Outside the half-collapsed west hall, the smoke from the gunfire was blown away by a gust of wind, and the raindrops from last night were still hanging on the broken branches and leaves, as if the sky had cried.

Audley fell sideways on the ground, his beautiful silver hair mixed with dust, blood and sweat.

He panted deeply in pain, moved with difficulty, rolled over, and turned from sideways to supine.

He heard the ear-piercing sound of crystals growing from flesh and blood, and he looked at the sky with slack eyes, feeling the severe pain and changes in his body.

That's it...is the crystal messed up?

Can't he go back?

In mid-air, a small dot rapidly enlarged.

Audley's chapped lips moved, his vision was slanted, turning black and then graying, but he could barely make out the appearance of the snowdove.

"Ginger..." His voice was almost inaudible, "Don't come here..."

The manic crystal particles are churning like a vortex, turning this area into a forbidden area where you will die if you step into it.

The sound of the wind was like waves, and the mecha snow dove passed through the thin clouds amidst the roar, and was quickly landing at the limit speed.

The cockpit was pushed open, and the Dauphin rolled over in the wind and landed on the wing.

"Your Highness!" Jiang Jianming leaned out from the inside and shouted, his black hair and the collar of his military uniform were messed up: "I really have no problem, please don't force it."

"No." Lai An glanced at the ground that was quickly approaching, "But you can't stay here for too long, a minute at most."

He estimated the frequency of the crystal particle fluctuations in the air, and gestured, "Jump."

Xuejiu slid and landed violently, raising smoke and dust, and Jiang Jianming jumped out of the mecha.

The moment he landed, clusters of red gold crystals bloomed around his body like a shadow, tightly protecting him in this manic and disorderly environment.

There is no need for more communication between the two, Lai An has two purposes, one is to control the crystal particles around Jiang Jianming's body, and the other is to release the crystal bones, grab Donna who is unconscious on the ground and drag her to the mecha!

Jiang Jianming rushed to the door of the west hall in two or three steps. He looked extremely calm, and quickly half-kneeled in front of Audley, and opened the injection box in his hand.

The silver-haired youth struggled and curled up in pain, Jiang Jianming pressed him with his knees and elbows, "Audley, wake up!"

Audley was drenched in sweat, he gradually frowned, smiled hoarsely and shook his head, "Come on, ginger...it's useless."

Jiang Jianming took out an injection and stuck it into the opponent's upper arm: "The third-generation tranquilizer newly developed by the base is effective."

is that useful?Jiang Jianming actually didn't know, because when the leader took out this thing, he just said that he could try it.

Things were serious and time was running out.All thinking is done in an instant: Lauren's crystal bone is not normal, and some black technology emerges from Crystal Cult from time to time, it is obvious that there is a need for a leader...

Apart from the base leader, he was the only one who had a certain tolerance to the high-concentration crystal particle environment and was most familiar with tranquilizer injections.

The next thing was logical, Jiang Jianming stepped forward and pressed the injection box in the leader's hand, and said in a deep voice, "Leader, please let me go."

His Highness Lai An did not stop him, but when he unfolded the snow dove, he stepped in first without warning, and pressed him into the cockpit together.

Ding.

The empty syringe was thrown to the ground.

The chaotic and manic crystal particles became more and more intense, Jiang Jianming took a quick breath, and slowed down by holding the ground with one hand.

The sedative can only be given up to three injections at a time.If Jing Chao hadn't stopped after three needles, all he could do was shoot Audley with his own hands to end the pain.

After the first needle was inserted, the mutation on Audley's body did not show signs of stopping. His hands and feet had already begun to twist and deform, flesh, bones and crystals growing randomly.

"Ah..." The silver-haired young man trembled violently, and the pain caused him to writhe. His bent fingers rubbed bloody on the ground, and Jiang Jianming could hardly hold him down.

"But...but at least," Audley raised his arms in the pool of blood, gasped for breath, and said with difficulty, "I saw you standing on the highest point of the White Emerald Palace, right..."

He gently brushed Jiang Jianming's black hair with his blood-stained fingers. The crystals on it were reflecting the light in the sun that made people want to cry.

The expression of the silver-haired young man suddenly became extremely gentle in pain, "...His Royal Highness the Crown Princess?"

