Chapter 73 : Chapter 73

Chapter 73 : “Stay away from him.”

Good news number one: The tail was saved.

Good news number two: Lu Anji, who was hanging on the tail, was not missing any limbs, just unconscious.

There was a cut on his head that was still bleeding.

Looking around, he should have been thrown against the corner of the table by the tail and hit his head.

Chu Zu: “Next time something like this happens, let’s be human-oriented. Tell me first that there’s a person on the tail, and then go and do other things, okay?”

The system took it to heart and nodded, but emphasized: “You are more important than Lu Anji.”

It brought out Chu Zu’s previous words: “We are an ensemble! You are also a heavyweight POV!”

The little yellow chicken's regret was subtle, or rather, it had no intention of changing at all.

The host was still its NO.1 priority.

Chu Zu withdrew his attention from his consciousness and tried to move his limbs.

“What kind of coupling agent have humans developed? The effect is quite good.”

“Microbial coupling. It’s ineffective on humans themselves and specifically targets the biological characteristics of the Zerg.”

The system said, “The effect is actually average. The dose Lu Anji injected you with far exceeds the expected dose for humans. You are just immobile. With the same dose, it won't pose a threat to the Zerg.”

Chu Zu indicated that he understood.

The plot was indeed progressing smoothly, with no “superficial” deviation from the original work.

Looking at the surrounding environment, it should be a dormitory.

The dormitory environment of the Allied Military Academy was not bad, clean and orderly.

It was a simple two-bedroom, one-living room double room.

A small living room was sandwiched between the two bedrooms, and the bathroom was shared by two people.

Looking at the living room alone, it didn’t quite fit the style of a military academy.

It was even more… cozy than a regular university dormitory.

On the sofa he was curled up on, there were two peripheral pillows, one of the Earth and one of the sun, round and perfect for hugging.

The table had been knocked over, and all the books and small mechanical gadgets on it were scattered on the floor, soaked in spilled milk.

Glass shards were everywhere.

In the bookshelf against the wall, half of the books were professional books such as Tactical Simulation and Training, The Law of Cosmic Warfare, and The Zerg Biological Warfare Manual.

The other half were various picture books, and there was even a trilingual The Little Prince, which was marked as being in Chinese, English, and Esperanto.

It was hard to imagine that Azul and Lu Anji were usually fighting to the death here.

Chu Zu observed for a while, and the system reminded him: “Lu Anji is awake.”

Chu Zu sat cross-legged on the sofa.

He had been a savage for over forty years and was used to running around naked.

He was not used to wearing the one-piece combat suit issued by the academy.

He usually took off the upper part of his clothes and tied it around his waist, leaving room for his tail to move.

The sky and the earth were vast, but the tail was the most important.

Lu Anji looked at him coldly.

Azul still hadn't died.

Lu Anji felt regretful.

The research institute was making rapid progress in torturing people, but there was no progress to speak of in researching how to deal with the Zerg.

Since Azul had left the cocoon, the research institute believed that a Zerg had hatched.

The entire star ring was on high alert, and they had turned it upside down but still couldn't find the Zerg.

A bunch of fools.

That bug was right under their noses, watching them bustle about.

When Lu Anji was found by Azul, he was chatting with his assigned roommate in the dormitory.

He had the top score for enrollment, but it wasn't made public.

Many of his data were abnormally high, and the school had a hard time explaining the brutal tactics he used.

It was very simple.

As long as you didn't consider the losses, just like the Zerg Queen, and just threw lives at it, the entire simulated battle would become a death game with no regard for cost.

The doctor in charge of Lu Anji at the laboratory had even written a report on this, saying that Lu Anji had basically adapted to the Zerg’s way of thinking.

Lu Anji found it very funny.

Even if his experiment had not been successful, he would still have formulated the same tactics.

Was human life so precious?

So many children had died in the laboratory.

Why had no one ever said anything?

