Chapter 1797
by 林方方Chapter 1797 He Succeeded
After an unknown amount of time, Cao Sha finally spoke hoarsely:
“I know… but Captain, I couldn’t just watch them starve to death… They’re human beings too, they did nothing wrong! They’re just like us, wanting to quietly enjoy their vacation by the sea… Those children, they truly don’t understand anything!
Phoenix blood can save these children’s lives. What does it matter if I risk my life?”
Xia Simeng’s brows furrowed tightly. “Even if you wanted to do this, why didn’t you tell me? What am I as your captain in your eyes?”
Cao Sha smiled helplessly. “Captain, don’t I know you well enough? If I had told you, would I have been the one to give blood? No matter what, I, Cao Sha, am the only man in the [Phoenix] team. At times like this, of course I should step forward… just like Senior Kong Shang did back then.”
Upon hearing Kong Shang’s name, Xia Simeng’s pupils contracted slightly.
“You men… where does this sense of duty come from! What, you think we women should hide behind you men?” Xia Simeng pinched Cao Sha’s shoulder hard, making him wince in pain.
Having vented her anger, Xia Simeng sat up straight again. Her gaze swept across the ground around them, and she picked up a broken plastic bucket used for building sandcastles from somewhere.
She rolled up her sleeve, revealing an arm covered in hideous scars, and forcefully slashed her fingertip across her wrist!
Crimson blood immediately gushed out.
“Captain! You…”
“What are you shouting for?” Xia Simeng glanced at him. “I’m the captain of the [Phoenix] team and the proxy of the war goddess Athena. In terms of blood regeneration ability and phoenix blood concentration, I’m a hundred times better than you!
It takes you several drops of blood to save one person, but I can save someone with just one drop. You struggled to feed two hundred children… I can save ten times that number in one go!”
Cao Sha stared blankly at the fresh blood flowing into the bucket, taking a moment to come back to his senses.
“No… no! Captain, your wounds from today haven’t healed yet. If you give blood now, what will you do tomorrow?”
“Don’t worry, I’m tough. This little bit of blood is nothing.” Xia Simeng patted her chest and held her head high. “Don’t you know what indestructible means?”
As the blood flowed out, Xia Simeng’s already pale face grew increasingly ashen. Cao Sha immediately stopped her bleeding, repeatedly saying:
“Enough! Enough, Captain! You can’t give any more!”
“It’s fine, just a bit more…”
“No more!”
“Tsk, are you disrespecting me?”
“Captain, this isn’t pouring wine!” Cao Sha firmly pressed down Xia Simeng’s hand and picked up the plastic bucket full of blood, his expression extremely serious.
With an ashen face, Xia Simeng smiled and withdrew her hand, nodding at him:
“Alright, go distribute it to them… children first, then the elderly, then everyone else.”
“Don’t worry Captain, you just rest well.”
Watching Cao Sha’s gradually receding figure, the smile on Xia Simeng’s face slowly faded. She looked at the golden character “2” flickering above her head and murmured:
“Only two days left. You must come…”
As she finished speaking, her head drooped weakly, as if she had fallen asleep.
The night passed. As daylight rose from the sea, the golden birdcage was opened from the outside. Several armored guards picked up the drowsy Xia Simeng from the edge and carried her deep into the palace…
After some time, Xia Simeng’s faint laughter could be heard from within, followed by increasingly violent whipping sounds.
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Great Xia.
Lin Qiye, sitting behind his desk, suddenly stopped writing and looked up at the rainy window outside.
He frowned.
“Strange… why do I feel so uneasy?”
Lin Qiye slowly stood up, paced around the office for a moment, then picked up the phone and dialed a number.
A few minutes later, Min Junliang walked in quickly.
“What is it, Commander?”
“Any news from Master?”
“No… but the sword intent around Jianlu has grown stronger. Our people can’t even get close. By the looks of it, he’ll emerge in the next couple of days.”
Lin Qiye nodded slightly. “Clear out those spies at the border. Notify all human powerhouses and human deities that they can start converging at the marked sea area…”
Min Junliang was stunned.
“Commander, are we moving so early?”
“It’s not early at all. It takes time to travel from Great Xia to Olympus… It’s better to set up an ambush near Olympus in advance, just in case.”
Min Junliang nodded. “Alright, I’ll notify them right away.”
As Min Junliang left, Lin Qiye also walked out, heading directly to Youlilang Bai’s hospital room.
Outside the hospital room, Shen Qingzhu was smoking by the window. Seeing Lin Qiye hurrying over, he raised his eyebrows:
“What? Are we leaving?”
“Yes, I have a bad feeling…” Lin Qiye glanced at the hospital room. “How is Langbai?”
“Guan just went in a few minutes ago. I’m not sure how things are going.”
Lin Qiye nodded, knocked lightly on the hospital room door, and then pushed it open.
Cold wind rushed in from the open window, making the white curtains on both sides dance. The previously floating code sphere had disappeared. In the empty hospital room, only a figure wearing a baseball cap stood with his back to them, silent.
Beep—
A harsh buzz came from the vital signs monitor. Youlilang Bai lay on the pale bed with his eyes closed, showing no signs of life.
Lin Qiye’s heart sank.
“Langbai?!” Lin Qiye walked to the bedside and grabbed Youlilang Bai’s wrist. The cold touch made his eyes contract slightly.
Guan turned around and calmly said:
“Don’t call him. He won’t wake up… The doctor declared him dead half an hour ago.”
“Dead…?”
Lin Qiye and Shen Qingzhu stared at the white-haired youth’s body on the bed, their eyes filled with disbelief… For them, they had just played a game with Youlilang Bai not long ago, and now he was dead?
“Why is this happening? Did he fail to become a god??”
“Don’t panic, don’t panic…” Seeing the expressions of Lin Qiye and Shen Qingzhu, Guan spoke helplessly. “His body was inherently deficient, so of course it couldn’t withstand the process. Besides, if he were to become a god, it wouldn’t happen in this body anyway.”
From Guan’s tone, he didn’t seem particularly sad. Lin Qiye asked in confusion:
“So did he succeed or fail?”
Guan smiled slightly, his haggard face showing a long-absent pride… He took out a game cartridge with a blank label from his pocket and placed it in Lin Qiye’s hand.
“…He succeeded.”