40: Chapter 42 Gem Depletion, First-Tier Failure Sequence Anomaly?

"Can it be contained?!"

Zheng Fei's pupils constricted, and he could barely conceal the pleasant surprise on his face.

Such a sudden turn of events

lifted his mood, which had previously plummeted to the bottom of the valley, right back up.

The expert consultations and news of failure after failure had already lowered his expectations drastically.

Just having some effect was already beyond his wildest expectations.

Being able to curb the spread of the virus was far better than them being completely helpless.

Following routine inquiries, the physicians quickly began treatment with the patients' consent.

But this time, they did not pull out forearm-thick syringes.

Instead, they took out slender silver needles one by one from the small medical kits they carried with them.

The acupuncture session had begun!

The silver needles turned into glowing green specks of light, merging into the patients' bodies.

Boundless vitality infused into them.

As the greyish hair of the physicians darkened slightly, the pale expressions on the patients' faces also improved visibly to the naked eye.

Their breathing gradually steadied, and the high fevers within their bodies receded.

Most crucially! After X-ray imaging, the atomization speed of the organs inside their bodies had indeed slowed down significantly.

This was the first time since the outbreak of the virus

that medical intervention had a confirmed effective outcome.

What did it mean to be inspiring? This was what being inspiring meant!

Even Zheng Fei, who had kept a straight face and a solemn expression all along, could not help but reveal a faint smile.

However~

The physicians still felt it was not enough.

"Not enough!"

"Far from enough!"

Dissatisfied with the effect, the grey-haired physician quickly approached other physicians and began communicating closely with them.

"Please... give us a little more time."

"We will overcome this difficult problem as soon as possible!"

As the physician's disappointed voice sounded,

physicians one after another also gathered here from all corners of Xijing.

It seemed that the Lifeform-Alpha differentiated from the medals possessed some special internal communication method.

While communicating through telepathic transmission,

they also began actively searching the streets and alleys for infected patients of TK-B7L3.

Their hands emitted fluorescence,

attempting to use their respective means to treat the divine remnants.

Regardless of skin color, race, gender, age... Lifeform-Alpha of all shapes and forms gathered here,

striving together toward a single goal.

The arduous critical battle thus erupted with a bang.

Shuttling back and forth,

figures in white lab coats could be constantly seen haunting the entire city.

New physicians differentiated out from the medals.

There were also old physicians who melted into water stains and disappeared due to excessive use of therapeutic energy.

...

Time slipped away quietly just like that!

Just when Zheng Fei thought this would be a long-drawn-out critical battle,

and even prepared himself to hold out for the long term,

Swish—

silver light sped over from the distance.

Its extremely fast speed already exceeded the limit of naked-eye capture.

It was none other than the Lifeform-Alpha differentiated from the medal!

"Sir!"

"Glad to see you again. We have already found a way to treat TK-B7L3."

Unlike their previous disappointed expressions,

this time, joy was etched across all the physicians' faces.

"That's great!"

"What do The Authorities need to provide? We will definitely do our utmost!"

Zheng Fei's eyes lit up.

Overjoyed, he also took everything upon himself.

He didn't expect TK-B7L3 to be resolved so quickly?!

Happiness came so fast that he found it hard to believe.

"Please keep the patients in open areas as much as possible. Even for those who cannot go out, try to maintain a ventilated environment, connecting with the outside world as much as possible to keep it unobstructed. That will be enough~"

The physician's gentle voice sounded.

Such a simple request made Zheng Fei somewhat incredulous.

Just, it was that simple?!

Open areas and maintained ventilation could solve a virus that left them completely helpless and nearly paralyzed Xijing?

Zheng Fei pursed his lips, still finding it a bit hard to believe.

However, he still chose to execute it.

Nothing else, this was already their only lifeline.

Even if it meant treating a dead horse like a live one...

it was still better than sitting around waiting for death!

Soon, the relevant content spread rapidly outward through information tools such as the internet, radio, and television...

Fortunately,

The Authorities' prestige remained as good as ever,

especially when encountering a crisis.

As the Armed Police Force in military uniforms rode in armored vehicles and patrolled the streets shouting slogans over loudspeakers,

the tightly shut windows of every household also began to open outward.

The masses sitting quietly at home, under the military's arrangement, orderly arrived at various open squares.

Even severe patients were clumsily carried out with everyone helping out.

Preparatory work was gradually perfected.

The physicians scattered into various streets also nodded one after another,

reaching a consensus through telepathic communication via some internal communication method.

The next moment!

All Lifeform-Alpha turned into irregular silver liquids, and after a brief rolling motion,

Boom—

burst open one after another like fireworks,

transforming into countless silvery-white water droplets splashing in all directions.

The entire Xijing

seemed to have experienced a fine silver drizzle.

The drizzle fell softly,

all of them mercury-like liquids resembling lead and mercury.

As if possessing life,

every single silver droplet actively surged toward the patients' bodies.

Upon initial contact,

the water droplets extended outward, turning into extremely thin silver films, as if plating the patients with a layer of silver ions.

When wrapping them tightly,

the sound of metal colliding continued to ring out from within.

Externally, besides the blue metallic luster,

glowing green light of life also lit up.

"W-What is going on?"

"What are these things?!"

"Help, I'm afraid of the dark, I can't breathe anymore!"

"..."

Panicked and uneasy voices continued to sound from beneath the silver film.

But the physicians at this moment had no way to respond to them anymore.

Because the silver liquid shimmering with green light had already begun to penetrate into the patients' bodies. Once the silver liquid—meaning Lifeform-Alpha—completely permeated into their bodies,

the patients' ghastly pale countenances also began to turn rosy.

Chest tightness,

shortness of breath,

rapid breathing,

high fever, chills, convulsions...

...

All various negative impacts vanished completely.

Everyone who finished receiving treatment felt as if they had undergone a complete rebirth, all feeling healthy enough to beat a bull to death with their bare hands.

And in contrast to that

was the completely vanished Lifeform-Alpha!

The physicians scattered across every street and corner of the city had all vanished without a trace,

with only the pools of water on the ground proving their former existence.

In Gear Live,

a medal radiating metallic brilliance quietly emerged.

The place that should have been embedded with five gemstones

suddenly became empty.

The shining star gemstones no longer existed.

But on the back, a new line of text emerged: 'Heroes Never Die'. The characters were not bound by language, and everyone could read the meaning within; even those who were illiterate could understand the meaning.

The inscribed characters were far more dazzling than gemstones!!

——

"So? Those Lifeform-Alpha just now sacrificed themselves to save us? Why? A doctor's vocation? Saving people, treatment, does it need to reach this extent?"

"Could this healing-type anomaly just fail like this?"

"Yeah, according to the content of Gear Science, it's very likely. The gemstones have disappeared, unable to differentiate Lifeform-Alpha..."

"Turns out that anomalies don't only bring harm?!"

"..."

Countless bullet comments rolled across the live stream room.

Looking at the scene before them, even the bystander Netizens could not help but be moved.

Just as tears welled up in the corners of their eyes,

002, who had been moving quietly,

also reached out toward this silver medal...