The Most Powerful Brain in the Interstellar Space

Chapter 542 Secret Chain
The officer, who had seemed completely at ease since the meeting, suddenly straightened up.

At that moment, Jiang Hui had no time to care about the commotion of the people around her. She also leaned forward abruptly, hardly believing her eyes.

The news came at this very moment!
Almost simultaneously, both of them unconsciously tried to touch the quantum computer, and just as they were about to collide, they both snapped back to reality at the same time.

Zong Ting withdrew his arm, seemingly realizing he had been somewhat out of line: "I'm sorry." Even though Jiang Hui's personal computer needed to be stored at the military headquarters due to procedural issues, it was still Jiang Hui's personal property. Theoretically, no one had the right to use this personal computer on her behalf except for investigations.

"But we hope you can explain this clearly, as it is very important to us."

This wasn't the first time Jiang Hui had heard something like this. The army commander who had contacted her earlier had said the same thing, but this was the first time she truly agreed with it because it was also important to her.

This secret letter was none other than the one from Huan Xian, who had been missing for a long time.

After she had refrained from using it rashly for so many days and had not revealed the secret link, the other party finally made a move.

Thank goodness, at least she knows she's still alive... at least for this moment.

But why did they have to choose this time? They were caught red-handed by the military. However, judging from this completely cryptic letter, it was clear it wasn't meant for her; it was likely intended for her to deliver.

As for who it's meant to be conveyed to... isn't it obvious?!

Jiang Hui told Huan Xian everything he had told her back then, without hiding anything, even when Zhou Xiuwen asked her about it.

Why didn't she say it back then? Jiang Hui had thought about it too.

Especially given that the person had been missing for a long time, the existence of this secret chain was particularly important; she herself almost couldn't resist using it. But then, remembering what the other party had told her, Jiang Hui ultimately chose to believe Huan Xian, only him.

Speaking of this secret chain, it was about two years ago, around the time when Huan Xian began to act erratically.

His first year at Beska Intermediate Academy was relatively smooth; Jiang Hui and the others could often contact him, and they would occasionally hear him talk about his studies when they sat together. Then, around the latter half of the first semester of his second year, his life seemed to speed up.

His words no longer contained anything related to academics. The people and lives that had been scattered in his few words seemed to have vanished in an instant.

Every time Jiang Hui saw him, he seemed to be changing, becoming more mature and upright day by day. But correspondingly, he spoke less and less, and that youthful lightness that belonged only to him was gradually eroded in front of her.

The other person never said anything, and Jiang Hui never asked anything, but she just knew that this person was undergoing a growth she was unaware of. It must have been a process of radical reshaping, grinding away the little bit of popularity he had gradually acquired over the past year into a thin layer that seeped into his very bones, leaving no trace.

For some reason, Jiang Hui felt a pang of sadness for the other person, though she didn't know why she was sad. It was something everyone should experience at some point in their lives, and perhaps one day she would experience it too, only Huan Xian's had come much earlier.

However, this person possesses such a rare resource, and has only possessed it for a short time... Why take it back so quickly?

Jiang Hui thought that others probably knew as well, and perhaps her friends were losing something in the same way, but no one talked about their sadness when they got together... The only one she couldn't clearly understand was herself; perhaps this was what it meant to be caught up in the situation.

Something happened during the break in the second semester of second grade, something Jiang Hui didn't tell the other three.

A week before school started, Jiang Hui did not go to a summer camp as Stark and his friends thought—that was all a pretext.

In fact, she was taken to a military outpost, where she met Huan Xian, whom she hadn't seen for nearly two months.

The opponent was severely injured. A single photonic nuclear bullet pierced through his chest, going straight through him and penetrating his heart, nearly destroying one side of his heart.

If that were all, it wouldn't be so bad. Although it's a serious injury in interstellar space, it can still be repaired if treated and rescued in time. However, the other party missed the best time for treatment and unexpectedly the virus entered the bloodstream, infecting the heart.

Before Jiang Hui arrived, he had been in a state of emergency and barely clinging to life for a whole month.

When Jiang Hui was brought in, the other person was lying silently on a specially made hospital bed. A special medal hung on the shelf beside the bed, silver and black, with a fierce beast image on it exuding a chilling aura. Although she didn't know much about these things, she could tell from the design that it was a medal of a high rank.

And judging from its placement, this medal should belong to the person still unconscious in the bed. She had a feeling that this thing was very likely related to Huan Xian's serious injury.

But the other person did not get better after her arrival; he remained unconscious.

On the first day, the second day, the third day... Jiang Hui was brought to this ward every day to visit her comatose friend.

She didn't know how to describe that feeling of deathly stillness. Jiang Hui still can't forget those days and nights watching people lie on the bed like that, slowly losing their vital signs...

Jiang Hui wasn't afraid, but felt a pang of sadness for the person who seemed like they would never wake up again.

Fortunately, he was not destined to die. On the seventh day after Jiang Hui arrived, the day before school started, the person in bed woke up and was given a second chance at life.

She still remembers the look in the other person's eyes when they woke up—so pale and empty, unlike anything a human should have. This was the first time Jiang Hui truly realized the incurable desolation in her friend's heart.

Jiang Hui didn't remember much about what happened that day; she only remembered that it was very chaotic, and afterwards she was safely sent home.

Then, a month after the start of the semester, Jiang Hui saw her friend again. Huan Xian had lost a lot of weight but was still in good spirits. When he saw Jiang Hui, he didn't explain what had happened in the past few days to her, but simply spent an afternoon with her in the lab.

Finally, the other party sent her a strange link and told her that this secret link could only be used once and was one-way, and that she should keep it for now and not worry about it.

For the next few years, Jiang Hui almost forgot about it, until Huan Xian went missing recently... and she remembered that such a thing existed.

(End of this chapter)