Chapter 26 Treatment Failure

Elvira stared at the crystal ball in her hand. A faint light flickered in the crystal ball, vaguely showing an obscure scene.

"The divination results show that there is danger ahead."

Elvira put away the crystal ball, frowned slightly, and looked up at her brother Adrian.

Adrian glanced sideways and said calmly, "That's normal. We have entered the Lost City. This city has always been a gathering place for monsters."

Elvira nodded. Although she felt a little uneasy, she was slightly comforted by her brother's calm attitude.

"Well, more and more players are heading to the dungeon now. The monsters on some of the main roads and surrounding areas of the Lost City have been basically cleared out. We should be able to reach the dungeon smoothly without encountering any trouble."

Unexpectedly, as soon as she finished speaking, a burst of hurried footsteps was heard in the dust in the distance.

A group of players ran towards them in panic, their faces full of fear.

And behind them, there was a huge scorpion following closely.

“Help!”

The leading player yelled, his voice a little hoarse with fear.

The scorpion was huge, with a sandy yellow carapace that shone with a cold and hard luster in the sun, and its six thick long legs moved quickly, making a "clicking" sound.

Its tail was raised high, and the poison hook at the end was shining with a faint green luster. The venom dripped onto the sand surface, corroding small pits.

"Run! This is the A-level monster from the Lost City, the Desert Scorpion, it's very poisonous!"

When passing by Avella and the other person, one of the players stopped and gave a quick reminder while panting.

Avella was stunned for a moment and clenched the crystal ball in her hand.

However, the desert scorpion was extremely fast. Before he could finish his words, the scorpion's tail stinger had already whizzed over and stabbed straight at Elvira and the player.

At the critical moment, a black figure flashed by like a ghost.

Adrian's cloak billowed in the wind, and his movements were so fast that it was almost impossible to make out the details.

He instantly appeared in front of the scorpion, raised one hand, bent his five fingers slightly, and a dark red light shone through the nails.

"puff--"

His palm accurately penetrated the scorpion's hard shell with incredible force and directly crushed its crystal core.

The scorpion's tail paused in mid-air, and then began to twitch violently.

The next second, Adrian waved his hand lightly, and the huge poisonous scorpion was thrown aside by an invisible force, falling heavily to the ground, completely losing its life.

Blood gushed out from the scorpion's wound, filling the air with a pungent fishy smell.

Adrian pulled his hand back indifferently, and black blood slid from his fingertips.

The players who had managed to save their lives were still in shock and thanked Adrian repeatedly:

"Thank you! Thank you so much..."

He suddenly stopped talking halfway through.

Adrian's move just now had knocked off the hood of his cloak, revealing his nearly perfect but bloodless face. His pair of deep red pupils were like surging blood, revealing a chilling chill.

The players looked back and forth between Adrian and Elvira, and subconsciously took two steps back.

"It's the Eternal Night Lighthouse..."

One of the players muttered, his voice full of shock and hesitation.

"Didn't they say... that one of the presidents of the Eternal Night Lighthouse had died? How come... two presidents appeared here at the same time?"

Another player shook his head, as if he couldn't believe his eyes.

"Is it an illusion? Or did we recognize the wrong person?"

Having just experienced a life-and-death escape, the players’ minds were in a state of confusion.

By the time they came to their senses, the figures of the two people had already disappeared in the dust, leaving only the huge corpse of the scorpion on the ground and the faint smell of blood in the air.

******

[Side Quest—Countdown: 11h]

1. Sell 50 servings of any sweet soup. (Progress: 47/50)

2. Unlock a new train carriage. (Progress: 1/1)

3. Receive and treat 100 players. (Progress: 81/100)

Side quests one and two have been almost completed, so Zhu Yu decided to go to the fifth floor for an inspection and take a look at the actual operation of the medical center.

The hospital lobby was crowded with people. Many players who were injured in the sandstorm were sitting in the waiting area, staring at the big screen, patiently waiting for their numbers to be called.

After looking around, Zhu Yu turned around and went to the medicine mixing room closest to her.

This time, the medical center caused her to bleed heavily.

After all, there are quite a few injured players, and the severity of their injuries is different. She can't just pick on Luo Xi.

Therefore, Zhu Yu took ruthless action and spent a large sum of money to purchase several medical robots to assist in diagnosis and treatment.

In the medicine mixing room, several robots are operating various instruments with precision, mixing the medicines according to proportions and bottling them.

She leaned over to take a look and found that the unlocked medicine list was still relatively basic, consisting of some anti-inflammatory drugs, painkillers, etc., and there were not many new things.

Feeling a little bored, Zhu Yu left the pharmacy preparation room and walked into the general treatment room.

There are more than ten semi-enclosed treatment cabins here. Each treatment cabin is wrapped in a metal shell, and the transparent observation window on the cabin allows people to see the condition of the patients inside.

The top of the treatment cabin is inlaid with a faintly flickering blue light, and inside the cabin there are soft lights and slowly flowing green therapeutic fluid.

A player was lying quietly in it, and the scratches on his body were healing quickly, visibly to the naked eye.

Zhu Yu remembered that Luo Xi had mentioned to her before that these treatment cabins were mainly used to treat common injuries or mild poisoning.

If the condition is more complicated, such as mental trauma or fatal injury, the patient can only go to the intensive care unit.

It is equipped with five advanced energy treatment cabins, which can not only automatically diagnose the patient's physical condition, but also greatly assist healing psychics to improve treatment efficiency.

