Unlike Meng Jinhuai who had mixed feelings, Duan Hengye who just spent a large sum of money was extremely happy. Ever since Duan Hengye transmigrated, Nan Zhuxing took care of all of his food and clothing. He didn't care about money at all. It wasn't until the LDK-300 asked him to pay that Duan Hengye realized that he was actually rich …
Even though Duan Hengye lived quite well in his previous life, as the youngest child in his family who chose to be independent, he didn't really benefit from his family's glory. Being in the research industry sounded like a good career, but Duan Hengye's research project was a bit unpopular. Overall, his income was only above average.
Suddenly realizing that he had so much money, Professor Duan didn't even feel sleepy anymore. While he was still awake, he turned on his optical supercomputer and continued to search for information on drug cloning.
It was already late at night, but in order to ensure that they could start work tomorrow morning, many researchers who came to Amro for the conference were rushing to leave planet Duguang.
As the director of the Mecha Research Institute in the Yetian Empire, Duan Hengye could've given himself a break. However, because of his health, Duan Hengye hadn't been to the institute for a long time. In the end, he decided to leave tonight as well.
There was a large time difference between Amro and the Mecha Research Institute, so he still had time to rest when he got back.
After looking at the optical supercomputer for a while, Duan Hengye finally received a notification that the starship had arrived at the designated location. Then, he took advantage of the night and left with the security personnel sent by the military.
Time always flew by abnormally fast during a journey. Duan Hengye didn't feel like much time had passed. In the blink of an eye, he heard a notification from the optical supercomputer. The robot had successfully delivered the drug to the LDK-300 laboratory.
Duan Hengye opened the notification and was about to confirm it. However, before he could find the confirmation page, a notification popped up from the research institute. Honestly, they were quite considerate.
"LDK-300 system notification:
Your sample has been sent to the laboratory. Please click here for confirmation. "
After seeing the prompt, Duan Hengye followed the system's instructions and confirmed the sample's arrival. However, before he could exit this interface, another message popped up.
"LDK-300 System Notification:
The sample has been confirmed. Please select the return address. If the address is the same, then this message will be ignored. "
Duan Hengye had never purchased any items or services from the Star Web before, so he could only follow the system's instructions step by step. However … even though Duan Hengye did not know how the other party was doing, he felt that the AI he was talking to was a little too intelligent.
This intelligence was mainly manifested in the fact that it was talkative.
Due to the special effects of the drug, Duan Hengye not only disguised his IP, but he was also very cautious when replying to messages. After discovering that this AI was particularly talkative, Duan Hengye immediately became nervous. However, he soon realized that even though the other party was talkative, it was asking for useless information.
Overall, even though the AI's tone was as cold as usual, Duan Hengye somehow felt like the other party was just chatting with him.
While looking at the previous records, Duan Hengye seriously recalled the state of the AI before and after. Finally, Professor Duan found out what the problem was. It seemed that after he paid for the drug cloning, the AI began to talk more.
Could it be that even the AI began to adjust its service attitude according to the payment?
Ever since Duan Hengye transmigrated into the world of "Toppling Stars", in order to not break his character, he did not even speak easily. Fortunately, he was not a talkative person. If he was a talkative person, he would have been suffocated after such a long time.
Although Duan Hengye was still not sure if the LDK-300 AI adjusted its speech mode according to the payment, after arriving at the research institute, he found that after chatting with the AI, he actually felt a lot more relaxed. Even though the AI's tone was still cold, and the content of the conversation was not very useful.
After returning to the research institute, Duan Hengye did not work alone like before. After the conference, the people around him were used to his change.
After a period of time, the staff of the research institute began to get used to studying problems with their director. Even Duan Hengye began to appear in various group discussion meetings.
As the research institute's work was on the right track, Duan Hengye also took a day and a half out of each week to return to Amro to teach. These days, for Duan Hengye, he finally entered the most peaceful period since he transmigrated into this world.
Although he was still busy with work and had not been cured, he was slowly getting clearer about his work and future life.
The last time Duan Hengye paid for the LDK-300's cloning drugs, it was the first time he saw his account balance. Because he did not know much about the price and consumption level of this world, Duan Hengye could only determine that he was really rich based on the number of coins in the currency. However, at that time, he did not know how much purchasing power this money had.
Now, after a period of observation, Duan Hengye finally realized how much money he had paid for the LDK-300! And how rich he was …
Mechas were the symbol of technological strength in this era. Not only did creating a mecha require careful calculations by the designer, but it also required various precious resources. Extremely high investment brought about similarly high profits. As the main designer of the new generation of mechas, Duan Hengye's income was closely related to every mecha in the galaxy.
