In the interstellar era, there were too few times when doctors were needed, even in the military. In most mecha wars, mecha warriors who encountered serious damage didn't even have the chance to see a doctor, they would just be buried in space. It could be said that the reason Yu Xinlan could appear here covered in blood today was all because of her excellent mecha piloting skills.
There were a lot of people gathered around now. After seeing Yu Xinlan close her eyes, Duan Hengye heard an uncontrollable whisper in his ear. The medical robots had been waiting here for a long time, ready to send Yu Xinlan to the starship's nourishment chamber at any time. However, because the mecha fragments on Yu Xinlan's body hadn't been cleaned up yet, she couldn't move rashly. Duan Hengye saw the white starship's medical robots constantly moving around Yu Xinlan's body. The dark red light coming from the small window made the atmosphere even more tense.
Now that Meng Jinhuai and Dongfang Hewen weren't on the starship, Duan Hengye was the person with the highest rank here. Although he knew that the people gathered here were all here out of concern for Yu Xinlan, after seeing the woman close her eyes in pain, Duan Hengye immediately turned around and ordered the onlookers to disperse.
Most of the people who stayed on the starship tonight were technical staff. Because they had been staying at the rear, they rarely saw such a scene, so the tension spread abnormally fast. Although Duan Hengye had never been on the battlefield before, he was someone who had died once after all, so his psychological endurance was higher than these staff members.
Because of the lack of sleep, Duan Hengye was still very tired now, but the aura on his body didn't decrease at all. Not long after hearing his order, the people around him returned to their own quarters. At this time, the corridor finally quieted down. Other than the starship's medical robots, there was only the doctor, Duan Hengye, and his assistant Ye Pu left here.
After everything quieted down, Duan Hengye could even clearly hear the sound of the medical forceps clashing against the mech fragments. There was even the sound of a small knife cutting through flesh. Duan Hengye noticed that even though Yu Xinlan was unconscious, he couldn't help but frown. He looked like he was in pain.
Duan Hengye could finally see where Yu Xinlan's wound was because there was no one blocking his view. Other than the large mecha fragment on his left arm, Yu Xinlan's injuries below his neck were even more serious. After seeing this, Duan Hengye could not help but feel nervous. Unlike the arm, this part of his body was far too fragile and fatal.
Following the doctor's actions, the pain on Yu Xinlan's face became more and more obvious. Ye Pu also noticed this. After seeing Yu Xinlan's expression, he couldn't help but take two steps forward. After hesitating for a moment, he asked the other doctor who was not working, "Excuse me … Did General Yu Xinlan not get anesthetics?" Ye Pu asked the same question Duan Hengye was wondering.
After hearing Ye Pu's question, the staff member suddenly pursed his lips and said, "We can't get anesthetics. The composition of the mecha's paint is too complicated and poisonous. Now that it has entered the bloodstream, we don't know how it will react to anesthetics. "
As soon as the doctor finished speaking, Ye Pu's gaze involuntarily fell on Duan Hengye. To be honest, after hearing the doctor's words, even Duan Hengye couldn't help but be taken aback for a moment. The doctor was right. In order to deal with the extreme temperature and various cosmic rays in space, the composition of the mecha's paint was very complicated, and many of them were poisonous. In such a short period of time, even Duan Hengye could not determine how the mecha's reaction would be if it was anesthetized.
Duan Hengye never thought about this before. After hearing the doctor's words, his hands that had been quietly hanging by his side could not help but slowly curl up. Duan Hengye thought that simply doing research in the laboratory and personally participating in the experiment were two completely different feelings. Even though he had previously thought about whether he would gain any additional valuable experience from this war, he never thought about using his friend's health … or his friend's life in exchange for this. It was too heavy a burden.
After all, they were assistants who spent all day together. Ye Pu now understood Duan Hengye's personality very well. When he saw Duan Hengye's expression, he immediately realized that Professor Duan was probably taking responsibility for himself. Ye Pu wanted to say something, but after opening his mouth, he realized that he had nothing to say.
At this moment, Duan Hengye finally couldn't help but walk over to Yu Xinlan's position and slowly squat down. Duan Hengye did not hinder the doctor's actions. He gently lifted the woman's wrist from the metal floor and stretched out two fingers. Even though Duan Hengye knew that the medical equipment of the interstellar era was very reliable, he knew that if he asked, these doctors would definitely comfort him and say that Yu Xinlan was fine. So after thinking about it for a while, Duan Hengye still couldn't help but put his hand on the woman's wrist.
