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Before Zhang Heng could further embarrass himself, a violent tre was sent flying before hitting sharply against the floor As a screen of darkness fell before his mind, he could hear…
"Do not sleep! Please do not fall asleep!"
"Zhang Heng, can you hear erous to adht react too wildly with his Homo Evolutis power, and he’s currently too weak to handle that…"
"…Quick! His heart stopped! Bring erous, but thankfully he survived We ht before he over-exerted himself If ere 1 or 2 minutes late, he’d end up like Jay…"
"…No idea, Major The machine shows that he is still asleep Yes, we are certain that he is not brain-dead His bodily functions are all fine…"
"Zhang Heng, here is your proelse to repay you but this kiss…"
Zhang Heng opened his eyes to be greeted by a warlow It took hi atop a sickbed Not far away fro Heng said, "Could you pass lass of water? Thanks"
He was shocked by his own voice, which had gone uncharacteristically hoarse Nevertheless, he was not the sole shocked party in the roo blankly at one another for quite some time, the nurse exclailad to see that you’re awake I would advise against drinking water since you’ve been abed for such a long tiroup of five or six doctors and nurses rushed into the roonified 50 year-old practitioner A few iris checks and h of relief "Lieutenant Zhang Heng, I’ve infor I believe he’ll be here soon Please do take the ti hurriedly asked, "Doctor, how long have I been asleep?"
"…One and a halfYou’ve been asleep for one and a half months, or more specifically, oneto the fifth floor Barracks
"The explosives round base was a success Thanks to your power, everything went according to plan and about 2,800 lives were saved…" continued Yao Yuan
"2800?" Zhang Heng asked curiously "Weren’t there 3,000 plus people trapped down there?"
"…A few hundred people was crushed by the falling debris," sighed Yao Yuan "But thankfully, against all odds, htly, Zhang Heng added, "Please don’t put me on a pedestal I knohere I stand, and I’m not as important as you reater credit, like Jay…" Zhang Heng’s voice petered to a silence and Yao Yuan wasn’t keen to pick up the conversation
There had been a etative state… but not completely brain dead
The functions of his main cerebral lobes had all but ceased, but his lands still showed occasional responses Nevertheless, every few hours, Jay’s electrophysiologicalbrain atrophy, and that had puzzled the doctors the nosis was "not completely brain dead" The monitor normally recorded zero activity, and Jay had remained in co Heng was still at the hospital, he had paid his coh they hadn’t known each other for long, they had formed a deep bond ever since their adventure on Planet Sahara… When Zhang Heng was there, he stuirl that Jay had a crush on She too had survived the underground base After returning to the Hope, she applied for a move to a small residential area near the hospital so that she could coe… The proud sh her daily exercise was not unlike one a wife gives her husband
In fact, the whole thing re too much of Planet Sahara… but sadly, this ti silence, Yao Yuan said, "In any case, you’ve returned oncehis head, he asked, "Right, I’ve heard others refer to you as Lieutenant Colonel Is that true [1]?"
"Yup, I’ve given myself a proh s happened on the ht immense wealth to the Hope We can space warp h supply to last almost 40 years in space! Plus, ill not have to worry about side effects during warp This is all thanks to our stop at the meteorite base
"Many have contributed to this success, and therefore proly So, I’ve become a Lieutenant Colonel and noe have a lotto report as aadded bashfully, "Stop toying with me I knohere I stand It’s more likely that they will be my instructors… By the way, in the period I’ve been asleep, how many tialaxy or planet?"
Yao Yuan stopped the wheelchair suddenly and a weird expression crossed his face He then directed Zhang Heng’s wheelchair down a different direction, saying, "We’ve warped 12 times since the meteorite base The Hope stays for three days to observe the area we're in every ti familiar constellations so that we can revisit the area in the future when the technology’s available"
Zhang Heng nodded, but as the math added up in his head, he asked, "Wait, I’ve been asleep for one ht? Why have there only been 12 warps? Did we run into any trouble during the last warp?"
"No, there’s nothing like that This area we’re in is a coser than usual because…"
They arrived at one of the corridors that had s that opened into outer space Leaning ahead, Zhang Heng was surprised to see…
"Your eyes aren’t lying This area is indeed a void, because records show that there are indeed no planets, stars, or anything of the like But there is, however, this…"
Yao Yuan too turned towards where Zhang Heng was looking and excitement lit up in his eyes!
"A landfill for alien spaceships…
"A tens of thousands meters wide space where aliens deposit their broken spaceship carcasses!"
[1] The Chinesesystee The translator has been mixed up by the author’s use of tords that are supposed to refer to two different rankings They are supposed to be lieutenant and second lieutenant but have been treated as one and the same The difference doesn’t alter the plot much; it's only i Heng got promoted from second lieutenant to lieutenant while the translator has been treating Zhang Heng already as a lieutenant I apologize for the mistake