To put it bluntly, because of the patent, not only did this world have to give Duan Hengye money for every new mecha that was created. As long as someone created a new mecha based on his theory, Duan Hengye would also receive a large amount of compensation.
Although many people in the galaxy saw him as a "white moonlight", Duan Hengye still considered himself a layman … After seriously counting the number of coins in his account, Duan Hengye silently opened the Galaxy Billionaires Ranking and calculated the appropriate position.
Then he went silent.
Although the original owner of this body was a spy who did not have a bottom line for the royal family, from a certain perspective, he did not care about money. According to his memory, the original owner of this body had never opened his account and counted his balance.
However, Duan Hengye was different. After a few days of calming down, he immediately decided to spend the money. Of course, Duan Hengye was not addicted to spending money. He just wanted to use this frighteningly large amount of money for what it should be used for.
In the end, Duan Hengye contacted Amro University. He planned to allocate a portion of the money to the research institute to set up a fund. The project not only included mecha research, but also the field of pharmacy. Of course, this was Duan Hengye's selfishness.
Although he had the cloning drug, his future was 80% dependent on Lan Jingchi. Pharmacy research and learning required a large amount of money. Compared to directly transferring the money to Amro, it was obviously a better way to do it.
Although Duan Hengye did not think this fund was much, after receiving his message, even Amro was shocked. They repeatedly confirmed that Duan Hengye did not say the wrong number.
That day, Amro hesitated for a long time. In the end, he still sent a confirmation message to Duan Hengye.
However, after a while, Amro did not receive a reply from Duan Hengye. It was … money.
Professor Duan did not say anything unnecessary. He directly sent the amount he just said.
Although Amro was the number one university in the Galaxy, they had never encountered such a situation before. The university originally wanted to follow the usual practice of inviting Duan Hengye to participate in the foundation ceremony, but the other party rejected their invitation.
In the end, Duan Hengye only extended his weekly visit to Amro by half a day.
Although Professor Duan had always maintained a low profile, the day he transferred the money to Amro, the news had already spread throughout the Galaxy. It was not just Amro. Even the normal audience in the Galaxy sighed — Amro University had really found a good backer.
Although Duan Hengye was paid as a guest professor, it was easy to see that the pay was not even enough to cover his travel expenses every time he took the starship to class. More importantly, as the leader of the starship mecha revolution, Duan Hengye went to a university to teach. The academic significance was unimaginable.
A week later, Duan Hengye arrived at Amro at the scheduled time. Because the Mecha Department's class schedule had stabilized recently, there had been people waiting for Duan Hengye on the dock for several weeks. This time, he arrived half a day early. It was rare for the place to be quiet.
Amro held the foundation ceremony two days ago, but Duan Hengye did not participate. He came early today to sign the agreement.
After the starship landed, the school representative who had been waiting here hurried over. Then, he followed Duan Hengye's request and went straight to the conference room.
Amro's planet, Crossing Light, was known for its beautiful environment. Recently, Duan Hengye had been coming here every week, so he had long gotten used to the scenery and climate. But today, as soon as he got off the starship, he found that Crossing Light was a rare cloudy day.
When the starship landed, Duan Hengye did not look carefully outside the window. Now, he found that the sky above his head had turned a dirty reddish-brown. The clouds were extremely thick. If one looked at it for too long, they would have the illusion that it was about to fall.
Seeing the color of the sky, Duan Hangye's heart couldn't help but sink. Although he was not a superstitious person, based on his many years of experience reading novels, whenever a book wrote that the sky was not good or that there was something wrong with the sky, it meant that something big was about to happen.
Unfortunately, he was in a book right now …
Even though he was scared, Duan Hengye tried his best to act as calm as possible. In fact, it was not just Duan Hengye. The soldiers who had arrived with him and even the assistant could not help but look up at the sky. But after seeing Duan Hengye's calm demeanor, they did not show their nervousness.
The foundation agreement had already been checked, and the signing process was very simple. Although they had arrived half a day early, the event had actually ended in two hours. There were still three hours before the scheduled start of class. Looking at the gloomy weather outside the window, Duan Hengye finally gave up on the idea of going back to his quarters to rest. Instead, he went straight to the lounge.
The silver ring-shaped classroom was used exclusively by the Mecha Department. There were still a few hours before class started, so the lounge was extremely empty. For the first time, Duan Hengye was not in the mood to work. He turned on his optical supercomputer and did not move for a long time. He kept recalling the plot of the novel in his mind.
