That night.

The fierce fighting finally ceased temporarily.

The twin blue moons of Alien Star hang high, the black sky is still snowing, and the fires that burned after the bombing have not been extinguished in several places.The wind is blowing, and the fire is shaking in the snowy night.

In the eastern part of the fortress, the imperial soldiers who had fought for a day were exhausted.

Many people directly find a place that can block the wind among the dilapidated buildings, put on warm blankets, keep weapons and water at hand, and just lean or lie down to rest.

A figure hurriedly walked.

Jiang Jianming pulled up the collar of his military coat in the cold wind, covering half of his pale and handsome face.The exhaled white mist rose up along the edge of the collar, and even the eyes were blurred.

Still a bit late.

He was also cautious, fearing that the lava would backfire, so he turned back halfway and arranged some people behind.When arrived at Beta Alien, chatted with Lieutenant General Jin who stayed behind for a long time before rushing over. The battle was over.

Jiang Jianming was somewhat frustrated.For him, it was the first time that he was only responsible for making suggestions, but failed to visit the front line in person.

He climbed the broken steps, looking around panting.The field of vision is much brighter, this is the highest floor of the East District.

Among the soldiers resting around, whoever saw his face first called out, "Colonel Jiang?"

Jiang Jianming turned around following the sound and saw a Jinrilun soldier with a face full of dust, so he nodded gently at him: "Well, I'm here. Work hard, take a good rest."

As soon as he made a sound, the soldiers who were lying on both sides of the corpse woke up one after another. They helped each other to stand up, and turned on the lights of their wrist phones in twos and threes.

"It's Colonel Jiang."

"His Royal Highness is here?"

More and more people gathered here, but no one dared to block the way, they just clustered on both sides, with expressions of excitement and worry, talking in one go:

"Colonel Jiang, why did you come here in person? There are still some sporadic activities of alien creatures, and those who are on duty at night are stepping up their removal. Don't run around alone!"

"And we just finished fighting those bastards of the Crystal Sect, and the concentration of crystal particles is extremely high. Otherwise, you should go back to the rear after your inspection, we promise to win the battle and go back!"

"Does the colonel want to find His Royal Highness Ryan? Let us brothers go and look for it, please sit down and rest for a while..."

The surroundings were half dark, Jiang Jianming walked quickly, and he didn't know which soldier took off his coat and wanted to wrap it around his shoulders. He pushed back one piece dumbfoundedly, and stuffed the second one over.

"No, no, you have worked hard, sit and lie down and don't get up... Has anyone seen His Highness?... Don't give me any more clothes, really, I don't need sedatives..."

Jiang Jianming was helpless and a little moved by these people. He wondered if he won the last war, and he didn't see the soldiers so excited?

If you think about it carefully, it seems that after winning the counterattack against the Crystal Sect last time, he was sent directly to rescue...

So let's just say, I can't blame others for staring at me with that kind of frightened eyes every day, at least I can't blame it all - Colonel Jiang finally realized this, although it was a bit too late.

He was just thinking wildly, stepping on the snow all the way forward.Ryan's communication seems to be down, and he has been unable to get in touch.Some soldiers along the way said that they had seen His Highness in the East District after the retreat, but no one could point out the direction clearly.

After a fierce battle, it is actually very scary to lose contact and still not be able to find a trace.

Jiang Jianming thought for a while and avoided this crowded place.He carefully climbed the broken black wall and looked down along the outer wall of the fortress.

I remember that in the past, that person would occasionally like to sleep outside the fortress, or run out to blow snow in the early morning.

He complained that His Highness is like a wild thing, he doesn't live at home, and wants to build a nest outside the eaves.

Now that have returned here after a long absence, maybe will accept the bed.No, recognizing the nest... seems even more wrong.

Jiang Jianming searched slowly for about five minutes, then suddenly his eyes froze.

……found it.

Sure enough, Ryan was in a fort opening on the outer wall, with his back against the wreckage of the building, and a thin handful of snow had fallen on the corners of his sleeves.His eyes were closed, his breathing was ragged, and he rested one hand on his propped knee.

The curly hair, which was wet with sweat, was stuck to the forehead and the ears, and together with the long and warped eyelashes, it was reflected by the distant firelight into deep and shallow golden red.

His Highness.

Jiang Jianming's heartbeat speeded up without a trace. He thought Ryan was falling asleep from exhaustion, and he swallowed the call that was about to be spoken.

He climbed over the wall, turned on the lighting function of the wrist computer, found a foothold, and slowly moved down.

Soon, the military boots stepped on the alloy steel plate on the outer wall.

He slowed down and approached step by step.

Unexpectedly, after only a few steps closer, Ryan suddenly opened his eyes and looked up, with a flash of violence.

People who have just returned from the battlefield are too sensitive to the sound of quietly approaching footsteps.The crown prince's eyes were still covered with a thick fog, and his limbs tensed instinctively, and the crystal bones were about to pierce out——

"Your Highness, it's me."

The red gold crystal bone stopped suddenly in midair.

The field of vision was solid, the moon was under the snow, and the disabled human beings in the silver Beidou military uniform looked over peacefully.

Ryan woke up.

He woke up, but for a moment he wondered if he was dreaming. After a while, he slowly frowned: "Jiang...!?"

Jiang Jianming smiled at him: "Well, I've passed."

Only then did Ryan see clearly that Jiang Jianming stepped on a very narrow iron pipe protruding from the outer wall, and the distance above was almost vertical, and he didn't know how he got down.

Now the surrounding area is full of night, and it is freezing everywhere. Once the foot slips or a piece of alloy steel plate breaks, it will be too late to open the folding mecha when it falls, and there is no way to save it.

