After Su Yuan and Zhongli gave a brief explanation, Hu Tao finally understood what was happening in Bubu Pharmacy...
"So, Su Yuan, you think that someone inside Bubu Pharmacy has been corrupted and controlled by the Eerie power, turning those Millelith Army soldiers into zombies?" Hu Tao pondered.
"Actually, after some observation, although the current state of those Millelith soldiers is mainly dominated by the Eerie power, their essence is somewhat like a method of soul-binding and life-prolonging used by Adepti," Zhongli said thoughtfully.
"Zhongli, what do you mean by that?" Su Yuan asked.
"Are you saying that the one controlling the Eerie power in Bubu Pharmacy right now is an Adeptus? But why would this Adeptus turn the Millelith soldiers into zombies...?"
"Wait... zombies???" Su Yuan suddenly showed a look of sudden realization, as if he had just thought of something.
"It seems, Su Yuan, that you and I are thinking along the same lines..." Zhongli said slowly.
"If our guess is correct, then the one being controlled by the Eerie force here is probably Qiqi..."
"Qiqi, huh..." Hearing Zhongli say this, Hu Tao’s expression grew somewhat complicated.
"As I thought, even if this current mess hadn’t happened, I still insist on my previous opinion—to lay Qiqi to rest properly..."
"But no matter what, you all have to go into Bubu pharmacy first to see what’s really going on inside!"
Tartaglia said with fierce determination:
"I really want to witness just how powerful these Millelith soldiers turned zombies, controlled by the Eerie power, truly are!"
"You guys go in quickly. I’ll cover you and buy us some time!"
"Tartaglia, don’t go all out," Su Yuan warned.
"Maybe after we deal with the source of the Eerie power, those people can still recover..."
"Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing. I won’t go all out—at most, I’ll just knock them to the ground so they can’t get back up!" Tartaglia nodded.
Su Yuan then turned to Hu Tao and said, "Director Hu, for now, it’s better if you don’t come in with us. Zhongli and I will go in alone..."
"After all, we still don’t know the exact conditions of your Eerie transformation. If you see Qiqi and end up getting controlled by the Eerie force, that would be a big problem..."
"Alright, alright, this Master understands." Hu Tao nodded as well and said, "Zhongli, Su Yuan, you two be careful. I’ll stay out here with Mr. Tartaglia and help hold off these people!"
Then, with Tartaglia and Hu Tao keeping the enemies at bay, Zhongli and Su Yuan smoothly entered the gates of Bubu Pharmacy.
As soon as they stepped inside, Zhongli and Su Yuan saw Pharmacist Gui and Baizhu lying motionless on the ground...
Su Yuan hurried forward to check on them and found that both still had a heartbeat and were breathing.
He gently shook their bodies and tried calling out to wake them.
"Wake up... wake up! Are you alright?"
Perhaps it was the sound of Su Yuan’s voice that reached him—Baizhu seemed to stir slightly and slowly opened his eyes...
When Baizhu saw that it was Su Yuan standing in front of him, he immediately grabbed Su Yuan’s shoulders and said anxiously:
"Su Yuan! You came just in time! You must stop Qiqi!!!"
"I don’t know what caused it, but Qiqi has already fallen into Eerie state!"
Baizhu’s words confirmed what Su Yuan and Zhongli had suspected—it really was Qiqi who had been contaminated and controlled by the Eerie power...
"Since losing the power of immortality, my healing abilities have drastically declined..."
Baizhu continued, speaking with a hint of sorrow:
"Even though I have a Dendro Vision, without the aid of immortality and secret arts, I’m nothing more than an ordinary doctor..."
"When I was suddenly faced with so many seriously wounded Millelith soldiers, I was overwhelmed and simply couldn’t keep up..."
"I was fully focused on treating the patients—I didn’t even notice when Qiqi got corrupted and taken over by the Eerie force!"
"Under the Eerie’s influence, Qiqi turned all those near-death Millelith soldiers into zombies like herself!!!"
"But the real problem is that those Qiqi transformed can’t retain their rationality like she does—no one set a command seal on them. They’ve all become frenzied, mindless corpses!!!"
"She may say she’s trying to save people, but anyone can see that turning them into this clearly violates the natural order between life and death—it disrupts the balance of yin and yang!"
"We have to stop Qiqi—we can’t let this continue!!!"
Hearing Baizhu’s account, Su Yuan recalled some of Qiqi’s past...
When she had first become a zombie, unable to control the Adepti power in her body, she too had fallen into a similar state of madness...
She was later sealed in amber for hundreds of years by the adeptus, Mountain Shaper, before the madness was finally subdued...
But no matter what, this kind of madness from "Qiqi" must be stopped!
"Doctor Baizhu, please stay here and rest for now. Zhongli and I will go check the inner ward," Su Yuan said.
With that, he and Zhongli headed toward the deeper chambers of Bubu Pharmacy.
Inside the ward, "Qiqi" stood before a Millelith soldier lying on a hospital bed, his body wrapped in blood-soaked bandages.
She slowly spoke to him:
"Your... injuries... are too severe..."
"There is... no hope of recovery..."
"Do you... want to live?"
Her voice was slow and deliberate, each word carefully spoken.
"I... I want to live..."
"I have parents who love me deeply... I haven’t fulfilled my duty to care for them in their old age..."
The Millelith soldier lying in bed spoke with great difficulty:
"I also have a wife whom I love deeply... she’s several months pregnant already... I don’t want my child to be born without a father..."
"If possible... I don’t want to die... I really want to live..."
His voice grew quieter and weaker, his tone fading as his eyes became increasingly clouded.
He could feel death drawing closer and closer...
"Sigh... the incantation... how does it go again..."
"Qiqi" showed a confused expression and said:
"Oh well, it’s not important at all..."
The next moment, a sphere of energy composed of adeptal power and eerie force condensed in Qiqi’s hand and was injected into the Millelith soldier’s body.
Then, to their shock, the soldier who had just been at death’s door suddenly sat up from the hospital bed!
He tore off the blood-soaked bandages that wrapped around him, revealing his mangled flesh beneath, and began slowly walking toward the ward’s exit...
And all of this—was witnessed entirely by Su Yuan and Zhongli, who had just arrived!
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