After the physical examination, he had to undergo today's treatment, so Chen Tianwu didn't sit for long and soon returned to the ward.
He watched as the doctor, or rather the researcher, inserted various needles into his body as usual. Blood flowed into the unknown equipment through the transparent catheter and then returned to his body.
Chen Tianwu once asked curiously if this was dialysis.
The researcher smiled and said it was, of course, not that simple.
She then proudly explained to him for several hours about the Honkai energy circulation structure, biological adaptability, dissolution recoil mechanism, etc. He could understand every word, but when combined, it became an incomprehensible book.
Eventually, Chen Tianwu gave up trying to understand. He just lay down and let them do their work. He knew that after each treatment, he would feel relaxed for a day or two, and at least his spirits would be much stronger. He could talk to Chen Tianwen more, and that was enough.
However, just halfway through today's treatment, a mobile bed was pushed in, carrying a beautiful girl with long chestnut hair who had a dull expression.
Chen Tianwen tilted his head and watched the other party being fed drugs and injected with drugs expressionlessly, and then remembered:
"Hey, aren't you that... that... Miss Annie, right?"
"It's Ana, Ana Schariac!"
The other party squinted at Chen Tianwu and then weakly corrected him.
Chen Tianwu was embarrassed for a moment.
Then, with the friendly mood of a fellow patient, Chen Tianwu changed the subject:
"Why are you here? You look seriously injured."
"I was tired of moving steel bars and screwing screws on the construction site. I heard from the foreman that their Titan mecha had a major update, so I volunteered to help them test it."
"Uh, what I'm asking is..."
"Then, I was kicked hundreds of meters away by a mecha that was dozens of meters high."
"..."
Silence enveloped the room.
Chen Tianwu couldn't help but imagine the scene, which was so clear that he felt like he was there.
He looked at Ana, who was full of doubts about life and had no desire to live, and wanted to say something to ease the atmosphere. But after hesitating, he finally asked dryly.
"Then, are you still alive?"
"Alive, thank you."
"Is that so? Congratulations, congratulations, hahaha."
"Yeah."
Ana closed her eyes expressionlessly.
Chen Tianwu had nothing to say.
In the original timeline, Chen Tianwu fell in love with Ana more because she reached out her hand in desperation, and that unrepeatable encounter broke through his defenses in an instant. It is hard to say how pure this love is; otherwise, it would not have deteriorated instantly after knowing the truth about Chen Tianwen.
In the current timeline, Chen Tianwu was fished out from the ruins by a huge mecha.
The huge, mighty, and domineering Titan BT that satisfied all the boy's fantasies, even while holding him in one hand, crushed the head of the Honkai Beast with the other hand. The sound of the machine operating and the roar of the shells washing the ground were deeply engraved in his heart.
After that scene, the beautiful girl Ana who was also picked up by the mecha was no longer important. Chen Tianwu just wanted to know if he could drive that kind of mecha - even if it was a few models smaller, as long as it was a powerful mecha.
Until now, they were just strangers who met by chance.
Chen Tianwu didn't even know why Ana was brought to the Anti-Entropy East Shenzou Sea Base. Ana just silently sympathized with Chen Tianwu's condition. Their relationship was just that.
So after a period of embarrassment, there was nothing to say.
...
Ana's injuries were all physical. With the rank of technology of Anti-Entropy and the physique of the Valkyrie, it was not difficult to deal with them.
When she walked out of the ward with crutches, Chen Tianwu's "dialysis" was only halfway done.
Ana casually said goodbye to the patient, walked out of the room, and saw a tall silver-haired ice beauty leaning against the door - Kella, the captain of the Iron Pilot Column, who had also agreed to Ana's participation in the test and carried her to the hospital.
Kella lifted Ana's arm, supported her body, frowned.
"Are you an A-rank Valkyrie?"
"Yes..."
"I met a B-rank Valkyrie named Angel in the battle of Chiyou. She could fight against the out-of-control Ji Lin with a sword and even hold her own for a short time. So, I thought that an A-rank was enough to suppress BT."
"I... I... I have been working on the construction site for too long, my fighting skills are rusty, and my body is tired! Anyway... anyway, I am indeed an A-rank Valkyrie with a certificate!"
Ana blushed and stammered in front of the ice beauty with a puzzled expression, trying to retain some dignity for herself.
Fortunately, Kella was unexpectedly straightforward. After nodding, she did not continue to question anything.
On the contrary, she said,
"After you rest for a few days, can you continue to help us test? Using the powerful Valkyrie to conduct performance tests is something we have always wanted but found difficult to do."
"Ahem!"
Ana remembered standing on the field with full confidence, and then the huge mecha rushed in front of her with a bang. She couldn't even react, and the world in front of her was replaced by the foot that kicked at the speed of light.
Ana's face turned pale, she kept coughing, and cold sweat broke out all of a sudden.
After a while, she tried to smile.
"Well, I think the work on the construction site is pretty good, and the foreman misses me. Next time, let's talk about it next time."
"Is that so? That's a pity."
Kella spoke calmly, but there was no regret at all, and she didn't force anything.
She just secretly looked at Ana's relieved expression, her eyes dim.
'Chen Tianwu has no choice, but Ana, how can we smoothly send her to the laboratory? I always felt that it's no good. This little girl is quite cute and has a good personality.'
'Otherwise, let Cocolia take the blame again?'
'Is it a question of blaming others? It's a question of our conscience!'
'Forget it, forget it, anyway, the person will be detained first, and we will talk about it later.'
Angels discussed, but Ana knew nothing about it.
Ana returned to her room with the help of Kella.
This is a warm and comfortable single room, with pink as the main color and cute decorations, which makes it completely unimaginable that the prisoner living here is captured.
Ana lay on her comfortable big bed, turned her head gently, and saw that her Valkyrie Battlesuit was hanging in the closet. There were no extra shackles on her body. There was only a black collar tied around her neck, which was said to explode when leaving the base.
"Is this really not just a decoration? It's pretty good-looking." Ana muttered.
She had slowly understood her position.
Schicksal had done something to the leader of Anti-Entropy, so Anti-Entropy came back to maintain dignity, and so, Ana Schariac, was that dignity.
"Unfortunate..."
Although she said so, Ana was not dissatisfied.
The Manila Honkai incident caught her team off guard, and when she saw that the entire city and their incompetent guardians were about to be destroyed, it was the Iron Pilot Column that descended from the sky and destroyed all threats with overwhelming force.
Although she was taken back as "face" after she revealed her last name. But before she left, she was lucky enough to see her teammates who were in a mess but safe and sound, and she didn't experience any abuse afterward.
The only uncomfortable thing was that Anti-Entropy put up the slogan of not supporting idle people and sent her to the construction site to do hard labor.
Now she is very good at plastering and carrying steel bars, and the foreman praises her ability every day, saying that she can do the work of a hundred people!
"Although everything is fine, it has been several months, why is there still no news? When will the Overseer and Durandal remember to redeem me? Have they forgotten me?" Ana held her head, feeling more and more uneasy about her future.
Will I have to work here until I die?
"Ana, today's meal. I heard that you were injured, so I sent it to your room. The master specially made a nourishing ginseng soup for you, and there are big chicken legs!"
"What? Bring it to me!"
Don't think about that, the food at Anti-Entropy is still great. I have worked hard today, so I will fill a few bowls of rice first!