Chapter 883 "Scale Man" (IV)

The hearty battle plot has progressed all the way to this point, and the audience finally has room to breathe.

What followed was indeed a transition. Panqing drove a mecha to meet his brother Panhong, and the two followed the large army back to the base.

Pan Hong, who had been stunned by Rui's words just now, immediately became lively again. His naked upper body was hastily bandaged, so he put on his coat and walked out.

The long white coat was worn by Pan Hong like a bad cloak, and it was a funny contrast to the scene where he was trying to comfort the scale man.

"It's infected..."

Panqing, who was holding his laptop in his arms, murmured, looking a little sad.

This new scale man was one of the innocent people rescued by the special search and rescue team. On the way to treatment, he discovered that he had scales on his body, so he was seamlessly transferred to the base.

"Why is that guy still doing this kind of thing?"

"Newcomers are like this, just let them be."

"Ha, but it's rare to see a fool as persistent as him... Just because he's been vaccinated and won't be infected, he's just going to be a hero here, and he won't be grateful."

"Forget it, let him move himself."

Li Hu and others walked by in twos and threes, shaking their heads and laughing at Pan Hong who was comforting the scale man through a glass wall. When they approached, they greeted the petite and cute Pan Qing carelessly.

Panqing pouted, not wanting to see these rude uncles.

She looked at her brother. The guy was running after the hospital bed on the moving tracks, still shouting, "Hold on! Don't be afraid! He will definitely recover! ... His irritability must be because the weather has been too hot recently! No. It’s because of his illness! It’s true!” He was quickly slapped on the head by the medical staff to tell him not to make any noise.

Pan Hong rubbed the back of his head stupidly, made a thumbs up gesture, and smiled with big white teeth.

Pan Qing's eyebrows softened and he smiled.

The sun sets and the moon rises. The brother and sister stood and sat on the balcony, with the night breeze blowing slightly, blowing the untied bangs and Pan Hong's messy hair.

"It's so hot. What's going on recently? It's so hot at night--"

Pan Hong pulled his collar and fanned himself desperately.

"...Scalymen. The number has increased again."

Panqing didn't answer his words. He held his chin with one hand and looked up at the stars.

"Yeah. But it's definitely fine."

Under the bright moonlight, Pan Hong's energetic voice became gentle.

"Mr. Yan Bing is already advocating the development of a third-generation vaccine." He waved his arm as he spoke. "Dr. Carter also said long ago that the future era is an era of fighting against diseases. Isn't it just scales! It's just a disease. , one day it will be conquered!”

Pan Hong suddenly stopped talking.

"What's wrong?" Panqing noticed something strange.

"without……"

Pan Hong hesitated for a rare moment, Rui's figure flashed before his eyes, and he looked angry and painful when talking to him.

"Ah, I get very angry just thinking about it. Those guys are just patients who hide their illnesses and avoid medical treatment!"

He scratched his hair irritably, "Since you say 'I won't kill people' so firmly, why not just not carry out any terrorist attacks——"

"Hey, the Angry Scale Party?" Panqing raised his eyes in surprise, "You actually communicated with them?"

"Yes. It's the leader named Rui."

Pan Hong sighed, "Damn it, Mr. Yan Bing spent all his property to help the Lin people, but Rui doesn't appreciate it at all, and wants to lead the Ang Lin gang to attack here today and rob there tomorrow. What an idiot!"

"...It's really rare to be judged as an idiot by your brother." Panqing couldn't help but complain.

"That's what it is."

Pan Hong smacked his lips in dissatisfaction, "The more they act like this, the worse everyone's impression of Lin Ren will be. Tsk, don't cause trouble! We can obviously work together to solve the problem..."

His tone gradually became lower, and just when Pan Qing was about to open his mouth to comfort, Pan Hong, who was leaning on the window frame, suddenly sat up:

"It's decided! I must convince that guy next time I meet him!..."

"Ah, wait--" It was too late to take stock of the reminder.

"Uh poof!"

Pan Hong lost his balance and fell from the window, falling into the small courtyard.

"..." Panqing covered his face and sighed.

"Don't worry! I'm fine!"

Pan Hong stood up like a carp and faced his sister's face with empty eyes and silent complaints.

He chuckled twice, and the bright light shone on them, and the two of them turned to look.

It turned out that the illuminated billboard not far away had just changed its content. Yan Bing's bust clearly appeared in the soft light, accompanied by the five characters "City Guardian" and another line of text.

Those were his powerful words at a meeting not long ago:

[Guardians will never give up on any citizen]

Pan Hong met Yan Bing's gaze from a distance, his face full of admiration.

"Hey!"

Pan Hong jumped back to the balcony on the second floor, the camera slowly moved up, and Pan Qing's words floated in the night wind:

"...By the way, Brother Big Bear sent me a message today. He will return to the team soon. Brother, you don't have to sit on the bench in Uncle Li Hu's team.

"Well, speaking of which, should we prepare a cake to wish Brother Big Bear a happy wedding?..."

Under the same moonlight, Rui walked into the cave hung with spider webs, and his shadow was stretched very long.

Shu Zhen, who was rescued, held the tea cup in his hand and lowered his head in confusion.

The tea reflected her face: the left side of her face was completely covered by scales, only her eyes were still intact, but they were also covered with bloodshot eyes.

"Why."

Shu Zhen heard the footsteps, but did not look up. He just whispered, "I just want to make delicious milk tea..."

Rui was silent and sat down beside her.

The side camera panned and zoomed out. This was a rough and simple gathering place. There was a bonfire burning in the center. There were no electric lights or other equipment. Food, water and medicine were piled on the ground.

From the hunchbacked old man to the thin child, everyone was covered with terrifying scales, but they were all well-behaved, waiting for Rui's two men to distribute supplies. The cave was filled with gray silence.

"That, Brother Rui."

Shu Zhen hesitated for a moment and whispered, "Why can't we go to the hospital?"

Rui's hands on his knees clenched instantly.

"There is no hope."

He said indifferently, suddenly stood up, unzipped his tights facing Shu Zhen, and peeled off the clothes on his upper body from his shoulders.

The fine and dense scales reflected the faint moonlight and had merged with the skin, covering most of Rui's waist, back, and shoulders, making the remaining fair skin particularly conspicuous.

Rui raised his arm, and a line of tattoo-like patterns could be vaguely seen on the inside of his upper arm that had not been completely covered by the scales.

"1-0007"

Shu Zhen's face changed, and his lips trembled: "Did he really...?"

"Hypocrites have never saved anyone."

Rui withdrew his arm expressionlessly, "The only ones who can save the scale people are the scale people themselves."

Shu Zhen pursed his lips tightly.

"That little brother. He said we can be treated..."

She curled up and hugged herself, burying her head deeply.

"It's so uncomfortable. I shouldn't have gotten lucky, I'm sorry to the store manager--"

The picture faded in and out, and the camera moved from top to bottom.

The shop sign of "Yoyo Milk Tea", the closed glass door, and two seals forming an X shape.

The seals were full of vicious graffiti and dirty liquid.

In the close-up, a drop of disgustingly colored water slowly flowed down, passing over the words "All members have been arrested for harboring a criminal" on the seal, and "popped" onto the cute "Closed~" hanging sign that had been shaken to the ground a long time ago.