As a practitioner of ancient martial arts, Duan Hengye knew a little about pulse. Even though he only knew a little, it was enough for this situation. Duan Hengye's experience told him that Yu Xinlan's current condition was very bad … It could even be said that her life was hanging by a thread.
Ye Pu, who was standing on the side and watching the whole process, didn't know what Duan Hengye was doing. However, his expression was getting worse and worse. After a while, Duan Hengye suddenly stood up from the ground and stood by the wall for a long time without saying a word.
After seeing Duan Hengye's appearance, Ye Pu didn't dare to ask anymore. For a while, the corridor fell into a strange silence. Other than the sound of the doctor operating the tools to remove the mecha fragments, there was no other sound. Time slowly passed by. Even though Yu Xinlan had already taken medicine to stop the bleeding, the wound was too large and the mecha paint contained highly toxic elements. Even though Yu Xinlan's physical condition was very good, after a while, her face became visibly pale.
It wasn't just Duan Hengye, Ye Pu's heart was also tightly gripped by this scene. He and Yu Xinlan had known each other for ten years. In Ye Pu's impression, General Yu had always been the spokesperson of the word "energetic". Yu Xinlan's complexion was not very pale. Instead, it was a rather healthy light honey color. Ye Pu had known her for so many years, but he had never seen her like this before.
After an unknown amount of time, the doctors around Yu Xin Lan finally stood up with some difficulty by supporting themselves against the wall at the side. Then, he took a lot of glowing objects that Duan Hengye didn't recognize from the starship's medical robot and placed them on Yu Xinlan's body.
"Professor Duan, the mecha fragments have been removed." The medical robot gently lifted Yu Xinlan and moved her to the medical room on the side. The doctor said to Duan Hengye.
Hearing this, Duan Hangye nodded at him and said with incomparable sincerity, "Thank you." After all, Yu Xinlan was a woman. Even though Duan Hengye was extremely worried, he still stood in the corridor and didn't have any intention of following the robot to the medical room. At this time, a few female doctors who had been watching also followed the robot into the cabin, then closed the silver cabin door.
After the corridor was empty again, Duan Hengye asked the doctors who didn't follow in, "After entering the nutrition chamber, how long will it take for her to wake up?"
After hearing Duan Hengye's question, this doctor was obviously stunned. From the doctor's hesitation, Duan Hengye vaguely understood what he meant. Because Duan Hengye came from Earth, he was a little too confident in what he thought was extremely advanced technology and medical technology. But the truth was, technology wasn't everything.
The doctor hesitated for a bit and finally said to Duan Hengye, "It's like this … Because General Yu Xinlan's injuries are too serious, so the time she will wake up … We can't say for sure. The only thing we can confirm is the recovery time for external injuries, the rest is unknown. "
Different nutrition chambers had different functions. For example, the one that Duan Hengye used before had special functions. It was specially prepared a few months in advance. The ones that the military had could only heal external injuries. Therefore, according to the doctor, even though Yu Xinlan's injuries could heal, it was still unknown whether she could fully recover.
Duan Hangye's fingertips had only been on Xin Lan's wrist for a short while, and even though it had been a long time since he left, there was still a weak pulse beating on his fingertips that had yet to disappear.
Duan Hengye's current position didn't have a window, so he couldn't see the sun. After the doctor in the corridor finished speaking and left, Duan Hengye glanced at the optical supercomputer and realized that the night had passed just like that.
Duan Hengye had been nervous all this time. Now that Yu Xinlan was sent to the medical room, he felt a wave of fatigue wash over him. Duan Hengye wanted to walk back, but he realized that his legs were a little stiff.
Duan Hengye couldn't help but reach out his hand to support himself against the wall of the starship. After noticing his actions, Ye Pu, who had been standing nearby, was a little worried. Ye Pu walked up to him and said, "Professor Duan, it's already morning. Why don't you eat something and get some rest?" Duan Hengye knew that his current condition was very important, so after hearing Ye Pu's words, he hesitated for a moment before following Ye Pu to the cafeteria.
