Chapter 134

Chapter 134

In their hearts, they were both angry and frightened upon hearing the words of the person in charge of the Huang family's medical team. After all, the Huang family was an influential force, and what he said might very well be true.

Being inexperienced, they didn’t know how to respond to such a threat and could only refuse, their faces reddening with anger, unsure of how to counter the situation.

Just when they were feeling helpless, someone stepped in to help them, and they were deeply grateful, all looking toward Bai Xiaoyu.

The person in charge of the Huang family's medical team had been feeling self-satisfied, thinking that these students wouldn’t be able to avoid his control. However, unexpectedly, someone dared to take them away right in front of him?

"Are you aware of what you’re saying? Which clan's medical team are you from?"

Bai Xiaoyu didn’t give the man a glance and continued speaking to the three of them. "Some warriors are returning up ahead. Let's go check on them."

The three were immediately tempted and started moving toward Bai Xiaoyu. However, they were stopped by the man, who was now extremely agitated, staring into their eyes. "Think carefully. You could find yourselves in a medical team that disbands in a few days."

Then, turning to Bai Xiaoyu, he directly threatened, "Not daring to reveal which clan you’re from means you’re likely from some unknown, insignificant force. Do you know the consequences of offending the Huang family? Your medical team might kick you out tomorrow for what you’re doing."

The three hesitated again, not wanting to implicate someone who had kindly helped them.

Seeing this, Bai Xiaoyu finally looked at the person in charge. "Huang family? Why don’t you go ask Bai Qi and see if I’m afraid of your Huang family? As for the medical team behind me, I have full authority over it. Go away? Only someone like you would be kicked out."

Bai Xiaoyu and the Huang family had clashed countless times before.

The person in charge of the Huang family was speechless. This guy didn’t seem to be lying. Could the force behind him be more powerful than the Huang family, or simply unafraid of them?

To directly address their young master by name, could he be one of the royal family members?

But looking at Bai Xiaoyu's bandaged left hand and the healing device in his right, he thought it was impossible.

If he were a royal family member, there was no way he’d be on the most dangerous frontline on the first day of the war, doing tasks that the lowest-level medical team members were assigned to do.

The person in charge gave a cold laugh. "You’re really putting on an act. If you continue to oppose our medical team, just wait for the Huang family's revenge."

Bai Xiaoyu replied coolly, "Be my guest."

He then turned to the three hesitant students and waved the various items in his hands. "Come on, we have an ample supply of medical supplies now. If you want to help treat the wounded warriors, don’t just stand there and follow me."

When the three met Bai Xiaoyu's gaze, they felt an inexplicable sense of calm and instinctively followed him. Behind them, the Huang family's medical team leader was left with a dark expression on his face. Mosen made a face at him and then turned to catch up with Bai Xiaoyu.

As they walked out, Chen Ying, feeling somewhat apologetic, looked at Bai Xiaoyu. "Thanks for helping us just now, but might this cause you trouble?"

Bai Xiaoyu shook his head. "It might, but even if I did nothing this time, they’d still find reasons to trouble me. Don’t worry, my conflicts with the Huang family are not because of you."

They relaxed a little but remained somewhat worried.

At this point, Yang Fanxin spoke up. "Luckily, you pretended to recruit for the medical team so we could get away. Perhaps no other medical team will dare to offend the Huang family and take us in, but still, thank you."

Ning Fang and Chen Ying nodded in agreement. "Yeah, even if we quit this line of work, we wouldn’t want to stay in such a medical team."

Seeing the three forcing smiles, Bai Xiaoyu directly took out several boxes of medical supplies from his system storage and handed one to each of them. "Take these. The warriors will be back soon."

Chen Ying, holding the heavy box, was a bit slow to react. "What is this?"

The other two were also confused.

Bai Xiaoyu explained, "I just said we received a batch of medical supplies. And about the medical team recruitment, it wasn’t just an excuse to help you escape. I’m really recruiting. Do you want to join our medical team?"

The three reflexively opened the boxes. As students who had taken many overlapping courses related to pharmaceuticals, they had the basic ability to identify the grade of medical supplies.

The potions in these three boxes were crystal-clear and pure in quality, clearly top-grade potions, at least S-grade.

Usually, it’s rare to see even a single bottle, yet now they were handing out three boxes! Each box had at least three layers, with each layer containing a hundred bottles.

