Much like the Wan Family.
After that battle, the Ji Family had been purged as well.
The Medical Department could not possibly tolerate forces that might threaten its political rule. What remained were not families like the Wan Family or Ji Family, with actual plague-extermination power, but legislators who possessed authority alone and were easier to control.
At the same time, Zhao Ran, one of the Seven Xuanyuan Stars, had also died in Chu Die's Suicide Abetment.
Few pharmacists, like Tu Luming, spent years charging on the Plague Extermination Frontline while neglecting their mental defenses, only to ultimately wither away and vanish.
"Still... the world of Plague Exterminators is far crueler than we imagined, Old Wan."
Ji Xiaohan wore the Plague-Slaying Blade Jade Pillow at his waist as he spoke softly.
Wan Chaohu's expression was complicated. "I made peace with that long ago."
"The people from the Insect Organization supported by Monroe will be arriving soon. Worn down by history, they are more unruly and terrifying than ordinary patients."
"Let's go."
"The Seven Xuanyuan Stars... they really were a nostalgic idol group."
Zhou Zhi looked at the moonlight overhead, feeling somewhat wistful.
They had once been Xuanyuan's seven most outstanding young Plague Exterminators. Had they not withered away, they would surely have become the backbone of Xuanyuan's current generation.
Their talent and temperament had been formidable, and their resources had been beyond reproach.
"Chen Chaosheng simply suffered from dying young."
That was what Zhou Zhi thought.
Whenever he saw old acquaintances and recalled the cold person he had once been, Zhou Zhi could not help but sigh.
"If people like Chen Chaosheng and Lu Yi had lived until now, even if they did not become Dragons Among Men, they would not have been far from it."
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