Lu Anji’s grades were the best, and his roommate was also a top student.

But this person was lucky enough to be born into a military officer’s family.

His father was the captain of an assault landing ship, and his mother was the official spokesperson for the UIF on Earth.

In his admission application, his roommate wrote that he had been influenced by his parents since he was a child and hoped to contribute to the future of humanity.

This highly acclaimed admission application could also be given a simpler name: My Captain Father, or My Spokesperson Mother.

The academy’s broadcast repeatedly warned:

All students should immediately return to their dormitories and close their doors and windows.

The star ring’s oxygen supply will be suspended for three hours.

The emergency oxygen supply is temporarily open.

If you cannot return to your dormitory in time, go to the nearest public facility immediately.

The artificial sun was late in rising, and the opening ceremony was also delayed.

All the lights were turned off, leaving only the emergency lights for meager illumination.

The roommate was completely unaware of the seriousness of the situation.

He stuck his head out the window, trying to find a clue in the darkness.

The air was getting thinner and thinner.

Lu Anji didn’t rush him.

He should have a good relationship with his roommate, for the sake of My Captain Father.

Until he saw Azul.

The first thing that came into view was still those scarlet eyes that were still clear in the darkness.

Lu Anji thought he had seen something wrong, but the black tail that snaked towards him from the shadow on the floor proved that it was not a hallucination.

Lu Anji’s heart skipped a beat.

He didn't have time to think about anything.

While his roommate was still leaning out the window, he immediately went forward and grabbed the "creature" in the shadow and went into the bathroom.

After locking the door, Lu Anji heard his roommate shout: “Hey, where did he go?”

Lu Anji raised his voice to cover it up: “Diarrhea”

When he turned around, the black tail had already wrapped around his waist, and the sharp tip of the tail had opened his pajamas and was pressed flat against his lower abdomen.

Lu Anji shivered.

He always felt that he would be disemboweled in the next second—this had indeed happened many times, in his consciousness.

It seemed that in Azul’s perception, if there was a problem with his stomach, he would just cut it open, drag out the problematic part, and throw it away.

He could do that.

The Mother Bug would ensure his life safety.

“Diarrhea?”

Azul tilted his head.

Was it Azul?

Lu Anji hesitated for a moment.

The "creature" in front of him had the exact same characteristics as Azul.

Messy black hair, red pupils, pale skin with no color, and a black, jointed tail that would retract its edges when it coiled up…

And they were all naked.

He didn’t know where he had come from.

He was dirty all over, and his feet were also stuck with mud and grass clippings.

But he looked older than when he had seen him in his consciousness.

And no memories came to him when they touched.

“I’m here to take you back to the sun.”

This sentence, and the canine tooth he showed when he spoke, proved his identity.

Lu Anji’s fingertips trembled.

He hesitated and broke open the tail, his hand resting on the locator on his ear.

The ear cuff could not only locate him, but also contact his person in charge in time—it used to be the laboratory doctor, but now he had come to the academy laboratory with him.

But he hesitated.

Azul… could he kill most of the fools on the star ring?

After multiple consciousness links and Azul’s daily one-sided sharing, Lu Anji knew that the Zerg Queen could accurately capture his position.

Azul was now at the military academy.

The Zerg Queen knew his location, which meant…

In the dim environment, Lu Anji, who had already left the laboratory, could still smell the disinfectant.

That smell had already seeped into his bones, appearing in his nasal cavity, mouth, and flowing blood at any time.

Lu Anji would call this smell "madness."

“I’m not going to the sun now.”

Lu Anji said to Azul, “But you have to stay, and wait for me to change my mind.”

Azul stared at him with a focused gaze that was different from a human’s.

The tip of his tail also stood up on his skin.

A light touch could pierce his lower abdomen.

“Lu Anji.”

Azul said out of the blue, “I am Azul.”

“I know.”

Lu Anji frowned.

Azul’s tail loosened, and instead wrapped around his neck.

