Duan Hengye wasn't someone who was good at forgetting. He knew that the experiment accident would definitely be a very dark memory. Just like Meng Jinhuai said, completely forgetting that memory was the right choice. However, Duan Hengye didn't deliberately forget. Instead, he reviewed that memory over and over again in his mind, repeatedly discovering details that he didn't notice before.
The military investigation regarding this incident was still ongoing, but now that the research institute's vacation was officially over, Duan Hengye couldn't stay in Nan zhuxing any longer.
That night, Duan Hengye took a starship back to the research institute. He left very late, but because he had been thinking about things, Duan Hengye didn't feel sleepy at all.
The black starship slowly sailed out of Nan zhuxing's airspace. Duan Hengye, who still couldn't remember anything, finally stood up from his seat. He was a little irritated, so he walked to the window, then looked at the endless dark space.
The starship was moving very quickly. Originally, the scene outside the window was quite empty, but after a while, large and small planets began to fly by the window. Duan Hengye didn't know how many times he had walked the path from Nan zhuxing to the research institute. He had already memorized the major planets he would pass by.
Duan Hengye gently placed his hand on the transparent window and looked at the silent space outside the window. At this time, the starship was passing by a medium-sized planetary belt. Even though it was very far away, he could still see the lights emitted by the cities on the planets. Compared to other places, the planets here weren't psychedelic and beautiful. Duan Hengye didn't pay too much attention to this place before.
But today, because he wanted to divert his attention, Duan Hengye began to carefully observe this planetary belt. He looked at it and found that … there was only a sporadic planet not far away. Its appearance was very inconspicuous, but placed among this group of bustling residential planets, it showed a bit of a special meaning.
Duan Hengye was now a qualified galactic resident. After seeing the strange planet, he gently clicked on the window in front of him. A few seconds later, a row of words suddenly appeared on the originally empty window.
Duan Hengye didn't care about the words. He roughly clicked on the location of the strange planet on the window. Then a light green light appeared on the window. The light was scattered at first, but after a few seconds, it condensed into a beam. Then, it scanned the planet that Duan Hengye just clicked on.
This was the planet identification and introduction function of the starship. After discovering this planet, Duan Hengye liked to click on planets and read related introductions. It was also because of this function, Duan Hengye finally had some knowledge of interstellar geography.
After the scan ended, a light screen rose next to Duan Hengye. Seeing this, Duan Hengye moved his gaze away from the window and looked at the light screen.
"Planet: Chengli Planet
Affiliation: Yetian Empire Marshal's Planet
Planet property: Special "
The starship had just left Nan zhuxing not long ago, so the surrounding planets were most likely Marshal's Planets. After reading the first two lines of introduction, Duan Hengye didn't feel much. It was just that … the "planet property" at the end attracted all of Duan Hengye's attention.
After discovering this function, Duan Hengye clicked on a lot of planets and looked at their information. In Duan Hengye's memory, there weren't many planets that were labeled as "special". Even Nan zhuxing, where the House of the Marshal was located, was abbreviated as "Habitable Planet". If he remembered correctly, the only 'special planets' he had ever seen were the Ye Tian Empire's Mecha Research Institute and the Mecha Test Flight Planet.
Could it be that this seemingly inconspicuous planet in front of him was also related to Mecha?
If Duan Hengye was 60 points curious before, now that he saw the word "special", his curiosity was immediately raised to 100 points. Duan Hengye didn't hesitate. He clicked on the name of the planet again and opened the information window.
Duan Hengye originally thought that this was a planet related to Mecha. Before the specific information was opened, he was still guessing in his heart whether this was an abandoned experimental planet. But the second the text appeared, Duan Hengye was completely stunned.
In fact, this planet called Cheng Li Planet had nothing to do with Mecha.
This was a planet, and it was also a very special "cemetery". Cheng Li Planet was originally a very ordinary habitable planet, but because its location wasn't very good, and because of the lack of resources, as the surrounding planets were developed, the number of residents on this planet decreased.
This was a very common phenomenon in the Interstellar, and from the data, it could be seen that as early as a few hundred years ago, there were only two billion residents left on this planet. Two billion was really a small number in the Interstellar, and it was as inconspicuous as Cheng Li Planet itself.
However, on this inconspicuous planet, there was once an incomparably tragic war that was recorded in the history of the Empire. That war almost destroyed the entire Cheng Li Planet, and after the war, the planet was no longer suitable for human habitation. The Empire had moved most of its population away, and the planet that was left behind became a huge mausoleum floating in space.
