Time quickly passed day by day. In the repeated and peaceful days of the Interstellar Era, Nan Zhuxing was still as busy as before, and the progress of the Mecha Research Institute's work never slowed down. At the same time, the capital planet of the Yetian Empire was still bustling with activity. There would be a new banquet every few days.
Other than being the director of the research institute, Duan Hengye's most well-known identity was that he was also an orphan who was "adopted by the Empress family".
In fact, the original host had always maintained close contact with the Empress family, especially before marriage. After marriage, although the original host had reduced the number of activities related to the Empress family, he would still show his face from time to time.
Thinking about it carefully, it seemed that ever since Duan Hengye transmigrated into "Toppling Galaxy", he suddenly cut off all contact with the Empress family. Of course, they would often send invitations to Duan Hengye, but he would always use all kinds of reasons to refuse.
But this time, Duan Hengye finally met a reason he couldn't refuse.
The father of the current Empress of the Yetian Empire, who was Duan Hengye's "adoptive father" in name, suddenly contracted an acute illness. He directly contacted Duan Hengye and said he wanted to see him.
In this era, "illness" was a very distant thing for most people. Some people didn't even know what it was like to be sick their entire life. As the father of the current Empress, the Duke, who was already old, had been raised with good food and drink all his life. Because of Duan Hengye, his age had long exceeded the average lifespan of people in the Interstellar Era.
But no matter how rich you were, no one could resist the laws of nature.
Now, the news of the duke suddenly falling ill and his condition was not good had spread throughout the Interstellar Era. Everyone knew what it meant to be sick at this age.
Although the Duan Hengye and the Empress Family no longer interacted with each other in private, they still maintained peace on the surface. For many people in the galaxy who didn't know the truth, although Duan Hengye had achieved great things, he still had the label of "being picked up by the Empire's number one noble family".
At the same time that the Empress Family informed Duan Hengye to return to the Subordinate Star, they reported this matter on a large scale in their own media. In those reports, they directly accepted the invitation on behalf of Duan Hengye.
Although it was a private event, the reports still piqued the curiosity of the entire galaxy.
In fact, regardless of whether they released the news in advance, as long as they didn't completely fall out with the royal family, the Duan Hengye would still attend this event. After all, it wasn't a good time to fall out with the royal family on the surface.
But after seeing those large-scale reports that appeared at the same time, the Duan Hengye's originally tense nerves immediately became more and more sensitive.
The Empress Family's Subordinate Planet was not close to the Research Institute at all. Duan Hengye almost had to cross half of the Yetian Empire's territory to reach the destination.
For him, this was the longest interstellar journey since he transmigrated.
As a top noble family in the Yetian Empire, if he wanted to go to the Empress Family's Subordinate Planet, he also had to follow the strict rules there. For example, the Empire's Marshal Meng Jinhuai, who had military power, couldn't go as he pleased. If he wanted to go to the Empress Family's Subordinate Planet, he had to apply a few months in advance or wait for their invitation.
This time, of course, Meng Jinhuai didn't receive an invitation. According to the Empire's laws, the number of staff around Duan Hengye was reduced.
At this time, Duan Hengye was sitting on his own private starship according to the rules. The interior decoration style here was much more comfortable than the military's starship. But even so, Duan Hengye still didn't have any intention of relaxing.
Duan Hengye sat at the desk by the window. In front of him was an optical computer full of data. What was very unusual was that as a "workaholic", Duan Hengye was rarely distracted this time. After looking at the documents in front of him for a while, his mind couldn't help but fly somewhere else.
After an unknown amount of time, Duan Hengye's optical computer gently sounded a notification. It turned out that someone outside the starship's lounge sent him an entry request.
Duan Hengye looked at the time and stood up from his seat. Now that the starship only had a few hours to reach the destination, it was time to change clothes. Not long after pressing the button to open the door, Duan Hengye's assistant, Ye Pu, walked in with a robot.
"Professor Duan, this is your suit today." Ye Pu nodded slightly at Duan Hengye, then looked at the black suit in the robot's hand. Going to the Empress family's planet was like going to the capital planet. There were certain rules and regulations that had to be followed. Although Duan Hangye did not need to wear formal attire because this was a private event held by the family, such a full black formal attire still made people feel incomparably oppressed just by looking at it.
