Kang Shanxing was waiting for her in that large office.
Seeing her return, he immediately said, "I'm ready on my end, and I'll be entering a twenty-four-hour hibernation state soon."
"We'll switch shifts. You hibernate for the first twelve hours, and I'll hibernate for the last twelve hours."
"During these twenty-four hours, we'll both be responsible for the safety of this Bat-style Fighter Jet. Can you do it?"
Xia Chujian immediately saluted and said, "I guarantee to complete the mission!"
Kang Shanxing looked at her with a complicated expression.
He knew that this mission was still beyond her capabilities.
But now, because of the existence of the Mother of Forrest's Mental Strength Spores, he couldn't trust anyone, including himself.
The only person he could trust was Xia Chujian.
Actually, he didn't think it was necessary for Xia Chujian to hibernate, but the most stable plan given by the Mechanical Intelligence of the Warplane was that everyone had to accept at least ten hours of hibernation.
So, although he didn't feel it was necessary emotionally, he rationally accepted the result.
Xia Chujian didn't think so much; she also felt this was the most stable approach.
Because the Mother of Forrest's Mental Strength Spores had already proven their abilities.
Although they couldn't parasitize Gene Evolvers with higher Mental Strength levels than themselves, they could still influence, and even control, some people, even if their Mental Strength levels were higher.
This was very frustrating.
Xia Chujian asked him, "What's next? What do we do next?"
Kang Shanxing said, "After twenty-four hours of hibernation, there will be another cleaning and disinfection procedure, and then we can enter the Cangge Star's Star Territory."
"Then, the Instructors and trainees from the Kanli Star Flying Base will be sent directly back through the directional Wormhole between Cangge Star and Kanli Star."
Xia Chujian remembered her three roommates still on Cangge Star, and the request she had promised to those thirty-eight victims, and quickly said, "Then can I stay on Cangge Star for a while longer? I still have some things to take care of..."
Kang Shanxing said, "You weren't supposed to go back with them anyway, don't worry, I'll send you to the Flying Base on Cangge Star."
Xia Chujian said, "You knew my roommates were still there?"
"Yes, Marshal Huo instructed me." Kang Shanxing said calmly, then changed the subject, "How did it go with those victims?"
Xia Chujian said, "I was just about to tell you."
She took out the surveillance camera and the small hard drive that Seven Lù had found, and said, "I was lucky."
"In the bottom warehouse of the Star Pirates' Starship number eighteen, I found the wreckage of that Flying Vehicle..."
"And this surveillance camera, and the connected small hard drive."
"Here, there are images of the Starship being robbed and the Slaughter that occurred at that time."
Kang Shanxing's eyes widened: "...You were able to find this?!"
He excitedly took the camera and hard drive, and said, "I'll check it out. If it's true, the insurance company is definitely going to pay!"
Xia Chujian continued, "Can we sue the insurance company for maliciously concealing the truth about the accident? Make them pay double?"
Kang Shanxing: "..."
He looked at Xia Chujian and said, "Do you know what kind of company this insurance company is?"
Xia Chujian shook her head, "What kind of company? If they maliciously conceal the truth about the accident, they shouldn't be exempt from punishment, right?"
Kang Shanxing said, "That's the principle, but this insurance company is Wanbang Insurance Company under the Zong Family..."
Xia Chujian's heart sank.
It was actually the Zong Family's. Would she not be able to use Zong Ruoan's election to create public opinion?
Xia Chujian said awkwardly, "...So? Does it have special privileges?"
Kang Shanxing patiently explained, "If you want to sue Zong Military Industries' Wanbang Insurance, you'll find that this company has strong funds, sufficient manpower, and will slowly play with you."
"And there aren't many lawyers willing to litigate against Zong Military Industries' Wanbang Insurance."
Xia Chujian thought for a moment: "Let me consider it. By the way, do you know who owns that spaceship operating company?"
Kang Shanxing said, "Since the insurance company is under the Zong Family, the spaceship operating company is of course also under the Zong Family. - It's called keeping the wealth within the family."
"Besides, the Zong Family is originally the largest manufacturer of civilian and military interstellar spaceships."
"Zong Military Industries doesn't just build weapons."
Xia Chujian sneered, "Doesn't doing business mean diversifying risks?"
"Locking these two together, aren't you afraid of losing everything in one fire?"
Kang Shanxing looked at her with emotion, thinking, Youth is good.
Truly, a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers! Kang Shanxing said, "Then consider it yourself, I'll go prepare to initiate complete machine hibernation."
Ten minutes later, Kang Shanxing returned to the office and said to Xia Chujian, "Now, this Bat-style Fighter Jet, and the Falcon-class Star Cruiser behind it, have both entered hibernation."
"What about you? Do you want to start hibernating?"
