Arknights: Studying medicine can't save Terra

Once his figure disappeared around the street corner, the leader finally breathed a sigh of relief and looked down at Qi Yan:

"You're not entirely stupid, are you? You've figured something's wrong?"

Qi Yan got up and said with a grin, "I didn't see anything else, but that kid is definitely weird. Anyway, it's always best to stay away from him!"

"Hmph, you're not entirely brainless, kid. You've managed to hold off the giant beast's agent for a while, which is quite an achievement." The leader sneered. "We can't stay in Jade Gate City any longer. I think you're worth promoting. Come with me out of the city and leave this place of trouble."

After finishing speaking, the leader paused for a moment, then habitually added a large pancake:

"When you make a comeback in the future, I can reward you with a minor official position in the imperial court."

Qi Yan wiped the blood off his face and chuckled awkwardly:

"Let's put that aside for now, but boss, can you tell me something? Do you really not know where Ya is right now?"

"how could I know?"

The chieftain would get angry at the mere mention of Ya.

As he walked quickly toward the city wall, he cursed under his breath: "That woman joined us halfway through. We thought she was quite capable and wanted to rely on her to succeed, but who would have thought that she would disappear after that earth-shattering battle at Longmen?"

He's probably already been killed by that Lord Wei of Longmen. What a waste of such a valuable asset.

Qi Yan followed the leader's footsteps and said regretfully, "She definitely won't die. It's probably because Wei Lao Er said something offensive during the fight that angered her."

"What do you mean?" The leader was confused for a moment.

"If it were any other giant beast, it would just let it go after being scolded or even beaten by a mortal, and wouldn't take it to heart."

Qi Yan continued rubbing the blood off his face: "But she is Ya, and she believes in revenge. Especially now that her time is up, her revenge will only be more frantic and unscrupulous."

"Wait...wait! What are you saying?!" The leader stopped in his tracks in shock. "You...you're the one who..."

Qi Yan wiped most of the blood off his face, grinned at the leader, and said with a grin, "Congratulations on participating in this no-prize quiz. Did you have fun, you little rascal?"

"Qi...Qi Yan!!!"

The leader shouted his last words before his body flew high into the air and hung on the eaves of a roadside house, becoming a teru teru bozu (a traditional Japanese doll symbolizing good weather).

"You're not worthy of Bridge University."

Qi Yan flicked his wrist in disgust and turned to look in the direction the kind person had left: "With your last words, the people of Shan Hai can now cause trouble without any worries. With Zuo Xuan Liao's abilities, dealing with them shouldn't be too much of a problem."

"It's not just that there's no trouble, there's not even enough to go around."

Nian walked up from the alley and said cheerfully, "The Grand Tutor entered the city last night with an army that could shatter even a piece of me. If the Mountain and Sea Clan can really cause trouble under these circumstances, the Great Yan should just die sooner rather than later."

Chapter 907 Cat Catches Mouse and Dog Catches Mouse

"interesting."

Qi Yan found it amusing to hear that the Grand Tutor was bringing a large army to Yumen.

"Don't worry, we're not here to beat you up. Old Deng isn't that stupid," Nian explained with a grin. "It's just that Yumen has too many behemoths involved this time. If he doesn't bring more people, it will be hard for him to cover up any problems."

Qi Yan did not waste his energy on this.

Whether the Grand Tutor truly only wanted to cover up the situation or was using this opportunity to demonstrate the military might of the Yan Kingdom, it no longer matters.

He has already had Jijing reveal to Taifu the potential threat that might erupt in the Sami Snowfield. As long as Taifu isn't stupid, he won't continue to rack his brains and waste energy on such a face-saving issue.

As for Ursus, those Russians are indeed a bit belligerent on a daily basis, but when it comes to matters of principle, Qi Yan has never doubted the resolve of the fighting nation.

"Speaking of which, when I was strolling around the military camp before, I overheard a soldier reporting to Zuo Xuanliao."

Qi Yan discussed, "They say that Ursus's Blade has infiltrated outside Jade Gate City, bringing information about the Black Serpent. Do you want to go and run a errand for me?"

"That's a vessel for demons! Don't tell me you're planning to bring that thing into the city?"

