Chapter 217: What Is There to Prepare for Marriage?

The analysis report on the "Obsidian Type-C" came out quickly, and the results were exhilarating. This natural carbon-based crystal not only surpassed diamond in hardness; its unique layered structure and embedded trace rare elements gave it outstanding dispersive and absorptive properties against multiple forms of energy (including thermal, kinetic, and even certain radiative energies), while maintaining structural stability under extreme pressure, and even exhibiting a brief information-storage effect when excited by specific energy fields.

This report was circulated as an internal reference document among the Science Council and several core Project Teams, causing a small stir in the materials science community. Everyone understood that this was yet another emerging material of tremendous strategic potential, with applications that could span multiple key fields such as energy shielding, precision instruments, and information storage.

By contrast, the news about the "Star Sea Eye" diamond from "Pandora" failed to stir even a ripple within the "New Era," and was quickly drowned out by more important technical discussions.

However, the tree may wish for stillness, but the wind will not cease.

Lilith did not seem to have given up on her game of long-distance interaction (or rather, the interaction she unilaterally believed in). Before the buzz over the "Star Sea Eye" had fully faded, an even more suggestive piece of news quietly spread through certain informal channels that could nonetheless precisely reach specific circles.

The news claimed that Ms. Lilith of the "Pandora" Group had recently secretly commissioned Europe's most prestigious royal designer to begin designing an unprecedented wedding gown and wedding ring set. The design style was described as "fusing a futuristic technological feel with a classical sacred charm," and its inspiration was reportedly closely related to certain "pioneering endeavors" that Ms. Lilith had recently been "highly focused on." The news further hinted that this mysterious bride-to-be was making "active and discreet" preparations for a marriage alliance "capable of altering the world order."

Although this piece of news was vague in its wording, when combined with Lilith's various public overtures toward Qin Feng (as she herself saw them) and that well-known wager, its target was almost self-evident.

The wind inevitably blew its way to Su Wenqian once again.

This time, even Su Wenqian, usually calm and composed, could not help but carry a faint, indescribably complex emotion between her brows as she reported to Qin Feng. She strove to repeat the contents of the rumor in the most objective, plain language, adding no personal commentary.

After Qin Feng finished listening, the pen in his hand did not even pause; he continued to sign his name on an application regarding the expansion of the quantum computer array.

Only after signing and closing the document did he raise his head to look at Su Wenqian, his face showing no expression of being offended or amused—only a pure puzzlement at meaningless noise.

"Marriage?" Qin Feng repeated the word, his brow lifting slightly, his tone carrying a genuine sense of bewilderment. "What does she need to prepare that for?"

Su Wenqian was momentarily taken aback by his question and answered instinctively: "... Perhaps, preparing in advance? Or, a kind of... posture?"

"Posture?" Qin Feng was even more puzzled. "Expressing a posture through such a meaningless, time- and resource-wasting act?"

He set down his pen, leaned back against his chair, his gaze calm yet seeming to pierce through all illusion.

"Changing the world order relies on strength, on technology, on a vision and decisiveness that transcend the times. Not on a wedding, and certainly not on a dress or a ring."

His words carried no emotional fluctuation whatsoever; he was merely stating what, in his eyes, was a fact as simple as 1+1=2.

"If she believes that through this kind of formal declaration or hint, she can influence the progress of the 'New Era,' or..." Qin Feng paused, his gaze sweeping over Su Wenqian, seemingly finding what came next even more absurd and skipping it entirely, "then it only proves that she and the 'Pandora' behind her remain stuck in the old era's mental ruts, completely unable to understand what we are facing, or what we are creating."

He shook his head, seemingly unwilling to waste even one more second on such a tedious topic.

"Pass it down: from now on, news of this kind that is unrelated to the core affairs of the 'New Era' and is purely personal speculation and hype need not be reported to me." Qin Feng picked up the next document, his tone returning to its usual flatness. "Rather than spending time watching what wedding gown someone else is preparing, one might as well look at the navigation data transmitted back by 'Pioneer One,' or think about how to apply 'Obsidian Type-C' to the design of the next-generation energy shield."

"Yes, sir." Su Wenqian lowered her head in acknowledgment, and the faint ripple in her heart quietly settled. Indeed, in the sir's eyes, individual emotional entanglements and worldly notions of marriage alliances were as insignificant as dust compared to the grand endeavor of propelling civilization forward. Lilith's carefully crafted hints and groundwork appeared so pale and laughable in the face of absolute power and height.

She turned and left, her steps more steady and firm than when she had arrived.

The office returned to quiet, leaving only the faint sounds of pages turning and a pen gliding across paper.

Qin Feng's mind had long since immersed itself in calculating the possible improvement in Rule Analysis efficiency after the expansion of the quantum computer array.

Marriage?

What is there to prepare?

What he truly needed to prepare was meeting the challenges that might come from the Star Sea in the future, perfecting every detail of the Civilization Ark, ensuring the Deep Space Mothership could launch on schedule, and leading the "New Era" truly toward that... new era that belonged to them.

As for those dramas revolving around individuals, filled with scheming and vanity, they did not even amount to a casual doodle on his magnificent canvas of life.