Chapter 87 Hospital
There was a moment of silence in the airport.
Redhead scratched his head and hesitated, "There's a human-made recording chip inside the black tideworm... What does that mean? Are the worms artificially bred?"
"Or maybe someone injected something into the chip later." Ming Yu frowned, undecided. "The recording chip will become completely ineffective after prolonged exposure to highly active energy. This black hexahedron outside the chip... looks like a protective shell."
"Protect the data recorded in the chip."
While they were talking, the data on the recording chip had been transcribed, and Mingyu immediately clicked to play.
“Hiss——”
A strange, sharp noise suddenly rang out, frightening Red Hair so much that he took a step back. Mingyu quickly stopped the music and rubbed his ears.
Mingyu: “…”
The colorful hairy people: "..."
"It looks like the protection isn't very effective," Red Hair said sympathetically. "What the hell is that playing..."
Mingyu was thoughtful and saved the material analysis data of the hexahedron shell.
"It needs to be restored," he said. "I'll go to the restoration room at the designer's headquarters and try."
If the chip still suffers such a large information loss when stored in a protective layer, it can only mean that the chip has been in a highly active energy field for too long.
This means that it has been in the mother insect's body for a long time.
Whether someone raised black tide insects and released them to the Maze Star, or someone deliberately implanted a recording chip into the black tide insects, these were not ordinary events.
Mingyu thought about it, kept a copy of all the information for himself, and planned to repair and interpret it. At the same time, he sent the chip content to the competition organizing committee through the Star Navigation Competition system.
Abnormal situations should be left to professionals to resolve.
The person in charge of the Star Navigation Competition Organizing Committee who received the message: "..."
In order to deal with the sudden black tide insect attack during the competition, the members of the competition organizing committee stayed up all night and were drafting a situation report overnight.
At this critical moment, LUCE suddenly sent a message reporting that there was an artificial chip in the body of the black tideworm, which startled the head of the organizing committee who was already unable to sleep and made him jump up.
The executive officer of Labyrinth Star was originally trying to smooth things over and find someone to settle the matter privately with money, but he suddenly received an order from the Star Navigation Department, requiring him to ban Labyrinth Star and not travel outside Labyrinth Star without permission, pending the results of the joint investigation team.
The senior officers of the three major legions in the Central Star Region also received a notice of a joint meeting between the Military Headquarters and the Star Navigation Department, and everyone set off for the Capital Star Administrative District.
For Wucaibanlan, although the meaning of this chip is unclear, it is just an episode, just like reporting a suspicious person that the police are pursuing in ordinary life, and it will be forgotten after a while.
The colorful hair's cheers were interrupted by the sudden appearance of the chip, leaving them with nowhere to vent their excitement. After Mingyu transferred the chip information to the Star Navigation Competition, the others put the strange situation behind them and turned to Mu Boxing, eagerly asking, "Boss! When can we come find you?"
As the eldest of the brothers, Hongmao danced the most happily and shouted, "We want to see Brother LU too. We also want a holiday!"
Mu Baixing glanced at them.
He shook himself from his thoughts about the chip and said simply, "I've bought the ticket. We're leaving in three days."
"You can take the public transport starship and bring the base's long-distance starship along."
It takes about seven or eight days to sail from the Free Star Domain to the Capital Star, which is just the time when the second star domain competition is over.
If Mingyu wanted to leave the Capital Star after the competition, they could pick him up and leave together. If the designer wanted to stay here for a while longer, that was fine too. As long as they finished in the top five in the second competition, they could legally stay in the Central Star Region for as long as they wanted.
“!!!” The colorful-haired guys were hit on the head by the unexpected surprise. They huddled together and shouted, “Boss is awesome!!——”
Mingyu was infected by their happiness, and shook off the weird feeling brought by the chip and started laughing.
He casually opened the results ranking of the Star Navigation Competition Star Domain Competition, and the colorful name was clearly listed at the first place.
The second place went to Ranger, the third to the Red and White Rose team, followed by Water Ball, Duck Duck Rush, and finally Lieyang.
