Chapter Ninety-Six: Aina's Predicament

After discovering that there was not much ammunition left, the two fleets parted again. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

This time, after separating, the fleet did not turn back and continue the attack, but flew straight in the direction of their respective continents. In the previous melee between the two sides, only thirty or forty incapacitated warships remained, and together with the warships lost earlier, the total loss of nearly a third of the warships on both sides was already more than the number of warships lost in the battle a few days earlier. What chilled Zhou Xin was that the fleets of the two sides flew away without the slightest hesitation after the battle, completely not rescuing the survivors who might exist in the incapacitated battleships, but leaving the people inside to fend for themselves.

At the same time, Zhou Xin also felt incredible, although those badly damaged warships lost their ability to move, they were still guarding their duties. Although the ammunition on the ship was running out, and most of the weapons were badly damaged, each battleship still did its best to launch its own attack on the hostile battleship, and Zhou Xin didn't even see anything like an escape pod escape from these ships.

"They, they." Pointing to these broken spaceships that were still fighting with all their strength, but had long since been unable to affect the final battle situation, Zhou Xin thought for a long time and didn't know what to say. Turning his gaze slightly, Zhou Xin looked at the position where the two fleets collided for the first time not far away, the dozen or so battleships that had lost their mobility at the earliest, and now even the faint firelight on the hull had disappeared, even so, he still did not see any of the escape pods. At the same time, to everyone's surprise, these seemingly lifeless ships still insist on attacking the enemy, although only occasionally, but they are indeed attacking. These few attacks exploded in small proportions after hitting the battleship's hull, bringing a glimmer of light to this dark space.

"They are pure military men." Dart said, with a respectful tone as he said this.

"Why is this so?" After Dart's words, Zhou Xin finally uttered a complete sentence, "Knowing that their current attack will not be able to affect the battle situation for a long time, and it will not even cause any effect, why are they still so stubborn in attacking." Isn't it good to retreat in order to preserve your strength in the next battle? I didn't even release the escape pod, so why bother to seek death like this. There was deep regret in his tone, and then Zhou Xin became angry again, "And those retreating fleets, didn't they rescue either of them after the battle?" What does it mean to let the death of comrades-in-arms go like this. ”

"Actually, you should have noticed this kind of thing before." Dart replied, "After the first battle a few days ago, I continued to focus on the battlefield. Then it was found that during that battle, the two sides did not clean up the battlefield, but retreated directly, and those inactionable battleships stayed in place and even fought for nearly an hour before completely stopping. And during the whole process, I didn't see any escape pods fleeing the battlefield. His tone was very calm.

"How the hell did they do it?" After listening to Spred's narration, Zhou Xin's tone suddenly became a little incredible, "No one escaped, this is impossible!" ”

"Never die?" A word popped out of Dart's mouth, and then his tone was a little strange, "Could it be that the hatred between the two of them has reached this point?" Do you have to die before you give up? ”

"Maybe it's just because the ship doesn't have an escape pod?" Spred guessed.

"Then I'd rather believe that they want to fight until the last minute." Dart said.

"But-" Speaking of this, Zhou Xin suddenly had a doubt, "If the two of them do this, won't they worry about the loss of personnel?" You know, it is not an easy task to operate a spaceship, and it is impossible to learn how to operate a spaceship without a period of training. If you are a little more demanding, if you need to be proficient in operating the ship, it will take more time. Flying a spaceship is still like this, and it is obviously much more difficult to operate a battleship, so why should they give up these skilled personnel, is it possible that their army is already so large that they will not care if they lose so many people? ”

"Or do they have some simple training methods that we don't know about? So much so that they were able to retrain a group of battleship operators in a short period of time? Dart guessed.

"It's possible." Looking at the fleets of the two sides that were getting farther and farther away on the screen, Zhou Xin said thoughtfully, at this time, the battle space of the two fleets had gradually been filled with unmanned aerial vehicles that continued to fight nearby, and then he said to himself, "It seems that this battle should come to an end for the time being, and I am afraid that there will be no more battles in the next few days." ”

Now, there is nothing particularly noteworthy about the battlefield on the screen, so Zhou Xin paid attention to the current time, and then he was surprised to find that the battle that seemed to have not lasted long had actually lasted for nearly eight hours, and now it was evening. Looking at the time displayed on the small screen, Zhou Xin suddenly remembered something more important, and he didn't care about continuing to observe the battlefield, he pressed the button on the command platform and contacted Dr. Wren directly.

When the figure of Wren appeared on the screen of the communicator, Zhou Xin couldn't help but be startled, compared to yesterday, today's Wren looked a lot haggard, the most obvious is the heavy dark circles around his eye sockets, in addition, his complexion looks very bad, looking a little pale.

"What's going on? How did you become like this after only a day of not seeing you? Zhou Xin asked with concern.

"No problem." Although he looked very haggard, Wren's tone was still very normal, and he replied casually, "It's just that I haven't rested for a night, just sleep for a while." ”

Hearing Wren's answer, Zhou Xin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and he opened his mouth to persuade: "Why fight so hard, you still have to rest." Before Wren could continue to speak, Zhou Xin asked eagerly, "Is there anything wrong with Aina?" What happened to the results of the experiment? ”

"Time waits for no one." Wren sighed, and then he continued to answer Zhou Xin's question, "The results of the experiment are not very satisfactory. He said this with a heavy expression on his face.

