Chapter 905: Magnetic Field Anomaly

This is a hospital in the inner city of a very high-security safe zone, where everyone entering and leaving must undergo detailed manual and equipment scans. It is precisely because of these inspection measures that people feel a certain sense of security, allowing their taut nerves to relax.

But Xia Qing was accustomed to the vastness and quiet of her territory, and found it hard to relax in densely populated areas, so the moment she detected the Yi synthetic element, her face remained an expressionless blank, and she merely paused, set down the pen in her hand, stood up without looking sideways, passed through the security gate, and supported Xu Juan as she walked toward the living quarters inside the hospital.

During this process, Xia Qing keenly noticed that the target releasing the Yi synthetic element here was actually moving!

Of the 36 types of Yi synthetic elements discovered or artificially synthesized to date, the vast majority have been put to use in clinical medicine. This is a hospital, so could it be that someone was carrying some kind of medication containing Yi synthetic elements that was emitting a magnetic field?

Xia Qing, who was accustomed to being cautious, instinctively felt something was off, but Xia Qing, who was accustomed to disguise, still showed little change on the surface.

After detouring to the staff dormitory building at the corner of the hospital and entering Xu Juan's room—which, though small, was kept very clean and tidy—and helping her sit on the bed, Xia Qing asked, "This hospital's security is quite well done."

Xu Juan's room faced south, and the sunlight outside was just right, so the room was very stuffy. She turned on a small electric fan to let Xia Qing enjoy the breeze before saying, "Doctors, medicines, and medical equipment are all key protected supplies. Thanks to them, I can sleep soundly every night. I've been recuperating for over a month and gained six jin."

Putting on weight is the happiest and most reassuring thing during the Calamity years.

Xia Qing accepted the compressed snacks Xu Juan handed her. "This building is both quiet and safe; anyone here would put on weight. Are you also responsible for transporting the hospital's high-value medicines and medical equipment?"

When Xia Qing had sensed the Yi element magnetic field earlier, she had not seen any staff escorting medical supplies.

"Yes, we group up based on our abilities to transport important supplies, patrol inside the hospital, and go out to search for and rescue the wounded…" Xu Juan didn't know why Xia Qing was interested in the hospital's security work, but she still explained everything she knew in detail. Seeing that Xia Qing didn't continue asking, she brought up the matter of the Bright Green team members being kidnapped.

"Chen Dongyang has a mole inside the Bright Green team, who accurately tracked Lu Fangchun's squad's movements. This kidnapping resulted in 9 deaths and 7 injuries, and even alarmed the Western Wolf Pack. Chen Dongyang is done for this time. I went for a follow-up check yesterday and stopped by to visit Lu Fangchun, where I heard She Xing arguing with Chen Deng…"

Regarding the placement of these children, including Lu Fangchun and Wang Bo, She Xing and Bright Green captain Chen Deng had vastly different opinions.

Chen Deng wanted to seize the turbulent period of Sufeng's collapse and Qinglong's rise to make the Bright Green name ring out again, so they had to take missions frequently to grind the team's contribution points; She Xing, on the other hand, wanted to give these children a few more years to study and grow before going out on missions.

Because Chen Deng was the captain, She Xing had to obey his arrangements even if she had objections. But now Lu Fangchun was lying in the hospital like a mummy—how could She Xing not quarrel with him?

"To exchange for survival supplies and quality food for herself and her son, She Xing has endured untold hardships over the years. She…" Xu Juan sighed, "even promised Chen Deng that she'd give him a child next year."

Staying alive during the Calamity years was never an easy feat to begin with. When She Xing's husband died, her son Lu Fangchun was only eight; her life over these years had been harder than that of a single woman.

Xu Juan was used to Xia Qing's silence. After chatting about She Xing and her son's current situation, she brought up another matter with her. "She Xing asked about you yesterday. I reckon she wants to take her son to the Northern District One territory, use your connections, and beg the big shot to treat her son's injuries."

Ordinary civilians didn't know, but the vast majority of people in Hui-3 officialdom and the teams now knew Zhang San's true identity. It was just that because the big shot didn't want people to know, everyone tacitly pretended not to.

Xia Qing nodded. "It might not work out."

"Might not work out" meant there was a chance. Xu Juan understood, and brought up her "old rival" Yang Shanshan. "Yang Shanshan stayed in Hui-5 and didn't come back with Chen Dongyang—she must have found a better backer and split from him. Although her combat power isn't high, she manages to avoid disasters every time. Do you think she might be a magnetoceptive evolver who can sense human emotional fluctuations?"

Xia Qing shook her head. "As long as that kind of ability isn't spoken of, it remains one's own life-saving trump card. Once it's spoken of, one is very likely to become a living radar by some big shot's side. So even if she has it, she definitely wouldn't talk about it."

"Definitely. If I had that ability, I'd have to tape my mouth shut when I sleep." Xu Juan thought of another matter. "Have you gotten the news? Of the two magneto-energy employees the safe zone planting center recruited, one went missing last night."

Xia Qing nodded. "It was mentioned during the meeting earlier; they still haven't found them."

"Such panda-grade employees shouldn't have been made public in the first place." Xu Juan sighed again. "I reckon they won't be found."

After Xia Qing left Xu Juan's dormitory and exited the hospital, she discovered that the gaze releasing the Yi synthetic element magnetic field when she had entered was indeed gone.

Just now, inside Xu Juan's dormitory, she had contacted her idol via mobile phone and confirmed that unless the dosage was very large, medicines made from Yi synthetic elements theoretically could not emit a perceivable magnetic field.

In other words, the magnetic field fluctuation just now could only mean three possibilities:

One, someone was carrying a large quantity of the medicine; two, someone had a still-active plant capable of producing Yi synthetic elements; three was a bit far-fetched—someone could synthesize Yi synthetic elements inside their own body!

As for which one it specifically was, it wasn't something Xia Qing, who was only here for a one-day meeting trip back at the safe zone, should concern herself with. She left the hospital expressionlessly and hurried toward the largest mall in the safe zone's inner city.

Between taking the bus and walking, Xia Qing chose to walk, because she didn't want to squeeze onto a bus with a bunch of strangers.

After entering the four-story mall with central air conditioning, Xia Qing browsed floor by floor from top to bottom.

The fourth floor was clothing. Xia Qing saw cotton socks on sale and immediately bought a big pack, then bought two sun hats, and when passing the children's clothing section, she browsed that as well.

Seeing some children's clothes she liked, Xia Qing took out her phone, intending to take a photo to send to Seeing Xin Yu, who liked doing handicrafts, so she could make an outfit for Does Daigua the monkey.

"Young Lady…" Seeing Xia Qing take a photo, the clerk hurried over.

When Xia Qing lowered her arm and revealed the gold badge on her chest, the clerk wearing a yellow badge immediately stopped, her whole body tensing, her expression nervous.

"Photography isn't allowed here?" Xia Qing's face was still a blank, and her voice was very calm, but inwardly she was anything but calm.

Because on this clerk, she had detected the magnetic field of an aggressive, maiming evolutional plant!