Dawn Sleep

Eleven o'clock at night, official time in Aslan.

The mess in Star City has been initially rectified.However, the sudden war still easily shattered the psychological defense of most ordinary people.

Inside the air-raid shelter, patrolling police walked around with lights on, while calming everyone's emotions, while distributing blankets and food in turn.

Bunches of orange lights swayed around, illuminating crying children, worried and whispering adults, tired old men... There is an uneasy atmosphere everywhere.

"Mom, woo woo, I'm so scared!"

"Sin, that piece of rubble fell from above, and the little girl was crushed right in front of me, and her brains flowed all over the floor."

"Excuse me, has anyone seen my brother!? Excuse me, may I ask..."

A middle-aged man stopped the patrolling policeman and asked anxiously, "Your Excellency, is there still a war outside Star City?"

The patrolling policeman also had black eyes and a haggard look.He looked at the old uncle who was holding him back, and sighed: "...Yes."

"Can... can you win?"

The patrolling policeman was silent, and gradually, more people in the shelter turned their attention to him.

A few seconds later, the patrolling officer saluted slowly, with a heavy but firm expression, and said word by word: "The empire will surely win."

……

There is no difference between day and night in the universe, countless stars are hidden in the endless darkness, like pairs of eyes quietly watching you at night.

The armed starship of the Crystal Cult is driving in this vast sea of ​​stars.

The bottommost compartment of a large starship.

The spacious, empty cabin was dark with lights and tiny surveillance cameras mounted on the ceiling.The young officer who came from the empire to "throw himself into the net" is now locked inside.

The surrounding area is covered with an electric current network, and the intensity of the electric current is always very high. It is said that even new humans will be electrocuted unconsciously the moment they touch it.

Outside the current network, there are crystal cultists wearing tight combat uniforms and new crystal guns pinned to their waists.

It must be said that it is a bit too exaggerated to use this kind of formation against a disabled human being who has just been tortured to the point of anger.

A young crystal teacher looked into the cabin, and could vaguely see a figure lying there. He could only see a thin skeleton, and his black hair was scattered and his face could not be seen clearly.

The patrol captain patted the young man on the shoulder: "What are you looking at?"

"Poor guy," the young man withdrew his gaze indifferently, "he's dying."

... No matter how calm and composed he is on weekdays, when he should work and go to work, he should go to the mech and go to the mecha, it seems that he is no different from ordinary people.

But in the final analysis, Jiang Jianming is a human with a weak physique and a chronic crystal disorder with mental decline and organ deficiency.

Even if the Crystal Cult immediately took medical measures for him after two hours of torture, the massive blood loss, the mental damage caused by repeated shocks under severe pain, overdose of drugs, and the imbalance of crystal particles in the body... these are all irreparable harm.

Today, disabled people have a high fever.

In the dim cabin, Jiang Jianming's dark eyes were out of focus and he was lying on the deck trembling.His whole body was limp from the heat, and he only felt cold in a daze, and his body trembled slightly as he gasped from time to time.

The throat is as if it has been roasted, and the massive blood loss and high fever can completely dehydrate a person.

The feeling of nausea and thirst repeatedly tormented his nerves. He was unconscious and murmured, "Water..."

The crystal cultists patrolling outside paid no attention, only the captain looked at the small screen hanging on the wall.

That's a monitoring instrument for vital sign data.The numbers and waveforms above are beating weakly, symbolizing the vitality of the prisoners like a candle in the wind.

According to the instructions above, this person cannot be allowed to die, but it cannot be allowed to "live" for the time being.

So they strictly controlled this standard, and let the young officer from the empire remain in this half-dead state, hanging his last breath, to be at ease.

Moreover, it is said that this disabled human being is full of tricks, who knows if this person's current appearance is real or just pretending?

Considering the inherently weak physique and fragile spirit of disabled human beings, it should be true.

But since there is no [-]% guarantee, it is safest to focus on the vital signs data and speak with rational numbers.

Jiang Jianming coughed hoarsely twice, and closed his eyes drowsily.He raised his trembling fingers and held the small necklace on his chest.

...not a necklace, but a ring.

Time passed by every second, and in the cabin, the disabled human beings who had collapsed with a high fever were still losing water.The cold sweat drenched the clothes and dried them, and then got wet again.

He closed his eyes, and the breath from his chapped lips gradually weakened.

In the darkness, at an unknown moment, a young boy's voice suddenly sounded out.

"Hey."

The boy's voice was laughing, but it looked cold in the bloody darkness: "I think he's almost dead, what's going on?"

