Arknights: Studying medicine can't save Terra

“But he’s just as stubborn as you,” the skeletal behemoth affirmed.

Chapter 714 Theresa

"How long will the doctor be flying in the sky?"

Qi Yan kicked a small pebble away, watching it pass through all the obstacles as if it were on another layer.

“That depends on when the Doctor figures out the authority of the sequence of events.” Theresa waved her hand, summoning the pebble back, and bent down to place it in its original spot. “Are you sure you want to talk about him when we’re together?”

"Wait, you're not a shapeshifter in disguise, are you?" Qi Yan shouted and jumped back half a step.

“You seem to know a lot about my relationship with the Doctor,” Theresa said with a smile.

"A little bit."

"So how much do you know about me?"

"A little bit."

After receiving Qi Yan's answer, Theresa tilted her head and fell into thought.

At this moment, she was neither the leader of the Tower of Babel nor the demon lord of the Sarkaz, but rather more like an ordinary girl chatting with a newly acquainted friend.

"What kind of person am I in your impression?" Theresa asked curiously.

Qi Yan stroked his chin and summarized seriously:

"Gentle, yet never a saint, with the decisiveness and skill of a leader, and a truly loving heart... a scatterbrained girl."

"So that's how complicated my image is in your heart."

Theresa chuckled softly, covering her mouth as she listened to Qi Yan's summary, her long pink hair trembling slightly with her laughter.

Qi Yan shrugged helplessly: "I'm afraid if I say you're a Terra goalkeeper in my heart, you'll kick me like you kicked Abrahina."

"...Can we not talk about this?"

A hint of embarrassment flashed across Theresa's face.

"Please beg me."

Qi Yan leaned forward, grinning like a creepy uncle trying to coax a little girl with a lollipop.

Seeing that Qi Yan had only endured for a short while before revealing his true nature, Theresa quickly moved to the side.

"Jie Jie Jie!"

Qi Yan wasn't going to let her off so easily. He chuckled and chased after her, saying, "Isn't it a little too late to hide now?"

"Are you going to take me to Rhodes Island too?" Theresa asked.

"It seems you know me quite well."

"A little bit."

Theresa followed suit.

"So what kind of person am I in your impression?" Qi Yan copied on the spot.

Upon hearing this question, Theresa began to seriously summarize:

"You are a very simple person. Unlike us, you don't always think about many things. It will be very easy to get along with you."

"How did you arrive at this answer?" Qi Yan asked, puzzled.

"Just like you."

Seeing the undisguised confusion on Qi Yan's face, Theresa lifted her skirt, stepped over the half-collapsed dead tree, and then turned to face Qi Yan.

“I learned about you through written records, video footage, and other people’s accounts,” Theresa explained.

Qi Yan paused behind the dead tree without rushing to step over it.

He discovered that this girl was truly intelligent, not with the astonishing cunning of the Doctor and Therese, but with a delicate, feminine intelligence.

Qi Yan asked Theresa through the dead wood:

"Why don't you think like everyone else that I am some kind of god who obtained this information through special powers or by looking down on everything from a high place?"

“I’ve thought that way too.” Theresa closed her eyes and fell into her memories. “But I don’t think that’s right. People shouldn’t be labeled through these media. Everyone has their own unique qualities.”

We actually present different images to different people, and I have been observing how you interact with others.

Tracy always says you're plotting something, which leads Manfred astray, and he starts to outwit you.

I don't want to be swayed by them; I want to maintain my own opinions and attitudes.

This time, Qi Yan didn't reply, but just silently looked at the person in front of him.

Until Theresa reached out her hand from the dead tree, gesturing for him to come over.

Qi Yan grasped Theresa's hand and was led by her to step over the dead tree.

"Qi Yan, what kind of person am I in your impression?" Theresa asked a repeated question.

"A beautiful Sarkaz girl."

Qi Yan offered a new answer.

"It's that simple?" Theresa seemed somewhat dissatisfied.

Qi Yan scratched his head.

Don't try to guess what's on a girl's mind.

He didn't understand why this answer displeased the person in front of him, but he wasn't going to change his mind for the time being, because it was indeed his answer.

Theresa turned around to continue forward.

But Qi Yan held her hand tightly, leaving Theresa in place.

"Don't you want to continue with me?" Theresa asked, turning around.

"I want to keep you here," Qi Yan said earnestly.

"Because of what you know about my story?" Theresa pressed. "Or because you agreed to someone's request? Or perhaps you simply wanted to keep me here?"

"Because we're friends now."

"But I have my own decisions, and there are things I want to do."

Upon hearing Theresa's words, Qi Yan gently loosened his clenched hand.

