Compared to Earth, the medical level of the interstellar era was very high, so doing a medical checkup was naturally a simple matter. But the medical checkup that Duan Hengye did this time was extremely special, just like what Meng Jinhuai said before, after the first round of treatment, Duan Hengye’s situation was still not optimistic, so this medical checkup program was also intensive to the unimaginable.
… Currently, Duan Hengye still hadn’t shown any signs of awakening, and the places to be examined in this medical checkup were not only the body’s various functions and internal organs, but also his spiritual energy. Therefore, the results of the physical examination wouldn’t come out quickly.
During the days when Duan Hengye went to the starship near the Tize Star, Su Mingge was burdened with the workload of the entire research institute. Now that Duan Hengye was unconscious, Su Mingge’s burden was even heavier. Not only did he have to continue to complete his own daily research tasks, he also had to keep an eye on the work of the entire research institute, and even had to continue Duan Hengye’s previous task of being in charge. So Su Mingge didn’t stay at the military department for a long time this time, after seeing Duan Hengye, he quickly returned to the planet where the research institute was located.
However, even though he went back, the military department’s every move, and every piece of news announced to the public still reached Su Mingge.
Soon after, the staff of the Imperial Mecha Research Institute discovered that after the w*ar ended, a tense atmosphere still pervaded the entire institute. Not only was Duan Hengye’s whereabouts a mystery, but their Vice Director Su Mingge had also become very tense. The familiar Su Mingge was a very casual person – he would sit and chat with his colleagues before going to work in the morning, and would also joke with everyone from time to time.
But what was visible was that since the end of the w*ar, Su Mingge’s face had lost a lot of its smiles, and he had become very serious every day, always seeming to have a heavy heart.
Secretly, many staff members of the institute were also speculating that Su Mingge’s behavior might be related to Duan Hengye’s current mysterious state. However, the whole atmosphere in the institute has become very tense, and even if they had doubts in their hearts or thoughts of something, they didn’t dare to say it out loud. So one way or another, the entire institute fell silent.
At this time, it was six o’clock in the morning on the planet where the institute was located, and logically speaking, the staff who were on duty last night had not yet left. However, it was very rare that Su Mingge, who was the vice director, came to the office early this morning. He didn’t return to his own position, but instead sat in that rest area between Duan Hengye’s office and the doorway of his own office.
Some of the staff who had finished their night shift saw him when they left and originally wanted to say hello, but after seeing the very serious expression on Su Mingge’s face and his obviously out-of-shape appearance, the staff gave up on this intention.
Slowly, as time passed, not only were the staff members who worked the night shift getting off work one after another, but the people who came to work in the morning were also arriving at the research institute one by one in their hovercrafts.
Even though everyone tried their best to keep their mouths shut, it didn’t take long for Su Mingge’s bizarre behavior to spread throughout the entire institute. What exactly was he doing this morning? In the chat system of the research institute, the discussion was already in full swing in just half an hour. And an hour later, these people finally got an answer.
And it was an unexpected answer.
The Imperial Ministry located in Southern Star announced that they were about to hold a small press conference ten minutes later, and the main content of the conference was the status of Duan Hengye, which had been of concern to the interstellar community recently.
After seeing this news, not only the Imperial Mecha Research Institute, which had a close relationship with Duan Hengye, but even the entire interstellar world tensed up after receiving this news. What exactly happened to Duan Hengye? Although this question hadn’t been raised publicly because it was too sensitive, in reality, everyone’s curiosity about it has only increased in recent times.
Of course, it was different from the general public, who had only received the news now and then knew that a small press conference would be held in a moment. Su Mingge, who was the vice director, was one of the first people on the show to know about this matter. Even before the conference started, Su Mingge already knew the final result.
Now that it was already the official working time of the institute, only he was left in the lounge. Nonetheless, because of the institute’s building structure, those who were working in the nearby office area could still see Su Mingge sitting there when they looked up.
Although the press conference hadn’t officially begun yet, after seeing his appearance, the staff already vaguely understood in their hearts that the recent events regarding Duan Hengye might not turn out so well.
After sitting there for a while, Su Mingge also finally realized that his emotions were affecting others.
Although he knew that everyone would know about Duan Hengye’s state in a while, after thinking about it for a while, he finally got up and walked towards his office. After seeing Su Mingge leave, some people began to whisper.