Xia Chujian nodded and said, "Can you give me a room? - Thank you, Colonel Kang."
Kang Shanxing agreed.
Xia Chujian went to the small room Kang Shanxing assigned to her to rest alone.
As soon as she lay down on the bed, a wave of fatigue suddenly hit her, and before she could react, she had already fallen into hibernation.
...
When she woke up, twelve hours had passed.
Kang Shanxing's voice came from the room's intercom, calling her over because he was preparing to hibernate.
Xia Chujian came to Kang Shanxing's office and said, "Colonel Kang, I want to discuss something with you."
"Speak."
"After hibernation ends, I want to go to the Flying Base on Cangge Star first, to meet up with my three roommates, and then handle some personal matters."
"These thirty-eight victims, can you send them to a safe place to receive treatment?"
Kang Shanxing glanced at Xia Chujian: "...You pay?"
Xia Chujian gritted her teeth and nodded: "Of course, I'll pay! If it's not enough, deduct it from my salary first! The remaining balance, I can make up for it after I take on missions in the future."
Kang Shanxing smiled, looked down at the data on the display screen in front of him, and said, "Their case isn't over yet, it's reasonable and legal for the Special Security Bureau to supervise them temporarily."
Xia Chujian nodded, "Thank you, Colonel Kang!"
Then Kang Shanxing briefly introduced her to the main control equipment here, mainly worried about accidents.
And he told Xia Chujian that if an accident really happened, she must wake him up as soon as possible.
Xia Chujian agreed, watching Kang Shanxing return to his small room.
Not long after, the small room was filled with inert gas, and Kang Shanxing also began to hibernate.
Xia Chujian was bored and planned to summon Seven Lù to secretly look up information for her.
She wanted to ask Quan Yuxun for help.
But she also knew that she couldn't just open her mouth like that.
She had to find a reason that could benefit both her and the Quan Family.
What was his status, and what was hers? Just because she had been his bodyguard once, did she think she was a big deal, that the Quan Family would go against the Zong Family because of a word from her? She didn't have that much face.
Xia Chujian put on a fully enclosed helmet and sat on the soft chair by the window in the office.
In the helmet, she quietly asked, "Seven Lù, where are the room's surveillance cameras?"
Seven Lù also quietly said, "Master, you are sitting with your back to the surveillance camera, it's okay."
"They will only see you sitting here looking at the scenery..."
Xia Chujian: "..."
As long as they don't suspect anything, it's fine.
Xia Chujian recollected her thoughts and said, "Seven Lù, can you access the Star Network now?"
Seven Lù said, "I dare not... the internal network monitoring here is too powerful..."
Xia Chujian: "...Then, in your database, is there any information about the Zong Family's Wanbang Insurance?"
Seven Lù said, "There is a little, but it's not comprehensive."
Xia Chujian was pleasantly surprised: "Then, is there any business content related to the Quan Family in this insurance company?"
Seven Lù said, "...No related information."
Xia Chujian: "..."
Okay, she understood, without the Star Network, she couldn't find what she wanted.
There was no other way.
Since she couldn't access the internet here, she could only wait until she left.
To pass the time, Xia Chujian took out the Starry Sky Cruiser driving outline that Kang Shanxing had sent her earlier and began to study it in detail.
Kang Shanxing had also given her an account for a simulation system.
She tried it and found that she could log in through the Bat-style Fighter Jet's Star Network system.
She immediately went online to play games.
Time passed quickly when she was playing games.
When the wake-up prompt sounded in the office, Xia Chujian exited the holographic game.
Another twelve hours had passed, Kang Shanxing should also be awake, and everyone on this Bat-style Fighter Jet and that Starry Sky Cruiser should also be awake.
All of this was automatically operated by the Mechanical Intelligence on the Bat-style Fighter Jet and the Starry Sky Cruiser.
Xia Chujian only needed to ensure that the established procedures did not go wrong.
Soon, Kang Shanxing woke up as scheduled.
Everyone in the Bat-style Fighter Jet and the Cruiser also woke up.
After twenty-four hours of hibernation, even if the carbon-based lifeforms in these two Warplanes and Cruisers had been previously attached to the Mother of Forrest's Mental Strength Spores, they would now be dead and decomposed.
The last hidden danger was eliminated.
...
After Kang Shanxing woke up, he began to assign tasks.
He wanted the Special Security Bureau staff to be responsible for maintaining order, ensuring that the ten Airships, one hundred and ninety-one Warplanes, as well as the twenty-six Instructors and one hundred and ninety-one trainees of the Kanli Star Flying Base, returned to the Fourth Interstellar Fleet's Starry Sky Cruiser.
Then, this Starry Sky Cruiser would escort them through the directional Wormhole between Cangge Star and Kanli Star, and return to the Flight Training Base above Galuo City on Kanli Star, on the opposite side of the Asteroid Belt.
