Chapter 63: Calm in the Face of Danger

Great Song.

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Countless scholars pushed open their window lattices, watching the youth of a later era collapse within the Sky Screen.

They had once felt deep admiration for Lin Xuan's integrity in protecting the literary lineage.

Now, they could only watch helplessly as he struggled to survive.

Fengtian Hall of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang, furious, pointed at the sky and cursed: "Lighting up the Sky Screen in the dead of night just to show us this?"

"You told him to protect that little girl, so why don't you make him stand up!"

On the white jade steps of Taiji Palace.

Li Shimin covered his face with both hands. Heavy, ragged breathing came through his fingers.

Empress Zhangsun leaned on a maid's shoulder, tears flooding like a breached dam.

"Sizi... how terrified Sizi must be..."

The Emperor and Empress, and indeed the ancients of every dynasty.

All stared at the edge of the Sky Screen's image.

That four-and-a-half-year-old girl, barefoot, standing in the corridor's lamplight, her frame so thin.

The divine being who usually protected her had fallen.

Despair and helplessness gripped the hearts of everyone across Jiuzhou.

Xiao Sizi stood at the bedroom door.

A plush teddy bear lay rolling at her feet.

The dim yellow nightlight of the corridor fell upon her face.

In those large, clear black-and-white eyes, Lin Xuan's body, writhing in agony, was reflected.

But soon, the fierce gene of the Great Tang Imperial Family, forged in winning empires on horseback, was forcibly drawn out.

Crying in a panic when unable to decide is the behavior of a ruler who loses his kingdom.

Xiao Sizi threw herself beside Lin Xuan, her two small hands grabbing his arms.

"Brother Lin Xuan, wake up!"

Lin Xuan's body curled up.

Cold sweat soaked through his pure cotton pajamas, the fabric clinging tightly to his back.

His teeth were clenched, his jawline stretched taut, emitting not a single sound.

Through his blurred vision, Lin Xuan summoned the last shred of his conscious strength.

His fingers dragged across the floor, finally pointing at the Mobile Phone lying on the bedside table.

Xiao Sizi followed his finger's direction and understood.

She quickly scrambled up, stood on tiptoe, and grabbed the Mobile Phone.

The screen lit up.

A circle for facial recognition flashed in the center.

She held up the Mobile Phone, aiming the front camera at Lin Xuan's face.

Lin Xuan's facial muscles twisted and distorted from resisting the excruciating pain, his features misaligned.

A red light flashed at the top of the screen.

A small lock icon swayed left and right.

Unlock failed.

Xiao Sizi tapped randomly on the screen with her fingers.

The screen jumped to the password entry interface.

She did not know the combination of those six digits; the Mobile Phone had become a piece of scrap iron.

Xiao Sizi had to drop the Mobile Phone, her gaze quickly scanning the four corners of the master bedroom.

Unfortunately, she found no usable object.

She turned and ran out of the master bedroom, searching again in the living room.

In the corner of the TV cabinet, a black cylinder caught her eye.

Lin Xuan had once told her.

That black jar housed a spirit.

If she recited the spell, the spirit would play music for her to listen to.

She remembered another spell Lin Xuan had taught her.

A phrase that could save a life in a critical moment.

Xiao Sizi rushed into the bathroom, lifting the small blue plastic stool from in front of the washbasin with both hands.

She ran back to the living room and placed the stool before the TV cabinet.

Stepping onto the stool, the little girl took a deep breath, her chest swelling high.

"Xiao Du, Xiao Du!"

At the top of the black cylinder, a ring of dim blue light illuminated.

"I am here."

Xiao Sizi leaned forward, shouting at the speaker.

"Call an ambulance to 120! Brother is going to die!"

This was the supreme survival rule she had learned in this other world.

……

Before Taiji Palace, Li Shimin halted his steps.

The ministers lifted their heads.

They watched that four-and-a-half-year-old girl issuing orders to a pitch-black object.

That object actually spoke with a human voice and emitted blue light.

Inside the Sky Screen.

A long series of "Beep—Beep—" sounds rang out.

A few seconds later, the mechanical female voice vanished.

It was replaced by the steady, capable voice of a woman.

