Arknights: Studying medicine can't save Terra

"Have you realized your mistake?"

Qi Lin watched him silently.

Qi Yan was already immune to such gazes and continued to ask:

"Do you remember what I told you before?"

"You're so stupid!" Qi Yan said seriously. "Everyone knows that when you apologize, you have to show your belly!"

Qi Yan finally got his wish and was scolded. He happily ran to the bench and plopped down.

Marna was so squeezed that she had to shift her position to make room.

Qi Lin cursed her brother for going crazy, and finally her thoughts were completely clear.

She walked slowly to Shining and said softly:

"Sister Shanling, when you're done with your work, I have some things I'd like to ask you for help with."

Shining was still a little uncomfortable with Qi Lin in this state, but with her gentle nature, she naturally wouldn't refuse. This was the first time Qi Lin had taken the initiative to seek help from someone else.

"You sit down first."

Shining shifted her body, clearing one end of the bench for Qi Lin to sit down.

Marna, who was sitting in the middle, was forced to move his buttocks again, and Qi Yan took the opportunity to put his arm around his shoulder. He immediately felt as if ants were crawling all over his body.

The originally spacious bench was crowded with four people squeezed together. Marna was unwilling to take advantage of the girl for no reason, so she had to endure the discomfort and squeeze closer to Qi Yan.

"Uncle, hey, uncle!" Qi Yan shouted on the spot, "Say what you have to say, or I'll be pushed all the way to the East by you."

Marna: "...Actually, I don't think there's anything more to say."

"Don't we talk about Lin Guang?" Qi Yan patted his shoulder and asked with a smile.

“…I am powerless to stop you,” Marna said helplessly.

Why are you stopping us?

Qi Yan chuckled: "Don't you think this is a good thing?"

Linguang acted for the ideals she believed in, and both you and Linguang's missing parents had such a glorious era.

Marna turned her head, wanting to ask Qi Yan how he knew these things.

But when he looked over, he found that he was standing right next to Qi Yan, and through those dark eyes, he could clearly see the pure joy in the boy's heart.

Qi Yan, what are you so happy about?

The doubts in his heart were even dispelled at this moment. Marna suddenly understood and turned to look at the girl sitting next to Shining again.

Qi Yan was overjoyed to see that her family, whom she had always taken good care of, had finally grown up.

"...Margaret..."

Marna sighed softly.

The previously silent Shining spoke up:

"Mr. Marner, would you like me to recount all my experiences in Linguang over the past few years?"

Of course, if you'd like to ask her yourself...

“It’s not necessary.” Marna looked up at the night sky. “The moment I saw the look in her eyes, I understood.”

Marner seemed unwilling to talk about these things anymore.

He deliberately ignored Qi Yan beside him and reminded him:

"The Unarmored Alliance has already taken action. If it weren't for tonight's events... being so bizarre, you and I alone wouldn't have been able to stop them."

After tonight, I will not interfere in the slightest. You can tell Margaret, and you can tell your own people on Rhodes Island... tell them just how rotten the Grand Knights' facade truly is.

Shining nodded again.

She simply gave a calm reply:

"The doctor has already figured out the situation in this city. He even said that Qi Yan can go back and make money seriously, and there is no need to waste his energy here."

Marna choked for a moment.

He took a deep breath, his tone becoming more serious:

"If the doctor you speak of has truly figured everything out, my advice is to leave the Grand Knights Territory and Kazimierz as soon as possible."

Try your best to escape this era; that's one of the few truly correct choices each person can make.

Shining turned his head and looked intently at Marner:

"The doctor said that no one can escape this city, and even if someone were to escape, it shouldn't be people like you or me."

Qi Yan added his own opinion with a smile:

"The Unarmored Alliance is preparing to flee because they feel the city is no longer suitable for them, but their way of fleeing is to admit defeat."

The Control Council is plotting to get some people to escape because a powerful figure believes the city needs to be broken free from its cage from the outside, but she's arranging for the escape to involve those young girls experiencing failure.

The business associations could flee at any time, for they cared nothing for a city, unaware that they had already been swept up by the times, and that one day they would fall at the feet of the truly ambitious, becoming nourishment for the city.

Marner asked, puzzled, "So, what are you trying to say?"

"What I want to say is that all those who choose to run away will ultimately face failure."

Qi Yan looked up slightly at the tall, golden Pegasus: "Whether the choice made is right or wrong is not important. What is important is that Nearl is trying to win, even if she has to go against the tide of the times."

Chapter 438 Three Stages of My Sister's Growth

"Out of control."

This was Marner's reply after a moment of silence.

After he finished speaking, he prepared to get up and leave, but Qi Yan stopped him.

In trying to restrain this tall, imposing golden pegasus, Qi Yan was almost pulled off the bench.

Marner sat back on the bench, watching Qi Yan slowly move back, her expression complex.

"I didn't use any force."