Even though this giant starship was very large, there were also a lot of people living in it. In order not to interfere with the work in the corridor, the robots here wouldn't directly deliver food to each cabin. If you wanted to eat, you had to go to a specific place. It wasn't the peak meal time yet. When Duan Hengye arrived, there were only a dozen people in the few hundred square meters of space. When those people saw Duan Hengye, they wanted to greet him, but they were all gently waved away by Duan Hengye.
In Duan Hengye's opinion, this cafeteria was very similar to the cafeteria he went to when he was in university. Perhaps it was because of this sense of familiarity, but after sitting here, Duan Hengye's anxiety disappeared a little. The taste of the food in the military cafeteria was average. Duan Hengye quickly finished his meal and returned to his room.
Duan Hengye was overwhelmed by fatigue. By the time he woke up again, it was already five hours later. Duan Hengye didn't sleep well. In just five hours, he had countless dreams. Even though Duan Hengye couldn't remember what he dreamed of when he woke up, the fatigue brought on by his dreams still didn't go away.
After opening his eyes, Duan Hengye couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the windowless cabin. After a while, he realized where he was now. Even though his brain was still a little slow after waking up, Duan Hengye still quickly sat up in bed. He then took out the optical computer that was in hibernation mode and began to look at the information he received in the past few hours.
What Duan Hengye was looking forward to the most was, of course, the news of Yu Xinlan waking up. However, to his disappointment, Duan Hengye's optical computer did indeed receive a lot of information, but it wasn't what he was looking forward to. Because of his higher authority, Duan Hengye received a lot of information that wasn't reported on the Star Network. Because the information was more important, ever since the optical computer woke up from hibernation mode, Duan Hengye saw a string of bright red notification lights.
Most of the content was about the execution of Meng Jinhuai's mission. Duan Hengye briefly read through it. After confirming that there were no problems, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Speaking of which, when Duan Hangye left the laboratory yesterday, he was in too much of a hurry. Not long after he left, the Southern Star issued such a notice to the outside world. The combination of the two naturally scared the hell out of his colleagues. Now, Duan Hengye finally saw the message that Su Mingge sent him.
Now that he thought about it, his previous actions were really frightening. After seeing Su Mingge's message, Duan Hengye quickly clicked on it and explained what happened yesterday. Of course, now that the conflict between the Yetian Empire and the League of Lisheng has spread throughout the Star Network, even if Duan Hengye didn't explain it, Su Mingge knew what happened.
However, after receiving Duan Hengye's reply, Su Mingge was still very excited. After confirming that Duan Hengye was in a safe place, the two of them used the optical computer to discuss the upcoming work of the research institute. Duan Hengye left in a hurry yesterday, so there were a lot of important things that he didn't communicate with Su Mingge. Even if Su Mingge had a lot of experience in dealing with the affairs of the institute, he still couldn't quickly take over in a short period of time.
After handing over all the work to Su Mingge, another hour passed. After some simple tidying up, Duan Hengye walked out of his cabin and went to the medical room.
After confirming with the doctor on duty, Duan Hengye went through the heavy disinfection process and finally walked into the cabin. Unlike in the morning, Yu Xinlan, who was sleeping in the nourishment chamber, had changed out of her military uniform. She was wearing a special white lab coat, and her hair, which was originally tied neatly behind her head, was now loose.
After seeing Yu Xinlan's current appearance, Duan Hengye couldn't help but be shocked. Yu Xinlan's hair was very long and had a lot of hair. Now that it was scattered, from Duan Hengye's point of view, it really looked like seaweed in the deep sea. There was an inexplicable sense of suffocation.
This nutrition cabin was extremely large, it wasn't an exaggeration to say that it was a small swimming pool. Duan Hengye slowly walked forward, then he couldn't help but put his hand on the wall of the cabin. Looking at Yu Xinlan, who still didn't show any signs of waking up, Duan Hengye's expression slowly changed.
As a mecha designer, Duan Hengye had always been very conscious. He knew that the things he designed were tied to the lives of countless people. There were enemies and friends … Although the mecha Yu Xinlan piloted wasn't designed by Duan Hengye himself, Yu Xinlan used this serious injury to teach Duan Hengye a lesson before the war even started.
— — In fact, it wasn't just the general design and structure, any detail of the mecha could be magnified in the context of war, and then produce unexpected results.
