Steampunk Era: Mad Abield
Chapter 1179: Section 722: The Neighbor’s Guest (4)_2

Chapter 1179: Section 722: The Neighbor’s Guest (4)_2

"You haven’t even changed your clothes."

"I’ll change later."

Then Malin made a gesture, and Bei Luo took the lead and walked into the passage.

When Malin was about to leave, the elderly man’s voice of gratitude made Malin stop his steps. Turning around, looking at the old man and the more than ten apprentices beside him, Malin smiled and nodded: "Mr. Zhang, you don’t need to thank me."

"How can that be? Everyone says that medical skills are the highest achievement. Generally speaking, some unique skills are not easily shown to others, but this time you taught me this technique. I... I don’t know how to thank you."

"No need to thank me. I heard everyone say you are a divine doctor who has helped countless people, so... I just hope you can continue in your lifetime. Helping countless lives is the best gratitude for me." After saying this, Malin paused for a moment: "By the way, I hope to gather all renowned doctors in your name. I want to tell them that the more people know certain knowledge, the better. There’s no need to hoard medical skills. I am willing to exchange all the techniques I know for them to openly share their talents... If possible, I want to establish the Thainan Medical Association to allow all who are dedicated to saving lives to achieve their wishes."

"...I will do my best to convene my old friends, even if they’re my old rivals, I will tell them..." The old man hesitated, and Malin smiled and nodded, indifferent to the old man’s little scheming: "I know, the choice is in their hands."

The old man smiled contentedly.

Malin smiled and took out a bottle of potion, tossing it to him: "Drink this, it will heal the hidden injuries you have. This way, when you encounter old rivals with foul mouths, give them a good beating, and then tell them if they still refuse to come, tell them they’ll be excluded from the Thainan Medical Academy led by a prince, and can spend the rest of their lives regretting it with their medical sect."

Saying this, Malin walked into the transmission passage amidst the old man’s thousand expressions of gratitude.

......

"You are truly benevolent."

As soon as Malin walked out of the passage, he heard Bei Luo’s evaluation of him while buttoning his shirt.

"At least this old man has trained thousands of military doctors for the army, and he certainly hasn’t kept them selfishly." Of course, Malin was not unaware of this old man, getting him to speak up was also because of his reputation—this little old man trained tens of thousands of apprentices in the southern regions, and his age was one of the eldest among senior doctors. Malin let him take the lead to unite everyone as much as possible. If anyone doesn’t take him seriously, once the old man brings out Malin, the other party should give Malin some respect.

After all, the title of Meng’s son-in-law, the legendary eastward journey has already been earned, with the communication speed of Thanans, it won’t be slow.

"So you are truly benevolent, thank you, sir." Bei Luo rolled up his sleeves while starting to brief Malin on the ruins situation over there: "By the way, I’ve already sent a troop to search the ruins, along with a team of the legendary individuals responsible for cover and reconnaissance."

"Yes, in the future, always let the army search first when such ruins are found. Maybe there will be something valuable that can be salvaged. After all, adventurers’ groups don’t have enough capabilities. Letting them handle it might lead to destructive discoveries." Malin expressed his concerns, and this viewpoint gained Bei Luo’s agreement.

"Indeed, it is true. By the way, Sir Malin, can you establish a transmission passage between the ruins and here? We have the materials, but our Immortal Masters can’t locate the correct coordinates in the chaotic Dark Zone." Bei Luo requested of Malin.

Malin nodded—no problem, Malin himself had a handle on it. After all, being able to directly open a door into the Dark Zone and not get the coordinates wrong is beyond what typical legendary mages and Immortal Masters can accomplish.

There’s a difference between establishing a fixed transmission passage and creating a temporary one. Malin first needs to arrange the coordinates, then confirm the coordinate axis between the two, and use the shallow World Tree net route to secure it—given the unpredictability of the Dark Zone, no one knows when a passage might shift for some reason. The shallow World Tree net route is the best choice because nobody wants an incomplete transmission resulting in half a body missing.

As a result, it took Malin three days to establish a fixed transmission passage, and to use it, one only needs to inject spiritual energy. Although it can’t transfer troops on a large scale, it can at least constantly deploy dozens of combatants.

Mages, War Witches, and Immortal Masters, including Lulu and Quyi, all expressed amazement—everyone thought even if Malin were to handle it, at least ten days were needed and in the circle of casters, this is already lightning speed, let alone general legends lacking this ability.

The result was Malin completed it in three days, and after several tests, testers reported taking a shortcut similar to a subspace net route, incredibly safe, encountering only harmless Celestial Realm creatures along the way.

No wonder it’s His Highness, these five words immediately became everyone’s most straightforward impression of Malin. Jin Weili was even more outrageous, boasting every day about how the small pistol was a gift from Malin—truly a master of self-destruction, Malin suspected this cheeky kid managed to survive more than once due to connections above, otherwise, with his mouth, he would have perished long ago.

The Pioneer Corps’ morale was nearly exploding—with the name of His Highness, soldiers felt that having such an existence alongside them, if they still lose their lives, it must be from their own foolishness, so their morale was high and the work progress rapidly accelerated—Malin brought a batch of canned goods from the Semi-Plane, fish cans made from fish bred by the Church of Fishermen, canned meat of Sharo beasts raised by the Shepherd Church (Malin specifically used the castration method), canned deer meat reputed as most natural, and various fresh fruits.

According to the words of the Corps Leader, he had never fought such prosperous battles in his lifetime—originally working in the Dark Zone, Corps members would lose at least one or two pounds every week, but in recent weeks, medical checks found Corps members gaining an average of seven taels.

The doctors conducting the medical checks first proclaimed it a medical miracle, then upon seeing the weekly diet Malin provided to the soldiers, suggested an additional two hours of work daily to prevent the conversion of excess caloric intake into fat.

The Corps Leader held a meeting with soldier representatives, ultimately deciding to cut down one deer meat can and one Sharo beast meat can daily—the cans could be stored without spoiling, fruits couldn’t.

As for the excess cans, Bei Luo united with Sage Sima to purchased them, each soldier of the Pioneer Corps received extra pay while the western regions under Sage Sima secured emergency rations of canned goods to last several years, further earning Malin the respect of everyone.

"If you weren’t His Highness, I think I’d consider you Sage’s biggest enemy." Sage Sima joked during a conversation with Malin.

Malin chuckled and waved his hand: "I know, if I weren’t a special existence, you would certainly worry that I, with fame, would stand on your opposite side, Thanans might prefer someone who always meets their needs, right."

"Indeed, but you are His Highness after all, there’s no chance of conflict between us, on the contrary, we are helping each other." Sage Sima said, smiling sincerely while extending a hand to shake Malin’s hand: "It’s great that you’re willing to sell us a batch of canned goods; our western regions are planning to contract and haven’t fully developed the fields, there are many mouths waiting to be fed."

"You’re being too ceremonial." Malin smiled and shook hands with Sage Sima.

Malin understood their concerns, but they... were actually worrying unnecessarily.