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Chapter 1248: Chapter 1247: Search and Rescue and Consequences

"Do you know Iron Mask?" Jian Feng asked.

Yang Chenxi nodded slightly.

Iron Mask had always hidden himself very deep, but his strength was extremely strong. Although she had seen him only a few times, Yang Chenxi still remembered him clearly, especially that mask on his face.

"Back then, when we sent Iron Mask away, the boss told me that he was going to bring us all back in one piece!" Jian Feng took a deep breath. "He told me that more than once, but on the battlefield, where do you find a war without deaths?" freewebnøvel.coɱ

"No matter how powerful, how fierce we are, bullets don’t have eyes! The enemy is afraid of us, they might run when they see us, but bullets won’t run when they see us. They come straight at you, and you don’t even have time to dodge. Every time a brother died, the boss would go quiet for several days, sitting outside every night smoking, cigarette after cigarette. It hurt just to watch him. I know, he was blaming himself, he felt guilty. He took too much on his shoulders. He’s just one man, but he has to carry the lives of all of us..."

"We’re special guards! Flame Country’s special Guard King unit, the very best... We’re not like ordinary guards doing a term of service and then getting discharged after a few years. People like us... it’s a lifelong career. The day you start is the day you sign on for life... Our lives belong to the country too. To die for the nation is what it means to be a guard; to be wrapped in a horsehide shroud is nothing, we’re willing. But the boss has to guarantee our safety, take responsibility for the families behind us... He’s said more than once that he has to get us safely off the front lines. The incident at sea was an opportunity, but for us it was a mission with ten deaths and no life. Our lives all belong to the country; to sacrifice for the nation, we don’t hesitate! If we all died, we’d all be heroes, that’s nothing... But I survived! The boss survived! Night Fire survived! We..."

The hand Jian Feng used to hold his cigarette was trembling slightly.

Sometimes death itself isn’t what’s frightening. What’s frightening is facing the departure of your friends, your brothers...

All of a sudden, there’s just one less person in the world...

The one who used to sit next to you and eat...

The one who used to sleep in the bunk above or below you...

The one who used to get drunk with you and act crazy...

The one who once took a bullet for you...

The one who once saved your life...

...

The tip of Yang Chenxi’s nose stung a little as well. She didn’t know why, but in her heart there seemed to be a resonance, as if she too had once gone through all this...

"There were only a few of us left as it was! Now Night Fire’s ended up like that... and now the boss too... I thought we’d be able to find the rest of the brothers... and now... it’s like reality gives you a vicious slap, forces your mouth open to smile, then immediately makes you cry!" Jian Feng said through gritted teeth.

Yang Chenxi opened her mouth but couldn’t speak.

The two of them fell silent.

The sea wind howled, blowing their hair around.

After a long time, Yang Chenxi said, "Yang Chen will wake up."

Jian Feng also took a deep breath, looked at Yang Chenxi, and said seriously, "Thank you, sis-in-law! I know what I need to do. If my brothers really have had the misfortune to die, I still have to bring their bodies home, not leave them soaking in seawater!"

A faint smile tugged at the corner of Yang Chenxi’s lips.

Seeing this, Jian Feng couldn’t help but worry. "You know... if my boss wakes up, what he wants to see definitely isn’t you like this... Please take care of yourself!"

Yang Chenxi gave a small smile, turned, and stepped down off the reef.

She knew even better what Yang Chen wanted to see...

Toward evening.

A hundred rescue boats were towed over, along with five warships patrolling.

This night was destined to be sleepless.

The appearance of so many rescue boats threw the Yun family into panic.

Anyone would panic; the numbers were simply too large. They all thought someone was about to launch an attack on the Yun family.

Even Yun Haotian had to go to Elder Zu and have him go ask Kun Yao what exactly was going on.

Only after Kun Yao explained did they finally relax.

However, the Yun family also provided a lead.

They said that when they had gone up to the Forgetful Spring in the back mountain to draw spring water, they seemed to have seen someone moving around nearby. At the time they’d even sent people to search, but they hadn’t found any trace.

This piece of information drew extreme attention from Jian Feng and the others, and they focused their search on the back mountain.

That night, they searched Penglai Island with all their strength, using Penglai Island as the center and radiating out in all directions.

But the results were not very good.

Lights flickered on Penglai Island all night, and the sound of engines drifted into people’s ears from time to time, making it hard to sleep.

...

One day...

Two days...

The results were still not good.

Next, they would have to search those hidden reefs out in the surrounding fog banks.

Because the reef areas were shrouded in thick fog and full of rocks, the search speed would be much slower.

That day.

Professor Qian and the Yun family professor who was working with him on the Soul Returning Powder antidote met in secret in an office to discuss.

"Based on your experience, is Xiaoxin’s condition normal?" Professor Qian asked worriedly.

The few of them exchanged glances, and also understood that the Xiaoxin Professor Qian referred to was Yang Chenxi.

One of the Cabinet Elders frowned in thought for a moment, then said slowly, "According to our experience, the effect Forgetful Spring has on the brain is far stronger than any drug. Though it doesn’t cause any damage to the brain itself, once the brain is separated from the control of Forgetful Spring, it feels extremely bad. So before anyone uses Forgetful Spring, we always explain to them what they’ll have to endure, have them mentally prepared: if they can accept it, they drink; if they can’t, they shouldn’t. Under normal circumstances, as long as one stops drinking Forgetful Spring for seven days, they’ll recover. Of course that time isn’t fixed. From past experience, the longest case held out for fourteen days! The person lost a whole circle of weight, and it took a full year afterward to recover."

Professor Qian’s face was full of worry.

"During the period when they stop drinking Forgetful Spring, the brain starts sending out intense signals because it can’t adapt to the sudden lack of supply. During this time they may experience insomnia, loss of appetite, mental absentmindedness, anxiety, irritability... In more severe cases, there can be nervous breakdowns, depression, and so on... But if it’s eased with Water Lingzhi, at most it’s just a few days of insomnia. However... in Yang Chenxi’s case... it’s hard to say. From what we see she just looks a bit haggard, a bit insomniac; but under Water Lingzhi, it shouldn’t be this serious."

"But you have to consider that she had already developed amnesia before! And you also said that when you found her, she’d been unconscious for a long time! It’s very possible her brain suffered trauma. If the medicinal effect of Forgetful Spring fades, will that brain trauma end up damaging her original memories?" Professor Qian pushed up his glasses, as thick as the bottoms of beer bottles, and asked anxiously.

"This..." The few of them looked at each other; none of them could say for sure.

"Professor!" The door was pushed open by Meng Po, who shouted anxiously, "Yang Chenxi has fainted!"

"What!" Professor Qian’s face changed in an instant. He shot to his feet and asked urgently, "Where is she?"