"One day in the future," Jiang Jianming took out the second tube of injection, his hand was steady and his voice was calm, "you will do the same."

His eyes quickly observed the tendency of the crystals to spread, the second needle was pierced to the side of the neck, and the needle pierced deeply into the skin——

"No, I've already…"

Audley trembled and closed his eyes, his breath was vague, "I can't watch... Diana... grow up."

He choked out a sob, "Jiang, you have to help me...take care of..."

Before he could finish his sentence, a large piece of transparent crystal thorns exploded out of Audley's body again, each one as sharp as a steel needle.

Jiang Jianming's pupils shrank suddenly, and he watched the sharp crystal thorns enlarge under his eyes, piercing his right wrist holding the injection!

thump, thump——

Footsteps came from behind, followed by a figure half-kneeling beside him, Lai An clasped Jiang Jianming's wrist!

crackle!The crystal thorn broke, but the crystal bone that Lai An hastily condensed on the back of his hand was also pierced through a crack... a few drops of blood fell down.

Jiang Jianming: "Your Highness!"

Lai An shouted coldly: "Don't look at me, continue!"

Jiang Jianming gritted his teeth and pushed the second injection to the end: "Sorry, I'm already too busy to take care of myself. No one will help you raise my sister. You have to live on your own."

Lai An put his arms around Jiang Jianming's shoulders, and the complete red gold crystal bone parted the platinum curly hair, stretching out from His Highness's back.

The crystal bone inserted into the hard ground like a blade, forcing down the restless crystal particles around it.

The crystal particles on all sides have become extremely chaotic, as if a stormy sea has been set off.

Jiang Jianming took the last needle out of the box with difficulty, Lai An almost used his own body to protect him, and the two worked together to inject the third needle——

"Di...Diana..."

Audley stared blankly, his blue-gray eyes were originally so beautiful, like a proud lone wolf on the snowy field.

Tears flooded the eyes at this moment, "My... Diana..."

With the crackling sound, the tears froze.

No... that's not ice.

It was the crystal particles that condensed on that eyeball, freezing all the emotions in the depths of the eyes.

Crystal flowers grew out of Audley's eyes, and the drop of tears squeezed out of the eye sockets, and slid down on the ice-white cheeks that were also covered with crystals.

The next moment, Jiang Jianming's waist suddenly tightened.Lai An pulled him back and said sharply, "Back!"

A cool breeze brushed the bridge of his nose, and the needle in Jiang Jianming's hand fell to the ground and broke, and he staggered and fell backward——

The dazzling white light covered his vision, and before he could see it clearly, he was pressed into his arms by His Royal Highness's crystal bone, and then he was briefly dizzy.

In the dizziness, the scene engraved on the retina just now was reproduced by the brain belatedly.

——It was countless transparent crystal prisms, with Audley as the center, piercing in all directions, like an explosion or a flower blooming.After about half a minute, the disordered state of the crystal particles gradually stabilized, and Jiang Jianming was let go by Lai An.

Jiang Jianming was panting lowly, his black hair was drenched in cold sweat, he held His Highness's shoulder and looked back, feeling a little dazed for a while.

"……stop looking."

Lai An lowered his eyelids, his voice was a little hoarse, "Acute crystal disorder is a terminal illness, there is no way."

In front of her was a huge messy crystal cluster, and Audrey was held up in the middle, about 70% of her body surface turned into a strange crystal shape, like a beautiful crystal doll.

Her clothes were torn, and there was no room to hide at this moment, whether it was the gender characteristics of a woman or the ethnic characteristics of an amorphous race.

And those eyes covered with crystals were looking sadly and reluctantly in the direction of the two of them.

"..."

Jiang Jianming's face was pale, his body shook when he closed his eyes, a sense of loss of strength swept over his whole body, as if a section of his spine had been smashed.

... Living in this cruel world, how many people are trapped by the shackles in the dark, their hearts are higher than the sky, and their lives are thinner than paper.

Audrey Lance, the young ruler of the Lance family, Diana's "brother", the only close friend in the world who shared with him the suffering and unwillingness of being a disabled human being.

Until she was swallowed by crystals, she couldn't really put on a long skirt and take off her gloves in public.

