Gu Zhilin watched as the doctors and nurses were busy, and he couldn't help them at all.

We could only stand outside the window to see what was happening inside.

Since waking up, Lu Jin'an has been staring at Gu Zhilin with an expression as if she would never have the chance to see him again.

Gu Zhilin looked inside with concern, but was suddenly stung by that gaze.

I inexplicably felt that there was something wrong with that look in his eyes, like...

He suspected he had misread it, or perhaps he simply wasn't in the mood to think about it carefully.

The doctors and nurses worked for a long time, but thankfully it was finally confirmed that everything was alright.

However, due to the severity of Lu Jin'an's injuries, she cannot be moved out of the intensive care unit yet.

As Gu Zhilin watched the doctors and nurses slowly leave, he couldn't help but step forward and ask, "Excuse me, may I go in and see him?"

The attending physician glanced at Gu Zhilin and then asked, "Are you General Lu's colleague?"

"Partner, I am his partner."

The attending physician was taken aback; he had not heard of General Lu having partnered with someone else.

However, he knew very well that the second part of the hospital was not a place that ordinary soldiers could enter.

Since this person was able to get in, maybe what he said is true.

Moreover, they all saw General Lu's gaze while they were inside.

His eyes were almost fixed on this oemga.

So the attending physician did not refuse, and turned to the nurse next to him and said, "Take him to disinfect and put on protective clothing before going in."

Gu Zhilin was very happy to receive permission and nodded repeatedly, "Thank you, doctor."

After disinfecting and putting on protective clothing, Gu Zhilin finally went inside. He had been waiting outside the intensive care unit for an unknown amount of time, with the two separated by a glass partition.

Now we can finally communicate face-to-face.

Gu Zhilin looked at Lu Jin'an's blood-stained military uniform, which she hadn't yet changed out of, and felt a pang of heartache: "It must hurt a lot."

Lu Jin'an was stunned for a moment. This was the first time since she was injured that someone had asked her if she was in a lot of pain.

Based on his past habits, he certainly wouldn't have cried out in pain.

But after Gu Zhilin asked him, he suddenly didn't want to pretend anymore.

"Ugh, it hurts."

Then he opened his palm to show the metal piece he had just given me: "Did you give this to me?"

Gu Zhilin nodded: "Yes, I should have prepared it for you sooner. If I had prepared it earlier, you might not have been so badly injured."

Lu Jin'an was somewhat surprised that this little thing had this ability: "Is this what you used for fortune telling before?"

He had seen Gu Zhilin use it.

Gu Zhilin nodded: "Yes, but now he's your talisman."

"My talisman?" Lu Jin'an was stunned. There was no concept of talismans in modern society.

However, because of Gu Zhilin, he had previously learned about the meaning of the amulet.

"Yes, I personally blessed it. Don't worry, my spiritual power is quite good, so the effect should be decent. You can carry it with you in the future; it can help you ward off disasters."

Lu Jin'an never expected that she would receive such a thing after being injured—a talisman personally blessed by Gu Zhilin.

He suddenly felt that his injury was worthwhile.

"Thanks to you this time." Recalling the dangers of the mission, Lu Jin'an looked at the man in front of her and said.

Gu Zhilin shook his head: "It's my fault for not being skilled enough. If I could have calculated the problem with the mission more accurately and helped you resolve it, you wouldn't have suffered such a serious injury."

"How can this be your fault?" Lu Jin'an didn't expect this person to be so stubborn: "The mission is our own mission, so the injury is a problem with our own abilities, what does it have to do with you?"

"Besides, we should thank you. If you hadn't reminded me in advance that there was a problem with the mission, we wouldn't have made preparations in advance. We might not have been able to come back this time."

"Pah, pah, pah!" Gu Zhilin quickly spat a few times. "What nonsense are you talking about? It's bad luck."

Seeing how anxious he was, Lu Jin'an couldn't help but think how adorable this person was.

"Okay, ptooey, ptooey, ptooey." He spat a few times before continuing, "After we arrived at Planet One, we discovered that the Martians had lured us there and arranged for assassins to kill me."

Gu Zhilin was taken aback by this turn of events and became tense.

"Because I am the only S-class fire controller in the entire Earth Alliance, they have been trying to assassinate me for a long time."

"This time, they led us to the first planet, and then we were surrounded." Lu Jin'an explained it simply, but Gu Zhilin knew that the situation must have been very urgent, otherwise Lu Jin'an wouldn't have been so badly injured.

"Because Planet One was not yet fully developed, and the Alliance base had not received any intelligence, we were forced to hide in a remote place. Little did we know that they had deliberately lured us there."

“There were dozens of Martian assassins waiting there, and those Martian assassins were very strange. They were arranged in an orderly manner and surrounded us. No matter how we tried to break out, we couldn’t get out.”

"In the end, we listened to you and broke through their encirclement by heading southeast, which finally allowed us to send a distress signal to the base."

"Oh, right, I thought it was you. We captured a Martian assassin in the southeast. This is the first time we've captured a live Martian assassin."

Gu Zhilin frowned: "Are those Martian assassins really that powerful?"

Lu Jin'an originally wanted Gu Zhilin to know that the information she provided had been of great help to them, hoping to make him happy.

Unexpectedly, this person didn't care at all.

Instead, they are more concerned about the Martian assassins.

Lu Jin'an sighed: "Martian assassins are the strongest among Martians, but fortunately, there aren't many of them. They are very large, and most importantly, they can change their form at will. They are so slippery that they are often hard to catch."

"And he's incredibly strong, with amazing fighting ability. Plus, he's really ugly."

Gu Zhilin stared speechlessly at the man's final assessment: that the Martian assassin was ugly. "So, what's the situation with the Martian assassin you captured? Did you get anything out of him?"

Lu Jin'an opened his mouth, somewhat amused, and said, "How can I ask? We don't speak the same language!"

Gu Zhilin then realized that they were facing aliens this time, and they couldn't communicate with them.

I suddenly realized that my question was a bit ridiculous.

"Although we can't get any information out of them, we can provide the people at the research center with material on the Martian assassins. Maybe we can discover their weaknesses."

Gu Zhilin nodded and said, "This isn't the first time you've encountered a Martian assassin, is it?"

"Did you get injured like this every time before?"

"Injuries are inevitable, but this one was more serious. It was because their encirclement was so strange that we had no way to attack. And when they attacked, they were quick, accurate, and ruthless, which is why I was so badly injured."

“Jiang Jiyang and Shang Shixu were there too, and they helped me a lot. In the past, Martian assassins always appeared alone, just one or two, which I could handle myself.” Lu Jin’an reassured Gu Zhilin.