The surge of dark side energy interrupted Amir's anger.
In that instant, he realized his state. He was being influenced by his emotions. He was just a hair's breadth away, and the seed of the dark side would have sprouted within his body. And once it sprouted, it would be difficult to suppress.
Do not swing your sword out of anger. Amir remembered Obi-Wan's words.
His emotions gradually calmed.
At this moment, the scene before his eyes shocked him.
The dark energy erupting from Milisen was tightly gripping John Morley's throat, lifting him into the air!
Everything around them was trembling!
"Milisen!" Amir shouted at her.
She seemed to have lost her sadness, and at the same time, her hope. Her eyes were filled with nothing but hatred.
Amir tried to interrupt her use of the Force, but there was no response.
The air became more and more chaotic, as if space itself was vibrating. John Morley's struggles grew weaker.
Amir took two steps, arriving in front of Milisen and crouching down. He wanted to forcibly interrupt her connection, but that thought suddenly vanished.
Looking at the girl in front of him, his heart was filled with nothing but sorrow. Amir stretched out his hands and pulled the small girl into his arms.
"Milisen..."
Time around them seemed to stop in an instant. The next second, like a gathering storm dispersed by the sun, the dark energy dissipated, and everything returned to calm.
Milisen looked up at Amir, then closed her eyes and fell backward. Amir caught her, letting her lean against the base of the bacta tank.
John Morley fell from the air, crashing to the floor. He had long since fainted.
Amir walked up and took a cylindrical code cylinder from Morley's breast pocket and inserted it into the lab's data port. This key contained John Morley's high-level security clearance.
Without stopping, Amir connected the interface cable from his wrist gauntlet into the port. A progress bar immediately popped up on the wrist display. It had begun downloading the database.
Amir took off the gauntlet, letting it download on its own, and then walked to the bacta tank.
He pressed the release button, opening the transparent lid that was already covered in spiderweb cracks.
The girl's body, under the treatment of the advanced bacta, was already physically intact. No obvious injuries could be seen, but she just lay there with her eyes closed, unable to wake up.
Amir's heart could not calm. Unwilling to give up, he closed his eyes and reached out with the Force.
With this probe, Amir's heart suddenly accelerated. He sensed that the Living Force still flickered within Mona!
Although it was very weak, she wasn't dead yet!
Amir immediately increased the precision of his perception. He found that the concentration of Mona's life essence was less than half of what it should be, and it was still continuously dissipating into the surroundings.
Amir had seen a similar situation. When Charles died in front of him, he had clearly sensed his life force rapidly dissipating, merging into the Cosmic Force in an instant.
But what was this situation?
The speed of Mona's life force dissipating was extremely slow, as if it were being bound by her body, like an hourglass that couldn't drain quickly.
But in the end, it couldn't be bound forever. The hourglass would eventually empty. The dissipation of life force was proceeding irreversibly. The countdown had already begun!
A sense of urgency welled up in Amir's heart. He was clearly sensing a life fading away in front of him!
He tried to guide the dissipating energy back into Mona's body. Although it was possible, it couldn't solve the fundamental problem.
Amir's brain began to spin wildly, trying to find any possible effective method from every corner of his memory.
. . .
The Bridge
Every violent shake of the warship seemed to tug at Gideon's heartstrings.
"Report! The ship's two main turbolasers have been destroyed by the creature! The external shield integrity has dropped by 43.7%!"
Gideon looked through the viewport at the behemoth right in front of them. Its rough, earthy-yellow skin secreted mucus, sticking it tightly to the warship's hull, covering nearly a third of its volume!
Its every squirm and impact sent waves rippling across the shield. The two main cannons were destroyed by its violent counter-attack after they bombarded the section of the body it had wrapped around them.
Right now, it was just using the warship as a foothold, angrily attacking a group of TIE fighters that were constantly firing at it.
At this moment, in the distance, a black medium-sized shuttle flew over. A communication request came in at the same time.
Gideon accepted the call.
