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Chapter 340 "Night Action"

A bright star appears and disappears, and the flame is naturally accompanied by light and heat. The flame will spread and burn, and it has infinite possibilities.

It can be disaster or hope, pain or refinement.

——But Bai Yan can’t fill his stomach now.

Ling Dengxian was very hungry now. He regretted that he could not suppress his curiosity. After being dissuaded by Dr. Anto and Triangle, he still tasted Furong's nutritious meal.

In fact, he was not stupid. The moment the food entered his mouth, he sensed the "taste of destruction". His tongue trembled like an ant attacked by boiling water in an anthill, wanting to jump up. But looking at Furong's expectant eyes, he had to swallow this "suffering".

Under the increasingly admiring eyes of the people who were taking care of him, he finished the nutritious meal on the plate with difficulty, adhering to the principle of "not wasting food". Just as he breathed a sigh of relief, Furong said happily that she had prepared a second nutritious meal for him to supplement his nutrition. Ling Dengxian's tense spirit could not support it during the meal, and he "fell asleep" with his eyes black.

To prevent both lunch and dinner from being such a treat, he'd always roll over and go back to sleep when he woke up. He really didn't want to relive that culinary catastrophe in just one day... but there was nothing much to say. He'd noticed before he left for Casimir that few operators liked Furong's nutritious meals, leaving her feeling a bit down. Half out of comfort, half out of curiosity about what they tasted like, he'd made a promise to try them when he returned...

Putting the excuse aside for now, he had indeed skipped the nutritious meals, but he had also skipped two meals, and he was now extremely hungry. It was also true that he was listless, having spent the afternoon sleeping. His poor physical condition was also the reason he was still in the ward. I heard that Viviana and Bai Jin, who had been admitted at the same time as him, had recovered, but he...

"Isn't this a bit too much?" Ling Dengxian sat up, feeling a dull pain in his left arm, reaching the bone marrow. He raised his hand, the tiny lights in the corridor reflecting off the back of his hand, the pain driving away the last of his sleepiness.

The crystals on his body surface spread to his forearm, and the pain changed from occasional tingling to occasional throbbing pain. It was now quite difficult for his left hand to hold the sword steadily. But when Kal'tsit talked to him about his condition alone, she also said that the pain he should have experienced due to the infection of crystals on his body surface was inconsistent with his description - he was much more relaxed now.

As the light flickered, he noticed Filin standing outside the door. Seeing that he noticed her, Kal'tsit gently pushed the door open and walked in, holding a few reports in her hand. Seeing that he was touching his Originium crystal, she coughed lightly and said straight to the point:

"The pathology report is out, White Dove. The density of your blood Originium crystals is abnormally low. You're not in danger of death, but Operator White Dove, I'll still restrict your movements. I won't inquire about the reasons for your condition—because you're special, your physiological structure is slightly different from ours. I don't think I need to elaborate on this point again. The true results still need to be kept confidential, but this time they require some 'modification.' Objectively speaking, the crystallization on your surface makes it difficult to conceal your identity as an infected person." Kal'tsit handed him several sympathy cards along with the pathology report. "Ye recently taught you how to analyze pathology reports, right? This is your homework for today."

"Oh, and here are the sympathy cards Amiya and Precious sent you. Have a good rest."

"Okay, thank you, Director Kai." Ling Dengxian stroked the warm card and words, and especially when he saw the little rabbit drawn with colored pencils, he felt much better.

"...As for the cause of your mental depression, we're also baffled from a biological scientific perspective. Your various indicators are normal, but your fragile mental state is evident to all of us in the medical department. However," Kal'tsit finally forgave Ling Dengxian's status as a patient and forgiving of his address. At this point, she gave him a deep look, "You might know the specific cause better than we do."

"Good night, go to bed early."

Putting down his "homework", Ling Dengxian waited until Kal'tsit turned off the corridor lights and the footsteps gradually disappeared into the depths of the corridor. He looked up at the time display. It was 9:01 in the evening. It was time for him to consider the "future" for his stomach.

I got out of bed, but my eyes went dark because I had been very weak these past few days - I had just won back my right to eat independently from Yaye today - I hadn't gotten out of bed, and I hadn't prepared shoes yet, so I went to the toilet barefoot...

