Chapter 064 Crazy Irubek
The "Glorious City" is a paradise for wasteland hunters.
Hunting is a very risky job. Especially for the area west of the Alcoron Mountains, which is completely unexplored on the map, every expedition of the hunters means death and injury.
Therefore, the city has a very complete battlefield medical system. The City Lord's Mansion used top resources to exchange for the most advanced medical equipment from the two empires and attracted countless experienced senior doctors.
Here, surgeons, priests, witches and other extraordinary people in the medical sequence have a high status.
Not only are they the most popular "rare strategic teammates" among various hunting teams, they also receive many preferential treatments in the policies of the City Lord's Mansion.
Just being an apprentice doctor can enjoy a permanent 20% discount on "asylum fees". Junior doctors can enjoy a 30% discount , mid-level doctors can enjoy a 40% discount... and senior doctors can obtain permanent residency if they wish.
For long-term residence, this is a very considerable cost savings.
Moreover, the city's laws and resources will clearly favor and favour certified doctors.
Ryan wanted to solve the hidden danger of blood nematodes in his body, so he went directly to the fifth block, where there was the largest hospital in the City of Glory - "Winster Hospital".
Yes, this is a private hospital named after the Winster Family, one of the five largest families in the city. The family was founded by Rauen Winster, the late disciple of Master Kavo.
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Ryan took the steam train from the third district to the fifth district.
The internal architecture of the Mechanical City is fundamentally different from that of the previous life. The entire city is like a huge "steel plant".
When a train passes on the track between the buildings, it fills up a large cloud of white smoke that takes a long time to dissipate.
Every inch of land here is fully utilized. People have roughly built a large number of dense and towering buildings with steel frames, which are so complex that it dazzles the eyes. There are spider-web-like pipes and iron stairs connecting the buildings, and various simple partitions divide the buildings into several irregular floors. There are train tracks on the ground floor, and there may be locomotives running across the iron bridge on the roof.
It's like a real steel forest, and outsiders feel dizzy when they are in it.
Because of the long-term coal burning, the city is covered in a thick layer of dust. The whole city is immersed in a gray and black cold tone, looking icy and cold.
Even with the layout of the city scanned in advance by the "intelligent brain", Ryan was almost confused by the shacks built haphazardly by the residents.
Finally, an hour later, he arrived at his destination.
"Winster Hospital" is a large building with a rare white small round spire, which is very conspicuous.
When Ryan arrived, he saw a crowd of people at the door and there seemed to be a heated argument going on there.
He squeezed over, intending to see what was happening first.
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"Mr. Duden, what do you mean by this?"
"I'm sorry, General Baron, you and your men can no longer stay in the city. We have provided you with the necessary medical assistance, and I hope you can understand..."
"Why? Doesn't the City of Glory allow anyone to come?!"
"Yes, we welcome everyone. But we do not include military personnel like you who come with a large army. You should also understand us. After all, you have the most advanced mechanical equipment in Omar, but you are a huge hidden danger to the stability of any city."
"Is this the idea of your Winster family, or do all five major families have this idea?"
"No, this wasn't anyone's idea. Please forgive us, we are just following the rules after all."
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Both sides of the debate were loud.
Ryan stuck his head out and saw a group of strong men who looked very well-equipped arguing with several managers in black suits.
The loudest one was the bear-like burly leader. He had a shiny bald head, tattoos on his scalp, and a powerful demeanor that made him very recognizable.
The equipment he was wearing was even more eye-catching, including an exaggerated full-body mechanical exoskeleton, a TGⅡ military steam boiler, a supercharged jet booster, a shoulder-mounted artillery, a rotary burst gun, and a dragon-scale alloy air hammer...
Each piece of mechanical equipment does not look like the common stuff that can be bought in shops, but rather it looks like cutting-edge equipment with extremely high technological content.
This thing looks like a mobile arsenal at first glance!
Behind the bald man was a group of companions wearing the same sophisticated mechanical equipment. Although they looked angry, no one interrupted them. They looked well-trained and followed orders.
The temperament of these people is completely different from that of the casual scavengers.
"These guys...are they from the Omar Royal Knights?"
Ryan had sharp eyes and saw the brass emblem of the golden griffin of the Omar Empire printed on their mechanical equipment.
Obviously, this is the standard military equipment of the Omar Empire.
At this time, the crowd watching the incident also recognized the identities of these people and pointed at the two groups of people who were arguing.
"I didn't expect that the commander of the first army of the Omar Empire, [Storm General] Baron Askopa, would be forced to this point. Sigh..."
"What a pity. He was once a powerful figure among the nobles, but now he has come to the City of Glory to become a wasteland hunter..."
"If it were me, I would definitely not come and suffer this humiliation! With this set of equipment, if I really wanted to form a group of Phantom Thieves to fight guerrilla warfare in the Omar Empire, no one would be able to stop me..."
"I heard that General Baron is a knight with a strong sense of justice. A knight who truly possesses the 'spirit of chivalry' will never fall to the point of robbing civilians no matter how poor he is."
"Hey, why do you think he rebelled?"
"That's not clear. Maybe it's the product of a failed power struggle among the upper-class nobles of Omar..."
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What Ryan heard from the crowd confirmed his previous guess.
"Rebellion" is a serious crime. These people have no place to stay in the Omar Empire, so it is reasonable for them to come to the City of Glory.
"It really is General Baron..."
He couldn't help but think of the big boss's gaffe when he first heard this name.
The mysterious boss Ymir seemed to know the general in front of him.
Controversy comes and goes quickly.
Baron was refused entry into the city, but he did not argue any more. His pride did not allow him to bargain like a mercenary businessman. He sighed and turned away.
The group of "rebel" mechanical knights behind him did not say much and silently followed him out of the hospital.
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The dispute at the hospital entrance was just a minor episode, and Ryan didn't think much about it.
He went to the hospital, spent a considerable amount of money, and underwent a full physical examination using the most advanced medical equipment.
Unfortunately, the instruments and blood tests did not provide any useful information. In fact, those instruments, which were not sure whether to be advanced or backward, did not even detect the presence of dormant blood nematodes in his body!
The report stated that he was in very good health.
If the system hadn't clearly indicated that the hidden danger still existed, he would have thought it was the case. The dormant bugs were completely unaware of their existence.
Finally, Ryan paid a large sum of money to hire a broker who roamed around the hospital to act as a go-between, and he met the vice president of the hospital.
He was once one of the top doctors in the medical field of the Omar Empire.
Fortunately, the dean knew about the [Zombie Potion]; unfortunately, he was also helpless.
"What! You are the best doctor and you can't solve this problem?"
"Yes. It's not just our Winster Hospital that can't . The entire City of Glory, or even the Royal Hospitals of the two empires, may not be able to eradicate this problem."
"Why?"
"I've also heard about Storm Lake. But that wasn't a germ, it was the larvae of an ancient strange insect. Today's medical equipment can't even detect the existence of this insect. I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do."
"Then... is there really no way out?"
"Well...if you really want to solve this problem and are willing to pay a certain price, I can recommend a place for you. There is a medical madman who likes to study some weird things. Maybe he has a way..."
"Where?"
"Ilubek's laboratory."
"Crazy Ilubek???"
"Oh, have you heard of him? To be honest, he was once my tutor at the Imperial Royal Academy. Although there are some rumors and misunderstandings about him in the outside world, he is indeed one of the few people standing at the forefront of medicine in the world. Of course, the most important thing is that I think he may be interested in your situation, and ordinary patients have no chance to see him..."
Ryan had naturally heard of the name "Irubek".
Because... that guy's name was printed on the covers of many medical books!