Later on, not only were there soldiers who died in the war a hundred years ago, but there were also some Mecha destroyed in the war that were sent to Cheng Li Planet. However, there were even more cenotaphs for the soldiers who died in the Interstellar.
After seeing the number in the detailed data, Duan Hengye's scalp couldn't help but go numb. He had always been aware of the cruelty and danger of war in the Interstellar Era, but after seeing the number of cenotaphs, Duan Hengye finally had a more direct understanding of the matter.
He slowly reached out to turn off the screen. Not long after, the starship's control room received a special order — Duan Hengye requested that the starship make a temporary course change, head to the vicinity of Cheng Li Planet, and circle it once.
Not long after receiving Duan Hengye's message, Assistant Ye Pu, who had been elsewhere all this time, came over. He didn't understand why Duan Hengye suddenly wanted to go to Cheng Li Planet. "Professor Duan, do you have any other requests? Do you need to arrange for landing? "
As Duan Hengye's personal assistant, Ye Pu had always felt that his job was abnormally easy, apart from having to pay attention to his every word and action and special movements. Duan Hengye's daily life was very simple, and his range of activities was also very small. As his personal assistant, he spent most of his time in a state of idleness.
Although Cheng Li Planet had a special nature, it was very difficult for ordinary people to get close to it without special permission. However, Duan Hengye was the director of the Yeti Empire Mecha Research Institute, after all, so it was very simple for him to go to Cheng Li Planet. Suddenly hearing Ye Pu speak, Duan Hengye couldn't help but be stunned. "Hm?" He didn't expect Ye Pu to suddenly mention the matter of landing.
Seeing this, the assistant said, "It's like this, Professor Duan. Because Cheng Li Planet has been half-abandoned for many years, some of the basic facilities on it can't keep up. Right now, there are only a few permanent staff members on Cheng Li Planet, so there aren't many of them. If you want to go, we'll have to contact them in advance. "
The top grade starship that Duan Hengye was on was of excellent quality, so it was reasonable to say that it could land in any condition. However, Cheng Li Planet was really too desolate right now. If Duan Hengye went there at the last minute, he would probably see an endless wasteland and a city that had been abandoned for many years.
Ye Pu didn't know what Duan Hengye wanted to do there, but he thought that no matter what, he would have to find some staff members on the planet to receive him.
After hearing Ye Pu's words, Duan Hengye quickly shook his head and said, "No need, we won't land." At this moment, the starship had already changed course and was flying towards Cheng Li Planet. Duan Hengye said, "I just want to take a closer look."
"Okay." After saying that, Ye Pu didn't leave. He stood beside Duan Hengye and started introducing the planet to him. Unlike the data listed on the information bar, what Ye Pu told him was more like a "story." Following the assistant's narration, the huge starship finally arrived above Cheng Li Planet.
Right now, the starship was in the middle of the night sky of Cheng Li Planet. As there were almost no people living on it, the planet was completely dark. The starship slowly lowered its altitude again. With the illumination of the lights below the starship, Duan Hengye could finally see what Cheng Li Planet looked like.
At this moment, the starship was flying over the ruins of a huge abandoned city. This city was frozen in time from a hundred years ago. As Cheng Li Planet was an underdeveloped planet, the buildings here were generally not tall. In addition, because it had been abandoned for a long time, everything here gave Duan Hengye an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
It actually felt a little like Earth. However, such a technological architectural style and desolation level were rare on Earth.
Ye Pu, who was also standing by the window, was different. Although he knew the history of this planet very well, Ye Pu had never been to Cheng Li Planet before. As the starship gradually got closer, Ye Pu stopped his narration at some point. Then, he couldn't help but open his eyes wide and look at the ground.
The starship finally flew over the sky above the city and then slowly came to the day sky of the planet. At this moment, they could finally see clearly that there were mechas standing on the wasteland below them.
"This is …" Although Ye Pu already knew that Cheng Li Planet was also a "mecha graveyard," he couldn't help but mutter when he saw the scene below them with his own eyes.
Although Duan Hengye didn't know much about the history of this place, as a mecha researcher, he knew every single mecha below. Most of the mechas that were sent to Cheng Li Planet were severely damaged to the point that they could no longer be repaired. However, even if only a little of the mecha's frame was left, Duan Hengye could still accurately identify its model number and when it was in service.