Because of this, Luo Xi was the only one in charge of the intensive care unit, with only an auxiliary nursing robot to help him.

Zhu Yu walked out of the general treatment room and looked inside through the transparent glass window of the intensive care observation room. His eyes rested on Luo Xi who was working.

The other person was wearing a neat white coat and was standing next to an advanced energy treatment cabin, carefully checking the data on the floating screen.

Although Luo Xi usually looks cold and ruthless, the way he works seriously at this moment makes people feel surprisingly reliable.

As if noticing her gaze, Luo Xi raised his head, and glanced at her calmly through the glass with his amber eyes.

Zhu Yu touched his nose subconsciously, withdrew his gaze guiltily, then waved at him, made a gesture of "I'm just passing by", turned and left the door of the observation room.

Seeing that the hospital was operating in an orderly manner and the players' treatment was progressing steadily, Zhu Yu finally felt relieved and walked out with satisfaction.

At the same time, two figures, one tall and one short, passed by her.

"That was just..."

Adrian paused slightly, then turned and looked in the direction Zhu Yu left.

"Brother, what's wrong?"

Hope was just around the corner. Avella's eyes were filled with anxiety. Seeing her brother standing at the door of the hospital and not moving, she couldn't help but urged him in a low voice.

Adrian turned around with a calm expression:

"It's okay, go in."

After waiting for a while, the two got a number.

As soon as he entered the intensive care unit, Adrian's eyes fell on Luo Xi who was reading the medical records, and his eyes sank slightly.

Avella obviously recognized Luo Xi as well. She opened her eyes wide and exclaimed in a low voice: “Luo Xi! It’s him?”

She glanced at the work badge on the other person's chest, and the surprise in her eyes deepened.

Because of her brother's illness, she once sought help from this famous healing psychic, and naturally knew that the other party was aloof and difficult to approach.

But now, this person with special abilities who has never been bound by any force would actually serve as the dean here. It is simply incredible.

Unlike his sister's reaction, Adrian said nothing. He looked at Luo Xi for a moment, then turned around and was about to leave.

"Brother, what are you doing?"

Avella hurriedly grabbed him and whispered, "We finally found this place, why not give it a try? What if..."

Adrian stopped walking and said, "We have already contacted him before, and you know the result. There is no need to waste time. There will not be a different answer."

Luo Xi raised his eyes and glanced at the two of them lightly, then continued to lower his head and concentrate on the case in his hands, as if he had not heard their conversation at all.

Elvira was unwilling to give up, and lowered her voice and said, "Brother, the last time we looked for him, he was still an A-level psychic. Now he may have broken through and become an S-level healing psychic. And the treatment cabin here looks so advanced, maybe it can have miraculous effects."

Adrian glanced at Luo Xi and said coldly: "He has been S-level from beginning to end, but he just pretended to be A-level in front of the public."

Elvira was so shocked that she couldn't speak. Just as she was about to ask, Adrian sighed softly, touched her head, and turned to walk towards an empty advanced treatment cabin.

Seeing that her brother finally agreed to give it a try, Elvira breathed a sigh of relief and immediately followed him. She no longer worried about whether the other party was A-level or S-level. As long as he could cure her brother's illness, it would be fine.

"You need to take off your shirt to enter the advanced treatment cabin."

Luo Xi's voice came from behind the two of them.

Adrian took off his cloak without any hesitation and unbuttoned his shirt, revealing the criss-crossing burn marks on his body.

These scars covered most of his upper body, with marks of varying depths, which were shocking to the eye.

Elvira added, "Brother's injury is an old one left by sunburn, and it has not healed over the years. Even with potions or treatment by healing psychics, it can only delay the worsening of the injury. Especially on every full moon night, his injury will hurt. This time, he was exposed to the sun for a longer time, and his injury has worsened..."

"That's enough." Adrian interrupted her, "Dean Luo must have known about these situations a long time ago, let's start the treatment directly."

Luo Xi didn't say much. He turned around and operated the treatment cabin, slowly led Adrian's body into the cabin, introduced his own supernatural powers, and started the treatment mode.

A soft blue light came on, and the instruments in the treatment cabin began to operate. Fine energy fluctuations vibrated slightly in the air.

During the treatment, Elvira clenched her hands, her eyes full of anxiety and anticipation.

Time passed by, the blue light in the treatment cabin gradually went out, and the system's prompt sounded coldly: "Treatment failed."

Avella’s face turned pale, and just when she was about to say something, she found that her brother’s face was calm, as if he had expected this result.

Adrian sat up from the treatment cabin and put on his clothes expressionlessly, buttoning every button meticulously.

"Thanks."

He nodded slightly to Luo Xi, then took Avella's hand and left the medical center.

It was already dark outside, and the dungeon was completely silent, with almost no players still lingering outside.

The brother and sister walked in silence on the path in the garden. The moonlight shone through the dome, lengthening their shadows.

Elvira wanted to speak to comfort him, but she didn't know how to put it, so she could only lower her head and hold Adrian's hand tightly.

Just then, a burst of cheerful laughter came from not far away, breaking the silence of the night.

The two looked in the direction of the sound, and the first thing they saw was a bright ball of light, followed by a small fire dragon flying crookedly, its wings flapping and occasionally splashing a few blades of grass.

After a while, a figure slowly walked into their sight from the corner of the garden path.

"It's her!"

After seeing the visitor's face clearly, Adrian's breathing stagnated slightly, and his blood-red pupils shrank slightly due to inexplicable excitement, like two crimson rubies falling into the night, emitting a bright and captivating light.