Chapter 177

"What's wrong?" she asked curiously.

"No, it's nothing."

FrostNova finally had no choice but to kneel on the ground and say these words.

She understood the Angel in front of her more and more.

At this moment, FrostNova's two rabbit ears were being rubbed and bounced around. Even though FrostNova was much taller than Xiao Huasheng, it inexplicably turned into Xiao Huasheng patting her head.

FrostNova: 171cm

Xiao Huasheng: 159cm

This petite and wretched Angel really doesn't know when to stop.

Xiao Huasheng was finally satisfied after giving the rabbit a good rub; it's hard not to call it a kind of flirting.

FrostNova turned her head slightly, avoiding Xiao Huasheng's overly "enthusiastic" caresses. A faint blush rose on her pale cheeks, whether from embarrassment or something else, it was hard to tell.

She took a deep breath of the cold air to calm her chaotic thoughts.

"You..." Her voice was still a little hoarse, but it had regained its usual coolness. "Before you consider treating us, you'd better take a look at your employees first."

She raised her hand and pointed to the other side of the battlefield.

There, Ku Tang and Ai Er Lan remained in the same positions as when they were afflicted by the extreme cold, their bodies covered in thick frost, like two lifelike ice sculptures, motionless.

Further away, Skadi knelt on the ground, holding Roxy, whose power armor was shattered and who was unconscious.

Skadi herself was covered in blood and breathing heavily. Although her crimson eyes were still fixed on the direction where Patriot had fallen, anyone could see that she was at her last gasp.

"They fought for you, and now the situation is very bad." FrostNova's tone was calm, revealing no emotion.

Instead of rubbing her ears and offering a treatment plan that sounds like a pipe dream, this "supervisor" should probably deal with the obvious crisis facing his subordinates first.

I think so too.

Xiao Huasheng nodded.

Within the time it takes to breathe.

The four employees in FrostNova's line of sight vanished simultaneously, then reappeared around her perfectly intact.

Upon seeing this, FrostNova's eyes widened.

She thought she wouldn't be surprised anymore, but she was still extremely shocked by what she saw.

Ai Er Lan, who had been carried back from the brink of death, grumbled a complaint.

"Manager, being an ice sculpture isn't a pleasant experience. I'm really afraid I'll just die."

"It's okay, you've already died once, haven't you?"

"... That's different."

"Should I erase your memories for you, so you won't have this memory?"

Upon hearing this Ai Er Lan and the other employees quickly shook their heads. "Then let's forget it, we'd rather preserve this memory."

These battles against non-human monsters were invaluable combat experiences for them, and they certainly couldn't be deleted so easily.

After chatting with the employees, Xiao Huasheng looked at FrostNova and asked her a question.

"Well, do you now believe I can cure this curse on you?"

She reached out her hand to FrostNova hesitated for a moment before finally smiling and extending her hand in return.

Although it was only her first meeting with the Angel, she felt a trustworthy power emanating from Angel.

Perhaps, it's not impossible for the Infected to rely on her.

FrostNova's hand froze in mid-air just before it touched Xiao Huasheng's fingertips.

The fleeting emotion and hope on her face, like a candle flame extinguished by a cold wind, quickly cooled and vanished.

She slowly, but with unwavering determination, withdrew her hand and placed it back at her side.

"No."

Xiao Huasheng tilted his head in confusion. "Why? Don't you want to get rid of the pain it brings?"

"Pain?" FrostNova's voice was soft. "This Oripathy does indeed bring endless pain. It erodes our bodies, shortens our lifespans, and makes us feared and despised by the world."

"But it also gives us strength! This Originium Arts, forged through suffering, is our means of survival on this cruel land, and the weapon we use to raise the banner of resistance against Ursus and against all injustice!"

"I have never regarded it as a curse; I am proud of it and use it to fight the Infected."

Xiao Huasheng quickly retorted.

"But isn't using a staff the same thing later? Even without a body to transmit skills, you can use a tool, and the combat will be the same, right?"

FrostNova shook her head, clearly resigned to her fate; she had chosen to give up the chance to live.

Perhaps dying as the Infected was the best ending for her.

"I see..." Xiao Huasheng muttered to himself.

Just then, Angela's voice rang out.

[Oh dear, supervisor, I accidentally let the Quack Doctor escape.]

Suddenly, the Quack Doctor wearing a bird-beak mask appeared in front of FrostNova, and he paused in his motion with the mop.

He then threw down the mop FrostNova, grabbing her by the neck!

"Your condition is very serious; let me cure you."

FrostNova:???

Quack Doctor: I don't care which one you have.

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FrostNova was grabbed by the neck by the Quack Doctor.

The Quack Doctor's face, clad in a bird-beak mask, was inches away, his cold fingers gripping her neck.

This scene stunned everyone, even Xiao Huasheng was momentarily speechless.

"Well!!"

FrostNova suddenly let out a muffled groan.

Everything inside her body was collapsing frantically, and her power was being rapidly drained away.

Her body convulsed violently, and she was slowly sliding towards the abyss.

She could clearly feel the Originium crystals that were already inextricably intertwined with her flesh and nerves being forcibly dissolved by an incomparably tyrannical force.

The Quack Doctor's force, originating from her neck, swiftly invaded every inch of her body.

However, this only gathered in the upper part of the body. In the instant the Originium crystal disappeared, it left behind countless tiny but real voids.

