Free Web NovelChapter 338: Chapter 338: Send Us Away
After Ning Xuan hung up, the connection between Yu Mingche and Ying Yaoshi didn’t disconnect. The two of them, who had been kneeling, looked at each other. Ying Yaoshi stood up with a composed expression. "Don’t worry. Ning Xuan has my Lifebound Scale. If she runs into danger, I can retrieve her at a moment’s notice."
Yu Mingche rose as well. "It won’t get to the point where you need to use your Talent Skill. Yun Han is over there, and I’ve already had someone pass a message to Yang Lei. Ning Xuan will be safely evacuated back to the Central Star soon." If the situation truly spiraled out of control, the garrison there would naturally retreat in waves; they wouldn’t all be sacrificed.
"You told Yang Lei Ning Xuan’s identity?" Ying Yaoshi frowned.
"How could I? I just sent word that Ning Xuan’s status is very distinguished and she absolutely cannot be lost there." There was no way Yu Mingche would leak Ning Xuan’s identity.
"Did you see that recording just now?" Yu Mingche asked Ying Yaoshi.
"I saw it. Ning Xuan’s disguise is very successful. Just from the footage, it’s impossible to determine her identity. You were just bluffing her, weren’t you?" Ying Yaoshi looked at him suspiciously.
"Is her disguise the only thing you noticed? We’re talking about two different energy systems. Aren’t you curious? Ning Xuan clearly awakened a Fire Companion Spirit and should theoretically only be able to control Fire Element Energy, so why was there Thunder flashing around her body?" Yu Mingche prompted.
"Wasn’t that lightning from the Protective Shield?" Ying Yaoshi asked, confused.
It wasn’t strange that Ying Yaoshi would think that. After all, many Protective Shields could emit all sorts of light. In reality, Yu Mingche had long known about the existence of another type of energy within Ning Xuan’s body, which was why he paid special attention to the lightning surrounding her.
"That’s the attribute of her second Companion Spirit. Ning Xuan probably chose this Resource Star for her training because of this Star System’s unique thunder and lightning weather. Her strength has likely improved quite a bit by now." As Yu Mingche spoke, his tone was full of admiration and respect for Ning Xuan.
"A second Companion Spirit?" Ying Yaoshi was shocked. Ning Xuan’s Companion Spirit was the Legendary Fire Spirit Vermilion Bird.
Seeing the unconcealable shock on Ying Yaoshi’s face, Yu Mingche felt a flicker of pleasure. It seemed Ying Yaoshi had been completely unaware that Ning Xuan possessed a second Companion Spirit. ’Doesn’t this prove that I’m the one who understands her best?’
Ning Xuan accompanied Admiral Yang Lei to the medical center to visit the wounded. The atmosphere here was completely different from the medical center in the underground safety base. Back then, the bustling activity had been orderly, but now, an oppressive atmosphere shrouded the medical center.
"I can’t take it anymore! I want to leave! Get me out of here!" a young female Doctor screamed, her hands covered in blood as she broke down.
Ning Xuan looked in the direction of the shouting and was surprised to see a familiar face. It was Hu Jingjing, the one who had once wanted Yun Han as her Contractor. Hou Yan, who had competed with Hu Jingjing for Yun Han, also looked exhausted. She threw down the treatment device in her hands and ran over to find Dean Ding.
"Dean Ding, it’s not that we don’t want to help. It’s just that the patients now are all suffering from mental breakdowns or are fully mutated. We can’t do anything for them. We’re also short on reserve medicine. There’s really no use for us here. It would be better to just send us away." Hou Yan, Hu Jingjing, and the others all surrounded Dean Ding as soon as they saw him.
Dean Ding had just been accompanying Admiral Yang Lei to visit General Zhao Peng, the commander of the 7th District. Zhao Peng was about thirty or forty years old, with an SS-level Spiritual Power. He had been severely injured in the previous battle and was sent to the medical center for treatment.
However, just two hours after he was brought in, his body began showing signs of mutation. Although he hadn’t completely lost his mind yet, his body had already transformed into a bestial state. To prevent him from attacking others after losing his sanity, he had already been confined to the bed with restraints.
There were too many patients in this condition now. Even a High-level General didn’t get a private isolation room; instead, they were all grouped together in a designated quarantine zone.
"Hou Yan, Hu Jingjing, stop causing trouble. Compared to the soldiers fighting for their lives on the battlefield, you’re already very safe here in the quarantine zone. They are wounded and need you to treat them."
"We can’t save the fully mutated ones at all! Didn’t you just say that Miss Ning Xuan is the only one with a successful treatment case? Go apply to have her transferred here! She’s a graduate from this year’s class, so it’s time for her to be serving in the military. The large-scale spatial transport channel might be down, but the small-scale ones can still get through." Although Hu Jingjing had never met Ning Xuan, she had participated in this year’s joint graduation exam and had heard her name.
"Admiral, the biochemical security department just issued a warning. The concentration of contaminants in the air has risen further! At this level, soldiers with high spiritual power contamination values or an abnormal Mutated Degree could suffer a mental collapse or undergo full mutation at any moment from prolonged exposure, even if they aren’t injured." Just then, a high-ranking military officer anxiously reported to Yang Lei.
Hearing this news, Hu Jingjing and the others grew even more panicked.
"Get us out of here!" Hu Jingjing cried.
At that moment, General Zhao, who had been relatively calm, suddenly began convulsing. The bone armor that had grown on the ends of his upper limbs rapidly spread toward his shoulders, soon covering his entire arms. At the same time, black scales began to grow on his previously clear face, and a powerful, tyrannical wave of spiritual power radiated into the air.
"Quick, reinforce the restraints! The Inhibitor has failed! General Zhao’s Spiritual Power Level is breaking through! If he breaks through to SSS-level, these restraints won’t be able to hold him at all!" Dean Ding Xiangyang watched Zhao Peng nervously.
However, no one dared to take a step forward. The few medical assistants in charge of watching the patients were trembling with fear.
Ning Xuan also felt that tyrannical power. She had interacted with General Zhao Peng during military committee meetings at the garrison in the past, and they would exchange pleasantries when they met. ’Given the current situation at the base,’ Ning Xuan thought, ’since my identity is bound to be exposed anyway, I might as well try to save him.’
"Give them to me." Yun Han took the restraints from the medical assistant in charge of this area and stepped forward.
At the same time, Ning Xuan stepped forward, pried open his mouth, and quickly poured a bottle of medicine down his throat.
Dean Ding Xiangyang and Admiral Yang Lei watched Ning Xuan’s actions without stopping her.
Seeing Ning Xuan’s calm and composed demeanor, Hu Jingjing and the others, who had been panicking and crying, also quieted down.
Dean Ding Xiangyang saw Ning Xuan take out a needle bag from her Space Button. From it, she removed over a dozen Golden Needles. SWISH, SWISH, SWISH! She plunged all of them into the acupoints on General Zhao’s head.