Mingyu smiled even more happily.
The designer opened the communicator and sent an emoticon of a little squirrel happily scattering flowers to both Cui Xiaoduo and Mu Lian.
There was no movement from Mulan's side, and the little squirrel retreated quickly.
Cui Xiaoduo posted a universal celebration emoji, followed by a GIF of a person collapsing weakly, and replied: "I can't be happy anymore. Brother Lian is in trouble and is receiving an IV in the hospital."
Mingyu's heart tightened. Just as he was about to ask about the address of the hospital and Mulian's condition, Cui Xiaoduo sent another voice message.
"If you're coming, bring some takeout from the school, Brother Yu!—" The other person, who was probably outside the clinic, said in a low voice, "I haven't had a proper meal since the game. I'm starving—"
Mingyu: “…”
Mingyu breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved.
Judging from the fact that Cui Xiaoduo was still thinking about eating, it was obvious that Mu Lian was fine.
*
Half an hour later, Mingyu and Mu Baixing arrived at the private hospital opened by the Mu family near the comprehensive university.
Cui Xiaoduo saw them pounce on their prey like hungry tigers, and he grabbed the takeout box and left the ward.
Mingyu leaned over to take a look and saw Mulan lying on the bed receiving an IV drip. Her face was pale and her eyes were closed, as if she was asleep. There was a row of takeout boxes piled up on the table beside the bed.
Mingyu: “?”
"All of them were bought by the King of Porridge." Cui Xiaoduo leaned against the wall and glanced into the ward through the window. After confirming that Mu Lian was still sleeping soundly, he grumbled while eating skewers, "Brother Lian is not feeling well. He vomits whenever he gets an IV and refuses to take the nutrient solution. He specifically asks for porridge, sometimes one flavor, sometimes another... I went out to buy them all for him."
Cui Xiaoduo devoured a bowl of fish tofu and sighed, "It's a shame everyone drinks a few sips and then doesn't want to drink anymore. At worst, I can inject nutritional supplements in a few hours. It doesn't make sense to vomit and not eat right after a high-intensity match."
Mingyu patted Cui Xiaoduo on the shoulder and handed him the extra chili sauce he had requested.
Cui Xiaoduo was crying out for hunger, but his eating was distracted. After a few bites, he would glance into the ward. When the doctor came to check on him, he immediately put down his takeout box and followed him.
"The test results are in, nothing serious. The sudden fever is probably due to the recent season change and the busy schedule."
Cui Xiaoduo nodded, knowing that his childhood sweetheart had a physique that easily led to illness, and he was completely relieved to hear that the test results were normal. He was finally in the mood to enjoy his takeout.
The doctor followed his gaze and glanced at the corridor outside the ward. After a moment's hesitation, he asked, "Are those your friends outside? Classmates from the comprehensive university?"
Mingyu was afraid that the crowds in the ward would disturb Mulian's sleep, so he and Mu Baixing stayed outside the ward.
The two of them came in a hurry and had not eaten dinner yet, so they simply ordered a skewer takeout each and were sitting on the chairs eating with the box in hand.
Cui Xiaoduo uttered an "oh," nodded, then shook his head. "They're friends. One is a junior at school, and the other is his...good friend."
The doctor raised his eyebrows slightly: "Couple?"
Cui Xiaoduo: “…”
The designer ate too fast, and red oil splashed on his face. Mu Baixing, with a subtle smile in his eyes, was wiping it off with paper.
The actions were quite normal, but the atmosphere around the two people when they were communicating... was indeed easy to make people think about something else.
"Not yet." Cui Xiaoduo could only help Mingyu explain, and after a moment he added helpfully, "It will probably be soon."
The doctor nodded and said casually, "Has there been a space navigation accident?"
Cui Xiaoduo opened his eyes wide in surprise.
"He doesn't look like someone from the Central Star Region." The doctor said casually.
He worked in this private hospital, but he was also the Mu family's personal doctor and had treated many officers of the Second Legion.
