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Chen once again abandoned his dignity and sought help from Guan Yueli, for the sake of others, not for himself.

But unlike the helplessness, resentment and tears when he abandoned his dignity last time, Chen's voice was cold and hard, with a formulaic respect, like a piece of cold iron, like a machine that would be wound up and started running when necessary.

The corners of Nian's mouth curled up wildly, and he squatted in the corner and started eating two bags of potato chips.

"It's the same trick again." Guan Yueli sighed helplessly, "You clearly know that I indulge you, but you always use this attitude to deal with me who indulges you. It's actually very annoying, Xiao Chen."

Chen lowered his head and said nothing.

Of course, this is natural. On the one hand, she does not accept Guan Yueli's way of looking at the world from the bottom of her heart, and on the other hand, she begs her for help so humbly, and puts on an attitude of "I am begging you because I have no choice."

"Besides, even if you beg me like this, even if I really do it."

Guan Yueli sat down at the edge of the corridor and said lazily, "I can't save him either."

Ignoring Chen's bewildered expression, unable to react, Guan Yueli explained, "Life force isn't everything. I can revitalize an old, decaying body, and even if his head explodes, I can ensure he doesn't die. But the only thing I can't do is cure oripathy."

She walked slowly in her wooden clogs to the man and squatted down. She didn't mind the dirt on his body and raised her hand to press on his head.

The man's originally tattered body began to recover at an incredible speed. His skinny body became fuller, his dry skin became tight, and his scars and sores all healed, but large pieces of black crystals still remained in his body.

"Well...it's better to take it back."

As Guan Yueli said this, the man's body quickly returned to its previous miserable state.

"Do you understand?" Guan Yueli said nonchalantly, looking down at the pale Chen from above. "Even if I restore vitality to his body, the Originium crystals, which are so severe, will still wantonly destroy his body, over and over again."

"If I wanted to, I could certainly make his vitality strong enough to resist the erosion of the Originium, but what do you think..."

She pointed at the man on the ground who was clearly unconscious but still groaning in pain:

"Do you think this is what he wants? He's so close to being free, yet he keeps repeating this endless suffering and torture over and over again. That kind of pain where his body feels like it's being cut into pieces every moment. Is this what he wants?"

"No one can cure oripathy, not yet, kid."

Guan Yueli touched Chen's head with his other hand: "I can't save him, no one in this world can save him."

Chen lowered his head and said softly, "Sorry to bother you, Guanyue."

"Just now, I... lost my composure. I will find time to talk to you about some things tomorrow, but now, I want to... deal with him."

She tried very hard to utter the word "deal with".

Patients in the terminal stage of oripathy are mobile sources of infection, and there is a possibility of explosive secondary large-scale spread at any time. Although the Oriental-style villa bought by He Mao Jingyu is shrouded in many barriers, it is also one of the several prime locations in the upper city. If this guy dies here, it will be a big problem.

And more importantly... how did this terminally ill patient of mineralopathy sneak past the heavy guards and come to Longmen to show off all the beautiful things in this rich man's paradise?

"Don't you need my help?" Guan Yueli asked jokingly.

"Don't dare to bother."

Chen replied calmly.

"Be careful, if you don't take proper precautions, you could easily get oripathy yourself."

"I'll get a full checkup when I get back. See you tomorrow, Guanyue."

Chen's tone was much calmer and more stable, but it wasn't the kind of calmness and stability that could reassure outsiders.

"Wow... this girl is amazing."

Nian stroked his chin. "Isn't the level of discrimination against oripathy in this era the most severe in the past few hundred years? She even risked contracting oripathy and carried that poor guy to come to you."

She poked Guan Yueli's waist and said, "Can you please stop harming such a good child?"

"How did I harm her? Please explain it clearly." Guan Yueli said righteously.

"Although I don't know what you did to her." Nian said with certainty, "but you definitely harmed her, otherwise her attitude would definitely not be like that just now."

She looked Guan Yueli up and down and said with disdain, "When she coldly begged you just now, you were actually very happy, you old pervert."

