Chapter 82 The heat wave of the election came with sparks

Sniper shot.

Those men in black covered their faces, revealing only a pair of lifeless eyes, and seemed to be preparing to ignite something.

It's a bomb!

Oh no, they are about to drop a bomb on the military vehicle where the instructor is.

When Cheng Zhi, the sniper at a high point, saw this scene, an unignorable wave flashed across his calm pupils.

Cheng Zhi stared at the thugs, ready to pull the trigger at any time.

The slightly chilly air condensed.

Inside the temporary dispatch room, the commander in charge of the accident clenched his fist into a sweaty fist.

"Cheng Zhi."

"yes."

The sniper's position, as conveyed to him by the observer, came to his optical brain, and it took him only a second or two to digest the information.

His shooting accuracy has always been very high, but this is the one he can least afford to make mistakes in his career.

"Bang--"

A bullet flew through the air and hit the black-clad man driving the vehicle accurately on the head.

A headshot!

The gray car suddenly lost control, and the bomb carefully prepared for Colonel Huo deviated from its original route and hit the bottom of the military vehicle.

Three seconds ago, at this critical moment, Huo Yubai decisively opened the car door, and the three of them prepared to jump out of the car.

"Explosion-proof team, get ready!"

First there was a startling flash of light, so bright that Ji He wondered if there was something wrong with his eyes.

Then, a large ball of orange-red flames burned from the bottom of the dark green military vehicle, like magma gushing out from the ground, sweeping across the mountains at an astonishing speed.

A suffocating heat rushed towards the three people who jumped out of the car. They felt like they were stuffed into a scorching furnace.

The smoke from the explosion was so thick that it hurt people's eyes and spread all over the scene.

The heat wave wrapped in sparks hit my face.

At the same time, Ji He heard a loud noise as if the sky and earth were splitting apart, and he realized how close he was to the explosion.

"Action!"

Professionals wearing heavy green explosion-proof suits and holding shields walked to the edge of the explosion.

Along with the flames that shot up into the sky, there appeared three figures wearing black bulletproof vests.

Beta was lying on the ground, without even the strength to turn his head, when he saw green figures walking towards him.

Xu Tianyang was blocked behind the explosion-proof team. He looked anxious and his mouth kept moving but no meaningful syllables came out.

Ji He felt that his eardrums were ruptured by the noise, and he could not hear what Xu Tianyang was saying at all.

What about the colonel? And Major General Huo.

Are they safe?

With the assistance of the bomb disposal team, the emergency center successfully lifted the injured in the accident onto a stretcher.

The military helicopter used for emergency rescue flew into the sky, and the propellers made a huge noise.

Not far away, police lights were still flashing, emitting red and blue light, and yellow cordon tapes separated the passing onlookers.

The mottled and distorted blocks of color before my eyes gradually slid away, and all the noise slowly receded like the tide.

The first thing Ji He did when he woke up from his coma was to confirm the safety of Colonel Huo.

Only after he received a positive response from the medical staff did he close his eyes with peace of mind.

Even though Ji He had escaped death many times, the feeling of having been through the gates of hell was not very pleasant.

"Instructor... Instructor..."

Xu Tianyang rushed towards Lieutenant Ji with a bitter face, but Li Ran at the side rejected him as a baby who had not been weaned.

Cheng Zhi, who was standing by, was amused by the analogy and looked at the instructor.

Lieutenant Beta gently touched Xu Tianyang's hair and affirmed his performance in this emergency.

Among the children raised by Ji He, Xu Tianyang's growth rate far exceeded his expectations.

Just across the wall is Major General Huo's ward.

Among the three, Colonel Huo and Lieutenant Ji were less seriously injured and were able to move freely.

Major General Huo's condition was more serious. The man's entire back was burned by flames and was diagnosed with shallow second-degree burns.

Alpha was receiving follow-up treatment for burns, his brows slightly furrowed into a faint "川" shape.

This not only represents the pain in his heart, but also his deep concern about the situation in the capital planet.

This blatant shooting made him realize how uneasy the Huo family was in the political whirlpool of the capital planet.

“Aaaaa——”

The door of the ward was opened. Huo Yubai's arm was tied with gauze, but there were no other injuries on his body, and he did not look dire.

"Grandfather let us pass."

Alpha's voice was a little hoarse, perhaps because he inhaled the thick smoke from the explosion site.

"good."

Huo Yingzhan was lying on the hospital bed, staring at the door without blinking, obviously expecting someone to push the door open.

The doctor who had just come to make rounds was startled when he suddenly received the attention of this veteran general.

Gu Chaowen was watching it clearly from the side, but when Huo Yubai pushed the door open, he saw that General Huo withdrew his gaze and turned his head slightly away.

"Admiral, I'll be leaving now."

After Lieutenant Gu saluted, he walked towards the door and passed by Colonel Huo who had just entered.

Huo Yubai raised his eyes and looked towards his childhood friend, his eyes revealing an emotion called gratitude.

"I'm leaving."

