When Gu Huayang came back from outside, his brows were furrowed and his face looked unhappy. "Something happened just now. Sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time."
There shouldn't be many things that can make the leader of such a powerful force like Gu Huayang frown. Ruan Ning hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help asking, "Uncle, what's the matter? Is it serious?"
Gu Huayang treated Ruan Ning as his own, and there was nothing he couldn't tell her. "The vehicle transporting supplies was robbed by a group of people on the way. Not only was the vehicle not found, but the people escorting the supplies were also injured."
Recently, on the way back to Hope Base, a group of people who specialize in robbing supply trucks suddenly appeared. Fortunately, this time, the Gu family only stole a supply truck with not much stuff on it. If they lost a supply truck with more supplies, or weapons, their losses would be huge.
Generally speaking, it was common to snatch survivors and weak teams outside, but it was almost impossible to snatch such a powerful force. Moreover, the escort of the supply vehicle had always been a very secretive matter, and the route and time were highly confidential. It was unknown where those people got the information from.
As the other forces in the base were not robbing their own supplies this time, they were now taking a wait-and-see approach and had not sent anyone to encircle and suppress the robbers.
Gu Huayang was angry just now because of this. He was wondering whether he should spend time and energy to catch these people.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this." Gu Huayang changed the subject, "Ningning, what do you think of our place?"
Ruan Ning nodded and said, "It's pretty good, I like it here." The atmosphere here is great, the people are nice, enthusiastic and responsible.
"But... Uncle, I want to tell you something in advance. Even if I join the army, I will not quit my current team. I hope you can understand." Ruan Ning felt that it was necessary to explain this issue clearly. Although she joined this team, it did not mean that she would leave the Dawn Team. Just like although she liked the people here, she liked everyone in the Dawn Team more. She did not want to separate from this teammate who had been with her for several months.
Hearing her words, Gu Huayang smiled heartily and felt much happier. "Of course there is no problem with this. If I really dig you out completely and don't let you go back, Yicheng will definitely come to me to ask for you."
After making sure that he didn't mind, Ruan Ning couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Because she thought that he, like other forces, didn't like one person to do two things at once. So before officially joining, she had to consider all the issues clearly. This was also to be responsible to both parties.
But if she had to choose one, Ruan Ning would definitely choose the Dawn Team. There was no doubt about that, and she would have no other choice.
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After a while, Zhang Chengyi brought a bag of crystal cores, and it looked like there were quite a few crystal cores in it.
"Uncle, what do you mean by giving this to me?" Ruan Ning frowned as she looked at the bag placed in front of her desk.
Gu Huayang smiled and said, "This is your reward."
Ruan Ning's first reaction when she heard the word "reward" was that it turned out that healing psychics were making so much money at Hope Base, earning so many crystal cores for one treatment. Her second reaction was that she couldn't accept these crystal cores.
Gu Huasheng had raised the original owner, so she was now considered half a member of the Gu family. Wouldn't it be a bit too distant to charge her for just doing a favor? ? ?
Ruan Ning didn't think much about it, and reached out to push the bag in front of him back over, "Uncle, I can't have this crystal core, you should take it back."
"Ningning, why should you be polite to me and your uncle? This is what you deserve. Public is public, private is private, just accept this bag of crystal cores. You must have used up a lot of your supernatural powers in treating that seriously injured patient. The reward is just according to the base's standards, just don't think it's too little."
"How could I think it's too little..." Ruan Ning paused, looked at the determined eyes of the people around her, and finally accepted the bag of crystal cores. Even though she had never thought about asking for a reward from the beginning.
But after calming down a bit, she thought about it carefully. After she joined the army, she would have to come several times a week, and each treatment would cost a lot of crystal cores. She worked for others, and even if she didn't make any money, she couldn't keep paying for crystal cores. Otherwise, such a transaction would be too unprofitable, and sooner or later, the small treasury in her space would be used up.
Ruan Ning thought that... he himself couldn't possibly make such selfless contributions all the time.
"Ruan Ning, welcome to join our team." Gu Huayang clearly distinguishes between public and private affairs, and is a decent person. He will not deduct the crystal cores from the younger generation, and he will not give less than what he should give. Moreover, the crystal cores are also for the purpose of improving Ruan Ning's healing ability level faster. Ruan Ning has joined the army now, and the higher her ability level is, the more benefits it will bring to them, not disadvantages. As long as there is a demand, they will only give more, not less, and will never let her be treated worse than other forces' healing ability users.
Seeing him suddenly become so serious, Ruan Ning immediately restrained her expression and followed his example by shaking his hand. "I will try my best."
After saying this, Ruan Ning felt that this sentence was a bit too childish, and touched his nose with a shy smile.
Gu Huasheng smiled kindly.
In the Hope Base, there are quite a few people who can give the amount that Gu Jia gave, but not everyone is so lucky to be treated by a healing psychic. Because there are too few healing psychics in the entire base. And if the psychic is often over-consumed, it will affect the psychic's ability advancement.
