Arknights: Studying medicine can't save Terra

"Although Qi Yan is unreliable, what he said makes a lot of sense. We should not fight to the death because of a prophecy, nor should we reject other people's good intentions because of your so-called class prejudices."

Look at yourself now; you can no longer defeat Talulah.

Patriot hesitated for a moment, then reminded her, "Last time, Qi Yan came to Chernobog, and Talulah was injured even more severely than I am now."

Kal'tsit's face immediately fell, and she turned to glare at Qi Yan:

"What have you been doing behind my back again? Why didn't you tell me such important information?"

Qi Yan grinned, his face full of innocence, and said:

"At that time, we weren't busy causing trouble for Longmen."

"If you know something but don't report it, you'll lose your salary."

Kal'tsit, with a long, sullen face, coldly uttered a word of punishment, then looked at Patriot again:

"Let Qi Yan tell you about the mess he left behind."

After saying that, she pulled Amiya away, leaving Qi Yan and Patriot alone.

Under the Doctor's command, the Rhodes Island team began checking their equipment and treating the operators who had just been injured in the battle not far away.

The main point is to have absolute trust in Qi Yan.

On the other side, without any instructions from the Patriots, the guerrillas all obediently stayed where they were and waited for orders.

"Look, everyone had a fight, but it didn't damage their harmony. What a great result!"

Qi Yan looked at the scene, which was chaotic yet orderly, and his smile never stopped.

Patriot slowly sat down, looked Qi Yan in the eye, and said:

“Last time, you talked to me a lot, but you didn’t say anything about how to deal with Talulah.”

Qi Yan lowered his head and thought hard for a long time, then suddenly realized:

"I mentioned it once when I was chatting with Talulah, and then I forgot to tell you."

My secret weapon against Talulah is Amiya.

The patriot seemed somewhat puzzled.

He didn't understand why Qi Yan, who clearly had the ability to easily defeat Talulah, would go through such a roundabout way.

Qi Yan chuckled and asked, "Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"

Patriot stared at Qi Yan, feeling a wave of weariness wash over him.

Even though he was having so much trouble speaking, Qi Yan deliberately pulled him into casual conversation.

"The truth is, the best way to make a king grow is to kill another king."

Chapter 113 Let’s unite!

"I still don't understand."

The Patriot said slowly, "There are many ways to help people grow, but your method is too dangerous."

Qi Yan smiled, knowing what the patriot was referring to.

The stubborn old man in front of me is still agonizing over the prophecy I just heard.

Because of his own personality, he couldn't bring himself to kill a child like Amiya, but for the sake of his own pursuits, he also couldn't let everything predicted happen.

The old man is caught in a dilemma.

Qi Yan walked up to Patriot, resisting the urge to take a bite, and tapped the Originium crystal on Patriot's shoulder.

He smiled and assured him:

"The battle is unavoidable, but I will not let Amiya's hands be stained with unnecessary blood. This battle will end in the way you least expect."

"...I'm looking forward to it."

Patriot let Qi Yan do whatever he wanted on his shoulder, then looked down and rummaged around in his pocket for a moment before finally pulling out a key from his tattered armor.

A huge hand gently grasped the key and presented it to Qi Yan.

“This is the Core City Key. Use it to stop the Core City,” Patriot said.

"I love you, Grandpa."

Qi Yan took the key and turned to toss it to Kal'tsit behind him.

Then Qi Yan turned around and extended an invitation to the patriots:

"Next, are you willing to accept Rhodes Island's treatment to prepare for the next battle?"

"And what other battle?" Patriot asked, puzzled.

He had barely finished speaking when he heard Kal'tsit's voice from not far away:

"Operator Extremis, report on the team you've spotted... standard equipment, well-organized... is it an Ursus army group?"

Upon hearing this, the patriot seemed to understand something.

His massive body let out a long sigh:

"So that's how it is. No wonder the fall of Chernobog was so easy. Ursus had been watching Chernobog closely all along."

“You’re right,” Qi Yan nodded. “Back then, the defenses of Chernobyl were reduced to ordinary military and police forces, and the army group’s support was delayed.”

The powerful figures of Ursus, divided into numerous factions, were vying for power. In an elegantly appointed conference room, they decided the fate of the city. Now, they were finally ready to reap the rewards of their victory.

Patriot remained silent, then slowly stood up.

His scarred body rose again, and his majestic, mountain-like aura was rekindled.

"Rhodes Island, I accept your cooperation."

"Don't worry, you need to receive treatment now, and we also have a lot of arrangements to re-plan."

Qi Yan walked up to Kal'tsit and the others with a smile.

The two did not deliberately avoid other people during their conversation, and the medical operators from Rhodes Island immediately came out and, with a little nervousness, examined the old man's injuries.

"With such severe infection symptoms, does anyone have any medication number two on hand?"

“No, his infection symptoms are even more severe than Froststar’s. A delicate balance has been reached. Drug No. 2 is currently under development and its efficacy is not stable enough.”