"This man gave me a bullet, and I haven't settled the score with him properly. His Excellency, the archbishop of your family, promised to leave him to me to play with. Okay, so it turns out that I have only one breath left for me? "

The patrol captain said stiffly: "Your Excellency, Young Leader, he is an important prisoner of the Crystal Cult. We will strictly observe his vital signs..."

The boy interrupted violently: "Hey, fart, he is a crippled human being! Maybe one moment you think he is going to die, and the next moment he dies?"

The dispute outside seemed to last for a short while, the numbers on the monitoring instruments continued to drop silently, but the body temperature had already risen to 41 degrees.

The patrol captain looked inside the cabin again, turned off the power grid, picked up the injection and infusion equipment from the cart next to him, and walked in.

They turned on the light, picked up the hot body of the prisoner inside, and immediately frowned.

The officer of the empire was indeed on the verge of death, his eyes were closed, he was completely unconscious, and he was not breathing very much. It seemed that his condition was much worse than what they inferred from the observation data.

The captain hurriedly asked his subordinates to give him two injections of unknown medicine, and asked someone to give him some glucose water.

The young officer couldn't swallow, his lips were parted and he just opened his mouth weakly. The last bowl of water almost flowed down his pale neck, soaking his clothes.

In the end, the medicine was infused with an injection.

It should have been well controlled to the extent of hanging, but the patrol captain thought about it, and seeing that this disabled human being was already on the verge of death, he lost a little more than hanging.

No more.After 10 minutes of infusion, the crystal teachers walked out of the cabin, turned off the lights and closed the door, and restored the current network.

... In the darkness that had returned to silence, Jiang Jianming slowly opened his eyes, his hair was disheveled and he fell on the ground, panting lowly.

In the darkness, he heard the hiss of breathing coming from his throat, and the scorching breath trembling due to the high fever.

It's really terrible, he smiled bitterly in his heart in a daze, this kind of thing... I really can't do more in the future...

In fact, from the first time Su pierced him with the real crystal but bypassed the throat, and tortured him with the crystal bone without piercing vital organs, Jiang Jianming knew that he had not miscalculated.

The Crystal Sect wasn't going to kill him.

However, its cruel methods exceeded his expectations. At the beginning, Jiang Jianming was going to push through, but the human body has its limit after all.

After two hours, he still couldn't make it through, and completely lost consciousness in the crushing pain.I don't know how long I was in a coma, but luckily I didn't miss anything.

Suddenly, the empty space in front of him flickered, and a projection appeared.

The red-haired boy held the black cat in his arms, looked down at him from above, and said with a smile: "Oh, I read that right, you can still wake up? You have a lot of backbone."

"..."

Jiang Jianming raised his eyelids with difficulty and lowered them again, choosing to remain silent.

He was already awake, but under these circumstances it never hurt to show weakness.

He also recognized the red-haired boy in the projection, Chilong, the young leader of the Lava Pirates Group, and the enemy who had fought against the First Fortress before.

Outside, the patrolling Crystal Cult was changing shifts. Some people looked inside and saw that their allies were talking to the prisoners, so they didn't pay much attention and let them go.

"Hey, disabled people."

Chilong smiled as if watching the excitement, "Your Yin Beidou is about to die, do you know?"

He teased the black cat in his arms, and after a few breaths, he patted the black cat's butt, and the cat jumped away.

Chilong raised his eyebrows and said: "We have all arranged. As soon as the main force of Yinbeidou leaves, the lava will immediately go to blow up your fortress, hang up Yinbeidou soldiers and dry them into dried meat. Guess, that fortress To be blown down first?"

Jiang Jianming coughed twice, and said hoarsely with the taste of blood in his mouth: "...No."

He knew that as long as His Highness was still there, Yin Beidou would not be allowed to transfer troops.

He believes in Ryan's ability. On the battlefield, the crown prince has a different tactical style from him.That will be a sharper and more rebellious force, with an aggressiveness that despises everything from the bottom of its heart...

He could see it, even though His Highness would keep this dangerous factor well in front of him most of the time.

"Look at this poor boy," Chilong squinted, and stretched out his boots to step on Jiang Jianming's face.Of course, you can't step on the projection, it's just an insulting gesture.

"You've had a high fever for almost two hours, and you should burn out your brain soon. It should be an interesting scene for a crippled fool to be the imperial concubine of the empire."

"Cough cough..."

Jiang Jianming frowned in pain, closed his eyes, pressed his heart with trembling fingertips and panted heavily.

Breathing became disordered again, and the lack of oxygen weakened the consciousness that was already difficult to maintain.

In a daze, he bit the tip of his tongue fiercely.He couldn't sleep, and he didn't know when he would wake up from this sleep, and he couldn't do anything if he lost consciousness.

