Kang Shanxing said, word by word, "If you don't want to fight, you can retire. Even at the Flight Training Base, you can't say you're completely removed from war."
"Because these people are still on active duty. If there really is a war and the front lines are short of manpower, they will be the first reserves!"
Xia Chujian shrugged and changed the subject, saying, "Let's look at the next batch..."
Colonel Kang frowned and switched the image on the virtual display screen, and another ten Instructors appeared.
These ten Instructors were much stronger than the first batch.
Seven of them wanted to actively fight the Star Pirates, and only three didn't want to.
Then came the last six Instructors. Five of them didn't want to fight, and the remaining one was Pei Zijing.
His consciousness image showed that he was in a coma at the time and had no reaction.
Xia Chujian looked carefully at Pei Zijing's appearance and said softly, "... Colonel Kang, at this time, were the Mental Strength Spores of the Mother of Forrest already in Chief Instructor Pei's body?"
Kang Shanxing objectively explained, "Judging from the time, they should still be..."
"Pei Zijing should be using his Mental Strength to fight against the invading Mental Strength Spores of the Mother of Forrest."
"Moreover, because his Mental Strength level is relatively high, his resistance to the Mental Strength Spores of the Mother of Forrest greatly weakened the energy of the Mental Strength Spores."
"Otherwise, the Son of Forrest that burst out of his body later wouldn't have been so easily killed by you."
As they were talking, they both saw a similar room image appear in a virtual display screen next to Pei Zijing.
Xia Chujian said, "Colonel Kang, this should be the consciousness image of the young Instructor who is still alive beside Chief Instructor Pei, right?"
Kang Shanxing looked down to check the data, and asked, "What makes you say that?"
Xia Chujian said, "At that time, Chief Instructor Pei was in a coma."
"There were only two young Instructors left on that Airship."
"One died after being parasitized by the Mental Strength Spores of the Mother of Forrest, and the Son of Forrest was killed. He's not here at all."
"The other young Instructor has a higher Mental Strength level, and most likely wasn't successfully parasitized. He's still alive and still here."
"So this consciousness image must be the consciousness image of this young Instructor who is still alive."
"Apart from surveillance, this is probably the only consciousness image, right?"
Kang Shanxing finished checking the data and said in a deep voice, "This is the only consciousness image from that time. The data I just found shows that the surveillance camera and local hard drive in Chief Instructor Pei's cabin were physically damaged."
Although their Special Security Bureau controlled the final control rights of all surveillance in the Military and schools, it didn't mean they could get all the surveillance videos.
For example, these Airships, when they were in the Asteroid Belt, were in a disconnected state, and the surveillance videos were not transmitted to the Cloud in time.
Only when they reconnected to the Star Network could the surveillance upload the locally stored surveillance footage to the Cloud, where it would be received by the Special Security Bureau's system.
So if the surveillance camera and local hard drive were physically destroyed, they definitely couldn't be uploaded to the Special Security Bureau's Cloud system.
Even if the Special Security Bureau could get the local hard drive and restore the content, it would depend on the extent of the damage to the hard drive.
Now that the surveillance camera and local hard drive of this Airship have been physically damaged, even if the Special Security Bureau has an underlying monitoring program, it will be useless.
Xia Chujian: "..."
She felt a little guilty for some reason.
Because the camera and local hard drive on that Airship were damaged when she fought the Son of Forrest...
Xia Chujian blinked and looked at the virtual display screen.
It was now showing the consciousness image of the room where Pei Zijing was, not a surveillance video.
The two saw the two Instructors in Pei Zijing's Airship walk over together to feed Pei Zijing Advanced Nutrient Solution.
Pei Zijing had been in a coma and couldn't go without food or drink for three days and three nights.
A young Instructor unscrewed the cap of the Advanced Nutrient Solution and put it in Pei Zijing's mouth.
At this moment, Xia Chujian saw a cloud of pink mist floating out of Pei Zijing's mouth.
Then it floated into the mouth of the young Instructor who was feeding Pei Zijing the Advanced Nutrient Solution.
And the other Instructor just happened to look up and saw this scene.
The instructor who had inhaled the pink mist had a look of joy on his face, as if he was thinking of something wonderful.
His complexion also gradually improved, and his young face became more and more handsome! In less than a minute, the pink mist floated out of his mouth and quickly dissipated into the air.
And that young instructor didn't feel the slightest discomfort, and seemed even more energetic.
The young instructor standing opposite him widened his eyes, seemingly extremely surprised.
Xia Chujian narrowed her eyes, feeling something was strange.
Because the young instructor who inhaled the pink mist was the instructor who had been parasitized by the Mother of Forrest's Mental Strength Spores.
And Xia Chujian had once followed behind Yu Fei and seen this young instructor.
At that time, he had not yet shown the characteristics of being controlled by the Mother of Forrest's Mental Strength Spores parasite.
Also, Xia Chujian remembered that his appearance was not as handsome as shown in this consciousness image.
This can be verified.
The human skin shed by the Son of Forrest is still preserved in the Special Security Bureau...
Xia Chujian remained silent and continued watching.
Next, on the virtual display screen's consciousness image, another five minutes passed, the airship's hatch opened, and Yu Fei came in.
Xia Chujian's heart tightened.
At that time, she was following behind Yu Fei.
Her Mecha was in stealth mode at the time, so these people shouldn't be able to see her, right...?
And the consciousness image displayed on the virtual display screen did not show her.
Then, she heard Yu Fei asking the other two instructors in the airship: "How is Chief Instructor Pei? Are there any signs of him waking up?"