Duan Hengye nodded and took the suit to the lounge connected to the office. The suit in his hand was similar to the suits on Earth, but there were some differences. The style was more rigid. It didn't look like it was for nobles. It looked like it belonged to a clergyman.
Even though Duan Hengye didn't like it, he still quickly changed into the suit. He was wearing a black suit and a black shirt. At this moment, his entire body was trapped in this thick darkness.
After looking at himself in the mirror, Duan Hengye opened the door and walked out. After working for so long, Duan Hengye and Ye Pu were already very familiar with each other. Under normal circumstances, the two would chat from time to time during work. But this time, after seeing Duan Hengye's serious expression, Ye Pu didn't talk to him. Instead, he directly left.
The soundproofing of the starship was very good. After Ye Pu and the robot left, Duan Hengye's ears were eerily quiet. He stood in the middle of the study room for a while. Then he walked to the optical computer and looked at the route map.
Because they were gradually approaching Empress's family planet, the speed of the starship was limited, and it was getting slower and slower.
Seeing this, Duan Hengye sat back at his desk and slowly opened the drawer. In the white space, there were a few silver pearl-sized "buttons" lying quietly. Duan Hengye gently took them out and rolled up his sleeves.
He picked up the "buttons" and gently attached them to his wrist. In the blink of an eye, the silver "buttons" grew several thin metal vines and tightly wrapped around Duan Hengye's wrist.
This was the same type of weapon as the "sleeve arrow" Duan Hengye showed before, but it was smaller and more lethal. After all the "buttons" were attached, Duan Hengye pulled down his sleeves and carefully buttoned the cufflinks.
This was because the clothes were heavier and the style was more conservative. At this time, it was impossible to detect Duan Hengye's wrist from the outside. Although he was a visitor with a special identity, Duan Hengye still had to go through security before boarding the family planet. Although the thing on his wrist looked simple, it could easily avoid the most advanced and sophisticated detection equipment in the galaxy. Duan Hengye had already tested this on Nan zhuxing over and over again.
Speaking of which, the more technologically advanced the era, the easier it was for people to be superstitious about technology. The weapon on Duan Hengye's hand could avoid all special light, but if he touched it directly, he would definitely feel something strange. But in this era, people had long forgotten the role of humans and gave machines an unimaginable sense of trust.
After all the miniature weapons were installed, Duan Hengye sat back in his seat. At this time, there was still some time before the starship reached its destination, but Duan Hengye's heart finally calmed down.
Just as Duan Hengye was preparing to work in peace, his photon computer suddenly received a message from Meng Jinhuai.
During this period of time, whenever Duan Hengye and Meng Jinhuai were not on the same planet, they would send each other messages when they had the time. The content had almost nothing to do with work, it was all about daily trifles.
As the owner of Nan zhuxing, Meng Jinhuai knew better than anyone that Duan Hengye would not refuse this trip this time. But perhaps it was hard to imagine that Meng Jinhuai was the only person by Duan Hengye's side who had tried to persuade him. However, as long as Duan Hangye made a decision, no one would be able to persuade him otherwise. Even though Meng Jinhuai had made an unusual suggestion that was not in Nan zhuxing's interest, in the end, Duan Hengye still boarded the huge starship to Empress's planet.
Although the decision had been made for a long time, and Duan Hengye was about to arrive at their destination. But in the message, Meng Jinhuai's words were still full of concern. Although Meng Jinhuai was not as taciturn as Duan Hangye, he was definitely a person who was not related to the word "chatterbox".
But today, he sent Duan Hengye an unusually large number of messages. In addition to his own daily routine, there was also his little nephew's pet.
As a top student who had received a comprehensive interstellar education, Meng Jinhuai's ability to organize his words was top notch. At first glance, his tone was very normal, but after reading more, there was an indescribable sense of warmth between the lines.
After reading for a while, Duan Hengye couldn't help but smile.
Although Nan zhuxing could see Duan Hengye's real-time location, Duan Hengye still shared his coordinates with Meng Jinhuai. Sure enough, not long after, Duan Hengye received a bunch of notifications from the other side.
