Chapter 128 - 110: Zhou Qian in the Hospital

Chapter 128: Chapter 110: Zhou Qian in the Hospital

"Ah... ngh... Ashes, ugh... even my corpse will do... My—my sister is with it. I don’t want to lie here, so quietly... It’s too quiet..."

"BEEP—"

"BEEP—"

"BEEP—"

The medical cabin emitted a piercing alarm. The doctor who had just entered the room quickly rushed over, pushed her aside, and pressed a button.

The robotic arms inside the cabin hummed, swiftly clamping a device onto his face. Then, its angle adjusted downward, and a liquid medicine began to spread.

The dark green medicine gradually covered the hideous black veins on his face, but his unfocused eyes remained fixed in Huai Yu’s direction until the liquid surged over them.

Huai Yu lunged forward, slapping the medical cabin. "Zhou Qian! I’ll take you away! I’ll take you away—"

The medicine surged completely, obscuring his face. Huai Yu stood there, her face deathly pale, until an older man gently patted her shoulder.

"Huai Yu, is it?" ℯℯ𝑙.

She looked up, her dark pupils quietly gazing at the unfamiliar middle-aged man before her. He was also wearing the Defense Army uniform. She still wasn’t very good at reading military ranks, and at this moment, she had no heart to even try.

"You’re the Wood Ability User who lives by the Rose Corridor, right?"

Huai Yu nodded.

The man’s lips twitched as if he wanted to smile, but despite his efforts, he could only muster a slight curve. Then, he bent down and picked up the bag of dried locust flowers that had fallen to the floor.

"This is the most potent batch of the Antitoxic Blood Serum Fusion Medicine. Its effects will only last until seven o’clock tonight.

"According to Zhou Qian’s wishes, we will give him a Slow-release Analgesic Injection at six o’clock, and then..."

The middle-aged man fell silent for a moment before forcing a casual tone. "And then, could I ask you a favor? Could you bury him by the Rose Corridor?

"The Analgesic medicine will only last for an hour. During that hour, he will still have to endure excruciating pain, but it will be slightly better than if he were removed from the medical cabin without it.

"By the time the neurotoxin invades his brainstem, he will..."

He took a deep breath, his voice soft and gentle. "Are you willing to help us?"

Huai Yu nodded numbly.

A moment later, as he turned to leave, she asked, "Was his sister... killed by the Rose Corridor?"

He paused, then replied, "No.

"During the Cataclysm, a potted moth orchid parasitized his sister’s brain, killing her completely. He refused to give up and wanted to take her into the Wilderness with him, even injuring two of his comrades in the process.

"Right then, the Rose Corridor was suddenly stimulated into rapid growth, stopping him just as he was about to be rooted as well.

"Because the root system spread so fast, large swaths of land were churned up and buried deep underground. That mutated moth orchid was directly strangled and crushed, taking his sister’s body along with it...

"He wasn’t a qualified soldier back then, which is why, for all these years, his rank has remained as Captain.

"But during this operation in the Wilderness, he single-handedly extracted the Kou Spider’s venom sac... The Imperial City Research Institute is studying it day and night. Given time, a potent antitoxic serum will definitely be developed.

"Huai Yu, I’m telling you this just to say—born in this era, every one of our deaths will be in obscurity, yet at the same time, imbued with greatness.

"So... let him choose his own resting place."

The man had come quietly and left quietly. From beginning to end, Huai Yu never managed to clearly remember his face.

But his orders were carried out methodically: the preparation of sedatives, the readying of injections, the setup of a portable field stretcher...

Once everything had been loaded onto the medical transport, the doctor checked the time on his wrist. "It’s time to go.

"Before disconnecting him from the medical cabin, we will inject a strong Analgesic medicine. However, its effect is limited. It will only make it relatively less painful, and the effects will last for an hour at most."

Huai Yu nodded, knowing that this one hour was the time given for Zhou Qian and herself to prepare.

She gripped the hem of her clothes tightly. In the cute little cherry pocket of her pajamas, she squeezed a colorful, round ball through the fabric—carefully, yet with a sense of urgency.

Time ticked by. Right on schedule, the doctors moved Zhou Qian’s medical cabin into the medical transport.

Huai Yu quietly followed the others onto the vehicle. As she felt the road transition from smooth pavement to the bumpy, swaying terrain of the outskirts, her expression was calmer than ever before.

Yet, the calmer she appeared, the more her eyes seemed to harbor two leaping flames. Her face, however, was icy and deathly pale, plunging the entire vehicle into an indescribable silence.

The silence held until the driver’s voice rang out, "Five minutes to arrival."

The doctors and nurses sprang into action. They drew the curtains, placed the injection into the slot, drained the liquid medicine covering him, and dressed him, trying to make him look as dignified as possible...