Arknights: Studying medicine can't save Terra

As he expected, the Deeppool troops marched through Little Hill County without encountering a single guard, let alone any obstruction, and their journey was completely unimpeded.

The Deep Pool troops arrived at the Furnace Block and encountered ACE and his team.

"We're all on the same side!"

Qi Yan rushed between the two sides and said casually, "This is someone the leader left behind to control the situation. Leader, please say something!"

Lafshini glanced at ACE and the others, who were clearly not dressed in deep-pool attire, her eyes twitched twice, and she nodded through gritted teeth:

"Xiaobai is right."

Upon hearing their leader speak, the Deep Pool soldiers immediately relaxed.

"As expected of a leader, he has considered everything meticulously... But where are the other cadres?"

"Everyone, stop standing there and help transport the weapons. Now we'll just wait for those garrison troops to come and die."

"Hey, you residents over there, stop hiding! I can see you all. Come and help!"

The residents whose names were called by the Deep Pool soldiers all had fear and hatred brewing in their eyes.

They were the same group that ACE and the others had rescued, and they already knew Deeppool's true ambitions.

Outcast walked over to them and quietly shook his head, signaling them not to reveal themselves.

The residents weren't fools. Faced with the large contingent in the deep pool, they could only suppress their resentment and obediently help with the transport.

Qi Yan, meanwhile, kept gesturing and pointing at things from the side.

"Hurry up, hurry up, the garrison will be here soon."

“You compatriots over there, go to the city wall and scout the situation outside. Once the garrison arrives, immediately sound the alarm.”

"Leader, why are you just watching? Why don't you help move things too!"

When Lavshini saw that Qi Yan was giving orders to her, she clenched her fists secretly, but she didn't say anything and turned to join the transport team.

The Deep Pool soldiers were initially taken aback, but then couldn't help but be swept away by the fervor of seeing their leader so approachable.

While the oboe and others were in the chaos, they ran to the bugle and began to quietly report on the artillery battalion's experiences.

Horn looked at the group, who were limping and seemingly seriously injured, and his eyes were filled with heartache.

"You've had a tough time, it must have been a hard fight for you."

Oboe and others: "..."

Qi Yan, who was holding his beloved Originium Dirty Bomb, suddenly sneezed.

"It must be that idiot, the Doctor, again."

Qi Yan rubbed his nose and mumbled a couple of times, noticing Qin Liu walking towards him.

"noob……"

Qin Liu's expression was complicated: "Are you really going to use this batch of Originium dirty bombs against the garrison?"

Qi Yan shook his head repeatedly, then lowered his voice and chuckled:

"What a joke. What do we have to do with the love-hate relationship between Deeppool and the garrison? You stay with everyone on Rhodes Island and when the time is right, I'll take everyone and run away."

Qin Liu nodded, then suddenly froze.

Why was I assigned to the Rhodes Island faction?

Am I not a soldier of Victoria?

Unfortunately, Qi Yan had already turned around and jogged away to continue directing the transport operation of the Deep Pool soldiers.

The bustling transport operation did not last long; in fact, most of the effort was wasted on arranging the artillery and ammunition.

After all this was done, before the deep pool soldiers even had a chance to admire the fruits of their labor, they were ordered by Lavshini to evacuate the power furnace block en masse.

With unwavering trust in their leader, no one raised any objections.

Meanwhile, the Deeppool soldiers on the walls of Little Hill County quickly raised the alarm.

Everyone was jolted awake, realizing that a decisive battle with the garrison was about to begin.

Outside the city, Hamilton led his entire garrison to the city walls. When he saw the soldiers in the deep moat on the city wall, his heart sank to the bottom.

"We're still a step too late."

Hamilton took a deep breath, but was not discouraged by the defeat.

He turned his head and shouted:

"Hill, pass down the order to surround Little Hill County. Don't rush to attack. Deeppool is currently defending an isolated city. Fight a war of attrition with them!"

Lieutenant Hill nodded in agreement, then turned and quickly left.

Hamilton stood silently in place, gazing at the increasing number of soldiers in the deep pool on the distant city walls, a lingering unease in his heart for some reason.

Just as Hamilton was pondering the origin of this anxiety, he suddenly heard a familiar roar.

"Is that... the sound of the Hillsshire block breaking down?"

Hamilton stared wide-eyed in disbelief: "Is Deeppool planning to use Hillshire's mobility feature to escape?"

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Hamilton immediately dismissed his own conjecture.

He frowned, completely baffled: "Even if Xiaoqiu County is not large, it is still a regular mobile town. It would take at least a week to start from a standstill."

"I had countless ways to disrupt Little Hill County's launch during this time, and Deeppool couldn't possibly achieve their goal in front of me. So what exactly are they trying to do?"

Hamilton couldn't think of an answer for a moment, so he turned around and called Hill over again to help him analyze the situation.

But no matter how he called out to him or called Hill directly via communication, there was no response.

After a while, a soldier rushed over and reported:

"Sir, Lieutenant Hill just said that he has left the ranks on your orders."

Hamilton: ?

A sense of foreboding suddenly welled up inside him.

On the other side, in Oochi County.