Although the starship's speed was slow, Duan Hengye no longer felt that the journey was unbearable through this simple communication. After a long time, the starship's notification that they were about to arrive at their destination sounded. Only then did Duan Hengye shift his attention away from the photon computer.
"If there's a problem, remember to call me urgently." Meng Jinhuai finally said.
Duan Hengye's positioning device also had an emergency call function. After seeing the other side's message, Duan Hengye couldn't help but reach out and touch the location of the device. Then he replied to Meng Jinhuai as usual with an "Mhmm." It was as if he wasn't going to the Empress family's planet, but rather, he was going to work at the research institute as usual.
The starship finally arrived at its destination. The Empress family's planet wasn't large. From a high altitude, it looked like a giant garden planet. Although the original host spent a long time here, today was the first time Duan Hengye came to the Empress family's planet. Although he had a lot of memories in his mind, everything here still felt new to him.
Naturally, Duan Hengye also noticed some details that he didn't notice before. For example, in this hemisphere, there were almost no "civilian buildings". Even on the capital planet where the royal family was located, there were large urban settlements scattered around …
Duan Hengye didn't observe for long. As the starship gradually decreased in altitude, the scenery in front of him became bigger and bigger. After a while, Duan Hengye could no longer see the edge of the planet. In front of him was a mountain-like palace-like building. If he wasn't in the middle of it, Duan Hengye would have thought that the scenery in front of him was all CG.
Thinking about it carefully, the original host could see the same scenery when he came to the Empress family's planet, but he never paid special attention to it.
Duan Hengye didn't think for long. After the starship landed, he followed the procedure. Because today's event was not public, there weren't many people on the dock.
Seeing Duan Hengye come down, a man in a gray suit walked over. He bowed slightly to Duan Hengye and said, "Hello, Professor Duan."
"Hello." Duan Hengye nodded at him.
Now that they have officially arrived at the Empress family's planet, other than Duan Hengye, all the Nan zhuxing members were not allowed to move around freely. Including Ye Pu, they were all left on the starship.
Then, the man in gray suit said to Duan Hengye, "Sorry, Professor Duan, next is a routine security check." Then he used the optical computer's special light beam to shine at Duan Hengye.
Even though his words were polite and polite, as soon as the man finished speaking, before Duan Hengye could react, the light beam was turned on. In an instant, a somewhat dazzling blue light beam was cast on Duan Hengye's body. He couldn't help but frown.
As Duan Hengye's assistant, Ye Pu also saw this scene from the starship. But because he knew that today's situation was special, even though he was extremely dissatisfied, he didn't say anything.
He knew that the device on his wrist had been tested more than once, so there shouldn't be any problems. But when the light beam suddenly shone on him, Duan Hengye couldn't help but feel nervous. He bent his fingers slightly towards his palm, then slowly rubbed the fabric of his sleeve with his fingertips.
Duan Hengye's movements were very subtle, so no one noticed. After he extended his fingers, the ray of light was finally retracted. Seeing that there was nothing wrong with Duan Hengye, the staff once again made a "please" gesture to Duan Hengye, then led him to the hovercraft parked on the side.
At this time, Duan Hengye was moving away from his starship step by step. His nervous mood from the security check at the beginning had calmed down during this short journey. Duan Hengye walked onto the hovercraft accompanied by the staff of the Empress Family Planet. If it was someone else, they would probably feel like they were being "escorted". But at this time, in Ye Pu's eyes, Duan Hengye's figure was still so calm.
As a staff member beside Duan Hengye, Ye Pu was extremely nervous today. But after seeing Duan Hengye's calm appearance, he finally wasn't as nervous as before. Seeing the hovercraft take off, Ye Pu finally returned to the starship. Although they couldn't enter the Empress Family Planet at will, it didn't mean they could rest during this time.
Ye Pu turned around and walked to another cabin of the starship, then said to the staff inside, "Start the detailed monitoring now."
Actually, what Meng Jinhuai didn't tell Duan Hengye was that when he agreed to let him go to the Empress Family Planet, he also gave Ye Pu and the rest of the Nan Zhuxing staff an order — — if necessary, they could directly violate the rules and walk out of the starship.
