Ashen Dragon

Seeing Yarn in the distance, the Half-Dragon pointed at him from afar and whispered a reminder: "He is Yarn, the leader of the Dawn Holy Army, skilled in Teleportation Spells, make sure we don't let him escape."

"Thinking of fleeing?"

"Hehehe, do you think you can run? Come on, shackle this old man up!"

A player dressed in Mechanical God Cult uniform and wearing glasses took out two metal balls and threw them out directly.

The metal balls exploded, releasing more than a dozen chains that emitted an invisible fluctuation, anchoring the surrounding space completely.

The space around them seemed to be frozen solid, making it impossible to use the Teleportation Divine Arts, and Yarn's Scepter dimmed, leaving him both shocked and furious.

"You, you..."

It wasn't just because his Divine Arts were interrupted, but also because he heard an all too familiar voice, and although it had become rougher, Yarn could still recognize who it was.

Yarn turned his head, looking at the Half-Dragon with disbelief, his pointing fingers trembling: "You... You are Fier?"

"Impossible! You, you were the most hostile towards the Empire in the Dawn Holy Army, with a deep hatred for them, how could you become a Retainer of the evil dragons!"

The Half-Dragon nodded and said, "Long time no see, Archbishop Yarn, but... I must arrest you now, please stop your futile struggle." His voice was emotionless, like an empty husk.

"A melodramatic plot twist?"

"Watch the drama, watch the drama!"

The surrounding players seemed eager to watch the excitement.

Yarn glared at Fier, who had transformed into a Half-Dragon, raising his Scepter: "That damned Dragon has turned you into this thing! I will grant you release!"

"Retainers of Evil Dragon Kin, the glory of Amanata is eternal and unrivaled! You will never capture a believer of the Sun God!"

The Scepter released a blinding light, a beam shot out from it, blasting towards the Half-Dragon and the players in the distance.

"The boss is using his ultimate, looks like Sunflame Burst!"

"Get the shields up!"

Lonely as Snow, holding the Silver Greatshield, stood in front of everyone, effortlessly blocking the Divine Arts released by Yarn.

He even had the leisure to take out a cigarette and put it in his mouth — that's the unadorned strength of a Paladin.

"Roar!" A shout came, and the Bald Monk, nearly five meters tall and with a frame like a Monster, leapt forward, moving with terrifying Speed to Yarn's side.

Yarn hastily lifted his Scepter to defend: "Damn Evil Dragon Kin—"

However, his Speed was far too slow compared to the Bald Monk.

"Boom!"

With Mighty Heavenly Dragon's punch, Yarn spat out a mouthful of gushing blood, flying back several meters and crashing heavily into the wall behind him.

David Sky Dragon looked at Yarn in the distance, scratching his bald head with a slight look of embarrassment on his face: "Ah, I might have hit too hard, we might not be able to catch him alive."

Yarn lay on the ground, barely alive, his Scepter already fallen, with all his bones shattered and his internal organs severely damaged.

With difficulty, he looked around. None of the members of the Dawn Holy Army in the basement escaped; they either splattered blood on the spot or were captured by these Imperial People.

Fier hurried over from a distance and stood in front of Archbishop Yarn, whispering, "I'm sorry, Archbishop Yarn, I had no other choice."

Yarn let out a bitter laugh, mustering the strength to lift his head and gaze at this once-familiar Fier who had now become unrecognizable, even terrifying in appearance.

"Do you not feel ashamed to have become what you are now? Are you being fair to the deceased Nico? Are you honoring those warriors who sacrificed their lives for their faith?"

By the end, Archbishop Yarn's voice had grown more agitated, blood spilling continuously from his mouth, and ultimately he collapsed on the ground, teetering between life and death.

"I did nothing wrong...

This is all for the sake of Lady Ingrid, all to continue following her..." Fier stood frozen in place, muttering to himself.

...

South of the Radiant Mountains, the city of "City of Sunrise" was filled with outbursts of rage from Augustus within the resplendent palace.

"Damn waste! Traitor!

How can the vast territories of North Aisier be given away within a month by that inept Walter!" Wilhelm sat on his golden throne, his face twisted gruesomely, smashing a crystal vase to pieces with a flick of his hand.

Now, as his strength waned, Wilhelm's face was nearly unable to hide the fractures, and he had to apply a thick layer of gold powder to conceal them.

Seeing His Majesty fall into a fit of rage and smash objects everywhere, every courtier in the hall kept silent, not daring to make a sound.

No longer pure, the feathers fluttered in mid-air, and the floor was littered with porcelain shards.

It took a long while before someone tremblingly spoke: "Your Majesty, there's no need to worry, that evil dragon wouldn't dare to be our enemy. After all, you are the true Emperor of Fadlan..."

"Dare not?"

Wilhelm sneered: "He has already reached our doorstep, what wouldn't he dare? Do you take me for a fool?"

"Your Majesty, I, I didn't mean that..." The minister quickly kneeled on the ground, frantically trying to explain.

"That damn dragon dared to kill the Lord of Heaven!"

As he spoke, Wilhelm's anger peaked, and he strode over to the minister and brutally kicked him away.

7. The Challenges Ahead

Despite substantial progress, China's healthcare still faces some challenges. For example, the uneven distribution of medical resources between urban and rural areas, regions, the need for further improvement in the capacity of grassroots health services, and the need to further perfect the public health incident response mechanism.

The right to life is a person's most fundamental right. The most important thing for a person is survival, health, and the social health care that is most closely linked to survival and health. Since the establishment of the new China, our country has vigorously developed the medical industry and strived to improve the medical security system, especially since the reform and opening up, China's health care has made significant progress.

But at the same time, the medical system has undergone tremendous changes, facing progress in some aspects, but also increasingly exposed problems. At the current stage in China, the public generally consider seeing a doctor difficult and expensive. At present, some concepts and practices in the medical system do not conform to the fundamental laws of the development of the healthcare industry, and fail to meet the basic healthcare needs of the masses, causing medical reforms to be at an impasse and unlikely to make significant, breakthrough progress in the short term.

Current problems in the medical system:

(I) The decline in the equity of medical services and low macro-efficiency of health inputs have led to a series of social problems such as poverty, increased public dissatisfaction, and imbalanced inter-group relations; the public's negative expectations on healthcare issues have become a significant factor leading to insufficient macroeconomic demand.

(II) The public health system is not sound, the distribution of medical resources is uneven, medical institutions overlap, the task of controlling major diseases is arduous, and there are difficulties in dealing with sudden public health events. The practice of reforming medical service institutions by "focusing on the big and letting go of the small" is very popular, and based on this orientation as well as the reality of some areas burdened by heavy fiscal responsibilities under the current fiscal system, some places begin to restructure grassroots public medical service institutions into enterprises or even directly sell them to private owners. This reform direction of "focusing on the big and letting go of the small" is problematic and not in line with the basic laws of healthcare development.

(III) The medical service system does not meet the health needs of the public, the chaotic pricing of medical services leads to continuous increase in medical costs, high drug prices, and the prominent issues of difficulty and expensiveness in receiving medical care.

(IV) The medical and health management system is out of sync with the health needs of the people, characterized by inefficient medical services, issues with medical technology and service quality, high drug prices, medical corruption, and such phenomena are subject to public criticism. Currently, the medical and healthcare field is disturbed and influenced by corrupt forces within the party and society. For example, collusion between officials and businessmen, seeking private gains in the production and circulation of medical supplies, and even engaging in fake doctors and fake medicine; accepting bribes from doctors, and so on. The causes of this corruption are quite complex, one of which is due to the medical and healthcare management system