——The crown prince, who was like a god of murder during the day, was so frightened that his hands and feet were cold, and he opened his mouth and wanted to sternly: "Don't...!!"

Suddenly realized again, fearing that the loud noise would make the other party flustered, so he insisted on holding back the sound that was about to yell, "...don't, don't move."

Jiang Jianming was confused: "What?"

Ryan: "You stop, stand where you are."

Ryan quickly got up, stepped over in two or three steps, and stretched his arms——

Jiang Jianming only felt a flash in front of his eyes, and the next second he was hugged by his waist.He lifted his feet off the ground and opened his eyes slightly: "Your Highness!"

The smell of gunpowder smoke and blood penetrated faintly into the nostrils.

Ryan closed his eyes and took a breath, hugged him tightly, rubbed his cheek against his face, then shook his arms to hold him more firmly.

Those emerald eyes opened again, slightly reflecting the face of the black-haired youth.Ryan's voice was even hoarse than usual: "...Ginger."

Jiang Jianming was half surprised and half amused, and put his hands on Ryan's shoulders: "So you still have the strength to hug me? All right, all right, let me down."

Ryan didn't let go, but directly hugged Jiang Jianming and walked back to the corner where he was just leaning against, and slowly put him inside.

"when will you."

Ryan pushed Jiang Jianming, almost touching the tip of the latter's nose, gritted his teeth and said in a sullen voice, "Only in this way can I develop the self-consciousness that a patient should have, and don't scare me so much."

"?" Jiang Jianming just felt that it was outrageous, he grabbed Lean's collar with his backhand, "I asked you to find the third floor from the first floor of the East District, and I was about to go to the medical area to pick up the seriously injured and corpses, now you say I scare you?"

"..."

The night wind was blowing snow particles in the distance, and the two of them just hid at the mouth of a fort on the outer wall of the fortress, staring at each other for a long time.

After a while, they let go resentfully at the same time.

never mind.

Bickering without results should be terminated in due course.

"Let me send a message to Major General Xie," Jiang Jianming sighed, "Just say that our Crown Prince has built a nest on the outer wall of the fortress, so don't look for it."

Ryan sat down, stretched out his hand to hug Jiang Jianming, and hummed softly to motion him to come over.

Jiang Jianming used his wrist phone to send the message of safety, but he didn't dare to post him as usual, and said cautiously: "Your Highness is not injured."

"No, listen to my business." Ryan forcefully pulled Jiang Jianming into his arms.The temperature is too cold at night, and there is no treatment cabin to lock people in now, if it freezes, something will happen.

"We fought all day today. The control rights of the first and fourth main cores were successfully regained, and the northern and eastern districts were basically taken back. However, the large systems of the other three districts were destroyed by them. If they want to take it back, they can only rely onThe manpower is reckless."

"Right now, the starships are confronting each other in the Alpha extraterrestrial space, and the mecha troops are inside the fortress. Looking at the situation, it is very likely..."

Ryan's eyes darkened: "It will be difficult to fight in three to five days. It may turn into a protracted war."

Jiang Jianming nodded, "I understand."

Their battle plan did not fail, rather it was executed smoothly.

But it did not achieve the best results.

Crystal taught this group of people, which was more difficult than imagined.

The cold wind bit the fortress bitterly.Ryan looked at the snow flow outside, and stroked Jiang Jianming's black hair casually with his fingers.

Suddenly, Jiang Jianming asked again: "Is Your Highness not injured?"

Ryan: "No. Do you smell blood? It's someone else's."

Jiang Jianming was silent for a while, and said in a low voice: "The crystal bone you released just now is very unstable, and the speed is much slower."

He stretched out his hand, trying to uncover the corner of Ryan's clothes, but his wrist was held down.

"Don't look." Ryan whispered.

"There is a bit of backlash."

Jiang Jianming's chest felt cold, he resisted the convulsion that suddenly spread up his throat, took away Ryan's hand, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Have you been sedated?"

"Jiang." Ryan stubbornly refused to show him under the clothes, "Listen to me, it's a normal range of backlash, but it's uncomfortable to see."

Jiang Jianming: "I'm not so afraid to see blood."

"It's very late, your current physical condition is very poor, and you need a stable mental state before going to sleep."

Jiang Jianming: "Yes. But if you don't show me, I may not be able to sleep at all tonight."

Ryan sighed and gave up his resistance.

Jiang Jianming went around behind him and carefully opened the corner of his clothes.Every new human has a different preference when releasing crystal bones. Lai An likes to release relatively large crystal bones on the back, especially the line between the shoulder blade and the spine, so if there is a backlash, this area will be the first to suffer.

That piece of the back was exposed to the freezing air.

Jiang Jianming's pupils trembled, he took a deep breath, his face was pale and his teeth trembled: "You..."

He didn't see the normal backlash phenomenon: the kind of tragic situation where the human body's skin and flesh are ripped open and the blood flow is not stopped because of the excessive use of crystal bones.

Sparkling red gold crystals covered most of Lai An's back.

Under a layer of crystals, a fuzzy rotten soft red can be vaguely seen.

——In order to reduce the decline in state caused by blood loss as much as possible on the battlefield, when backlash occurred, he chose to use crystal bones to seal his cracked flesh and prevent blood from flowing out.

But the more so, the stronger the backlash in the later stage.

So now, this brutal treatment of drinking poison to quench thirst has caused almost two-thirds of Lai An's back to rot, and the blood plasma and meat paste are mixed together, which is horrible.

Jiang Jianming couldn't bear it anymore, he slammed on the ground and coughed violently.

The author has something to say:

It's rare to see the battle-damaged little Highness ww

Lai: Will a small injury prevent me from picking up ginger and holding it high?Certainly not.