Published: March 2, 2025
Qin Tian lifted his head with vacant eyes and immediately spotted a man in his thirties wearing a white lab coat.
The man was tall and thin, sporting gold-rimmed glasses on his face, exuding a somewhat cold and nerdy aura. However, his identity was terrifyingly high up the ranks.
"This is the director of the Academy of Sciences, Dr. Wei Tian."
The director of the Military First Hospital introduced him to Qin Tian and Arthur.
Wei Tian glanced at Qin Tian and Arthur, expressionless, but spoke quickly.
"Don't worry, the commander has a general understanding of the situation. We in the military will do our utmost to compensate the victims of this attack."
After finishing the formalities, Wei Tian, accompanied by a large group of his subordinates, entered the emergency room and laboratory in batches to begin their research work.
Of course...
Whether Wei Tian was genuinely there to study Qin Shiyuan's condition or had other motives was something only Lin Haifeng and Wei Tian himself knew...
Meanwhile...
When the market attack occurred, Wen Yu was still in the Eternal Sky City, sweeping through various treasure lands.
With Wen Yu's strength, his speed in raiding the treasure lands was as if he had activated a cheat code. The treasure lands that were permanently open in the Eternal Sky City had no special rules or properties; at most, it was just simple killing.
In one minute, a small treasure land.
In about ten minutes, a medium treasure land.
In roughly an hour, a large treasure land.
As for the legendary super treasure land, Lin Haifeng had not granted Wen Yu permission.
But that was enough.
Within a few days, Wen Yu cleared out numerous treasure lands, then started from the beginning again.
What he obtained were simply some basic skills and items—2 A-rank skills, over 10 B-rank skills, and he couldn't even be bothered to count the ones below B-rank.
As for various items, there were even more, but most of them were simple low-level defensive items, none of which were useful to Wen Yu.
Treasure lands, regardless of type, generally adhered to the rule of “the more you invest, the greater your rewards.” The permanently open treasure lands left by the sovereign in the Eternal Sky City mainly targeted the backbone of humanity—those around mid-level four. Under such circumstances, it was naturally unlikely for Wen Yu to dig out anything good...
Just after Wen Yu effortlessly conquered a very simple small treasure land, news of the market attack also reached his ears.
Along with the news came updates on Qin Shiyuan's situation.
After a moment's thought, Wen Yu turned and left the treasure land space, preparing to head to the Military First Hospital.
Currently, Qin Tian and Arthur were nominally his teammates. Although there was no clear hierarchical relationship among them, as the recognized leader, he had to maintain a certain stance.
Moreover, Wen Yu actually had his suspicions about this matter...
Upon arriving at the Military First Hospital, Wen Yu saw the faces of Qin Tian and Arthur looking as if they had just lost their mother.
This made Wen Yu predict that something was wrong.
"What happened?"
Wen Yu first checked Qin Shiyuan's condition through the glass window—her complexion was fair, assuming that she hadn't consumed fifty high-energy energy bars.
Qin Tian shook his head with a grim expression.
"The guys from the Academy of Sciences are still trying to find the cause, but the situation isn’t optimistic. After Qin Shiyuan woke up, it’s like she turned into a black hole, constantly seeking food. Ordinary food can no longer satisfy her needs..."
"She's eating a bit too much."
Wen Yu nodded expressionlessly and turned to look at Arthur, who was sitting nearby.
"I heard you were with Qin Shiyuan when the incident happened. Can you tell me exactly what happened?"
After a pause, when Arthur recounted the events, Wen Yu squinted his eyes and directly asked,
"According to the hospital, Qin Shiyuan was infected by a virus, which caused her current symptoms. You just said you seemed to have been sprayed with mucus too; why aren't you affected?"