When Chen Yansheng, Sun Jiahao, and Li Dali ran back from the restroom, they, like Sang Yadi, Mao Yonggui, and Chu Qingjuan, knelt on the ground to express their gratitude.
Chen Yansheng was already known as Sister Xia's number one lackey.
This time, he had already stated that being a regular lackey wasn't enough; he had to be Xia Chujian's Personal Guard lackey.
In short, wherever she went, he would go!
Sun Jiahao and Li Dali were both older, and their emotions ran even deeper than Chen Yansheng's.
For the people of the Beichen Empire, Gene Evolution could only occur before the age of eighteen.
This had become a common-sense iron rule.
After eighteen, there had never been a successful case of Gene Evolution.
But this time, their bodies, far beyond the age of eighteen, had indeed changed.
This feeling of Gene Evolution was not their illusion.
They could even feel their own and each other's Mental Strength, and even had a small exchange! Xia Chujian was also surprised.
Especially Sun Jiahao and Li Dali, who were both middle-aged men nearing fifty, could actually achieve Gene Evolution!
This showed that the power of Kong Sang was even greater than she had imagined! This really had to be hidden well...
This was a stroke of luck, and she didn't want her own treasure to be forcibly taken away by the powerful and the Royal Family.
Xia Chujian composed herself and said, "This is your own opportunity; I'm just a small catalyst."
"Come on, don't rush to be happy, let's save the rest of the people!"
As more and more people were awakened, under the command of Sang Yadi and Mao Yonggui, the rescue work proceeded in an orderly manner.
More and more people, after waking up, went to the restroom and discovered that they had achieved Gene Evolution.
"Ahahaha! I never thought! I'd have this day!"
"I'm already thirty years old this year! How could I have achieved Gene Evolution!"
"What exactly is going on?! Weren't we poisoned?!"
"How exactly was the poison cured?"
"Was it the water we drank?"
A group of people clamored, extremely excited.
Moreover, as more and more people drank the fresh Blood Kirin Kong Sang water, not only were they detoxified, but they also achieved Gene Evolution!
Chen Yansheng was the busiest at this time.
While helping to pour water for the Starry Sky Marines who had not yet been detoxified, he babbled, "Remember! It was our Sister Xia! Captain Xia Chujian who detoxified us!"
"We all owe her a life!"
"You kid even had Gene Evolution! That's owing two lives!"
"Remember! We can detoxify and also have Gene Evolution, all because of Captain Xia Chujian!"
"If I ever find out who dares to betray her, I, Chen Yansheng, will personally take your dog life!"
The entire hall was filled with Marine Corps soldiers who were waking up one after another.
There were Marine Corps soldiers running out of the restroom, ecstatic, and there were also people who had already experienced a period of emotional fluctuations, with smiles on their faces, watching those newly awakened Marine Corps soldiers, repeating the kind of post-disaster ecstasy they had experienced before, and the surprise of winning the Star Network lottery.
An hour later, everyone had drunk the detoxifying water.
They calmed down, feeling the changes in their bodies, and many people couldn't control their Mental Strength very well, almost attacking each other.
Of course, none of it was intentional.
Moreover, everyone's Mental Strength levels were different.
Depending on individual qualities, some people, once they evolved, were Rank B, such as Sun Jiahao, Li Dali, and Sang Yadi.
Some were Rank C, such as Mao Yonggui, Chu Qingjuan, and Chen Yansheng.
Xu Teng and the other eight base students were only D-Rank.
The remaining Starry Sky Marines were all E-Rank.
Although E-Rank is the lowest level in Gene Evolution, it is already vastly different from ordinary people.
After everyone's excitement subsided, they quietly pondered what this change meant for their lives.
Among these people, Chen Yansheng understood the situation of Gene Evolution in the Beichen Empire the most.
He wasn't a Gene Evolver before, but his parents and older brother were all Gene Evolvers.
Moreover, his mother was involved in researching the history and current state of Gene Evolution, so she understood even more what this scene meant for the Beichen Empire.
He pulled Xia Chujian onto the raised platform in the middle of the Bottom Level Passage hall, gestured downwards, and said loudly, "Everyone in the Marine Corps, all pilots, today we were able to escape death thanks to one person, our Captain Xia Chujian!"
As he spoke, he took the lead in applauding and saluted Xia Chujian.
Xia Chujian was a little embarrassed, but considering that she had indeed saved them and helped them achieve Gene Evolution, she accepted it calmly.
However, she didn't plan to share all the truth with them.
