Arknights: Studying medicine can't save Terra

However, all the Kun shadows were shattered by the stick figure in the basketball jersey with an elbow strike, revealing the stick figure in overalls.

As expected, the remaining stick figure in overalls was no match for the elbow strike from the stick figure in the basketball jersey and was knocked down by the elbow.

"Are we going to win?" The townspeople were breathing heavily. "Charge, young man who's good at elbow strikes!"

The stick figure in the basketball uniform leaps high into the air, holding a basketball and completing a beautiful dunk.

The townspeople cheered and jumped up, rushing onto the field to give the stick figure in the jersey a victorious hug.

But as soon as he got close, he was elbowed to the ground by the stick figure in the basketball jersey.

Townspeople: “…”

The townspeople, lying on the ground, watched helplessly as the stick figure in the basketball jersey charged forward, elbowing his way into their town.

A simple line drawing shows an ambulance drifting to a stop in front of the townspeople. The door opens, and a stick figure of the driver pops up a dialogue box for the townspeople.

"Get in the car now, there's no time to explain!"

The townspeople nodded instinctively and jumped into the car.

Then, the simple drawing of the ambulance starting with its tires burning out sped off, quickly disappearing into the distance.

The stick figure in overalls, who was crouching on the ground giving first aid to the stick figure in overalls, stood up in astonishment, spread his hands, and a dialog box popped up:

"I haven't gotten on the bus yet! I haven't gotten on the bus yet!"

The townsman sat in the passenger seat of the simple-drawn ambulance, watching the town rushing past the window, before finally remembering to ask:

Where are you taking me?

The stick figure driver popped up a dialog box: "Su Nuo has possessed Tiga and is about to rule the entire Rock Kingdom. In order to defend love and peace, Balala the Fairies are gathering heroes from all over the world to form the Avengers Alliance."

"Chosen child, awaken your superpowers and join us!"

“But I’m this old now, not a child anymore.” The townsman scratched his head in distress. “Let’s put that aside for now. I haven’t even asked yet, are you a superpowered person too?”

The stick figure driver wiped his face, and a bat mask appeared on his face:

"That's right, I have the power of money!"

Townspeople: “…”

He turned to look out the car window and saw that the town was in chaos, with countless red stick figures using all sorts of methods to lure the townspeople to the west side of the town.

The townspeople who noticed this changed their expressions and reminded him:

"Don't go to the west side, it's dark there, and there are monsters there!"

"Have you ever wondered why it's always dark on the west side?" asked the stick figure driver wearing a Batman mask.

The townspeople looked at each other strangely and asked:

"The west side is the dark side, isn't that just the way things are? That's the rule of heaven and earth."

"What if I said this is all an illusion?" The driver stick figure dialogue box popped up quickly, "The world is vast, encompassing all things, and it's not just this tiny place."

"You've all been deceived by a female demon named Da Xi Gua. The monsters and Su Nuo on the west side are her lackeys, used to imprison people like you who have the potential to save the world."

"How is this possible?!" The townspeople were astonished.

"Don't believe me? Then let me ask you, do you know who you are, where you come from, and what you want to do?" the stick figure driver asked.

“This… how would I know the answer to such profound questions?” The townsman shook his head repeatedly. “I’m just a farmer. You should ask the storyteller in town. He’s knowledgeable and knows about the outside world…”

The driver, a stick figure, turned his head and looked intently at the townspeople.

The red dialogue box was practically shoved into the townspeople's faces: "You mentioned it yourself, the outside world. You know there's a wider world outside the town, but you don't know how to leave, and you've even been influenced by something to never think about this question."

“What would I do outside? My family has lived in this town for generations.” The townsman’s tone was already starting to waver.

"Do you remember where your deceased elders are buried?"

The townspeople looked dazed, their minds starting to malfunction.

He suddenly realized that he seemed to be programmed by some force, and whenever someone mentioned this question, he would blurt out this answer, even though he seemed to have never had any memory of worshipping his ancestors.

The stick figure driver's dialogue box continued to pop up, the red text appearing infinitely magnified in the eyes of the townspeople:

"The world you live in is fake!"

The townspeople's pupils trembled slightly, and they were unaware that a thin layer of sweat had appeared on their bodies.

At the same time, the ambulance suddenly came to a stop.

The townspeople focused their attention and looked ahead, only to find that all the red stick figures that had appeared in the town were converging on this spot, bringing with them more and more townspeople.

Almost all the townspeople wore an undisguised look of disbelief, clearly having experienced a conversation on the road that was almost identical to his.

The townspeople gazed into the distance at the area shrouded in darkness, then turned to look at the sunlit town behind them.

He suddenly felt that the town where he had lived for decades was so strange and unreal.

It's like... an eternal, unchanging painting.

"he came."

The driver's stick figure voice pulled the townspeople back to reality.

The townspeople watched as the red giant slowly emerged from the darkness, all their doubts forgotten, replaced by a profound sense of fear:

"How could we possibly beat him? He's so big!"

The stick figure driver adjusted his bat mask, looked at him sincerely, and a dialog box popped up:

"I believe in you, and I ask you to believe in yourself. This world needs you, and we need you too."

Having said that, the stick figure driver separated a red strip from his body, which transformed into a submachine gun and shoved it into the hands of a town resident:

"Of course, I know you need some time, but I will try my best to get it for you."

After the stick figure driver entrusted the weapon to him, his own body visibly dimmed, but he didn't care. He exchanged a glance with the other stick figures and nodded in unison.

Then all the stick figures started running and rushed towards the giant in the darkness.

The townspeople stared blankly at the departing figure of the stick figure driver, then their gazes shifted, and they were astonished to see several familiar figures among the charging troops.

