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Chapter 44: A Desperate Departure
Translator: Lonelytree, _Dark_Angel_ Editor: Lucas
At an altitude of 5,000 ained its usual performance Its previously slow ascent picked up speed In the blink of an eye, the russet surrounding of Planet Sahara shifted to the inky black of the cosh of relief could be felt all over the Hope as the air of consternation hovering over its residents dispersed People were celebrating their successful escape from that death trap of a planet
It was around this tihty tired when Jay caught hih tumbles as the shuttle slammed into the Hope had coained consciousness, he found himself safely tucked inside a hospital bed It was a deja-vu experience because the situation was very similar to when he first awoke from Virus X Doctors and nurses sans the haz es
Pinpricks of pain shot through his syste his hands and feet The pain was a source of comfort because thathave I been unconscious?" croaked Yao Yuan
After the initial shock, all of the attending doctors were glad to see theirdoctor said, "Major, you weren’t out of it for long; it was only about ten minutes However, you survived a harsh tumble before you lost consciousness, and that ithout the protection of a space suit So, Major, please rest easy while we take a few x-rays to ensure that you aren’t suffering fro his head, Yao Yuan adamantly rejected, "Sorry, doctor, I can’t do that Now is not the ti et to central coed doctor dithered before finally yielding, "Alright, Major, if you are so inclined… But we hope you will agree to a full body-check after this business is over"
"Of course I need to knohether those parasitic plant spores had burrowed their way into my body," Yao Yuan joked Then he took a forty-winks while waiting for the wheelchair to arrive
He was so tired…
The superhu In fact, they wouldn’t have survived Planet Sahara without it The last mission alone would have been impossible without access to thatwere, in all senses of the word, the Hope’s heroes Without their powers, the mission would have a zero percent success rate It was thanks to Jay’s power at ’s divination that the virus was deployed so successfully
The superhuh The exertion it had on one’s physical andAs if proving the point, Yao Yuan spotted out of the corner of his eye both Jay and Zhang Heng soundly asleep He envied them deeply because his short nap barely helped What he wouldn’t give to lie down there and enjoy a restful sleep
But he kneas not the ti through the Hope But for Yao Yuan, it belied people’s desperate need for safety and stability And at thethey had
Yao Yuan could alh the cheers because he of all people knew that the Hope’s excursion to Planet Sahara was not without its heavy price!
For one, they had lost an incredible ay that had been drained was h to support almost two space warps!
For another, they had not found any radioactive minerals on the planet Yao Yuan suspected that these had all already been converted into energy crystals by the plants All in all, humanity came off worse froh energy left for one o on with the space warp, the numbers were definitely not on their side!
To have the first warp land within a solar system syste i that streak was… indescribably s chance, Yao Yuan had to know exactly how y the ship had left He also needed to have a ure out whether it was possible to unlock the energy crystals found within the plants, and to use them as fuel for the Hope
With these missions in ed his bandaged body out of bed
At that moment, a few lieutenants rushed into the roo into the roolad that you’re doing fine, Ol’ Cap’n… By the hat is your next course of action regarding the capsule of energy crystal you brought back with you? None of us dared tobeside the broken shuttle The scientists have been notified of this, so what’s the plan?"
"Energy crystal?" questioned Yao Yuan He recalled the baggage that he had grasped before falling He originally thought it housed some sort of mineral
"The crystal itself should be quite stable If not, it would have exploded during the tumble… But to be safe, keep it out of the civilians’ reach For all we know, it could be highly radioactive Let the scientists do their analysis first"
Nodding his head, Liu Bai added earnestly, "Yes, sir… Ol’ Cap’n, the doctor told er rest; God knows you deserve it"