DDT - Chapter 128
Chapter 128: Interstellar ABO (13)
A long time had passed by the time Yi Shuhan and Chi Junluo finished their showers. Chi Junluo had changed into a patient's gown that resembled a nightrobe. Yi Shuhan had tossed the clothes and pants that had been strewn messily all over the floor into the room's built-in laundry unit to be washed and dried.
Too much had happened the previous night. The two had shared an intimate encounter, and on top of that, there was Chi Junluo's thoughtless stunt of running around naked. As a result, the entire premium hospital room was thick with an awkward atmosphere.
It was already past four in the afternoon by the time they were tactically sipping water on the sofa. Unbeknownst to them, Big Fatty's men, who had been staking out the room, had quietly withdrawn. The scent of pheromones in the room had been completely purged, and the protection system had automatically deactivated. Yi Shuhan dawdled, finishing the water in her cup before finally standing up. She used the room's service system to schedule a doctor for Chi Junluo's rehabilitation therapy.
Yi Shuhan's light screen was on the coffee table. Chi Junluo, feeling awkward with nothing to do and seeing that Yi Shuhan had no intention of using it, hesitantly reached out and pulled the device into her lap. In the last world, which was still somewhat fresh in her memory, technology hadn't been advanced at all, so she hadn't encountered such high-tech products. In the worlds before that, her memory was already fading; she had been an intangible ghost in a hospital, and in the ancient world, there wasn't even electricity. She suddenly felt truly disconnected from the technological age.
It was just that the technology in this world was a bit too advanced.
Under immense pressure from public opinion on the Star Network, the head of the Military had also issued a statement to absolve themselves of responsibility in the matter of Admiral Chi's disappearance. In a declaration spanning several thousand words, the Military completely cleared its name and, while they were at it, thoroughly whitewashed Admiral Derian's family. Soon after, Admiral Derian published a long article on his own Star Network account. The gist of it was a simple explanation of parts of the Military's statement. Then, in the latter half of the article, Admiral Derian—as a senior veteran of the Blue Star Alliance Military and one of the Alliance's three great admirals—took on the persona of a kind old predecessor. He reminisced about the rising star of the Alliance over the past decade, Admiral Chi, who had protected the entire Alliance with her strength alone. Throughout the article, Admiral Derian lamented and sighed, decrying the unfairness of fate. This soldier he had watched grow up, this mecha pilot he had personally mentored, this newly appointed great general of the Alliance, had met her end at the hands of treacherous villains! What an outstanding junior! What a powerful future pillar of the Alliance!
As a general of the Blue Star Alliance's older generation, Admiral Derian wrote that he had placed all his hopes for a successor on the young and strongest Alpha, Admiral Chi. Now that Admiral Chi had perished, even if the road ahead was fraught with difficulties, even if it meant risking the annihilation of the entire Derian family, he would seek justice for his favorite junior!
The article concluded with the line, "Justice resides in the hearts of the people." Though it was less than a thousand words, it struck a deep chord with the young admiral's admirers. Admiral Derian, who hadn't been on a battlefield in years, won the adoration of countless young people with just this short piece. Almost no one noticed that in Derian's article, Admiral Chi, who was merely missing, had been labeled as dead, as having perished.
Most of the fans were just ordinary people in the Alliance, with no connections or powerful family backgrounds. Other than using their meager individual power to sway public opinion and pressure the great families, there was nothing else they could do. But now, a general of the older generation, one who had been gradually fading from public memory, was willing to risk being destroyed by the Yi Family to stand up and demand justice for a young junior! He could practically be named the most moving figure of the Blue Star Alliance in the year 1325!
Less than ten minutes after the article was published, the comments section under Derian's Star Network account was a sea of red. No one knew where the habit came from, but whenever people encountered exciting major events or news, they loved to comment with red pictures, text, or emojis.
Watching the Star Network users who seemed to have found their champion, Admiral Derian scrolled through his account, a wild grin spreading across his face. He couldn't suppress his delight, and even the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes seemed to come alive.
"A bunch of idiots."
There was still half a day until the previously scheduled military press conference. With the momentum of the past two days of public opinion, followed by the press conference personally hosted by Admiral Derian, this time, even if the Yi Family survived, they would lose a few layers of skin!
Derian summoned his subordinates and had his people in the Military leak a piece of news on the Star Network: according to an internal source, tomorrow's military press conference would now be personally hosted by Admiral Derian, who had fought hard for the opportunity.
Just as Chi Junluo finished scrolling through the latest posts, the rehabilitation doctor arrived at the ward with several nurses and the relevant medical equipment. Handing the light screen back to Yi Shuhan, Chi Junluo cooperatively began her treatment.
Yi Shuhan took back the light screen and briefly scanned the news on the Star Network, then paused in surprise. She hadn't checked the news for just one day, and already the wildfire of Chi Chi's disappearance had spread to the Yi Family. And from the looks of it, the situation was aggressive. The Yi Family had held a high position for so many years and had never been shaken. It seemed that this time, the other great families intended to use Chi Chi's incident to drag the Yi Family down completely. Seeing how artists and celebrities from various families, large and small, had been exposed in the first wave of public opinion and sacrificed to the angry netizens—even some of the Military's own subordinates weren't spared—it was clear these families had invested heavily this time. After all, if a colossal entity like the Yi Family were to fall, the resources, wealth, and military assets they could get their hands on were beyond what an ordinary person could imagine.
