# 1511
Chapter 1511: Aftereffects
Lin Qiye stood frozen in place.
"Can't feel your legs?" Lin Qiye snapped back to attention, immediately scanning his body again with spiritual power. "That can't be right... Your legs aren't injured. Why would you lose sensation?"
"I don't know either... But I just can't feel them anymore." An Qingyu's expression turned bitter.
"Don't panic. You just woke up from a coma, so it's normal that your body hasn't fully recovered yet. I'll have headquarters send someone over right away... No, we'll take you to headquarters for a thorough examination. Their equipment is more complete."
Lin Qiye spoke with remarkable calm. "Old Cao, you drive. I'll carry Qingyu... Jiang Er, can you fly into the trunk yourself?"
"I can." Jiang Er nodded vigorously.
As Jiang Er's coffin floated up automatically, Cao Yuan grabbed the car keys from the table and hurried toward the courtyard.
The [Night Watch] squad's temporary vehicle in Shangjing had been prepared by Baili Pangpang—it could comfortably seat seven people with plenty of room to spare. Even the trunk had been modified, more than spacious enough to fit a coffin.
Lin Qiye draped a coat over An Qingyu and carried him toward the car.
The autumn night wind in Shangjing was biting cold. An Qingyu, wrapped in a deep red cloak and resting on Lin Qiye's back, watched the red taillights flicker on in the courtyard. His lips pressed together slightly...
"Qiye." he spoke softly.
"Hm?"
"What if... I become a cripple from now on?"
Lin Qiye's steps faltered for a moment as he carried An Qingyu forward. He furrowed his brow and said, "Don't talk nonsense. You're An Qingyu—a monster who can grow back even if his head gets chopped off. It's just two legs. How could that make you a cripple?
Even if your legs really don't work anymore, so what? We can just get you a wheelchair. Jiang Er has been traveling with us躺在棺材里跟我们一路走到现在，你就算坐上了轮椅，也是我们【夜幕】的副队长……没有人可以取代你的位置。" Lin Qiye's voice remained unwavering despite the cold wind. An Qingyu stared at his profile in a daze, then after a moment, smiled helplessly.
"Hope so..."
The [Night Watch] squad's temporary quarters weren't far from Shangjing headquarters. In just over twenty minutes, the vehicle slowly came to a stop in front of the headquarters building.
At the same time, a team of support personnel had been waiting downstairs with stretchers for quite some time. When they saw Lin Qiye and the others arrive, they immediately stepped forward and carefully lifted An Qingyu onto the stretcher, carrying him inside.
Lin Qiye had called ahead during the drive. Both the support and medical departments had already prepared everything... An Qingyu was the vice-captain of [Night Watch] and a hero of all Great Xia. He deserved this level of treatment.
Lin Qiye, Jiang Er, and Cao Yuan stood in the corridor, watching as An Qingyu was wheeled into the ward. As the ward door closed with a沉闷 thud, the hallway fell silent.
"Jiang Er, don't worry too much. The Heavenly Lord mentioned earlier that soul injuries can cause some aftereffects. It's nothing serious." Lin Qiye, noticing Jiang Er's worried expression, offered words of comfort.
"That's right. No matter what, the most important thing is that he woke up." Cao Yuan added.
Jiang Er hummed softly. "I know... No matter what condition he's in, I'll take good care of him."
Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan exchanged glances and couldn't help but smile.
The three of them waited in the corridor for over twenty minutes before a figure in a white coat pushed open the door and walked out. Lin Qiye recognized him—he was the deputy director of the Shangjing Support Department and the top medical expert in the Night Watch.
"Dr. Zheng, how is it?" Lin Qiye asked.
Dr. Zheng opened his mouth, looking like he wanted to say something but hesitated. After a long moment, he gestured with a "please" motion.
"Let's go inside and talk."
Lin Qiye and the other two walked into the medical room. Dr. Zheng picked up several X-ray films from the table and laid them out in front of everyone.
"We've completed a thorough examination. Vice-Captain An's legs have no physical problems whatsoever."
"No problems? Then why can't he..."
"The reason he can't control his legs is that there's something wrong with his soul itself." Dr. Zheng spoke seriously. "We just used Forbidden Ruins to scan his soul... But strangely, we can't perceive his soul in its entirety. His soul... seems different from a normal person's."
"I heard the Heavenly Lord mention this before." Lin Qiye nodded slightly.
"We can't fully analyze his soul, so we can't determine where the problem lies. However, based on the current symptoms, it appears that his soul itself has undergone some kind of mutation, causing a deviation in his control over his body.
This situation is quite tricky because no手段，都没法对灵魂起效。刚刚我们也用一些特殊Forbidden Ruins试着去修复灵魂，不过根本不起作用。他的灵魂彻底免疫外界的任何影响……这种情况，就算他肉身的再生能力再强，甚至直接换一副身体，都没法彻底解决。
听完郑医生的解释，Lin Qiye等人的眉头微微皱起。
"你的意思是……他的腿没法治了？"
"理论上是这样。"
Lin Qiye身体微微一震，眼眸中浮现出一抹难以言喻的伤感。
"不过……他身上的问题，远不止这些。"郑医生长叹一口气。
"什么意思？"Lin Qiye一愣。
"你们跟我来。"郑医生带着三人，打开了医疗间内部的一扇门，穿过一条走廊后，来到了另外一间封闭的房间内。
这个房间的陈设很简单，像是一间监控室，密密麻麻的屏幕拼凑在墙上，各种医疗监控机器相互连接，汇集到一处中央控制台内。
"你们看这。"郑医生指着墙上某一块屏幕。
Lin Qiye三人转头望去，那块屏幕监控的，是一个狭窄的小房间，An Qingyu和一位医生正分别坐在一张小桌的两侧，桌上摆放着几张写有不同数字与符号的纸，以及一些类似于积木的东西。
"他们在做什么？"
"做题。"郑医生缓缓开口，"加减乘除运算，方程不等式运算，事件逻辑推理，以及积木的拼接与创造……这个项目一般是给脑部受到重创后，意识Chaos不清的病人准备的，用来辨别他们的大脑思考机能是否能正常运转。"
"为什么要给我们看这个？"Cao Yuan不解问道。
郑医生叹了口气，抬起右手指尖，点了点自己的太阳穴，缓缓开口：
"比起腿部丧失感知，安副队真正严重的问题，在这里……"