Arknights: Studying medicine can't save Terra

"Hopefully, the next time we open our eyes, we won't be in free fall," Morgan said, trying to find humor in his predicament.

"I don't want to gamble with my life." Mandela took a deep breath, then shouted at the top of her lungs, "Qi Yan, save me!"

But Mandela soon discovered in despair that his shouts were coming back from below.

Her face turned pale instantly, and she said in a miserable tone:

"Why does this kind of awful thing happen when it's my turn to call out Qi Yan's name? I haven't even gotten back to Shenchi yet."

Morgan plopped down on the stone pillar summoned by Mandela and said with a wry smile:

"You might be able to make a wish while you have the chance, and this turbulence will sweep you to the Deep Pool leader, allowing you to get close to him again. However, I haven't seen the Deep Pool's team at all; they probably haven't even entered yet."

All I want to do right now is wish that we could die somewhere far away, so Hannah and the others won't see my body smashed to pieces.

"Don't give up!" Vina said, forcing herself to stay.

"I told you, don't come here and spout these meaningless slogans like those big shots!"

Mandela grew increasingly dissatisfied with Vina and turned to yell at her to vent his emotions.

After being yelled at by Mandela, Vina looked somewhat gloomy, clutching the Breath of Kings in her hand, at a loss.

She realized that Mandela was right to yell, but she didn't have the mind of a doctor or the strength of Qi Yan, and she had no idea how to handle the situation.

Morgan reached out and grasped Vina's wrist, opening his mouth to say a few words of comfort.

No matter how Morgan tried to speak, she couldn't make a sound, as if even her voice was being sucked away by the temporal turbulence that had expanded to the top of her head.

Morgan sighed inwardly, then took Vina's wrist and looked up to face the impending fate.

As the yellow sand was gradually swallowed up, Morgan felt as if she could reach out and touch the turbulent current of time. The intense suction had already enveloped her, and the surrounding light began to dim.

Just as Morgan was about to lose all sight and be completely swallowed by darkness, she suddenly realized that she seemed to see Qi Yan's figure.

Morgan blinked hard, trying to make sure he wasn't hallucinating.

But in the blink of an eye, Qi Yan vanished without a trace, and the only person standing before her was the Sarkaz Demon King she had met once on the airship.

Chapter 717 Has Qi Yan arrived? Tathagata

Morgan sighed inwardly.

She thought she had been successfully rescued, but instead encountered the enemy leader.

Even though Theresa and Rhodes Island have an unclear and ambiguous connection, she doesn't believe that a demon lord would choose to protect people from the opposing camp during such a time of war.

Like Morgan, Theresa, who emerged from the time-space turbulence, also had mixed feelings.

She arrived at the same time as Qi Yan, and was just about to wait for Qi Yan to save people before talking about anything else, but as soon as Qi Yan showed his face, he was swept away by the raging temporal turbulence like a kite with a broken string.

"Does he really understand nothing?"

Theresa was starting to have doubts about life.

As she pondered this, Theresa began to make some movements with her hands.

These temporal turbulences were caused by the authority of the skeletal behemoth, and even she could not easily quell them.

"I thought it would be easier if I brought Qi Yan along, but it turns out I still have to do it myself... Or are you deliberately making me do it?"

Theresa took out a piece of Originium, her expression becoming somewhat serious.

The Originium emitted a faint white light in her palm, melting, decomposing, and transforming into a special flow of information at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Qi Yan, is this how you usually use Originium?"

Theresa spoke to herself in the void.

She compiles the newly born stream of information in her hands, controls it to blend into the surrounding temporal turbulence, and rewrites it bit by bit.

Morgan found his dimmed vision returning, and the sounds that had been taken from him were returning.

The temporal turbulence that drove her to despair was soothed in Theresa's presence, like a docile little pet, transforming into a gentle breeze that swept across the land.

Morgan, without a moment of surprise, immediately turned to look around.

Seeing that Vina and Mandela were still beside her, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, then immediately pulled back into her own breath, her nerves taut as she stared at Theresa, who had landed in front of them.

After landing on the ground, Theresa ignored the three of them and instead turned her head up, down, left, and right as if searching for something.

Theresa was confused once again: "I've already shown you my results, why haven't you come back yet?"

Vina and the other two looked at each other in bewilderment.

Finally, Vina stepped forward and cautiously asked, "Who are you talking to?"

Theresa finally looked at the three of them and explained:

"Of course it's Qi Yan. I just brought him here to save the three of you, but he suddenly hid, trying to confirm my abilities in this way."

"Now that I've demonstrated my abilities, he still refuses to show up."

Wei Na: "..."

Morgan: "…………"

Mandela: "………………"

Theresa: ?

“Um, do you think it’s possible?” Based on her understanding of Qi Yan, Vina analyzed, “He really was swept away by the turbulence, and might be curled up somewhere waiting for you to find him?”