Xia Chujian also raised her hand and gestured downwards, using the hall's intercom, her voice slow and steady, "Comrades, while we rejoice in our own changes, I would like to first mourn those comrades who died in this operation."
"A total of 20,020 of us came to this planet, and now only 2,117 survive."
"The 17,999 who died are our comrades."
"Now, I will display their names one by one on this virtual display screen."
As Xia Chujian spoke, the Airship's Mechanical Intelligence, with the help of Seven Lù, displayed the names of the 17,999 deceased on the virtual display screen.
The names were arranged first according to the Interstellar Fleets, from the First to the Fifth Interstellar Fleet.
Then, within each fleet, they were arranged according to the rank.
People with the same rank were arranged according to the pronunciation order of their surnames.
The first names displayed were those of the Starry Sky Marines from the First Interstellar Fleet.
They suffered the most casualties.
Out of 5,000 people, only 500 survived the first time.
Then, in the second wave of battle, those 500 people were also completely annihilated.
All the Starry Sky Marines from the First Interstellar Fleet were killed in action.
Then came Second Lieutenant Lin Xiaoxiao and Hui Zhifeng, pilots from the Second Interstellar Fleet.
Next were the Starry Sky Marines from the Second Interstellar Fleet.
They also suffered many casualties, but more than 200 of them were still alive, at least not completely wiped out.
When the names reached the casualty lists of the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Interstellar Fleets, everyone discovered that all those killed in action were Starry Sky Marines, and not a single Second Lieutenant-level pilot was among them.
Before the 17,899 names on the First Interstellar Fleet's casualty list were completely displayed, some more sensitive people noticed that the names of four people were neither on the casualty list nor among the survivors.
Sang Yadi was the first to ask, "Captain Xia, we had a total of 20,020 people, 2,117 survivors, and the casualty list only shows 17,899 people."
"Are there four people missing?"
Xia Chujian nodded and said calmly, "Yes, there are four people missing."
"Because these four people, Chu Qingchen, Zhuo Hanchen, Ji Nabi, and Lü Luyu, deserted their posts and are not our comrades."
"Also, I want you all to know the cause of this poisoning."
As she spoke, Xia Chujian played the video that Seven Lù had recorded earlier.
As the video played, the two thousand plus people saw the three-meter-tall Mecha figure sneaking close to the Airship's ventilation system.
Then, he took out a small test tube-like object, opened the cap, and poured the contents into the ventilation system.
Then, he crushed the cap and test tube and threw them into the trash can in the ventilation system room.
Five minutes later, this person walked out of the ventilation system room and came to the Airship's Bottom Level Passage hall.
This person nodded to the poisoned warriors in the hall and said, "Thank you for your hard fight, unfortunately, you have contracted a serious Genetic Disease and cannot enjoy the fruits of victory."
"But don't be discouraged, we won't forget you."
"I will relay your situation to the Beichen Military."
"We will enjoy your achievements on your behalf. Hahahaha!"
With that, he turned and walked towards the exit.
Not many people saw this scene at the time, because many had already fallen unconscious. Only a few with better physical fitness remained somewhat Clear-Minded.
Mao Yonggui and the others said, "We saw this person at the time!"
"At that time, we were thinking, someone must have sneaked in to poison us!"
"Fortunately, there are surveillance videos here!"
Those Marine Corps who saw these scenes for the first time were furious, and began to curse at the virtual display screen.
Then the scene switched to the Bottom Level Passage entrance, where the Mecha figure who administered the poison looked up at the sky.
Suddenly, his whole body convulsed, and he fell to the ground at the passage entrance.
Xia Chujian stopped the video there.
She said to everyone, "This person has already been killed by me, and his body is outside."
"Everyone knows this person, it's Zhuo Hanchen."
As soon as Xia Chujian finished speaking, the Marine Corps and pilots in the hall below became very noisy.
"It's actually him?!"
"He's in the same gang as Chu Qingchen and the others!"
"Yes, yes! Zhuo Hanchen has appeared, will Chu Qingchen be far behind?!"
"They must be here too!"
Then the surveillance screen switched, and another tall figure wearing a cloak appeared, kicking the unconscious Mecha figure out with one foot.
Then, the person in the cloak raised the Mechanical right arm covered by the Mecha, equipped with the Judicator No. 7 Sniper Rifle, and said loudly, "How dare you put poison in my Airship?!"
"Speak! Who ordered you?!"
"If you don't tell me, I'll shoot you dead immediately!"
That person spoke so loudly, and it was still their original voice.
Everyone was already very familiar with Xia Chujian's voice.
