Chapter 108 (Part 2)
After the first purified Guardian came out, almost more than half of the other Guardians waiting outside cast their gazes over.
Coming out this quickly far exceeded their estimations.
But, why is he blushing?
The dark-skinned man was also among the crowd.
He remembered this Guardian; his name seemed to be Gu Le. In his impression, Gu Le had a rather honest and sincere personality, considered one of the better-tempered types among Awakeners.
Most importantly, Gu Le had a great physique.
Even among Awakeners, he was absolutely among the batch with the best physiques.
The dark-skinned man swept his gaze over Gu Le’s bright red earlobes, vaguely glimpsing a hint of the truth.
Other unfamiliar Guardians found it awkward to ask him, but when Gu Le returned to his squad, his teammates immediately started asking.
“How was it? Is the Purifier’s temper really as explosive as the rumors say?”
“Your pollution levels dropped to the safe range instantly. No wonder Yongzhou wants to hold Energy Users in the palm of their hands.”
Normally, no matter how hard they tried to calm their minds and suppress it, they could only eliminate a small fraction of pollution.
But Gu Le had only been in there for how long, and he had directly reached the safe value.
Under his teammates’ slightly delighted gazes, happy for him, Gu Le’s face was flushed, wishing he could find a crack in the ground to bury himself in.
“The Purifier… has a very good temper.”
Instead, it was him who had completely misinterpreted the young man’s intentions.
Thinking of this, Gu Le’s earlobes turned even redder.
How old was that kid anyway? From the looks of it, he hadn’t even opened his eyes to matters of love yet, so why did his mind go in that direction?
Gu Le had no idea that after he left, Luo Shizhen had looked at his retreating back with some envy.
His body is trained so well, and the muscle lines on his arms are beautiful. Even through the combat uniform, you can tell.
He squeezed his own arms and secretly made up his mind: after getting out of this Anomaly Field, he would definitely ask his Big Brother for extra training!
Luo Shizhen wanted that kind of robust physique too.
Today was going to be a massive undertaking.
But he wasn’t worried in the slightest.
When he was Zhen Shiluo, he could treat dozens of patients a day too.
Luo Shizhen had just made a rough estimate. If he had to completely clear the pollution from all the Guardians present, it would definitely be impossible.
But if it was just guaranteeing it stayed within a safe range, it would definitely be no problem.
The feeling was just like eating at a buffet.
After crossing into Rank 5, Luo Shizhen’s “sense of taste” had become even sharper.
Just like the first patient earlier, the pollution on his body was like a bowl of steamed egg.
It was a bit appetizing to eat, with a sprinkle of chopped green onions on top.
Thinking of this, Luo Shizhen licked his lips, washed his hands, dried them cleanly, and strictly followed his previous “medical procedures,” waiting for the next food… no, patient.
For these older Guardians, he had originally wanted to call them “Teacher,” just like Hua-laoshi, but Chen He’an had stopped him.
Teacher said that right now it was treating illnesses, so he was a doctor, and the others were patients. There was no need to strictly follow the senior/junior dynamic; Xia Country didn’t have that custom anyway.
Guardian after Guardian came in one by one.
Luo Shizhen was overwhelmed by the sights.
This one had a great body, and that one had a great body too.
This one tasted good, and that one tasted good too.
Braised pork, shredded potatoes, braised tofu, steamed fish—every single one was piping hot, looking freshly out of the pan.
In the past when he went to Yongzhou, he had basically only met with administrative staff. This was his first time encountering such a large number of Guardians who fought on the front lines and had even just broken free from combat.
It seemed there wasn’t a single Guardian with a bad physique. Luo Shizhen was instantly filled with hope for his own future.
When he reached this age, he would definitely be able to achieve it too.
Luo Shizhen only thought about this during the breaks. The moment someone came in, he immediately switched into Doctor Zhen Shiluo mode.
Asking them to unbutton their coats, inserting needles, purifying—a streamlined process—then calling the next one.
This was the first time the Guardians had encountered this kind of purification.