"Reporting to Instructor Yu, not yet. However, Chief Instructor Pei's vital signs are normal, so there shouldn't be any major problems. He'll be fine after being treated in the Medical Cabin when we return to base."
Yu Fei didn't feel relieved, and frowned, saying: "But the cause of the coma hasn't been found yet?"
The two instructors shook their heads together.
The young instructor standing on the left said in a low voice: "Chief Instructor Pei was fine, he even went out for a Space walk, but he ended up like this when he came back..."
On the consciousness image, Yu Fei sighed and said, "Don't spread this matter, Chief Instructor Pei wouldn't want others to know that he went out secretly..."
Xia Chujian's face turned ashen when she saw this.
She was there at the time, and that instructor didn't answer like that at all!
At that time, Yu Fei did ask the same question, asking if Pei Zijing had any signs of waking up.
The previous answer was the same, but the last sentence was completely different! Xia Chujian clearly remembered that the young instructor standing on the left said in a low voice: "Chief Instructor Pei suddenly fainted shortly after boarding the airship..."
"Do you think it's possible that he had symptoms while still at the base?"
But in the current consciousness image, this instructor said that Pei Zijing had left the airship and went out for a Space walk after entering the Asteroid Belt!
If Xia Chujian hadn't been there at the time, hearing and seeing it with her own ears, she would have thought that the memory now dug out from the living instructor's deep consciousness was the truth!
Moreover, the person who spoke differently both times was the young instructor who had been parasitized and died beyond any chance of revival...
In this situation, there is no way to prove anything! If anyone else were here, they would more or less doubt whether their memory was wrong, and then believe that this image from the depths of consciousness was the real truth.
But Xia Chujian was different. She basically unconditionally believed herself and didn't believe this so-called image from the depths of someone else's consciousness.
She pursed her lips, turned her head to ask Kang Shanxing, and said, "Colonel Kang, can you replay the previous scene?"
Kang Shanxing replayed the living young instructor's deep consciousness image.
Xia Chujian pointed to the pink mist floating out of Pei Zijing's mouth and said, "This, did you see it?"
Kang Shanxing frowned: "See what?"
From his perspective, he couldn't see anything special on the screen.
Xia Chujian blinked: "...A cloud of mist, it seems like it has color..."
She said intermittently, looking very cautious, not wanting Kang Shanxing to know that she saw something he couldn't see.
Kang Shanxing moved closer for a closer look.
After a while, he said, "There might be something here, because the pixels here seem denser than elsewhere."
"But, I can't see any mist, nor any color."
"What's wrong? Did you see something?"
Xia Chujian also moved closer to look, changing her words, "Not mist? Then let me see what it is... Uh, is it Chief Instructor Pei's breath?"
Kang Shanxing shook his head: "The airship isn't that cold, is it? How could you see an image of breath turning into frost?"
He thought Xia Chujian was talking about the white vapor that comes out of a person's mouth when they speak outside in winter.
Xia Chujian took a step back, and said with an embarrassed smile, "Who knows, maybe the airship lowered the temperature to save energy?"
Unexpectedly, Kang Shanxing nodded, agreeing with her idea: "Yes, very likely. Because Pei Zijing is in a coma."
"The temperature in his room must be much lower than other parts of the airship."
Xia Chujian: "..."
She wouldn't say that the pink mist she saw was exactly the same as the pink mist rising from the Son of Forrest's scales! But why could she see it on the virtual display screen, while Kang Shanxing couldn't?
Xia Chujian frowned, thinking of a terrible conclusion.
That is, could it be that the Mother of Forrest's Mental Strength Spores were not completely cleared, and are still exerting control!
At that time, she and Seven Lù used the Chi Yang Fire to burn the Son of Forrest's body, but they didn't burn the living Instructor! Xia Chujian quickly reasoned.
She was thinking, if the Son of Forrest's Mental Strength Spores have the ability to infiltrate and control human thoughts and actions.
Then what about the Mother of Forrest's Mental Strength Spores?
Besides being able to parasitize, they should also be able to control! So, could the situation at that time have been like this...
The Mother of Forrest's Mental Strength Spores first attempted to pollute and parasitize Pei Zijing.
But Pei Zijing's Mental Strength level was too high, and it ultimately failed.
After being greatly weakened, the Mother of Forrest's Mental Strength Spores retreated from Pei Zijing's body.
It settled for second best, polluting and parasitizing the two young Instructors next to Pei Zijing.
One of the young Instructors had a relatively low Mental Strength level, only Rank B Early-Stage, so the Mental Strength Spores successfully parasitized him.
It grew rapidly in his body, and in a short period of time, not only controlled his mind, but also controlled his body! The other young Instructor had a relatively high Mental Strength level, Rank B Peak, so the Mental Strength Spores did not successfully parasitize him, but it seems they didn't immediately disappear either...
Seven Lù had told her that whether it was the mother or the son, the Forrest's Mental Strength Spores needed a carbon-based organism to carry them, and could also be transmitted from one carbon-based organism to another.
Then, is it possible that some humans can become carriers of the Mother of Forrest's Mental Strength Spores?!
Judging from the current situation, could it be that this young Instructor is acting as a carrier of the Mother of Forrest's Mental Strength Spores, and his mind has actually been controlled?!
So the image presented in the depths of this Mental Strength Rank B Peak young Instructor's consciousness is not the real situation at the time at all! But rather an image that the Mother of Forrest's Mental Strength Spores is trying to make others see! But why is she the only one who can see the pink mist in the image?
Have the Mother of Forrest's Mental Strength Spores become so strong that they can change electromagnetic signals? This is the first update. The second update will be at one o'clock in the afternoon.
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