"I have to walk such a long way barefoot..." Ling Dengxian suddenly felt tired. He looked out at the dark world outside the corridor and felt a little scared and decided to back down.

"Why is it still a bit cold...it's summer, oh, the air conditioning is always on in the special observation ward..."

In this situation, only the quilt could give him a sense of security. After weighing the pros and cons, Ling Dengxian obediently turned back to bed.

Rustle...rustle...

The lion scorpion, whose presence was lowered by the crowds during the day, came to visit again with a midnight snack, but she found a scene that shocked her -

In the dim corridor, a pale, blob-like object was moving along the wall in an extremely strange and low posture. Her first reaction was that it was a person wrapped in a blanket, but there was no way a single person could support such a large body...

"Yes... he came from Operator Baige's ward!" The Manticore girl's big tail suddenly stood up, and she couldn't help but worry about Baige.

"Let's make sure Operator Bai Ge is safe first..." Lion Scorpion did not alarm the "quilt monster". He sneaked past Bai Ge's ward and took a look inside. He found that there was no one on the bed and the quilt was missing.

When I looked back, the "quilt monster" had already disappeared stealthily around the corner of the corridor.

"Cafeteria, cafeteria, cafeteria..." Mumbling hopefully, Ling Dengxian pulled the quilt as the Great Demon King led the Sarkaz girl along as they groped their way forward. It was extremely difficult to sneak down the stairs at this time. As they were groping down the stairs, the girl behind them, whose hair was so light golden that it looked a little white, poked him in the waist and said, "Bai Ge, why don't you take the elevator?"

"Gavial is on night duty today. We'll be easily caught if we act together."

"Well...but Baige, I can't walk far without a wheelchair."

"You've come this far and you're talking about this now?"

The nightingale turned away without saying anything.

"...Nightingale, tell me, are you thinking of some evil plan again?" Ling Dengxian moved closer and stared into her emerald green eyes and asked.

"No," Nightingale said innocently, "Being lazy is natural, not evil at all—" Ling Dengxian poked the Sarkaz girl's cheek with a finger, a dangerous glint in his eyes: "Who did you learn this from?"

"Stop, stop..." Nightingale said this, but she didn't really struggle. She still argued seriously, "But I really can't stay down for a long time... Please carry me over, Captain White Dove."

"I can carry you back to the ward and bring you some midnight snacks." Ling Dengxian stretched out his hand to her.

Originally, he was sneaking out of the intensive care area alone, no, openly wrapped in a blanket and armor. When he passed by someone's ward, suddenly a guy broke into his "absolute territory" from behind and added a tail to him without permission.

"No! When Shining was here, no one ever took me to do such exciting things." Nightingale grabbed the hem of his clothes. Ling Dengxian was only wearing one piece of clothing, and her white and slightly cool fingers made him very concerned.

Hand! Hand! It's touching my waist! Stop moving closer! I really care!

"Guess why no one dares?!" Ling Dengxian was reminded that he still had Shining as his guardian. If Shining suddenly came back and Nightingale was in this state, wouldn't he chop him alive? "I've changed my mind now. This is still too dangerous for me, not you!"

Nightingale grabbed him tightly and said, "No! Dove, if you don't take me with you, I will tell Shining that you bullied me."

"Nightingale! Damn it, you're not allowed to hang out with white-faced owls anymore!"

The noise was so loud that it immediately attracted the attention of the operator on duty. In addition to Gavial, she was also on duty with Triangle. When she thought of Mou Ling still recuperating on this floor, she immediately quickened her pace and rushed over first.

"Eh? Operator Scorpion, why are you here?" But when she hurried over, she only saw a colleague whom she seldom saw on weekdays looking around at the stairs, looking a little uneasy.

"Ah... I came to visit Bai Ge. There were many people during the day and no one noticed me, so I thought I would come again at night..."

Triangle missed the look a little embarrassedly. She was there during the day. "Ah, sorry... Oh, by the way, did you hear anything just now?"

"...Something escaped from here." Lion Scorpion handed the communication terminal in his hand to Triangle. The latter took it and saw that it was a huge white "creature" whose specific appearance could not be seen clearly in the dim light in the stairwell.

"..."

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"I posted it on the Rhode Island Forum."