"Hello, 120 Command Center, do you need an ambulance?"

Xiao Sizi jumped off the stool, ran barefoot back to the master bedroom.

Her two hands gripped Lin Xuan's cold large hand.

"Yes! Brother Lin Xuan's stomach hurts! He fell to the ground and can't get up!" she shouted toward the living room direction.

"Little friend, do not panic."

"Is the adult still conscious? Tell auntie where your home is?"

The operator recognized the voice of a young child, immediately slowed her speech rate, and guided the inquiry.

Xiao Sizi closed her eyes.

She recalled the lost-child prevention rhyme Lin Xuan had forced her to recite a thousand times.

"Jiangnan City, Jiankang District, Xingfu Residential Quarter, Building Three, Unit Two, Room Eight Zero One!"

"Received, Xingfu Residential Quarter, Building Three, Unit Two, Room Eight Zero One. The ambulance is departing immediately." The operator repeated to confirm, "Little friend, go open the door, wait for the doctors, do not hang up the phone."

Xiao Sizi released Lin Xuan's hand and ran toward the entryway.

The security door was tall and heavy; the deadbolt knob was located on the upper-middle section of the door panel.

Xiao Sizi ran behind the door, stood on tiptoes, and stretched both arms out.

Her fingers barely reached the metal knob.

She clasped that cold metal block with both hands.

She exerted force with her wrists, pressing down hard.

The knob did not budge.

Lin Xuan had locked it very tightly before fainting.

Xiao Sizi gritted her teeth, her toes digging desperately into the floor tile gaps.

She pressed her entire body weight onto her arms, using the force of her downward pull to drag it down.

Click.

The crisp sound of the deadbolt releasing echoed in the entryway.

Xiao Sizi stepped back half a pace.

She gripped the door handle with both hands, leaned her body backward, and pulled with all her strength.

The heavy security door opened a crack.

The heavy security door opened a crack.

The damp, cold, hard draft from the hallway poured into the room.

It blew up the hem of her pink nightgown.

After doing all this.

Xiao Sizi turned back to the master bedroom.

Lin Xuan was still curled up on the floor.

His body trembled involuntarily from pain and cold.

Xiao Sizi climbed onto the large bed.

Her two hands grabbed the edge of the summer quilt and pulled hard; most of the quilt slid onto the floor.

She jumped off the bed.

Dragging the long summer quilt, she walked to Lin Xuan's side.

She spread the quilt open and covered Lin Xuan with it.

Her small hands carefully tucked in the shoulders and back that were exposed.

Afterwards, she lay flat on the floor herself.

Her short arms reached around Lin Xuan's neck.

She pulled his head, covered in cold sweat, tightly into her own slender embrace.

Her chin rested on Lin Xuan's forehead.

"Brother Lin Xuan, do not be afraid."

She imitated the way Lin Xuan usually coaxed her when she got injections or took medicine.

Her palm patted his sweat-soaked back, once, then again, gently.

"The big iron vehicle is coming soon; the big iron vehicle will bring a divine doctor to save you, do not be afraid."

A sudden life-and-death trial.

Forced out the hidden, resilient roots of this greenhouse flower.

The Great Tang princess was no longer that child who would only burrow under the covers when hearing thunder.

She had merged into this steel jungle.

In this alien world brimming with mechanical and electronic laws, it completed its first act of protecting its master and returning the favor.

She spread her tender wings, shielding the one who had once sheltered her from wind and rain.

About ten minutes later.

Disordered footsteps echoed in the corridor.

Three medical staff in blue emergency uniforms, carrying dark medical kits, rushed through the open security door.

The lead emergency doctor immediately locked onto Lin Xuan lying on the floor.

Kneeling on one knee, he flipped open Lin Xuan's eyelids to check his pupils, then quickly pressed his fingers against Lin Xuan's lower right abdomen.

A painful, muffled groan escaped Lin Xuan's throat.

"Tenderness in the lower right abdomen, accompanied by rebound tenderness and abdominal muscle tension."

"Suspected perforated acute suppurative appendicitis, heart rate one hundred and twenty."

"Blood pressure is still dropping, push the stretcher into the room! Prepare an intravenous line!"