Arknights: Studying medicine can't save Terra

Qi Lin glanced at it and gave the answer: "Fang Xiaoshi is driving."

"Oh... um?!"

Qiu Bai's eyes widened instantly.

Fang Xiaoshi, sitting in the driver's seat of another car, also stared wide-eyed.

"Hey, are you sure you want me to drive?" Fang Xiaoshi's voice trembled. "I've never learned how to drive!"

"no problem!"

Qi Yan said nonchalantly, "Didn't I just teach you? Right foot on the accelerator, left foot on the clutch. On flat roads, floor the accelerator, and when turning, take both hands off the steering wheel. You'll be fine, brother!"

Wei Yanwu also comforted her from the side:

"Don't panic, even if we're in a car accident, we can protect ourselves."

"And what about me?" Fang Xiaoshi asked in a trembling voice.

"You? You'd better try not to get into a car accident."

The two inhuman bastards said in unison.

Fang Xiaoshi: "..."

The two people in the back seat completely ignored how terrified Fang Xiaoshi was and continued to do their own thing.

Wei Yanwu pulled a bulging bag from his pocket and dumped its contents onto the car seat.

"Choose your gifts; these are all gifts that officials gave me to curry favor with me."

"I want this piece of pure gold!"

"Red gold is the worst quality here."

“…Then I want this jade carving.”

"This is the second worst."

"...What about this one?"

"Third from last."

Qi Yan looked up in disbelief, and Wei Yanwu opposite him also looked incredulous.

After a moment of silence in the carriage, Wei Yanwu couldn't help but sigh:

"I thought you just didn't understand tea, but now I realize that you're completely ignorant about all valuable things."

"How about I assign you as the mascot for any future bidding events in Longmen? Whichever bid you choose, I'll immediately exclude that company."

"Do you want to die?" Qi Yan asked, enraged.

"I'll give you 5,000 Lungmen Dollars for the appearance fee, and I'll cover all your travel and accommodation expenses," Wei Yanwu said arrogantly.

"It's true!"

Both of them got a satisfactory result instantly.

Wei Yanwu was even a little smug.

For a mere five thousand yuan, you can trick a complete money-loser into helping you eliminate wrong answers—it's an incredible bargain.

But his smugness lasted only a moment before he heard Qi Yan say gratefully from the other end:

"You're so good to me. I'll never bully you again. Next time we go to Longmen, just use the same lousy tea you used to serve the Grand Tutor. I won't ask you to make any better tea."

Wei Yanwu shuddered: "No, no, no, how could I do this to you?"

"You look down on me, Qi Xiaobai?" Qi Yan's eyes widened. "In your heart, am I the kind of bastard who bullies his own people?"

"It's settled then! If you dare to switch the tea leaves next time, don't blame me for turning on you!"

Qi Yan raised his hand and forcefully put his arm around Wei Yanwu's shoulder, then casually stuffed all the messy gifts on the seat into his own pocket.

He tossed the two remaining ones, which wouldn't fit, to Fang Xiaoshi, who was driving in front.

Fang Xiaoshi hurriedly caught it, then glanced at the road ahead, hesitated for a moment, and took his hands off the steering wheel.

Qi Yan and Wei Yanwu stared wide-eyed as the bend drew closer.

"No, you're really taking both hands off the steering wheel?"

Fang Xiaoshi turned around: "Didn't you teach me?"

"Oh my god! Slam on the brakes!" Wei Yanwu exclaimed.

Fang Xiaoshi exclaimed in surprise, "Which one is the brake? Qi Yan didn't teach me!"

"The one with the right foot!" Qi Yan shouted.

Fang Xiaoshi decisively slammed on the gas pedal.

Iberia, an abandoned seaside city.

Led by Carmen and Kal'tsit, the court team infiltrated the city silently, making their way through the deserted streets with an unmistakable purpose.

"According to the information provided by Mr. Li Boli, who declined to be named, the church in the city center ahead is the headquarters of the Deep Sea Church."

Carmen, with a solemn expression, said to Kal'tsit beside her, "The encirclement operation is complete. We can inform him to withdraw now, so that he won't be accidentally injured in the fighting later."

"Don't worry about his safety, make your move."

Kal'tsit's eyes held an emotion that Carmen couldn't comprehend.

After a moment's hesitation, Carmen decided to trust Kal'tsit's judgment.

Under the decision of the two men, the court staff unanimously drew their weapons and charged into the church.

A dense array of hand cannons were aimed at the church. Before the men even arrived, the firepower had already begun, and in an instant, the once magnificent church was riddled with holes.

Carmen and Kal'tsit, one on each side, rushed into the depths of the church and soon found a group of disheveled priests inside.

"You ignorant, inferior creatures!"

Even though the Deep Sea Cult members were at a complete disadvantage in just one encounter, they did not lose in terms of morale. They surrounded their new leader at their outpost and glared angrily at Carmen and the others.

Carmen glanced at the leader of the outpost, her expression turning somewhat strange.

"Everyone, please calm down."

The shapeshifter, who had transformed into a Liberian man, remained calm and gestured to the followers beside him to remain patient.

He then slowly stepped forward, walked up to Carmen and Kal'tsit, and looked them in the eye.

