Yin Yang's hands were as steady as a machine, and he was incredibly efficient.
However, the number of injured continued to grow, especially as word spread that medical care was available here. More and more people arrived.
As the crowd increased, the medical supplies dwindled.
Zheng Guang was sweating with anxiety. Finally, he gritted his teeth.
“This won't work. Our medical supplies are about to run out, and there are still so many injured people.”
“Wait for me. I'll go to a pharmacy or a hospital right now and bring some back.”
“Do you know what to look for?”
Yin Yang looked at him after finishing a patient's wound.
“Uh.”
Zheng Guang calmed down instantly. Right, he only recognized cold medicine; going to a hospital wouldn't be very useful.
He looked at the young nurse beside them but quickly looked away.
The aftershocks hadn't ended yet. Asking a young girl to accompany him would be far too dangerous.
So, he turned his gaze toward the other surgeon.
Seeing this, the surgeon decisively turned his head away and focused intently on treating a wound.
Yin Yang stood up upon seeing the reaction.
“I'll go.”
“Ah, but—”
“No buts. The medical supplies here won't even last until we get back.”
“If I stay here, they'll only be consumed faster. Let's go.”
Zheng Guang gritted his teeth.
“Fair point. I know it's dangerous to go out looking for supplies. I'll report this truthfully to the leadership. Once this is over, I won't let you face this risk for nothing.”
Hearing this, the surgeon felt a pang of regret.
He thought to himself that if he could have secured this merit, wouldn't his promotion be much easier?
But by the time he looked up again to say he would go, Yin Yang and Zheng Guang were already gone.
‘Sigh.’
He sighed inwardly, lamenting another missed opportunity.
...
“Found it!”
Wang Gen finally located the center of the earthquake.
Inside a construction site in the South District, within a massive collapsed crater, a red dragon was swooping and diving.
With every rotation it made, a ripple would propagate deep through the ground.
When enough ripples accumulated, the ground would tremble.
“Is this the Earth Dragon Jar?”
Wang Gen activated his divinity and began to gather power.
The phantom behind him raised a massive axe high, then swung it down with all its might.
Hum—
An invisible slash crossed through space, flying toward the Earth Dragon Jar.
Clang!
The slash was intercepted by a soft glow.
Wang Gen's face turned grim.
“Quite cautious. They actually set up a barrier.”
“Phew—”
He exhaled a long breath of turbid air as his divinity began to boil.
Ever since the last time he was blacklisted by a sealed object and had to shovel up the entire patch of ground to bring it back, he had discovered that some things were much easier to solve if viewed from a different perspective.
For instance, right now.
The Earth Dragon Jar was protected by a barrier, so he certainly couldn't break in quickly.
But the problem was that the barrier wasn't that large.
If I can't open the barrier, can't I just move the whole thing?
“Open!”
The phantom behind Wang Gen unleashed a series of slashes around the Earth Dragon Jar, finally testing the approximate range of the barrier.
Then, his divinity sliced into the cracks, and he forcibly cut and lifted that entire section of the ground!
As soon as the Earth Dragon Jar left the ground, the movements of the swooping red dragon slowed down.
Wang Gen strained to hold the barrier away from the ground, his face flushing red.
The barrier was unexpectedly heavy, which proved that the barrier core was very well-charged.
If he had been foolish enough to keep attacking the barrier, the damage would have been done long before it finally broke.
But just as he thought he had successfully stopped the earthquake, another tremor came from the North District.
Wang Gen's expression became extremely ugly.
‘There's more than one of these damn things!’
He could only grit his teeth and carry the Earth Dragon Jar toward the Security Bureau, planning to secure this one before heading to the North District.
...
West District.
Yin Yang and Zheng Guang made their way to the hospital. The situation here was slightly better; although the main building of the hospital was cracked, it hadn't collapsed.
After learning of their purpose, the hospital director immediately sent nurses to prepare medical supplies.
“I'd love to help you more, but transportation outside is paralyzed, and there are so many people in the hospital who need care. I'm just too busy. I can only give you some medicine and equipment.”
“We understand, we understand.”
Zheng Guang nodded repeatedly. There were far more patients in the hospital than at the tents, so Zheng Guang naturally understood the director's predicament.
“This natural disaster came too suddenly. Fortunately, Mr. Su planned ahead; otherwise, the casualties would have been unimaginable.”
The hospital director looked exhausted, rubbing the bridge of his nose.
“Special times call for special measures.”
“When you go back, help me pass a message to your doctors. The priority is to let more people survive; everything else can wait.”
“Compared to life, side effects are acceptable. Make that clear to the patients.”
Zheng Guang glanced at Yin Yang, and the director followed his gaze.
“Are you a doctor?”
“Temporary.”
“He's doing an outstanding job. Not long ago, he performed surgery on Huang Yuanshan, and it was a great success.”
Hearing Zheng Guang's words, the hospital director's expression filled with approval.
“Then I'm sure you'll understand what I mean.”
As they spoke, the young nurse returned, pushing two carts of medical supplies.
At that exact moment, the hair on Yin Yang's neck stood up.
A sense of life-and-death crisis surfaced in his heart.
“Get down!”
Yin Yang roared, shoving Zheng Guang and the director aside.
Whoosh!
A red light pierced through the hospital wall and exploded violently!
Boom!!!
A powerful shockwave erupted in the lobby. The young nurse was sent flying by the blast, only stopping when she slammed into a nearby pillar.
Rumble—
The walls, already weakened by the earthquake, began to disintegrate. Concrete blocks the size of human heads rained down from above.
“Go!”
Yin Yang shouted and quickly ran toward the supplies.
The medical supplies were packed in bags and hadn't scattered, though they had been knocked to the floor.
Yin Yang grabbed the bags and loaded them onto a cart. With one hand, he picked up the nurse and placed her on the cart as well, then pushed it toward the exit.
Although he didn't look up, he had his Perception skill, allowing him to accurately predict where the stones would fall.
This was only because he didn't want to expose his identity as a transcendent; otherwise, he could have summoned any ghost to easily handle these minor issues.
Zheng Guang also snapped out of it. He tried to pull the director along to leave, but to his surprise, the director wrenched his hand away.
“Go, quickly! I can't leave. I have to evacuate the people!”
“People are already panicked because of the earthquake. If there's no one to direct them now, everyone will run around like headless flies, and even more will die.”
Zheng Guang gritted his teeth.
“I'm a security officer. I'm staying too!”
The director shoved him away.
“I know the hospital layout better than you. I can guide them to safer places.”
“Stop wasting time! The people outside need you more!”
The director gave Zheng Guang another push.
Zheng Guang looked at Yin Yang, who was already near the hospital exit, then gritted his teeth and chased after him.
Rumble—
The hospital collapsed even faster.
Yin Yang, who had already reached the entrance, suddenly came to a dead stop. He looked up toward the roof.
Here...
Were his believers!
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