Theresa was dumbfounded.

This time she was truly dumbfounded.

"But I've already erased the temporal turbulence, so where am I supposed to find him now?"

Theresa's question successfully stumped Vina and the other two.

They didn't even know what these turbulent currents were, so how could they answer Theresa's profound question?

While Vina and the other two were deep in thought, Theresa’s gaze fell on the Breath of Kings in Vina’s hand.

Noticing Theresa's gaze, Vina was startled and quickly shielded the Breath of Kings behind her.

Morgan immediately stepped in front of Vina.

Mandra, however, looked left and right, weighed the strength of both sides, turned around and walked to the side, using Originium Arts to dig a pit and bury himself in it.

Theresa looked at the three people with their different reactions, sighed, and turned to leave without saying a word.

"Wait a moment!"

Vina's shout suddenly rang out.

Theresa stopped and looked back.

After confirming that Qi Yan had really left, she seemed to have reverted to the demon queen that people saw her as.

She is gentle, yet always maintains a distant, almost aloof, relationship with people.

Vina gently pushed away Morgan, who was trying to stop her, and walked step by step to a spot not far from Theresa.

She tried her best not to show any fear, and asked in a solemn voice:

"Demon King, you Sarkaz possess the power to alter the rules of space, making you invincible. Why then start a war? Why... why choose Victoria?"

Theresa stared at her calmly, as if trying to see right through Vina, inside and out.

But soon, Theresa looked away, seemingly with regret.

She turned and continued walking away, saying without looking back:

“You are the Crown Princess of Victoria; you shouldn’t be asking me these questions.”

Vina gritted her teeth.

She felt a surge of anger.

The Sarkaz leader, who was wreaking havoc on her country, was standing right in front of her, yet she could do nothing, not even have the right to communicate with him as an equal.

For the first time, Vina hated her own weakness so much.

What is your anger about?

Theresa suddenly stopped and turned around to look at Vina.

Vina was somewhat confused by Theresa's question.

Theresa pressed, "Are you angry about the war in your country? Or are you angry about your own powerlessness? Or do you not even know why you are angry?"

Faced with Theresa's three consecutive questions, Vina opened her mouth, wanting to say that these were all expressions of her anger.

But she just couldn't bring herself to say those words.

Seeing Vina's face turn pale and then flushed, Theresa shook her head and said softly:

"Compared to the red dragon's anger after its defeat in the deep pool, your anger is somewhat laughable."

The red dragon is enraged by her thwarted ambitions, and her fury will drive her forward. So, what will your anger bring you?

Vina remained silent.

Theresa said bluntly, "This war is your opportunity. If one day you can stand in front of Theresa, I hope you can give him your own answer."

“Why Therese?” Vina asked.

"Don't ask anymore."

Theresa turned around: "The king only needs to make a decision."

This time, she had no intention of lingering. Her steps were light yet incredibly firm as she moved away from Vina and the other two, eventually disappearing into the temporal turbulence.

Seeing that Theresa had finally left, Morgan rushed over to check on Vina's condition.

Kovina simply held the Breath of Kings and remained silent.

She still didn't know exactly what her anger was, but she finally realized that she seemed to be constantly asking questions—asking the doctor, asking Qi Yan, and even resorting to asking her enemies.

Vina vaguely recalled how, as a child, she would secretly hide in a corner of the conference room and eavesdrop on her father and his subjects discussing matters.

In that council meeting, the King was always the one who listened, answering each of his subjects' questions.

"Your Majesty, all you need to do is make a decision."

Vina muttered to herself.

Morgan was worried about Vina's condition, but dared not interrupt.

She knew that Vina was in a critical situation, and the judgment Vina made at this moment would affect many of her future choices.

Unfortunately, not everyone is as thoughtful as Morgan.

With a splash, Mandela jumped out of the pit he had dug, shouting excitedly:

"Survived!"

Morgan quickly turned around and glared at Mandela, signaling her to be quiet.

Mandela didn't care about any of that and glared back decisively.

Just as the two were vying for dominance, Vina's figure blocked their view.

“Yes, we survived.” Vina said firmly to Mandela, “And we must continue to live, find more of the lost people, unite them, and do our best to help more people survive.”

Then… I think it’s time I found an opportunity to meet the dukes.”

Chapter 718 See You Again

Above the sky, which Morgan had been complaining about for so long, a lonely figure was huddled on half of a transport ship.

"Aba Aba."

The doctor hugged the flagpole on the transport ship's deck, muttering strange things to himself.

An unseen temporal turbulence is sweeping in.

The doctor's previously blank gaze suddenly cleared, and then... he shifted his position and continued to hug the flagpole.

The massive transport ship, propelled by the forces of temporal turbulence, tilted like a giant toy and flew off in another direction.

The doctor easily avoided being thrown out when the transport ship tilted by adjusting his position, and looked at the ever-changing sky in his field of vision, letting out a long sigh.