Arknights: Studying medicine can't save Terra

Wen Yue's body trembled slightly in Wei Yanwu's arms.

Her voice seemed to be squeezed out from between her teeth: "I don't believe it. I'm going to find her myself. Let me go with you."

"……sorry."

Wei Yanwu apologized softly, placing his hand on Wen Yue's neck and gently applying pressure.

Wen Yue's body immediately went limp.

A man in a black cloak appeared silently in front of the two.

"Take her away from Lungmen."

Wei Yanwu handed Wen Yue to Hei Suo, then dared not look at Wen Yue again before turning around and leaving his office.

He was afraid that seeing the tear stains on Wen Yue's face would shake his resolve.

But he must do it.

The pain we have experienced should not be repeated in the lives of future generations.

"Huijie, if you want to hate someone, then hate me."

Wei Yanwu pushed open the office door and strode out.

But at the end of the corridor, he encountered an unexpected figure.

"I shouldn't have seen you here."

Wei Yanwu stopped and silently gazed at the old man before him.

The old man standing in front of him, blocking his way, was not human, but rather in the form of a beastman—a gray rat, just like Wei Yanwu.

“I really shouldn’t be here, after all, my daughter was taken away by a pharmaceutical company, and they even blocked my communications, as if they don’t want to give my daughter back.”

The old man was dressed in an exquisite mandarin jacket with an overcoat draped over it. Despite his rat-like appearance, he possessed a dignified and composed demeanor.

"Ha, the infamous Rat King, after being tricked like this by Rhodes Island, instead of seeking revenge, he comes to block my path?"

Wei Yanwu's words were somewhat harsh.

He knew he didn't have much time and had to act immediately.

You're not going anywhere today.

But the Rat King seemed to have made up his mind, speaking slowly and deliberately.

Wei Yanwu's face gradually darkened:

"Don't think too highly of yourself. You can't stop me. You should go see your daughter instead of me."

The Rat King sighed softly, his eyes filled with pity as he looked at Wei Yanwu:

"I'd also like to say this to you, Wei Yanwu, as your old friend... If you still consider me an old friend, I hope you can calm down."

You've been condescending for too long and have lost your humanity. In your eyes, there's no one you can trust. But in fact, I think Rhodes Island is a pretty good place, even though its methods are somewhat laughable.

After this incident, I plan to personally visit Rhodes Island to pick up my daughter and, while I'm at it, make contact with those people.

Chapter 119 The Power Behind Qi Yan

“Your daughter can wait, but my loved ones cannot.”

Wei Yanwu's tone became increasingly resolute, and a faint sword aura appeared at his fingertips.

The Rat King silently observed Wei Yanwu's actions.

He did nothing.

“Wei Yanwu, when did you start to become like this?”

The Rat King suddenly became lost in his memories. He didn't look at the sword energy at Wei Yanwu's fingertips, or even at Wei Yanwu himself. His gaze was somewhat unfocused as he looked at the scenes in his memory.

"Once, you were willing to give up the power that drove countless people crazy in order to avoid bloodshed."

Back then, you left Yan Kingdom with a few old friends, including me, and came to this place. We built Longmen together. It was difficult, but we were all very happy.

Then, so much happened, and now it seems only the two of us are left… What you tried so hard to avoid has ultimately happened to you.”

Wei Yanwu's tooth grinding.

The Rat King's words seemed more terrifying than the most terrifying Originium Arts in the world, recklessly stirring up images that Wei Yanwu had buried deep in his heart and never wanted to recall.

He saw the empty look in his sister's eyes as she lay dying.

He heard his brother's tearful plea for help before he breathed his last.

The dilapidated Lungmen resembled ruins, and the figure he loathed from the bottom of his heart stood at a distance, holding Talulah's hand, confronting him.

"Destroy half of Lungmen, and you can keep me here and rescue Talulah from my grasp. Make your choice, Wei Yanwu."

Kosich's cold voice was like that of a venomous snake.

Beside Wei Yanwu, Chen Xiaoxiao's hand was tightly held in his palm.

He still remembers Chen's innocent exclamation.

Kosic has left, but Longmen has been saved.

Wei Yanwu's breathing became rapid, and the sword energy at his fingertips trembled before finally dissipating.

“I can’t let Huijie go through that, I must protect her.” Wei Yanwu seemed to be pleading, “You watched Huijie grow up, how can you bear to let her experience the pain we went through.”

"Please pick up the trust that you may have lost at some point."

The Rat King slowly stepped forward.

His figure was somewhat short in front of Wei Yanwu, and he had to look up to meet Wei Yanwu's gaze.

But he seemed to be looking down at Wei Yanwu, slowly extending his hand:

"Pick up everything you've lost over the years. I'm your old friend, and I hope you can put aside all your messy self-interest and make a choice in a human way."

From this moment on, I will try to trust someone again—not Rhodes Island, not that person named Qi Yan, but myself—and try to trust my own judgment.

Wei Yanwu's voice seemed to be filled with unspeakable pain: "No one can save Talulah. You should know Koschei's methods."

“If she has reached that point, she will not return to Lungmen.”

The Rat King's eyes seemed to see through everything: "Revenge is a laughable word in that person's eyes. He only pursues profit, the profit of Ursus."

The outbreak of the War of the Flames was far less beneficial to Ursus than to the interests of the Ursus nobles. Koschei could have resisted, but he did so anyway. He wasn't acting out of interest to Ursus, nor was he seeking revenge against you.

