816: Chapter 816 Is he really cured?

Inside the airport terminal.

Irene covered her face, glaring angrily at the backs of Ye Chen and his companion as they walked away, her rage threatening to burst from her chest.

"FUCK!!!"

"He is just spouting nonsense! What kind of 'cat poison'? We've been chasing those Cat-men for so long, and nothing like 'cat poison' has ever appeared!"

"It only appears the moment he arrives? This is clearly a deliberate attempt to sow discord!"

Fury! It was maddening!

That bastard actually dared to slap her in the face like that! And... twice!

The first time was a solid slap! The second time felt even worse than being slapped!

If she ever got the chance... she would make sure Ye Chen died without a burial place!!!

Thinking of this, she turned around and glared at Max with extreme fury.

"You are also incredibly stupid!"

"He is from the Dragon Country, and you believe everything he says?"

"What a huge joke!"

"A dignified Ability User, after getting scratched by a cat, doesn't use scientific treatment but instead applies Traditional Chinese Medicine?"

"If word of this gets out, our Federation will lose all face, all the way to the Pacific Ocean!"

Is this some kind of international joke? What the hell era is this? Who still believes in Traditional Chinese Medicine when they're sick?

Watching the hysterical Irene, Max looked helpless and sighed.

"Irene, I don't believe him, I just think we shouldn't casually provoke a powerful entity."

"That's making an enemy!"

"You have to know... the Dragon Country is no longer that weak nation it used to be, and it won't tolerate being bullied by others anymore!"

"If our attitude today gets back to headquarters, I'm afraid..."

"Shut up!" Irene interrupted him angrily. "If you say another word, I'll take you out too..."

The roar hadn't finished before Irene stopped abruptly. Because Max swayed without warning and then collapsed to the side. And then... he fainted.

"Captain!" A team member nearby was quick-witted and caught him.

But the terrifying part was... black spots appeared around Max's skin, as if covered by a layer of shadows.

Irene was stunned: "What's going on?!"

In the team, a medical Ability User rushed over first. Immediately after, a green light radiated from his palm, enveloping Max's body, and he began a comprehensive examination.

But the next second, his expression gradually changed.

"Director, the Captain has been poisoned."

"There is a strong toxin reaction in his blood!"

"The most fatal thing is... I've never seen this kind of poison before. It should be some kind of mutated biological toxin."

Irene's face turned pale: "Impossible! We've had people scratched by Cat-men before, and no one has ever been poisoned like this. How did he get poisoned???"

The doctor shook his head helplessly.

"The reason our people weren't poisoned when scratched before is because those were ordinary Cat-men."

"But the Cat-man the Captain encountered this time was a leader-level one!"

"Such an entity is indeed capable of producing toxins."

"If we don't treat it, in twenty minutes at most, the Captain will die from full-body necrosis!"

Irene's face turned completely white. She never expected... it would be this serious!

But if they really followed Ye Chen's method to treat him, wouldn't that be the same as slapping her own face???

Rage! So much rage! Conflict! She was truly conflicted!

Seeing that Irene didn't say anything, the doctor gritted his teeth.

"That Dragon Country person's prescription from earlier... although I've never heard of this combination, right now we have to treat a dead horse as if it were alive."

"Because there is no other way!"

Irene clenched her fists and finally had to compromise. "Do it!"

"If anything happens to Max, make Ye Chen take responsibility!"

Upon hearing this, the doctor hurriedly sent someone to a nearby pharmacy to get the medicine. Fortunately... those herbs were common, so they were very easy to find.

When the medicine arrived, the doctor began to prepare it. The surrounding team members also came over to help; some passed water, others tore gauze.

Before long, the wound was bandaged. Ten minutes later, a miracle happened...

The dark bruises on Max's face began to fade, his breathing gradually steadied, and his lips regained their color.

He slowly opened his eyes, looking blankly at his colleagues: "I... how long was I asleep?"

The doctor let out a long sigh of relief. "Captain, you were only unconscious for ten-odd minutes!"

"But fortunately, there was that prescription, otherwise you would have almost died!"

Upon hearing this, Max couldn't help but look at Irene: "Director, did you see that?"

Irene's expression became ferocious, her clenched fists cracking. "He just got lucky!"

"That Traditional Chinese Medicine stuff might cure one person if they get it right, but if they get it wrong, they're just harming people!"

"Max was just lucky, he happened to hit it right; it has nothing to do with that Ye Chen's ability!"

