Arknights: Studying medicine can't save Terra

"Your understanding of the future is too narrow, behemoth."

Qi Yan jumped off the table, stretched, and said, "Let's go."

Londinium border, Kazdel nursing home.

The patriot silently gazed at the army blocking the road in front of the nursing home in the distance.

Beside him, Talulah, Biyura, and other leaders of the nursing home gathered together, all with solemn expressions on their faces.

Biura said with a headache, "Fortunately, they are just a group of infantrymen and did not carry warships."

But why did such a large army suddenly appear? Were those dukes just sitting around doing nothing?

"Perhaps this army did not come from outside Victoria."

Talulah said solemnly, "But no matter where the opponent comes from, there is no need to dwell on it now. We just need to understand that this battle is unavoidable."

Biura scratched her hair and turned to walk deeper into the nursing home:

"I'll go evacuate the civilians; you're in charge of the fighting on the battlefield."

“Biura”.

Patriot suddenly stopped her and instructed, "Cut off all external communications of the nursing home."

"Why?" Biura asked, puzzled. "Our nursing home has a large number of civilians. Shouldn't we be sending out signals frantically at a time like this, putting some pressure on the other side, whether it's useful or not?"

Without Patriots needing to speak, Talulah offered her explanation:

"Since this army dared to show up, it means they are confident in not revealing their affiliation, and even... are prepared to leave alive regardless of victory or defeat."

What we need to be wary of now is the use of verbal pressure; the civilians in the nursing home could easily be incited by them.

Upon hearing this, Biyura's eyes widened involuntarily.

She understood what Talulah meant.

This force of nearly 10,000 men was actually a group of suicide bombers who had no intention of retreating!

"It's too late," Jiu suddenly said.

Upon hearing Jiu's reminder, everyone focused their gaze on the approaching, menacing army.

More than ten transport vehicles carrying some kind of equipment broke away from the convoy and sped toward the nursing home. After reaching a certain distance, they all stopped and dispersed.

The next second, all those machines started operating simultaneously.

Biura pulled out a communicator from her pocket and tested it, exclaiming in surprise, "They've already cut off the nursing home's communications."

"Listen up, rebels inside!"

A tremendous sound wave came from the transport convoy, covering the entire nursing home: "You are surrounded by Victoria, rebel leader Talulah, your despicable plan has been exposed."

Talulah, do you think you can fool Victoria just by using Draco's identity?

We have already ascertained your Yan Kingdom bloodline; your Yan Kingdom's plan to take advantage of Victoria's turmoil to divide Victoria is doomed to failure!

Apart from Patriot, everyone present couldn't help but look at Talulah in surprise.

The patriot lowered his head and muttered to himself:

"I thought they would use Talulah's status as a noble of Ursus as an excuse, but I didn't expect it to be the Yan Kingdom."

These words immediately surprised everyone else even more.

Talulah gave a wry smile: "Old man, please don't scare everyone."

"Releasing some information in advance can better prevent the other side from interfering with everyone's judgment in an emergency," Patriot explained.

Everyone nodded, understanding the meaning behind it.

Before anyone could speak again, the convoy began its second round of announcements:

"You'd better give up your futile resistance. Your last hope, Qi Yan, is dead. He won't come back to support you!"

"Is the commander of this army out of his mind?" Talulah couldn't help but scratch her head.

The others' first reaction was also disbelief, assuming it was just another psychological tactic by the other side.

"Biura, I'm leaving the control of this public opinion to you," Patriot casually instructed.

"no problem!"

Biyura readily agreed.

As soon as she finished speaking, two figures rushed over from deep within the nursing home.

Ato looked anxious and shouted urgently from a distance:

"Something terrible has happened! There's been an accident at the nursing home's supply warehouse!"

"What happened?!" Biura's expression changed drastically.

Ato rushed to the group, panting, and said:

"A group of civilians, finding themselves surrounded and hearing the conversations outside, became terrified. Before anyone could react, they attacked the warehouse and escaped the nursing home with a batch of supplies."

Biyura and the others' faces immediately turned extremely grim.

Before the battle even began, chaos had already broken out within their ranks.

Patriot didn't rush to speak, but silently looked at the unicorn Sarkaz beside Atto.

The shapeshifter noticed Patriot's gaze, smiled slightly, and delivered a bombshell:

"Qi Yan is really dead."

Patriot's grip on his shield tightened suddenly, and he said in a deep voice:

"Sir, this joke is not funny."

“This is no joke.” The shapeshifter spread his hands regretfully. “He’s fighting that Time Beast, in a state of superposition between life and death, and right now Little Mo is playing sticky with his corpse.”

In conclusion, Qi Yan is definitely not coming back to support the nursing home.

Everyone fell silent.

When the biggest support of nursing homes disappears, most people can't help but feel a sense of bewilderment.

