Xiatelai paid no further attention to those people.
She closed her eyes, steadied her breathing, and simply lay there resting.
Twenty minutes later.
The aircraft returned to the flying fortress.
This time.
Xiatelai received entirely different treatment.
She underwent one rigorously controlled examination after another.
Shen Ye still did not act, merely standing to one side and watching in silence.
Until she was wheeled onto the operating table.
A total of twelve chips lay on an equipment tray.
-These were all the latest-model chips, intended for implantation into the girl's body.
This was the moment Shen Ye had been waiting for.
If they implanted the new chips first, he would act immediately.
But if they removed the old one first-
Then he could wait a little longer.
As he watched, a man addressed as "Doctor" personally picked up a scalpel and began removing the chip implanted in the girl's arm.
"Remember, to avoid interference from the old-model chip, we must remove it first."
The man explained to those around him as he deftly removed the chip.
Clink!
The old chip was removed and tossed into a metal tray.
Stop the bleeding, apply medicine, bandage the wound.
Everything proceeded smoothly.
The girl seemed to remain fast asleep.
The doctor waved, signaling for that tray to be taken away and the tray holding the twelve chips to be brought over.
They were about to begin implanting the new chips.
The doctor raised his scalpel.
At the same time.
Shen Ye moved.
He flew forward and merged into the little girl's body.
2.9 seconds.
There was too little time.
He could not use any lethal moves.
Otherwise, if a massive explosion occurred in the flying fortress, both Lanci and Xiatelai would die.
That left only one option.
On the operating table.
The little