Chapter 16: Parting

"Countdown, five, four, three, two, one, launch."

Li Ping's voice came from the control room, and the huge nuclear fusion engine began to run normally, flying towards the starry sky and sea with a beautiful tail flame. This rocket carries a lot of hope, it is the first step of humanity into deep space, but it is far from the last.

To put it bluntly, this rocket is carrying Liu Xuan's spirit of not being afraid of death.

The control room nervously looked at the data after the rocket lifted off, and soon, the rocket rushed out of the atmosphere, and the speed reached one hundredth of the speed of light, which is another great milestone in human history.

Seeing that the rocket entered the starry sky normally, everyone in the control room breathed a sigh of relief, but there was no cheering, they knew what kind of miserable time that person had gone through for this moment, and the most important designer was still on his way to the hospital.

"God, isn't it true that humans shouldn't have this kind of technology? Neither generation of chief designers has a good home. Li Ping looked at the deep space and asked secretly in her heart.

The entire control room is fully engaged in the process of controlling the rocket, and now there is no longer a need for Li Ping to dominate the overall situation here.

Called Professor Shangma, the two of them did not hesitate at all, and ran towards the hospital where Liu Xuan was, in order to wait for his father's return, he couldn't die, and he couldn't die for the Federation's starry sky plan.

The hospital is located on the ground, and at this time, there are already a large number of troops guarding the outside of the hospital, and a supersonic transport plane is also on standby at all times, preparing the necessary personnel transfer and rescue, all of which are prepared for Liu Xuan.

With the identities of Li Ping and Professor Ma, they were allowed to visit Liu Xuan, and before entering the hospital, they were carefully inspected by the military.

Two heavy anti-radiation suits were issued to them, and other patients and unrelated doctors throughout the hospital have been temporarily transferred, and the rest are wearing heavy anti-radiation clothing and walking around the hospital.

After getting dressed and entering the hospital, there was already someone to lead them through the empty wards and go straight to the intensive care unit in the depths of the hospital.

At the first glance of Liu Xuan, Li Ping even suspected that the hospital had made the wrong person.

Liu Xuan, who was lying on the hospital bed, did not have the slightest vitality, and all kinds of things were by his side. All the skin on Liu Xuan's body has been exposed to excessive radiation, and it has begun to turn white and fall off, the hair and hair on his body have already completely fallen off, and Liu Xuan's facial features lying on the bed are blurred.

Looking at Liu Xuan, who had no skin all over his body and was directly leaking flesh and blood, Li Ping pursed her mouth tightly, for fear that she would cry out, and Professor Ma next to her was also extremely pale, Liu Xuan was not only an academic ally for them, but also a partner in life.

"Doctor, how's he doing?" Professor Ma tried his best to control his emotions and asked the doctor who had just come out of the isolation room.

"If the amount of radiation is too much, the hematopoietic system, brain system, and digestive system are seriously damaged, and in this case, the patient can last for a week at most." The doctor sighed and explained the situation to Professor Ma simply and clearly.

"Can we go in and see him again now?" Professor Ma did not want to give up the last hope.

"Now the patient's mind has begun to blur, once he completely loses his mind again, according to the current level of medical care, it will be difficult to wake up again, and there is not much time between you." After the doctor finished speaking, he hurriedly took his leave and walked to his office, he needed to write the patient's report as soon as possible and submit it to his superiors.

After obtaining the doctor's permission, Li Ping and Professor Ma immediately entered the isolation room and came into close contact with Liu Xuan.

"Rocket....... Was the rocket launched successfully?" Liu Xuan squinted his eyes, and he didn't have to think about it to know who was coming.

"It's successful, it's successful, you must get better, the three of us still have a celebration banquet that we haven't eaten together." Even if he was as strong as Li Ping, he couldn't cry when he saw Liu Xuan lying on the bed like a dry corpse.

"Professor Ma, I ....... my notes in the drawer of my office, and there are detailed design drawings on the top ....... above, remember to put the screws ...... Tighten the screws! When he said these words, Liu Xuan almost exhausted the last strength in his body.

"I see, you have to get better. We are still waiting for the return of the chief designer, your future engine blueprint has only made the first step, and you still need to break through the rest! Professor Ma suppressed his emotions, red eyes, and said to Liu Xuan. Professor Ma wanted to reach out and shake Liu Xuan's hand through the protective suit, but when he saw Liu Xuan, who no longer had any skin, he sighed and put it down.

"Right...... I'm sorry. I miss my father ....... me. Liu Xuan finished speaking with all his strength, made a smile on his face, and closed his eyes completely.

A device next to it ticked.

"Liu Xuan!"

"Liu Xuan!"

The voices of the two people came out, but they were the wise men who could no longer wake up and were asleep, just like Liu Xuan said, maybe, Liu Xuan and his longing father would meet in the vast starry sky.

"Let it, let it." Behind him, a doctor in a white protective suit brought a group of people over, and before he reached the bedside, he hurriedly urged Li Ping and Professor Ma to get out of the way.

Li Ping and Professor Ma were invited to the outside of the isolation ward, and then all the instruments on Liu Xuan's body were removed, and under the command of the doctor, many people put Liu Xuan's body into a cylindrical thing, and then a group of people walked outside with this cylinder.

"What is this for, Liu Xuan has just lost his mind, and he is not dead yet!" Li Ping stretched out his hand to stop the doctor passing by him, and said loudly. It was the first time Professor Ma saw Li Ping in such a gaffe.

"This is an order from above, we have nothing to say, you can ask your superiors." The doctor hurriedly dropped a sentence, no longer cared about Li Ping and the others, and quickened his pace to keep up with the team in front.

Professor Ma and Li Ping didn't know what the order of their superiors was, so they hurriedly followed the people in front of them.

Walking through the corridor of the hospital, this group of people took Liu Xuan's unconscious body and walked straight to the supersonic transport plane, and when Professor Ma and Li Ping chased to the entrance of the hospital, they had already entered the transport plane and closed the hatch.

A roar sounded, and under the puzzled eyes of Li Ping and Professor Ma, the transport plane took off and flew towards the blue sky. The place where the transport plane passed, including the place where the rocket flew.

As Liu Xuan originally said, his dream has always been the sea of stars.

Seeing the transport plane flying away, the army here also began to retreat in formation. Li Ping didn't care about calling Professor Ma, so she turned around and walked directly to the entrance of the underground city alone, she wanted to ask her superiors for orders.