Chapter 217
The communication bracelet has been hung up, and Xi Yanxin's face is pale.
The mother's choking cry seemed to still ring in my ears:
"Said just now told me...when they were repairing the spacecraft outside...the pirates came...and then, there was an explosion...a high-explosive bomb exploded very close to them...several people died...your father...he was farther away at the time, so he might still be alive...but now...we can't find him...the communication is also cut off, he might still be injured...we went to the management office, but, but they said...there are a lot of injured people now...it's really...we really can't spare anyone to look for your father and the others...we can only write it down first...I know, I know they must think Zhenhai is dead...they won't go to look for him...what should I do, Xinxin...where have you been? Come back soon..."
After barely comforting her desperate mother, Xi Yanxin hung up the phone and sat on the bed in a daze, her mind blank.
Banjin and Shardaao looked at each other, not knowing how to comfort her.
It was obvious that even though the threat of the pirates had disappeared, riots had broken out on almost every deck in the spaceship in just a few hours, resulting in numerous casualties. Now, calming down the situation, rescuing the wounded, collecting the dead... Every place must be in urgent need of manpower. In comparison, rescuing a few people who were blown away by the storm, had lost communications, or might even have died, was definitely the lowest priority.
In the vast universe, a planet is just a tiny speck of dust, let alone a few people? To find them, excellent scientists are needed to calculate their possible positions based on the situation at the time, and a large number of people are needed to carry detection instruments to search in a huge space. After spending a lot of manpower and material resources, you may only be able to find a few bodies in the end.
This kind of thing is possible in a peaceful period when everything is fine. As long as the public cares, the media reports, and countless people spontaneously donate money and pray, as long as it attracts widespread attention, everyone will push the situation in the direction that people hope for, strive to rescue the person in the shortest possible time, and win a happy ending.
However, now is not the time to spend a lot of rescue resources on just a few people, because the same resources can save hundreds or thousands of people inside the spacecraft!
Life is not a number, but the person who makes the decision has to consider this most obvious mathematical problem. Even if everyone present, including Xi Yanxin, were the ones who could make the decision... they would probably make the same choice.
What's more, a large number of the management of Liukasao have died in previous incidents, and the management of various departments is in chaos. In many places, normal order can only be gradually restored if responsible people take the initiative to step forward and command. However, it is already remarkable that these people can take care of the things in front of them, and it is difficult for them to take care of other aspects.
If the spacecraft's intelligent brain was not able to function normally and coordinate everything, the entire Liukasao might have already fallen into a situation where everyone was acting on their own, the capable people tried to escape, and the incapable people bullied each other.
In this situation, who can save Xi Yanxin's father and others?
Mu Teer held Xi Yanxin in his arms with pity, gently stroked her back, and comforted her: "Good child, don't be afraid, don't be afraid. Listen to me, there must be a way... Come on, cry if you want to! Don't hold it in your heart."
"Yes, there is a way, there must be a way!"
Xi Yanxin came back to her senses, clutched the quilt tightly with both hands, and looked at Alpha with pleading eyes.
"Mr. Alpha , I know this request is presumptuous, but...but..."
"I understand. Please don't worry, I will contact the master now."
Alpha nodded and spoke calmly.
If Xi Yanxin hadn't asked, he wouldn't have taken the initiative to do it, because he wouldn't make promises and decisions on behalf of Rong Yuan. But since Xi Yanxin wanted to ask for help, he wouldn't refuse.
The communication was quickly connected. Rong Yuan remained silent. Alpha spoke louder than the other side and quickly and concisely explained what happened.
Then, Xi Yanxin heard the person on the other end say softly without any hesitation: "Okay, I understand. Don't worry."
The girl's tears welled up all at once, as if she could finally release her fear and worry without restraint. She sobbed and said, "Mr. Rong...Mr. Rong..."
Then, her throat seemed to be blocked by tears. She tried several times to calm herself down, but she was still crying and unable to speak.
Rong Yuan waited quietly for a while, then said: "Don't worry, I will find them back."
Although Xi Yanxin knew Rong Yuan couldn't see it, she still nodded vigorously. After the call was disconnected, she finally couldn't help but burst into tears.
【Allow……】
Muter looked lost, his lips trembling slightly. He wanted to say something, but he couldn't say anything. In the end, all he could say was a long sigh.
“Ha… huh… ha… huh…”
The only sound in Xi Zhenhai's ears was his own labored breathing.
He tried pressing the communication button again, but there was still despairing silence.
He knew that this time... he probably couldn't go back...
When he was blown away by the storm, he didn't know where he hit, and he felt a sharp pain in his back. He can still feel the dull pain now, but it has become a little numb.
The half-broken towing rope was still tied around his waist, floating limply beside him.