Only this last glimpse remains.

The cold wind blows through the broken ruins.Lai An was silent, took a deep look at Jiang Jianming, and tentatively held the other's wrist.

He didn't know how to comfort Jiang Jianming, the former Lai An should have been able to, His Highness thought secretly to himself.

Jiang Jianming shook back gently.

At this moment, his wrist phone popped up automatically:

In an instant, Jiang Jianming and Lai An looked at each other in astonishment!

Hope is like a spark rekindled from the ashes, the two turned around at the same time, and turned their suspicious eyes back to Audley in the ice crystal!

To be honest, it doesn't look like it's still alive, but...

Jiang Jianming turned his head suddenly, and said quickly: "Your Highness! Mrs. Donna is still in the mecha, the snow dove cannot be folded, and the medical equipment must be removed separately, as well as the treatment cabin..."

Lai An nodded, and took off his wrist phone, "Go and disassemble the device, and then throw it out!"

The two moved quickly. Jiang Jianming climbed back into the mech, removed the medical equipment in the snow dove in twos and twos, pushed it out along the hatch of the cockpit, and then removed the treatment cabin.

Lai An is below.The weight of the instrument itself is heavy enough, and the treatment cabin is more than three meters high when standing upright. Thanks to the crystal bone, it can be lifted directly, and it crashes on the ground full of transparent crystal thorns.

When Jiang Jianming jumped down from Xuejiu and hurried back, the intellectual brain Seth Henry had already been connected to the instrument by His Highness the Prince.

All kinds of dazzling probes pierced into Audley's body...or the crystal block on the body surface.

On the instrument, the numbers began to jump up and down.

Lai An stared straight at the screen, and said in a low voice: "I've never seen an intelligent brain that automatically turns on and acts autonomously. It's been several times. Has this dog become a spirit?"

Jiang Jianming was dripping with cold sweat, counting the numbers in his heart, and said casually: "No, this should be a dog's brain."

The nonsensical dialogue did not relieve the tension, and every second was a torment.

Until the beating of the data stopped, a series of voices from the intellectual brain Seth Henry sounded again:

<...>

Chronic crystal disorder...late stage.

Jiang Jianming was stunned for a long time, feeling mixed feelings in his heart for a moment, he just felt weak all over and didn't want to move anymore.

The silver-haired aristocratic woman in front of her was still quietly staring at the distant sky with sad eyes, as if she would never blink again.

This is the first time he knows that human beings have prevented the sudden death caused by the acute crystal disorder.

But the acute crystal chaos has already progressed to this level, almost turning a living person into a monster, and the late stage of the chronic crystal chaos itself is in a state of stepping into the gate of hell, so...

"So, next..."

Lai An frowned obviously puzzled, and turned her questioning gaze to the person in her arms, "What should I do?"

Jiang Jianming shook his head wearily: "Two ways of thinking, give her peace of mind."

He bent down to pick up the beam therapy device, and pulled up Lai An's right hand that had just been stabbed: "Or quickly freeze the body, put her into a dormant state, and wait for possible improvements in future medical methods. But..."

However, even if chronic crystal disorder can be cured in the future, will Audrey still be able to wake up?

Even if she wakes up, can her twisted limbs still move, can those eyes still see?

Waking up and facing yourself like a monster, is it another kind of torture that is worse than death?

Jiang Jianming's eyes sank slightly, "Your Highness, if it were me..."

Lai An interrupted him suddenly: "Don't say it."

Jiang Jianming shook his head, "I'm not her relative after all, so I can't make the decision, so I can only tell Diana the truth."

He raised his neck, and a shadow fell on his pale face.The mecha group of Jinrilun came into view in mid-air, and several of them were landing here.

... The matter is not over yet, every second counts on the battlefield, and even the time to grieve over separation is a luxury.

Boom, the exhausted beam therapy device was thrown on the ground.

Jiang Jianming first gently rubbed His Highness's palm with his fingers, then swipe up, and held down the folded Mecha Slashing Comet.

At some point, his eyes have regained composure and tenacity: "Leave Xuejiu's treatment cabin to Audrey, and we will join L- Haidongqing and continue hunting down Lauren."