The soft little hand slipped from his fingertips, and Theresa turned and continued forward, stepping into a space influenced by the power of time, disappearing like a shattered bubble.

Qi Yan remained where he was, somewhat lost in thought.

He looked down at his palm; the warmth and fragrance of his hand, which he had just held, seemed to linger.

He looked up again at the doctor, who didn't even exist in the sky.

After a long silence, Qi Yan suddenly slapped his forehead: "Something's wrong, I've been CPU-bound!"

How could I, Qi Xiaobai, let someone I've set my sights on get away!

Theresa, you sinful and wicked...

What are you talking about?

Theresa's beautiful face reappeared before Qi Yan's eyes.

She peeked halfway out from the turbulent timeline that had just vanished, staring intently at Qi Yan.

"Uh..." Qi Yan stammered awkwardly, "Don't ask, I'm just praising you for being gentle and charming, graceful and poised, with a beauty that could make fish sink and geese fall from the sky, and a beauty that could shame the moon and flowers!"

"Do you think I'm an idiot?" Theresa pointed at herself, her face full of anger.

"How about we talk about something else? For example, look at this rock, it's really a rock," Qi Yan tried to change the subject.

"Please beg me."

Theresa gave a playful smile.

Qi Yan: "..."

No one can withstand a boomerang!

Seeing Qi Yan's discomfiture, Theresa revealed a satisfied expression.

“My impression of you hasn’t changed.” Theresa extended her hand to Qi Yan again, inviting him over. “Being with you is exactly as I expected. It makes me feel very relaxed, as if I’ve gone back to a long, long time ago.”

I was practicing knitting in the yard back then, and Therese was practicing his swordsmanship not far away... Qi Yan, would you do me a favor?

"What's the deal?"

Qi Yan seemed somewhat wary, lest he be CPU'd by this wicked woman again.

He discovered that this girl, who seemed as beautiful as a white moonlight, was actually incredibly skilled!

"Walk with me a little longer, don't let me leave alone."

"Come here!"

In an instant, Qi Yan threw his previous wariness to the back of his mind, wagging his tail and running over to take Theresa's hand.

(Ahem, I got so caught up in cuddling cats that I lost consciousness and my head lolled to the side. By the time I woke up and wanted to update, it was too late...)

(I'm really tired today. I owe you all two chapters, I've written it down in my little notebook, and I'll make up for it!)

Chapter 715 The Wind That Can Blow Away Qi Xiaobai

A chaotic scene flashed through Qi Yan's vision, and when he came to his senses, he found himself in a new location.

Theresa still held his hand as they stood together on the edge of the cliff, looking down at the two groups of people locked in a fierce battle.

"Why are they still fighting?"

Qi Yan was speechless at the sight: "Shouldn't we be using this time to contact our teammates, regroup our troops, and run away as if we didn't see the enemy?"

Theresa cautioned, "You're talking about the Duke's advantageous tactics, but the Sarkaz are better at small-scale operations."

"I'm on the Duke's side now." Qi Yan held the woman in front of him, but talked about other women. "I'd do anything for Mommy Cat!"

Theresa: “…”

Shaking off Qi Yan's paws, Theresa turned and continued forward:

"This isn't the place I'm looking for. Let's keep going."

"wait for me."

As Qi Yan spoke, he leaped off the cliff.

His movements immediately attracted the attention of both sides in the battle. Upon seeing Qi Yan's distinctive white hair, both sides instinctively shuddered.

Even though the Victorian soldiers knew that Qi Yan was currently one of their own, they couldn't guarantee that he wouldn't disappear and betray them at any moment.

The two sides, who had been fighting to the death, immediately stopped and separated, watching helplessly as Qi Yan... roared into the sky.

At that moment, he experienced the same helplessness as the PhD student.

Theresa watched Qi Yan's figure drift away silently, speechless.

She couldn't understand how a powerful figure like Qi Yan could be unable to see through the physical rules within the temporal turbulence.

Even though there was an inverted gravity field right in front of him, he blindly rushed into it as if he didn't know it.

As Theresa pondered whether to offer help, a thin line of blood pierced the air and instantly embedded itself in the ground below the cliff.

Qi Yan then used brute force to pull himself back to the ground.

Both sides retreated a few steps again, watching Qi Yan warily.

"Why are you looking at me?" Qi Yan grinned. "I'll give you one minute. Whoever chooses to continue will become my opponent."

Both sides: ?!

Without the slightest hesitation, the two groups of people decisively took off and fled towards the only exit at the bottom of the cliff.

Qi Yan started counting down loudly from behind the crowd.

"It's about time!"

The Sarkaz and Victoria soldiers had only taken two steps when they were stunned by Qi Yan's countdown.