Chapter 2551 - 2543: The Feisty Ninth Sister-in-law

Chapter 2551: Chapter 2543: The Feisty Ninth Sister-in-law

Feng Jun regretted it, but Yi Jue’s eyes suddenly lit up, "Mind your true feelings?"

"I’m just speaking casually, you focus on recovering your Spiritual Energy," Feng Jun responded offhandedly, "Dawn will arrive, we may need to relocate."

It’s not a maybe, but definitely a must to relocate. Their current position is outside Xiajing City’s defense circle. Fooling around during the night is forgivable with probably not too severe consequences, but at daylight not running is not an option!

However, Yi Jue questioned directly, "Why relocate when we can activate the Rain Prayer Array at dawn?"

Activate the Rain Prayer Array at dawn? After contemplating, Feng Jun replied, "Better to activate it now, I’ll first initiate a Golden Core Stage Rain Prayer Array, making reality seem illusory and vice versa, and see how they react."

Yi Jue blinked, "Creating an illusion... Multiple Rain Prayer Arrays that can be used simultaneously?"

"Exactly," Feng Jun nodded, searching around before selecting a stadium to deploy the Rain Prayer Array.

Xiajing does have a stadium, quite large; however, due to lack of protection, it had been blasted into ruins by the Insect Race. No one resisted or even hid there, the surrounding area was deserted, although trash had been dumped here.

Feng Jun started setting up the Rain Prayer Array, and within ten minutes, Xiajing’s military discovered an anomaly, momentarily overjoyed, "Rain is coming, this is fantastic, finally we can lower the combat intensity a bit... The cloud formation is unusual."

"Could it be those guys from Zuo Jing have arrived?" The observation room became lively all of a sudden, "That would be great."

In the next moment, meteorological experts were called, and after some analysis, the experts stated the appearance of rain clouds was very strange, likely a Meteorological Weapon, and its characteristics were very similar to Zuo Jing’s rain clouds.

"But there’s still rain in Zuo Jing," someone had already confirmed the situation.

"This isn’t surprising," someone casually analyzed, "If such a weapon exists, appearing in two sets isn’t abnormal, right?"

"Which means... we too can artificially release fog?" The military consultant’s adaptability was sharp, "This can deter the enemy and boost civilian confidence."

"This matter requires caution," finally a high-ranking leader expressed, "We aren’t sure if these rain clouds are what we think they are. Secondly, even if we guessed right, we need to consider whether the other side can accept such a hitchhiking..."

These concerns indeed exist objectively, so the result of everyone’s discussion is... wait a bit and see how the situation develops.

Soon, the rain really started to fall. After collecting the rainwater, the people of Xiajing tested it, finding no abnormalities, but soon they received another news: Zuo Jing’s rain had stopped.

Logically, Zuo Jing’s rain stopping has nothing to do with Xiajing, but the people of Xiajing were still thrilled because they suspected that the focus of that force’s operation had begun to shift toward Xiajing.

This sounds a bit wishful thinking, but many believe it is highly possible, so people began looking for anyone in Xiajing who might have interacted with that mysterious force.

The primary suspects are three individuals: Chen Jiu, Salina, and Sister Qin. However, the most suspected, Chen Jiu, was already severely injured, currently hiding and receiving treatment in a hospital.

Chen Jiu’s injury had long been confirmed by the military, given that he had not been cooperating well all along, the military cared little for him, letting him receive treatment in his own hospital—after all, you have medicine, we can save some supplies.

It was precisely because of his injury that the military’s surveillance relaxed considerably—he wouldn’t last a few days, there’s no need to keep a close eye.

But once the rain clouds arrived, things changed, the military quickly dispatched personnel to the hospital to learn about Chen Jiu’s condition, even prepared to forcibly wake him from deep coma.

The consequence of forcibly waking him would be potentially destructively exploiting Chen Jiu’s body, likely leading to death the same day.

However, the military couldn’t care less, if sacrificing one Chen Jiu could bring Xiajing City major opportunities, they would really consider doing it—in the end, even if not forcibly woken, Chen Jiu couldn’t hold on for many days.

However, Chen Jiu and others had long considered these possibilities. After Feng Jun left, the hospital had taken a series of actions, including but not limited to deleting surveillance footage.

When military personnel entered the hospital, they saw Chen Jiu still soaking in repair fluid, accompanied by Ninth Sister-in-law, Chen Jiu’s two children, and a company employee.

If not checked thoroughly, ordinary instruments would not detect Chen Jiu’s recovery state, brain waves seemed slightly stronger, but the monitored medical equipment had been tampered with, his current status looked merely "acceptable."

This didn’t surprise the visitors, they knew Chen Jiu’s injuries well, maintaining like this was already quite good.

