Lantern Sister is still very capable.

Chapter 88 Injured

"It's finally over!!!"

"Hey, how did your exam go?"

"I think it's hopeless, but it's okay. The university I want to apply to doesn't require physical fitness scores, so I'll just treat it as a game."

"I'm taking tomorrow off. Any plans? How about we play some holographic games together?"

"Phew, it's finally over! I'm going to eat a pound of food during my vacation!"

The test takers gradually left the house, engaging in lively discussions about the exam and the nearly one-and-a-half-day holiday that followed.

"Dengdeng, let's go." Jin Xiaoyue stretched. "Are you coming to my house tomorrow? We haven't finished exploring the Star Travel World we went to last time!"

Chu Deng paused for a moment, then replied casually, "Okay."

She also needed to log into that mysterious game again for some reason.

“But before that…” Chu Deng opened his senses and looked at his friend with relief, “Let’s go back to the dormitory and consolidate our strength first.”

My family's seedlings are just beginning to grow.

Jin Xiaoyue blinked, initially hesitant, but under Chu Deng's confident gaze, her uncertainty vanished instantly. She looked at Chu Deng with a look of surprise and delight, her smile even more pronounced than AK's. If it weren't for the increasing number of examinees around them, she would have loved to hug Chu Deng and spin her around twice.

Seeing that Jin Xiaoyue was unusually reserved, Chu Deng took the initiative to pull Jin Xiaoyue's arm and spun her around twice.

Jin Xiaoyue raised her chin to the sky and laughed heartily, "I declare that at this moment I am the happiest girl in the world!"

After the two had their fill of fun, they chatted and laughed all the way to the main gate to meet up. After Zhang Yijing and Zhao Lesheng had organized all the examinees, the group took a car back to Haishi No.1 High School.

After briefly addressing the age-old issue of safety, Zhang Yijing readily announced the disbandment of the group, sending everyone home.

Jin Xiaoyue and Chu Deng returned to their dormitory. Chu Deng first checked Jin Xiaoyue's awakening status and, after confirming that there was nothing wrong with her body, simply explained some precautions for cultivation. The two then took the Little Fire Tree, picked up Qingyu, and took the crystal core and some miscellaneous items, before getting into the Jin family's car and leaving together.

The driver was Yuan Qifeng, the veteran who had taken the two of them to exercise before. Knowing that the two children had just finished their exams, he didn't ask about their scores or anything. Instead, he told them to rest well: "I can drive this car steadily. If you're tired, you can take a nap."

The exam started at 7:30. The first session lasted two hours. I was delayed at school for a while, and it's only 10:30 in the morning now, which is exactly when I feel sleepy.

Chu Deng wasn't sleepy; she was full of energy. But as soon as Jin Xiaoyue got in the car, her eyelids started drooping, and she leaned on Chu Deng's shoulder, snoring softly from exhaustion. Chu Deng didn't move; she covered her friend with a blanket and quietly scrolled through her personal terminal with one hand.

Since Chu Deng and Shi Zhong reconnected because of the forum incident, Shi Zhong added her to a group called "Teahouse". The group had a moderate number of people, around two hundred. Every now and then, there would be tasks that recruited people. Chu Deng looked at the task content and found that there were tasks for exchanging crystal cores, teaming up to fight exotic beasts and plants, looking for people, recruiting people for sparring, and other miscellaneous small tasks that she wouldn't go into detail about.

Chu Deng saw a missing person notice posted at the top of the page by a person named Clock, and curiously clicked on it to take a look.

[Code name: Jin Peng, male, 28 years old, 189 cm tall, loves music, skilled in using a short dagger, disappeared in 2063 on Jilin Island, South Korea. Anyone with information about his whereabouts, please contact me. A substantial reward will be offered.]

The message was accompanied by a photo showing a handsome young man with a bird mask on his face, smiling smugly at the camera.

Chu Deng felt that the face was somewhat familiar. The young man codenamed Jin Peng had a face shape and eyes that were somewhat similar to Yan Mengqi, her teammate in "Star Travel World".

She blinked, understanding dawning on her.

Whether Jin Peng is dead or alive, it is likely a tragedy.

Chu Deng noted down the connection between Jin Peng and the clock, and analyzed the development of exotic plants and beasts in various parts of Hai City from some mission information, casually passing the time.

Yuan Qifeng said he would take Chu Deng home first, but Chu Deng told Jin Xiaoyue to go home first, since it wasn't comfortable to sleep in the car.

After arriving at the Jin family home, Jin Xiaoyue rubbed her eyes and said goodbye to Chu Deng: "Dengdeng, see you online tomorrow."

They made plans to play games together.

"Alright, don't rush that matter. We'll talk about it in the second phase of the training camp." Chu Deng was worried that Jin Xiaoyue might make a mistake if she rushed into cultivation after just starting out.

"Mmm." Jin Xiaoyue nodded and waved goodbye to Chu Deng.

Yuan Qifeng waited until Chu Deng closed the car door before saying, "Going straight home?"

He thought he would take Chu Deng anywhere else if she wanted to go, but he was afraid she would feel embarrassed, so he mentioned it briefly.

Just as Chu Deng was about to nod, she saw a message pop up on her personal terminal. She frowned and said, "Could you please take me to the First Central Hospital of Shanghai? My younger brother is sick."

Yuan Qifeng didn't ask any more questions, adjusted the car speed, and took Chu Deng to the hospital.

Upon arriving at the hospital, Yuan Qifeng didn't leave. Instead, he informed Jin Dahai, who told him to wait at the hospital entrance and see if Chu Deng's family needed any help. If so, Yuan Qifeng could lend a hand.

"I'll wait here. Contact me anytime if anything happens. Lao Jin will be here soon."

"Thank you." Chu Deng nodded, not refusing.

The Jin family is, after all, a pharmaceutical company, and they have a partnership with the superhuman base, so they can lend a hand no matter what problems Chu Lin encounters.

The message Luo Xia sent her was rather brief; Chu Deng only knew that her brother had been bitten by a snake.

"We don't know exactly what kind of snake venom it is, so we can only administer a general antidote. But according to the scans, his nerves have already started to die, and..." The doctor looked at the scans with a grave expression, then touched Chu Lin's leg, who was lying unconscious on the bed, with his gloved hand.

Chu Junhai looked at the doctor with a face full of anxiety: "And what's wrong? Doctor, is there any hope for my son?" His voice was trembling with tears as he looked at the doctor with red eyes and hope in his eyes.

Luo Xia squeezed Chu Junhai's hand, trying her best to comfort him.

"What did the patient experience after being bitten? He suffered severe frostbite at the bite site, which slowed the spread of the venom but also damaged the nerves in his leg. Without replacement, he may become lame or paralyzed."

Chu Junhai couldn't help but catch his breath, and Luo Xia supported him. Luo Xia, unable to maintain her usual composure, said heavily, "He didn't touch anything after being bitten. He was taken directly to the hospital by ambulance. The snake that bit him wasn't caught. Doctor, we will definitely cooperate. Please save this child."

"Please rest assured, family members, we will do our best to treat him." After saying that, the doctor went to get the antidote and prepare to give Chu Lin an injection. "We need the family members to sign some papers. We need to perform surgery to treat the necrotic muscles in the patient's leg."

Luo Xia nodded, her hand trembling slightly as she signed.

Chu Junhai secretly wiped away his tears, looking at his son, whose lips were pale and who was unconscious, his heart filled with grief.