Duan Hengye's memory had always been good, and after transmigrating into this world, he kept recalling and consolidating the plot in his mind. Now, after more than half an hour of organizing, Duan Hengye finally confirmed that at this time in the original novel, nothing major had happened in the galaxy.
So the strange scene outside the window today … either he was overthinking it, or it proved that the development of the story had already deviated from the plot.
Time passed by slowly. Because it had not moved for a long time, the optical supercomputer went into hibernation mode. Duan Hengye had turned off the lights in the lounge as soon as he entered the room. Now that the optical supercomputer had gone dark, the entire room was plunged into darkness.
After some time, Duan Hengye's eyes had gotten used to the darkness. At this time, the optical supercomputer that had been dormant for a long time suddenly lit up again.
Not many people knew about Duan Hengye's optical supercomputer account, but it was connected to the research institute and Amro's work. Every day, he would receive a lot of messages. Duan Hengye felt that the optical supercomputer's notifications were too disruptive, so he had already set up different notifications based on the priority of the matter.
Under normal circumstances, the optical supercomputer would only silently send messages to the backend. If it was a message from the royal family or Nan zhuxing, the optical supercomputer would flash.
Ever since Duan Hengye set up the notification mode, it had never suddenly lit up like today.
What had happened?
In the past, Duan Hengye was able to remain calm in the face of danger not only because of his natural calm personality, but also because of his understanding of the plot. But today's events clearly told him that the future was no longer within his control.
Duan Hengye hesitated for a moment, then finally reached out his hand to open the message.
"The League of Lisheng has launched an attack on the Yetian Empire five minutes ago. The Empire's Marshal Meng Jinhuai is currently on his way."
The League of Lisheng was formed by a few planets that took advantage of the chaos in the Empire. After many years of development, they had now become the biggest threat to the Empire.
Duan Hengye hadn't finished reading the serialized part of "Toppling the Stars", but according to his memory, at least in the content he had read, the League of Lisheng had never launched an attack on the Ye Tian.
This message was short, but it immediately made Duan Hengye's heart clench.
Duan Hengye turned off the optical supercomputer and slowly stood up from his previous position. For a moment, he couldn't tell whether his nervousness came from the unknown plot, or if it was something else … Outside the window, the clouds were still dense, and his mood was as gloomy as the weather.
Duan Hengye's optical supercomputer had just received the news from the military. A few minutes later, this urgent news was officially announced by the galactic media.
Although the Yetian Empire had always been in the midst of war, the League of Lisheng had never made any moves before. Back then, the planets that formed the League of Lisheng's economy, technology, and resources were all in the upper echelons of the Empire. This sudden attack had undoubtedly caused many people to fall into a state of anxiety.
Unlike the public who didn't know the situation, Duan Hengye saw from the military's intranet that Meng Jinhuai had already arrived at the edge of the conflict zone.
Although he wanted to watch for a while longer, the preset notification on the optical supercomputer lit up again. It turned out that unknowingly, it was already time for class.
At this time, the news about the League of Lisheng had already spread throughout the galaxy. Duan Hengye hadn't even entered the classroom when he realized that today's class was noisier than ever before. The circular classroom was originally large, and when everyone started talking, the sound waves constantly collided with each other, making people dizzy.
Duan Hengye could understand the anxiety in everyone's hearts. Although they were a group of future geniuses of the Empire, their average age was not high. When faced with this kind of problem that concerned the survival of the Empire, of course they couldn't help but feel nervous.
After all, Duan Hengye's identity was special. When he officially stood on the podium, the classroom instantly quieted down.
The man on the podium looked around the classroom. This was the first time he had seriously observed his students. Duan Hengye saw that the young people in the classroom were all looking at him with bright eyes. There was both anticipation and trust in them.
After a while, Duan Hengye gently bowed to the students and then turned around to start the class as usual.
Amro University also had students from other countries, but most of them were Ye Tian citizens. Many of them even lived close to the League of Lisheng.
After seeing the news today, everyone was naturally nervous and afraid. But now that they saw Professor Duan's calm appearance, a small number of people's hearts calmed down a little. Although Duan Hengye didn't show any special expression, his calm appearance was enough to make people feel a little relieved.
Unfortunately, the calm in the classroom didn't last long. While Duan Hengye was teaching, he suddenly heard a commotion from below the podium. His hand that was moving the model paused for a moment, then he slowly turned around.
Although they were Ye Tian students and usually didn't get distracted in class, a few students who lived close to the war zone couldn't help but turn on their photon computers during class to secretly check on the latest developments.
