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In terms of age, Yang Meng is actually older than An Xiaotian and Liu Xuan. An Xiaotian met Yang Meng in their first year of high school, while Yang Meng was already in her third year, preparing for the college entrance examination.
Now that An Xiaotian has graduated and joined the military, and Liu Xuan has been accepted into university, Yang Meng has also started her work internship. Due to the limited vacation time, Yang Meng can only make a brief visit to see An Xiaotian before having to return to her job. In contrast, Liu Xuan has a much more flexible schedule; he attends university in City S, which is only a couple of hours' drive from his rural home, making it convenient for him to either return home or visit An Xiaotian. As long as the military base in City S allows visits, he makes it a point to bring Yang Meng's concerns with him every other day when he goes to see An Xiaotian.
However, the military base in City S is located far from the city. Once outside vehicles reach the edge of the Forbidden Zone, they cannot proceed further without permission from the stationed management department and signing the appropriate agreements. Liu Xuan is among the first group of visitors; he has a record of entering the base, so his request for entry was quickly approved. He boarded a military vehicle along with several other family members visiting soldiers and headed towards the military base.
Military base in City S Medical Assistance Center
"Didn't they say I could leave after lying down for two days? It's been five days already." An Xiaotian murmured to himself, resting his hands behind his head. His parents sat on the left side of his hospital bed, looking at each other.
"Child, it was us who requested to extend your recovery period."
"Ah? But I still need to train—"
"Xiaotian, ever since you enlisted, you haven't even had the New Year's Eve dinner with us. The chances for our family to reunite are getting fewer and fewer. Your dad and I admit we have our selfish reasons, but you are our only child, our dear son. Especially after this accident, we are scared and just want to see you well."
"Mom, I understand." An Xiaotian looked at the bandage wrapped around his arm. "But when I said I wanted to join the army back then, you and Dad supported me, right?"
The mother nodded slightly.
"Since I've chosen this path, I cannot regret it. After all, fighting is the destiny of a soldier," An Xiaotian said, lying on the bed and looking at his parents beside him. "I am certainly your son, but I carry the hopes of countless families on my shoulders. This is the first truth I understood after joining the military."
"You are the pride of our An family, and we take great honor in your identity, my child," his father gently stroked An Xiaotian's forehead. "Your mother and I will always support you; we just hope for your well-being, nothing more."
Four parts concern, three parts letting go, two parts hoping for the child to succeed, and the last part is left for the child's growth commemorative album. An Xiaotian feels that he may never understand his parents' sorrow, but he understands that when he can't bear it, his parents will always be there for him, ultimately watching the child's journey of growth gradually leave their sight.
An Xiaotian can feel a warm current surging inside him. He thought he would feel a tinge in his nose, but at this moment, the warmth inside him makes him feel tormented and uncomfortable, as if he is being roasted by a ball of fire from below. This is not an emotional warmth, it seems to be systematic, piecing together and lingering in An Xiaotian's blood, and he can imagine the scene of something in his blood vessels interacting through sensation, as if there is something like a tinderbox.
With a "crackle," An Xiaotian's right thumb and forefinger instinctively twitched, and he immediately raised his hand to see what had happened. He tried to curl his hand, like a pressure pump, the more he closed the five fingers, the more "crackling" sounds he heard from his palm, and finally, he saw the increasingly urgent white lines appearing in his palm, and then disappearing in an instant - like an electric current.
A series of electric arc-like explosions sounded around An Xiaotian. His father thought there was a problem with some equipment and turned to look for it. Suddenly, he heard An Xiaotian calling for help from behind: "Dad? Dad, what is this..."
His father quickly turned around and saw An Xiaotian holding up his hand, which was already turning red, trembling with electricity running across it.
"Child?" His mother sensed something was wrong and reached out to hold An Xiaotian's hand, but she recoiled from the electric shock and then shouted for a doctor to come from outside.
As soon as the words fell, the pain receptors throughout the body suddenly went into overdrive, a sensation akin to being struck by lightning. While being struck by lightning is a split-second event, at this moment, An Xiaotian's rapidly beating heart is enduring sustained high pressure, and his entire body is ignited by the rising temperature:
"Ah—"
A heart-wrenching scream echoes from the building, causing the pedestrians in the rescue center to look up and turn their attention to the source of the sound on the upper floor. Upon reaching the lobby, Liu Xuan shudders at the sound and immediately rushes up the stairs.
A horrifying scene is unfolding: An Xiaotian is convulsing violently in bed, as if possessed by a ghost, with waves of electricity coursing through his body. Strangely, An Xiaotian is somehow enduring it, as evidenced by his screams indicating he is still conscious. His mother tries to hold him, but the intensity of the electricity exceeds what a normal human body can withstand.
A team of medical staff, upon hearing the news, quickly grab emergency equipment and rush in from the other end of the corridor. Liu Xuan follows into the room and, upon seeing An Xiaotian on the bed, like everyone else who just entered, takes a step back in shock.
"Go to a place where no one is!"
Liu Xuan A voice sounded in his mind, and he hesitated for a moment before quickly following the guidance to run to the restroom.
"Doctor, please save him!" An Xiaotian's mother knelt in front of the doctors, and a male nurse quickly helped her up. The surrounding doctors tried to approach An Xiaotian, but the mysterious high-voltage electricity emanating from his body made everyone hesitate. Listening to his screams, everyone could only stand in place, feeling helpless - a patient emitting electric currents all over his body, and no one knew what sudden illness this was. At this moment, the doctors were as helpless as the family members who didn't understand medicine.
"Make way!"
Liu Xuan squeezed into the crowd and happened to pass by an open reagent box. He swiftly reached out and pretended to grab something from the box, saying, "This reagent can cure his illness!" However, people didn't see clearly what he had taken.
An Xiaotian was still having a seizure, and a terrifying explosion of white light flashed in the air. Liu Xuan gritted his teeth, endured the intense pain of being shocked, and aimed at his chest to stab down—
The intense pain made Liu Xuan scream in agony, but he never let go, until he forcefully injected all the liquid into An Xiaotian's body and pulled his arm out. His arm was now blood red from the electric shock, and Liu Xuan even felt as if he had lost an arm, completely numb.
But to everyone's relief, after the injection, An Xiaotian on the bed actually stopped convulsing, the wave-like electric currents gradually disappeared, his heart rate returned to normal, and the redness on his face faded away. It was as if nothing had happened, and his peaceful expression looked no different from a sleeping child.
An Xiaotian's parents embraced Liu Xuan, recognizing the child who had grown up with An Xiaotian: "Liu Xuan! You saved Xiaotian's life—"
Everyone let out a sigh of relief, looking at the unfamiliar boy with admiration. The sudden attention made Liu Xuan feel embarrassed as he said, "Quick, let's get him checked, doctors. There must be something wrong with his body for him to be like this."
The medical staff immediately began a full-body scan of An Xiaotian. "Let's step outside; we'll leave the rest to the doctors," Liu Xuan said as he pulled An Xiaotian's parents out of the room. They happened to run into an officer who was rushing up, panting. Seeing them come out of An Xiaotian's hospital room at a leisurely pace, the officer immediately called out to them, "How is that soldier named An Xiaotian doing?"
An Xiaotian's mother took Liu Xuan's hand and told him everything that had happened. Liu Xuan thought this person was An Xiaotian's instructor, but the chest full of golden-red medals made him realize that the visitor was not ordinary.
"Your courage is commendable!" Upon hearing An Xiaotian's mother's words, General Wang Yangchen reached out and patted his shoulder solemnly. "How did you know the medicine in the tray would work? This is amazing."
"Well... I just randomly found it in the medical tray. I didn't expect it to work." Saying this, Liu Xuan hurriedly handed the remaining two test tubes to General Wang, "If Xiaotian has this kind of situation again, injecting him with this might help a little... I really didn't know, I was just anxious at the time and grabbed the test tubes randomly... Did Instructor Zhang not come?"
Liu Xuan waved his hand, his eyes involuntarily glancing elsewhere. His various behaviors made General Wang suspect that Liu Xuan was lying; this boy definitely knew something but had never spoken up. What puzzled him the most was that Liu Xuan could actually produce two reagent needles—could he really grab that many with just one hand?
However, General Wang chose not to press further. "We haven't imposed any punishment on him, but he voluntarily requested to be confined for 30 days. Perhaps this way, his conscience will feel a bit better. The new barracks are currently leaderless, and I find myself in a difficult position; I can only pay as much attention to them as possible."
Yang Meng's call came shortly after. Her voice was filled with tears as she anxiously inquired about An Xiaotian's situation. It wasn't until Liu Xuan repeatedly assured her that everything was fine that she collapsed like a puddle of mud onto the desk behind her. Work kept her tied up, so she could only confirm An Xiaotian's safety in this manner.
At 6 PM, before leaving the base, An Xiaotian's parents and Liu Xuan were able to see his vital signs report. "Except for his left arm, all his indicators are normal, but there is one aspect that puzzles us," the attending physician said as he opened the real-time imaging. Tiny light points were visible along An Xiaotian's bones and organs, flowing with the blood like small lives floating in a river. Each collision between them produced a tiny flash, resembling static electricity, and these small light points randomly generated within his body, circulating with his blood.
"His tolerance for electrical voltage has far exceeded the normal human limit of 36 volts. It's incredible, but it doesn't seem like a good thing. We are tentatively calling these electro-luminescent particles in his body 'Variant Current.' Whenever they encounter each other, they can randomly produce tiny ionic explosions. If triggered densely, the current value within him will increase rapidly, and we may face the sudden situation that occurred this morning."
An Xiaotian's parents knew that they would not be allowed to stay overnight, and after taking one last look at him peacefully sleeping in bed, they left the base. Before they departed, General Wang assured them that they would gather all the medical personnel in the base to treat An Xiaotian. "He is a rare warrior among our Special Forces Soldiers, and we will do our utmost to save him," General Wang said. "Please rest assured, we will provide the best plan within a week."
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