They briefly inquired about the situation, then issued the military’s order intending to forcibly wake the wounded.

At the critical moment, Ninth Sister-in-law spoke up, expressing her desire to understand the consequences of forcibly waking her husband—if they weren’t willing to explain, the hospital’s medical staff weren’t just one or two people.

The military didn’t conceal the consequences, stating Chen Jiu might die within a few hours after awakening, and the possibility of failing to awaken also existed, potentially directly leading to Chen Jiu’s death.

However, they also pointed out that Chen Jiu’s injuries couldn’t possibly improve, the only difference being in how many days he holds out, there is even a considerable possibility he would never wake, if they help awaken him now, he might at least speak a few words.

Simply, it was: this guy is doomed, waking him now would still leave a last word or something.

Ninth Sister-in-law immediately opposed, saying from our perspective, if he can live one more day, he should live one more day. We don’t mind whether he’s conscious. If you insist on doing this, the hospital will record the entire process and file complaints against the military for reckless disregard of human life.

The military hesitated at this point, thinking Chen Jiu’s family shouldn’t oppose, as they were all residents of Frontier Star, they should look upon life and death lightly, rather end the pain early than suffering while alive.

Of course, because of the military’s order, forced execution was permissible, various measures of martial governance naturally applied during wartime, but unfortunately, Chen Jiu’s family was threatening with recording.

This threat somewhat troubled the military, according to wartime management regulations, civilians should unconditionally cooperate with various military actions, but such "various actions" also had implicit preconditions, that being... not a suicidal action.

Again, practically suicidal actions could force warriors to execute, but it can’t be asked of civilians.

And forcibly waking Chen Jiu was practically a certainly fatal action, from common sense, whether Chen Jiu dies a few days earlier or later doesn’t make much difference, but from legal and logical perspectives, the military doing so was still suspected of murder.

Worse still, the hospital belonged to Chen Jiu, their communication process earlier was probably already recorded, even if the recording is forcibly halted now, some videos might have already been leaked.

During wartime, such things are unpredictable, but undoubtedly, once videos leak, it would certainly affect the military’s image, even severely shake the confidence of Xiajing City’s citizens in resisting the Insect Race.

If Chen Jiu belonged to a non-related small household, the military might consider scaring them a bit, but the Chen Family not only was a prominent surname but also had tens of thousands of people in the Chen Clan Association, this hornet’s nest really can’t be stung casually.

The military tried earnestly persuading Ninth Sister-in-law. In their intelligence, this woman was a quite typical Frontier Star personality, straightforward, decisive in actions, disliking beating around the bush.

But Ninth Sister-in-law refused them outright, "Enough said, I’ve heard his last words long ago, now I just want him to die a slow, gradual death... What if he pulls through?"

"There’s no ’what if’," the military doctor pronounced his professional judgment, "If the corroded area were smaller, he might have a chance of becoming a vegetable, but with such large and deep wounds... he’s definitely doomed!"

"If it weren’t martial law time, I’d definitely give you a big slap," Ninth Sister-in-law glared at him, coldly speaking, "Can’t even speak like a person, I’m curious how you grew up."

But the military doctor ignored her anger, "But you’re still not able to hit me, because it is indeed wartime management now, I also don’t like hypocrisy, what’s dead is dead, what’s alive is alive... as if I say he’s not dead, he really won’t die?"

At this point, he actually shook his head disdainfully, "During wartime, a doctor’s time is most precious, efficiency is saying things directly. To beat around the bush for some meaningless rhetoric... that’s wasting our war resources!"

"Waste your ***’s waste, it’s not your family dying," Ninth Sister-in-law tried to charge forward but was stopped by others, "Frontier Star lives are supposed to be worthless? How did something like you come out of the military!"

The military doctor coldly looked at her, "My family is also from Frontier Star, five people have died in two years."

Ninth Sister-in-law was unmoved, yelling loudly, "Then have the guts to leave your name, when the war ends, I will come visit!"

Of course, the military doctor wouldn’t disclose his name, he rolled his eyes, "Boring!"

"Coward!" Ninth Sister-in-law snorted disdainfully, then raised her voice, "Today I put this statement here, if you want to forcibly awaken my husband... You’ll have to cross over our bodies, mother and sons three!"

Then she glanced at the seven or eight-year-old boy beside her, "Lao Shiyi, use your account, seek help from the Chen Clan Association!"

"Holy crap, in the middle of the night, can anyone sleep?!" someone shouted, "This is a hospital!"

Treatment on the negative fourth floor wasn’t only for Chen Jiu, there were other patients in the wards as well, and the negative fourth floor was a relatively safe level, anyone residing here was either rich or noble. Even though it had lost most hospital functions, services were relatively better.