On the way to the treatment cabin with the help of Tang Ce and Zhu Tianyi, Lu Zexuan's forehead was covered with cold sweat. The pain of the skin and flesh being torn apart from his legs almost made him faint, but he still managed to maintain a little consciousness to keep himself awake.
He suddenly thought of Yu Ran who lost his arm on Red Spider Star. Did Yu Ran also experience such pain at that time? Moreover, Yu Ran had just lost his parents and was stranded on a foreign planet alone. The psychological pain and despair were far greater than the physical pain.
Lu Zexuan felt extremely distressed when he thought of the injured young man who was alone on the Red Spider Star.
Relatively speaking, although he is injured now, his parents are still alive, and the medical team is waiting nearby, so he can receive the most advanced treatment immediately... Compared with what Ranran has experienced in the past few years, this injury is really nothing.
Tang Ce and Zhu Tianyi quickly helped Lu Zexuan to the rescue team. Seeing that he was covered in blood, the medical staff of the rescue team hurriedly took him into the treatment cabin, bandaged him, and activated the limb regeneration system. Several medical staff were busy giving Lu Zexuan a local anesthetic.
However, the sentinels' five senses were extremely sharp, and the effect of local anesthetics was very limited, and they could not completely block the pain. A treatment guide came over and asked softly, "General Lu, do you need me to block your pain perception?"
Lu Zexuan shook his head: "No need."
He would not allow any other guides to enter his spiritual world.
At this moment, a familiar voice sounded at the door, revealing a bit of anxiety: "How is General Lu?"
The doctor said, "He was sent to the treatment cabin in time. His legs will regenerate soon. However, it will take some time for him to fully recover."
Yu Ran pushed the door open and walked in, meeting Lu Zexuan's eyes.
He walked forward quickly and held Lu Zexuan's hand tightly, his eyes full of worry: "Does it hurt?"
The two people were connected spiritually, and Yu Ran could clearly feel how much pain Lu Zexuan was in.
He had also experienced the pain of blood and flesh being torn apart. The sentinels had sharp five senses, and the pain they felt when injured was more than ten times that of ordinary people. Yu Ran looked at the man lying in the treatment cabin and felt very distressed: "You could have avoided it just now..."
Lu Zexuan held Yu Ran's hand and whispered, "But if I avoid it, you will be the one who gets hurt."
The monster was very cunning and knew that Yu Ran was going to attack its brain, so the surrounding tentacles attacked Yu Ran frantically. Lu Zexuan used his body to protect Yu Ran tightly, which led to him being seriously injured.
Fortunately, under his protection, Yu Ran didn't even have a scratch on his body.
Yu Ran looked at him with mixed feelings. When they looked at each other, Lu Zexuan saw that Yu Ran was very sad, so he joked in his mind: "You broke your arm and I broke my leg. Are we more suitable for each other?"
"..." Yu Ran didn't know whether to laugh or cry. General Lu's joke was really cruel.
He extended his thought tentacles, which quickly spread throughout his mind, and soon blocked out all the pain deep in the snow-capped mountains.
Lu Zexuan could not feel any pain and said helplessly: "I can bear it. You just spent so much mental energy, why waste more mental energy to help me block the pain?"
Yu Ran glanced at him and said, "It's your business if you can endure it. It's my responsibility to help you shield it - because I am your guide."
Isn't it right for the guide to feel sorry for his sentinel and help him block out the pain
Lu Zexuan noticed Yu Ran's simple and straightforward thoughts, his heart softened slightly, and he held Yu Ran's hand tightly.
Outside the door, Lu Tingyu, who was rushing to see his son, saw the warm scene of the two holding hands, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. It seems that he has to prepare well and go to the Marshal and General Xie to propose marriage!
***
On the evening of August 15, 500 of the Star Calendar, a fire broke out in the banquet hall of the Presidential Palace and continued to burn until three in the morning.
Many people in the capital were confused and nervous when they saw the Presidential Palace on fire. There were discussions about the fire everywhere on the Internet. In order to calm the public's emotions, the TV news quickly reported the news: "A fire broke out in the banquet hall of the Presidential Palace. The fire has been extinguished and the people on the scene have been safely evacuated. 12 people died in the accident. The cause of the accident is under investigation."
These "killed" officials were all people who were devoured by the octopus parasite.
After discussing with Qin Xiao, Harrison concealed the fact that the monster pretended to be the president because they were worried about causing panic among the people. It would not be too late to announce the truth about the monster invasion after everything was sorted out.
The monster's limbs were burned clean. Mo Wei's mental strength had been destroyed by Yu Ran. He seemed to have aged a dozen years in an instant. He stared blankly at the banquet hall in front of him that had been burned to ashes, without saying a word.
Qin Xiao walked towards him and said coldly: "Mo Wei, you have never been a great scientist. You are just a traitor who was deceived and used by alien monsters and almost plunged humanity into an abyss of no return."
Mo Wei's eyelashes trembled slightly, and the ideals he had always adhered to collapsed in an instant at this moment.
