No matter how it was phrased, it was already settled that the medical team led by Professor Lan Zhu would suspend their current project and head to the Main Base. And they moved fast—once they decided to go, they went.
After Professor Lan Zhu completed a round of broadcasts using Decayed Severance Intent, temporarily suppressing the infection risk among the Sky Carrier's stationed and rotating personnel, he led a large group away. This included the Information Equipment Division and medical team members involved in the matter, as well as Field Officer Sheng Yu and his assault team, who had been assigned frontline strike missions. All of them had to return for another round of testing and decontamination.
Naturally, the official reason was "escort duty."
After all, there was still some distance between the Chang Ying Sky Carrier and the Main Base, and they genuinely faced threats from Extraterritorial Species and Karmic Poison Living Entities. The excuse held up.
As for whether it could provide the intended reassurance, that depended on who you asked.
Ronan himself did not care.
If he had to name something he cared about, it was probably that this sudden "mission" had chopped up what had originally been a fairly complete stretch of time.
The problem Field Officer Su Heng wanted solved was not so easily resolved.
Perhaps instinctively sensing the Sky Carrier's current "trouble," the Extraterritorial Species and Karmic Poison Living Entities launched repeated, exceptionally intense attacks against the Chang Ying. Even with Field Officer Su Heng's arrangements prioritizing repairs to the third deck, the launch bays remained under immense pressure and could only sustain the most basic rotation requirements.
Thus, Ronan's group spent nearly an hour aboard the transport ship simply waiting in line and yielding passage. At one point, everyone even had to disembark