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As one of the captains of the security troops, Shao Heng originally belonged to the unit responsible for the balance between the planet’s military and general government. These two parties were interdependent and mutually constrained, so even if there were disagreements or uncertainties, they wouldn’t be openly shown. Therefore, Shao Heng had never encountered any serious war or a large-scale exchange of fire.
The feeling of thirty combat aircraft chasing and bombarding from behind was a real pain in the ass. Oh no, to be precise, it was an explosion in the ass.
This refreshing, exciting experience was a little overwhelming. He felt like this trip could almost be called a trip to heaven.
Amidst Sa’e Yang’s indiscriminate bombardment of firepower, and as both sides advanced at full speed, the half-hour journey was cut nearly in half.
Ten-something minutes might not have sounded like much, but for a person counting the seconds, it was already quite a long time.
Fortunately, Shao Heng had reported the situation to the White Wolf Ship in advance, otherwise its 34,000 cannons would’ve been aimed at them.
But even with mental preparation, the entire command center still fell into a shocked silence. The recently promoted acting captain looked at the huge shadow rushing across the screen and reflexively wanted to order fire several times.
Watching the other side crash over with the momentum of “dying together” but still having to remain calm and smile was simply not something a human could do.
As they were about to connect with the White Wolf Ship, Shao Heng was afraid that the person behind him wouldn’t brake. He shouted several times towards the communicator receiver, “Prepare to slow down! Prepare to slow down! Mr. Yang! Prepare to slow down! We’re about to connect! Don’t blast again! I’m about to connect! I’m just about to connect! Brake! Brake!”
The sound of movement on the other end of the communicator came through. The other man said nothing, just gave a rather impatient tsk, indicating that he’d heard.
Despite the indication, Shao Heng still tensed his nerves and stared dead at the display of the firepower monitoring until that value bar plummeted and cleared to zero. Only then did he let out a long sigh of relief and issue a connection request to the White Wolf Ship.
With the prior report, there was little delay on the White Wolf Ship’s side. The instant the request was made, a row of connecting ports were already extended.
The large combat aircraft that Sa’e Yang was flying stopped its attack but did not slow down. Instead, it made a sharp turn, crossed the entire planetary fragment, and fiercely slammed into the connector.
Inside the White Wolf Ship, Zilder Feng and the two deputy commanders were already waiting.
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When he had received Chu Si’s orders earlier, Zilder Feng had realized that some emergency might have occurred, but at the time, the second rescue operation was at a critical point, and there had been some minor disruptions in the middle of it. They couldn’t afford to be without a commanding seat at the table, so he had to press on with everything and continue to finish commanding the rescue operation.
There was a break after the second rescue operation. During this rare instance of free time, he gave an excuse to the representatives of the other two parties and hurriedly led the way to Chu Si’s office.
And as expected, he was stopped outside the door.
Although Zilder Feng was a simpleton, having worked with Chu Si for many years, he still understood some situations very well. The fact that even he was stopped at the door indicated that the situation was exceptionally urgent and extremely serious.
And Mr. Yang, whom Chu Si had specifically instructed to open up all access permissions for, was clearly the one who could solve the problem.
The gate opened, and the hatch of the large combat aircraft connected to the White Wolf Ship was forced to open faster. Then, that Mr. Yang exited with a calm expression. He didn’t even walk down the gangway, just jumped down from the platform and strode into the gate.
“Mr. Yang.” Zilder Feng had never had the airs of a representative of the top floor of the Security Building. He still spoke and acted with the style of a publicity officer and the characteristic ramblings of an old man. His gaze lingered on Mr. Yang’s face for a moment, then froze slightly. “Mr. Yang, why is your face a bit…”
He wanted to say that it looked a little strange, a little pale, with a poor complexion and heavy fatigue. But then he thought that the other party had rushed back and forth in such a hurry, and probably didn’t have the mood or the time to talk about this, so he stopped himself and changed the topic. “Executive gave me a notice beforehand and asked me to make sure you had all access permissions open within the White Wolf Ship. Has… some kind of emergency occurred?”
Sa’e Yang didn’t answer at all and seemed to be annoyed that the guards up ahead were in the way. He directly pushed through them and left everyone behind without looking back.
Because of the prior report, the gate and connections opened this time were located in the office area, very close to Chu Si’s executive officer’s office. There was also an emergency aircraft pathway, and if the temperature of the large combat aircraft’s gun barrels and extra ports had cooled down in time, he would’ve been able to pilot the aircraft right in.
Fortunately, the path leading to Chu Si’s office was very short. There was an area at the end that led directly to the reception hall outside Chu Si’s office.
Sa’e Yang made his way through unobstructed and locked the door behind his back when he entered Chu Si’s office.
“Executive?”
As expected, no one answered. He walked past the glass wall, through the office and sitting room, and into the bedroom in an unsettling silence. “Executive…”
There was still no answer. The man he’d called out to twice wasn’t lying in bed, but was instead nestled in the couch, his left arm resting in front of him, his right hand draped loosely over the armrest. His eyes were closed and his head was bowed, glasses slipping to the middle of his nose.
The simulated natural light in the room cast a few patches of light around his feet. If one ignored his overly pale complexion, they would think he was simply drowsy and took a nap.
Sa’e Yang walked up to him and bent down to touch the side of his face, whispering, “I’ll wake you up soon, I promise.”
