Arknights: Studying medicine can't save Terra

Suppressing his emotions, the bugle looked once more at the three enemies before him: "Bagpipes, prepare for battle!"

Chapter 550 The Trial of Sarkaz

The green potion bottle was cut in two by the sharp sword light of Chixiao as soon as it was taken out.

The poison scholar fled in disarray.

Chen gritted his teeth, forcibly suppressing the numbness and soreness surging in his limbs, and pressed closer and closer to the poison scholar, not giving him any chance to use his methods.

In such a chaotic battle, the consequences of a poisons expert's abilities being unleashed would be unimaginable.

After severing the poison scholar's potion bottle with another sword strike and leaving a bloody gash on his wrist, Chen still couldn't control his breathing and had to take a short breath.

It was this very breath that caused a burning sensation in Chen's lungs.

"Heh heh, you've been poisoned again." The poison scholar immediately grinned maliciously.

"Fighting an enemy with your abilities, I never imagined I could emerge unscathed." Chen showed no fear; every sword strike was a deadly move.

The poison scholar clicked his tongue lightly, dodging while simultaneously employing a psychological attack:

"Since you already understand, you should understand even more that if you kill me, you will never get the antidote, and in the end we will only perish together."

Chen's movements were not affected in the slightest; on the contrary, Chixiao even emitted a crisp sword cry, and its sword energy surged again.

“Evil must not be tolerated, and I will stop you by any means necessary,” Chen Jian said firmly. “Furthermore, I have more faith in the abilities of my comrades than in the lies of the enemy. Rhodes Island is a pharmaceutical company!”

"Rhodes Island?!"

The poison expert froze in shock upon hearing the name.

Chen seized this opening and slashed down with his sword, leaving a deep, bone-revealing wound on the poison scholar's shoulder.

As the poison scholar felt the pain, a look of panic gradually appeared in his eyes.

His gaze swept across the battlefield, gradually shifting towards the edge, clearly indicating that he was considering fleeing.

Chen relentlessly pursued him, repeatedly pushing him into a corner.

On the other side, ACE blocked the orator, his brows furrowing involuntarily.

"You are very strong, and you are also very good at protecting your companions. I can't help but envy your companions, who are able to be protected by a man as reassuring as you."

"Speaking of which, would you like to hear about our Deeppool's philosophy? I really like you."

"Oh, that hammer blow was really hard; it almost dislocated my jaw."

"Really, I mean it. Join us. Whatever your employer promised you—wealth, status—we can raise the price."

ACE felt as if there was a fly buzzing incessantly in her ear.

He strained to block out the orator's incessant chatter, then swept his shield sideways, once again stopping the bandit who was trying to get past him to attack Outcast.

Delaying two deep-pool executives for a short period of time is not a difficult task for ACE, but he really can't take it anymore.

"Outcast, have you counted the bullets?" ACE urged, half-jokingly.

Outcast, holding six etched bullets between his fingers, chuckled softly:

"Because you are here, I have time to think about some things and recall what Xiao Qiyan told me before."

"Fine... After all, I promised Misery and Xiao Qiyan, and I can't be a liar."

Sakota put an etched bullet back into the ammunition pouch on his waist.

She raised the revolver and loaded the first bullet into the cylinder.

“Accountant, you have meticulously calculated the potential profits from this war. You are trying to turn more lives into numbers on the books and extract huge amounts of wealth from them.”

The second bullet.

“Prisoner, your repeated escapes are merely attempts to commit even more serious crimes, thereby returning to prison and completing the next cycle.”

The third bullet.

“Arsonist, you have long been unable to be satisfied with destroying just one house or one family... Soon, even destroying a city will not be able to fill the emptiness in your heart.”

The fourth bullet.

“Robber, you are a complete plunderer, eager to take everything from others…not just money.”

The fifth bullet.

"Orator, you revel in your art of rhetoric and are eager to use it as a political weapon to incite open and covert struggles. A greater war will break out because of you."

The cylinder was relocked with a pleasant, crisp sound.

Outcast raised her gun, her expression solemn and dignified:

“If you are allowed to continue your actions, I can foresee more cities falling into death, and your desires will drive you to ravage a country.”

You will be judged here.

The dazzling gunfire shot up into the sky, almost lighting up the entire city.

Apart from ACE, who was mentally prepared, everyone present, including Horn and Chen, was stunned by the terrifying gunfire spewing from Outcast's gun muzzle.

The Deeppool officers reacted in various ways, with some attempting to desperately rush towards Outcast to stop her attack.

Some people are desperately trying to use Originium Arts to build defenses.

Some people tried to take advantage of the crowd's astonishment to escape into the nearby alley.

But all the movements stopped at the very beginning. There were no screams, and no one had time to fall. The five people named by Outcast were instantly turned to dust in the holy light spewed from the gun barrels.

As Outcast put it, this is not a battle, but a one-sided trial.

When all the light faded, Outcast lowered her arms, her face pale but without any injuries.

The entire room was silent until a muffled thud.

The only surviving poison scholar's mask had already been cut off by Chen. At this moment, his face was bloodless, as if he had seen the thing he feared most. His limbs were weak, and he collapsed to the ground with no strength to stand up.

Chen's face was also somewhat pale, but his eyes showed only disgust.

With a sharp turn of his sword, Chen swiftly ended the villain's filthy life.

The five people turned around and gathered together, exchanging glances.