"What's going on?" Seeing Wren's expression now, Zhou Xin's face changed suddenly, "How is Aina?" He asked the question a second time.

"She's fine." Wren's answer finally relieved Zhou Xin, and as he spoke, he gave up his perspective, it was still the same hospital bed, and Zhou Xin saw that the little girl was still lying on it. However, it is worth noting that she now appears to be in a coma and does not look very good. At this time, Wren explained off-screen: "I was going to try about ten drugs today, but the first drug caused serious adverse reactions. Seeing this, I was going to end today's experiment, but the little girl insisted that I continue, but fortunately, the reaction caused by several drugs was relatively small, but on the sixth attempt, I had another severe reaction, even worse than the first, and then she became like this. Before Zhou Xin could speak, he knew what Zhou Xin wanted to ask, and Ren comforted him directly, "I have already checked, although Aina is now in a coma, but because the amount of medicine used in the test is not large, there is nothing wrong with her body, as long as she rests for a while." ”

The last sentence finally put Zhou Xin at ease, and he looked at Aina on the hospital bed with some distress. Suddenly, he found that the little girl's mouth was still moving, and it seemed that she was still saying something, Zhou Xin asked with concern: "Aina's mouth is still moving, what does she want to say, is there something uncomfortable?" ”

Hearing this question, Wren's face showed a helpless expression, "She didn't say if she was uncomfortable, she was still talking about the drug experiment, and he still wanted to continue the experiment at this point." ”

As soon as Wren finished speaking, Zhou Xin understood the little girl's thoughts, sighed, and asked, "How is her father's situation now?" ”

"It's still getting worse." Wren shook his head, "I removed the infected part of his body again in the morning, but just now, the infection on the wound has resurfaced. ”

"How much time he has left." Zhou Xin's tone also became heavy.

"The day after tomorrow, up to the morning after tomorrow." It seemed that he was accustomed to seeing death, but Wren's tone was relatively calm, "At this rate, if you exceed this time, the infection will spread throughout the body, and even if you find an effective drug, it will be useless." ”

Hearing this answer, which was almost the same as before, Zhou Xin began to become a little irritable, "Obviously, the life form looks similar, why is it used on us to cure diseases, but when it comes to them, it has become a deadly poison." ”

"Although the life forms look similar, the biochemical reactions in the body are completely different." Wren patiently explained, "Actually, I have also tested the drugs you use on myself, and although they do not have such obvious adverse reactions as Aina, it is obvious that they have no effect. So you don't have to be too impatient because of that. ”

"But time-" Zhou Xin interrupted loudly, and as soon as he shouted these four words, he reacted, "I'm sorry, but I was too impatient." After calming down, he then asked Wren, who had reappeared in the camera, "What should I do next?" ”

"What else can I do?" Wren replied reluctantly, "We can only wait for Aina to wake up and see if we can find a drug with no side effects in the few attempts we have." ”

"Is there no other way?" Zhou Xin asked reluctantly, "For example, if you don't conduct live experiments, but draw blood for experiments, is it okay?" ”

"This method has been used for a long time." "With this approach, I've long since ruled out most of the drugs that would have been clearly harmful to their blood. But even so, the screened drug still caused adverse reactions in Aina. Although these drugs did not have any effect on the blood, they did have a great effect on other organs, which was discovered only after the experiment. ”

Zhou Xin's brows furrowed, "It's so troublesome." Suddenly he remembered something, "Atlas, didn't I ask you to check on Aina's father yesterday as well?" Did you go? Did you find any cure? ”

"I've been there for a long time." Atlas replied, "But the results are similar to what Uncle Wren came to - it's just that the microbes on the ship invaded the alien's wounds and had a more serious effect on his body." General anti-infective drugs are still effective against these microorganisms, as long as you find a one that can be used on him. ”

"Do you have any similar medications? Take it out and try it too? Zhou Xin remembered the medicine used by the Atlanteans.

"Yes, yes, but it's not realistic these days." Atlas's answer immediately strangled Zhou Xin's idea, "There is no equipment on the spaceship that can produce Atlantis drugs, and it will definitely be too late to make it temporarily." Moreover, there is nothing wrong with Uncle Wren's method of testing, even if I make Atlantis's drug, it will have to go through such a test. ”

"In other words, in the end, it still comes down to Aina?" Zhou Xin's mood looked very bad.

"You seem to be a little too concerned about her." Seeing Zhou Xin's current appearance, Spred looked a little curious.

"She's still young, after all." Zhou Xin's answer was weak, "And she has just experienced such a serious disaster, and now she has to bear the pain caused by the medicine to her body, and she should be cared for." ”

"I just think it's a little too much." Spred added, and then he continued, "Forget it, care too much, care too much, I already knew you were such a person anyway." ”

After listening to Spred's words, Zhou Xin directly turned his head and explained to Wren: "Take good care of Aina, as for her father, it would be best if there is a way to treat it, but if there is really no way, then - give it up-" When he said this, Zhou Xin's tone seemed a little helpless, and at the same time a little sad and sad.

Wren's heart seemed to have been prepared for this a long time, and when he heard Zhou Xin's command, his face did not change at all. Wren didn't say a word, just nodded in response, and then ended the depressing contact......