Arknights: Studying medicine can't save Terra

As she spoke, Amiya suddenly thought of something and clenched her fist slightly.

She looked into Qi Yan's eyes and asked:

"Aren't our methods exactly the same as those integration movements in Lungmen back then?"

Qi Yan tilted his head and thought for a moment, then agreed:

"They seem to be about the same; they both drag innocent people into it for the sake of their own resistance cause."

However, there are still some differences.

"What's different?" Amiya pressed.

"Are you sure you want me to tell you the answer?" Qi Yan asked with a smile. "Is my answer your answer?"

"Mr. Qi Yan..."

Amiya's rabbit ears drooped limply.

Seeing this, Qi Yan quickly reached out and patted her soft little head, comforting her:

"Don't overthink it, my little rabbit. You are different from this city struggling in its decline. You can slowly find your own answers because you have the Doctor by your side."

Trust the doctor; he won't make a decision that makes you uncomfortable. What you need to do now is not to overthink, but to calm down and carefully observe everything.

“…I want to go see the Doctor,” Amiya said.

"Let's go, let's go together!"

Qi Yan rubbed his hands together, eager to fight, and led the charge towards the doctor's room.

When Qi Yan kicked open the door, the terminal in the doctor's hand flew around several times before he caught it.

Standing beside him, Gravel, who had been slacking off, suddenly stepped back half a step, standing ramrod straight, displaying a dedicated and hardworking attitude.

"Damn it, white-haired dog, what brings you back?" The doctor saw Qi Yan and immediately felt an intense hatred for him. "You actually sent an assassin to kill me! I'll remember this grudge!"

"Are you a gentleman?" Qi Yan suddenly asked.

The doctor paused, then subconsciously shook his head: "That thing has probably long since disappeared from this land."

“That’s right, so why should we two despicable people hold a grudge? We can settle it on the spot.”

Qi Yan rolled up his sleeves, let out a strange cry, pounced on the doctor and pinned him to the ground. He used both hands to beat the doctor until the doctor screamed in pain.

Li was a little confused and wanted to stop him, but when he recognized that the other person was Qi Yan, he was at a loss for what to do.

"Miss Gravel, please help break up this fight!"

Amiya's shouts brought Gravel back to his senses, and the two quickly separated the two wrestling figures, one on each side.

Qi Yan kept kicking his legs in Amiya's arms:

"You idiot who can only babble, how dare you touch the materials I worked so hard to get! I'm going to refine you today and see if I can get any pure source stones!"

With that, he pulled out his staff and slammed it hard onto the doctor's forehead.

The staff sprang up, spun in the air, and returned to Qi Yan's hand. Before he could throw it again, Amiya grabbed both of his hands.

The doctor squealed and cried in Gravel's arms:

"You bastard, you've been having fun outside while I haven't heard from you for so many days with my money. I seriously suspect you've run off with the money."

Today I will slaughter dogs to prove my worth! White-haired dog, it's time for you to drop gold coins!

Unfortunately, the two weaklings couldn't make a move despite Amiya and Gravel's hard work, and soon they were just staring at each other, panting heavily.

Seeing that the two had finally quieted down, Amiya and Gravel breathed a sigh of relief, having also been exhausted and covered in sweat.

Qi Yan and the doctor sat on the ground, glaring at each other.

"Tell me, what have you been doing these past few days?" the doctor asked.

"What else can I do? I can work part-time at a bar, then infiltrate the Unarmored Alliance, get scolded by Qi Lin a few times, and finally wait for the Federation and the Unarmored Alliance to fight like dogs."

Qi Yan countered, "And you?"

"Drink tea, work, browse the terminal, drink sanity potion." The doctor rolled his eyes. "While we're at it, we'll study the power structure of the Federation, and then wait for the Federation to fight amongst itself."

"Has Lin Guang's medical examination report been sent out?" Qi Yan asked.

"What's the rush? We'll wait until she makes it to the finals. Sending her out too early will give the Federation too much room to maneuver," the Doctor countered. "Is the Red Pine Knights safe?"

"We don't care about the grunts, and we can't manage them anyway. The few girls who are truly independent thinkers with ideals and ambitions are absolutely safe. Roy is ridiculously smart."

Qi Yan couldn't help but laugh: "That idiot Lin Guang, everyone says she has Oripathy, hehe, and she actually believed it, she believed it all."

Li stood aside watching the two exchange questions and answers, a look of surprise flashing in his eyes.

She stayed by the doctor's side around the clock, and I can guarantee that the two of them didn't communicate at all, yet their actions were perfectly synchronized. Some people might not even be able to achieve this level of coordination when they gathered together to plan.

Amiya was already used to the tacit understanding between the two.

She stepped forward, wanting to ask something, but the doctor, anticipating this, waved his hand, signaling her not to rush.

The professor then turned to Qi Yan and asked:

When do you plan to contact the Federation?

Chapter 449 How shameless is it?

"It'll be soon. They'll be coming to me soon enough."

Qi Yan stretched, picked up the kettle on the table, and took a couple of sips of water.

Then he wiped his mouth and said with a smile:

"No matter how much effort we put in, the final results will have to be judged by those people in the federation."

"Hehe, it's not 'us,' it's me."

The doctor scoffed dismissively: "You had a good time this time, so leave all the work to me. You just need to run around outside and put out fires."

I've attended several banquets these past few days and met quite a few members of the federation's board of directors; I've found these guys to be really interesting.