Medical teams typically use potions ranging from C to B grade. The former made up the majority, with the latter being relatively less common. Let alone potions above A grade! Moreover, due to their rarity, S-grade potions can cost several million credits per bottle.

All three were stunned. How many credit points were they holding in total?

They immediately tightened their grip, fearing that if the boxes fell, they would not only face compensation but also let down the warriors who needed these potions, making them feel as if they were committing a grave mistake.

The ability to provide so many top-grade potions confirmed the truth of what he had said.

Chen Ying was so excited that he nearly bit his tongue, "So, you’re really going to recruit us?"

Bai Xiaoyu looked at the three pairs of expectant eyes looking at him expectantly, "Of course."

Bai Xiaoyu then explained the potions' effects to them and took out another box of enhanced culture fluid, which could quickly replenish the warriors’ stamina.

He led the three to Duan Yang, who had just returned and looked increasingly pale, along with several other warriors.

The Sixteenth Legion’s warriors were familiar with these potions. Upon seeing them, they hesitated, "Perhaps we should send these to the front lines instead..."

Bai Xiaoyu thought, *Of course they would say that.*

He handed another bottle of potion to one of the warriors, "Take it. I've already had Ling Ying and the others send supplies to the frontlines. They’re not short of medical supplies for now."

The three followed Bai Xiaoyu as they distributed boxes of potions to the returning warriors. Watching the warriors rapidly recover to their best condition, they were astonished, their mouths agape in disbelief.

This was the power of S-grade top potions?

By noon, the warriors had mostly recovered, and more of the rescued were coming back. The efficiency and speed of their recovery had increased severalfold.

It wasn’t until then that the Huang family’s medical team arrived with a large contingent, treating only the 155th Legion’s warriors and injured civilians.

However, most of the 155th Legion’s warriors weren’t injured. For the injured civilians, the first step was to verify their identity using their optical brains. If they weren’t natives of the F105 planet, they were denied treatment.

Many of these people had come for the black market, while others were present for tourism, work, or study. None of them received treatment.

The Huang family’s leader, pointing at Bai Xiaoyu’s group, said, "You are not entitled to our treatments or high-quality potions. Why not try their inferior potions? They might not be effective, but at least they’ll have a psychological effect, right?"

These people had no choice but to approach Bai Xiaoyu's group, feeling a bit hesitant, when Bai Xiaoyu's team noticed them and immediately came over to help. They provided treatments based on each person's condition, giving them the appropriate potions. Those with severe injuries received one bottle, while those with lighter injuries were treated accordingly.

These people stared blankly at the incredibly beautiful and pure potions. Most of them were ordinary people who usually only had access to potions below grade B. They had never seen potions like these before. Perhaps, as the other person said, these were low-grade potions.

But after being ruthlessly rejected once and now being treated with such care and gentleness, they were deeply moved.

After thanking them, they drank the potions.

They felt a bit lightheaded and incredibly comfortable. It was likely because, after suffering both physical and mental injuries, the contrasting treatment had a psychological effect. Or maybe, as the person had said, it was just psychological.

Wait, something's not right!

These people looked suspicious, testing their limbs and feeling a deep shock. They were actually healed!

The Huang family’s leader frowned, what was going on with these people?

He quietly approached and peeked into the open boxes on the ground, seeing those top-grade potions. He thought he might be seeing things, watching those precious potions being handed out like the cheapest cabbages in the star system.

Crazy.

He looked at Bai Xiaoyu, his gaze unimaginably complex. To be able to produce such high-grade potions all at once, excluding the royal family and several potion suppliers like the Xu family, there was only one person who matched the criteria.

He recalled the several times he had seen his young master fuming with anger and feeling helpless, and quietly returned to his medical team’s camp.

He had originally planned to cause trouble for the other party but now decided against it. He had thought the other was pretending, but everything was actually true!

He was furious. Bai Xiaoyu, this good-for-nothing rich kid, was clearly out of his mind. A member of the royal family, instead of doing their proper duties, had fallen to such depths.

At this moment, those who had fully recovered were no longer too exhausted after reporting their safety and began contacting their friends and family. Now, they told their loved ones what had happened here. Many even took photos of the vials of potions they had received—some a whole bottle, some half, or even less than a fifth—and posted them on various social platforms.