"Make a note of this shortcoming and pass it on to Dr. Warfarin when you get back. This is a key area for improvement."

A group of medical operators surrounded Patriot, as if they had discovered some new and interesting treasure, quickly putting aside their nervousness.

Even treating the injuries was almost forgotten.

It was only when Kal'tsit coughed lightly that they snapped back to reality and steered the conversation back on track.

Patriot watched all this silently, and suddenly felt a little worried about his daughter.

Is she being taken care of by some strange person?

In Shuangxing's hospital room, Qi Lin suddenly sneezed again.

Froststar put down the sketchbook in her hand and frowned, saying:

"You sneezed several times just now, and now you're sneezing again. Could it be that you've caught a cold?"

"Snow Rabbit, do you think a snow wolf can catch a cold?"

Qi Lin sniffed and said with a thick nasal tone, "It feels like someone is talking badly about me behind my back, especially after those sneezes not long ago. I always feel like there's an annoying idiot yelling and shouting in my ear."

"That annoying idiot...do you mean Qi Yan?"

"Who else could it be but him?"

Froststar quietly bit her tongue, forcibly suppressing the urge to laugh.

She tried hard to control her facial expressions, pretending to be serious, and said:

"Actually, I felt something had changed about you right after you sneezed."

It's like your temperament, or rather your aura, suddenly changes.

"I also feel that I seem to be a little different."

Qi Lin didn't care much about it: "When Qi Yan comes back, we'll ask him and he'll know what's going on. Anything strange or inexplicable is his doing."

Froststar smiled slightly: "How prejudiced you are against him."

"It's not prejudice, it's a fact I've come to understand," Qi Lin said earnestly.

"Alright, then let's wait for him to come back." Froststar gently stroked the sketchbook in her hand. "I wonder how his plan is going. Can he really persuade that stubborn old man?"

"There is nothing in this world that Qi Yan cannot accomplish."

Froststar was somewhat taken aback. She stared at Qi Lin for a few seconds, then suddenly couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle softly.

"Your little scheme has been exposed."

Qi Lin's expression stiffened slightly as she raised her hand and forcefully pressed it against Shuangxing's forehead.

Under Froststar's bewildered gaze, Qi Lin stated with absolute certainty:

“Your body temperature isn’t as cold as before, which means you have a fever. You need to rest now. I just learned a sleep-inducing massage technique from Dr. Gavial.”

Amid her gasp, Qi Lin flipped over and pounced on the bed, pinning her down without a word.

The medical operative, holding a syringe with a bent needle, looked up at Patriot with a blank expression.

"...Look again, maybe you can find some elsewhere, still ordinary flesh and blood."

Patriots tried to offer their suggestions.

The medical officer took a deep breath and gritted his teeth, saying:

"This is the fifth needle already, sir. Why don't you just rest for a while and wait until we take you to Rhodes Island for treatment?"

The rest of the battle will be left to Rhodes Island and your guerrilla forces.

"You have no other way to break through my defenses?"

Patriots were clearly somewhat unwilling to accept this.

The medical operator put away the syringe with a helpless expression and shrugged, saying:

"Unless Dr. Gavial is here, even Dr. Kal'tsit would only be able to use medical equipment in this situation."

Perhaps Qi Lin, who recently joined the medical department, could also do it; her Originium Arts can condense precise and high-strength ice crystal syringes… So these two siblings are truly outrageous; I've never seen Originium Arts with such high controllability.”

"I can hear you!"

Not far away, Qi Yan's complaints could be heard.

The medical staff shrank back in fright and immediately fell silent.

On the other side, Qi Yan turned around after complaining, his eyes full of excitement:

"Kal'tsit, you're not lying to me, are you really handing over command here to me?"

Kal'tsit injected a painkiller into her arm and said:

"The Doctor and I have other tasks to do, and according to your plan, Amiya also needs to go to the command tower, so I have no choice."

Qi Yan waited silently until Kal'tsit finished injecting the painkiller before speaking:

"If you're thinking of taking the Doctor to the sarcophagus, you should give up. I've already damaged the sarcophagus."

Chapter 114 There's Always a Doctor Who Dares to Face Qi Yan with Golden Eyes

Kal'tsit's green eyes were fixed on Qi Yan.

For a moment, she forgot to remove the syringe from her arm.

"Kal'tsit, the syringe has restored blood!"

The doctor exclaimed in surprise from the side.

Kal'tsit lowered her head, pulled out the syringe, and said with a sullen, cat-like face:

"The exchange of intelligence requires timeliness. Qi Yan, I regard you as a partner who is somewhat trustworthy, and I hope you can give me enough trust as well. In this respect, I think you still have many shortcomings. No one can guarantee when a person's patience will run out, nor can anyone guarantee that what is happening to me now will happen to someone else."

Qi Yan grinned and skillfully translated the riddle.