Ever since leaving the w*ar ended, the workload of the institute has all gotten a lot easier. This morning, the tasks on the hands of those who came to work weren’t very heavy. After Su Mingge left, this group of well-trained staff members finally couldn’t help but open up their own light devices to watch the live broadcast.
Ten minutes passed quickly.
Although this press conference was organized by the Ministry of the Army, after the live broadcast started, everyone realized that the person responsible for the speech this time was not Yu Xinran or Dongfang Hewen, who they would often see, but… the assistant Ye Pu, who had been following Duan Hengye around.
Anyone who had paid a little attention to Duan Hengye before recognized that Ye Pu, as a personal assistant, had been following Duan Hengye’s side—from the Southern Star to the Duguang Star to the Research Institute. Now, since the main character of this small press conference was Duan Hengye, it seemed reasonable for Ye Pu to speak.
In the live camera, Ye Pu’s expression held a seriousness that had never been seen before.
After he appeared on stage, he first bowed deeply to the camera and then directly began to speak about what had happened in the stellar explosion at that time. The audience didn’t expect that Ye Pu would come here to talk about such an “exciting” matter, so the moment he opened his mouth, everyone was energized.
The Ministry knew exactly what the public was curious about, and it was clear that Ye Pu didn’t want to hide anything this time. Behind him was a light screen recording data, and if you looked a little closer, you could see that what was written on the light screen was the data of the Stellar Expl*osion Mecha “Nanwei.”.
… The populace may have known before that escaping from the middle of a stellar expl*osion had to be a hard battle. But their knowledge of mechas and their understanding of the phenomenon of stellar explosions still limited their imagination of the difficulty of this battle. It was only after seeing the data behind Ye Pu that everyone clearly realized how difficult this matter was and how important Duan Hengye’s appearance was.
The data analysis above the light screen clearly showed that if Duan Hengye appeared a little later or if his maintenance speed for the mecha system was a little slower, the only thing that awaited Nan Wei in the end was annihilation.
But, since the data on the light screen says that Duan Hengye finally succeeded in saving the day, what was his current condition?
Especially the staff who stayed in the research institute and saw Su Mingge leave, they became more and more puzzled.
This time, Ye Pu didn’t procrastinate a bit, as he directly told the back story—the story about the Li Sheng Alliance mechas hiding behind the asteroid and the final blow they delivered. There was no corresponding text on the light screen to accompany this story, but just by virtue of Ye Pu’s verbal description, everyone was able to appreciate the thrill of it.
After the introduction of the incident ended, all the big and small corners of the stars fell silent. And then, along with this silence, Ye Pu spoke out about the results of Duan Hengye’s physical examination. Putting an end to those complicated and difficult-to-understand data, a cruel conclusion was laid out in front of the people: according to the medical AI calculations of the Southern Star, the probability of Duan Hengye awakening was approximately three percent.
This was such a small number!
People who were used to the high level of interstellar medical care froze in place. In their eyes, a number like three percent was almost equivalent to zero.
Could it be that Duan Hengye’s legendary story would end here?
People were really fragile creatures.
After the press conference at the Ministry of the Army, many people began to rely on metaphysics to pray for Duan Hengye, putting their hopes on faith. But Meng Jinhuai knew… that he absolutely couldn’t wait like this!
Ye Pu, who had finished the conference, returned to Duan Hengye’s hospital room, and he saw that at this time Meng Jinhuai was still sitting by the hospital bed, and he quietly held Duan Hengye’s hand up. He couldn’t see a trace of anxiety on Meng Jinhuai’s face, but his eyes were full of concern. The sound of Ye Pu entering the door startled Meng Jinhuai, who finally stood up and proceeded to walk towards the door.
“Marshal…” Ye Pu couldn’t help but call out.
Upon hearing that, Meng Jinhuai nodded to Ye Pu before passing by him.
“Where are you going?” In reality, as Duan Hengye’s assistant, Ye Pu didn’t have the qualifications or authority to ask Meng Jinhuai about his schedule at all, but after seeing the other party walking by, he still couldn’t help asking.
After he finished speaking, Ye Pu realized that he might have offended him, but he didn’t expect Meng Jinhuai to answer his question.
“Going to Duguang Star.” Meng Jinhuai said it indifferently.
Meng Jinhuai decided to go to the Imperial Spiritual Energy Research Institute.