Duan Hengye's mood gradually became heavy. He turned around and left the nutrition cabin. After a brief conversation with the doctor here, he once again walked back to his residence.
But before Duan Hengye reached his destination, he saw a person standing at the end of the corridor. The light over there was a little too bright, Duan Hengye could only roughly make out the outline of the person — — the person was tall and wore a long military uniform. After seeing Duan Hengye standing still, the person walked over.
After walking a little closer, Duan Hengye discovered that the person standing there was actually Meng Jinhuai, who had returned to the starship after completing his mission at some point. What Duan Hengye didn't know was that because he had just walked out of the medical room, his complexion wasn't very good. Meng Jinhuai noticed this. Before entering the room, he reached out his hand and pulled Duan Hengye into his arms, then gave the other party a hug.
The hug didn't last long. Before Duan Hengye could feel the warmth from under the military uniform, Meng Jinhuai had already let go of his hand. At this time, the door directly opposite Duan Hengye opened. The warm light in the cabin cast its warm light on Duan Hengye and Meng Jinhuai through the gap. "Let's go." After hearing the other party's words, Duan Hengye stretched out his hand and opened the gap, then walked in with Meng Jinhuai.
"Yu Xinlan …" Duan Hengye didn't know if Meng Jinhuai was aware of Yu Xinlan's current situation, so after hesitating for a moment, he still said the name. Hearing this, Meng Jinhuai nodded. His expression was very serious. "When we returned to the starship, I asked about the details. The doctor said … Yu Xinlan's current situation isn't very optimistic. " In front of Duan Hengye, the doctor might be a little vague about Yu Xinlan's injuries and tell him not to worry too much. But in front of Meng Jinhuai, the leader of the military, the doctor had to tell the truth.
Although Duan Hengye already had a rough idea of what was going on, when he heard this from Meng Jinhuai, his heart couldn't help but tremble.
… Duan Hengye had never thought about mecha paint before. A few hours ago, after Yu Xinlan's injuries, Duan Hengye immediately thought about it and realized that if he had thought about this earlier, he could have avoided the current situation.
The meaning of life was incomparably heavy. Although on the surface, Duan Hengye seemed a little cold and indifferent, deep down, he cared about this very much.
After hearing Meng Jinhuai's words, Duan Hengye nodded silently. Duan Hengye wasn't a talkative person, but after today's incident, he had a lot of things to say in his heart. But logic told him that the Empire was now in a special period, and Meng Jinhuai was so busy that his feet didn't touch the ground. He shouldn't be saying these things to him at this time.
Although Duan Hengye didn't want to say it, Meng Jinhuai could tell what he was thinking. Or rather, based on his understanding of Duan Hengye, he didn't even need to see his reaction to know what he was worried about.
Meng Jinhuai realized that Duan Hengye was currently in a very dangerous state. This wasn't referring to his physical condition, but to his mental state, which was going to the extreme and falling to the bottom.
In fact, Meng Jinhuai had already noticed this long ago — Duan Hengye had vaguely felt this kind of burden a long time ago, and now Yu Xinlan's injuries were undoubtedly pushing Duan Hengye towards a dangerous direction of self-denial. Meng Jinhuai had seen Duan Hengye in this state many times over the years, mostly in defeated generals. This kind of emotion might be difficult to detect when it first appeared, but once it fermented, it was an extremely dangerous thing.
The two of them stood in the center of the cabin. Seeing that Duan Hengye didn't speak for a long time, Meng Jinhuai gently hugged him again, and then said in Duan Hengye's ear, "Some things can't be decided by an individual … You've already done very well, no one can be perfect."
Hearing Meng Jinhuai's words, Duan Hengye couldn't help but tremble, and then finally said, "I know … But, maybe I'm just being selfish. Even though I knew this before, after seeing Yu Xinlan's state …" Before Duan Hengye could finish, Meng Jinhuai interrupted him, "Do you know how many people by my side have left in all these years of war?"
As soon as Meng Jinhuai's words left his mouth, Duan Hengye couldn't help but slowly straighten his body, and then looked at him with a complicated expression. Meng Jinhuai said word by word, "In these ten years, the only people left by my side are Yu Xinlan and Dongfang He Wen." What Meng Jinhuai said was the truth, but it sounded as absurd and cruel as a story.
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