The Yi Family, with their aversion to political marriages, had long been a thorn in the side of the Alliance's many great families.
Yi Shuhan had originally planned to keep things under wraps for a while, waiting until Chi Chi had recovered before making a decision. Before that, she only needed to secretly investigate the truth of the incident. But plans could never keep up with changes. She hadn't expected that just a few days after the incident, someone was already so eager to make a move. And then there were those mindless followers. "Fools," Yi Shuhan cursed inwardly. She then went to the Star Network login page and signed in with the ID for Yi Huai. At the very same moment, a message was received on the Yi Family head's light screen: "ID ending in 66470 logged into the Star Network on the Class 2 planet, Moon Star."
The matter of Admiral Chi's disappearance had been raging on the Star Network for so long, yet his precious daughter was only just now sending her location information. Yi Jun looked at the positioning data from Moon Star and decided to see what his darling daughter was up to. Since Yi Shuhan hadn't returned home yet, she must have found the missing Admiral Chi. The fact that she hadn't revealed any news about Admiral Chi being alive probably meant she had discovered something, or that something was wrong with the admiral.
As for the Yi Family, there were no major problems at the moment. It was merely a matter of watching to see what other tricks these insignificant clowns could pull.
Some people still didn't understand the meaning of stopping when appropriate. They were overestimating themselves.
About an hour later, Chi Junluo's rehabilitation therapy for the day was finished.
The doctor used the equipment in the ward to perform a basic examination on Chi Junluo. To everyone's astonishment, after just one short day of rest, Chi Junluo's physical condition had recovered significantly. Originally, the damage to her brain had been extremely severe, but for some unknown reason, her mental power, which had barely reached C-class yesterday, had already recovered to the B-class standard upon re-testing today. The doctor found it absurd. Thinking the instrument was suffering from some unknown interference, she recalibrated it and tested Chi Junluo's head again. It was, indeed, at the B-class standard.
During the second measurement, the expressions of the doctor and nurses caught Yi Shuhan's attention. Their looks of utter astonishment, coupled with their undisguised fluctuations of mental power, were impossible for Yi Shuhan to ignore. She had no choice but to temporarily put down her light screen and approach the doctor to check the test results. Then, her shock was multiplied.
With the instrument covering her head, Chi Junluo couldn't see what was happening outside, but today was clearly very different from yesterday. She seemed to be able to use a consciousness-like sense to detect the various emotional fluctuations in the air. Could this be the legendary mental power?
This mental power felt completely different from the Zombie King's mental power in that first world she had transmigrated to. Although her memories were hazy, she still remembered that as the Zombie King, her so-called mental power was more like a pure form of energy. It wasn't like this, where she could perceive others' emotional fluctuations. She even sensed that two people in front of her were harboring an indescribable malice toward her. It was an extremely uncomfortable feeling, like a giant, cold, venomous snake flicking its tongue and staring sinisterly at her head. It was a hair-raising sensation. She felt that these doctors and nurses weren't here to treat her, but to take her life.
The uncomfortable feeling infuriated Chi Junluo, as if she had been harmed by such malicious intent many times before. Almost subconsciously, Chi Junluo mobilized the Power of the Heavenly Dao she had accumulated from the previous worlds and fiercely lashed out at the source of the malice. The doctor and two of the nurses, standing just a few steps in front of Chi Junluo, had no time to react. They were sent flying, crashing against the wall behind them. Yi Shuhan was startled by Chi Chi's sudden attack, but she didn't waste a moment wondering why Chi Chi had attacked the medical staff. Her immediate concern was whether Chi Junluo's brain could withstand such a sudden, outward projection of power, given that her mental power had only just recovered to B-class.
Chi Junluo's attack was too sudden, and the diagnostic instrument was still on her head. Yi Shuhan checked the mental power fluctuation data and frowned slightly. On the display screen, Chi Junluo's mental power showed no fluctuation, just like before. Chi Chi must have used her mysterious method again to teach those with ill intentions a lesson.
Yi Shuhan mobilized her own mental power and launched a swift impact at the instrument on Chi Junluo's head. Before the device could even sound an alarm, its screen went black. It was destroyed, destined to be sent back for scrap.
The fallen doctor and nurses scrambled to their feet. When they saw the damaged instrument, their faces turned pale with fright. If it hadn't been for this device, which could withstand mental power impacts, they would have likely suffered broken bones.
Watching the panicked medical staff leave, Yi Shuhan locked the door again. Those few had come with bad intentions; it seemed the people targeting them were up to no good. Yi Shuhan reopened her light screen and sat down beside Chi Junluo. Chi Chi's complexion was a little pale, but it wasn't a major issue. As long as she didn't use her mental power frequently in the near future, she should recover slowly.
Chi Chi's recovery ability seemed exceptionally powerful.
Staying in the hospital until Chi Chi was fully recovered was clearly not a wise choice. She needed to discuss their next plan with her.
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