Chapter 88 Can I go with them?
Return to the designated temporary medical station.
Long Xiao walked to Lu Qingshu and Lin Xili's side. This iron-blooded leader also had a tired and heavy look on his face at this moment.
He looked at Lin Xili in front of him, a man who had just experienced a huge emotional shock but was able to remain professional and calm at the critical moment.
The young forensic expert who ultimately helped find the key figure showed approval in his eyes.
"The Hong Kong Forensic Department truly lives up to its reputation."
Long Xiao said to Lu Qingshu with genuine praise, "This time, it was all thanks to your professional judgment and meticulous evidence collection."
"Commander, this is what we should do!"
However, a harsher reality follows the praise.
He paused, his tone becoming serious: "However, the situation of Comrade Yisheng is not optimistic."
"His vital signs dropped to zero at one point. Although he showed faint signs of life after emergency resuscitation, he was still hovering on the critical line."
"He was shot multiple times, lost too much blood, and suffered from drowning, hypothermia, and possible internal injuries..."
He didn't continue speaking, but the implication was crystal clear: he was facing a near-death experience.
"Fortunately, the bullet avoided the most vital organs and major arteries, but the complexity of the injuries and his extreme weakness make the subsequent treatment and recovery full of uncertainty."
Long Xiao then turned to look at Lin Xili's pale face, "Given his special status and the top-secret nature of this mission."
"He must be immediately transferred to our secret base, which has the highest level of medical confidentiality and treatment conditions, for further treatment and recuperation."
"There are top-notch medical teams and equipment there, which is his greatest hope for survival."
Lin Xili's heart was throbbing with pain with every beat.
She knew that what Long Xiao said was true and the most rational arrangement.
However, the thought of him being taken to a place she could never reach, a place where even communication might be cut off, brought a surge of immense panic and reluctance upon her.
She looked up, her eyes red-rimmed, but she held back her tears and pleaded, "Commander, I...can I go with you?"
"Even if it's just watching from a distance, as long as I don't disturb the treatment, I...I can help..."
Long Xiao shook his head firmly. He could understand, but what mattered most was the unwavering discipline.
"Comrade Lin Xili, I understand your feelings, but it won't work. That place is top secret."
"No one is allowed to enter except for essential medical and security personnel, and no one is permitted to have any non-essential contact with the outside world."
"This is an iron discipline, to protect him and those around him, and also to protect the safety of more comrades and their families."
Seeing Lin Xili's eyes dim instantly, he added, "His subsequent treatment, recovery progress, and even the final outcome are all top secret and cannot be disclosed to the public, including to you."
The last hope was also completely extinguished.
Lin Xili stood there, feeling as if all the strength had been drained from her body.
She knew that all she could do now was accept it.
She lowered her head, remained silent for a few seconds, and then nodded gently. "I understand, sir. Thank you!"
Just then, the medical team, which was ready to be taken by helicopter to the secret base, came out of the temporary medical point pushing a stretcher.
Huo Nanchen, on the stretcher, looked even paler and more translucent than he had in the cave, as if he would break at the slightest touch. His body was connected to various life-sustaining instruments and tubes.
Lin Xili instinctively rushed over and blocked the stretcher.
The escorts instinctively tried to stop him, but Long Xiao raised his hand, signaling them to wait a moment.
Lin Xili leaned down, her gaze greedily and deeply fixed on Huo Nanchen's face, a face that was both familiar and now felt incredibly strange to her.
His lips turned an ominous cyanosis due to blood loss and low temperature.
She gently brushed aside the damp, cold hairs on his forehead, and then, under the solemn gaze of all the people present.
She lowered her head and placed an incredibly gentle kiss on his cold, purplish lips.
There was no sound, no tears, only this silent kiss.
As their lips parted, she took out the blue snowflake jade pendant that belonged to him from the pocket of her protective suit.
She gently pried open his still somewhat stiff fingers and solemnly placed the jade pendant, stained with his body heat and blood, back into his palm.
Then I helped him close his fingers, as if entrusting him with a sense of protection and faith.
She looked at him, in a voice only the two of them could hear.
"Huo Nanchen, you once said that the sun will always shine. Now, I give you my sunshine and my faith."
Her fingertips gently touched the blue snowflake jade pendant he held. "I hope it can warm your days and nights, protect you, and help you live on as resiliently as a blue snowflake, bravely continuing to bloom."
"If I can't wait for you in this life, then wait for me on the Bridge of Helplessness for the rest of my life. Then we'll cross the Bridge of Helplessness together, and in the next life, we'll be childhood sweethearts who never knew each other."
After saying that, she stood up and took a step back, no longer blocking her way.
The medical team immediately pushed Huo Nanchen on a stretcher and put him onto a military helicopter that had already started moving.
The hatch closed, the rotors accelerated, and the helicopter began to take off.
This time, the destination is unknown, the return date is uncertain, and life or death is uncertain.
Lin Xili stood there, looking up, until he could no longer see any trace of the helicopter.
She slowly lowered her head, closed her eyes, and took a deep breath of the air, which was filled with the smells of earth, grass, and gunpowder.
When she opened her eyes again, all the vulnerability, hesitation, and sadness in them were replaced by an unprecedented determination.
She turned to face Long Xiao and Lu Qingshu, straightened her back, and said in a serious voice, "Chief, Director Lu, the collection of physical evidence in other areas of the scene has not yet been completed. Let's continue."
Next, she and her colleagues conducted a thorough, carpet-like investigation of all possible traces left in the entire combat zone, underground base passages, and near the river.
Every cartridge case, every bloodstain, every possible fingerprint or fiber was carefully extracted, numbered, and packaged.
Two weeks later, all necessary on-site investigations and evidence collection were completed.
On behalf of the command, Long Xiao once again expressed the highest respect and gratitude to the Xiangjiang City Forensic Department team and reiterated the confidentiality regulations.
Lin Xili and the others returned to Xiangjiang City, carrying a heavy sense of mission and unspeakable secrets and concerns.
Life returned to its superficial calm.
But for those who knew the inside story, some things have changed forever.
The deeds of Elder Yan and the security personnel who sacrificed themselves at the Deep Eye Base, and our undercover agents who sacrificed themselves within the Sakura Group, can only shine in top-secret files.
Their funerals could only be based on fabricated stories of birth, aging, illness, and death, and their ashes were scattered in their hometown like ordinary people.
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