"Don't make it sound like I have some special fetish."

Guan Yueli pinched Nian's face and said, "That's just the joy of almost completing the initial stage of cultivation."

The woman raised her head, squinted her eyes and smiled softly:

"The blazing sun that burns everything does not need weak justice. Begging because you are powerless is an act of weakness and should be filled with shame."

"I hope this is the last time you beg me, Xiao Chen."

……

Chen stood there, watching as people in protective suits roughly tied up the poor man, pushed him into a car, and took him to a place she didn't know.

"Where will he go?" Chen asked subconsciously.

"They handle infected people," her colleague replied, then added with admiration, "Officer Chen is truly remarkable... This woman is probably coming to Uptown to exact revenge on society. If she dies here, the damage will be immeasurable. Allowing someone in the terminal stage of oripathy to Uptown will bring disaster to many. Officer Chen is really helping to weed out these infestations."

"Ah, and I suggest you get a physical right away. He must have had close contact with this guy, right? Officer Chen, it's best..."

In Chen's ears, the voice of her colleague was getting farther and farther away. It seemed as if the whole world was left with only her and the car that was driving away, as if it was transporting some monster.

That person definitely couldn't be seeking revenge against society.

Chen met him when he was going out. He was wrapped in a black robe, very panicked and scared, with despair in his eyes.

When Chen grabbed him, the excessive fear directly crushed this fragile body. The man fell into coma, revealing the miserable situation under the black robe.

At that time, Chen only had one thing in mind: saving people. Fortunately, the person who could save him was not far away.

But fate played a joke on her. That woman, who was like a god and omnipotent, could not save this tragic life.

"No one in this world can save him," said the woman.

But...why?

Chen asked himself.

From childhood to adulthood, from adolescence to youth, from Lungmen to Victoria, and then back from Victoria, Chen knew that the infected people suffered injustice in this land.

But it was not until this moment, when that poor man looked at him in fear, panic, and despair; when everyone treated the man who should have been saved as a monster; when that woman said that no one in this world could save him... that Chen realized that the so-called "unfair" was so... light.

That does not even touch upon the heavy burden borne by those infected, a burden that cannot be described simply by the word "unfair".

In this city, while everyone is already overwhelmed by crime, there is actually a group of people... who have been abandoned by the whole world.

These are the people who should be saved the most.

Chapter 115 - Preparing for a Showdown (Mistake

Infected.

A word that Terrans shudder at.

It is a dark and hopeless road ahead, a broken and shattered future, a second half of life without sunshine, and a synonym for numerous sufferings.

Becoming an infected person is like being abandoned by the whole world and losing everything that belongs to this world.

Chen did not have much clear understanding of the infected person, because she was a Tianheng noble, the niece of the Lord of Longmen, and a descendant of the Dayan royal family. Her childhood to adolescence was full of gloom, but her status did not change much.

She was standing too high, so she couldn't see the sadness in the dust.

After joining the Guards, not many of Chen's cases involved infected people. After all, the cases she was in charge of were concentrated in the important uptown area, and the infected people were concentrated in the dark side of the city, in the abandoned slums.

Most of the cases in the slums are more difficult, troublesome and dangerous than those in the upper city. Chen's current qualifications are not enough to deal with them, so naturally he has not had much contact with infected people.

The people who need help the most are the most dangerous, so I can't reach them. It sounds... ironic.

After undergoing repeated physical examinations and confirming that there were no health problems, Chen returned to the Guard Bureau and accepted the bureau's investigation.

She confessed everything truthfully and expressed her thoughts - the man definitely did not want revenge on society. Naturally, there were many things about him: how he appeared in the upper town, how he bypassed the guards, why he was there, etc.

However, what happens afterwards is not Chen's business. If it is true as Chen said, that this person has no purpose, it would be much more terrifying than the reality that may reflect revenge on society.

The appearance of an infected person who seeks revenge on society in the Upper Town at most proves that there was a serious negligence in the Upper Town’s security system; and the appearance of an infected person in the terminal stage of oripathy who has no ideas at all in the Upper Town...that is intriguing.

