Chapter 415: Little Jie, you must wait for Mom

"Seventeen years old: After the previous incident, Xiao Jiu gradually began to show her true self, she was like a constantly charging power bank, becoming stronger, more energetic, and more lively."

"You don't know, this is the result of the nihilism in her Logic Core constantly disappearing; she is gradually becoming a normal ship Humanoid Lifeform."

"On the other hand, the manufacture of the ship is also not going smoothly; lacking the knowledge of a human female, taking this step will surely be extremely arduous."

"And this time, you're stuck on the fuel...."

"Damn, still not working...."

Still starting in c-gear, Zhang Jie couldn't help but curse; this was already his 109th experiment.

Because each fuel experiment consumes a large amount of material, each failure requires spending a lot of time picking up trash chunks; during this period Zhang Jie has picked up trash chunks until he vomited.

This whole lot of scrap is almost thoroughly cleaned up by the two of them, making Zhang Jie want to give up.

"Xiao Jiu, what do you think people live for?"

Xiao Jiu:?

Even humans are starting to give up?

"How could I be a genius? I'm just a mediocre talent."

Xiao Jiu: emmm

She didn't know what to say for a moment, while Zhang Jie kept saying discouraging words.

"Interstellar navigation technology must be the crystallization of many people's wisdom; how could this mediocre person like me possibly achieve it? Xiao Jiu, maybe we should just give up."

Anyway, the human female will come to pick him up when he turns eighteen; he might as well give up, why bother researching this?

Looking at the giving-up Zhang Jie, Xiao Jiu scratched her head, thinking about how to persuade Zhang Jie to keep working hard.

Since the nihilism in her Logic Core gradually disappeared, she no longer liked to give up; on the contrary, she preferred busy days together with Zhang Jie.

Regardless of whether they truly built a flying ship, as long as each day was fulfilling, she was very happy.

After thinking for a long time, Xiao Jiu said a very philosophical sentence.

"But a splendid civilization is built by one mediocre person after another."

"Although genius can greatly advance human technology, ultimately it requires countless mediocre people to build together."

What Xiao Jiu said made sense; after Zhang Jie pondered it carefully, he realized it was indeed true.

Mediocre people also have value; moreover, although he is not a true genius, he is not a true mediocre person either.

"That's right."

Zhang Jie sat up, looked at the surrounding wasteland that had been picked bare, and felt he couldn't just give up like that.

"The supplies around are no longer enough, Xiao Jiu, let's move!"

"Keep building rockets!!!"

"Ha!"

"You and Xiao Jiu started another attempt full of confidence, but this time you don't intend to push yourself and Xiao Jiu too hard; you plan to let things take their natural course."

"After changing to another place, you came to another wasteland town, but now you prefer to call it a garbage recycling station."

"Actually, the happier one is Xiao Jiu; now she is not only lively, but also loves to eat and play, totally like a child, just looking at her is very healing."

"Eighteen years old: Time flew by, and finally the appointed time with the human female arrived; as you expected, you haven't handcrafted a perfect ship."

"That day, you early returned to that bombed‑shattered shelter, and together with Xiao Jiu, quietly waited for the human female's arrival......"

"Miss, there's bad news."

"We encountered a close‑range neutron star twist; its emitted pulse severely affected the spatial stability around us."

"We can no longer perform faster‑than‑light flight."

The person called Miss furrowed her brows deeply; if Zhang Jie were here, he would surely recognize her—this is the human female!

In the universe, each civilization measures time differently, but in the Star Sea Hall, the measurement of time has already been unified.

The human female calculated Zhang Jie's age; if things proceeded normally, she should be able to arrive at the Feipinxingqiu one month before his birthday.

After solving her own problem, she immediately organized personnel to come pick up Zhang Jie.

Previously, she didn't take him with her because she lacked the ability at the time; bringing him might have even gotten Zhang Jie killed.

But now she has resolved all obstacles; her former self was unwilling to face reality, so she chose to escape, until she had a reason she could not avoid facing everything.

She had been worrying whether Zhang Jie would be bullied by the Wasteland Dwellers, whether he would be lonely alone, whether he would miss herself.

In a daze, she returned again to the day she left the Feipinxingqiu; Zhang Jie's tiny figure was just there below, looking at her—heaven knows how long he had followed.

Whenever she thought of that scene, the human female felt a pang of heartache; yet when she finally could go to pick up Zhang Jie, she encountered this situation.

"Then what is your solution?"

"The only solution is to travel at sub‑light speed until escaping the neutron star's pulse range."

"We'll be fine; subjectively we'll only feel a difference of about two days, but in reality we might actually experience a time difference of several years."

"What!"

This news struck the human female like a bolt from the blue, catching her completely off guard.

In fact, one or two years are nothing but a blink of an eye for some great civilizations; among civilizations that frequently engage in interstellar travel, there is rarely any time that can unify the flow of existence.

Those who frequently engage in interstellar travel are certainly younger than those who stay in normal space; this is bound to happen.

But actually, their subjective time has already differed; the principle of the other side being younger is simply that they have experienced less time subjectively.

But the human female has no time to worry about all this; the worst case is that when she sees Zhang Jie again, he will already be a white‑haired old man, or she might never see him again at all.

Thinking of this, the human female only feels as if she has fallen into an ice cellar.

"Use the fastest method, no matter what, to leave the interference range as soon as possible."

"But Miss, we really can't....."

"Just do our best....."

The human female didn't give these pilots too hard a time; this is a natural disaster, getting angry at them only makes everyone feel bad and serves no purpose.

Leaving the cockpit, the human female took out a positioning device that had long lost its power and just stared at it.

At that time, Zhang Jie was still too young, and his departure was too rushed; he couldn't bring anything worth remembering, only this rough-looking locator.

"Little Jie..... must wait for mom....."

(Got elbowed by the reviewer again! The reason is the line above: 'Xiao Jiu is too tight'.... I'm really impressed.)