At this time, they realized that this three-meter-tall humanoid wearing a cloak was Xia Chujian! So she must have been outside the Mecha, wearing a cloak? Just as everyone was wondering why Xia Chujian was wearing a long cloak outside the Mecha, a Flying Vehicle suddenly appeared in the sky.
It was Lü Luyu's Flying Vehicle, because she shot at Zhuo Hanchen, the Flying Vehicle was forced to cancel its stealth mode! So they saw bullets shooting out from the Flying Vehicle, killing the poisoner who had just been kicked unconscious by Xia Chujian.
Then they saw Lü Luyu trying to kill Xia Chujian, and instead fired an Electromagnetic Railgun, which Xia Chujian quickly dodged.
While Xia Chujian angrily rebuked Lü Luyu, Lü Luyu shamelessly said that Xia Chujian was slandering her, saying that her Flying Vehicle was out of control, and then fired a second Electromagnetic Railgun.
In the video, Xia Chujian was lucky enough to dodge the first Electromagnetic Railgun, but did not dodge the second one.
Because she stood there motionless, locked on by Lü Luyu's Electromagnetic Railgun, which made everyone's hearts clench.
Although they all knew she would be fine, they also knew that dodging the first shot was extremely lucky, could she be lucky enough to dodge the second shot? Just as everyone's hearts were in their throats, in the surveillance video, another Mecha Warrior suddenly emerged from the direction of the Grand Canyon, and rushed towards the Electromagnetic Railgun fired from high altitude like lightning!
Because of this person's action, Xia Chujian seemed to have reacted, she also quickly took off, unfolded an energy shield, and protected the Mecha Warrior who flew up from the Grand Canyon in her arms.
The blue-purple beam of the Electromagnetic Railgun hit Xia Chujian's Mecha's energy shield, exploding into bursts of incandescent light and heat.
*Boom!* A deafening loud noise came from the video, echoing in this Interstellar Airship.
The subsequent screen darkened.
Only Xia Chujian's voice said in a low voice: "This comrade who saved my life with their life is Second Lieutenant Lin Xiaoxiao, a pilot of the Second Interstellar Fleet."
She said seriously: "Lin Xiaoxiao is my savior, I owe her a life."
"I hope everyone remembers that without Lin Xiaoxiao, there would be no me, and there would be no your escape from death this time."
In fact, even if Lin Xiaoxiao hadn't rushed up, Xia Chujian wouldn't have died.
But she couldn't, and wouldn't say such a thing.
Lin Xiaoxiao didn't know how many trump cards Xia Chujian had, but she selflessly saved her life, and there was no doubt about that.
She would rather owe Lin Xiaoxiao this heavy debt of gratitude and use it on her family to fulfill her dying wish.
Xia Chujian felt terrible.
She realized that her mood was severely depressed and didn't want to continue.
She tried to shift her thoughts to her family, and naturally, she thought of the little white fur that Aunt Chen and Yingying had given her.
Fei Fei's worry-relieving fur.
Xia Chujian quickly found the bag of white fur from her backpack, pulled out a strand, and held it in her hand.
Sure enough, before long, the white fur disappeared, as if it had taken away her suppressed emotions as well.
Although Xia Chujian was still sad for Lin Xiaoxiao, she no longer had that lingering heavy feeling.
She would make those people pay the price. Everyone involved in this betrayal would not escape.
Xia Chujian mourned in silence for three minutes before continuing her explanation.
In the video, Ji Nabi and Chu Qingchen's Flying Vehicles also attacked Xia Chujian at the same time.
Xia Chujian fought back fiercely and even killed the arrogant fifteen-meter-tall Mecha giant.
Xia Chujian didn't play the later part about the Qiu Clan.
She felt that there was something strange about the Qiu Clan's matter and didn't want to share it with these people. She planned to report it to her leader and Marshal Huo when she got back.
She had a feeling that the Qiu Clan and Rong Zhongruo were not in the same group.
If Rong Zhongruo had really partnered with the Qiu Clan, Xia Chujian didn't think she could have counterattacked so smoothly.
Finally, Xia Chujian said, "Also, Second Lieutenant Hui Zhifeng, although he was in the same group as Chu Qingchen and the others, he refused to collude with them and went to the North Pole alone to destroy Haidagong's Global Laser Defense and Guidance System."
"I was also going to the North Pole at the time to do this, and I successfully cooperated with him."
"His death was also to relieve me, to save me."
"In addition, he left me a video personally testified by him, proving that Chu Qingchen and his team had another mission this time."
"Their purpose was to bury all of us here, so that only a few of them could successfully take the Longevity Flying Fish back."
This is the First Update, a long chapter, including Moon Tickets 900+.
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