Ultimately, Zhao Yi stopped his footsteps in front of Chu Muyun's medical clinic.
Seeing this, a wipe of understanding emerged in Chen Ling's eyes. He guessed that Zhao Yi was here to see the Doctor, but logically speaking, he had already entered Aurora City for a period of time, why did he only come now?
Zhao Yi was conflicted at the doorway for a moment, but still stepped behind the door, entering to look for Chu Muyun.
Chen Ling didn't follow up, but quietly stood in the Alleyway to the side. Last time when he killed Old Man Ding he bumped right into Zhao Yi. If it wasn't a necessary situation, he didn't want to meet Zhao Yi, otherwise things would be very troublesome.
He just waited at the doorway like this for about twenty minutes. Zhao Yi walked out of the medical clinic in a daze, standing blankly at the doorway for a long time, before recovering his senses and walking towards the direction of home.
Seeing this scene, Chen Ling's brows furrowed slightly. Waiting until Zhao Yi walked far away, he then entered into the medical clinic.
"How come you're here?"
Chu Muyun who was currently holding a consultation saw Chen Ling and spoke in astonishment.
"Saw an acquaintance on the road, conveniently came over to take a look."
"How is his situation?"
"..." Chu Muyun quietly looked at Chen Ling, "Do you hope for me to be a bit tactful, or a bit direct?"
"...Be a bit direct."
"He's going to die."
Once these four words came out, the room instantly fell into a piece of dead silence.
Chen Ling's brows furrowed tightly.
Chu Muyun pushed his glasses, "A high-tier Calamity of the Taboo Sea originally possesses extremely strong corrosion and toxin permeation capabilities. His wound even directly penetrated deep into the bone... The moment he was injured, he was already destined to be unable to live.
It should be said, for him to carry that kind of injury and still be able to walk like someone who's fine, his willpower is truly astonishing. But even so, his body has already reached its limit."
"Aren't you of the Path of the Physician? Even you have no way to cure him?" Chen Ling asked in return.
"I walk the Path of the Physician, but this doesn't mean I am omnipotent... For example, I have no way to deal with your delusional madness." Chu Muyun shrugged his shoulders. "Humans, are far more fragile than you imagine. Not everyone is as hard to kill as you and Little Jian."
Chen Ling fell into silence.
Chu Muyun was the only Path of the Physician powerhouse Chen Ling currently knew. He could even pull Jian Changsheng, who was rotted into a puddle of meat mud, back from the edge of death, yet he was helpless towards Zhao Yi's situation... This meant, in the current Aurora City, there was almost no one who could save Zhao Yi.
"I prescribed some medicine for him. Although it can't cure his injury, at least it can let him suffer less pain in this final period of days." Chu Muyun took a deep look at Chen Ling,
"If he is a friend you have a pretty good relationship with, take advantage of these few days, you can go bid farewell to him..."
Chen Ling slowly closed his eyes. "Bidding farewell forget it... After all, in his eyes, I am already a dead person."
Towards Zhao Yi's situation, Chen Ling had the heart but lacked the strength. Since ultimately Zhao Yi still walked to this step, apart from secretly giving Ling'er and the others some help, Chen Ling had no other methods.
Chu Muyun nodded slightly. Glancing at the time on the wall, he put away the things on the table.
"Let's go, today we have to go back earlier."
"Why?"
"Grey King sent a letter." Chu Muyun's expression gradually became serious. "You and Jian Changsheng, have an important mission..."
...
Aurora Base.
Tan Xin passed through the dim corridor. His expression was tired and haggard, as if he hadn't closed his eyes for several nights already... He consecutively passed through four identity verification checkpoints, ultimately entering a sealed underground space.
Here was only about a hundred square meters. A few gray load-bearing columns were cast within it. The floor and walls also had almost no decorations. If one ignored a single incandescent lightbulb hanging down from the center, this place had no difference at all from an unfinished industrial room...
Of course, this was only on the surface.
Tan Xin was very clear, those four doors he walked past just now, every single one was forged from special alloy, its thickness sufficient to head-on forcefully withstand a nuclear explosion. Added with the fact that this place was situated hundreds of meters deep underground, the overall structure was incomparably sturdy. Even if a nuclear war broke out on the surface once again, this place would also be able to remain safe and sound.
Here, there was not the slightest bit of useless aesthetic sense. Wherever the eyes could reach, it was all the purest pragmatism and minimalism.
And at this moment, within this underground room as solid as a soup of gold, a man wearing plain clothes was currently holding a ping pong paddle, alone hitting towards the wall...
The orange-yellow ping pong ball bounced back and forth under the incandescent lighting. Having just bounced for less than three times, the paddle in the man's hand failed to keep up. Amidst a burst of clattering sounds, the ping pong ball rolled to Tan Xin's feet.
Tan Xin bent down and picked up the ping pong ball. A burst of bitter smiling transmitted from ahead.
"I truly do not have any talent in the aspect of sports... Having practiced here for twenty years, there's not a bit of progress."
"Your attention is all placed upon humanity's destiny and continuation, naturally you wouldn't care about these details." Tan Xin smiled slightly. "Is there some matter you sought me out for? Leader."
The Leader walked to the front of Tan Xin, slowly taking back the ping pong ball from his hands:
"As the Deputy Director-General of this generation's Enforcement System, there are some matters I want to hear your opinion on."
"But I am ultimately only the Deputy Director-General... You have an important matter, why don't you look for [Hong Xiu]?"
"Her?" The Leader chuckled lightly. "She wouldn't manage these things. Right now who doesn't know, you Tan Xin are the only person who calls the shots within the Enforcement System?"
"Tan Xin does not dare."
The Leader glanced at him, taking the ping pong ball and slowly turning around: "I heard you've been running about the base these few days, inspecting the Lord of the Aurora's state, and the base's security loopholes... Do you have any gains?"
Tan Xin deliberated and spoke, "The Lord of the Aurora's state is not too stable... however I don't understand science, data and the likes I also cannot clearly analyze. But from my professional angle, the base's security indeed exists no small hidden dangers, especially recently with Dusk Society thugs sneaking into Aurora City. I feel there is a need to conduct a security upgrade."
"You represent the Enforcers. You just manage and handle the security matters as you see fit. What I want to ask you is another matter." The Leader paused for a moment.
"In your eyes, Aurora City or the Lord of the Aurora... which one is more important?"
Once this question came out, Tan Xin's eyes contracted slightly. Only after a long time did he speak: "Leader, I don't understand your meaning."
"The time left for the Lord of the Aurora is not much anymore. For some matters, we must make a decision as soon as possible."
"If, I'm saying if..."
"If we want to reproduce the scene of the Lord of the Aurora's birth, are you in support, or against?"
Tan Xin's expression suddenly solidified!