The tip was close to the crystal behind his ear, resting on the edge.

Lu Anji’s whole body was tense.

Azul had always been very interested in the crystal behind his ear, but every time, he seemed to have some scruples.

Even if he had disemboweled him countless times, he would never really touch that crystal.

It was the same this time.

Azul thought for a long time, and finally, he quietly let him go.

“When will you change your mind?”

Azul asked.

Lu Anji was covered in cold sweat.

He couldn't accurately describe the apprehension he felt when facing Azul in person.

Having not yet been on the battlefield, Lu Anji wasn't sure if this was a normal human reaction to the Zerg.

Or perhaps it was because Azul always gave Lu Anji an uncertain and vague feeling.

His behavior was easy to understand, and his words were monotonous, but from time to time, a non-human chaos would emerge.

A monster was growing in this small body.

“I don't know.”

Lu Anji said through gritted teeth.

Azul suddenly mentioned: “Do you know Azul-1?”

What's that?

“Mother likes Azul-1 very much. It's an Earth thing.”

Azul said, “I want to go to Earth.”

Azul couldn't go to Earth.

He was kept on the star ring by Lu Anji and became an "ordinary" student.

Lu Anji told him to hide his tail, not to let anyone find out, and not to take off his shirt in front of others.

Lu Anji applied to change dormitories, giving the instructor the reason that he wanted to take care of Azul.

It was a good enough reason, and he even received a commendation.

Overall, Azul was "obedient."

He didn't make decisions, he just followed his heart.

When he found the things the academy taught him interesting, he was also very cooperative.

When he enrolled, in order to keep an eye on Azul at all times, Lu Anji added his name to the command staff department during the chaos on the star ring.

After breaking the tail on his neck, Lu Anji began to think about whether wearing a scarf to the afternoon class would be too conspicuous.

His neck was definitely bruised, and there were also bloody marks from the bone joints.

There was no way to explain it.

Looking at the sweating Azul, Lu Anji cursed the useless researchers in his heart, stood up, grabbed the black tail, and dragged Azul to the bathroom.

The shower was turned on, and cold water sprayed all over Azul’s face.

***

“Give him a couple of slaps, Host!”

The system’s reaction was even bigger than Chu Zu’s, “This is child abuse!”

Chu Zu: “...”

Chu Zu: “I should be forty years older than him.”

The little yellow chicken still felt that it couldn't be calculated that way.

The host was no longer human.

In the Zerg, he was the Mother Bug’s little baby, still a child!

“Don’t move.”

Lu Anji stripped off his half-worn clothes and grabbed his wrist, spraying him with the shower.

It was like a butcher rinsing pork after slaughtering it.

Chu Zu saw his impatient face, but his movements were neat.

It was clear that he had done this many times and had a lot of experience in showering a savage.

The tail quietly wrapped around Lu Anji’s ankle.

Chu Zu lifted him up and threw him into the bathtub.

Lu Anji was caught off guard.

Just as he climbed out of the bathtub, Chu Zu copied him and gave him a faceful of cold water with the shower.

His face darkened.

Chu Zu was unmoved and continued to spray.

Lu Anji slapped the shower away and climbed out of the bathtub.

“I don’t care anymore. You do it yourself.”

He said coldly, “Tactics class in the afternoon. I don’t want to go to the library to catch people again.”

The little yellow chicken was now at ease.

Watching Lu Anji’s pathetic figure leave the bathroom, Chu Zu asked the system: “Do I often skip class and have him catch me?”

The system checked the main text.

Azul didn't like most of the classes.

He was like a sponge soaking in water, absorbing a large amount of knowledge in a very short time.

But for him, as a Zerg, all the knowledge was irrelevant to him.

He couldn't use it, and he wouldn't use it.

Azul was more interested in history and mechanics.

The former was because he wanted to understand humans.

He wanted to understand why Lu Anji hated humans so much, but would rather stay here than go back to the sun with him.