Just a minute ago, the latest news came from the Star Web – the first war had begun.
Although he had been teaching and hadn't seen the news, Duan Hengye could guess a thing or two from the students' reactions. He sighed in his heart and then turned off the huge mecha model in the middle of the classroom.
This mecha model was projected by a holographic screen, and when it was turned off, the center of the classroom instantly darkened by a large portion. Because Duan Hengye's actions were sudden, only a few people noticed his hand movements. The rest only felt the sudden dimming of the lights.
A few uncontrollable screams came from the corner, and then the entire silver classroom immediately quieted down.
Duan Hengye stood on the podium and didn't say anything. Although his face didn't show any extra emotion, in the eyes of the students, this was a sign that Professor Duan was angry.
— — Although he didn't say it, everyone knew how important Duan Hengye was to the classroom. This time, not only did someone peek at the photon computer in class, they even screamed. It was easy to imagine how angry Professor Duan was.
The students' thoughts instantly scattered … Would Duan Hengye be angry? Would he never teach them again?
At this time, the atmosphere in the classroom was completely serious.
Sensing that the model had been turned off, the lights in the middle of the classroom automatically turned on, and Duan Hengye was once again enveloped in light. Under everyone's nervous gazes, Duan Hengye walked to the podium for the first time, which had been neglected for a long time, and then sighed softly.
… Sigh?
Perhaps because Duan Hengye's performance in class was too professional, the students even forgot that he had his own emotions. Duan Hengye's soft sigh shocked a lot of people, but at the same time, they realized that the professor wasn't angry.
On the podium, Duan Hengye asked, "How many of the students in this classroom are Ye Tian?"
After he finished speaking, the holographic screen on the podium instantly lit up by 80%. This number was similar to what Duan Hengye expected.
After looking at the holographic screen, Duan Hengye slowly walked down from the podium. For the first time, he stood in the middle of the students.
"I've always believed that mecha related professions are very special." Duan Hengye paused for a moment before continuing, "Not only is it related to spiritual power, but it is also related to the future of the Empire."
The classroom was very quiet, and no one looked at the photon computer anymore. Everyone was waiting for Duan Hengye's next words.
Duan Hengye's tone was as calm as ever, but the students could hear the hot-bloodedness in his voice. "You should know that every piece of knowledge you've learned today is not only related to your personal future, it is also related to the lives of the soldiers who will be piloting the mecha … It is even related to the history of the Empire and the entire Interstellar."
At this point, the students couldn't help but hold their breaths. "If there is someone here who only knows knowledge and doesn't have a love for the Ye Tian and the Interstellar, then I dare say that such a person will never become a great mecha designer."
Duan Hengye continued to walk deeper into the classroom. As he walked, he said, "Today, I'm very happy to see in you the hot-bloodedness that a mecha designer should have." At this point, Duan Hengye happened to reach the highest point in the classroom. He looked around at the students who were staring at him and said, "I hope that everyone will always remember this feeling, and use it for future research. Without hot-bloodedness, you can't become a great mecha designer, but without hot-bloodedness, you can't achieve anything. "
After saying this, Duan Hengye suddenly realized that he had never said this in class in one breath before. Perhaps it was because he had been in this world for too long, but he was slowly beginning to break away from the "God's View" and truly integrate into this society. He was truly beginning to worry about the future of the Empire …
Suppressing the complicated feelings in his heart, Duan Hengye walked over to a student who was crying not too far away. His eyesight wasn't bad, so he could tell that this student was secretly looking at the photon computer at the beginning of class. If Duan Hengye's guess was correct, this student's home was probably in the war zone.
It wasn't until Duan Hengye walked closer that the student realized that he was already standing in front of him. Seeing that Duan Hengye was looking at him, he couldn't help but feel nervous.
He didn't expect that Duan Hengye didn't seem to mind his behavior just now. The professor didn't say anything for the time being. Instead, he patiently waited for the student to calm down.
After a while, Duan Hengye finally finished what he hadn't said before. "Actually, I don't know much about the situation between the Empire and the League of Lisheng."
Hearing Duan Hengye say this, the student became nervous again. He couldn't help but raise his head to look at the professor.
Duan Hengye lightly shook his head. Then, all the students in the classroom saw the professor, who had always been aloof, suddenly put his hand lightly on the student's shoulder.
Then, Duan Hengye softened his tone, but said with incomparable determination, "But, I believe in Meng Jinhuai. He will do his best to protect the Empire. "
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