When he saw President Harrison take off his human skin and turn into a tentacle monster, he couldn't believe it. He thought Ludwigi was just a special spiritual body that could disguise himself, but he didn't expect that Ludwigi was not a human being.
The partner I have been working with is such a disgusting monster!
Mo Wei looked dazed, and kept repeating: "How could this happen... How could this happen?"
He seemed to be crazy, so Zhu Tianyi took him and the members of the Dark Night Organization back to the Investigation Department for interrogation. Adeline's fake-dead "brother" wanted to escape through the tunnel, but was successfully arrested by Zhu Tianyi's colleagues who ambushed him in advance.
Almost all the top leaders of the Dark Night Organization were wiped out.
The remaining undercover agents, scientific researchers, etc. did not come to the Presidential Palace tonight, but Zhu Tianyi got the detailed list given to him by Yu Ran. His colleagues in the Investigation Department carried out a secret arrest operation throughout the night, and when it was almost dawn, all of them were arrested.
In the Presidential Palace, Harrison and Qin Xiao came to visit Lu Zexuan together.
With Yu Ran's company, Lu Zexuan's complexion improved a lot. The two of them held hands tightly. Although they didn't speak, everyone knew that they were communicating in the spiritual world.
Qin Xiao walked over, looked at Lu Zexuan and said, "General Lu, thank you for protecting Ranran."
Lu Zexuan said seriously: "Marshal, this is what I should do."
Lu Tingyu smiled and said, "Yes, yes, it is this boy's blessing to be able to protect Yu Ran."
President Harrison coughed lightly and said, "I'm glad General Lu is okay. Let's go out and not disturb the young couple."
Several seniors retreated tacitly.
Yu Ran met Lu Zexuan's gentle eyes and her ears felt slightly hot.
At first, they just pretended to be a couple for the undercover mission. Yu Ran didn't expect that as they were acting, it actually became real.
Now, everyone knows that they are a couple, and they can’t explain it clearly…
Then I won’t explain it anymore.
The two smiled at each other and held each other's hands tighter.
***
Three days later, the Federal Investigation Department suddenly announced a very sensational news -
Professor Mo Wei, a scientist at the Federal Academy of Sciences, took advantage of his position to secretly research drugs to control the Sentinels and conduct illegal Sentinel experiments, which resulted in more than 20,000 Sentinels going berserk and more than 5,000 innocent people dying. He also teamed up with alien monsters to help them carry out their plan to eliminate human Sentinels. The monsters wanted to colonize the Capital Planet and make it their home.
The picture of the monster was also posted upwards, with its densely packed disgusting tentacles and eyes, shocking countless federal citizens.
"I am a relative of the victim. Mo Wei, that beast, deserves a miserable death!"
"This monster is so scary! Oh my God, luckily we got rid of it, otherwise would we have been eaten?"
"One of my sentinel classmates went berserk for no apparent reason not long ago. He's only 20 years old. This Mo Wei is simply inhumane!"
"How could there be such a madman who used the Sentinel for experiments and teamed up with alien monsters?"
"Adeline is actually a member of the organization. I was deceived by her hypocritical appearance and even donated money to her charity foundation!"
When the people of the Federation saw the news, they were outraged and cursed the members of the Dark Night Organization.
The appearance of the monster also left a serious shadow in people's hearts. They always thought that humans were at the top of the food chain, but now, there are alien creatures that are beginning to covet the human home? !
Unrest shrouded the capital planet until the new president Harrison made a public speech announcing that the government would reconsider its plans for interstellar expansion. Now that all the monsters had been eliminated, people's emotions had eased.
The next day, the Federal Supreme Court sentenced several important leaders of the Dark Night Organization to death.
Yu Ran personally went to the Federal Prison for Serious Offenders and took a last look at Mo Wei. Mo Wei was mad and kept muttering "How is it possible" in his mouth. Seeing his appearance, Yu Ran was too lazy to say any more nonsense to him.
Unexpectedly, when I was leaving, I saw Joseph and her ragdoll cat.
Joseph and Adeline were close friends, and General Oster had also been arrested, so she came today to see them off for the last time.
Yu Ran looked at her lost expression and thought of the gentle HR director's care for her. He couldn't help but stepped forward to comfort her, "Madam, you have also been kept in the dark, right? Don't be too sad."
Her husband, Admiral Oster, was an accomplice of Ludwig, and although he was not parasitized, he was always controlled by the monster. Her best friend, Adeline, was just a hypocritical person, but she was doing extremely evil things in private.
It must have been a huge blow to her, right
Joseph looked at Yu Ran and smiled bitterly, "In fact, I have long noticed that something is wrong with Oster. Since he came back from the Clock Constellation, he has rarely met me and has been busy with work every day. The relationship between him and me has long been in name only. The affection we showed to outsiders was all pretended by him. It was originally a widowed marriage, and he is now to blame for it. I am not very sad."
She lowered her head and whispered, "Adeline too, she lied to me for so many years. When her brother died, I was still with her and comforted her. I helped her organize the charity dinner every year. It's really disgusting to think about it..."