It is not easy to cultivate a high-level healing psychic. A large number of crystal cores are needed, and no force is willing to do such a thing. So even though so many people are injured every day in the base, the number of healing psychics that can be treated is limited.
However, Ruan Ning's ability is different, and she does not need to advance. However, except for Gu Yicheng, no one knows about Ruan Ning's specialness. And she does not intend to let others know. Because the more people know about this, the more disadvantageous it will be for her. If she wants to stay in the base well, Ruan Ning is still relatively cautious, so she did not even tell Gu Huasheng, who is particularly good to her.
"Uncle, I've been out for a long time. I should go back." Ruan Ning glanced at the time on her watch. It was three o'clock in the afternoon. She had been out since around nine in the morning and had been out for half a day.
Before leaving, she told Lin Yang that she would go to visit Uncle Gu today. She didn't expect to come to the Gu family base in the afternoon. It was so late now, and she was afraid that Lin Yang would be anxious if he saw that she didn't go back in time, and she was also worried that he would tell Gu Yicheng about her late return after he came back.
After all, she acted on her own initiative this time and agreed to join the army without even discussing it with others. When Gu Yicheng finds out about it after he returns, he will definitely be angry.
Therefore, she must be more obedient in other aspects, otherwise the two things combined will aggravate the crime, and he might get even angrier then.
Gu Huayang also knew that it was getting late, so he didn't stay any longer and just said, "Then I'll arrange for a few psychics to take you back. It's not safe for a girl like you to go back like this."
Ruan Ning did not refuse his kindness and accepted it with pleasure.
Ruan Ning has been very busy these past two days, running back and forth frequently, with basically no rest time during the day.
In order to treat the injured in the army, she can be said to have used up all her strength.
However, under such heavy pressure, Ruan Ning suddenly discovered that her ability seemed to have become even more powerful?!
When she followed the team on the way to Hope Base, she also had this vague feeling, but the progress was not obvious at that time, so she thought she was too tired and had an illusion, and did not think much about it.
It now appears that the more times she is treated by others, the faster her wounds will heal. However, the progress is slow.
Ruan Ning once thought that her healing ability could not be improved any more. Even though she was very powerful now and her ability was enough, who in this world didn't want to become more powerful?
Giving more treatment to others can improve one's supernatural powers, which is a pleasant surprise for Ruan Ning. He didn't expect that this job has so many benefits, which can not only improve one's supernatural powers, but also get paid.
"Ms. Ruan, you've worked hard. Have a drink of water." Zhang Chengyi saw a hint of fatigue on her delicate and fair face, and tactfully poured her a glass of water.
Ruan Ning treated two seriously injured patients today. Because the level of supernatural power she deliberately displayed was only level three, after treating these two patients in the morning, she did not continue to treat other patients.
If she treated too many people at once, she would have a hard time explaining why her abilities had not been exhausted after treating so many people. Ruan Ning did not want to expose the uniqueness of her abilities.
Ruan Ning took a sip of water. The water was warm, just the right temperature.
Gu Huayang actually arranged a female soldier for her the next day, who could take care of her while she was treating other people. But she felt that Captain Zhang was more thoughtful and thorough.
Ruan Ning no longer has to be fully armed before going out like before. She now shows her face openly because she can't keep her face covered for the rest of her life.
It's not like she's ugly. In the past, she was worried that she didn't have the strength, and if someone discovered that she had such an attractive face, she would end up in a miserable situation. Now it's different. Now that she's at the Hope Base, as long as the Gu family's power remains in the base, no one dares to have any bad intentions towards her, so Ruan Ning no longer needs to hide her appearance.
This is also partly why Ruan Ning works so hard. Only if the Gu family continues to prosper can they always protect her at the base, and she can do whatever she wants.
She counted on her fingers and figured out that Gu Yicheng and the others should be back this afternoon.
"Captain Zhang, I have something to do this afternoon, so I won't be here." She treated the seriously injured patients in the past two days. It would not be a problem for the others to be treated a day or two later, as it would not delay their treatment, so Ruan Ning could leave early without any worries.
"Okay, we're pretty much done here now. You don't have to make such a fuss to come here tomorrow. If there's something urgent, we'll send someone to look for you."
Ruan Ning wanted to rest for the afternoon, so Zhang Chengyi naturally didn't say anything. They all saw how hard she had worked to treat the patients in the past two days.
It would be great if other high-level healing psychics in the Hope Base could save one seriously injured patient every day. However, Ruan Ning only saves two or three seriously injured patients every day, and each one is more serious than the last.
Even if she didn't bring it up today, Zhang Chengyi would still advise her to get more rest.
Otherwise, if she keeps consuming her supernatural powers like this, everyone is worried that her body will get exhausted, which will also affect her advancement.