"Get ready to fight."

Finally, it was Patriot who spoke up to bring everyone back to their senses: "This battle cannot be delayed; it must be resolved quickly!"

As he spoke, Patriot raised his rifle and hurled it with a sudden burst of power.

The spear pierced the air and roared as it pierced the earth.

Nearly ten transport vehicles were crushed into countless pieces in an instant.

Talulah and the others were startled by the Patriots' sudden thunderous attack, and then simultaneously realized a fact.

The old man in front of me is now very agitated, uneasy, and more angry than ever before!

Chapter 780 The Flames of War Spread

“Talulah, you and Amon are in charge of the nursing home’s defense.”

Patriot took the second long spear from Amon and strode directly to the edge of the plot: "I will hold off the enemy forces for you in front."

Talulah said urgently, "I'll bring some people with me!"

Patriot looked back and said, "Don't be impulsive. I can protect myself on the battlefield, but you and those ordinary soldiers can't."

I'll go destroy the enemy's heavy firepower and supplies, then I'll come back. Besides, my job is just to hold them off; I won't be the one actually doing the fighting.

As he spoke, Patriot turned his gaze to the shapeshifter.

"This is a tough job."

The shapeshifter gave a wry smile, but did not refuse.

But then the shapeshifter suddenly looked at Talulah:

"What are your plans to do with those traitors who attacked the warehouse and escaped?"

"...Let them go."

Everyone frowned, not quite agreeing with the decision, but this was clearly not a good time to waste arguing about it.

Talulah noticed the expressions on everyone's faces and said frankly:

"Based on what I've learned about you, the Shapeshifters, these past few days, you certainly won't let go of a good opportunity to sabotage those traitors."

If I can think of this, the enemy army can too. They may not expect that Your Excellency the Shapeshifter would be among them, but they will remain highly vigilant.

Those traitors will surely be secretly executed by the enemy. If possible, I hope Your Excellency the Shapeshifter will expose this matter to everyone, so that no one in the retirement home will harbor any more blind illusions.

Talulah's words left everyone speechless.

"The defense of the nursing home is now in your hands."

Patriot gave Talulah a deep look, completely putting aside his worries, and turned to leap directly off the edge of the towering plot of land.

His massive body crashed to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Then, the Wendigo burst forth with imposing presence, stepping out of the dust and smoke, raising his spear high:

"I will march!"

Behind the troops surrounding the nursing home, the army commander witnessed the Patriots' actions and his eyelids twitched involuntarily.

"They actually launched an attack on our army. They truly deserve to be called a legend."

The commander praised the order, but without hesitation, commanded: "Immediately initiate fire coverage."

"Cover that Wendigo?"

“Cover the land behind him!”

This commander wasn't stupid; he knew exactly how terrifying a pure-blooded Wendigo could be.

In the battle between the Blood Lord and the Caesar fleet at Silverstone Cliff, the Blood Lord fought his way back and forth in the fleet, and still had the strength to run back and wipe out the Rhodes Island forces, almost perishing together with Windermere.

The Wendigo before us, as a warrior, is even more terrifying than the Blood Lord in war scenarios!

As if echoing the commander's fear, Patriot launched a fierce charge. With his terrifying speed of advance, the billowing dust behind him turned into a long dragon, connecting the nursing home and the army in a straight line.

At the same time, artillery fire erupted from the army, and a hail of bullets formed an iron curtain that tilted down on the nursing home.

Flames rose from the nursing home, fighting against the artillery fire from below.

"Report, one round of artillery fire completed!"

"Report! Enemy Wendigo troops have breached our front lines!"

"Report! An enemy traitor has arrived at our position. Please make a decision, Commander!"

The moment the battle began, the commander was overwhelmed by a sea of ​​information from the intelligence officers.

He issued each instruction methodically:

"Continue the second round of artillery fire. Don't worry about Wendigo. Use human lives to hold him off. That Draco can't single-handedly form an army like Wendigo. She won't be able to hold out for long!"

Furthermore, take those traitors to the rear and execute them directly, remembering to keep them far away from our army's ammunition depots and other key strongholds.

"Commander, where is our core stronghold?"

He suddenly realized something was wrong and turned around in horror to look behind him.

In his presence, an intelligence officer who came to report emanated a large amount of green fluid from his body, reverting to his shapeshifter form.

"Someone come quickly!"

Okay, we're all here.

The numerous unanimous replies overlapped, sounding as if a single person were speaking.

The commander felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, watching helplessly as most of his subordinates were transformed into shapeshifters.

"When exactly?" the commander asked in disbelief.

The shapeshifters all smiled in unison:

"Perhaps because we were too lazy in the past, people have some misunderstanding about our assimilation and absorption speed."

Faced with numerous shapeshifters, the commander realized he was doomed.