One of the soldiers stood up and said, crying.
"It's all my fault. I was standing within the enemy's range when the captain saw the 'little devils' guns aimed at me. To protect me, the captain was shot twice by the 'little devils'."
Li Yan looked at the crying soldier and comforted him.
"What are you crying for, a real man? What's there to cry about? We've won, haven't we? We should be smiling."
Besides, I'm not dead yet, just a little injured. You guys have been with me for so long, I've long considered you guys as family. As your captain, if I don't protect you, who else should I protect?"
Li Yan was panting heavily as he spoke, and he fainted from the pain as soon as he finished speaking.
Fu Heng and Ye Yunxi called out anxiously, while gently patting him.
"Captain Li, Captain Li, wake up, you can't sleep."
When the soldiers saw that Li Yan had fainted, they all shouted in alarm.
"team leader!!"
Ye Yunxi reached out and checked Li Yan's pulse and nose, only to find that he had fainted.
So he said to Fu Heng.
"We need to perform surgery immediately to remove the bullet from Captain Li's body. Otherwise, the consequences will be severe."
Fu Heng nodded, picked up Li Yan, and carried him to one of the laboratories of the Xiao Ri Zi Ren (a local organization), with the soldiers following closely behind.
Ye Yunxi stopped Zhang Haiyi and the others outside the door and said to them.
"I'm going to have surgery now. You all wait outside. Haiyi, get a few uninjured soldiers to come back to base with you. Tell my master and the others that we're alright and will be back later so they won't worry."
Zhang Haiyi nodded solemnly, called three soldiers to come back to base with him, and left the rest to stay and guard the base.
In the laboratory, Li Yan was asleep on the table, and Fu Heng looked at Ye Yunxi.
"Xixi, what do you want to do? I'll help you."
Ye Yunxi took out a scalpel, surgical forceps, and alcohol disinfectant from her spatial storage.
"No need to help. If Captain Li moves in a moment, just hold him down for me."
Ye Yunxi first disinfected the wound, then used a scalpel to cut open the wound, and then used surgical forceps to remove the bullet.
Li Yan screamed in excruciating pain; without anesthesia, the pain was unavoidable.
Fu Heng could only hold Li Yan down while trying to comfort him.
Upon hearing Li Yan's shouts, one of the soldiers guarding outside instinctively tried to rush in, but He Yidong stopped him and said sternly.
"Qiangzi, you can't go in. Ye Yunxi is helping us treat the captain. We need to stay outside and keep watch. We need to trust Ye Yunxi, understand?"
After hearing what He Yidong said, the soldiers who had been stopped stopped their impulsive actions and stood silently by his side.
He Yidong looked at the door and spoke softly.
"Ye Yunxi, if you can save the captain, I will stop bothering you. I will keep my feelings for you to myself. I am willing to stand up for you when you are in danger. This is my oath as a soldier."
In the laboratory, Ye Yunxi was sweating profusely as she treated Li Yan. She eventually removed the two bullets from Li Yan's body.
He took out bandaging tools from his spatial storage, applied medicine to Li Yan's wound, and bandaged it. Then he took out a tetanus shot from his spatial storage, injected Li Yan with it, and fed him some spiritual spring water.
Li Yan fell asleep again, so Fu Heng took off his coat and covered him with it. Then he went to Ye Yunxi and wiped the sweat from her forehead.
"Xixi, you've worked hard."
Ye Yunxi smiled at Fu Heng. "It's not tiring. Captain Li is unconscious now. Let's rest for a while and then go back to the base."
Fu Heng thought for a moment and said, "Let the soldiers outside guard Captain Li first, and we'll go check if there's anything in Xiao Rizi's lab that he needs and put it all into our space."
Ye Yunxi returned Fu Heng's smile. "Fu Heng understands me best."
Then Ye Yunxi stored everything in their laboratory into her spatial storage, leaving some for the base. She didn't care what kind of medicine it was; she wasn't leaving anything for them.
After she finished collecting the items, Fu Heng opened the door and saw He Yidong standing there. The other soldiers, hearing the door open, also looked at Fu Heng one after another.
Fu Heng glanced at He Yidong and then spoke to them.
"Don't worry, the bullet has been removed from Captain Li's body, and he's currently unconscious. Let's rest here for a while, pack up, and then head back."
Also, two of you stay here and guard Captain Li. The rest of you come with us to another location and take everything you can.
The soldiers volunteered to take care of Li Yan, which gave Fu Heng a headache. He looked at He Yidong.
“You know your men. Now you will designate two people to guard Captain Li, and the rest will search for supplies.”
He Yidong was taken aback at first, not expecting Fu Heng to ask him to do this. He then turned around and assigned two soldiers to guard the area, while the rest searched for supplies.
Ye Yunxi came out and met He Yidong's eyes. He Yidong smiled and greeted her.
"Yunxi, thank you for saving Captain Li. If Xu Ya ever needs my help, please don't hesitate to ask."
Ye Yunxi raised an eyebrow; this guy was suddenly being so sentimental.
“Saving Captain Li is the right thing to do; he’s been our friend all along. I’m a little curious, what’s your relationship with Captain Li? It makes you say something like that.”
He Yidong scratched his head sheepishly.
“Before I started working at the company, he was my instructor and treated me very well. After I retired and started working at the company, we didn’t keep in touch much. Then, when the apocalypse first came, Captain Li contacted me, and that’s when I came to the base.”
After hearing He Yidong's words, Ye Yunxi was surprised to learn that he had such a past experience.
"I see. Well then, do your job well."
He Yidong blushed as he looked at Ye Yunxi.
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