"A wise decision, Colonel. The vicinity of an asteroid belt is truly a nice vacation spot." A deep voice came through, grating on Gideon's nerves.
"I don't want to talk about this right now. Find a way to force it back. The ship contains the most important research data. If it is damaged, you... and I... will both bear severe consequences!" Gideon's clenched fist gestured up and down with his tone.
"Not me, Colonel. Just you!"
Gideon raised his hand, wanting to speak but stopping himself.
. . .
The Lab
Amir suddenly remembered a small fragment from that booklet Tulio gave him, which mentioned the relationship between life energy and the Living Force.
Life Force could be transferred between life forms. In the records of an ancient tribe, Force users could heal injuries by draining the vitality of a flower. The most lush and beautiful of these flowers was called the sacred flora. It could be used to extend the lives of the dying, and even pull people back from the brink of death.
But afterward, the flower would wither.
Amir had no flowers now. The only thing he could control was his own life Force.
Just a little... If it doesn't work, I'll have to give up on her.
The download progress bar was almost finished. The other children might run into trouble on their way to the hangar. He had to finish everything as quickly as possible and rush to support them.
Without hesitation, Amir focused. For the first time, he transferred his own life energy out, flowing from his fingertips.
The moment it began to flow, Amir felt a palpitation in his heart. He carefully sensed his body and spirit. After finding no immediate abnormalities, Amir continued.
Using his own life Force as a guide, he wrapped Mona's dissipating essence and flowed it back into her body. There was no rejection. The two forces immediately merged and dissolved within Mona's cells.
"It's working!"
Amir felt Mona's presence slowly growing stronger, so he sped up the injection.
He could feel the vitality in his own body being diluted, but it was still very slight. No serious harm.
Suddenly, Amir felt the life Force in Mona's body reach a critical point. He tried cutting off the supply and was overjoyed to find that Mona's energy was no longer dissipating!
But he didn't relax too early. Mona's life Force was still significantly lower than a normal person's. Besides, Amir didn't know what side effects the transfer would have.
Because the soul existed, and it was closely related to the life Force.
Amir didn't want to save Mona only to find she had lost her memory or suffered brain damage.
Another change occurred. The energy in Mona's body suddenly solidified and began to circulate on its own. Even more incredibly, this Force acted like a vortex, constantly pulling threads from the surrounding Cosmic Force, absorbing tiny components to replenish itself.
This process was extremely fast!
Beep!
Data copy complete. Amir was pulled from his thoughts and turned to grab his wrist gauntlet.
Mona's situation had improved, and her condition had stabilized. At worst, he would just carry both of them and run, then figure out a solution later.
Disconnecting the cable, Amir took back John Morley's code cylinder. He suddenly heard the sound of water splashing behind him.
He whipped his head around. Amir saw a figure sitting up in the bacta tank.
Joy instantly flooded his mind! This attempt had actually succeeded. Mona was awake!
"Mona?" Amir asked tentatively.
The girl raised her hand, wiping the bacta fluid from her face. She pushed her hair back and slowly opened her eyes, staring blankly at Amir.
"Mona?" Amir saw her expression, and a sense of nervousness rose.
"Who are you? How do you know my name?"
"Hahaha." Amir laughed in relief.
"What are you laughing at!? Milisen? What did you do to Milisen??!"
"No time to explain," Amir strapped his gauntlet back on and moved to lift the unconscious Milisen. "We have to leave here first. Can you walk?"
Mona glanced at the surroundings: the broken instruments, the unconscious researcher, the droid wreckage jamming the door.
"I think..." Mona struggled to climb out of the tank. "...it'll be difficult."
The treatment had been short. Her body hadn't fully recovered and still needed a period of rest. Besides, she had just returned from the brink of death, and her spirit was very weak.
"Hang in there, Mona." Amir walked to her side, letting her lean on him while he carried Milisen.
"What's wrong with Milisen?" she insisted on asking.
"Nothing major, she just fainted. We have to leave this place now." Amir led the two of them, rushing quickly in the direction of the hangar.
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