Stick figures in basketball jerseys charged forward, elbowing their way through the crowd; two stick figures in overalls performed a flying maneuver; and even a frog-like stick figure joined the fray, fearlessly charging forward.

The townsman opened his mouth to shout at the stick figure driver, but the giant in the darkness acted first, raising his foot and kicking out fiercely.

The sight of numerous stick figures broken into pieces, though lacking the gruesome image of splattered blood, still caused the townspeople's pupils to constrict sharply.

He clearly witnessed the stick figure driver he had just met die under the giant's attack. The stick figure driver's bat mask flew through the air and rolled precisely to his feet.

The townspeople instinctively took two steps back.

But then another stick figure was kicked away by the giant and fell in front of him.

The townspeople exclaimed, "The stick figure in the jersey...you too..."

The stick figure in the sports uniform struggled to reach out its arm, trying to touch the townspeople.

A dialog box popped up: "Man! I can't play ball with you anymore. I wish... I wish I could elbow you one more time..."

The stick figure in the sports uniform, its arm raised with great effort, fell limply to the ground.

An unnamed fire ignited in the hearts of the townspeople. They picked up their submachine guns, learned how to use them without being taught, and unleashed a barrage of fire at the giant.

More and more townspeople chose to join the resistance around him.

A hail of bullets rained down on the giant, causing him to stagger and a red light bulb on his chest to begin flashing incessantly.

The stick figures excitedly displayed a dialog box to the townspeople:

"Su Nuo's energy is about to be exhausted, we will win!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the giant let out a strange cry and suddenly raised his arm in a gesture similar to raising his hand to answer a question in class. A burst of red light erupted, instantly slicing a large number of stick figures in half at the waist.

This scene further fueled the townspeople's anger, and the gunfire, fueled by their emotions, erupted even more joyfully.

The giant swayed, stopped emitting light, and turned to run into the darkness.

"Chase after him, don't let him get away! We'll kill Su Nuo first, then that female demon named Da Xi Gua!"

"Charge! Beyond the darkness lies freedom!"

The townspeople howled and chased after them into the night.

Chapter 822 The Hungry Dog in the Painting

On the rooftops at the edge of town, three unseen figures silently watched the farce unfolding before them.

Qi Yan's legs dangled outside the eaves, swaying slowly. A drop of bright red blood appeared on his fingertip. He tilted his head and continued to ponder what new graffiti to add to the town in this painting.

Qi Lin observed Qi Yan's doodles with great interest, trying to understand more about Qi Yan's twisted inner world from these contents.

Wu Youze stood blankly at the back, feeling as if his mind had been subjected to an unprecedented shock.

"Is this what a Grandmaster-level expert is like?" Wu You felt as if he had seen a whole new world.

Qi Lin turned around and offered a kind reminder:

"You can watch, but don't learn from it."

"I also need to have the ability to learn."

Wu You gave a wry smile.

At this moment, he probably also realized some of the truth: they were under some kind of manipulation by Xi, and everything they saw was part of a painting.

Qi Yan is using his own blood to fully express himself on this painting.

Wu You also tried biting his finger and drawing a graffiti on the ground, but his graffiti was nothing special and could not achieve the same level of wonder as Qi Yan's.

He put aside his own random thoughts and turned to look at the townspeople rushing into the darkness.

Wu You knew perfectly well that this was just a painting, and those townspeople were merely figures in the painting, not living beings with flesh and blood.

But he was still somewhat worried and asked in a low voice:

"My benefactor, are those townspeople really alright?"

Qi Yan casually drew nine suns and threw them into the sky, dispelling all the darkness in the painting, and answered:

"The people in these paintings are all given the ability to act by Xi's will. As long as Xi doesn't get into trouble, the people in the paintings won't get into trouble either."

If Xi couldn't stand it, she could easily erase my graffiti with a stroke of her brush, restoring the painting to its original state. However, doing so would expose her.

"That's good." Upon hearing this, Wu You completely put his worries at ease.

“But sir, even if your actions do not have serious consequences, they are still bad behavior.”

A woman's voice, with a touch of boyishness, came from under the eaves.

Wu You looked down in surprise and found that a girl named Pei Luo, who was holding a naginata and dressed in the robes of an Eastern monk, was looking up at the three of them.

"You can see us?" Wu You asked in surprise.

“This humble monk is not a person in the painting, so naturally I can see the three of you.”

The girl with long black hair and a gentle expression nodded and said, "This humble monk can also see that the three of you are all people with extraordinary skills, but I don't know why you treat this painting in this way?"

Qi Yan stopped graffitiing, braced himself with both hands, and jumped off the roof, landing cleanly in front of the girl named Perot.

Miss Pelosi: ?

"Ahem, this is my newly developed 'Wild Geese Descending on the Sand' style."

Qi Yan got up, covered in dust, and made up a story: "Based on the principle that the larger the area, the lower the pressure, the less damage a person suffers when their whole body hits the ground than when their feet land."

“But your nose is bleeding,” Miss Perrot reminded her.

"Some dyes are not worth mentioning."

Qi Yan casually wiped away the blood from his nose, then patted Pero's shoulder with his blood-stained hand: "My purpose is actually the same as yours, which is to meet the owner of this painting."

After wiping his hands clean on Miss Perrot's clothes, Qi Yan finally withdrew his dog paws, satisfied.

Miss Perrot, oblivious to Qi Yan's subtle actions, asked with a puzzled look:

"Do you know this humble monk?"

Qi Yan immediately performed an opening demonstration: "Your name is Saga, a monk from the Eastern Kingdom. You came to the Yan Kingdom to find the artist of a painting that your abbot grandfather collected because you were curious about its deeper meaning."

That's why you came into Xi's painting and have always hoped to see Xi.