Quick, female general, I traveled through time to save my father

Chapter 461 Xiao 5 goes home 11

Sirong and Muchen's figures disappeared at the end of the stone path outside the moon-shaped gate in the courtyard. The sound of their footsteps gradually faded away and finally merged into the noise of the street in the distance.

Almost at the same moment the courtyard gate gently closed, Situ Ming's smile, as bright as the sun and pure as a single shadow, suddenly melted away. In its place was a calmness and maturity that seemed unbecoming of his age.

He nodded slightly to the old butler who was still standing by the side, and whispered, "Uncle Zhong, please keep an eye on the outside." His tone was steady, completely different from the casualness when he was chatting with Sirong Muchen just now.

The old butler, Uncle Zhong, also had a solemn expression on his face and bowed silently to receive the order.

His cloudy but extremely sharp eyes only met Situ Ming's for a brief moment, and he understood everything without any further words.

Situ Ming did not delay any longer, turned around and walked steadily towards his father's room deep in the inner house.

Pushing open the familiar door, I found the room was not big, and the furnishings were simple, almost plain: a hard bed, a table with worn corners, a creaky old chair, and some household items piled in the corner.

Due to limited conditions, the Situ family did not have a dedicated study. For the father and son, this room served as both a bedroom and a living room, and naturally became a secret room for discussing important matters.

"Gone?" Situ Zheng's voice was a little hoarse, but it revealed the calmness of someone who knew everything.

"Yeah." Situ Ming sat down on the old chair in front of the bed, without any disguise in his movements.

"He was very alert, and his skills and reactions were extraordinary. He spoke very carefully, and I didn't find out their details." He went straight to the point, his voice very low.

Situ Zheng frowned slightly, blurting out his most worrying point: "How did that intelligent computer core get out?"

How could such an important thing be lost outside?

"Uncle Zhong is already investigating," Situ Ming said with a hint of regret in his eyes.

"The servants at home were careless and failed to distinguish them. They thought they were just ordinary scrap components and accidentally mixed them into the batch of spare parts that were to be sent to Lao Li's repair shop."

It was also his own fault. He went there that day and didn't notice the intelligent computer core at all.

Situ Zheng was silent for a moment, and the worry in his eyes deepened.

"Let's go and check on the Admiral." His voice was filled with unmistakable concern.

"Okay," Situ Ming immediately stood up and held his father's arm firmly.

"Father, please slow down." The father and son walked across the room and headed towards a small, sturdy door that was hidden and cleverly concealed by an old chest of drawers. Behind it was a staircase leading down to the reinforced basement.

Pushing open the secret door, a cool breeze rushed in.

Descending the narrow staircase, the space became oppressive. The only light came from a bulky energy lamp, emitting a steady but not bright cold light.

The lights focused on the center of the room, illuminating an old nutritional support capsule that was emitting a low humming sound.

Inside the life support cabin, the person soaking in the light blue nutrient solution was none other than Admiral Azure.

His eyes were closed, his face was pale, and horrible scars that were still healing were all over his once strong face and neck.

At this moment, he was like a silent statue, motionless. Only a string of tiny bubbles occasionally rising from the nutrient solution proved that his life had not been completely extinguished.

"Energy consumption has increased again," Situ Ming's voice was a little dry, breaking the heavy silence.

"We can only barely maintain the status quo...save lives and prevent injuries from worsening...we...don't have the conditions to provide treatment." His words were filled with a deep sense of powerlessness.

A sensitive and seriously injured admiral could be sheltered in this wasteland to prevent him from being discovered by the enemy.

This is the best effort that the Situ family, a small family, can make on a garbage planet with extremely scarce resources.

All they can do is maintain life and prevent death, but that's all.

The Situ family has been in a very bad situation in recent years.

Situ Zheng's father was one of the leaders of the garbage planet before the war.

At that time, the shadow of war covered this wasteland for the first time. The Interstellar Alliance offered a "goodwill invitation" to evacuate, and the families that controlled the resources on the planet chose to compromise and flee.

They accepted the so-called "small favors" given by the Alliance, and hurriedly boarded the spacecraft heading for the unknown but safer star region with their families, wealth and servants.

Only Situ Zheng's father chose to stay.

The old man’s words at that time still echoed in Situ Zheng’s heart, like a brand hammered on his spine: “People of the Situ family cannot leave.

If we leave, we can live a better life, but our spine will never be straightened again! We stay not for this momentary convenience, but for the land under our feet and for the people who have endured these years with us.

The old man knew very well that behind this seemingly decent compromise was the abandonment of responsibility and betrayal of faith.

If this were done, the backbone of the Situ family would never be able to straighten up again for generations.

Fortunately, his children, Situ Zheng and his brothers and sisters, were all well brought up by his equally tough old wife.

They had no complaints about their father's "stubbornness", only understanding and support.

Their mother's words and deeds enabled them to maintain their dignity and backbone despite the difficulties of material scarcity, and to regard their father's decision as a deeper family honor.

However, the price of this persistence is huge and cold.

The Interstellar Alliance felt offended and deeply annoyed by the Situ family's "ingratitude".

The revenge was precise and brutal.

Alliance officials cut off all the conveniences the Situ family once enjoyed, closed the priority supply channels for materials, and terminated technical assistance and communication support.

Even the education and development opportunities that the family's children might have had were forcibly blocked.

The Situ family suddenly fell from being a family with the right to speak on a planet, and completely became an isolated stronghold deep in this garbage planet.

In a sense, their Situ family is no different from other people on Garbage Planet.

There are even some things that are more convenient for the Situ family than for businessmen like Lao Li to deal with.

This is the reason for today's situation.

In the old and bulky nutrient tank, a tiny bubble rose from the surface of the nutrient solution and burst under the dim light.

Saving Admiral Azure was also a coincidence.

No matter how poor the Situ family is, they still have channels to know the current situation in the Interstellar Alliance.

So when Admiral Azure's escape capsule crashed onto the garbage planet.

The first person to discover them was Aunt Wang’s son.

At that time, the couple had not yet joined the pioneer team.