Chapter 223: The Origin of the Healing Team

Chapter 223 The Origin of the Healing Team

Jie Chen chugged his milk tea. "Nice work, Secretariat! I'm going after Long Xi!"

Wu Chong chimed in, "Me too, me too! Yue Yue, let's go together!"

Wu Yue nodded. "Alright."

Two hours later, the successfully registered team members were aboard the Blaze skyship.

Main fighters for this mission: Shen Que, Jie Chen, Wu Chong, Wu Yue, Zhang Ze, Rex, Huo Jieming, Shang Baiyi, Chun Ya, and Mr. White Bear.

Wu Yue looked over the list of combatants.

"The vice-captain, Richard, and Fu Yanqi aren’t joining?"

Shen Que explained, "The team just recruited over a hundred new members. Sui Yu and Uncle Zhou can’t handle everything alone.

Richard specializes in mental powers, but the DX001 virus works against his abilities, so he’s staying to assist with team operations.

Yan Qi is leading the Taoist disciples back to World City in secret to support Master Fu’s cleanup operation. He can’t participate in this battle."

Wu Yue nodded. Rex and Huo Jieming were newly recruited S-class fighters.

Living up to their names, one excelled in thunder-based awakened abilities, while the other mastered fire-based ones—both were formidable innate elemental users.

As for Shang Baiyi, Chun Ya, and Mr. White Bear...

Wu Yue paused. "...Are these three really volunteering? They weren't pressured?"

Shen Que seemed uncertain. "Probably...?"

Wu Yue sighed. "I’ll go confirm with them."

When Wu Yue encountered the three healers, they were quietly making their way down the hallway toward their assigned quarters.

Despite the airship’s spacious hallway, the trio walked in a tight single-file line, shoulder to shoulder.

Wu Yue greeted them. "Hello, I’m Wu Yue."

All three turned simultaneously and bowed. "Greetings, Miss Wu Yue."

Wu Yue stepped back in surprise. "No need for formalities. We’re teammates—just call me by my name."

They nodded but remained silent, avoiding eye contact.

Wu Yue, who had hoped to break the ice with eye contact, drew a blank. "..."

She craned her neck to address the only girl among them. "Chun Ya, there’s no need to be nervous.

I mainly wanted to confirm your participation. This mission is completely optional.

Because you’re all very important therapists, I need to ensure your protective gear is adequate and get you upgraded gear or supplies if needed.

Also, I’d like to check if you have enough stocked energy cores and healing potions."

Chun Ya snuck a glance at Wu Yue but immediately lowered her gaze upon meeting her eyes, murmured nervously, "We brought supplies. I have a Grade-C helmet and armor, plus a hundred B-class crystal cores and fifty healing potions."

Wu Yue furrowed her brows. Chun Ya was shaking like a leaf.

Wu Yue paused for a moment and dug through her inventory.

She placed the SS-Grade helmet and SS-Grade armor obtained from the World Boss, along with 1,000 SS-Grade crystals and 1,000 SS-Grade health gems, into Chun Ya's hands.

"Your current equipment and potions wouldn't last one hit from Long Xi. Here, take these. I'll sort out armor for Shang Baiyi and Mr. White Bear later."

Chun Ya looked at Wu Yue in disbelief. "But Miss Wu Yue, this is way too much! Miss Yi Na once said people who haven't earned it don’t deserve rewards."

Only then did Wu Yue remember that Chun Ya and the entire healing team had come from the Huo family.

Not waiting for a reply, Wu Yue helped Chun Ya put on the helmet and armor while turning to Shang Baiyi. "Baiyi, what exactly happened back at the Huo family?

I heard you left due to creative differences. Could you briefly explain?"

Shang Baiyi started sweating bullets. "I’m sorry, Miss Wu Yue! We actually lied to you!

We weren’t driven out because of creative differences—we were expelled... QAQ."

Wu Yue was surprised. They lied? Yet Zhenzhen didn’t eat them?

There must be more to this story. She pulled out a handful of roasted sunflower seeds and shared them with the three present.

Wu Yue nodded for him to continue.

Shang Baiyi said, "Actually, our team met in the Huo family’s healing division. The Huo family’s healers were renowned, so we went there seeking recognition.

But we’re all introverted and not good at communication.

Over time, we were marginalized in the Huo family."

Wu Yue nodded. The more people there are, the more complex and changeable people's hearts become. It's understandable.

Chun Ya fidgeted with her fingers. "Miss Yi Na requires us to constantly reflect on ourselves, always contemplate the meaning of our existence, and stay angry at life.

But I'm extremely timid. When someone bullies me, I don’t even have time to get angry—I usually pass out from fear before that happens."

Wu Yue nodded. It seemed Yi Na had been trying hard to infiltrate the healer team in the Huo family.

However, the fact that this entire healer team had resisted Yi Na’s influence was, in a way, quite impressive.

Wu Yue asked curiously, "Aside from healing training, what else did you usually do in the Huo family?"

Shang Baiyi replied, "Miss Yi Na usually made us wake up at 5 a.m. every day to listen to sacred chants for meditation. We also had to write reflections and summarize them for the morning meeting.

I thought their mindset was too narrow, but whenever I tried to discuss topics like the origin of the universe or dark matter with them, they avoided me like the plague.

This really confused and frustrated me."

Well, this one was so truth-seeking that even viruses gave him a wide berth.

His mental state was so advanced that even the toughest patients in a psychiatric ward would call him 'Sir' out of respect!

Chun Ya added, "I'm a night owl—the later it gets, the more energetic I become.

Every day at 5 a.m., like clockwork, as soon as the sacred chants started, I'd conk right out.

Unable to listen to the divine chants, I ended up copying Baiyi’s notes.

But the morning meetings had so many people. Every time all those people staring at me, I’d faint before I could even read my notes."

It perfectly avoids all possibilities of mental pollution.

Miss Wu Yue, "...Where is Mr. White Bear?"

Miss Wu Yue's gaze fell on Mr. White Bear, a full-sized polar bear standing upright in Blaze's uniform, holding a small healing wand with his white paws and black claws.

Miss Wu Yue couldn't help but confirm, "May I ask, is Mr. White Bear..."

Dr. Bai Yi, "Mr. White Bear is a Siberian polar bear who unexpectedly gained self-awareness after the terrifying invasion and possesses healing mental abilities.

Before Chun Ya and I entered the Huo family, he was already part of their healing team.

However, Mr. White Bear's emotions are so stable that he never reacts to Miss Yina’s words."

Miss Wu Yue, "...Is there a possibility that Mr. White Bear isn't emotionally stable, but simply doesn't understand at all?!"

Has Yina ever taught the Siberian polar bear Mandarin?

Dr. Bai Yi, "Unfortunately, we still failed to pass the Huo family's assessment and join their healer team, thus failing to live up to Miss Yina’s cultivation of us.

But Miss Yina kindly sent us to World City and found us a place to stay.

We didn’t mean to deceive you; we hope Miss Wu Yue won’t drive us away."

As they spoke, the two humans and the bear looked at her pitifully and anxiously.