Arknights: Studying medicine can't save Terra

"You're going to the ruins of Chernobog too?"

“No, I have to clean up the mess you left behind.” Kal’tsit stepped aside to let Misha out from behind her. “The cooperation between Rhodes Island and Lungmen cannot be broken yet. The information about this young lady should still be shared with Lungmen, even though the information she knows is practically nonexistent.”

Also, I'm leaving the Chernobog situation to you. You must protect Amiya and the others.

Qi Yan pursed his lips and complained, "If I protect them, then who will protect me? Yesterday I applied to you for the push-pull special operations agent position, but you didn't approve it."

Kal'tsit said expressionlessly:

"Those special agents are mainly responsible for support and lack self-defense capabilities."

"Isn't it because I'm protecting them? What are they afraid of?" Qi Yan said, dissatisfied.

Kal'tsit didn't speak, but just silently watched Qi Yan.

After a moment's reaction, Qi Yan pointed to himself and said blankly:

"When you say 'self-defense capability,' you don't mean self-defense against me, do you?"

"You are very smart."

Qi Yan: "..."

Exusiai almost spat out the Pocky she was drinking, but Texas caught her in time and pinched her cheek.

Just as Exusiai was choking so badly she was about to faint, the Doctor appeared before everyone, his body wrapped in bandages and limping.

Even Texas couldn't help but chuckle.

The doctor looked at the group of people who clearly wanted to laugh but were trying their best to put on a sympathetic and sad face, and said in a muffled voice, "Laugh if you want to."

Exusiai burst into laughter.

Qi Yan went even further, holding up the terminal Kal'tsit had just given him and snapping photos of the Doctor like crazy.

Amiya, concerned about the only remaining conscience among the group:

"Doctor, why don't you rest for a while longer? With Mr. Qi Yan here, we can handle it."

“This kid was sent to the 59 Ruins by Kal'tsit. I’m afraid you’ll be tricked by the Guard Bureau.”

The doctor did not hesitate to betray his partner.

Amiya paused for a moment, then chose to believe the doctor's concerns.

Soon, the group split into several groups: some went home, some went to Lungmen, and Amiya's team arrived at the outer ring of Lungmen to join Chen and Hoshiguma's Guard Bureau team.

This is part of the collaboration between Rhodes Island and Lungmen, marking the second joint operation between the two sides to conduct a refugee search and rescue operation deep within the ruins of Chernobog.

Of course, beneath the surface, no one knows what each side is really thinking.

On the way, Qi Yan and the doctor hid in a corner of the transport vehicle and watched the terminal the whole way.

Amiya was curious and leaned over to take a look.

“Nanghai Ayane, I will resurrect you with my ashes... A-Ming, I love you…”

The glint in Amiya's eyes gradually faded once again.

She vaguely sensed a distant, ethereal call coming from somewhere… The voice sounded a bit like Miss Skadi.

Seeing Qi Yan and the Doctor looking at the terminal, so moved they were sniffling, Amiya stiffened and silently distanced herself from them like a mechanical little rabbit.

Chen's figure happened to walk by and stopped Amiya, saying:

"Amiya, we've arrived in Chernobog... What's wrong?"

Amiya's eyes were lifeless, and her voice was hollow as she spoke:

"Born by Mom, Daqun, returning... oh no, I understand, I'll go and get people to start preparations."

Amiya, realizing what had happened, blushed deeply and quickly ran away.

Watching her retreating figure, Chen frowned in confusion, then inadvertently noticed Qi Yan and the doctor in the corner.

As if possessed, she stepped forward...

A moment later, Hoshiguma, having finished her preparations, found Chen:

"What are you standing there for? It's time to get going."

"...The call of the masses...uh, cough cough, I mean, I know."

Chen was startled, and quickly left after regaining his senses.

Hoshiguma scratched her head in confusion, and just then she saw Qi Yan in the corner. She walked over, ready to talk about Afa...

On the streets of the ruins of Chernobog, Rhodes Island operators and members of the Guard Bureau looked at the few people at the front of their ranks with some confusion.

Why does it feel like the team of leaders in my company is somewhat listless?

"No, damn it, this can't go on."

Chen breathed in the still slightly burnt air of Chernobyl, patted his head with a headache, and forced himself to stay awake.

She turned and gave instructions:

"Besides the remnants of the Reunion Movement, there are also many active Originium left behind by natural disasters in the ruins of Chernobog. Be on your guard, touching those things is equivalent to a 100% diagnosis of Oripathy."

The members of the Guard immediately responded in unison.

On the other hand, Amiya didn't give any special instructions to Rhodes Island.

After all, many of their island's operators are infected, so there's no need to waste words on this matter.

The group soon encountered a few Reunion Movement members, but most of them posed no threat and were easily dealt with.

Just as Chen finished off another enemy and sheathed his sword, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure on a tall building in the distance.

"That is……"

Chen's expression froze.

The figure seemed to be sizing up her group as well, its gaze constantly shifting before finally settling on a striking white-haired figure.

Qi Yan's heart stirred slightly, and he looked up to meet the direction of the gaze.

In Chen's view, the man visibly trembled and turned to run without hesitation.

Chen was somewhat bewildered.

But I still instinctively chased after him.