She said this decisively. It was as if she wanted to dump all the frustration from earlier out in one go...

But the surrounding team members looked at each other silently, and no one replied. The accompanying doctor in the team wanted to say something, but was glared back by Irene.

Max propped himself up on the ground and sighed. "Director..."

"He didn't even glance at the poison I was suffering from; just by the scratch from the Cat-man, he knew it was a mutated toxin. This kind of insight..."

"What kind of insight! What kind of insight!" Irene interrupted him rudely, her face flushed red. "Maybe you showed signs when you fought earlier, and he saw it beforehand! People from the Dragon Country love to play these mysterious tricks!"

"But Director..." a young team member whispered, "He even named the herbs so accurately, and the dosage wasn't off either..."

"I told you all to shut up!!!" Irene completely lost it.

The team member turned pale with fright and swallowed the second half of his sentence. The air suddenly went quiet.

Max shook his head helplessly. He didn't argue anymore. Reasoning with Irene while she was angry was like reasoning with a wall. The surrounding team members also chose silence.

But everyone knew in their hearts... that the young man could recite a prescription off the top of his head and drag someone back from the gates of hell could absolutely not be explained by "just getting lucky."

It's just that... no one dared to say it.

...

After leaving the airport, Ye Chen and his companion hailed a taxi and headed straight to a seaside hotel.

That's right. They had already booked this place. All procedures were complete, and they could just move in with their bags.

After checking in, the two went upstairs guided by the hotel manager. Until the door closed, Ye Chen sat down on the sofa.

"Pick a room, let's rest early. Once we're rested, we'll board the ship tomorrow morning."

"That thing will probably take a few days, just thinking about it makes me feel uncomfortable..."

Originally, they could have chartered a flight. But... because the martial arts competition was coming up, charter services and flights directly to Antarctica that weren't open to the public were all suspended.

There were no longer even passenger planes that could fly directly into the interior of Antarctica. Consequently, they had to take a boat. But that would waste a lot of time.

Yan Qingwu heard this and took out her phone, shaking it. "Don't be in such a rush, I found a fun place. You have to accompany me!"

Ye Chen raised an eyebrow: "Not going."

"Don't be like that~" Yan Qingwu followed up by coming to Ye Chen's side, hooking her arm around his. "Since we're already here, wouldn't it be a loss not to go see it?"

Ye Chen opened his eyes: "Since we're already here? When did you learn this line? This is the nationwide golden phrase for tricking people into going out!"

Yan Qingwu straightened up and said righteously. "Didn't I learn it from you? Since we're already here, you guys from the Five Great Families should leave behind some gold, right?"

Ye Chen: "..."

Good grief! This black-bellied woman really knows how to get under my skin, doesn't she? My fleecing of the Five Great Families is for strengthening myself, isn't it?

Once I'm strong, won't the Dragon Group also have it better? She really has no tact at all!

Ye Chen asked dejectedly: "Fine, what's this fun place? Tell me!"

Yan Qingwu's eyes lit up. "The fun thing is a festival that we just happened to stumble upon! The locals call it the Ice and Fire Festival, it's basically just like a music festival!"

"There are bands, bonfires, local snacks, and wine!"

"It's said that every year at this time, explorers, research team members from various countries in the Southern Hemisphere, and local residents gather there. It's very lively!"

That's right! To come here, she had done her homework! What's more... she was so lucky to run into the Ice and Fire Festival, so she had to go!

Ye Chen looked helpless: "It's just a music festival, is it worth getting this excited?"

"You don't understand art!" Yan Qingwu mocked. "You don't know, once we go to Antarctica, we'll probably be facing ice and snow every day, and we won't even be able to see the bustling world. Since that's the case, why not take the chance to relax now?"

Ye Chen thought about it and felt it made some sense. Besides, she had been serving him hand and foot along the way; if he didn't even agree to this small request, it would indeed be a bit heartless.

"Fine, let's go then."

Yan Qingwu looked happy: "Let's go, I know the way."

"You certainly have the itinerary all planned out." Ye Chen stood up from the sofa.

"Of course, I am your personal secretary! Isn't one of the duties of a secretary to arrange leisure and entertainment?" Yan Qingwu laughed righteously.

"Wait... is that how you use the secretary position!?"

"Of course! And I can keep an eye on you, to prevent you from flirting with other girls. Sister Bing Lan would be angry if that happened!"

Ye Chen: "..." Damn! He had been played.