Who are you calling a stable boy?!

“Miss Chen, right now, compared to the issue of the Yeti Squad’s ownership, I think Lungmen has more important things to resolve.”

Meeting Chen's sharp gaze, Kal'tsit said something that made her expression change drastically.

"At the very moment you are arguing, the core city of Chernobog has been activated and is heading towards Lungmen."

-

"Bang!!"

Wei Yanwu's office door was practically kicked open.

"Wei Yanwu!"

"Be mindful of the occasion. Besides, I never said you needed to bring guests."

You're still the same as before!

Chen slapped his hand on the desk in front of Wei Yanwu.

"...Did you send her here, Wen Yue?"

"I guess so, the situation is urgent."

Behind Chen, Wen Yue, who was leading people into Wei Yanwu's office, responded.

"Before that, who was this person?"

Wei Yanwu, holding his pipe, looked at Zheng Jing, who was walking behind Kal'tsit and Amiya.

"Hmm? Don't mind me, just think of me as your bodyguard. You guys are in a hurry to talk, right? Go ahead and talk."

Kal'tsit?

Wei Yanwu looked at Kal'tsit.

"I think he will be helpful in resolving the situation. You can think of him as an outside help that Rhodes Island has brought in."

"......All right."

Wei Yanwu nodded.

Given the current situation, he certainly cannot afford to continue provoking Rhodes Island.

After the core city of Chernobog separated, it headed straight for Lungmen. At this rate, the core city will collide with Lungmen in another thirty-six hours.

Lungmen is not lacking in means to deal with mobile cities and warships, so a mere core city should not have been a problem for him.

The problem is that this core city is constantly sending its city-state authentication code to various places.

Simply put, it's declaring to all places that can receive this message: this place belongs to Ursus.

In other words, if Lungmen really launches the first attack on the core city, then the situation will escalate immediately.

At that point, it will become a problem between Da Yan and Ursus.

Wei Yanwu would never allow such a thing to happen.

Therefore, Rhodes Island is the most suitable place to stop that core city right now.

However, this was undoubtedly an extremely risky operation for Rhodes Island...

The question of how to specifically devise a battle plan naturally sparked a debate.

"Stop making noise."

Zheng Jing, who had been leaning against the wall with one hand and listening to the war meeting, suddenly spoke up.

He took out the gourd from his waist, opened the lid, and took a sip.

"I don't know if I can handle it."

Chapter 276: This is Fair

"That's incredible..."

As Warfarin flipped through the report in his hand, he couldn't help but sigh.

She turned to the Doctor and Huang: "Are you two sure that she suffered from a very serious case of Oripathy?"

"She almost died in the slums of Lungmen!"

Huang Yingdao.

"Was anything found amiss during the examination?"

The doctor countered with a question.

"Inappropriate? Yes, yes."

Looking at the doctor and Huang, Warfarin waved the stack of reports in his hand: "She's not infected at all!"

“The outlines of her internal organs are clear, and there are no abnormalities in the circulatory system. Most importantly, the fusion rate between her somatic cells and Originium is almost zero. Based on the current clinical examination results, it can be said that she is not an infected person.”

"If, as you say, she was a critically ill patient who could die from Oripathy at any moment just two hours ago, then that means that in just two hours, she received treatment far exceeding the standards of Rhodes Island, successfully transforming from a terminally ill infected person into the lively, non-infected person she is today."

As he said this, Warfarin's rose-red eyes seemed to light up.

"So, I'll ask again, was she really ever infected?"

"I am indeed infected."

—When Warfarin asked this question, Froststar, who had changed out of her hospital gown and back into her own clothes, happened to walk into the clinic.

Upon hearing Warfarin's question, Frostnova provided the answer herself, before the Doctor and Blaze could.

Looking at the composed Froststar, Warfarin put down the stack of reports in his hand: "It seems you're not surprised by the results of this examination."

Froststar looked at the cup of tea on Warfarin's desk.

"Now, even if I just want this cup of tea to freeze, I need to use a spellcasting unit."

"I see."

Warfarin nodded.

Many infected individuals are able to cast powerful spells without the aid of any external objects.

Because these infected individuals themselves possess usable spellcasting units—namely, the Originium crystals that exist within the lesions.

An infected warlock who was used to this suddenly lost this ability. Such a big change should have been noticeable.

As soon as Warfarin finished speaking, the consultation room fell silent.

After a moment, Huang seemed to realize what was happening, and stammered in a daze, "Th-that...that means, Anna's Zheng brother, he...he—"

"Is this the point that led you to make your decision?"

