The intermittent words were like a knife, cutting through the heart of the Crown Prince.
Ryann’s face was as pale as a ghost. From the moment they parted in Aslan Star City to now, nearly seven hours had passed. He couldn’t even begin to imagine the hardships Jiang Jianming had endured during this time…
“Okay, right away, right away…Don’t fall asleep again, I’ll give you some water.”
The Crown Prince muttered helplessly, clutching Jiang Jianming’s limp fingertips, “I’ll give you water now.”
He raised the bed in the treatment cabin slightly, then carefully lifted the frail human’s neck and cradled it in his arm.
With trembling hands, he pulled out a spare energy water, pried open the cap with his crystal bone, and brought it to Jiang Jianming’s lips.
The cool sensation finally moistened his parched throat. In his daze, Jiang Jianming instinctively swallowed, unable to hold back the water that trickled down from the corner of his lips.
Ryann carefully held his cheek, his voice hoarse and choked, “Drink slowly, slowly.”
Jiang Jianming was panting lightly, his gaze slightly scattered as he looked at Ryann, and said with difficulty, “Just now…why suddenly…how are you?”
“..…”
Ryann’s eyes were filled with confusion, his blood-stained lips were tight, and he silently stroked Jiang Jianming’s cheek with his fingertips. After a few seconds, he said in a low voice, “I’m fine, don’t talk too much, if you have the strength, drink some more water.”
But the Crown Prince’s condition was not optimistic. Overuse of the crystal bone had caused the flesh on the back of his spine to tear. The red gold crystal body had not yet fully retracted and was slowly fading.
His platinum curls were scattered messily behind him, a few strands falling in front of his eyes, and more were stuck to his clothes, which were soaked with a large patch of dark red blood.
“Tranquilizer…”
Jiang Jianming frowned and coughed twice, shaking his head to indicate that he didn’t want water. He struggled to push away His Highness’ hand, “You…go and take three shots…”
Ryann’s eyes darkened, he didn’t dare to provoke him at this time, he softly agreed, then turned around and said, “Dog, tranquilizer.”
The intelligence Seth Henry controlled the mechanical claw inside the mecha Snow Dove, holding the needle and coming over.
Ryann lowered his head, with one hand he brushed aside his own curls, allowing it to inject the needle into the back of his neck.
“I’ve injected it, look, one shot.”
As Ryann spoke, he seriously placed the empty syringe next to the treatment cabin, showing it to Jiang Jianming.
“Two shots, three shots,” he put down the second and third tubes, neatly arranged, “Done.”
…So obedient. Jiang Jianming was secretly surprised in his heart.
He tentatively put his hand on Ryann’s shoulder, “Lie down, let me see your wound.”
The Crown Prince glared and moved his arm back into the treatment cabin, but obediently leaned down and turned his back towards Jiang Jianming, showing him.
It seemed that the impact of the crystal bone bursting out had not completely subsided, the Crown Prince was still in a state of slight confusion without realizing it.
It manifested as being at a loss, and whatever Jiang Jianming said was what it was.
Jiang Jianming was stunned for quite a while, wanted to say something but didn’t have the strength.
In the end, he still tried to reach out and ruffle Ryann’s hair, whispering, “I’ll sleep for a while.”
………
Three minutes later, the mecha Snow Dove entered the Imperial Starship “Changhai Hao”.
The medics had been anxiously waiting, as soon as the mecha’s hatch opened, they immediately put Jiang Jianming on the medical life support equipment and pushed him away.
Ryann stood next to the Snow Dove, his eyes staring straight at Jiang Jianming being pushed into the emergency room.
When he had just taken Jiang Jianming out of the Snow Dove, the latter had already passed out and couldn’t be awakened. He didn’t know…when the door of the emergency room opened again, what news would be waiting for him.
“Your Highness, Your Highness Ryann!”
A middle-aged officer from the Golden Sun Wheel rushed over, seeing the Crown Prince’s injuries, he was shocked, “Your Highness, you…!”
Ryann glanced at the officer, knowing in his heart that this person probably wanted to ask what had happened in the series of sudden changes just now.
He was silent for two breaths, turned his head and bluntly said, “I can’t command the fleet anymore.”