The latter was because he saw a name while he was learning about humans.

Azul Serrano.

Originally a Spaniard, before the outbreak of the Zerg War, he was a member of the SETI program (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence), an expert in planetary science and biology.

After the outbreak of the war, the already 64-year-old Serrano transitioned to researching various types of bio-aerospace and cooperated with the newly formed UIF to develop a large number of military products.

The invention patent for the "Azul-1" hibernation pod that Azul had mentioned was in his hands.

And along with this name, another name that had a huge impact, or rather, a "destructive" impact on humanity, was also brought to light.

Lei Jingan.

After the birth of the united government, the legitimacy of the UIF was officially established.

The members of the SETI research institute split into two factions.

One faction, represented by Azul Serrano, maintained close cooperation with the UIF.

The other faction, which regarded Lei Jingan as its leader, advocated for negotiations with the Zerg and was known as the "pro-Zerg faction."

Lei Jingan's destructiveness was not only reflected in the endless anti-war statements on Earth.

Before her true colors were exposed, she had gone to space relying on her identity as an expert in stellar astronomy.

In a key battle, she used SETI's technology to send the cosmic coordinates to the Zerg Queen—the coordinates of the fleet commander at that time.

This may have been the first "communication" between the Zerg and humans, which ended with a string of numbers and the annihilation of the entire fleet.

The hero Gabrielle Cohen died in this battle.

Then, the united government began to thoroughly investigate Lei Jingan's belongings and found a large number of records of attempts to contact the Zerg in the encrypted documents she had left behind.

In her internal communications with the SETI research institute, she repeatedly mentioned that "this is a meaningless war," "the united government has deceived everyone," and "we must stop the tragedy from happening again in time."

With Lei Jingan's death, the "pro-Zerg faction" also came to light.

As a former colleague, Serrano did not make any comments about Lei Jingan.

There were rumors that Serrano was very remorseful about this, as he had vouched for Lei Jingan back then, which led to all the disasters.

In the same year, Azul Serrano passed away.

“Lei Jingan and Serrano are both POV characters.”

The system said.

Chu Zu adjusted the water temperature, taking a happy shower as he spoke.

“My mom seems to really have kept Azul-1. She told me about the war with humans a few times as a bedtime story, but I never heard her mention any Lei Jingan, nor did she mention the coordinates.”

The system held back for a long time: “Can I spoil it?”

Chu Zu: “No.”

“Then I have nothing more to say, Host.”

“But as my mom’s good big son, of course I’d be interested.”

Chu Zu said, “I’ll skip class in the afternoon and go to the library to check it out.”

After coming out of the bathroom, Lu Anji was already gone.

The living room had been cleaned up by him, and there was even a glass of milk on the table.

System: “He put nine times the dose of sedatives in it.”

Chu Zu: “Can it kill me?”

“It can’t kill you, at most it will just make you feel sleepy.”

Chu Zu drank it all in one go.

***

There was no one in the library during class time.

Chu Zu swiped his bracelet as prompted by the system.

The bracelet also warned him that it was class time and that the record would be synchronized with the instructor.

The academy’s library was more like a lounge.

There were no physical books.

The long tables were divided into individual seats of about one square meter, and each seat had a fixed panel.

Opening the panel still required swiping the bracelet.

The book search page popped up.

Before Chu Zu could sit down, a pop-up window appeared in the lower right corner of the panel, which was connected to the bracelet.

Lu Anji: Are you skipping class again?

Chu Zu smiled.

He could directly imagine Lu Anji’s gritted-teeth face.

The joy of an ensemble novel was already fully reflected.

As long as it wasn't too different from the general plot, and it met the author's requirements, Chu Zu basically had no worries.

He didn't even need the readers to like Azul.

It didn't matter if they hated him.

As long as the readers thought that his perspective had a reasonable existence, then this job would be considered a success.

Chu Zu checked the historical search records on the panel.