The aura of the man in the corridor, though softened considerably, still held a touch of icy sharpness, far more so than that of most young officers in the Second Legion. That wasn't the kind of aura you could cultivate from a regular navigator in the safe star domain. He was probably a navigator from the free star domain.
But on the other hand, this aura is different from the aura carried by most people from the free star field. It is very positive and carries a sense of solemnity.
It’s very similar to… the white moonlight described by his old friend.
The doctor thought for a moment: "Is his memory incomplete?"
Cui Xiaoduo's eyes widened and he lowered his voice and asked, "Do you know him?"
The doctor quickly shook his head.
"Forget it." He murmured, "Let me talk to your Uncle Qi first."
Cui Xiaoduo: “?”
Uncle Qi is the deputy commander of the Second Legion. He has a very good relationship with the Mu family. He has watched him and Mu Lian grow up and is almost like a relative to them.
He didn't know how Mu Baixing was related to Uncle Qi. When he asked the doctor, he couldn't get any information and was asked to keep it secret for the time being, so he had to give up.
When the doctor left the ward, he couldn't help but look in the direction of Mu Baixing and Mingyu again.
Mingyu smiled at him out of politeness, but he always felt that the look in his eyes was... a little complicated.
*
At the same time, in the Capital Star Administrative District.
The top brass of the military corps, representatives from the military headquarters, and several ministers from the Star Navigation Department gathered in the conference hall of the administrative district.
Emergency meetings were held one after another regarding the black tide, the greatest threat to humanity in the universe.
The Central Star Region Military Headquarters decided to dispatch the Second Corps to Maze Planet and the surrounding star regions for a cleanup operation. Qi Weizheng, the Second Corps' deputy commander, received the order and was the first to leave the conference room. Meanwhile, the commanders of the various corps and members of the Star Navigation Department were still discussing the personnel allocation for the Maze Planet Incident Special Investigation Team.
"...You said you met someone who looked very similar to...the person I was talking about?"
Qi Wei was confirming with the doctor through the light screen.
He had received the doctor's message a day ago, but he had attended several meetings with Musa, the head of the Mu family and commander of the Second Legion, so he only had time to reply to the private message today.
"That's your white moonlight." Doctor Pei nodded in confirmation. "You don't always talk about him when you're drunk. He's handsome, has a cold face, and doesn't talk much. He looks at least 70% like the blurry photo you showed me."
Qi Wei: “…”
How can a blurry secretly taken photo be 70% or 80% like the real thing?
"And that's not my White Moonlight! I've explained this to you so many times!" Qi Wei got goosebumps all over his body when he heard the doctor's words, and couldn't help but look around. Even though he knew that the other person couldn't suddenly appear in front of him, cold sweat broke out on his back.
Even though the doctor was not from the North Star Region, he strictly abided by the confidentiality agreement and did not dare to tell the doctor the other party's true identity.
After all, secretly taking photos of the Celtic King violated the military regulations of the Northern Star Region Royal Fleet.
Few people had seen the true appearance of the last Celtic king, as the young king always wore a mask on his face.
As the deputy commander of the royal fleet at the time, he knew much more than anyone else. He knew that the mask was originally worn to cover the horrific scars left by the man during his youth in the Black Tide Star Sea. After the wounds finally healed, he kept it on out of habit.
Qi Wei was a little absent-minded.
The doctor sighed and thought to himself, this person makes the usually decisive deputy commander distracted when he talks. What else could he be but Bai Yueguang?
"Do you want to go meet him?" he said. "He seems to be a friend of Xiaolian and Xiaoduo."
Qi Wei: “…”
Qi Wei came back to his senses.
"Don't mess around here." He said speechlessly, "I don't know where you just met someone..."
The doctor reached out and tapped his eyes.
"That person has a circle of azure blue around his pupils." He interrupted Qi Wei and continued, "The dominant manifestation of the genetic disease is the same as you described. He was also involved in a space accident and fell asleep in a rescue capsule before being rescued near the outer port of the Free Star Region."
Qi Wei's expression paused.
"Free Star Outer Port." He repeated.
