Chapter 417: Human! Don't!

No, still no way; the fuel doesn't meet the standard.

Human, do you want to rest?

Zhang Jie shook his head; it wasn't time to rest yet.

Xiao Jiu looked at the somewhat haggard Zhang Jie and couldn't help feeling worried.

Since the human female had gone completely silent, Zhang Jie reverted to his former self.

He forgoes sleep and food, using busyness to numb himself.

But it's obvious that with his current ability and knowledge, building a warship is utterly impossible; moreover, the notes left by the human female were also damaged in that accident.

This makes the already difficult construction plan even worse.

"If I could deploy the hull...."

As a humanoid warship, Xiao Jiu still has defects, but she can fully support continued interstellar travel.

Unlike ordinary warships, she can draw energy from many sources—solar, electric, organic fuel, nuclear—all convertible to her power supply.

Over these years, her energy has already accumulated enough to support short-distance travel.

But the problem is, she simply cannot deploy the hull!

Xiao Jiu, face full of worry, glanced at the busy Zhang Jie and sneaked outside.

Arriving at an open area, Xiao Jiu's eyes filled with determination; she closed her eyes and began to exert effort.

She doesn't know exactly where to direct this effort; she just exerts it.

Nothing happened, but if she just gave up like that, Xiao Jiu wouldn't accept it, so she exerted even more effort.

"emmm."

"Do humanoid lifeforms also need to use the toilet?"

Zhang Jie's voice suddenly sounded behind her again; Xiao Jiu startled, shot up, and glared at him angrily.

"Soulless human! Don't look anymore!"

Zhang Jie scratched his head; he had just seen Xiao Jiu standing in a horse stance, not knowing what she was doing, so he came over to look.

"So.... what are you doing?"

"I.... I'm trying to deploy the hull...."

"If I could deploy the hull, I could take you away directly..."

Zhang Jie understood Xiao Jiu's feelings, but unfortunately it was of no use.

"Are we supposed to rely on him to fix Xiao Jiu? Don't joke; such technology isn't for him to repair."

After thinking, Zhang Jie reached out and patted Xiao Jiu's head.

"Don't push yourself; tonight I'll buy you something tasty."

"Even if I can't deploy it, it's fine; I will succeed."

"This saying is to comfort yourself and also Xiao Jiu; you both know very well how difficult hand-building a warship is."

At twenty years old: the human female still hasn't arrived, and your warship has made no suitable progress.

But compared to that, what's more noteworthy is that a war seems to have broken out outside.

From time to time missiles flew onto Wasteland Star; the outside rumbling lasted half a year without cease; people on Wasteland Star were panicked, nobody knowing what happened outside.

However, the deepest impact on you is the ever-dwindling supplies on Wasteland Star; since the war began, you haven't seen a treasure chest fall from the sky for a long time.

Wasteland City also lost external material exchange; food and water prices skyrocketed; the only thing affecting Xiao Jiu is that she can no longer eat that low-quality cake.

The war lasted a whole year; fortunately you usually stockpile grain, which barely supported you for a month.

The increasingly cramped living space makes you realize it's no longer about longing for or not longing for the starry sky; if you don't try to leave this place, you very likely will die here!

Finally, on one night, under a tremendous explosion, a meteor shower swept across the sky, and this war finally came to an end.

But the treasure chests you expected never fell again; Wasteland City no longer receives various refined steel; you know, the civilization near you that kept dumping garbage onto Garbage Star has been completely destroyed.

During this time, seeing ever-less food, you weren't panicked, but Xiao Jiu was.

She differs from you; she doesn't need food or drink, only needing that strongly radioactive metal to operate, but if you don't eat, you're definitely on a dead-end path.

She began to go out more frequently to open treasure chests, while you stayed in the shelter, continually making the final effort.

After unremitting effort, the warship's hull strength has met standards; the only remaining issues are engine and fuel.

Faster-than-light flight is impossible, but sub-light flight can still be barely achieved; the human female's notes contain this technology, but much was damaged in the explosion.

Time after time of attempts, the scarcity of food and mental oppression finally broke your spirit; after the previous time being robbed by Wasteland Dwellers, you shed tears of reluctance a second time.

Question: Can suicide solve everything? Obviously not, but it is indeed the best way to escape reality, yet also the most irresponsible toward those around you.

But there's no way; if the human female's things were still there, he could still persist, but now the people on Wasteland have begun to devour each other; believe it won't be long before the whole planet falls into dead silence.

Rather than wait for death, better to give yourself a quick end; thus, while Xiao Jiu was out looking for supplies, you chambered your gun and aimed it at yourself....

Human! Don't!

Xiao Jiu's voice suddenly came from the doorway; she summoned all her strength and lunged at Zhang Jie.

With a bang, the bullet hit the side wall; Zhang Jie's head was still there.

"Xiao Jiu....."

She angrily stood up, snatched the gun from Zhang Jie's hand, and twisted it into a lump of scrap iron.

"How could you do this!"

"I clearly.... I clearly just found something good..."

"If I had come back a little later, wouldn't you have...?"

Xiao Jiu grew more and more aggrieved as they spoke, wiping their tears while beating Zhang Jie, and finally, like a child, they curled into Zhang Jie's arms.

Humans, don't give up....

Don't abandon me, I clearly found hope to leave...

Promise me, don't leave alone, okay?

Okay....

You promised Xiao Jiu's request, you thought it was her stalling tactic, but unexpectedly, she really brought hope that could let you survive....

That was an airship that had been shot down....