And he personally took Xia Chujian, left the Bat-style Fighter Jet, and headed to the Changliu County Flying Base on Cangge Star below.
When Xia Chujian left, she was reluctant to part with this tall Warplane that resembled a Space Fortress, looking back every few steps.
This time, Kang Shanxing sent Xia Chujian onto a small Flying Vehicle.
He said with a smile, "Reluctant to leave here?"
Xia Chujian: "..."
She gave him a strange look: "Colonel Kang, why would I be reluctant to leave here? This isn't my home."
Kang Shanxing: "...Then why did you keep looking back?"
"I like this kind of Warplane..." Xia Chujian's tone revealed a strong sense of loss, and she muttered, "I wonder when I will be able to own such a Warplane."
Kang Shanxing: "???"
He even patted his ears, and only after making sure there was no problem did he ask Xia Chujian, "What did you just say?"
"I said I like this Warplane!"
"No, after that sentence."
Although Xia Chujian was a little embarrassed, she still said frankly, "I said I wonder when I will be able to own such a Warplane."
Kang Shanxing chuckled twice and stopped talking.
It wasn't until he piloted the small Flying Vehicle and dropped Xia Chujian off outside the Cangge Star Flying Base that he said, "I sent you a friend request, but you haven't accepted it yet."
Xia Chujian quickly said, "Oh, I'm sorry, Colonel Kang, I didn't see it. I'll add you right away."
Anyway, this was the Special Security Bureau's Smart Bracelet, not her Quantum Optical Brain, and she would return it.
That was why she accepted Kang Shanxing's friend request.
Kang Shanxing added, "Your leader, Meng Guanghui, is away on a mission and can't contact you for the time being. If you need any help and can't find Marshal Huo, you can look for me."
Xia Chujian nodded quickly. "Thank you, Colonel Kang! But I don't need any help recently..."
Kang Shanxing glanced at the small Flying Vehicle.
Xia Chujian smiled awkwardly. "This is... an unexpected situation. I didn't want it either."
Kang Shanxing laughed. "It's precisely for these kinds of unexpected situations. Your leader cares about you a lot and was afraid you wouldn't be able to find him if something happened, so he asked Marshal Huo and me to take care of you."
Then, he said seemingly casually, "I sent you a friend request as soon as I received his request, but you never accepted it."
He then stared at Xia Chujian, waiting for her to apologize for neglecting his request.
However, Xia Chujian didn't pay any attention to the hidden meaning in Kang Shanxing's second sentence.
She was just extremely touched, thinking that her decision to risk her life to save Meng Guanghui was indeed the right one! Xia Chujian waved goodbye to Kang Shanxing with a flourish, then, carrying her backpack and a gun case she had scrounged from the Special Security Bureau, which contained the conventional weapons she needed to feel safe, she turned and walked through the gate of the Cangge Star Flying Base.
Kang Shanxing looked at her speechlessly, shook his head, and turned back to his small Flying Vehicle.
Xia Chujian had an identity badge, so she easily passed the security check at the gate of the Cangge Star Flying Base.
Even though there were guns and bullets in her gun case, the security check at the gate didn't make things difficult for her.
Because she had become too famous in the Military recently...
Even the security personnel at the gate knew that this was Second Lieutenant Xia, the famous member of the Fourth Interstellar Fleet! As soon as she entered, someone came to lead the way, taking her to an empty conference room and saying, "Please wait here, Second Lieutenant Xia. The other three trainees will be here soon to meet you."
Xia Chujian's lips twitched, wondering how Mao Yonggui and the other two were doing.
She had been gone for two days and two nights plus a morning, almost fifty hours.
She calmed herself down and pretended not to know anything, asking the person, "What about our four Warplanes? I heard they were sealed by the Special Security Bureau?"
The person said, "Yes, the Warplanes were taken away by the Special Security Bureau. I heard they were transported to Beichen Star and handed over to Master Su."
Xia Chujian had already learned about it from Su Buyan and Huo Yushen, but she pretended to have just found out and asked about the details for a long time.
Before long, Mao Yonggui, Chu Qingjuan, and Sang Yadi arrived.
They came to the conference room and saw Xia Chujian already sitting there playing with her Smart Bracelet.
"Chujian, why are you back so soon?!" Chu Qingjuan blurted out in surprise. "Is there such a fast Interstellar Spaceship?"
They were still stuck in the memory of her going home for the weekend and didn't know that she had already pulled off a big one in the Asteroid Belt.
Xia Chujian smiled.
So many trainees and Instructors at the base knew about her rescue mission in the Asteroid Belt.
Xia Chujian didn't need to hide it from her roommates.
So, after waving them to sit down, she told them about her situation over the past two days and nights.
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