The Josephs are very kind-hearted people. They always help single sentinel guides with their marriage matters. Such people are indeed the easiest to deceive.
Yu Ran asked softly, "Madam, what are your plans next?"
Joseph said, "I have resigned from my job as the head of the Human Resources Department. I want to open an orchard in Bootes and grow some peaches. That is the life I have always wanted." She smiled and said, "If you have time in the future, you and General Lu are welcome to come and visit me. By the way, I am also a witness to the two people with a 98% match. Don't forget me when you get married in the future."
Yu Ran took a step forward and gave her a gentle hug: "I won't forget it. Thank you for taking care of me. Take care, ma'am."
"Well, take care of yourself too." Joseph's eyes were red. He patted Yu Ran's shoulder, turned around and walked onto the hovercraft.
***
On August 20, several core members of the Dark Night Organization were collectively executed.
After a few days of recuperation, Lu Zexuan was successfully discharged from the hospital. His legs had grown back, but it would take some time for him to regain the same function as before.
Shortly after Lu Zexuan was discharged from the hospital, Marshal Qin Xiao organized a general meeting of the federal military.
At the conference, the marshal severely criticized the Dark Night Organization's inhumane experimental methods and gave formal commendations to the federal soldiers who made contributions in this mission.
Yu Ran today is a little different from usual.
He finally put on the dark blue uniform of the Starlight Army again and sat next to the army commander, General Xie Chen. He was no longer the little guide of the Falcon Special Forces - he was the major general of the Starlight Army and the only son of General Xie Xi.
On the rostrum, Qin Xiao picked up the microphone and his loud voice echoed throughout the venue.
"In this operation to wipe out the Dark Night Organization, many federal soldiers showed a spirit of fearlessness and sacrifice. We have decided to give due recognition to the soldiers who have made outstanding contributions!"
"Lin Fengyao, Zhao Feng, and Zhao Quan from the Falcon Corps assisted the Marshal in exploring the Clock Constellation and risked their lives to save the Marshal. They are awarded the Second Class Medal of Merit. Major Tang Ce from the Starry Corps traveled back and forth between the stars to deliver messages and assisted in obtaining the important list of the Dark Night Organization. He is awarded the First Class Medal of Merit."
"In addition, Major Tang Ce has made outstanding contributions and has been awarded the rank of major general. He will take over the position of commander of the reconnaissance battalion of the Starlight Corps again."
Several people went up to the stage to receive the award. Tang Ce also changed into the uniform of the Star Army today, and he looked energetic. When he received the medal of honor from the marshal, he bowed deeply to the marshal with tears in his eyes.
The marshal patted his shoulder and put the golden medal on his chest: "Tang Ce, follow General Xie Chen and work hard in the future."
Tang Ce smiled and nodded: "I will, I am very familiar with the reconnaissance battalion, finally returning to my old job, thank you Marshal."
After several people walked off the stage, Marshal Qin Xiao looked in the direction of Yu Ran and continued, "Xie Ran, the former commander of the Starlight Corps and the son of General Xie Xi, has been undercover in the Dark Night Organization for many years. After going through hardships, he infiltrated the enemy and gained the trust of the other side. During his undercover period, Xie Ran was not afraid of life and death, was wise and courageous, and successfully stopped the crazy plan of the Dark Night Organization, eliminated the alien leader, saved the Federation, and made an extremely outstanding contribution to the Federation!"
"Major General Lu Zexuan of the Falcon Legion cooperated with Xie Ran and deceived the enemy by using his puppet identity. He protected Xie Ran many times to successfully complete the mission. In the final battle, he and Xie Ran destroyed Mo Wei's mental power and killed the alien leader. He also made an outstanding contribution!"
"After discussion, the Federal Military Department decided to award the two men the Special Medal of Merit and promote them to the rank of Lieutenant General!"
Special merit, this is an honor that is rarely seen in a century.
The ancestors of the Xie and Lu families had only won such glory when they put down the rebellion 200 years ago. Now, the two of the younger generation were better than their predecessors, and the scene of them joining forces to kill the tentacle monster was deeply engraved in everyone's mind.
They are not only the pride of the Federation's military, but also heroes of humanity.
There was deafening applause at the scene, especially from the young sentinel guides, who almost clapped their hands until they were broken.
Xie Ran and Lu Zexuan stood up at the same time, and walked towards the podium together amid warm applause. Their uniforms were different colors, and there was a 20-centimeter height difference. At this moment, the two stood side by side on the commendation platform, and their appearance and temperament seemed to match each other very well.
Marshal Qin Xiao, with tears in his eyes, awarded two golden medals to Xie Ran and Lu Zexuan.
Lu Zexuan was promoted from major general to lieutenant general, and Xie Ran was the first guide in the history of the federal military to be directly promoted to lieutenant general. Marshal Qin Xiao personally wore the shoulder straps of the two men, representing the rank of lieutenant general.
He hugged Xie Ran, who was wearing a military uniform, tightly and whispered softly in his ear: "Ranran, welcome back. Grandpa is proud of you."
(End of this chapter)