Zhao Chen watched as Zhao Wan'er and the others chatted happily, so he didn't disturb them.
Chu Xuan also went to greet a few of her friends and asked Zhao Chen if he wanted to join.
Zhao Chen declined. He wasn't particularly fond of such banquet settings. If it weren't for the possibility that his eldest sister might attend with the Little Princess, he wouldn't have been here.
Scanning the venue, the Little Princess was not present.
Thinking about it, figures of that caliber usually made their entrance at the very last moment.
Zhao Chen found a spot to sit by himself, leisurely enjoying some fruits.
A graceful figure sat down beside Zhao Chen and extended a hand. "Hello, I'm Li Wei's sister, Li Yaqi. My brother has mentioned you."
Looking at Li Yaqi, who was dressed in a black evening gown, he smiled and shook her hand. "Li Wei has mentioned you as well."
"Thank you for looking after my brother at the Academy before," Li Yaqi said.
"We're like brothers. It's only natural," Zhao Chen replied, withdrawing his hand and noticing a small object in his palm.
"This is a bone communicator. Just press it and think of something to say, and I'll be able to hear it," a voice seemed to whisper in Zhao Chen's ear.
Without changing his expression, Zhao Chen pressed the button. "Why haven't I seen you promoting the T2 Tibetan Mastiff-class Medium Interstellar Destroyer on a large scale?"
Over the past few days, he had visited the starship exhibition booths outside. He noticed the booth for the T2 Tibetan Mastiff-class Medium Interstellar Destroyer, but very few people were inquiring about it.
Its popularity was worlds apart from that of the T2 Hyena-class Medium Interstellar Destroyer of the same class.
"Because I've deliberately kept most of the starship performance data vague and haven't made it public yet.
If I were to announce the performance data of the T2 Tibetan Mastiff-class Medium Interstellar Destroyer now, the Hurricane Consortium would definitely be prepared.
I plan to announce all the performance data of the T2 Tibetan Mastiff-class Medium Interstellar Destroyer on the day of the military procurement meeting, giving everyone a surprise.
At the same time, I'll catch the Hurricane Consortium off guard," Li Yaqi said calmly as she sipped her drink.
Zhao Chen's eyes lit up inwardly. This arrangement was indeed very appropriate. Facing a massive entity like the Hurricane Consortium, they couldn't afford to give the other side too much time to react.
They had to deliver a fatal blow at the most critical moment!
"Then I'll await your good news," Zhao Chen said, raising his glass to Li Yaqi.
Li Yaqi smiled faintly before leaving to meet other potential future business partners.
Zhao Chen continued eating alone.
"So you're Zhao Chen, the Galaxy Lord of the Fierce Dragon Star System?" a light, ethereal voice sounded beside Zhao Chen.
Zhao Chen turned to look at the speaker. It was a young woman wearing a veil, sunglasses, and a hat, accompanied by an old man wearing a mask.
Although their attire was somewhat peculiar, most people at the venue merely glanced at them.
After all, aside from the Human Race, there were other races present, and eccentric clothing was not uncommon.
"And you are?" Zhao Chen sized up the young woman and the old man.
"Let me ask you something. Can you really crush a Zerg with one hand? And punch through the head of a T2 Zerg with a single blow?"
Though he couldn't see her eyes, he could sense the curiosity in her tone.
"It's not particularly difficult," Zhao Chen replied.
The girl continued asking, "Then I heard that when you rescued the faculty and students of the two academies in the Water Lily Star System, you fought the Zerg hand-to-hand, even biting them directly? And drank Zerg blood? Ate Zerg meat?"
"Do you think a normal person would do such things?" Zhao Chen chuckled.
"That's true. I've seen images of those Zerg—they're disgusting... and their blood is green!" The girl made a disgusted face, then immediately followed up, "Your T2 Black Rhino-class Interstellar Heavy Assault Frigate can take on a T2 Interstellar Battlecruiser one-on-one. How is that possible?"
"It leans toward a high-armor ship hull design, using high-strength Starship Armor materials combined with certain principles of Ship Structure Theory," Zhao Chen explained.
"Then I heard you assembled a starship called the 'Zero Blizzard' yourself, and its speed can reach 100 Knots Stellar Speed? How did you manage that?"
"By optimizing the engine system and Energy System to improve power conversion efficiency, while also sacrificing a bit of the starship engine's lifespan as a trade-off. But it should last for about ten years without issues."
The girl seemed to have ten thousand questions, bombarding Zhao Chen with inquiries one after another.
Zhao Chen answered what he could—after all, as a top-tier starship engineer, all that knowledge was stored in his mind.
"I have a starship technology problem here. Could I trouble you, young friend, to take a look?" The old man beside them suddenly spoke up.
Before Zhao Chen could refuse, the old man raised his hand and projected an electronic document. It contained technical data for a module on a starship, which was incomplete and had encountered some issues.
"This is T3 interstellar warship technology, isn't it?" Zhao Chen glanced at it and said.
"Correct," the old man nodded.
Zhao Chen pointed at several data points on the document. "Modify these three data points slightly: expand the first one by three times, change the material for the second one to Superhelium Gas, and reduce the third one by 0.0013%."
Hearing Zhao Chen provide such precise data, the old man was quite surprised.
He recorded everything Zhao Chen said and then operated something, as if sending the information to someone.
"Grandfather!"
Suddenly, another voice rang out.
Chu Xuan walked over in surprise, looking at the masked old man.
"Ahem... This beautiful young lady, you've mistaken me for someone else. How could I possibly be your grandfather?" The masked old man straightened his posture and hurriedly explained.
Chu Xuan narrowed her eyes at him. "You think just because you're wearing a mask, I won't recognize you? At the very least, when you go out, you shouldn't wear that old-fashioned perfume you've been using for thirty years. I can smell it on you from several meters away."
"Young lady, if your grandfather also likes using this perfume, that means he has excellent taste," the masked old man praised.
Seeing that he still refused to admit it, Chu Xuan silently raised her hand, summoned an electronic screen, and tapped on it a few times.
"Dear granddaughter is calling! Cute granddaughter is calling! Grandpa's little treasure is calling..."
A childish voice rang out from the handheld terminal on the old man's wrist.
Although it sounded slightly different now, Zhao Chen still recognized it as Chu Xuan's voice.
As for Chu Xuan, her expression could only be described as "complicated."
"I keep telling you to change that ringtone, and you still haven't! And you even put it on speaker! I shouldn't have helped you record that message just because of some small temptation when I was little." Chu Xuan glared fiercely at the other person.
"Ahem, ahem." The old man knew he couldn't keep up the act any longer, so he removed the mask from his face, revealing his true appearance.
Zhao Chen had seen this face in the most prominent location at the North Star Starship Military Academy—there was even a statue!
Governor of the North Wind Star Domain, Imperial Duke Zhu Kai.
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