Whether it is for the Crystal Cult who came to the empire on an expedition, or for the empire that needs to expel foreign enemies as soon as possible, ending the war as soon as possible is the best choice.

According to his speculation, the probability of a protracted war is very small.A turnaround should appear shortly.

If it was the empire that ultimately prevailed, he would have been pushed to the front line as a hostage.In short...you cannot be dragged before His Highness in a coma.

But the torment of pain, fever and thirst was too much to bear.He almost lost consciousness a few times just now, and then...

"Little friend," Jiang Jianming gritted his teeth, and suddenly looked at Chilong.He braced himself up, propped up his hot and limp body, and smiled palely, "Can you play chess?"

Chilong was still immersed in complacency, when suddenly he said "children" and he was stunned: "Huh?"

Jiang Jianming said: "Let's play chess, ahem...or play a mock game."

Chilong's eyes widened, and then he laughed maniacally: "Hey, hey, are you already burnt out!?"

Jiang Jianming took a weak breath, leaned against the wall with difficulty, and slowly raised the corners of his lips: "Why, are you afraid of losing to the patient?"

"..."

Chilong's face quickly darkened, "...you are a waste, you are dead."

……

The funny scene just appeared.

In the depths of the Crystal Cult starship, the Imperial Crown Princess and the young leader of the Lava Pirates—the undead enemies, who were separated by a few light-years in the universe, actually started a simulated battle.

Chilong was once shot by Jiang Jianming, wishing to humiliate this crippled human being trampled under his feet, so he sneered and sneered at the city and plundered the land quickly.

Jiang Jianming just wanted to find trouble for himself, so naturally he wouldn't spend too much energy on it, and he didn't care if he lost completely.

When the game was about to finish, Jiang Jianming was almost at his limit, and in order to keep himself awake, he could only keep talking.

"In these years," he asked faintly and feebly, half-conscious, "have you space pirates fought against the Empire... have you ever won?"

"..."

"Being kicked out by the empire...are you tired...consider accepting recruitment?"

"..."

"I've always been curious. Your name is Chilong, and your father's name is Chiyu...cough cough cough...then what was your grandfather's name?"

"..."

Chiron went mad with anger.

But now he was projected here, and he was so angry that he couldn't do anything to Jiang Jianming, and even watched this cripple being given some medicine to hang him halfway.

Until a certain moment, Chilong's eyes suddenly lit up.He clapped and laughed, and moved close to Jiang Jianming: "Good news."

"Celine has already fallen, and the empire's space station will not last long. Do you want to see how Jinrilun's fleet is completely wiped out?"

The red-haired boy called up the three-dimensional star map, deliberately put it in front of Jiang Jianming, and sneered maliciously: "How about it, can the eyes still see things?"

It was dark all around, and the blue star map was very bright.

Jiang Jianming leaned against the corner of the wall, panting for a long time before looking up.The side effects of just taking the medicine were disgusting, he tried to focus his eyes, and finally managed to see something after several efforts.

The changes of the two arrays were lit up on the star map, the pupils of the young officer shrank slightly, and suddenly, the war-torn Zouhai swirled and flowed back into his eyes——

——In the 64th year of the New Emperor's Calendar, at the end of winter and the beginning of spring, the high-dimensional blockade was breached from the inside, the jump restriction disappeared, and the foreign party "Crystal Sect" aggressively invaded.

Many star cities in the empire were attacked, and the most difficult defense battle of Aslan star city lasted for about four hours. The imperial army headed by Jin Rilun fought bravely, and the emperor came to the battlefield in person.

Eventually, the Crystalline starships retreated into space.And in the Lanxishi star system between Star City and the space station, the classic battle known as the "Battle of Lanxishi" in history also slowly kicked off.

The Lanxishi system has only one central star, and its celestial body density is low. It is a stable and safe galaxy.

At that time, Admiral Shilin, who was the admiral of the Imperial Golden Rilun Fleet and the commander-in-chief of the campaign, led the army to a stalemate with the Crystal Cult in this space, advancing the battle line steadily.

However, when the battle progressed to the fifth hour, the Imperial space station suddenly received an enemy attack alarm that alien creatures were approaching.

The stationed starship hurriedly went to destroy it, but unexpectedly fell into the trap.

The alien creatures of the enemy army were just a cover for cover. Under the blind spots created by the alien creatures, [-] small crystal starships equipped with high-destructive main guns joined the battlefield through high-dimensional jumps.

The fleet of the Imperial Space Station was ambushed by enemy starships and pressured by alien creatures. It was broken up by surprise and retreated steadily——

The battle situation of Lan Xishi's battle took a sharp turn for a while.