The next morning, under Li Shimin's threatening gaze, Fang Er had no choice but to send Li Tai back.
Wang Xuance had not yet returned. Someone was sent to deliver a telegram to him, stating that Shang Boliang had just been found, but Gauss and Faraday had not yet been located.
Returning to the modern era, as Fang Er stepped out of the portal, his phone rang.
"Boss Fang, we finally got through to you. Commander Liu was seriously injured in an attack. He asked me to remind you not to go out recently. An reinforced battalion from Rongchuang is already en route and will arrive by noon!"
After this brief statement, the call ended.
Fang Er stood there, stunned.
Damn it, this was a mere military region commander!
With this thought, he quickly hailed a taxi to Rongchuang. The helicopter that had taken him back yesterday was still there, which was the fastest way to get to Shandong Province.
By the time he arrived at the Shandong Provincial Military Region General Hospital in the afternoon, after layers of reporting and security checks, Fang Er finally met Commander Liu.
The commander, who had been full of life yesterday, was now lying in the ICU, having been shot six times, his fate unknown.
"What happened!" Fang Er growled, grabbing Commander Liu's bodyguard.
The bodyguard's eyes were red and he choked out, "News of the lithography machine couldn't be kept secret."
"Last night, a suicide spy stormed the hangar to cause damage. Commander Liu personally led the charge to intercept them, killing twenty-seven on the spot."
"We lost five brothers, and three were seriously wounded."
"Beep beep beep beep~~"
At that moment, the monitor in the ICU began to beep. The doctors guarding outside rushed in.
Shortly after, two of them walked out with helpless expressions.
"Alas, the injuries are too severe, he probably won't survive."
"Indeed, in such a condition, Western medicine is useless."
"Why not use traditional Chinese medicine?" Fang Er asked as he immediately walked up to the two doctors.
They didn't ask who Fang Er was. One of them just sighed.
"Easier said than done. For injuries like Commander Liu's, only the legendary Huiyang Nine Needles can offer a sliver of hope. But that is a lost acupuncture technique, said to require internal energy to perform, and no one knows it anymore!"
The other doctor chimed in, "Precisely. Western medicine has targeted TCM for years. Coupled with environmental pollution and the loss of sources for good medicinal herbs, the survival of TCM is becoming increasingly difficult. The older generation is dwindling, and the inheritance is almost broken!"
The two doctors spoke as they shook their heads and walked away.
Huiyang Nine Needles?
He hadn't heard of this needle technique, but Old Sun seemed to know quite a few!
Fang Er quickly chased after them and stopped them. "I can find someone who knows the Huiyang Nine Needles. How much longer can Commander Liu hold on?"
The two doctors stopped abruptly.
"Kid, you can really find someone?"
"Yes! Tell me first, how much longer can Commander Liu hold on!"
"If you can get back within six hours, then~~~"
Before the doctor could finish speaking, Fang Er turned and ran.
Outside the hospital, the pilot of the helicopter that brought him, Yi Hui, was still waiting. Fang Er yanked him out of the cockpit.
"Can you fly an F-15?"
"Yes~"
"Let's go!"
Fang Er wasted no time, got into the helicopter, and told him to head towards the airport.
In an empty hangar, he conjured an F-15 in front of Yi Hui and, with a wave of his hand, put away the helicopter.
For travel, the F-15 was much faster!
"Hurry up, don't dawdle!"
Yi Hui was stunned. "Holy crap, is this a magic trick for changing aircraft?"
"Smack~~"
Seeing him frozen, Fang Er slapped him.
"What are you dawdling for? Do you want to save your commander or not?"
Yi Hui finally came to his senses, climbed onto the wing, and got into the cockpit. Fang Er followed him and sat behind him.
The twin-engine, two-seater configuration was perfect for the two of them.
Yi Hui started the F-15, checked all the data, put on his flight helmet, adjusted the radio frequency, and began to call.
"Dongguai Dongguai, this is Yi Hui!"
"I will be taking off the F-15 from Runway 3 to execute an emergency mission!"
"Mission level code 991!"
"Requesting runway clearance~!"
The control tower was confused. Where did the military region airport get an F-15?
However, the 991 code made them react quickly. This was a mission code just below the highest level.
"Runway cleared, ready for takeoff!"
The control tower quickly replied, not even asking about the flight path.
Hum~~~
The two engines of the F-15 spewed long exhaust flames, and it slowly moved out of the hangar.
After taking off, Fang Er instructed the system to reposition the world portal to directly ahead of their flight path.
Just as Yi Hui was about to ask Fang Er where to fly, he saw the air ahead suddenly distort, followed by a huge opening with a diameter of over 20 meters.
Then he heard Fang Er shout, "Go through it!"
He no longer cared if satellites would capture images of the black hole. Lives were at stake!
It's just a black hole; even if it's captured, they could say it's an unknown phenomenon. Bermuda loses planes all the time; losing one here would be perfectly believable.
Hearing this, Yi Hui gritted his teeth and directly steered the F-15 into the black hole.
"Whoosh!"
The moment they entered, Yi Hui felt a darkness descend. When he saw light again, he was shocked to find himself in an unfamiliar airspace.
What's more, the satellite signals displayed on the instruments were gone!
Fang Er also had the system adjust the entry and exit points of the portal to the east coast of the Americas.
If they flew all the way from Australia, not only would the fuel be insufficient, but the distance of over 16,000 kilometers meant that by the time they found Sun Simiao and returned, Old Liu would already be dead~kanδん
Fang Er calmly glanced at the terrain below and casually said. kΑnshu伍.ξà
"Turn right~"
Yi Hui: .........
They were unsure of Sun Simiao's exact location, so even though the system had changed the portal's position, it was only a general area.
After changing their flight direction and flying for nearly half an hour, Fang Er's voice came again.
"Eject!"
Yi Hui was stunned. "Holy crap, why eject?"
If the person ejected, the aircraft would have no choice but to crash!
"What are you thinking about? Hurry up!"
After speaking, Fang Er pulled the ejection lever under his seat first.
"Bang~"
The canopy popped open, and he shot out along with his seat.
Yi Hui had no choice but to eject with him.
While still in mid-air, they watched the F-15 wobble and crash into the distant forest with a roar and explosion.
Without an airport, the F-15 was disposable, just that extravagant!
After the two landed, Fang Er took out the helicopter as a means of transportation. By the time they found Sun Simiao, half of the six hours the doctor had mentioned had passed!
"Yo~ Your Highness, you're a rare visitor!" Old Sun was grinding herbs, glanced at Fang Er, and then continued his work.
"Hurry up, pack your gear and come with me on a house call~"
Old Sun never imagined that a house call would take him a thousand years into the future!
After he packed his equipment, the three of them took the helicopter and flew through the portal back to the modern era.
The personnel in the military region's control tower were confused by the marker that suddenly appeared on their radar.
An F-15 had disappeared from there earlier, and a helicopter appeared a few hours later. This was very puzzling!