The people across the star system were already closely following the events on the war-torn planets, and now hot searches related to the F105 planet were dominating the trending lists.

Three of the top five trending topics featured heroic photos of the 155th Legion in action, some showing Colonel Huang receiving treatment after being injured, and others of the Huang family’s medical team treating soldiers and wounded civilians…

But the netizens were going wild.

Naturally, those who were outraged included those who had witnessed the arrival of the Sixteenth Legion and those rescued by the Sixteenth Legion from the ruins and bug-infested areas.

After resting and recovering, they were incensed to see the Sixteenth Legion’s contributions being co-opted by others.

"What's going on with the 155th Legion? It was clearly the Sixteenth Legion that arrived first, and they were missing for a whole day after the insect invasion. Now, they’re claiming all the credit?"

"That Colonel Huang, he brought a bunch of reporters for a publicity stunt, and we drove them away. Pictures and videos to prove it!"

"The Huang family’s medical team did not treat the wounded soldiers of the Sixteenth Legion or other non-local civilians. Fortunately, another medical team was there. Their potions were miraculous; even a small dose could heal you. Pictures attached. The captain of this medical team has an ordinary face but an extraordinary presence, and those hands—clearly the hands of a lifesaver. Picture attached."

As people looked, many quickly recognized him.

Especially those who had used the potions and Bai Xiaoyu’s fans.

"Whoa, these are Fire Seed's potions!"

"These hands, a long-time fan could immediately recognize this streamer's hands. What's he doing on the F105 planet? Now I have to worry not only about the civilians and the soldiers of the Sixteenth Legion but also about this streamer’s life!"

"He’s formed a medical team, running to the frontlines—this is exactly the kind of thing he would do."

Bai Xiaoyu was too busy to notice that he had been recognized.

However, the increasingly strange expression of Mosen, who was charging through the hot searches, stood out. He stared at Bai Xiaoyu for a long time.

Wherever Bai Xiaoyu went, Mosen followed silently, his expression shifting—sometimes to a sinister look, sometimes to a sorrowful one, and at other times to sheer rage.

But other than that, he didn’t do anything else to disturb Bai Xiaoyu.

The three people next to him just noticed this strange behavior from the boy and occasionally glanced over but didn’t interfere.

When Bai Xiaoyu finished his work, with no more injured being brought in, he stretched his muscles and walked to a corner, turning to face the persistent Mosen. "Alright, what's the matter?"

Mosen asked urgently, "Are you Bai Xiaoyu?"

Bai Xiaoyu replied, "Yes."

Mosen continued, "Where's my brother?"

Bai Xiaoyu asked, "Who's your brother?"

Mosen replied, "Molin. The one who took the contract to assassinate you nine months ago."

Upon hearing the other party say this, Bai Xiaoyu finally remembered the danger he encountered when he first arrived. Could the person who was smashed into a large pit by Big Black be the brother Mosen was talking about?

Bai Xiaoyu: "If it's the person I encountered before, I'm not entirely sure right now. I was rescued by the Sixteenth Legion, and he was taken away."

Mosen: "How is that possible?"

Bai Xiaoyu: "There's no reason for me to lie to you, but I can help you ask the Sixteenth Legion."

Mosen: "Then go ask them now."

Bai Xiaoyu: "We'll wait until the battle ends."

Mosen grew anxious and suddenly transformed into a half-grown owl. This owl was still an immature fledgling, with its flight feathers not fully developed, so it could only flap its wings anxiously without being able to fly.

Soon, a young owl followed Bai Xiaoyu like a ghostly shadow, flapping its wings and occasionally looking up to coo.

Duan Yang, who had just put down an injured soldier, happened to walk by and looked at the fledgling. "What's the matter with him?"

Bai Xiaoyu: "He's asking me about his brother."

After Bai Xiaoyu briefly explained, Duan Yang suddenly understood. "Ah, it's the prisoner from Dawn."

The owl turned its head and began cooing at Duan Yang.

Bai Xiaoyu couldn't understand the bird's language, but Duan Yang could.

Duan Yang looked at Bai Xiaoyu, as if asking for his opinion. Seeing Bai Xiaoyu nod slightly, he then looked at the anxious owl. "Your brother attempted to assassinate a royal family member and was taken away by people sent by the royal family. He should be in the Imperial Star prison by now."