All in all, this is a very serious case. Although Chen has done many earth-shaking things, she was "forced" to participate in these things and become the protagonist, so this case certainly could not be handed over to Chen.

Chen sat back in his familiar seat. The items on the table were neatly arranged. There were still many things to be dealt with in the folder, but Chen had no mood to open them.

The feelings she had for that poor man, the infected person, had nothing to do with pity.

She simply felt that this was not right, this was wrong.

The most important thing Chen has to do when he returns to this city is to correct his mistakes.

"I need to report to my superiors and adjust the direction of my work..."

Most of Chen's work involves petty thefts, ordinary fights and the like. After all, big cases are not easy to come by.

It's not that she was tired of this kind of work, but she suddenly realized today that some things needed to be dealt with more urgently.

About the plight of those infected.

It was right in front of him, and the whole picture could be seen through just one person. It was a mistake that Chen could not accept.

As soon as he thought of the preliminary plan, Chen immediately started drafting the application.

She didn't know whether her superiors would agree, but no matter what their reaction was, she would persevere.

A person who has no faults should not be abandoned by society. He may not be able to obtain a higher status because he cannot create higher value, but he must never be deprived of his rights and qualifications as a human being without even having the opportunity to work hard.

"The slums... maybe I should ask Xingxiong."

Xingxiong, who used to be a gangster, must have a deep understanding of the things in the slums, and the same is true for the infected people.

Thinking of this, Chen was suddenly stunned for a moment, and then laughed at himself.

She has gone through so many things along the way, and it seems that she has always relied on others to move forward, especially after joining the Guards Bureau. If it weren't for Xingxiong's help, she would still be a complete rookie.

Even if there was no Guan Yueli...

Without her, my will wouldn't be so stubborn and strong that even I wouldn't believe it.

In fact, Chen had noticed something, and she had even had this feeling a long time ago, but she just didn't want to admit it.

When she meets Guan Yueli tomorrow, she wants to ask that woman a lot of questions, although in the final analysis, it's just one question.

……

At dinner, after Xingxiong served Guan Yueli the meal, he asked Guan Yueli with a serious expression:

"Sister, what did you do to Xiao Chen again?"

"Well?"

Guan Yueli, who was eating with his head down, looked up at her with a confused look on his face.

"Xiao Chen suddenly came to me today and asked me about the situation in the slums and the infected. I felt something was wrong at the time, so I asked her further and found out that she was actually planning to move her work to the slums!"

Xingxiong said worriedly, "That place is still too complicated for Xiaochen. She has a straightforward and volatile personality. Although she's adaptable and knows the ways of the world, she's just unwilling to go, which can easily lead to trouble. The waters there are too deep, and it's not suitable for her...at least not for her right now."

"So what does this have to do with me?" Guan Yueli muttered softly.

"Any major change in Xiao Chen must be related to my sister." Xingxiong looked at Guan Yueli helplessly, "So what happened?"

Guan Yueli pleaded innocent and immediately repeated to Xingxiong what had happened today.

Xingxiong, who knew Chen very well, guessed roughly and rubbed his brows with a headache:

"Xiao Chen probably hasn't seen the miserable plight of the infected before... That poor guy must have irritated her, which is inevitable."

"If it were someone else, it would be fine. It would just be a momentary impulse, but Xiao Chen..."

Chen Huijie was someone who would never do something out of a momentary passion. And before that, what that poor man had done to her was definitely not just a momentary passion.

"It's troublesome..."

Xingxiong, who originally wanted to persuade his friend, was caught in a dilemma.

Guan Yueli glanced at her sister's expression and poked her cheek with her index finger with a smile: "What's wrong? Are you so worried about Xiao Chen again?"

"I've always been worried about her, sis!"

"But I remember... when I promised Xiao Chen to train her a few days ago, someone's expression wasn't like this."

Xingxiong blushed slightly: "That has nothing to do with this matter... Sister, please don't change the subject."

"Good good..."