In the past, when had they not queued for months, then spent several days carefully making contact with an Energy User to build trust? Sometimes, the contact would be cut off and fail right at the beginning.
But now.
This young Purifier’s speed in treating a polluted person was fifteen minutes.
Fifteen minutes; the speed was unbelievably fast.
Even Guardians whose Qi was exceptionally violent, carrying a risk of mutation, were not required to wear bite-guards.
Luo Shizhen’s exact words were: “I am a Rank 5 Awakener, I have the ability to protect myself, there’s no need to worry.”
He had interacted with mutating Awakeners before; Chu Xiao and Lu Qiujin both had been.
As long as they hadn’t completely mutated, there would still be a sliver of sanity guiding their bodies. Even if Luo Shizhen couldn’t win a fight, turning tail and running was completely viable.
Besides, everyone outside were allies, so he worried even less.
However, purifying a Rank 6 Awakener on the verge of mutation was still somewhat strenuous for him.
The flavor of this senior was a bit spicy, somewhat like spicy boiled fish.
Too full.
Luo Shizhen could only purify for a while, rest a while, then purify a bit more, and rest a bit more.
It was just like eating hotpot; resting for a bit when temporarily full, and then continuing to eat afterwards.
This caused the Guardian on the verge of mutation to misunderstand, thinking Luo Shizhen couldn’t handle his Qi.
“If you can’t bear it, it’s better to let me go out first.”
Of course he wanted his pollution cured.
But if an Energy User faced an unbearable Qi for a long period, it was highly likely to trigger a stress response.
In severe cases, losing control of their ability and never being able to use it again was also possible.
Luo Shizhen was the first Purifier he had ever made contact with. Because the Qi on his body was far too violent, he hadn’t held much hope to begin with.
Yet Luo Shizhen had accepted him.
Speaking selfishly, he didn’t want to implicate the other party. Speaking for the greater good, every Purifier was precious. If his actions caused Luo Shizhen to suffer a mishap, it would be a loss for all of Xia Country.
He slightly lowered his eyes, enduring the effort to keep his Qi from leaking out, and prepared to stand up.
Luo Shizhen pressed down on his chest, effortlessly pushing the older Guardian—who was like a wild wolf king—back down.
His strength was inherently great, and he had just ranked up. After treating other Guardians post-rank up, he had been maintaining a state of being full with abundant strength.
Holding the other down was effortless.
The older Guardian looked at him in surprise.
Luo Shizhen: “Please don’t move. The treatment isn’t over yet. I am fully capable.”
Afraid the person would run away, he spoke very politely, but his hands firmly pinned the other down while he looked left and right.
He had encountered similar situations before when treating ordinary patients. There were always patients under too much mental stress, afraid of deeper disappointment after treatment, who refused treatment and were forcefully brought in by their families.
How did they control the patients back then?
Luo Shizhen threw a knife-hand strike, aiming to chop the back of the other man’s neck.
The other man dodged subconsciously.
The young Purifier was slightly stunned.
Seeing this, the older Guardian hesitated for a moment and asked: “Should I not have dodged?”
Usually fighting Bizarres had cultivated a habit of dodging; his body had dodged automatically before his brain even thought about it.
Luo Shizhen didn’t mind. The other party was his senior, after all; wasn’t it perfectly normal for him to dodge his attack?
Since he couldn’t knock the person out, he simply covered the other man’s eyes and said seriously:
“Please close your eyes. I am going to continue your purification.”
Close.
Too close.
The older Guardian’s muscles tightened once more. On one hand, it was an inexplicable nervousness; on the other, it was the worry that he would lose control, mutate, and hurt the other party.
But Luo Shizhen was very accustomed to this reaction.
The stationed Guardians of the East District were all like this. The moment he touched them, they would tense their muscles and look very nervous, appearing even less relaxed than ordinary patients.
Luo Shizhen’s adaptability was very strong; he just treated this as a unique characteristic of the East District Guardians and continued to focus on purifying.