Hamilton wasn't the only one feeling confused; the Deeppool soldiers were in a similar state of confusion.

They had just made preparations, thinking of the massive Originium dirty bomb fire support behind them, and even in the face of the garrison's overwhelming force, they felt no fear whatsoever.

The next second, they were stabbed in the back.

With the activation of the movement function, the entire city of Little Hill County was thrown into turmoil, with its various districts constantly being split up, forcing the Deeppool soldiers to establish their own independent territories.

The soldiers turned to look in the direction of the power furnace block, and then they were completely dumbfounded.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the various blocks of Hillshire separated, continuously creating a huge passageway to both sides.

"Is this... an attempt to abandon the other blocks in Hillshire, leaving only the power plant block in exchange for the fastest possible start-up time?"

A deep-pool soldier, based on his experience, deduced an answer that he himself could not accept.

The other soldiers around him suddenly realized what was happening and then became anxious.

"We haven't even boarded the train yet... no, we haven't even logged into the power furnace block yet, are we going to be left behind?"

"Where is the leader? What exactly happened?"

"The leader...is in the power furnace block..."

The soldiers in the deep pool were all dumbfounded.

The ministers are about to fight to the death, why does Your Majesty surrender first?

Now all the Deeppool soldiers lost their will to fight and rushed to the edge of their respective blocks, gazing longingly at the Power Refinery block that was starting up the fastest.

Then they saw their leader standing at the edge of the power furnace block.

"Our leader has abandoned us..."

The soldiers in the deep pool could almost hear their own hearts breaking.

Just then, a towering purple flame suddenly erupted in a block of Hillshire.

The familiar flames nearly short-circuited the minds of the Deeppool soldiers.

"I can't mistake that flame; it's the leader's flame!"

"But isn't the leader in the power furnace block?"

"Wait, flames are paving a path in the air, and two people are walking on it. Is that Ahmoni and... another leader?!"

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While Hamilton was racking his brains outside the city to devise the Deeppool Plan, the Deeppool faction collectively gave up on thinking about it.

They just stared blankly as their leader, stepping on a sky full of purple flames, walked towards another leader.

On the power furnace block, Raphsini watched her older sister approach step by step, a look of fear uncontrollably appearing on her face.

Qi Yan stood beside her, holding the Originium Dirty Bomb. He looked at Raphsini and then at Abrahana, his face full of confusion.

"You and your sister do look alike, but is it really possible for people to mistake one for the other?"

Qi Yan asked suspiciously, "Judging from your appearance, you seem like a completely innocent, submissive person. How are you, the domineering older sister who rides on purple flames and reigns supreme, similar?"

Lavshini: "..."

The flames beneath Abrahana's feet connected to the power furnace block. She walked gracefully, holding a spear just like her younger sister. Knowing what kind of being she was facing, she still calmly walked up to Qi Yan.

Ahmoni followed closely behind Abrahana, her reluctance practically written all over her face. Upon seeing Qi Yan, she immediately realized that she had already met him before.

This truth almost made Ahmoni's poor little heart stop beating.

But she didn't say anything and continued to obediently follow behind Abrahina, playing the role of a well-behaved girl.

Even now, recalling her conversation with Abrahina, she still feels somewhat shocked.

When she found Abrahana and reported Qi Yan's appearance, Abrahana only asked her three questions.

"Is Rafishini injured?"

"My servants have failed?"

"Their ambitions are unbridled; they even dare to exploit Rafishini. And what about you?"

The three questions pointed out three key issues in Xiaoqiu County today, but the word "Qi Yan" was not mentioned at all.

Even after learning that Qi Yan might be targeting Raphsini, Abrahana showed no sign of backing down. She immediately broke away from her subordinates and, with only Ahmoni, rushed to Little Hill County as quickly as possible.

She and Ahmoni arrived before Qi Yan's return and witnessed the deaths of the six Deeppool executives.

Abrahana made no move, nor did she choose to harm the residents left behind by the six executives, allowing these residents, who represented the possibility of the Deeppool Project being exposed, to be protected by Rhodes Island.

She had been waiting and observing Qi Yan and Lavshini silently until the very last moment before choosing to step forward.

Upon seeing the flames that had turned half the sky purple, ACE and the others rushed over immediately.

Upon arrival, they didn't rush to do anything; they simply shielded the group of residents behind them.

King against king, against general.

Qi Yan, the true leader of Deep Pool, said he would handle it.

"Sister, tell me, did you choose Rhodes Island, or did Rhodes Island choose you?"

Abrahana's first words went straight to Raphsini.

Despite her sister's lack of harshness in her questioning tone, Lavshini still couldn't help but shrink back slightly.

"I...you should go, sister."

Lavshini ultimately gave no answer; she only hoped that her sister could leave Qi Yan as soon as possible.

Deeppool can do without Raphsini, but it cannot do without Abrahina.

Cute Brana showed no sign of leaving; she finally looked at Qi Yan:

"I've heard about your actions. You seem to enjoy recruiting people from various factions within Rhodes Island, and Raphsini is one of them?"

Qi Yan stared intently at Abrahana's large tail swaying back and forth behind her, his gaze shifting, and nodded, saying: