At Apricot Grove Hall.


    The underground coreboratory.


    Within the expansive foundationalboratory, aside from the techden central hall, smaller individualbs bustled with activity. Disciples of the Divine Doctor Association donned pristine whiteb coats and masks, navigating with purpose


    amidst data files.


    All the disy screens in the air showed theponents, pharmacology, and applicable ranges of various herbs. Many of the herbs disyed were rare and precious, some even on the brink of extinction, but the Divine Doctor Association had managed to secretly restore them through gic techniques.


    Martin, Philip, and Lloyd were all wearing whiteb coats, sterile surgical caps, and gloves, busy with their work.


    Philip, scrutinizing the test results, furrowed his brow. "This human blood... It''s unlike anything I''ve seen before. It''s perplexing."


    Martin and Lloyd came over, both silent but with grim expressions.


    Martin said, "At first, I thought it was some tricky disease that the outside world couldn''t handle, but we would have a way. Now, I''m not so sure."


    Lloyd took the test results and looked at them more than once. He sighed and blurted out, "Sarah is Robert''s disciple, and even she is runing out of ways. She would definitelye here to find us. We should have thought of that from the beginning."


    Nowadays, human diseases are bing more and moreplex. Infectious diseases and malignant tumors are challenges that need to be ovee.


    And now, a gic disorder has appeared, which might be the first major challenge the Divine Doctor Association has faced in a century.


    Seeing their expressions, Philip looked at one of the herbs on the disy screen andposed himself. "I don''t believe it. Even though Robert died out of the blue and we lost his help, thebined ages of the three of us is over two hundred years. We can surely conquer this disease. Alright, everyone, get back to work."


    At night, in the dark and gusty winds, Maryy on her bed, peering through the bamboo house''s windows at the bamboo forest. Her alluring eyes reflected a profound loneliness.


    In the past, when Robert was around, he would oftene to the bamboo forest with a harmonica and y it for her.


    And Mary would wear her most beautiful dance dress and dance gracefully in the bamboo forest.


    Those were the happiest times for her.


    But now, Robert was nowhere to be found, and she could only contact him throughmunication devices.


    She thought, ''Robert, you said I would have the chance to go back to you. I''m waiting for that day.''


    As Mary was lost in her memories, her close confidant came running over.


    "Mary, things changed."


    After listening to her confidant''s reports, Mary frowned. "Are you sure?"


    The confidant said, "Absolutely, I saw it with my own eyes. That Mr. Gomez seems to have an old ailment. He just coughed up blood, and I was standing nearby, watching Miss Sarah bite her finger and feeding her blood into Mr. Gomez''s mouth, but it didn''t seem to work. Miss Sarah''s face changed immediately."


    Mary, uncertain of Robert''s intentions but bound by obedience, made a decision.


    After a moment''s contemtion, she turned to her subordinate. "Fetch my phone." With the device in hand, sheposed a message and sent it to Robert.


    In Taiyang District,


    Robert received the message without much expression.


    Next to him, Max took the phone, nced at it, andughed, "He has resistance now."


    This was exactly the same as the experimental results he had seen at The Immortal Mountain.