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Chapter 274 The Mystery of the White Flame

"What did you say to Lin Guang?" Ling Dengxian sat down, asked Surtel to be patient, put the medicine bowl on the bedside and looked at Nightingale.

"Nothing." Nightingale blinked.

"there must be."

"real."

"fake."

"...You said so. If there is no work or mission, then it is a holiday. Why would you do something that makes me unhappy during the holiday?" Nightingale glanced at the medicine bowl and failed to pass his "interrogation".

"Sister... that's based on the premise that you're not a patient!" Ling Dengxian's eyes twitched, "Look at Skadi, when she's not on a mission or working, she sits on the deck and gets some fresh air, isn't there anyone to take care of her? If you were as healthy as she is, you wouldn't need to take medicine."

Skadi, who was enjoying the fresh air on the deck, sneezed and was confused because she didn't feel cold.

"But I don't want to eat..."

"Why?" Ling Dengxian asked helplessly.

"Because after taking the medicine, I can't eat at noon and I will be hungry until night." Nightingale explained.

"It's not like this every day... wait a moment." Ling Dengxian waved to Surtel, who came over with a sullen face. He whispered something, and Surtel glanced at him, said nothing but still got up and went to the hall of the medical department to check the shift schedule.

After a moment, she came back: "It's her."

Ling Dengxian looked at Nightingale again: "The person on duty at noon in the medical department today is Operator Furong."

"I know, what's wrong?" Nightingale asked puzzledly.

Ling Dengxian smiled and said, "It's okay, we won't take this medicine anymore."

"Okay." Nightingale nodded decisively, "Keep your word."

"Well, but," Ling Dengxian kept smiling, "Operator Furong is always ready to prepare a nutritious meal for each patient to supplement their nutrition. They have to eat this at noon."

Lin Guang, who was eavesdropping behind the door, was startled.

"…Not good." Nightingale hesitated.

Ling Dengxian had never eaten a nutritious meal, but he had heard some rumors. He was really curious about what the nutritious meal made by the petite Sarkaz girl tasted like and why it was so famous...

Have to try it when you have a chance.

"You can't have both scales and the Beast-Splitting Palm, Miss Nightingale." Ling Dengxian picked up the medicine bowl.

"..." Nightingale was torn between her conscience and her desires, but finally she reached out to take the medicine bowl and drank it in small sips. But from the look in her eyes, she seemed to be very angry.

"Okay, okay, don't worry. As the culprit who made you starve, I will starve with you. It's a deal." Ling Dengxian patted her cotton hat and smiled as he put away the medicine bowl for her.

"...Are you still going this afternoon?" Nightingale's mood improved and she tugged at his clothes.

"...I was hung on the bridge last time, but..." Looking at Nightingale's increasingly angry face, Ling Dengxian changed the subject, "It just so happens that I can't eat lunch this time, so you can watch from the sidelines. If you don't agree, I won't take you with me."

"Okay." Nightingale nodded happily.

Lin Guang suddenly felt something was wrong and realized that this was probably the "harmless little secret" between the two of them that Nightingale had mentioned.

Unfortunately, she had to train today and couldn't go see what was going on.

"Okay, Nightingale, I'll be leaving first. I still have a lot of things to do, but I will keep my promise." Ling Dengxian completed his mission and it was time to get back to work. The communication terminal had just sent him a message that someone was about to leave, so he had to go and see him off after getting the medical report.

"Okay." Ling Dengxian had never broken his promise. All Nightingale had to do was to have a good rest and wait for him to come and pick her up in the afternoon so that she could "smuggle" out of the medical department.

When he left the room, he looked at Lin Guang, smiled guiltily, nodded, and ran towards Kal'tsit's office with Surtel.

"Come?" The white-haired Filin looked up at the two people who knocked on the door and came in. She was not surprised why Surtel followed closely behind them. However, after thinking for a moment, she asked Surtel to go out and sit next door for a while: "Please forgive me for this privacy issue."

Surtel glared at Ling Dengxian, said nothing, then turned and walked out.

"Director Kai, is there a problem with today's report?" Seeing Kal'tsit's reaction, Ling Dengxian roughly guessed the reason.

"It's not a problem, it's a result. I think you need to know your own situation." Kal'tsit took off her blue light blocking glasses, pushed a medical report in front of him, and said seriously, "Your anti-toxin diagnosis comes from yourself."

Ling Dengxian showed a not-so-clever puzzled expression: "Are you kidding, Director Kai? When I was a kid, I accidentally ate expired ham and got diarrhea."

"Wait until I finish." Kal'tsit was not surprised, but patiently explained: "Resistance to poison is the result of your body's feedback, and the white flame is the reason why you were not poisoned to death."