He was simply going with the flow; his target was Huijie.

Wei Yanwu's pupils suddenly shrank to a single point.

He instinctively tried to push the Rat King away and rushed to the core city; he had to prevent Chen from meeting Talulah.

But the Rat King held tightly to Wei Yanwu's wrist.

The Rat King laughed: "Finally, I see the impulses of humanity in you."

"Are you going to stop me at a time like this?" Wei Yanwu asked anxiously.

"When it comes to saving lives, you and your Black Cloak Shadow Guards are far inferior to Rhodes Island," the Rat King joked. "I've never seen anyone as amazing as Qi Yan. He was able to protect the Reunion Movement from Koschei's conspiracy, and he was able to protect the Lungmen refugees from your schemes."

Now, I believe he can also protect Xiaota and Huijie in this desperate situation.

Do you know anything that I'm not aware of?

Wei Yanwu gradually calmed down from his panic and stared intently at the Rat King.

The Rat King did not deny it, but stated directly:

"Before my daughter was taken away, she left me a message: Qi Yan is supported by a terrifying force that neither you nor I can imagine."

"Soldiers, do not retreat! Behind us lies Ursus, the incomparably powerful Ironblood Empire, the largest nation on this land!"

Qi Yan delivered his impassioned speech in the channel, and then, through the Originium Arts of the Extreme Realm, transformed it into the general's voice, which was transmitted to the army group's ears.

General Ursus's eyes widened in fury, feeling death approaching, yet unable to die immediately.

He had never hated his own powerful physique so much. He couldn't imagine what fate awaited the army group under Qi Yan's persecution.

He will be forever nailed to the pillar of shame in the history of Ursus.

"The troops that have been flanking me from both sides, don't move! All of you, stay put and obey orders! Don't you understand what I'm saying?"

Qi Yan roared through the channel, cursing, "Your behavior is shameful! How dare you question the abilities of your own teammates? You are nothing but a bunch of rabble, no match for the offensive of my Ursus Army Group!"

"Hey, artillery mages over there, what are you standing there for? Activate the artillery fire precursors and destroy the buildings on both sides of the battlefield! We need to open up a wide battlefield for our comrades!"

The artillery mages looked at each other, finding the command somewhat strange, yet somehow also making some sense.

With a roar, the artillery vanguard took off again, unleashing its remaining ammunition reserves on the buildings on both sides of the battlefield.

Large areas of buildings collapsed, and a battlefield was indeed opened up. However, the fragments of buildings rolled down to the feet of the patriots like tadpoles looking for their mother.

The old man bent down, picked up the fragment, and tossed it into the army's ranks.

The entire army group fell in droves.

Qi Yan's command appeared in the channel again:

"A bunch of useless trash! Where is the assault team? Charge! The rest of the shield guards, retreat immediately and protect our medical team."

The army group's actions were noticeably slowed for a moment, but ultimately their innate sense of obedience, honed through years of training, compelled them to carry out the 'general's' orders.

Qi Yan tilted his head and thought for a moment, then slapped his forehead and came up with another brilliant idea:

"Sniper squad, listen up! Keep your distance and focus fire on that group of tall, burly shield guards. Don't ask me if this will damage the 'scraping' technique. As long as we have enough numbers and can 'scrape' fast enough, we can kill them."

In addition, the warlock squad should immediately take cover. Don't ask me where to hide in this pile of ruins. You can dig a hole and bury yourselves, I don't care. This is called the stealth warlock tactic!

"This general has been on the battlefield for many years, and I was once defeated by this tactic so badly that I cried for my parents."

The army group appeared somewhat chaotic under Qi Yan's command.

But in the end, they still managed to carry out all of Qi Yan's instructions.

Just then, a small squad suddenly appeared on the outskirts of the battlefield.

Qi Yan looked into the distance and immediately spotted the white kitten leading the group.

"Alright, there's still one lone one. Just casually split into a hundred-man squad and wipe out that little cat!"

Chapter 120 What I Can Do

A hundred-man squad detached from the Ursus Army Group charged forward.

Then they were covered in smears.

The army group was clearly bewildered.

The 'General's' shouts echoed through the channel once again:

"They actually have some skill. Send out another team. This time, we should learn from our mistakes and increase the number of people to three hundred."

Since the opponent is a warlock, let's send out a warlock team to counter her attacks.

Another team of three hundred men stepped forward and charged at the Rosemary Squad.

This time, the results were significantly better than before.

Only a little over two hundred people were covered in smears; the rest were successfully killed by the rest of the Rosemary Squad, leaving behind intact corpses.

"General... this won't work. We need to overwhelm them with numbers to kill that outrageous Felin."

Finally, someone couldn't hold back any longer and raised their questions in the channel.

Qi Yan took a deep breath and roared, "Are you trying to teach me how to do things?!"

The channel fell silent immediately.

Qi Yan nodded in satisfaction, glanced around the battlefield, and suddenly noticed a squad that he had inadvertently forgotten about.

His eyes lit up.

General Ursus felt his heart bleed as he watched Qi Yan's increasingly excited expression.

"That squad of Rift Beasts over there, immediately release your Rift Beasts to prevent that little cat from joining the main enemy force."

This time, the army groups finally breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that their 'general' had made a correct command.