"Yes, yes, I know, it's just that I'm too weak and have no power." Qi Yan waved his hand dismissively.

Maena: "..."

Marna felt that Qi Yan was humiliating him.

But since Qi Yan wanted to keep him, Marna didn't insist on leaving, lest she be frozen into an ice sculpture again.

Shining looked at Qi Yan, and seeing that the latter nodded, she then looked at Qi Lin.

Marna's face darkened as he watched the three Rhodes Island players speaking in riddles in front of him.

Fortunately, Qi Lin did not remain silent and explained her purpose for coming:

"There is an infected knight order called the Red Pine Knights. They are planning to attack the Federation building. I would like to ask the doctor to help analyze whether the plan is feasible."

The simple explanation, however, surprised Marner greatly.

Shining was also somewhat surprised.

"Did Qi Yan give you this task?" Shining asked, puzzled. "Then you just need to do what Qi Yan tells you. With his and the Doctor's understanding, there won't be any interference between them."

"Let him rest. If he comes, the Federation building will probably disappear from the city, which is not what the Red Pine Knights want to see."

"I have objections!"

Qi Yan immediately defended himself: "The disappearance was definitely not just the Federation building!"

Shining ignored Qi Yan's ramblings and earnestly relayed the doctor's analysis to Qi Lin:

"The doctor also said that the current Grand Knight Command is like sitting on a powder keg. It seems calm on the surface, but in reality, it only needs a spark to explode completely."

The Red Pine Knights' goal coincides with the Doctor's. Kroos has already led a team into the Great Knight Territory. It is said that she has found a very powerful hacker friend and plans to cause a brief power outage in the city.

You can go find Kroos.

Shining didn't say how to find him, because she knew that with Qi Lin's usual ability to find Qi Yan, finding someone in a city would be incredibly easy.

"What obstacles will we encounter?" Qi Lin pressed.

“You will not encounter any obstacles.” Shining smiled. “Because according to the Doctor’s analysis, it’s not just the Overwatch Council and the Infected who want to unite and cause unrest.”

Of course, after it's done, you'll be hunted down by the Unarmored Alliance. Kroos won't help you; she needs to hurry and erase all traces to leave the city.

Qi Lin nodded, indicating that she understood.

Shining added another sentence:

"If possible, don't kill the members of the Unarmored Alliance."

"why?"

"Because the doctor said he was prepared to take over this mess."

Seeing Qi Lin fall silent, Shan Ling looked at Qi Yan and found that the latter was indeed surprised.

“This is Amiya’s decision,” Shining explained.

“…Amiya.” Qi Yan said thoughtfully, “That’s right, these days the little rabbits are no pushovers.”

Shining silently kept those words in mind.

Beside her, Qi Lin stood up and said to Qi Yan:

"Just like the doctor said, you should just go and play your knightly competition and stop messing up our operations."

Qi Yan clenched his fist to cheer on his younger sister:

"Go for it! As my sister, you can't make any less of a fuss than me. That's a tradition in our Qi family!"

If you do well, I can reward you with a hug.

Qi Lin turned and took a few steps, then suddenly turned back:

"Don't rush off after this is over. I have something to ask you."

"Can't I ask now?" Qi Yan scratched his head. "I'm in a hurry to get to Victoria."

Shining remained silent, once again memorizing those words.

"Whatever," Qi Lin said, and left.

Watching Qi Lin's retreating figure, Qi Yan sighed with emotion:

"Sure enough, as younger sisters grow up, they tend to become more and more indifferent to their older brothers."

Shining had been holding back for a long time, and finally found an opportunity to ask the question that had been bothering her:

Why has Qi Lin suddenly matured so much?

"I've changed into my favorite little dress and promoted to Elite 2," Qi Yan said with a grin. "There might be a new storyline coming out in a while, and then I'll be an alternate version of Elite 2."

Ignoring Shining's bewildered expression, Qi Yan sighed again:

"It's good that she's grown up like this. Please don't let it continue like this. I'm so afraid that next time we meet, Qi Lin will turn into a watermelon strip and be shouting, 'Family, does anyone know?' Ahhh... Achoo!"

As Qi Yan was speaking, he suddenly sneezed, and in the blink of an eye, his whole body was covered in frost.

Shining watched as Qi Yan was being punished by her sister from half a street away, and couldn't help but cover her mouth and let out a soft laugh.

She then ignored Qi Yan, who was freezing, and stood up to bow to Marna:

"In any case, thank you for stepping forward today. I'll take my leave now."

Maena: "..."

If he had known things would turn out this way, he certainly wouldn't have bothered making this trip.

After Shining left, only two old men, one big and one small, remained on the bench.

Qi Yan shivered twice, the frost on his body melted, and water droplets dripped from his hair.

He casually wiped his hands a couple of times and chuckled dryly:

"Uncle, after listening for so long, do you still think Rhodes Island is not trustworthy?"

"...I never said I didn't trust Rhodes Island."