"Damn it, you're trying to con me!" Yu Jin's first thought after seeing the Lady collapse to the ground was that she was faking an injury to extort him.
The blood had just been drawn, and the Lady fainted. Yu Jin absolutely refused to believe that a Harbinger could be so weak.
If it were a problem with the mouthpiece, that was also impossible. The items taken from Yu Jin's body were all high-temperature sterilized; there couldn't be any toxins or similar substances.
Therefore, based on all of the above, the Lady must be trying to con him!
"Con me? You're still too green!" Yu Jin looked at the Lady, whose eyes were tightly shut, and without another word, he squatted down and began to pinch her philtrum.
"Hiss—" The Lady was startled awake by the sharp pain on her lips. Then she saw Yu Jin squatting beside her.
"What did you do to me?" The Lady covered her lips and rolled to her feet. She carefully sensed the changes in her body—the Lady was afraid Yu Jin had done something else to her body.
"You're so weak, you fainted just from a blood draw. I gave you first aid," Yu Jin said, pulling out a compact mirror that reflected the Lady's face.
The Lady looked at her swollen upper lip, feeling like crying but no tears came. Why did she have to run to Yu Jin? Wouldn't it have been better to just wait for him to finish and leave?
"Just a blood draw?" The Lady sensed for a while and found that everything in her body was indeed normal, which made her a bit incredulous.
"Really, isn't it common sense that a physical exam requires a blood draw?" Yu Jin nodded seriously, completely oblivious to the Lady's strange gaze.
"Does a blood draw really need this much!" the Lady roared internally, looking at the thin layer of crimson in the water tank.
Although she had never had a physical exam, she knew, even without thinking, that a physical exam couldn't possibly draw this much blood!
"Don't look at me like that. My diagnostic results are very accurate, so it's understandable if I drew a bit more blood, right?" Yu Jin seemed annoyed by the Lady's stare and explained indifferently.
"I see your body is a bit weak; it looks like you've been staying up too late. And you're always getting burned by fire, pay attention to that in the future!" Yu Jin glanced at the fresh blood in the water tank and gave his diagnosis in a very convincing manner.
The Lady's expression changed slightly after hearing Yu Jin's words. To some extent, Yu Jin was right. Could it be that he really came with good intentions for a physical exam?
Thinking of this, the Lady couldn't help but step back a few paces. She wanted to observe before drawing a conclusion.
Seeing the Lady's retreating motion, Yu Jin nodded in satisfaction. The patient cooperates, the doctor is happy—it's a win-win!
Although he was neither a doctor, nor was the Lady a patient.
"Come on, come on! Those behind, come forward! Didn't you see your Harbinger taking the lead? What are you still standing there for!"
Yu Jin saw the Fatui behind the Lady looking stunned and shouted.
The Fatui did not move; they just quietly watched the Lady, waiting for her command. After another sigh, she nodded.
The line began to move, and the blood in the water tank started to increase. However, Yu Jin's mood did not improve.
"What? Are you a mutated Water Slime? Why is there so much Hydro element in your blood?" Yu Jin asked in surprise, looking at the extremely corpulent Fatui Hydro Vanguard in front of him.
"What? So that's it! No wonder my mouth is always full of drool every time I wake up!" The Hydro Vanguard scratched the back of his head, suddenly enlightened.
"That's not a problem with the Hydro element; it's your own problem," Yu Jin corrected.
"Then, Doctor, what should I do?" the Hydro Vanguard asked anxiously. Actually, the uncontrollable drooling was a minor issue; the real big problem was that he had recently been experiencing a strange sense of suffocation, as if he were drowning.
This was a unique problem for the Hydro Vanguard type of soldier. Based on past experience, he would either retire and return home, or silently drown in his sleep.
He heard there was a solution, but the cost was unbearable for a common soldier like him.
"Here! Take this. Hold it every night when you sleep. When it no longer feels warm, you'll be fine," Yu Jin pulled out a warm stone and handed it to the Hydro Vanguard.
"Oh, right, after you're better, don't do this line of work anymore, or you'll get worse," Yu Jin reminded him, as if he had just remembered something.