Behind her, Hoshiguma, Amiya, and the others called out, but Chen couldn't care less; she just wanted to find that person.

As for what she would want to say after they actually met, even Chen himself didn't know.

Hoshiguma watched her boss disappear in an instant and felt a headache coming on.

Before setting off, Mingming secretly complained to her that she was worried that some people on Rhodes Island, represented by Qi Yan, might disobey orders.

As it turned out, nothing happened on Rhodes Island; instead, it was Old Chen himself who left the team without permission.

Just as Hoshiguma looked distressed, Qi Yan came over and comforted her:

"It's alright. It's not shameful for a leader to run away. Rhodes Island will have one running away soon too."

Before she could react, she saw Qi Yan turn around and run in another direction.

Chapter 067 Qi Yan's Ingenious Ideas

Hoshiguma stood there, deeply moved.

To avoid embarrassing the Royal Guard, he really... I'm crying my eyes out... oh my god!

"Amiya, where is Qi Yan going?" Hoshiguma looked at the nonchalant Amiya and the others, who had expressions as if they had seen her. "Our strongest fighter has run away!"

Amiya waved her hands repeatedly and explained:

“Mr. Qi Yan wasn’t with us to begin with; he has his own mission to complete… But don’t worry, we still have Miss Qi Lin.”

"I am a medical operator."

Qi Lin didn't hesitate to expose their scheme.

Amiya opened her mouth, wanting to explain that Rhodes Island's medical operators are not doctors in the traditional sense.

In the end, she chose to remain silent.

Miss Qi Lin, you've become a bit difficult to get along with since Mr. Qi Yan left.

At this moment, the doctor coughed lightly and reminded him:

"I think we should go after Officer Chen instead."

Hoshiguma realized what was happening and immediately took the lead in heading in the direction Chen had left.

But soon, more and more Reunion Movement members arrived, constantly trying to stop the two teams from advancing.

"No, if this continues, we'll be bogged down by the Reunion Movement."

Hoshiguma kicked down the load-bearing wall in front of her, causing the collapsed building to block a route that the Reunion Movement had emerged from.

Then she looked at Amiya and the others, and said in a deep voice:

“Your Rhodes Island team is quite agile, and…”

“I know, Officer Hoshiguma. As we go deeper, there will be more and more active Originium. Let us infected go in alone.”

Amiya took the initiative to speak and quickly assigned tasks: "Officer Hoshiguma, please draw fire here. I'll lead the team to search for Officer Chen."

Hoshiguma nodded, and spun the triangular shield in her hand called 'Hannya', knocking away all the Reunion Movement members around her and successfully clearing a path.

Amiya did not hesitate and led her team to quickly leave the battle.

On the other side, Qi Yan walked alone in the ruins of the dilapidated city of Chern, holding a terminal navigation device in one hand and playing with the active source stone he had just picked up in the other.

Soon, as the navigation ended, he looked up and gazed ahead.

From the desolate scene, one can vaguely discern that this place must have once been a sizable industrial zone.

Now that the building has collapsed, huge Originium crystals are growing rampantly in the ruins, and active Originium that shimmers with a faint fluorescence can be seen everywhere on the streets.

"I'm finally going to meet that guy. Should I spar with him a bit first...? But what if I manage to get him on the defensive and he cuts me in half with one strike?"

Qi Yan twirled the active source stone in his hand, suddenly becoming curious:

"If I were cut in two, would I still be able to live? If I could, would I grow back from the left half or the right half?"

"There won't be two of me, will there...? Maybe we should try asking Red Knife Bro?"

Qi Yan was somewhat tempted.

Because of the infection from the active source stone in his hand, he has gradually entered the golden eye state and can clearly hear footsteps coming from the ruins not far away.

He ignored it and continued to stroll leisurely through the ruins of 59.

The footsteps followed him relentlessly, but none of them made any attempt to stop him.

As Qi Yan discerned the sounds, he noticed footsteps constantly moving away and returning, as if conveying some message.

"What are they doing? Why aren't they calling Red Knife Bro to come out and chop me up?"

Meanwhile, Red Knife Brother, whom Qi Yan had been longing for, was currently gathered with his companions, holding a tense battle meeting.

“Red, it really is Qi Yan. I have no mistake. That madman is still playing with an active source stone. Who else but him would be crazy enough to touch that thing?”

A Reunion member dressed in a warlock's uniform analyzed the situation with great confidence.

Wearing a hood and a red scarf wrapped around his face, Red stared at the warlock with a puzzled look in his eyes.

The warlock paused for a moment before suddenly realizing the flaw in his words: "I wasn't talking about you. You touched the active source stone to fight, but that guy was just playing around!"

Red tightened his grip on the longsword slightly, forcibly suppressing the urge to strike the sorcerer first.

He took a deep breath and said helplessly:

"I know everyone wants me to fight, and I don't mind fighting for everyone, but I'm a little unsure about facing Qi Yan."

"How about you all beat me up first to activate my Originium Arts, so I don't get one-punched to death by that guy when we face him?"

The warlock was taken aback by Red's unexpected idea and was momentarily at a loss.

He looked at the others beside him and hesitated:

"I can't bring myself to do it. How about you use your big axe?"