The white Qi floated mid-air, continuously devouring the pollution radiating from the man in front of it.
This pollution had been very arrogant before, but now it fled in all directions like mice encountering a cat. The white mist pursued from behind, unceremoniously chasing it even when it fled onto the older Guardian’s Qi.
The man pinned down by Luo Shizhen felt his Qi being touched by another wave of white Qi, which unceremoniously stepped on it as it climbed all the way up.
He was completely shocked.
He had never seen a Purifier like this.
Was he not afraid of his Qi at all?
But just as this thought arose, he quickly felt that the white Qi was not only unafraid of him, but even held a faint intimacy toward him.
Why do Awakeners’ Qi easily attack each other? Because Qi doesn’t lie and is extremely exclusionary.
Only when the master of the Qi harbored goodwill could it make contact with other Qi.
He and his own biological brother couldn’t even have their Qi touch. There was always a distance between them, and even when traveling together, they wouldn’t stand close.
Not to mention a Purifier, who should inherently be more sensitive to and repulsed by Qi.
His eyes were gently covered by a pair of warm hands. Because he couldn’t see, his perception of Qi became even clearer.
He harbored a great deal of goodwill toward him, full of kindness.
And a trace of tolerance.
Luo Shizhen noticed that the stationed Guardians of the East District were not only prone to nervousness, but they also didn’t like to talk.
Each one of them fell silent the moment he began treatment, leaving nothing but the sound of their breathing.
He didn’t understand, but he respected it.
Treatment ended. Luo Shizhen had honestly eaten a bit too much this time, but the white mist was very excited, constantly circling him to digest, trying to eat more once it was done digesting.
As for the older Guardian, it was the feeling of the hands blocking his face being gently removed.
The sensation of his Qi being touched by a Purifier’s Qi was simply too wonderful.
The pain that had accumulated over the years gradually dissipated with his touch, and his entire body became relaxed.
He had never felt so relaxed.
For over a decade, he had almost forgotten what a pain-free body felt like, and he had almost believed he was completely used to it.
But now, the pain that had been accumulating inside him since awakening was peeled away layer by layer. It felt as if someone had lifted massive boulders off his chest, and his whole being became light.
He even couldn’t control his eyes from turning red because of this.
“It’s alright, this is normal.”
Luo Shizhen comforted him very skillfully, handing him tissues and water to drink. Despite his very young age, his expression was filled with tolerance.
“If your pollution levels ever exceed the limit again in the future, just come find me. As long as I have time, I’ll definitely help purify you. Or you can come find me at my station.”
A QR code printed on paper was placed into the man’s hand.
He tightly grasped the paper and looked at the young Purifier in front of him.
Fine beads of sweat dotted his forehead, evidently having exerted great effort to purify him, yet he still wore a happy smile.
“Congratulations, your pollution levels have been controlled within the safe range. You are safe.”
“Next!”
——Outside, person after person went in, and person after person came out.
The dark-skinned man observed everyone who came out, keenly spotting something amiss with them.
No matter what expression they had before going in, after coming out, these people all gained an inexplicable look on their faces.
As soon as they came out, all of them pulled out their phones doing who knows what, then sat silently in place, looking somewhat lost and wistful.
The dark-skinned man: ?
At this moment, another Guardian walked out.
He recognized him; this was Chang Lie. In the past, he was famously known as a mad dog, but after being polluted, he gradually quieted down, and his personality became gloomy and taciturn.
Yet at this moment, a rare and long-unseen trace of color appeared between Chang Lie’s brows.
He was even smiling faintly without realizing it, taking out his phone.
The dark-skinned man: ?
Chang Lie was like this too? Why on earth were they taking out their phones?
Over there, carrying a slight emotional ripple, Chang Lie scanned the QR code on the paper.
With a beep—
[Hello Chang Lie, you have joined the “Polluted Patients Communication and Appointment Group”]
Chang Lie: “…”
The dark-skinned man stared at him intently and noticed that Chang Lie’s expression had also become wistful and lost.
Him: ?
What exactly was on that phone!
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