The outer port of the Free Star Domain, the human settlement closest to the star line.
If... there was a one in a billion chance that someone could actually survive such a dazzling and self-destructive blow...
"That's right," the doctor said naturally. "When you're drunk, don't you always scold Musa for not being able to go to the Free Star Region to search for him? You say that if you could go, maybe we could find him. You want to see him alive or dead... your tone is like a nagging woman."
Qi Wei: “…”
"Don't talk nonsense!" He was frightened and shuddered. After a pause, he couldn't help but ask, "You said that guy is handsome. How handsome is he? How cold is his temperament?"
doctor:"……?"
The doctor gave him a skeptical look and replied, "Very handsome, but also very cold. He gave me a look before I left, and I almost suspected there was something wrong with the hospital's constant temperature system. You know, the last time our legion commander glared at me in anger, I didn't feel this way."
Qi Wei: “…”
This description does sound... a bit like it.
"But she has a boyfriend!" The doctor coughed twice and told Qi Wei the tragic news, "He's also a handsome guy. The two of them look like a good match, much better than your face anyway."
Qi Wei: “…”
"Speaking nicely, but not being personally attacked!" He said impatiently, "I'll say it again! That's not Bai Yueguang..."
That's his immediate superior!
He was the star navigator he admired most.
He is the king of the North Star Region.
As the deputy commander of the royal fleet, this is the person he should protect at all costs.
He became the protector of them all.
Qi Wei gritted his teeth, not letting those weak emotions swallow him up, and turned his thoughts back to the doctor's words.
However... if the person the doctor saw had a boyfriend, Qi Wei felt that there was a 99% chance that he was not that Majesty.
...Who could possibly have a romantic relationship with that cold-faced killer?!
The Celtic king who occasionally curled up the corners of his lips, with a smile so faint that it was almost non-existent, and still had a cold look on his face?
If I had that guy as my boyfriend, I’d probably lose all interest in sex, right?
Qi Wei couldn't think any further.
"Then I guess not." He muttered, then quickly shook his head to deny it. "There's absolutely no such cheesy love story between him and me that you imagine..."
However, the thoughts that had never been completely extinguished deep in my heart were still ignited at this moment.
"Why don't you just go and take a look?" the doctor said casually. "Find a reason to ask Xiaolian and the others. I won't give you a lecture."
Qi Wei: “…”
He was about to speak when the door to the conference room opened behind him again.
Ming Zhilang was wearing a white military uniform, walking in front with his head held high and chest puffed out.
Musa, the head of the Mu family and commander of the second legion, frowned and walked towards Qi Wei.
"The military agreed with Ming Zhilang's idea and decided to temporarily treat the Labyrinth Planet incident as an accident and not issue a public alert regarding increased Kuroshio energy activity."
"The recent anomalies on Kuroshio Day are just random phenomena," he said, "but the Kuroshio bugs have all followed the energy flow to Labyrinth Planet..."
He sighed, "I wonder how bad the situation is on the resource planets in the Free Star Region. Although the military headquarters said they would send our army to the Free Star Region to clean up the situation, the attitude of the Central Star Region..."
"I'm just afraid that the tragedy of the past will happen again." Musa whispered, "Humanity's safe star area is gradually shrinking."
Qi Wei shook his head.
"People in the Central Star Region haven't personally experienced that disaster, so they're somewhat optimistic. Ruth will take it one step at a time. If the investigation reveals something serious, the headquarters will reconsider."
"Even so, who knows what will happen next time the Kuroshio hits." Musa gave a wry smile. "By then, the king and I will have done our best to prevent it, but in the end it will be too late."
"It was already too late by then," Qi Wei said. "The previous royal family had become tainted, and after a new king finally took office, the deposed eldest prince was so ruthless he only wanted revenge and blocked our information transmission."
After the old story was brought up twice, Qi Wei felt somewhat unsettled.
I pressed it again and again, but it still didn't work. I felt an urge coming up. I wanted to go see the person the doctor mentioned when I had time... the person who was suspected to be the Celtic King.
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