It wasn’t because of any injury, just now a medic also wanted to treat him, but he refused.
The main problem was still the instability of his mental state. Just now when Jiang Jianming was by his side, Ryann didn’t feel it; now that the person had been pushed in, the Crown Prince only felt his brain start to rage again, nothing but chaos.
The Crown Prince thought of the admiral who had brought out Jiang Jianming to use as a “provocation” before the war, and asked, “Where’s Celine?”
“The admiral…the admiral just woke up.”
Ryann absentmindedly hummed in agreement, waved his hand and said, “The enemy has been annihilated by forty percent, the overall situation has been determined, let her finish the rest, don’t bother me.”
And so, the Imperial Fleet and the Crystal Cult Fleet both temporarily ceased fire, each catching their breath, returning to a stalemate.
Eighteen hours after the incident, the high-dimensional blockade barrier finally restored its energy.
At the twentieth hour, news came from the military headquarters that the Crystal Cult attacking the other star cities had also been confirmed to be completely wiped out, now only the space domain was the remaining hurdle.
At the twenty-first hour, inside the starship “Changhai Hao”.
Inside the interstellar advanced treatment cabin, the sleeping young man suddenly furrowed his brows at some point, a weak sound came from his throat, his eyelashes trembling.
Blood transfusion, surgery, medication… After several rounds of full-force rescue and treatment, and then sleeping in the treatment cabin for several hours, Jiang Jianming slowly woke up.
“Jiang? Are you awake…I’m here, I’m by your side.”
Ryann had been standing by the treatment cabin for a long time, at this moment he quickly held Jiang Jianming’s hand, comforting him continuously.
He gently kissed his lover’s forehead, damp with cold sweat, closed his eyes and murmured softly, “It’s okay now, you’re safe…Rest, have a good sleep.”
After comforting the patient, the Crown Prince’s face darkened, he suddenly touched Jiang Jianming’s forehead and said, “Still burning?..What’s going on.”
The accompanying physician said, “Your Highness, Colonel Jiang has been injected with an excessive amount of drugs, his body is already at its limit, we dare not rashly give him too much medication, so…”
As soon as Jiang Jianming was pushed out of the emergency room, the military doctor nervously informed the Crown Prince of the patient’s condition.
The great fortune in the midst of misfortune was that there was no immediate danger to his life, the Crystal Cult didn’t seem to want the hostage’s life; however, the torment of the crystal bone and the over-injection of various drugs completely exceeded the threshold that a disabled human could bear, and they were worried about leaving after-effects.
“Can only endure like this?” The Crown Prince’s expression became even more difficult to look at, he gathered Jiang Jianming’s fingers, gently massaging them.
The physician wiped the sweat from his forehead, “It’s a good sign that he can wake up, we’ll add a little more medication.”
Inside the treatment cabin, Jiang Jianming finally managed to open his eyes with difficulty, at first the light in his pupils was somewhat scattered, but gradually he became clear.
“It’s okay…” He spoke in a weak and hoarse voice, and squeezed Ryann’s hand back, “I’m fine, the fever is probably due to chronic crystal disorder, don’t panic…cough, cough.”
Jiang Jianming paused, his pale hand gripped the edge of the treatment cabin, and he actually tried to sit up, “How is Your Highness’s injury?”
“It’s been treated… don’t move around.” Ryann immediately held him, cradling him in his arms and leaning him against himself, gently patting him with his palm.
At this time, the Golden Sun Wheel officer who had just come in knocked on the door and came in, quickly rushing to Ryann’s side, reporting the frontline situation in a low voice.
Jiang Jianming leaned weakly in the arms of the Imperial Crown Prince, his consciousness half clear, he vaguely saw the distant window, it was still the dark universe. Occasionally, there would be flashes of gunfire, like matches lit in the dark night, all in the distance.
He was stunned for a long time, and vaguely said, “Why isn’t it over yet…”
As soon as these words were spoken, the surroundings suddenly fell silent.
Everyone turned to look at him.
Only Ryann’s face changed color, he smoothed out some of the messy hair on Jiang Jianming’s forehead, “Soon.”