"Tha... thank you, Doctor!" The Hydro Vanguard clutched the warm stone in his palm as if it were a treasure, thanking him profusely.
"Alright, alright, move along, move along! There are still people behind!" Yu Jin waved his hand, and Lanssangx, understanding, pulled the Hydro Vanguard away.
"Hold out your hand." Yu Jin burned the used mouthpiece and took out a new one.
Then a constantly trembling delicate hand reached out.
Yu Jin finally looked up at the person. A deep purple cloak, a mask covering half her face, and a lantern at her waist glowing with a faint purple light—who else could it be but an Electro Cicin Mage?
"Hello, Doctor," the Electro Cicin Mage greeted him when she saw Yu Jin looking at her.
Doctors are respected everywhere, not to mention this doctor in front of her was not only highly skilled but also free of charge.
The Electro Cicin Mage thought of her colleagues who had walked past her earlier; their voices carried the vigor unique to new recruits.
Fatui technology was very advanced, allowing every soldier to fight using elemental power. However, elemental corrosion had always been a difficult problem.
In this regard, the Fatui also had no good solution. The herbs that could absorb elements were priceless rare items, and the Fatui could not, nor did they have the financial resources to, provide such things to every soldier.
Of course, there was another method—to become a Vision wielder. As long as one possessed a Vision, elemental corrosion was no longer a problem, and even a Delusion could be used with confidence.
A Vision, a person watched by the gods, and also the true protagonist of this world.
However, the success rate of this method was even lower than the previous one, so most Fatui soldiers either retired with a pension, returning to Snezhnaya with hidden injuries to live out their remaining years, or died in battle and from elemental corrosion.
"You are not doing well," Yu Jin said, pinching the Electro Cicin Mage's wrist. Her arm was covered in horrifying dead skin, like upright fish scales.
He inserted the mouthpiece, and a trickle of blood flowed out. The blood was thin, its color closer to pink than bright crimson.
Seeing this, Yu Jin withdrew the mouthpiece and stopped drawing blood.
"Doctor, what's wrong?"
"Nothing much. If I drew any more blood, I'm afraid you'd die of weakness." Yu Jin looked at the Delusion at the Electro Cicin Mage's waist and reached out, wanting to examine it.
"Wait! You can't touch that!" The Electro Cicin Mage immediately took a step back when she saw Yu Jin's movement, covering the Delusion at her waist with her hand.
Her speed was so astonishing that it was hard to imagine her outstretched hand had been trembling just moments before.
"Alright, alright! You're at death's door and still protecting this life-draining thing, you're really something," Yu Jin said, laughing in exasperation at the sight.
Seeing the Electro Cicin Mage's wary expression, Yu Jin no longer dwelled on the Delusion. He waved his hand and said, "Alright, I don't need to look to know why. Stick your head out."
"Mhm." The Electro Cicin Mage relaxed when she saw Yu Jin give up on examining her Vision. She extended her head as Yu Jin instructed.
Yu Jin raised his hand and pinched the top of the Electro Cicin Mage's head. To his touch, the Electro Cicin Mage's head was still unconsciously trembling.
"Tsk tsk, what a tragedy," Yu Jin shook his head. Then, golden-yellow lightning began to flicker at his fingertips.
"Hiss boom!" The lightning at his fingertips suddenly roared, and thunder struck from the Electro Cicin Mage's head to the floor.
Golden lightning leaped, bringing out wisps of purple. That was the Electro Cicin Mage's Electro element, which had almost permeated her bones.
"This is..." The Electro Cicin Mage only felt something pass through her. When she regained her senses, she was surprised to find that the pervasive sense of blockage in her body had disappeared.
However, very quickly, the overwhelming weakness made the Electro Cicin Mage unable to stand any longer. She collapsed to the ground like a puddle of mud, unable to get up for a long time.
Although she couldn't control her body very well before, her muscles were constantly tense under the stimulation of the Electro element, which allowed her weak body to stand.
Now that the Electro element was gone, her relaxed muscles naturally could not support the Electro Cicin Mage's weak body.
"Take her away. Give her a few drops of the Goddess's Tears. What a loss, I wonder if the Cryo Archon's Tears can compare to this."
These were the last words she heard before she fainted.
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