Guangnan Quarantine Zone—
After the Quarantine Zone entered its emergency period, everyone was gripped by panic.
Nearly all the patients from the First Inpatient Department had been transferred away, but no institution was willing to take in the Infected from the Second Inpatient Department, so they remained stranded in the Quarantine Zone.
Still, the atmosphere in the Second Inpatient Department remained fairly calm.
Without the Bard stirring up trouble, the nurses carried out their duties as usual, while the patients sought a resting place for their souls in faith.
Ling Feiran did not know how Yalana had managed it. She had never instructed the saints to recruit followers, yet Yalana tirelessly spread the doctrine among the patients.
Of course, other saints also acted voluntarily in similar ways. It was only because Yalana held the Bard Card, making her words more influential, that she had recruited the most follower saints.
In just a few days, Ling Feiran's number of saints had grown from eighteen to thirty-five, nearly doubling.
It was as though a unique way of understanding the world had been instilled into the saints' minds out of nowhere. They believed the Saintess was a messenger of God, and that only by following the Divine Emissary could they walk the right path and free their souls from suffering.
Thus, scenes like this could often be seen in the Second Inpatient Department:
A middle-aged woman in a hospital gown would take another patient's hand and sincerely persuade them, "You are not sitting alone in this darkness. We will stay with you until the day the miracle arrives."
Fortunately, Yalana spoke Mogu language, so she would not affect the volunteers. Moreover, Card holders themselves were resistant to this sort of "calling" and would not easily be converted into saints.
Ling Feiran had no