Azul had already read through most of the war history, and it was generally consistent with what the Mother Bug had said.

Perhaps it was a matter of different standpoints.

The human books said that the Zerg had attacked several interstellar space stations and destroyed most of humanity's "eyes" above Earth at that time.

The Mother Bug told Azul that humans had probed too deeply, and the Zerg had encountered the greatest disaster since they had entered the solar system.

Humans didn't write about what happened before that, and the Mother Bug didn't talk about it either.

They maintained a strange tacit understanding.

Chu Zu looked through it for a long time and picked and chose from the remaining books.

He estimated that there wasn't much to see.

He entered the name "Lei Jingan" into the search bar.

The system prompted: “You won't find anything, and you'll be put on the suspicious person list. The instructor will find you for a talk soon. I'm better than the library. Look at me!”

Chu Zu sighed: “Do you want to spoil it that much?”

The little yellow chicken denied it: “No!”

“Your tone is too obvious.”

Chu Zu pressed confirm directly, and sure enough, no information was retrieved.

If he was really called in for a talk by the instructor, it wouldn't be Azul who was anxious.

It would be Lu Anji.

Each search was recorded.

Chu Zu searched five or six times in a row.

Who told him to put sedatives in the milk.

“There’s no ‘Lei Jingan’ in the library, so how did I find her from Azul Serrano?”

System: “The academy also has a ‘pro-Zerg faction.’ According to the library’s search records, they have anonymously sent emails with information about Lei Jingan to the relevant students. The emails are destroyed after reading.”

The effects of the sedative began to take hold.

Chu Zu yawned: “There’s no such interesting thing on the sun. No matter who I play with, it’s just my mom and I staring at each other. To have fun, I still have to look to humans.”

The sedative wouldn't have a comatose effect, but it was fine to sleep for a while.

Chu Zu wasn't feeling very well.

There was no cocoon now.

The toxicity of the coupling agent against the Zerg metabolized slowly.

It might take a week or two to completely fade.

Soon, Lu Anji would be ordered by the instructor to come and find him and take him to class.

Before going to sleep, Chu Zu said: “Alright, you can pull up Lei Jingan’s POV for me. I’ll read it slowly.”

He should be able to finish it before the end of the mission, and it wouldn't affect Azul himself.

The little yellow chicken was already prepared and took out the document: “Here we go, Lei Jingan is here!”

Chu Zu: “...”

***

POV Lei Jingan:

Lei Jingan received a set of data.

She only looked at it for five minutes, reading and calculating as she went.

Towards the end, she almost dropped her water cup.

She suddenly jumped up from her chair, grabbed the report, and rushed out.

“Why didn't anyone check last week’s data?!”

Lei Jingan was furious.

She slapped the report, which was as thick as half a desk, onto the whiteboard and started calculating crazily with a black pen.

A circle of people stared at her blankly, not understanding why she was suddenly so agitated.

The formulas Lei Jingan wrote were as basic as they could be.

First was the Stefan-Boltzmann law.

Then came the stellar wind mass loss rate formula.

The thermonuclear reaction rate formula.

Grab any astrophysics student from a university.

As long as he had seriously attended his professional courses, even if his GPA was so low that he could barely graduate, he would be able to recognize the things on the whiteboard.

But the data Lei Jingan substituted made the people in their chairs unable to sit still.

“UV radiation has increased by 300 watts? Are you serious?”

“The number of sunspots has increased by 100… no, Lei, wait a minute…”

“What time is this data from? What’s the period?”

“...”

A student weakly interjected: “Um… Professor… what does this mean?”

Lei Jingan finished her manual calculations.

The result was consistent with the answer her colleagues had pre-calculated with a computer.

Lei Jingan turned around, took a deep breath.

The emotional turmoil made the corners of her eyes twitch uncontrollably.

She could swear that even when she got divorced and took off her high heels to smash her dog-man husband's head, and was arrested by the police, she had never been this agitated.