"How so?" Qi Yan asked, playing the straight man.

The doctor said, "They asked me if treating infected people was profitable."

The two of them burst out laughing at the same time.

The doctor stopped laughing and continued:

"Then I asked them in return, did they choose to rebel against the knightly noble class as knights' squires for profit?"

Many people's expressions changed at that moment, and they turned and left with a flick of their sleeves. But some people continued to smile and tell me that they had done it for the great cause of resistance, and that if they hadn't resisted, they would have been oppressed to death by the knightly aristocracy.

I think they have a point. Look, now the merchants of the Federation are high and mighty, watching the knights and nobles fight to the death with the infected on the field. They even call in a large group of commoners to watch. It's a case of the tables turning.

This phenomenon is quite a spectacle even on this land.

"So be it," Qi Yan retorted. "I think it's more of a spectacle that the infected are silently rebelling against the knightly noble class and the common people, while leaving the matter of rebelling against the Federation to others."

"That's the brilliance of those businessmen."

The doctor smacked his lips, snatched the water bottle from Qi Yan's hand, took a sip, and said with a grin, "You've been to Letania, you know that there the nobles sit and watch the commoners and infected fight, but once someone awakens and integrates the commoners and infected together, the nobles will be the ones getting beaten up."

"It's different in Kazimierz. Knights, nobles, commoners, and the infected are all fighting amongst themselves; the fighting never really touches the Federation."

"Stop with the nonsense, just tell me what you're planning to do!" Qi Yan got straight to the point.

The doctor shook his head repeatedly:

"We can't afford to offend them. This isn't just about helping old ladies cross the street. Lately, the Wuzhou Alliance has been going out on the streets every day, helping old ladies from one side to the other, and then helping them back."

An old lady went to the market to buy groceries, and when she got home and checked her phone, she was shocked to find that she had taken tens of thousands of steps!

But what's the use? Nothing. The Unarmed Alliance remains a pariah, while businessmen, even with the smallest scrap of food, receive praise and adulation as soon as the media reports it.

"These people are so despicable." Qi Yan completely transformed into a master of comedic timing.

"Is it cheap? I don't think so." The doctor handed over the water bottle. "The Federation hasn't committed any murders or arson. They hold high positions, have great power and deep roots. Why shouldn't they get more resources?"

On the contrary, the Federation has been supporting quite a few people. Guess how many people in Kazimierz will starve to death if the Federation collapses.

"So, the Federation is the good guy now?" Qi Yan almost choked on his water.

“That’s impossible. Good people are always the oppressed ones,” the doctor replied.

The two then looked at each other and burst into laughter simultaneously.

"Alright, still cheap."

After the laughter subsided, the professor sighed and said softly:

"We still have to resist. After all, the Federation created something like Plot Zero. They don't kill indiscriminately, but the number of people they've killed is countless."

"This is where we'll have to rely on you. If I make a move, the Federation will be completely wiped out."

Qi Yan emptied the empty kettle and tossed it aside casually: "A little chaos is fine, but too much chaos is disastrous."

“There will always be sacrifices,” the doctor sighed.

"Letting bad guys die doesn't count as a sacrifice; that's justice."

"The real question is, who the hell is the bad guy?"

"A guy who isn't a good person is naturally a bad person."

Qi Yan shrugged, stood up, patted Amiya's head, waved goodbye to everyone in the room, and left leisurely.

The professor also stood up and rubbed his face, which had been stung by Qi Yan's slap:

"Miss Gravel, could you please get me some ice?"

"……it is good."

Gravel turned and left.

Inside the room, only the Doctor and Amiya remained.

The doctor looked at Amiya and said gently:

"Did you come to see me because you have some questions for me?"

Amiya opened her mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.

In the end, she simply put down the documents she had been holding and went over to pick up the empty water bottle that Qi Yan had tossed aside:

"The water's all gone, I'll go get the doctor a fresh one."

"Dear Miss Qi Lin, could you please be kind enough to let us go?"

Roy smiled wryly, "Or we could release one. After all, we're still the Alliance's lackeys, so we have to show our faces now."

Qi Lin glanced at Monique, whose hand was still resting on the bow, and shook her head.

Roy sighed helplessly.

He scratched his head and looked at Monique: "You do it, I'll do it?"

"What's coming?" Monique asked Liboli.

Roy: “…”

He turned around, his forehead against the wall, his shoulders seemingly crushed by a heavy burden, looking like someone suffering from kidney deficiency due to overwork.

It took Roy a long time to recover. He smiled wryly and said:

"You restrain the lovely Miss Qi Lin. If she chases me, you stop her. If she chases you, you run away quickly."

"Don't hurt the lovely Miss Qi Lin. Qi Yan will let you off the hook because of your pretty little face."

Qi Lin silently watched the two plotting face to face, without saying a word, but simply picked up the terminal and informed them of Roy's upcoming action.

The terminal message took half a day to send, and in the end, only a big red exclamation mark was left.

Qi Lin made no comment and put the terminal away.

After giving his instructions, Roy took off running and disappeared from the two women's sight in the blink of an eye.

As Qi Lin watched Roy's departing figure, she heard the sound of a bowstring taut.

“Little girl, don’t move. I won’t hurt you, but if necessary, I will risk knocking you out,” Monique said confidently.

"Knock out?" Qi Lin muttered to herself. "Gavial taught me that striking the neck and back of the head can cause a concussion or cerebral hematoma, making a person faint."