Help! The Villainess Trapped in the Beast World's Drama!

Chapter 257: Chapter 249: Don’t Be Afraid, I’m Here

Shen Tang saw her so determined and didn’t want to say more, nodding, ”Alright, then just follow me.”

Doctor Goya said excitedly, ”Thank you, Your Highness!”

”It is I who should thank you.”

Suddenly, a joyful notification from the system chimed in her mind,

[Ding! Congratulations to the host, for acquiring an A-level character card, Doctor Goya]

[Character Introduction: Age 38, a genius doctor graduating from the Imperial Medical University, employed at the Imperial First Hospital, extremely proficient in clinical medicine.]

[Character buffs:

①Reduce the disease mortality rate in the garrisoned city by 15%.

②Improve both quality and quantity of medical students in the city.

③ Permanent +10 to the morale of the city’s people.]

Shen Tang was briefly stunned upon hearing the system’s voice, and the system explained that after activating the territory system, it would tally the special talent resources the host acquired. The rarer the character cards collected, the more buffs would be applied to the affiliated territory.

Shen Tang then specifically checked the lord interface and found a sub-interface of talent resources at the bottom. Upon opening it, she discovered she had already collected several character cards, which were ranked from S-level to C-level. The higher the level of the character card, the more buffs they provided.

For example, Hu Yun is a B-level character card, which can provide a buff of [10% improved work efficiency for the team], something better than nothing.

Vine, on the other hand, is a rare A-level research card, providing many buffs like increasing research speed by 50% and having a chance to obtain special scientific products. However, unlike Doctor Goya, he also carries a negative buff—loyalty is not high, be cautious of poisoning.

Shen Tang couldn’t help but twitch the corner of her mouth, knowing the system’s judgment couldn’t be wrong. To think that the ostensibly gentle and refined research institute director might poison someone behind their back, she should indeed be more vigilant in the future!

Characters whose affinity is increased can also be used as character resource cards.

For example, Xiao Jin also has an S-level golden frame character card, which can bring buffs related to war like [Greatly increased morale], [Courageous advancement], [Winning with fewer troops].

Compared to Jia Lan, his character buffs include [Wealth rolling in], [Reinforcements from heaven], etc.

The war was still ongoing, and Shen Tang only took a quick look without having time to see much before continuing to fight the rebel army with her warriors.

After clearing the rebel army from this area, they aided the citizens injured in the bombing.

There were far too many injured citizens in the city, Shen Tang herself couldn’t handle it all. With the help of Doctor Goya, the aid speed increased significantly.

Shen Tang wasn’t exceptionally brave and fearless; she, too, was afraid of death. She was always worried about the outbreak in the polluted zone a few years later and stocked a lot of emergency healing medicines in her space long ago, not expecting to use them before the polluted zone erupted.

For beastmen with particularly severe injuries, ordinary healing potions weren’t much use. Fortunately, the Space Mall sold more effective healing drugs. Shen Tang spent a huge amount of points buying healing medicines to barely keep up with the pace of treating citizens.

After four or five days of clearing and aiding, the war situation gradually stabilized.

A large number of citizens were secretly sent out of the Imperial City.

The remaining troops continued to fight against the invading rebel army.

The rebels’ offensive was not as fierce as in previous days, showing hints of decline.

The two sides maintained a delicate balance, giving the beastmen in the city a moment to breathe.

[Ding, congratulations to the host, public morale in the Imperial City has greatly increased!]

[Congratulations to the host for completing the hidden task: Winning Hearts (4), rewarding the host with top-level healing ability! The attributes have been granted immediately!]

Upon hearing the system’s voice, Shen Tang’s exhausted face lit up with surprise. She quickly tested her ability while treating the wounded and discovered her basic healing ability had reached the highest level!

It’s important to know that the basic healing ability was already quite powerful, unmatched even by the Empire’s top healing potions. Shen Tang never thought to upgrade further until the outbreak of this war, when she realized the basic healing wasn’t enough. She could only heal two or three Beastmen before her strength was nearly exhausted, requiring rest before continuing.

But this pace couldn’t keep up with the citizens getting injured.

Now that her healing ability had been upgraded to the top level, the system claimed it could resurrect the dead, achieving the miraculous effect of reviving the deceased!

Shen Tang was ecstatic.

The casualties and injured in the city were too numerous, and her space medical supplies were nearly used up after these past few days.

There were too many severely injured Beastmen who could only be healed using the healing ability. More were bombed or killed on the spot without even a chance for rescue!

Now, Shen Tang could bring back Beastmen who had recently died, greatly preserving the number and combat power of the corps, bolstering confidence against the rebel invasion!

The twilight was thick, with only faint moonlight.

After treating a batch of injured Beastmen overnight, Shen Tang walked out from the temporary refuge tent, looked up at the moonlight spreading across the sky, and suddenly felt dizzy, her head heavy, about to collapse to the ground.

Xue Yinzhou rushed forward in an instant, cradling Shen Tang in his arms, anxiously caressing her wan, pale face, urgently calling, ”Tangtang?”

A cold snake tongue lightly brushed across her face and lips.

As Shen Tang felt the cold sensation on her face, her hazy mind cleared somewhat, and she lifted her heavy eyelids, seeing the worried expression of the man in front of her, and barely smiled, ”I’m okay!”

She took a deep breath, steadied herself, and was about to climb out of Xue Yinzhou’s arms, but he held her tighter, picking her up in his arms and carrying her towards the empty temporary tent nearby with large strides.

Shen Tang anxiously said, ”Put me down, there are still several batches of Beastmen not yet aided.”

Xue Yinzhou seemed not to hear her, walking straight toward the tent, raising the flap, and laying her down on the mattress, his voice unusually cold and solemn, ”You haven’t rested for five whole days, if you keep this up, your body won’t hold out.”

Shen Tang thought about the recovery potions she had in her space but was still pressed down on the bed by Xue Yinzhou, his snake tail wrapped around her waist, not allowing her to sneak away if she tried. ”Tangtang, you are now the center of the city’s army and citizens; the rebels are eager for your body to give out.”

”I...”

Xue Yinzhou knew exactly how to persuade her, speaking calmly, ”Besides, the situation has stabilized now, and Doctor Goya is leading people to treat the citizens. There’s no need for you to overwork yourself.”

Only after hearing his words did Shen Tang finally quiet down.

Her body truly was exhausted to the extreme; even though she had recovery potions, forcibly over-exerting her physical abilities wasn’t worthwhile.

She intended to get a proper rest and, before sleeping, reminded him with concern, ”I don’t know how Xiao Jin and the others are doing, check on them for me... And also, at the West Gate, go help Jia Lan.”

Xue Yinzhou was reluctant to leave her but agreed to her request.

He leaned down, kissed her forehead, and said softly, ”Alright, you have a good rest, I’ll watch over here.”