“The observed UV radiation intensity increased by 30% in just one week, from 1000 watts per square meter to 1300 watts per square meter.”

“The X-ray intensity also increased significantly, especially in the 10-30 nanometer band, with the peak reaching the highest level in the past 20 years.”

“The number of sunspots increased from 50 to 150 in one week. The spectral analysis by Hubble showed that the temperature of the sunspots decreased, suggesting abnormal activity in the inner layer.”

“...”

She licked her lips.

“The solar cycle is changing”

Apart from the students, the expressions of the surrounding researchers also gradually became strange, and finally, they were almost identical to her face.

“This is a new form of stellar evolution, and there may be a nuclear reaction process that humans have never discovered before!”

As soon as her voice fell, the entire experimental group was like a hornet’s nest that had been poked.

These guys scrambled to their computers and plugged the spectral data into the model.

Lei Jingan saw Cohen acting like a madman.

The computer was still running, and he hurriedly ran to find a bottle of cider, and even asked Lei Jingan if she wanted to add some French fries.

“You said before that only a Son of a Bitch would drink in the laboratory.”

“I am one.”

Cohen was completely mad, “Lei, if I didn’t get my teeth knocked out by you for kissing you, I would have kissed you until you fainted!”

Lei Jingan rushed forward and gave him a hard kiss, knocking his glasses crooked.

They were not the only ones going crazy in the laboratory.

The International Astronomical Observatory had many departments.

Their small group belonged to the Planetary Science Department, and compared to the other small groups in the same department, solar and stellar activity was not a hot topic.

The department next door had already opened up a new field in gravitational wave astronomy, and they were still publishing a few papers on solar wind and flares every year to get funding.

If it wasn't a prank where someone had tampered with the report, and their calculation results were true, not to mention funding and the status of the small group…

What did a new nuclear reaction process mean?

An energy revolution, a military innovation, and the way of space exploration would also be changed because of it.

The mid-19th century to the early 20th century was the coal age.

The pace of the industrial revolution stopped when oil replaced coal as the main energy source.

The automobile and aviation industries thus developed rapidly.

And from the mid-20th century to the present, nuclear energy and renewable energy have risen.

They all said that the hydrogen energy and battery revolution would be the next big thing, but the production cost of hydrogen energy was too high.

Compared to nuclear energy, which had been developed to this day and had a fairly mature infrastructure, its advantage was that it was almost pollution-free and sustainable.

But what if there was a new way of nuclear reaction?

This was undoubtedly a breakthrough of epoch-making significance in human research on the sun!!

However, this preliminary result, which could have been compiled in just one week, was not published for as long as six months.

They were not the only astronomical observatory in the world.

The universe was open to all of humanity, and Lei Jingan was by no means the only one who could get the data.

It was also six months later that Lei Jingan learned why the data that had not been checked for a week had not been preempted by any other institution.

She had long since forgotten the excitement and impulse of calculating the data at that time, and had also forgotten the fervor that had surged from her heart to lead all humanity forward a big step.

When Lei Jingan wrote in her report for the umpteenth time that [the sun is evolving rapidly, and the core temperature may be far higher than 15 million degrees], her whole body trembled with fear.

The laboratory was air-conditioned all day long.

If you took a step outside, you would immediately be forced back by the strange high temperature.

This had been going on for a month and a half.

According to calculations, the temperature would only get higher and higher.

In astronomy, scientists called it.

“The sun is leaving the main sequence star stage and entering the red giant branch.”

During this period, the sun was rapidly consuming the hydrogen in its core.

Its volume expanded, swallowing the inner planets, including Mercury and Venus.

As it expanded, it approached the Earth's orbit, causing the Earth's surface to rapidly heat up to a level that was difficult for species to survive.

In other words, the end of the world was at hand.

Cohen didn’t believe it was true.

According to the existing model of solar evolution, it would take about 5 billion years for the sun to become a red giant, not just half a year.

