The meeting had barely ended, and the players had yet to fully digest its contents when troubling news appeared on the Forum: Steam Island Central Hospital had seen its first case of a player suffering bodily collapse.
This made the few players still clinging to wishful thinking fully recognize their situation. They were indeed already on the edge of a cliff.
Su Na arrived immediately and reviewed the patient's diagnostic report, discovering that this person's Mental Attribute was not low-at least in the second tier.
So...
"If the mind and body suffer severe trauma, the probability of collapse may also increase."
Su Na made her assessment, feeling that this would be terrible. It meant that after every major battle, some of the wounded would die from bodily disintegration, and even First Tier players would not be spared.
By that evening, two more such cases had appeared. None of those who collapsed were players with the lowest Mental Attributes, which essentially confirmed Su Na's conjecture.
"We have to find a way to lessen this effect. Otherwise, casualties in future major battles will be staggering, and they may very well..."
Su Na sent Yang Yi a Private Message. Though she left her words unfinished, her meaning was clear: enormous losses would deal a tremendous blow to the players' morale, triggering a vicious cycle of giving up on themselves, despair, and so on.
Yang Yi was also at the hospital. Though his medical skills were mediocre, his Limb Restoration Spell was exceptionally effective. As long as he had enough raw materials, he could treat almost any physical injury, so he had joined the rescue effort as well.
A large number of players with medical skills had also come, striving to get all the wounded out of critical condition as quickly as possible.
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