Jiang Jianming leaned in the crook of the Crown Prince’s arm, his spirit drifting, he softly said, “Soon?”
Ryann: “Now the overall situation has been determined, the expulsion of the enemy from the territory is only a matter of time, don’t think too much.”
Jiang Jianming started coughing again, his eyebrows furrowed tighter. He was usually low-key and restrained, but at this moment he didn’t know what was going on, the frustration in his chest was surging upwards.
He heard his own throbbing heartbeat, felt an unprecedented weariness and fatigue, as if he had seen enough of war and sacrifice; suddenly he had an extreme longing for the birds and flowers of Aslan, just wanting to return to the star city with the Little Highness.
So exactly which commander was being a coward, he thought in a somewhat dazed state.
Since it was such a dominant situation, why were they still dawdling?
Ryann took the water from the medic’s hand, held him in his arms and fed him a mouthful, then asked in a low voice, “You have been sleeping for so long, are you hungry? If you can eat something…”
Jiang Jianming shook his head, he leaned on Ryann’s shoulder, and suddenly said, “Show me the star map.”
This sentence was even more shocking, scaring the physician and the visiting Golden Sun officer next to him.
They looked at each other in a circle, and from each other’s eyes they got confirmation – it’s over, he’s starting to talk nonsense because of the illness.
The physician stepped forward in fear, “Colonel Jiang, you should rest now…”
The officer also hurriedly said, “Please rest assured, Colonel, we will surely drive out the enemy as soon as possible and restore peace to the empire!”
Jiang Jianming impatiently said, “Give it to me.”
Everyone was taken aback. Ryann paused, asking, “What’s wrong with you?”
Jiang Jianming responded with an expressionless face, clearly he didn’t think there was anything wrong with what he was saying.
Ryann’s brow twitched, and he ordered in a doubtful tone, “…Give it to him.”
“Oh…Oh!” The attending physician was the first to react. He quickly called his medical soldiers, “What’s wrong? Hurry up, hurry up, bring what needs to be brought…”
He also sternly stared at them, quietly saying to the officer, “It is said that Colonel Jiang was severely tortured by the enemy, his mental state may not be very good, we should all coax him, coax him.”
The star map projection was moved over, Jiang Jianming nestled in Ryann’s arms, fiddled with the projection for a while, then leaned over to the Crown Prince’s ear and said something.
Ryann fell silent, his eyebrows relaxing and tightening from time to time, and he looked at him for a long time.
“Jiang Jianming.” Suddenly, Ryann lifted Jiang Jianming’s chin, he held that handsome but bloodless face, and asked word by word, “Are you awake now?”
Jiang Jianming nodded, also seriously saying, “More awake than you.”
Ryann turned his head, “Bring a blanket over.”
Someone hurriedly handed over a thick thermal blanket. Ryann helped Jiang Jianming lie back on the bed of the treatment cabin, first drained the medical fluid, then carefully wrapped a layer of blanket around him, then bent down and…
Click.
He released the bottom fixation of the movable treatment cabin.
The physician was shocked, “Your Highness, are you going to…”
Ryann: “He wants to go, I’ll push him to go for a walk.”
A group of medical soldiers had strange expressions, they were in a mess–where could His Highness the Crown Princess’ body, which was now in the intensive care unit, go to “go for a walk”?
But Ryann really did, with one hand supporting the cabin body, he moved him away.
About a few minutes later, the mystery was revealed.
Because a familiar voice echoed from the communication receivers all over the ship.
This was not ordinary communication, it was a command broadcast with the authority of a commander, it was a directive from the superior to the subordinate, mandatory circulation, cannot be refused.
[Announcement to the entire Golden Sun Wheel Fleet in the Lanxishi Star System, and all officers of the Imperial Golden Sun Wheel Space Station.]
The voice was slightly hoarse, obviously weak, but calm and steady.
[I am Colonel Jiang Jianming of the Imperial Military, now taking over for Admiral Celine, temporarily taking command of the fleet and space station.]
[Golden Sun Wheel Fleet, Imperial Space Station…please enter combat readiness, follow my command.]
[Everyone can relax a bit, we finish earlier, we go home earlier.]
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