Gu Chaowen raised his eyebrows, reached out and touched his childhood friend's uninjured arm, and made a face where Huo Yingzhan couldn't see.

It was a rare occasion for the three generations of the Huo family to meet each other, and there was silence for a while.

Perhaps it was because he had truly tasted the taste of aging, or perhaps it was because Huo Yingzhan felt that he didn't have much time left.

Alpha rarely said anything harsh, but said calmly: "Just come back safely."

Huo Yubai on the opposite side took a deep breath, savoring the precious tenderness in this sentence.

Admiral Huo looked very bad and his physical functions had deteriorated drastically. It might be because he had taken too many medicines in the past, or it might be that this was really his fate.

Fortunately, God had mercy on him and he was not left alone when he died.

"Yu Bai."

Huo Yubai raised his eyes, took two more steps, and sat next to his grandfather.

Alpha's cloudy eyes were covered with a layer of light joy, and he stared at his grandson carefully.

"You need to be well."

Huo Yubai reached out and touched his grandfather's rough big hand, and suddenly felt like crying.

"I'm sorry to have worried you."

Huo Yingzhan raised his lips slightly and said in a sad tone, "How long can I worry about you?"

"grandfather……"

"Grandfather won't stop you from doing anything you want to do."

"Just one thing, you have to keep it in mind."

As Huo Yingzhan was talking, he suddenly started coughing violently, his chest heaving up and down, and his face turned a little red.

"Whatever you do, you must be true to your heart."

Major General Huo walked silently to his father's side, stretched out his hand and gently patted him on the back.

Huo Yubai nodded and said he would do it.

"And you."

As Huo Yingzhan spoke, he slowly moved his head to look at the son with whom he had once broken off relations.

"Father."

This ordinary word "father" seemed as long as a century.

Alpha closed his eyes, tears welled up in his eyes, and replied with a trembling voice: "Hey."

"You give me more worries than Yu Bai."

Major General Huo pursed his lips, those wasted years in the past became evidence of his selfishness.

But this time, he really won't escape again.

"I just hope that from now on you can shoulder your responsibilities as a father and lead the Huo family through this difficult time."

"I will."

Huo Yingzhan cleared his throat and continued, "I can't hold on much longer."

"The next few days will depend on you."

After General Huo finished speaking, he pulled his son and grandson's hands together and said tremblingly, "This family depends on you to support it."

Blood is thicker than water.

It is a family bond that is hard to give up.

This power, along with the warm feeling, was transmitted from the dry palms to everyone present.

They talked for a long time in the ward, as if they had never talked like this in their lives.

Late at night, Ji He pushed Huo Lingyue's wheelchair to visit General Huo.

"Brother Ji He, won't you come in with me?"

Lieutenant Ji blinked and asked, "Should I go in too?"

Huo Lingyue nodded and said naturally: "You are with my brother, so you are my sister-in-law."

“We are a family.”

A family.

Ji He's movement of pushing the electric wheelchair paused, and his heart, which had experienced so much hardship, softened because of Huo Lingyue's words.

Huo Yingzhan saw his little granddaughter, touched Huo Lingyue's hair, and watched the video of Mrs. Huo's rehabilitation with her.

"Jihe."

"Admiral Huo."

Huo Yingzhan coughed twice, raised his eyes and looked at him, and said slowly: "I feel relieved to have you by Yu Bai's side."

Ji He just opened his mouth, awkwardly not knowing how to respond.

"Um."

Huo Lingyue ended the video call with her grandmother, frowned and asked, "Grandfather, can we vote in the election of the Thirteenth Committee now?"

She remembered that her brother was a candidate.

Huo Yingzhan lowered his eyes and uttered "hmm". Although he was trapped in the hospital, he had many spies outside who already knew who was the mastermind behind all this.

During the days when General Huo was seriously ill, Colonel Huo not only visited him frequently in the hospital, but was also busy handling various affairs of the Federal Military Department.

The failure of the assassination attempt finally made the big shot who had never shown up a little panicked.

Alpha gnashed his teeth and cursed, "A bunch of rubbish."

Those masked thugs confessed some facts that they shouldn't have confessed.

But these things are not enough to shake his personal image. As long as he sits on one of the thirteen seats again, everything will be gone without a trace.

The votes in the hands of those stupid people cannot bring them an ideal world, but will only help him get everything he wants.

He has tasted the sweetness of power, so he won't let it go easily.

"Sir, please take a look at this report."

Alpha glanced at the headline of the news and chuckled, "You two dare to fight me with these little tricks?"

When Huo Yubai saw Lu Cheng again, he was standing behind his father, watching him shake hands with Mr. Lu, who was known as a media tycoon.

"Dad, do we really want to get involved with this?"

Lu Cheng frowned, feeling that this was a losing deal.

"You know nothing."

President Lu winked at his secretary, and with a treasured cigar in his palm, he said slowly, "Public opinion is an invisible war."

Until the last moment, no one knows which vote will change the fate of the federation.