The owl chirped, flapped its wings, and then ran out.

Bai Xiaoyu furrowed his brow and asked Duan Yang, "How long will it take for his brother to be released in this situation?"

Duan Yang: "In lighter cases, it's life imprisonment. In more severe cases..."

Bai Xiaoyu: "Is there no other way?"

Duan Yang: "I'm not entirely sure, but it seems the royal family can handle it internally."

Bai Xiaoyu nodded and then asked, "How is Big Black doing now?"

Duan Yang paused, then quickly replied, "It's fine. The outer eggshell's protective carrier hasn't been broken. According to protocol, it will only return once the battle is completely under control."

Bai Xiaoyu: "Thanks for letting me know."

Bai Xiaoyu continued to help until the evening, when the battle gradually came under control. Big Black hadn't returned yet, but he first saw a young owl bringing a tall man over.

The man looked at him and extended his hand. "Can we talk?"

They walked to a corner, and the man said, "I am the leader of Dawn, Mo Yan. I picked up the two brothers, Mo Lin and Mo Sen, from a planet occupied by the insectoids. Now that Mo Lin has been sent to the royal prison, only you can save him."

Mo Yan: "As compensation, you can propose three conditions, and our entire Dawn organization will do everything in our power to fulfill them. However, we hope these conditions are not beyond our capabilities. If they exceed our abilities, we will have no choice but to abandon Mo Lin."

As soon as he finished speaking, the little owl beside him jumped up and pecked at his head, turning his hair into a bird's nest.

At that moment, Bai Xiaoyu's neural implant flickered. He said to Mo Yan, "Just a moment."

He then connected to a call and soon saw Bai Kan on the other side, a small figure holding a tiny golden tiger with a crown. Upon seeing Bai Xiaoyu, the tiger immediately perked up.

Bai Kan looked at him and frowned. "Hasn't that guy returned yet?"

Bai Xiaoyu: "It should be soon."

The little kiddo gazed at him expectantly. "Brother, when will you come back? I miss you so much."

The little golden tiger whimpered plaintively, constantly getting closer to the projection of Bai Kan.

Bai Xiaoyu wanted to reach out and pet their heads but replied, "In a few days."

At this moment, the Little Prince, with an air of arrogance, brought over the little Bai who was sucking his fingers. Little Bai waved his arms excitedly and babbled as the Little Prince nudged the little golden tiger aside. The Little Prince turned his head awkwardly, still speaking unclearly, "When will you bring back some good food?"

Bai Xiaoyu, recalling the insect crystal that Bai Qi had snatched away, began to feel embarrassed. "Maybe none."

Both the Little Prince and Little Bai looked disappointed, their eyes filled with longing, like wilted flowers. Bai Xiaoyu immediately felt immense pressure.

After hanging up, Bai Xiaoyu then looked at the man and the eagle, who had also been drawn into the exchange. He thought for a moment, "I agree to your terms, but since I've never done anything like this before, I can't guarantee success."

Both Mo Yan and the young eagle were very excited. Mo Sen immediately transformed back into his human form, "Tell me straight."

Bai Xiaoyu: "I haven't thought of the conditions yet, but you know the purpose of my trip, right?"

Mo Sen: "You're after the insect crystal?"

Mo Yan, standing next to him, looked oddly conflicted. After a moment, he responded, "As a matter of fact, I do know where there is one."

As the leader of a band of space pirates, Dawn had roamed countless planets. Many years ago, Mo Yan came across the legendary insect crystal on a particular planet.

The crystal was enormous, buried underground, with the crystallized tentacles as thick as his own thighs, even at their thinnest points.

However, taking this crystal would attract the Zerg, and taking even a small piece would draw the attention of various factions. After all, the appearance of an insect crystal wasn't just a small fragment; it often came with a fully crystallized Zerg Prince.

With so much blood on his hands, he hadn't touched it at the time and had planned to keep the secret buried in his heart. He hadn't expected that it would prove useful one day.

Bai Xiaoyu: "How much is there?"

Mo Yan: "It should be a complete one, very large."

Looking at Mo Yan, who didn't appear to be lying, Bai Xiaoyu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Good, the insect crystal for the Little Prince and Little Bai is now settled. He wouldn't have to face the pitiful sight of two children staring at him longingly every day, still hungry.