Chapter 167: Chapter 168: The Super Warrior in the Spaceship Chapter 167: Chapter 168: The Super Warrior in the Spaceship A soldier behind a screen, using a robot to probe the High-dinsional Fragnt, was so startled that his eyes bulged and his mouth hung open. By the ti he regained his composure, he shouted loudly, “Soone co quickly… Captain Zhang has escaped!”
“He’s going to be sucked in!”
Following that, the soldier ca to his senses, “Hurry, hurry! Pull him back!”
…
After an unknown amount of ti had passed…
Zhang Yuan slowly opened his eyes, his head was swirling tumultuously, throbbing as if it had been pierced fiercely by an awl. He lay on the bed, enduring the pain for a few minutes, trying hard not to cry out.
Looking around, it was still the familiar dical bay, bringing him a slight sense of safety. The instrunts showed that he had been unconscious for a week.
Only Lin Xuanxuan was by his bedside, her hand propping up her chin as she dozed off on the table. There was a faint trace of tears on her face—she must have been exhausted these past days.
Seeing the girl by his side brought a mysterious peace to Zhang Yuan’s heart.
It’s good to be back!
It’s good to be alive!
Recalling the final mont, he was still shaken, even sowhat forgetting how he had managed to hold on.
“That was… too dangerous.”
He exhaled a long, turbid breath.
“Ah, you’re awake!” Lin Xuanxuan lifted her head, trying to muster a smile, but a thousand words coalesced into those three. Suddenly, her facial expression beca very distressed, and she couldn’t help crying.
Zhang Yuan smiled foolishly.
“Why, don’t laugh at !”
“Don’t cry, look, I’m alright, aren’t I?” Zhang Yuan said, gently patting her back, “With today’s biological technology, it should be no problem to restore these two legs, right?”
“That’s not so simple! Oh right, I’ll go call the Captain…” Lin Xuanxuan seed to rember sothing, wiping her tears as she jumped up from the stool.
A few minutes later, Captain Zhao and others strode over quickly.
“Zhang Yuan, you’re awake!” Senior Brother Zhao greeted him excitedly, his face showing a look of concern.
“Senior Brother Zhao… how are those two soldiers…” Zhang Yuan asked first thing.
Captain Zhao’s tone noticeably dimd, “Unfortunately, we still haven’t heard from them. In such an unknown situation, we can’t organize a rescue. We simply don’t know what happened…”
Zhang Yuan rubbed his aching head and sighed deeply.
In such a situation, not rescuing was the correct decision.
Besides, so much ti had passed, it was very likely that the window for rescue had gone, and the chances of survival were slim.
A large group of experts had all gathered around, including experts in biology, physics, and cosmology. They had all seen the relevant footage on the surveillance videos and all wanted to know about the incident.
“Mr. Zhang Yuan, could you tell us what exactly happened? How do you feel physically?”
“What exactly was that? Was it a High-dinsional Fragnt?”
“And regarding your legs…”
“I sawed them off myself. That indeed might have been a High-dinsional Fragnt, sothing crafted by a super civilization.” Zhang Yuan sighed, taking roughly half an hour to describe his complete experience in nine-dinsional space.
“…Only in this way could I escape that space.”
“Changing the distribution of mass can change the structure of space?” Captain Zhao and the experts behind him gasped in shock, so taken aback that they turned pale and couldn’t find words for a long while. Even though they had many questions, at that mont, it was as if their brains had collectively crashed.
Given the sa conditions, if it had been them entering that space, survival would not have been guaranteed.
Amputate his own legs? Dr. Zhang was usually so refined, how could he be so ruthless?
After a while, a buzzing conversation filled the dical room.
“But there was no choice… it’s better than suffocating to death.”
“High-dinsional Fragnt, consistent with our speculation.”
“Simply unimaginable!”
“If only we could study it… What is its function? How is it achieved?”
The tone of discussion shifted from initial shock to an increasingly fervent curiosity; so people even admired Zhang Yuan’s resolute decision-making.
Zhao Qingfeng sighed, looking at Zhang Yuan with an odd expression: “You really are… sigh, this ti, we’ve had a stroke of bad luck. Six rooms have been destroyed, and six thousand tons of air have leaked out.”
Zhang Yuan also sighed.
Zhao Qingfeng shook his head quickly, comforting: “This kind of unexpected accident… There’s no need to talk about your responsibility or mine… It’s not sothing human effort could have prevented; to have co this far is already the best possible outco.”
“Thank goodness for your firsthand data; otherwise, we might have to give up exploring this dangerous high-dinsional space… If it’s too dangerous, we’d rather jettison it than keep it aboard the spaceship.”
Zhang Yuan raised his head: “Yes, indeed, although it is a creation of top-tier technology. But like ancient people playing with nuclear bombs, one slip could be fatal… How is that thing now?”
Senior Brother Zhao replied: “That fragnt seems to have cald down now, turned into a… solid? It’s still in the outermost room, monitored by robots. You rest for now, regain your strength; we have a eting at three o’clock this afternoon, and we hope you can attend…”
“That should be fine.” Zhang Yuan nodded.
In the following period, Zhang Yuan first enjoyed a good al, then took a brief rest.
What he cared about and missed the most were his severed legs.
He had been unconscious for a week, the wounds were beginning to heal, and the most painful period was over. But the amputated parts were always very itchy, as if ants were biting, and sotis there was even an illusion that his calves were still there… This was because the nerve endings had not completely died, creating certain illusions in the brain.
“Ah, if it had been the old days when biological technology was undeveloped, I would have had to spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair.” Zhang Yuan said with a wry smile: “Now there’s still a chance for retention… Really bad luck.”
The story spread fast, and now he was regarded as a Super Warrior on the spaceship; many colleagues ca to visit him voluntarily. Escaping from that terrifying place, any normal person would feel genuine admiration.
Especially since that bead was still on the spaceship, the debate over whether to throw it away or keep it was intensely fierce. Without Zhang Yuan’s input, no decision could be made.
“So, do you want to use biological technology to restore your legs, or bionic technology?” Lin Xuanyuan pushed the wheelchair and took him into the conference room. “With just biological technology, it might take a very long ti. The conditions of the current laboratory are quite poor and the procedures complex.”
“Bionic technology is fine too… It’s quick, and less painful.” Zhang Yuan said, “As long as it looks similar and feels similar, and you don’t mind, using it would feel the sa.”
“Mind? Why would I mind? The materials similar to humanoid robots are indeed quite decent. It feels almost like flesh and is even stronger, allowing you to jump higher!”
Talking about this, Lin Xuanyuan suddenly laughed; she was in a good mood: “I’m thinking… why didn’t you cut that off too? You could install bionic… aren’t you guys promoting bionic modification?”
Zhang Yuan looked up, teasing: “I thought about it, but in the end, couldn’t bear it… Could you handle a bionic one?”
Lin Xuanyuan was montarily taken aback and muttered “couldn’t handle it” before she pushed him through the doors of the conference room.
About three hundred people were in the hall, the middle and senior ranks of the entire spaceship. As Zhang Yuan entered, a warm round of applause erupted.
Such an escape required a combination of courage, will, wisdom, luck, and a vast amount of knowledge; no single elent could be missing.
A minute later, under Captain Zhao’s signal, the conference room quieted down.
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