After all, this was a place that the original owner had been to more than once. After the hovercraft flew for some distance, he felt that the scenery around him was becoming more and more familiar. Duan Hengye's eyes were fixed on the scenery outside the window, watching the green plants and buildings fly by.
The staff member who boarded the hovercraft with Duan Hengye hadn't stopped talking since they boarded. While looking at the scenery below, the staff member kept reminding Duan Hengye — — this was a place where he lived for a short period of time.
Actually, on the surface, these words seemed like he was "trying to get close", but in reality, it was also a kind of "threat".
— — This staff member in grey was reminding Duan Hengye again and again about his involvement with the Empress Family Planet that was unknown to the Galaxy, as well as his notorious identity as a "spy".
Duan Hengye ignored the staff member's words. In the eyes of most people in the Galaxy who weren't familiar with Duan Hengye, he always seemed like he didn't care about anything and didn't care about anything. But at this moment, the slight contempt in Duan Hengye's eyes immediately provoked the staff member who kept reminding him.
As a staff member of a top noble family, he had always been held in high regard and rarely received this kind of gaze. Therefore, when the hovercraft was about to arrive at its destination, the staff member finally couldn't help but raise his voice and remind Duan Hengye, "Professor Duan. Even though you're already an adult and have left the family, don't be blinded by the attention of others. Don't be confused by the attention in front of you and forget your original identity. "
… Attention?
… Original identity?
Even though the staff member's words weren't long, every word was magically aimed at Duan Hengye's anger.
It wasn't difficult to understand. As a traditional noble family. They essentially looked down on Duan Hengye's "attention" because of his achievements in mecha piloting. Even though the world had developed into the Galaxy era, this was still a traditional family that had lasted for thousands of years. In the eyes of the family members and the surrounding staff members, Duan Hengye's "attention" was undoubtedly cheap. Only people from aristocratic families like them should be loved and respected by the citizens of Ye Tian.
As for the last sentence, it was undoubtedly to remind Duan Hengye of the fact that he was once "adopted" by this family. Unfortunately, Duan Hengye was no longer the person who had lost his memories and was deeply brainwashed. This sentence didn't tell Duan Hengye to be "careful". Instead, it reminded him of the royal family's actions.
Therefore, Duan Hengye coldly glanced at the staff member. His gaze was like a cold wind mixed with ice shards. After seeing this, the staff member couldn't help but panic, but he quickly calmed down and said to Duan Hengye, "You …"
Before the staff member could finish his sentence, Duan Hengye interrupted him. "We're here," said the man in a black suit coldly as he looked at the scenery outside the window.
Seeing this, even though the staff member was still unhappy, he had no choice but to let out a sigh of relief. Then, he stepped off the hovercraft before Duan Hengye.
"Sir just recovered a bit. After you go in, Professor Duan, please mind your words and actions." After that, he stepped away from Duan Hengye's side.
Duan Hengye gently touched his sleeves again and finally slowly walked into the house. As an old noble family, this building was also very old. Although the interior of the building still looked brand new thanks to the powerful repair technology of Interstellar, the old structure that had been designed many years ago still made Duan Hangye feel a strong sense of oppression.
Because there were patients in the house, Duan Hengye didn't even take a few steps before smelling an unpleasant smell of medicine. His footsteps echoed in the hallway, making him feel unusually lonely.
Finally, Duan Hengye reached the dark red wooden door at the end of the hallway. He didn't hesitate to push it open. In an instant, the bitter smell of medicine once again spread to Duan Hengye's nose. At the same time, a hoarse male voice was heard from inside.
"… Is this Duan Hengye?" asked Duan Hengye.
Duan Hengye walked into the house and closed the door behind him. He saw that not far in front of him, there was a frail man lying in front of him. The man's body was surrounded by smoke. It was obvious that he was administering medicine in the form of mist. During this period of time, Duan Hengye had learned a lot about Galaxy life. For example, he knew that this treatment was only used when the patient was terminally ill.
The man's eyes were half open and he looked very weak.
"It's me, Duke." Duan Hengye stood there and bowed to the man.
After hearing Duan Hengye's voice, the man on the bed finally opened his eyes and said slowly, "As expected, you're already an adult …" After that, the man stretched out his hand towards Duan Hengye. "Come here and let me take a look." He said slowly.
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