Looking at Froststar, the Doctor asked.

"That's one of the important reasons."

Froststar curled the corners of her lips into a smile.

Since receiving treatment from Zheng Jing, she seems to have become more cheerful.

However, this smile was like a fleeting touch of spring on the Ursus frozen ground.

"Moreover, at this point, we absolutely cannot allow that woman Talulah to continue her reckless behavior. I originally thought she had just become radical, extreme, and blind, but now it seems that she... I don't know when she started betraying everything, or whether she never showed us her true self from the very beginning?"

Frostnova's voice lowered as she spoke, as if she were talking to herself rather than to the Doctor and the others.

"In short, we must stop her, and if necessary... destroy her."

Her voice regained its familiar coldness to the Doctor and Huang: "The Reunion Movement doesn't need Talulah, the Infected don't need Talulah, neither of them."

"Shipboard announcement: Doctor, please proceed to the central conference room as soon as possible. Repeating: Doctor, please proceed to the central conference room as soon as possible."

Just then, the loudspeaker in the consultation room came on.

"Go quickly, she is my patient, I will take good care of her."

Noticing the doctor's hesitation, Warfarin waved his hand.

Huang also patted the professor on the shoulder: "Relax! I'm here too!"

"...Well then, I'll be going now."

Leaving the consultation room, the Doctor, slightly out of breath, hurried to the central conference room, where Amiya and Kal'tsit were already waiting.

"Doctor! I'm sorry to have called you over so suddenly."

Amiya quickly poured the Doctor a glass of warm water: "How are Frostnova and the Yeti Squad doing? Is everyone alright?"

"Phew... Well, according to the medical department's test results, everything is fine, especially... Frostnova."

The Doctor lifted the lower half of his mask, took a sip of water to catch his breath, and then looked at the silent Kal'tsit.

"Kal'tsit, I have a question."

"What's the problem?"

Have you ever met Zheng Jing? Or do you know Zheng Jing?

This question made Amiya look at Kal'tsit as well.

She could actually tell that Kal'tsit's attitude toward Zheng Jing was unusual.

Whether in the lower structure of Lungmen or in the meeting to negotiate with Wei Yanwu, Kal'tsit, who should have been meeting Zheng Jing for the first time like them, showed Zheng Jing an attitude that was... almost one of trust.

Especially when Zheng Jing proposed that absurd plan at the meeting, Amiya really didn't expect that Kal'tsit would react that way in the face of Wei Yanwu's obvious questioning.

"Like you, this is also the first time I've met him. I've never heard of him before."

Kal'tsit's answer was very straightforward and did not seem fake.

But this answer is unreasonable.

"...However, I know something about the organization that Anna and Zheng Jing both belong to."

Under the gaze of Amiya and the Doctor, Kal'tsit lowered her eyes slightly.

"That's a very ancient organization for this land. If you need a name..."

"Let's call it the Courtyard."

-

Standing on the bridge of Rhodes Island, Frostnova had no interest in admiring the scenery.

She looked down at the ID card and badge in her hand.

These are the hallmarks of her being a Rhodes Island operator.

...To be honest, she never imagined that she would actually join Rhodes Island one day.

Just like she never imagined that her illness would one day be cured.

And all of this—

"Hey? What are you doing here all by yourself? Lost or something?"

Following the sound of words that seemed to hop and skip, Frostnova looked at the man who came to her side and jumped onto the bridge railing to squat down.

"You really aren't from Rhodes Island."

"Wow? You little bunny, you're still thinking about this?"

Zheng Jing leaned to the side, as if he might jump away from Shuangxing at any moment: "I'm just giving you a way out, aren't I? She's a very nice girl. I hope she lives a long and healthy life! It's not easy to find like-minded people to do great things together!"

Froststar did not respond.

She just stared straight at Zheng Jing.

She only spoke again when Zheng Jingzhen began to have the slight thought of jumping away.

"Yelena".

Yelena said.

“When I call you Zheng Jing, you can call me that too... that’s fair.”

Chapter 277: It's just a core city!

To ensure that Ursus does not have any leverage to exploit, the cooperative relationship between Lungmen and Rhodes Island has officially ended.

Therefore, any actions Rhodes Island takes against the core city of Chernobog will be solely the actions of Rhodes Island and will have nothing to do with Lungmen.

In other words, Lungmen has no right to inquire about, much less interfere with, what kind of battle plan Rhodes Island will adopt to stop the core city.