Nian couldn't help but be surprised by Qi Yan's topic.

The blades themselves were only of first-rate strength, but the demonic fragments sealed within them were filthy bombs, and if they were to explode, they would cause unimaginable disaster.

Qi Yan waved his hands repeatedly:

"Don't wrong me. I just want you to find him and pass on a message for me... to tell the emperor of Ursus that I can keep to myself and even be friends with Ursus, provided that he doesn't mess with Patriot and Horag."

"Oh ho ho, so it's a threat? I'm good at this!"

Upon hearing this, he agreed without hesitation.

She absolutely loved using Qi Yan's power to bully and oppress others!

As the two were talking, a cold wind suddenly swept around Qi Yan, and a white wolf shadow appeared. Without saying a word, it charged straight towards a street in the east of the city.

"It's nothing, you go about your business." Qi Yan stretched, a hint of coldness creeping into his smile. "Some blind fool has finally shown up."

"Inside Yumen City?" Nian was startled.

Qi Yan stretched his arms and legs, then stepped towards the direction Qi had left in:

"It's not the real entity, just an agent. I'll take control of the battlefield; consider it a small appetizer for Big White."

The wooden window was smashed from the inside.

Lin Yuxia immediately realized that the enemy in front of her was too strong to fight, so she chose to jump out of the window to create distance.

But when she landed and saw the situation before her, her pupils suddenly shrank to a point.

"You escaped, but then jumped back in."

The mirror, transformed into Lin Yuxia, floated lightly down in front of Lin Yuxia. Behind her, all sorts of passersby, like puppets, surrounded Lin Yuxia.

Jing slowly traced the blade of her sword with her fingertips, showing no concern whatsoever for Lin Yuxia's resistance:

"The moment I step out of the mirror, as a deal, you enter the world within the mirror."

"What kind of deal is this?"

Lin Yuxia sneered, "Your methods are even dirtier than the corpses rotting in the underground structures of Longmen."

Faced with Lin Yuxia's sarcasm, Jing remained calm:

"Weren't those corpses disposed of by you personally? Now it's your turn to be disposed of by me. Isn't this a kind of transaction, as payment for me to continue living on this land after I replace you?"

"Replace me? You're not worthy!"

Seeing that she couldn't escape, Lin Yuxia decisively thrust her sword at the mirror in front of her.

However, Jing easily blocked her attack and counterattacked with the same swordsmanship.

Lin Yuxia stepped back and unleashed her Originium Arts, turning it into dust that enveloped half the street. She took the opportunity to weave and maneuver among the puppets that surrounded her, trying to break free of the encirclement.

But she soon realized something was wrong.

The dust that she usually controlled with ease seemed to be losing control today, as if someone was vying for control of it.

"They can even imitate Originium Arts?"

Lin Yuxia's heart sank.

But she did not lose her composure because of this; the more unfavorable the situation became, the calmer she became.

Barely dodging the sword strike that Jing launched under the cover of the sandstorm, Lin Yuxia had a strand of pink hair cut off by the blade. She then stabbed at Jing's shoulder with her other hand.

This time, Jing neither dodged nor avoided the attack, allowing Lin Yuxia to stab her.

Before Lin Yuxia could feel any joy, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her shoulder, and the same injury as Jing appeared out of nowhere.

"You are me, and I am you, so how can you resist yourself?"

With a smile on his face, he walked step by step toward Lin Yuxia, raising his hand to place the sword against his own neck.

The sharp blade immediately cut a wound on her snow-white skin, and Lin Yuxia also suddenly had the same wound on her neck.

Lin Yuxia covered her neck, her face extremely pale.

The power of the behemoth before her far exceeded her limits. It didn't even need to display despairing strength; the mechanism of its authority alone was enough to suppress her, leaving her in a dilemma.

But for some reason, Lin Yuxia felt a strange sense of unease.

She could sense the gap between herself and Jing. If Jing wanted to solve her problem, there would definitely be a simpler way, instead of playing this cat-and-mouse game.

Wait a minute... cat and mouse...

At this critical moment, Lin Yuxia inexplicably recalled her first encounter with Qi Yan.

That bastard was grinning and twisting a proverb from Yan, saying something like "a dog catching a mouse"—utter nonsense.