Duan Hengye rarely spoke so much, but Ye Pu could feel that although Professor Duan spoke a lot, his mood was gradually becoming gloomy. The assistant opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say. After some time, Duan Hengye finally left the window. He turned to his assistant and said, "Okay. Let's go back to the research institute. " After hearing Duan Hengye's words, Ye Pu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He nodded to Duan Hengye and then turned on his optical supercomputer to send a return notification.
But at this moment, Duan Hengye turned to look at the scenery outside the window again and sighed. He then muttered to himself, "Technology and mechas, do they bring peace or destruction to the galaxy?"
Ye Pu heard Duan Hengye's words, but he also understood that this sentence wasn't directed at him, but at himself. As the director of the Mecha Research Institute, Duan Hengye didn't have to face the war directly, but perhaps he considered the war more than anyone else in the galaxy.
After so many days, the test flight of the mecha "Nanzhu" was finally officially completed. From the initial solo test flight to the subsequent team test flight, Nanzhu's performance had always been good. All of its values met the standards for mass production.
After all, the situation in the Empire wasn't exactly peaceful, so after the last test flight mission was completed, the plan for mass production of the mecha was finally put on the agenda.
It was also at this time that Duan Hengye realized that the real trouble seemed to have arrived …
At 10: 30 in the morning, the deputy director of the Mecha Research Institute, Su Mingge, knocked on the door and walked into Duan Hengye's office with his optical supercomputer.
"Dean Duan, this is the information of all the organizations that produce the external thermal insulation layer of the mecha. Can you take a look?" Su Mingge entered the office and turned on his optical supercomputer.
As soon as he finished speaking, a bunch of densely packed characters instantly appeared in front of Duan Hengye's eyes. Strangely, Duan Hengye, who didn't feel bored even when looking at the background program of the Star Web, began to feel dizzy when he saw the information of these organizations.
After trying to look at it for a while, Duan Hengye moved his eyes away from the optical supercomputer. After seeing Duan Hengye's "painful" expression, Su Mingge finally couldn't hold back his laughter and sat across from him.
"Is it hard to choose?" Su Mingge asked knowingly.
Duan Hengye tried to look at it again and nodded silently.
In fact, in his previous life, Duan Hengye faced a similar situation. As an ancient martial arts family, the Duan family didn't choose to completely hide from the world after arriving in the modern era. They continued to pass down the foundation of ancient martial arts, and they also had many business enterprises. As the youngest son in the family, Duan Hengye didn't have to inherit the family business, but the elders in the family did try to get him to come in contact with these kinds of jobs.
Strangely, as someone who could read the boring experimental data all day long, he had a lot of interest in it. When Duan Hengye looked at his work in the business world, he couldn't help but have a headache.
He didn't think that even though he was in a different world and he was the director of the research institute, he still had to look at these kinds of things.
Although it couldn't be seen, in terms of age, Su Mingge was actually much older than Duan Hengye. Due to his strong professional skills and his daily facial paralysis, Su Mingge almost never thought that Duan Hengye was actually still a "child".
But now, after seeing Duan Hengye's obviously troubled and distressed expression, not only did Su Mingge finally realize that Duan Hengye had a youthful and immature side to him, but he also saw a little bit of "cuteness" in him.
Su Mingge couldn't help but be in a good mood. He pulled the stool closer, and then began to introduce to Duan Hengye, one by one, all the organizations that had applied to produce the external heat insulation layer of mecha.
"… These are all companies that have worked with the research institute before, you can focus on them," Su Mingge said while outlining Duan Hengye on the holographic screen. After hearing Su Mingge's words, Duan Hengye began to listen carefully like a student. He turned on his optical computer and made checkmarks while recording Su Mingge's introduction.
But soon, Duan Hengye realized that it was a bit inconvenient to manually check the key points and then use the virtual keyboard to type. It also greatly reduced the speed. So while Su Mingge was introducing him, Duan Hengye adjusted the orientation of the holographic screen and took out a virtual pen that could be used to record on the holographic screen.
After all, Duan Hengye was from the Earth era. Compared to writing by hand, Duan Hengye's typing speed was still a bit slower.
While Duan Hengye was carefully recording, Su Mingge couldn't help but look from his holographic screen to Duan Hengye's hand. In this era, although writing was still a compulsory course for students, for the sake of convenience, very few people would write by hand during work.
Especially for people like Su Mingge who didn't put much effort into writing and hadn't written by himself for many years after graduation … It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that his handwriting had long deteriorated to the level of an elementary school student.