Her lungs, liver, and even the structures inside her bones—structures that were originally filled with Originium and had even partially replaced her physiological functions—suddenly collapsed and disappeared.

It's like the load-bearing walls supporting an already dilapidated house were suddenly removed; even if it doesn't collapse, it becomes a dangerous building.

"Puff--"

A large mouthful of dark red blood spurted from FrostNova's mouth, mixed with some tiny, not-yet-completely-dissolved Originium fragments.

Her face instantly changed from pale to a deathly ashen white, and her body went limp. If the Quack Doctor hadn't been holding her by the neck, she would have collapsed to the ground long ago.

"Big sister!"

"Hello?!"

The Yeti Squad and the Shieldguards were furious and wanted to rush forward.

"Wait! We're saving her! Don't move! The structural gap in her body will definitely cause this!"

Xiao Huasheng immediately realized what was happening and hurriedly grabbed the Quack Doctor's other hand.

An immense amount of energy surged forth from the Quack Doctor in an instant.

Energy: 34%...100%

In just a moment, Xiao Huasheng's energy was completely filled, and even a lot of overflowing energy was released.

A great deal of heat emanated from the Quack Doctor and FrostNova, melting the surrounding snow.

Then, Xiao Huasheng saw the energy level dropping rapidly.

Angela spoke up.

[Hmm, I knew this one was far more numerous than the average the Infected. Supervisor, I'm currently repairing the internal cracks within the company, don't let go.]

Upon hearing this, Xiao Huasheng didn't say much, but simply held onto the Quack Doctor's hand tightly.

Since things have come to this point, we have no choice but to continue.

FrostNova was in so much pain that she barely had the strength to move.

The Quack Doctor changed his grip on her neck to supporting her waist with one hand, preventing her from collapsing onto the snow.

FrostNova's body convulsed violently in the Quack Doctor's arms, completely like a broken puppet controlled by invisible threads.

The blood in her mouth no longer gushed out, but turned into a continuous, bubbly, dark red stream that dripped down her chin, leaving large, shocking stains on her white clothes.

Even more shockingly, her once flat stomach was slowly swelling and tightening at an abnormal rate, resembling that of a pregnant woman.

However, this was only because the internal organs lost their support and function after the Originium was forcibly dissolved, and a large amount of blood gushed out along with the severed blood vessels.

This caused a sharp increase in pressure within her abdominal cavity, causing her abdomen to swell up as if inflated, stretching her skin to the point of being almost transparent, and even revealing faint bluish-purple blood vessels underneath.

Even Xiao Huasheng felt extremely sorry for him when he saw it.

Her Originium was more deeply ingrained than that of the Infected, to the point that she was almost completely transformed into a piece of Originium before finally dissipating in the wind.

"Hmph hmph hmph..." FrostNova could only let out a few desperate coughs.

Her pupils had begun to dilate, her gaze blankly fixed on the gray sky; only the instinctive spasms of her body proved that she was not yet completely dead.

Xiao Huasheng bit her lower lip tightly; she could clearly feel the tsunami-like energy depletion emanating from the Quack Doctor's body.

The massive and deeply rooted Originium within FrostNova's body was being violently "evaporated," and the destruction caused by this process was far more terrifying than she had imagined.

Looking at FrostNova's swollen abdomen and her constant vomiting of blood, she felt a tightness in her heart, but she dared not let go of the Quack Doctor's hand.

The Yeti Squad and the Shieldguards were so stunned by the horrifying "healing" scene that they could only watch helplessly as their leader succumbed to extreme pain and faced an unknown end.

The Quack Doctor seemed oblivious to all of this, his deep, persistent voice emanating from beneath his bird-beak mask. "Hang in there, the lesions are being cleared... you'll be cured soon."

The moment the Quack Doctor finished speaking, something unexpected happened!

On FrostNova's right lower abdomen, a piece of Originium crystal, almost perfectly integrated with her pelvis, with its tip piercing through her exposed skin, made a faint "click" sound.

It is so deeply rooted that it is an extension of her own bones.

At this moment, this last and most conspicuous lesion, under the tyrannical power of the Quack Doctor, finally began to crumble.

Instead, it melted instantly, like ice crystals under the sunlight, leaving no residue.

However, this Originium occupies more than just the space of skin and flesh.

Its instantaneous disappearance completely removed the last brick from the dam!

"Pfft--!"

A muffled thud that sent chills down your spine.

FrostNova's already swollen abdomen suddenly ruptured open with an irregular blood hole at the point where the Originium disappeared.

It is mixed with necrotic tissue and accumulates in the abdominal cavity.

Dark red, foul-smelling liquid of blood and lymph, along with fragments of internal organs, gushed out like a burst dam, cascading under terrifying pressure onto the snow-covered ground. It instantly melted large swaths of snow, creating a shocking pool of filth.

Almost simultaneously, even more blood gushed from FrostNova's eyes, nostrils, and ears; she couldn't have looked more miserable.

Her body was already completely hollow; it could no longer be called a body.

Her last faint spasm stopped, and her body went completely limp, with only the Quack Doctor's arm still supporting her.

This hellish scene became the final straw that broke the sanity of the Yeti Squad and the Shieldguards.

"You killed my eldest sister!!!"

One of the Yetis members let out a heart-wrenching roar, his eyes instantly becoming bloodshot.