Carmen opened her mouth to speak: "You..."

“Sir, I think there must be some misunderstanding.” The shapeshifter shook his head, interrupting the other person. “We are just a group of ordinary religious people. In other words, we are doing legitimate business here!”

He turned to look at Kal'tsit in bewilderment, but she remained calm.

"Are you a bishop now?" Kal'tsit asked.

"Madam, you're joking. I'm just a local tyrant," the shapeshifter said with a smile, waving his hand.

"So you admit your identity as a member of the Deep Sea Church?" Kal'tsit waved her hand coldly. "M3, move!"

The crystal floating behind Kal'tsit instantly transformed into the M3 form, opening its mouth to bite down on the shapeshifter.

The shapeshifter lowered its body, its legs transforming into countless tentacles that smoothly widened the distance between them.

"You actually betrayed us!" Carmen exclaimed, both shocked and furious.

"No way, sir, this is so unfair! We're really running a legitimate business," the shapeshifter said with a grin. "Why are you pressing us so hard?"

Before Carmen could react, the shapeshifter snapped his fingers.

The deep-sea cultists behind him immediately pulled out green potion bottles from under their loose priest robes and threw them at the inquisition procession in front of them.

The sound of medicine bottles shattering echoed throughout, releasing a strong, fishy stench.

The next second, countless hideous monsters emerged from beneath the dilapidated church floor, their swaying tentacles forming a bizarre scene, while fish-like creatures covered in sharp teeth chased after the members of the Inquisition, tearing at them frantically.

Surrounded by a large number of Deep Sea cultists, the Shapeshifter retreated continuously, grinning as he spoke to Carmen, whose face was ashen:

"I didn't have a choice before, but now I just want to be a bad person."

"You have fallen."

Carmen raised the silver musket in her hand, its muzzle gleaming with a cold metallic luster, and aimed it at the shapeshifter and the Deep Sea Cult members beside her.

Those deep-sea cultists clearly recognized Carmen and stood in unison in front of the shapeshifter.

Someone urged urgently, "You go first, we'll cover your retreat. For the sake of glorious evolution, someone must bring back the crimes of the Inquisition to His Holiness the Bishop!"

"Family..."

The shapeshifter looked moved and said, "If we have to go, we'll go together."

"No time to hesitate!"

"You just need to remember that our sacrifice was meaningful!"

Kal'tsit watched coldly as the shapeshifter had fun with those people, then waved her hand, signaling M3 to begin condensing a black energy cannon.

Being targeted by both M3 and Carmen simultaneously, even a shapeshifter couldn't help but stiffen.

He hurriedly shouted to the Deep Sea Cult members beside him:

"It's not that I don't want to go, it's just that I don't know the way back to headquarters. Can someone guide me..."

His shouts were drowned out by the muzzle flashes and the black energy spheres spewed out by the M3.

A torrent of pure energy swept over the dilapidated church, instantly wiping out the monstrous fish summoned by the Deep Sea Cultists. The shapeshifters and Deep Sea Cultists before them were all vaporized into ashes.

Carmen put away her musket, her expression grim, and said:

"I'm sorry, your companion has fallen. He has even become a sea monster, and there is no turning back."

“Yes, there’s no turning back for the Church of the Deep Sea,” Kal’tsit said calmly. “Since the shapeshifters have already infiltrated, given their nature, when you find a shapeshifter around you, it means that the shapeshifters have already swarmed together.”

This sounds like it's describing a disgusting insect with incredible resilience.

"A shapeshifter?" Carmen couldn't help but exclaim softly. "You mean that shapeshifter from the Sarkaz royal court?"

"Is there another type of shapeshifter on this land?" Kal'tsit countered.

Carmen: "..."

It's over, it's over.

He finally realized what those 'Kal'tsit's' in his own prison were all about!

Chapter 956 Salt Wind City

"Teacher, Saltwind City is just ahead... Why does it look like this?"

Alene's gray eyes were filled with shock.

She followed her teacher, trailing in Outcast's footsteps, all the way to Saltwind, a small seaside town that had long been marked as lost on the Iberian map.

But in this city that should have fallen victim to that calamity, Elena saw scenes beyond her comprehension.

Individuals... or rather, humanoid beings, wandered the dilapidated streets of Saltwind City.

Although you can see pedestrians wearing dirty clothes everywhere, the city, and all the streets that Elena sees, are filled with a sense of death.

"Are they still alive?" Elena's throat was a little dry.

“As you can see,” Dario said calmly, as if he had expected all of this.

"Teacher, you know all this?" Elena asked in shock. "If there are still people living in this city, why was it judged as a lost city?"

Dario's gaze swept lightly across Elena's face as he reminded her:

"Our mission is to keep a close eye on that lady from Rhodes Island; the situation in Saltwind City is not within the scope of our mission."

"But Yanfeng City is right in front of us, and I must know why!"

Elena was visibly agitated for a moment, but when she met her teacher's calm and unwavering eyes, she immediately forced herself to suppress her surging emotions.

Dario didn't blame anyone, nor did he offer any explanation. Instead, he asked:

Do you want an answer? Or do you want the truth?

"I don't understand, what's the difference between the two?"