Now that Duan Hengye had switched to a virtual keyboard for convenience and started to write by hand, Su Mingge couldn't help but lower his head to observe Duan Hengye's handwriting.
Although many people in the Galaxy didn't write on a daily basis, they would still practice their signature. Su Mingge lowered his head and found that unlike those who only practiced a few words, Duan Hengye had a firm grasp of all the words. He never stopped writing.
Most importantly, Duan Hengye's handwriting was exceptionally beautiful!
As Su Mingge looked at it, he actually forgot what he was supposed to do. Seeing that Su Mingge didn't say anything for a long time, Duan Hengye finally felt that something was wrong. He looked up at Su Mingge in confusion and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing …" Su Mingge shook his head and said, "I didn't expect your handwriting to be so beautiful." He sincerely praised. In fact, the discussion about the external heat insulation layer was almost over. Su Mingge suddenly looked at the holographic screen with interest and said to Duan Hengye, "Wait for me, I need to get something."
Although Duan Hengye didn't know what Su Mingge wanted to do, he still nodded and watched him leave. Then, he continued to study the information Su Mingge summarized on the photon supercomputer.
After a few minutes, Su Mingge finally returned to Duan Hengye's office. In his hands were two things that Duan Hengye was very familiar with but hadn't seen in a long time …
Paper and a pen.
"What are you doing?" Duan Hengye couldn't help but ask.
Su Mingge raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Can you write a few words for me on the paper?"
While the two were talking, the morning work at the research institute had already ended. Duan Hengye looked at the records on the photon supercomputer again and turned it off. Although he didn't know why Su Mingge wanted him to write, it was very simple for Duan Hengye. He didn't ask any questions and took the paper from Su Mingge's hands. Duan Hengye looked up and asked, "What do you want to write?"
Although Su Mingge didn't write often, his writing tools were the best in the Galaxy. After receiving it, Duan Hengye felt that it was a good pen. As someone who had practiced calligraphy for many years, he couldn't help but feel a little itchy.
Seeing that Duan Hengye agreed so readily, Su Mingge sat back down in his chair. After thinking for a while, he said to Duan Hengye, "Write a poem. I'll read it to you."
"Okay." Duan Hengye lowered his head.
What Su Mingge was reciting was a very popular and classic short poem in the Interstellar. Even Duan Hengye had heard it many times since he transmigrated to this world. When Su Mingge read it, Duan Hengye also wrote it down stroke by stroke.
In just a few minutes, the poem was finished. After seeing the words on the paper, Su Mingge showed a surprised expression. He picked up the paper from the table and took a few pictures with his photon supercomputer.
"Have you practiced before?" Su Mingge looked at it for a while and couldn't help but ask.
"Yeah." It had been a long time since he used a pen and paper to write. After Su Mingge finished reading the poem, Duan Hengye continued to scribble on other pieces of paper. Seeing that Duan Hengye was engrossed in writing, Su Mingge didn't bother him anymore. After looking at it for a while, Su Mingge, who was in a good mood, posted the photos he just took to his social media account. Unlike Duan Hengye, who never posted anything, Su Mingge was very diligent in updating his social media account and was very happy to interact with his fans.
"Su Mingge:
Can anyone guess who wrote this piece of calligraphy? [Picture] "
After posting the status, Su Mingge didn't rush to see everyone's reaction. Instead, he continued to return to Duan Hengye's side. Because the original author was lazy, many of the historical backgrounds and cultural knowledge of "Toppling the Galaxy" were the same as China on Earth. The ancient poem that Duan Hengye wrote was also a compulsory lesson for everyone when they were young.
When Su Mingge saw what Duan Hengye wrote, he first praised it, then asked casually, "Oh yeah, Professor Duan. When you were young, did you also learn calligraphy in addition to writing with a fountain pen? I feel that the poems you are writing now will definitely have a better feeling if they are written with a brush. "
Duan Hengye came from an ancient martial arts family. How could he not know calligraphy? After he heard Su Mingge's words, he nodded casually and said, "I did, but I haven't written in a long time."
After hearing Duan Hengye's words, Su Mingge's eyes suddenly widened. Seeing that he didn't speak for a while, Duan Hengye finally looked up. "What's wrong?"
"Wait for me." Su Mingge smiled at Duan Hengye and said to him, "I do have a brush in my office."
"…" At this moment, Duan Hengye really wanted to ask Su Mingge if his office was also called a grocery store …
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