Cohen proposed a crazy theory.

“Someone has ignited the sun in the universe.”

In fact, there were not a few astronomers who were mentally unstable because they could not understand the current situation.

Not just Cohen, but also other scientists from Malta followed Cohen's theory and proposed:

At this rate, the sun will not only accelerate into a red giant, but will also go further and collapse into a white dwarf in a short period of time.

Imagine the result.

The Earth, which had been scorched to a scorching heat, would suddenly cool down, and the atmosphere would gradually freeze.

The Earth's gravitational pull would weaken, its orbit would expand outward, and it might even be gradually thrown out of the solar system.

More importantly, where did all that energy go?

“The sun was ignited to prevent the supernova explosion caused by the sudden withdrawal of energy…”

“It’s time to accept the idea of extraterrestrial intelligent life. Are you going to use God to explain all of this?”

This type of scientist insisted that there was extraterrestrial life in the solar system with technology far superior to that of humans.

They had ignited the sun and accelerated the star’s collapse.

The theory did not receive much attention.

First, there was no evidence.

Second, even if they admitted that it was possible… Did humanity have any solution?

They didn't even have a plan for how to deal with the sun becoming a red giant.

Interstellar migration?

Artificial satellites?

Changing the Earth's orbit?

Or artificially regulating the new nuclear reaction in the sun?

Apart from changing their usual way of life, humans were helpless.

Whether it was the report submitted by Lei Jingan or the debate of the "crazy scientists."

After a series of emergency meetings that Lei Jingan was not authorized to participate in, a notice was sent to Lei Jingan's email.

Dear Ms. Lei Jingan:

In view of the rapid rise in ground temperature, the world is urgently launching an underground living project.

We now cordially invite you to join the scientific team.

Your expertise is crucial for establishing reliable underground environmental monitoring, climate prediction, and solar activity research.

Please contact Anne Roger (annie.roger@mailsice) before [date] to participate in the coordination meeting.

Thank you for your support and contribution.

Global Underground Living Project Command.

Cohen called, rambling on about his "alien intelligence invasion theory."

He also invited Lei Jingan to join a new team formed by some members of the SETI program (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence).

The leader was Azul Serrano from Spain, a famous expert in planetary science and biology at the SETI research institute.

If Lei Jingan had known that Cohen would push things to a disastrous point in the future, she would never have hung up the phone so decisively.

At this time, Lei Jingan could not imagine anything more terrifying than a red giant.

That thing was actually hanging high above their heads, a huge, black biological ship obscured by the glare of the sun.

The sword of Damocles that belonged to all of humanity was there, and it would eventually fall one day.

Now, Lei Jingan just dragged Cohen's contact information into the blacklist, then called her ex-husband and had him transfer their daughter's household registration back to her name.

Her ex-husband tried to dig some information about the underground living project from her and also asked if the government had made any arrangements for moving in.

Lei Jingan was extremely annoyed and sarcastic with him, saying that when he was with the rich woman, didn't he say he would be the first to step into space?

Why was he now rushing to go underground?

“You’d better get it straight, Dr. Lei. You’re the one who’s in the laboratory every day and never comes home. You can ask your daughter if she likes you or Andy more.”

Lei Jingan didn't want to waste her breath with him.

She hung up the phone, put on her heat-resistant suit, took her documents, and hurried out the door.

The underground living project only had half a year left for them.

Lei Jingan was in charge of the underground artificial sun project, and there were countless other tasks waiting for her to handle.

Fifty Billion Years of Solitude: The Pro-Zerg

***

Chu Zu was woken up by a huge noise.

He had just finished reading the first section of Lei Jingan’s POV.

When he opened his eyes, a few black shadows flashed before him.

“Lu Anji fell and broke his leg during class practice and was sent to the infirmary.”

The system reminded him in his consciousness, “These people are in the same class as you and don't have a good relationship with you.”

Chu Zu: “How bad is it?”