After that, because of some qualities that even the Doctor couldn't understand, she was captured by Qi Yan and became an operator of Rhodes Island. Now she is facing a similar situation again. So what qualities does she have that make the other party waste their time?

"To be associated with a behemoth, and to have chosen Qi Lin as your target... Could it be that you're waiting for me to call Qi..."

Lin Yuxia subconsciously wanted to call out that name, but suddenly became alert and forcibly swallowed Qi Yan's name back.

“You’ve been discovered,” Jing said regretfully. “You’re smart, but too smart. I was waiting for you to call out that name so I could fill in the last piece of your flaw that I couldn’t imitate.”

Lin Yuxia suddenly realized: "That's right, he once complained that the authority of you behemoths could not affect him."

"Who exactly is he?"

"Hehe, since you're curious, go find him yourself."

"...Curiosity, that emotion is called curiosity."

Mirror said expressionlessly, "But I can't find him. I can clearly feel the inimitable flaws on your body caused by his presence, but I can't sense any information about him at all."

"He's right here in this city, why don't you muster up the courage to call out to him?" Lin Yuxia mocked.

Jing opened his mouth, seemingly wanting to use the memories he had imitated from Lin Yuxia to call out a name.

But He couldn’t do it, and even just because of this one action, the mirror world that relied on His authority to maintain itself began to tremble.

A crack, resembling a shattered mirror, appeared between Lin Yuxia and the mirror.

The next second, a powerful fist smashed the edge of the crack, and Huai Tianpei, his eyes shining with excitement, rushed into this world.

"I've found you! My breakthrough opportunity!"

Chapter 908 The Martial Arts Fanatic's Fist

Huai Tianpei's sudden intrusion caused a slight disruption to the world of Jing.

Jing raised her hand to wipe away the crack, restoring stability to her world. She opened her mouth to say something, but a straight punch landed on her face.

Lin Yuxia tried to speak up to stop her, but it was too late. As Jing's body flew backward, she was also hit hard, groaning and covering her face as she fell to the ground.

"What's going on? I don't think I've mistaken you for someone else." Huai Tianpei's furry tiger face was full of confusion. "Why does it look like I punched you, little girl?"

Lin Yuxia propped herself up and shook her head to clear her vision of the golden stars.

Hearing Huai Tianpei's question, she couldn't help but grit her teeth:

“The other party is a behemoth. This is a world constructed by His authority. Here, the individuals He imitates are not only completely identical to the original, but even the damage and memories are synchronized.”

She thought that revealing this information would make the simple-minded warrior in front of her wary.

But Huai Tianpei's eyes only shone with even greater excitement:

"Qi was right after all. Such a good enemy is the first time I, Huai Tianpei, have ever encountered one in my life!"

"You were arranged by him?" Lin Yuxia was overjoyed.

"What do you mean by 'arranged' or 'arranged'? Maybe that kid Qi is deliberately being mean, but I like his kind of meanness. If all the bad guys on this land were like him, ordering me to find such a good opponent, I would be overjoyed in my dreams."

Huai Tianpei stretched his limbs, too lazy to waste any more words on this little girl, and stared intently at Jing, who had stood up again in front of him.

He laughed loudly, "You think you can imitate? Come on, don't use this little girl's body to fight me. She's so soft and flabby, it's no fun to hit her. Turn into my shape and then you can fight me!"

Lin Yuxia: "..."

mirror:"……"

He actually awakened an emotion called confusion.

This is the first time someone has volunteered to imitate someone.

Before she could think, the mirror instinctively began to transform. The image of Lin Yuxia slowly dissipated, and in its place appeared a figure that was exactly the same as Huai Tianpei.

The two Huai Tianpei exchanged a glance, their eyes blazing with fighting spirit, and struck the exact same pose.

Then, to Lin Yuxia's astonishment, the two Huai Tianpei collided instantly, their fists and feet clashing, producing a continuous series of muffled thuds.

Lin Yuxia found Huai Tianpei's fighting style somewhat simple and unadorned, lacking the dazzling Originium Arts of the operators on Rhodes Island, as well as the awe-inspiring violence of Qi Yan.