Everyone was in a bad state, but it didn't have a significant impact on anyone.

This made all five of them smile.

The rescued residents not far away were panting heavily, like prisoners just freed from a sealed container.

Some were overjoyed at surviving the ordeal, others wept uncontrollably upon learning the truth about the deep pool, and still others sat listlessly, as if they had lost their souls.

The horn turned its head to look at them, then looked away and shrugged at the crowd, saying:

“Perhaps these Tara people couldn’t listen to our second perspective before, but now, the situation has changed.”

"It's just a change, it's far from over," ACE said in a deep voice. "The clashes between the troops and garrison in Deep Pool won't stop just because the residents' mentality has changed. I also don't know how Qi Yan's actions outside the city are progressing."

Outcast helped Chen, who was somewhat weak from the poisoning, and said:

"Xiao Qiyan never lets us down. What we need to do now is take good care of ourselves."

"Let's go back to the power plant area in Hillshire first. Oliver and the others are still in control there, and we need to go find them for treatment."

The group, along with the rescued residents of Hillshire, hurried toward the power plant block.

They had only been gone a short while when the wilderness outside Little Hill County, which had been quiet for only a short time, became lively again.

A large number of Deeppool troops returned victorious from the artillery battalion, and the troops intercepted a large number of Originium dirty bombs that originally belonged to the garrison. At this moment, all of them were transported back to Little Hill County by the Deeppool troops.

Unlike the Deep Pool soldiers who were kept in the dark and overjoyed, their 'leader' Rafishini was sitting obediently in the passenger seat of the transport vehicle driven by Qi Yan, looking dejected.

Lavshini knew very well that victory did not belong to the deep pool.

Even she herself may no longer belong to Deeppool in the future...

Qi Yan looked at the outline of Xiaoqiu County appearing in the distance, his excitement was impossible to suppress. He gripped the steering wheel with one hand and leaned his upper body out of the window.

The wind blew across Qi Yan's face.

He opened his mouth and shouted at the top of his lungs:

"Little Hill County, are you ready to welcome your new master?"

Chapter 551 Xiaobai is right

Lavshini silently watched Qi Yan running around happily.

Even now, she still doesn't quite understand Qi Yan.

This Rupert always has a carefree attitude, saying strange things that make people lose control of their emotions, yet he always manages to keep the situation firmly in check.

While Qi Yan's formidable strength certainly played a role, Raphsini could discern that Qi Yan's true strength lay not in his individual combat prowess.

Lost in thought, Raphsini frowned slightly as she watched the city gate draw ever closer. Suddenly, she sensed something was amiss.

"We're about to enter the city! Brake! You're going too fast!"

Qi Yan yawned and asked, a beat slow to react:

"Brake? Which one?"

"Which one?!"

"Brake!"

At Lafsini's shouts, the transport truck shook off the convoy that was slowing down in unison, and crashed into Hillshire, before slamming into a building on the side of the street.

Dust billowed up, and Rafishini's body, propelled by inertia, smashed through the car's windshield.

She rubbed her forehead, which didn't hurt much, and turned to look at Qi Yan, whose face was covered in blood from the impact, in disbelief.

"Why didn't you step on the brakes?" she demanded.

"Which one is the brake? Tell me!" Qi Yan wiped his face and retorted defiantly, though he was not entirely convinced.

Lavshini: "..."

Here we go again, with Qi Yan's unique and incomprehensible way of playing around.

The convoy followed into the city, and Oboe and others, disguised as Deeppool soldiers, leaned out of the car windows, looking at the wrecked transport truck with strange expressions.

The soldiers from Deep Pool hurriedly gathered around.

"Leader, are you alright?"

"Xiao Bai, how do you drive?!"

"Luckily, the leader was in the car. If it were anyone else, they would definitely be bleeding from a head like Xiaobai... Hey, Xiaobai, you're not injured, so where did the blood come from?"

The oboe on the car next to them reminded them:

"Forget about Xiaobai for now, hurry up and transfer the ammunition from that vehicle. If it explodes, it could be a disaster."

Reminded by the oboe, the deep-pool soldiers finally came to their senses and hurriedly opened the carriage doors to salvage the Originium dirty bombs.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Qi Yan hugged a dirty bomb to his chest, looking as happy as a fool who had just gotten a snack.

Lavshini looked somewhat distressed and whispered to Qi Yan:

"So, I can cooperate with you on how you plan to arrange things for Deep Pool, but you must not harm Deep Pool again."

“Sure, you direct the soldiers to drive all the vehicles to the power plant area in Little Hill County, and then have them guard the perimeter of the area strictly, and not allow anyone to enter the power plant area without orders.”

"And what about me?" Lavshini pressed.

"You stay by my side for now." Qi Yan grinned so wide his mouth reached his ears. "Ahmoni has already reported my whereabouts to your sister, so let's just wait for her to show herself."

"...No, if she gets into danger, Shenchi will have lost completely."

Lavshini is pessimistic about this: "You don't understand her. She's willing to make any sacrifice to achieve her goals."

Qi Yan neither denied nor agreed:

"Of course, you can think that way, but don't underestimate your importance. You are an indispensable part of Sister Banana's plan."

Lavshini was stunned for a moment.

Qi Yan stopped talking and, carrying the Originium Dirty Bomb, happily followed the Deep Pool group towards the Power Refinery Block.