

"Traveler..."

A sentimental Sarkaz man's voice trembled slightly: "I never imagined that there would actually be such a kind person as you on this land."

No, this can no longer be called kindness; you're actually willing to put yourself in such a crisis to save others.

Facing the deeply shocked Mud Rock and the others, Qi Yan maintained his composure and blamed himself, saying:

"Please forgive me. After I learned that you were mercenaries, I plotted against you, hoping to get you to help me save the suffering people from the natural disaster."

After this matter, I will pay you a generous reward; I guarantee it with my own integrity!

The Sarkaz fell silent.

They are mercenaries, and it's perfectly reasonable for someone to hire them and offer them compensation.

But they knew their own identities; they were Sarkaz.

A bunch of Sarkaz, going to rescue people?

The Sarkaz had very mixed feelings, and in the end, they all turned their attention to their captain.

Mudstone remained silent for a long time.

Based on her woman's intuition, she sensed something strange about Qi Yan's words, but in the end, she forcibly suppressed her emotions and let reason prevail.

"We are mercenaries, so naturally we are willing to accept your employment, but before that, I need to understand some information..."

Before Niyan could finish speaking, Qi Yan patted his chest and blurted out:

"Don't worry about that. This natural disaster is not a storm or a lightning strike. It's an earthquake, which is very damaging to buildings. But if you prepare in advance, you can still avoid casualties."

As for the Originium that grows after the natural disaster, it will be concentrated in a rift valley. As long as everyone takes precautions, it will not worsen your infection level.

Furthermore, I've already made arrangements in advance. The military police in Wolumonde won't be affected by external factors and can control the situation within the city, so we only need to deal with the infected outside the city.

After Qi Yan finished speaking, the village fell into a deathly silence.

Even Mudstone was slightly stunned by the sheer amount of detailed, nanny-level information.

They even had a feeling.

Qi Yan alone is enough to coordinate all kinds of chaos under natural disasters.

They were just an extra.

"Gentlemen, I need you, this land needs you!"

Qi Yan's voice pulled them back to reality.

At this moment, all eyes were on Qi Yan. Under the gaze of more than ten people, Qi Yan stood up and began his favorite part of the speech.

Chapter 337 The implication is between the lines

"I have a dream!"

"On this land, natural disasters are eroding people's living space, and the infected are subjected to endless oppression. They have no freedom, no equality, and no rights."

"Back then, in the land of Letania, the Twin Queens overthrew the tyrannical rule of the Witch King and established a new Letania."

"They were good emperors who worked hard to govern the country. They promulgated laws that allowed infected people to live in the sunlight. On this land, infected people can create their own lives with their own hands and breathe the same air as non-infected people."

"However, even today, we must face the tragic fact that those infected still have not gained freedom; they are still oppressed and remain at the very bottom of all classes."

"What exactly did the infected person do wrong? Whom did the infected person harm? Why must the infected person be ostracized and rejected by others?"

“We are homeless, we wander around, we never ask for much, we just want a place to stay.”

"Oppression can kill us, but it can't defeat us!"

"We are not here to overthrow anything; we simply want to stand here, to claim the rights we deserve, and to bask in the same sunlight as everyone else!"

Qi Yan spoke with great passion and conviction, almost convincing himself of his own words.

The Sarkaz were deeply moved by what they heard.

The infected people Qi Yan mentioned, aren't they Sarkaz just like him?

Three thousand four hundred and twenty-one times!

Every Sarkaz who has not yet been crushed by this land will never forget this number.

This is Kazdel, the number of times the Sarkaz nation has been destroyed.

People often say that the Liberians are the most widely distributed race on this land, but few mention that the Sarkaz are the same.

It seems that you can see Sarkaz everywhere, but there is no place that is Sarkaz’s home.

Qi Yan's last words almost struck a chord with Sarkaz.

"Traveler, I will help you!"

A Sarkaz man stood up angrily, raised his arms and shouted, "You're right, we must resist, not to overthrow anything, but simply to obtain the rights we deserve."

This time in Wolumond, rescuing those suffering from the natural disaster is our first step in resistance!

The other Sarkaz didn't say anything, just kept their heads down, lost in their own thoughts.

Not everyone is a hot-blooded fool who is easily swayed by a few words from others. Their pursuits and confusion as Sarkaz cannot be dispelled by a single speech.

In this situation, silence signifies agreement.

They neither resisted nor refused.

This is an attempt.

Mudrock slowly rose to his feet, his deep voice carrying through his armor to everyone present: