Back then when Ling Yu was a soldier in the Vanguard Battalion, he had suffered countless injuries piloting his mech to launch an assault on the enemy. Being injured has long-since become commonplace for him. He had nearly thrown away his life on the battlefield, he was not the slightest bit worried over such a small injury today, but it was, however, a completely different story for Rosen—
Because this was the first time that Ling Yu was injured right in front of him.
In these past few years, even though he was very worried every time he found out that Ling Yu was injured, he has never felt so distressed that it put him on the verge of suffocation like at this moment.
The dense thorns are pierced through Ling Yu’s feet, flesh and blood were indistinguishable, it was if Rosen’s heart was pierced through with sharp needles like a pincushion.
Rosen lifted his head up and looked at Ling Yu, his deep and low voice was incomparably soft and tender, “Can you still move your feet?”
Ling Yu slightly moved his ankle and calmly assessed the condition of his injury: “I can move it, it shouldn’t be serious. There’s no fracture, just some flesh wounds.”
Rosen was silent for a moment and said in a low voice,” I’ll bandage it for you. “
After he finished speaking the words from his mouth, he got up and looked around for the medicine box in the mech lounge. He walked in front of Ling Yu and crouched down, gently holding his foot with his left hand, picking up a pair of pliers in his right hand, and began to carefully pluck the thorns remaining in his flesh out.
The thorns were black in color and as sinister as rusty iron nails. Dozens of thorns are thickly dotted, numerously pierced into his flesh and skin, it looks like a ghastly sight, even more dreadful is the fine barbs protruding from those thorns.
Rosen’s hand pauses for a moment and he hardened his heart and determinately pulled it out— a small sliver of flesh was ripped out in wake of the barbed tip being pulled out from his originally badly mangled ankle. Stains of blood instantly dyed the surface under his feet a bright red.
“……” Ling Yu’s whole body abruptly trembled and he immediately bit down on his lower lip harshly in order to avoid breathing out in pain.
Rosen looked up at Ling Yu, asking with heartache: “Does it hurt a lot……?”
“……” Ling Yu took in a deep breath and said in a low voice, “I’m fine.”
Rosen lightly put his hand down, lowering his head, he cautiously and solemnly takes out the barbs in Ling’s Yu’s feet for him.
Ling Yu’s body was as stiff as a statue. Every time a thorn was taken out, the flesh hooked by the barbed tips made Ling Yu shake in pain. Even now, he is still the prideful Ling Yu, he rigidly bites down on his lips without saying a word.
He never said that it hurt, he only clenched his teeth and endured it, but Rosen nevertheless knew how much pain Ling Yu was in……
The thorns of this plant were thick and hard and the threatening barbs were settled extremely securely in the flesh. Every time he got hold of the barbs with the pliers and pulled them out, it was just as if he was tearing the flesh off with his own two hands……
That moment when the blood came pouring out, Rosen even felt his breathing grow rougher and harder……
Looking at the baldly mutilated flesh and blood on his ankle, the pain in Rosen’s heart was nearly driving him insane, but he could only take in a deep breath to do his utmost to maintain a cool head and keep his hands from shaking as much as he possibly could.
More and more barbs piled up on the tray and the cotton dyed red from blood soon fell scattered on the ground……
He didn’t know how long had passed when the last thorn was successfully pulled out, Rosen’s back had long-since been soaked thoroughly with sweat, there was a layer of cold sweat that had also been exuding from the palms of his hands.
Rosen put as much gentleness as he could in setting it down and carefully disinfecting the wound for Ling Yu, he then attentively applied a layer of ointment to the wound, carefully bandaging both of his feet with gauze.
Rosen said in a hushed tone: “Black Dragon, test it and see whether this kind of thorn carries any toxins.”
Black Dragon immediately conducted an examination and quickly reported the end results: “Master, I didn’t find any harmful components.
Rosen only then relinquished his worries and raised his head to look up at Ling Yu.
Ling Yu’s complexion was a bit pale, he had made deep teeth marks on his lower lip from biting down, and cold sweat unceasingly poured out in torrents on his forehead, it was clearly extremely painful…… Rosen quickly got up and poured a glass of water, sitting next to Ling Yu’s body, he said softly, “Come, drink a bit of water first.”
Ling Yu took the water from his hand and drank a mouthful, enduring the piercing pain sourcing from his ankle, he changed the topic in a feigned nonchalance, saying: “Oh, that’s right, don’t you think the plants that attacked me today seemed like they had their own consciousness?”
Rosen was also very puzzled by this, he turned his head around to look at Ling Yu and said: ” Yes, I think so. This is also the first time I’ve seen plants that actively attack humans.”
Ling Yu thoughtfully spoke: “In the legends, there is a man-eating plant that could use humans as its food. I think the same is true of the trees we met today. Logically speaking, since there is habitability for life and vegetation on this planet, there should be animals too, but there were no animals whatsoever in this forest. Could it be that because of the existence of those carnivorous trees that none of the other animals dare to venture into this forest?”
Rosen’s line of thought just so happened to coincide with Ling Yu’s, he nodded and said: “Indeed, there is a possibility. The trees in this forest are so densely grown that if these trees are really able to use flesh as food, animals would naturally not dare to approach.”
Putting two and two together with the large amount of blood that came pouring out from the tree vine from when the tree vine was chopped off from just a moment ago, the two looked at each other face to face and immediately gave a mutual look of dismay.
Ling Yu faintly creased his brows and said: “If that’s the case, we can’t chance to enter that forest again. It looks like the biscuit reserves you have won’t last two days…… What do we do now?”
Rosen said with a smile: “No need to worry, we still have Black Dragon. Those trees like eating meat, they shouldn’t like eating metal, now should they?”
Being mentioned by name, Black Dragon’s golden eyes softly flickered, it came forward and said calmly: “Correct, Master, they didn’t seem to have any interest in using my metal body as food.”
Rosen nodded, calmly saying: “Then I’ll give you a mission. Go circle around the inside of the forest, scan a 3D panoramic view simulation map of this forest, record the details of those plants and then see if there is anything edible along the way.”
Black Dragon compliantly said: “Understood.”
Looking on as Black Dragon flew straight out of the cave, Ling Yu was suddenly left lost for words.