Ling Dengxian was silent for a moment, when suddenly he heard Xiaoxie's sneer in his ears. He immediately sat up straight and listened attentively.

"Toxins have indeed damaged your body. You have been damaged to varying degrees by various toxins before. Tinnitus, dizziness, temporary blindness, and possible... vomiting blood are all the result of the 'bottom line'."

"Guarantee a bottom line?" Ling Dengxian didn't quite understand what it meant.

"To put it simply, you were indeed poisoned, but White Flame accelerated the process with an unknown mechanism. There are two possible outcomes. One is that your body can withstand the toxin, and then your body functions will quickly return to normal after a mild decline. An example is the first time you were rushed to the hospital. The other is that your body cannot withstand it, and White Flame seems to actively protect you, and then... your organ indicators return to the state before the poisoning."

Having said this, Kal'tsit paused, a complex look flashing in her eyes, because this conclusion was an unprecedented challenge to all the medical knowledge she understood.

"The most accurate data in the test report has four decimal places, and every number is accurate." Kal'tsit was silent for a moment, "If you don't understand, then let me put it this way. In some areas, your physical data from the last second and the next second cannot be exactly the same."

"...Even if you know a lot of things that I don't know, you still can't explain it?" Ling Dengxian was silent for a long time, as if he was hinting at something.

"The test is too obvious. I don't know much more than you do." Kal'tsit shook her head. "I hope we can have more trust in each other in the future. Operator White Dove, the conclusion I can draw at present is that so far, no recorded Originium skills or sorcery can have such an effect. In addition, I don't remember any technology that can achieve such an effect in a similar way."

Can't understand.

Ling Dengxian didn’t understand what she wanted to express, and his eyes also conveyed this to Kal’tsit. The latter was silent for a moment and sighed softly: “If you were not born in this era, and went up... and up, maybe…”

"The effect of White Flame on you is only medical treatment. If you want to improve your physical fitness, you must not rely too much on White Flame. Its so-called 'healing' of your body is actually more of a certain degree of recovery."

"It's just that through repeated destruction and recovery, your physique has adapted and changed."

Kal'tsit's final explanation finally gave him an idea, and he finally realized that this white flame that had saved him from life and death many times did not seem to be the "Originium Skill".

"But... it seems that he is only extremely good at resisting poison?" Ling Dengxian has not forgotten several life-and-death crises. He is very sure that in that situation, Bai Yan did not play the role described by Kal'tsit.

Ordinary people are naked when facing death, but he has an extra coat.

Walking out of Kal'tsit's office, he came to this conclusion himself.

"We have to pick up Black Steel's batch of exchange operators today. Franka will also be back. Don't forget that you have to show up as well. Arrange your time well." Kal'tsit arranged the next task for him instead of dwelling on problems that could not be answered in a short period of time.

"It was probably in the evening. We were supposed to arrive in the afternoon, but a natural disaster occurred on their original route, so we have to take a detour and it will take more time."

"it is good……"

"If you really understand, don't let Provence mess around too much."

Ling Dengxian paused, nodded with his back to Kal'tsit, called Surtel and left the medical department.

"What exactly happened to Lewontin?" Ling Dengxian asked. He probably only knew that after the hasty battle outside the dragon gate, Surtel's weapon misfired.

"...Levantin fell silent. In the past, Levantin would always show various emotions when facing various things, but now... he has no reaction."

Only Surtel could feel this change, but the external manifestation was that her strength had weakened.

In the past, Lewontin would more or less spontaneously burst out her power in compliance with Surtur's manipulation to create terrible destructive power, but now, she can only rely on her former proficiency to call upon her power.

But these are not important to her. She does not pursue the power of natural disasters. The various reactions that Lewontin brought to her are one of the important clues for her to pursue her past memories, and now this clue is silent.

But strictly speaking, Surtur couldn't blame Bai Ge. After all... she asked to fight.

As a result, the first battle was also the final one, so it was hard for her to relax easily.

Ling Dengxian reached out for Lewonting. He still remembered the scene where the roaring and surging flames spread in the opposite direction under the resistance of Bai Yan. His first reaction was: Why is it so similar to the fight against the evil spirits?

Facing Lewontin's molten flame, Bai Yan displayed an aggressiveness that was completely different from his normal state, and he naturally had no idea what was causing the outcome.

If it’s not an Originium technique, then what exactly is “White Flame”?

Or is it unfair to call it White Flame all along?

When it flows, it is like water; when it drifts, it is like wind; when it spreads, it is like light; when it burns, it makes a sound like snow melting...

Ling Dengxian reached out and touched someone's head to comfort him without even realizing it, and sighed in his heart:

Now he had one more reason to travel the earth.

Then by the time he realized he had done something stupid with his hands behind his brain, it was too late.

It was another normally noisy morning in Rhode Island.