There were at least three safety measures to ensure that they would not fly into space, ranging from ancient ropes to advanced Botts suction cups. But at that time, in order to avoid the attack of space pirates, the superiors ordered them to stop the maintenance work urgently and move to a safe place quickly. As a result, during the transfer, the hull suddenly vibrated violently, followed by explosions, chaos, collisions... When he came to his senses, he found that he was drifting farther and farther away from the spacecraft.
He tried to connect to the spacecraft, but he didn't know if the enemy used interference weapons, and there was only noise in the communicator. Later, there was no noise at all.
He also tried to fly back to the spaceship by himself, but the thrusters on the armor stopped working completely after a few buzzing sounds, and the pain in his back made it difficult for him to even control his body.
When he floated towards the distance, Liukasao would not stay there and wait, the spacecraft was always flying at high speed. Therefore, it didn't take long for Liukasao to become a fairly bright star in his eyes, and soon merged into the background of the starry sky, and it was completely indistinguishable.
Xi Zhenhai felt a chill in his heart.
He didn't even know if he was still or floating. All the stars seemed very far away from him, and the huge Pillars of Creation Nebula seemed to be still all the time.
In the endless darkness, Xi Zhenhai even had the illusion that he was the only one left in the world.
He knew very well that since they were only carrying out a maintenance mission that would take two or three hours at most, the armor he was wearing did not contain any life-support equipment, only some drinking water and a small amount of nutrient solution at most.
But before dying of thirst and hunger, he would most likely die of suffocation.
Looking at the oxygen content in the armor, Xi Zhenhai felt as if he heard a countdown to death. He tried to slow down his breathing, but still felt that the blue light column was descending too fast.
He knew that before the most desperate moment came, it might be easiest to end his life now. But he...
Not reconciled!
Don’t want to give up!
Mingming... After much difficulty, my daughter's condition finally began to improve, and her life started to pick up again...
We just made an appointment to go to Jiawei Restaurant with our family for a good meal...
After their daughter became ill, this was the first time they spent their household expenses on these "unnecessary things" and the first time they decided... to start enjoying life again...
If he died, what would happen to them, mother and daughter?
Ruohua is such a weak person, can she bear the blow of losing him?
Xinxin has finally started to recover, will her condition start to worsen again later?
The heavy responsibility and concern made him desperately try to stay alive, and he didn't dare to even have the slightest thought of giving up.
Second by second...
Point by point…
Time keeps passing. In this situation, every second is stretched to an unbearable degree, and people's willpower is also subjected to an extremely painful test.
Xi Zhenhai's consciousness began to become blurred. Sometimes he woke up suddenly and thought that several days had passed. But when he looked at the time of the blue light on the armor, he found that it was only a dozen minutes.
After breaking free from despair time and time again, Xi Zhenhai had actually already given up hope. He removed an unimportant piece of armor from his armor, then took out a wave-cutting knife from the tool bag on his waist, and with trembling hands, he began to carve his suicide note on the armor.
Electronic records are easily damaged, but this primitive method can preserve information for a long time.
Perhaps this suicide note will not be discovered for hundreds or thousands of years. But...what if? What if someone finds his body and takes this suicide note back? Would it bring some comfort to the mother and daughter?
"Dear Ruohua, Xinxin..."
He carved the beginning slowly, stroke by stroke.
Then, a hand suddenly grabbed his shoulder!
Xi Zhenhai: “…”
He was in a very calm mood because his mind was so confused and slow that he couldn't react in time. He just stared blankly at the person in front of him, and it seemed that his brain had not had time to work yet.
Rong Yuan, who was wearing protective clothing, turned on the flashlight and shone it in front of Xi Zhenhai's eyes. Seeing that Xi Zhenhai's eyes were still moving subconsciously, he breathed a sigh of relief, grabbed his shoulders and pushed him!
In an instant, the space seemed to break and then reorganize, and the two of them crossed the vast dark vacuum in an instant and appeared on the rooftop of a building in Liukasao.
Notify Alpha to send someone to send Xi Zhenhai to the medical department. Rong Yuan was about to leave when Xi Zhenhai suddenly grabbed his arm.
"Morrison! Captain Morrison!" Xi Zhenhai didn't care that he was safe, nor did he care about whether what he saw was real or a dream. He tightly grasped Rong Yuan's arm and said in a gasping breath: "I saw Captain Morrison flew out too! Please save him!"
The warm hand he could feel through the armor was placed on his hand, as if some kind of power was transmitted to his weak body. Morrison heard the man in full protective clothing in front of him say in a gentle but firm voice: "Okay, I will."
So, he unconsciously let go of his hand and stared at the other person in a daze.
This voice...why does it look so familiar?
Those eyes behind the mask...Who are you?