System: “There’s a captain’s son who used to be Lu Anji’s roommate. After you came, Lu Anji changed dormitories.”

“Lu Anji is very popular at the school. His titles have spread, and the military has also talked to Lu Anji several times to ask about his squadron intentions…”

“These people don’t understand why an orphan like you who often skips class and barely passes every subject has the face to cling to him and refuse to leave.”

Little Yellow Chicken: “By the way, you were only able to barely pass because Lu Anji secretly helped you cheat. He was also in the same group as you in the combat class, which brought your combat scores up very high.”

“Everyone scolds Nilia, but being Nilia is truly happy.”

Chu Zu slowly glanced at the shadow that was blocking the light, “So are they here to drag me to class, or are they just here to cause trouble?”

The system thought to itself, Polika doesn’t poison Nilia every now and then: “Probably both.”

Before Azul could get up, one of the shadows slammed his hand on the panel in front of him and looked at the red mark on Azul’s face with disgust.

“You broke Lu Anji’s leg, and you’re here sleeping soundly?”

The badge on that person’s collar reflected the light, making Azul squint his eyes.

Since being found on the star ring by Lu Anji, Azul’s mouth had always been habitually turned up, his canine teeth faintly visible.

When he squinted slightly, he looked like he was smiling.

What was there to smile about?

In the tactics class, they were in groups of two.

Lu Anji said he would save a spot for Azul, so he didn’t temporarily change the team.

In the two-person drill, he did the work of two people, switching back and forth between different positions, which was how he fell off the operating table.

And the culprit was still smiling after hearing it?

The frustration of not being chosen by Lu Anji and this smile together ignited the person’s anger.

He grabbed Azul’s collar and pulled him up.

The weight, which was inconsistent with his slender build, surprised him a little, but he didn’t think too much about it.

“Lu Anji said your name is Bennett.”

Azul said.

Bennett: “So what?”

“Lu Anji said you guys don’t like to play with me and told me not to look for you usually.”

Azul said.

Bennett’s anger grew even more.

Azul spoke like an idiot, and he was always talking about Lu Anji, and what he said was all sorts of strange things.

The Allied Military Academy strictly prohibited conflicts between students, but the corresponding punishment was not severe, and both parties were punished equally.

Bennett had his family’s connections.

The punishment would at most be a warning for him, but it was different for Azul.

His parents should have been sent to a military tribunal.

He was only accepted because his physical fitness was up to standard.

His grades were not good, and he couldn't go to Earth after being expelled from the academy.

The most likely outcome was to be sent to be a laborer on the star ring, doing things like handling space junk.

That was the place where a person with a problem with their brain like Azul should be.

Bennett’s fist was already raised.

The next second, a great force sent him flying from where he stood, knocking over several chairs.

Bennett’s face was pale.

He stared with wide eyes, along with the other students who were watching, at Lu Anji, who had suddenly appeared.

He should have come from the infirmary.

His leg was in a splint, and his chest was heaving as he tried to catch his breath.

His face was paler than when he had left the classroom.

Lu Anji’s hand-to-hand combat skills were the best in his year.

He also often beat the upperclassmen in inter-year competitions.

But he usually never fought with his classmates…

He didn't even have verbal arguments.

He was always smiling at people, gentle and polite, and didn't get angry even when someone made fun of him.

But now he had no expression on his face, and he looked terrifyingly gloomy.

Lu Anji gave Bennett a deep look, then turned his head to close the collar of Azul’s torn shirt.

He lowered his eyes and said something to Azul in a low voice, his hand still on Azul’s back, as if to comfort him.

Azul’s volume did not change, allowing Bennett to hear him clearly.

“Is your leg broken?”

Lu Anji shook his head.

“I drank the milk. Thank you.”

After Azul finished speaking, he looked at Bennett again, “Is he here to take me to class, or to play with me?”

Lu Anji also looked at Bennett and said in an unusually low tone: “Stay away from him.”

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