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Downstairs by the gate, Zilder Feng, who had been left behind by Sa’e Yang, was not the least bit annoyed. He couldn’t get into Chu Si’s office and couldn’t get a single answer out of asking Mr. Yang, so he didn’t follow him into the passageway, but instead led two deputy commanders and welcomed Shao Heng off another aircraft.
It was just that Shao Heng was carrying someone on his back.
“This is…”
Before they could see clearly, Shao Heng, who had walked in, had already spoken. “My father.”
“Old Master Shao?!” Zilder Feng and the two deputy commanders shouted at the same time.
The Shao family had served in the military for several generations. Old Master Shao himself had a high reputation as a big shot in the field of mechanical treatment. There was no one present who didn’t recognize him, and they were all a bit worried at the sight of this situation.
“What happened? Is he injured?”
“I can’t tell from his appearance. I don’t think so, but I don’t know why I can’t get him to wake up. His heartbeat and pulse are weak but steady. Could someone bring over a medical capsule? I need to see what’s going on with him, and if we delay even a little longer, Mr. Yang might kill all of us,” Shao Heng quickly explained.
He’d never had much of a verbal filter and liked to exaggerate nonsense. Everyone only took his words as an exaggeration and didn’t take them seriously, but they didn’t delay much.
“Just what happened, Captain Shao?” Zilder Feng asked.
“I don’t know, it’s hard to say.” Shao Heng put Old Master Shao, who remained unconscious, into the medical capsule he’d found. He hurriedly set up the examination items and replied without looking up, “But it’s better not to ask too much right now. I’m not sure about the specific situation, but I know that both Executive and Mr. Yang are in a hurry, racing against time. Asking more questions only adds to the chaos.”
The two expert doctors that had survived on the White Wolf Ship had already come over to help analyze Old Master Shao’s test results.
Shao Heng took a step back towards one side to make way for the doctors. He rubbed his hands together somewhat worriedly as he looked at his old man’s face in the capsule and said to Zilder Feng, “I’ll be fine on this side, Leader. If you really want to help out a little, why don’t you go and continue directing the rescue back there? I’ll get back to you if there’s anything else that comes up. The military and the general government are still waiting, right?”
He spoke to everyone in this tone of voice, without too heavy an emphasis on power or position. Zilder Feng and the others had long since gotten used to it and didn’t give it much thought.
The break during the rescue wasn’t long, it was just a short reprieve for the rescuers as well as the commanders, and it really wouldn’t be appropriate to delay too much here. Zilder Feng gave a few more words of instruction, and then hurried back to the command center with the two deputy commanders.
Shao Heng had long since adapted to dealing with several situations at once. While he kept an eye on Old Master’s Shao’s condition and waited for Mr. Yang and Chu Si’s follow-up actions, he drew a small group from the remaining security troops personnel in the White Wolf Ship.
With the planetary fragment being dragged to the gate, it was only natural that a rescue team should enter it.
Because there was no need for long-distance navigation or multiple reserve supplies, the emergency rescue team he’d drawn up prepared quickly. In the blink of an eye, they each carried rescue bags and jumped onto the planetary fragment through the connection port.
Old Mast Shao’s test results came out just as quickly. When the electronic voice of the medical capsule reported out a bunch of data and specialized test results, Shao Heng furrowed his brow and asked the two expert doctors, “What’s the situation?”
Normally, he could still understand the results of the medical capsule’s tests, but this time, he was a little bewildered. He understood every word when taken apart, but didn’t recognize them when put together.
The expert doctors’ faces were a bit strange. It wasn’t nervousness as if they’d found something seriously wrong, but they also didn’t breathe sighs of relief as if everything was normal. It made Shao Heng even more uneasy.
“Simply put, it means… Old Master Shao has undergone memory cutting. The technicality required for this kind of memory cutting is very high, and it is also easy to make mistakes. It’s unclear who did it for him, but based on this technique, we believe it may be Old Master Shao himself. This current condition is the aftermath of memory cutting. Old Master Shao’s technique is good and there will be no other spreading damage. The medical capsule has already estimated that he will wake up in five hours.”
Memory cutting? This was commonly used in the field of psychological and psychiatric disorders to deal with people who had serious permanent trauma. Cutting out the root part of a memory could improve the person’s situation to some extent.
But the old man obviously didn’t have any permanent trauma, so what was the memory cutting for?
Shao Heng frowned and was feeling a little puzzled when someone came down from the side of the teleportation pad.
To be precise, there were two people— Mr Yang, who… was carrying Executive Chu?
Shao Heng was first surprised, and then a bold-lettered “about to die!” seemed to appear on his forehead! How the hell was he supposed to say to Mr. Yang: Please wait another five hours???
The author has something to say: Don’t worry, there’ll be sugar next chapter~
ahh every chapter feels like i’m just going slowly up on a rollercoaster, waiting for the fall. at least there’s reassurance in the author’s note lol
So intense but the author’s note sure is relieving for the period of wait. Whew. Thankfully Shao Heng and co. wouldn’t have to d-e.
Thanks for the update loop-san! 🫶
As long as sugar not sprinkle on top of knife…
Thank you so much for the translation ! I was so enthralled by the story I read all the chapters available all at once 😊
I’m eager to read the next chapter…
Author I’ve never thanked you so much in my life! Thank you for adding sugar in the next chapter! 😖🙏🙏