"You...you...you!"heMiss ChuXuan,whohadbeenteased,wasfilledwithshameandindignation,herfacesoreditlookedasifbloodwoulddripfromit.

"Cough,cough,cough..."

Justthen,anuntimelycoughcamefromthevideowindow.

Whydidthatvoicesoundsofamiliar?

AfigureappearedbehindMiss ChuXuan.

randpaChu!

heairatthismomentseemedtosuddenlyfallsilent.

ZhaoChen wasalittleawkward...

easingsomeone'sgranddaughterinfrontofhergrandfather.

Andthatpersonwas overnor-eneralChue,a Five-StarMarshal!

Aterrifyingexistencewhodaredtodirectlydrivehis Starfleet tosomeoneelse'sdoorstepto'abductagrandson-in-law.' 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

"ChuXuan,howarethefirstbatchof 3FireDragon-classMediumnterstellarDestroyerthatwerebuilt,launched,andputintoservice?

fyouhaveanyproblems,oranythingyoudon'tunderstand,youcanaskmedirectly." ZhaoChen'sexpressionwasserious,completelydifferentfromhispreviousplayfuldemeanor.

ChuXuan shothimaglare,shenaturallyknewwhyhechangedhisexpressionsoquickly.

Becauseshewasfacingawayfromhergrandfather, ChuXuan movedherlips,lookingfierce:'lldealwithyounexttime.

hen ChuXuan alsosaidseriously:"heproductionandmanufacturingofthe 3FireDragon areallgoingverysmoothly.

hereason'mlookingforyouthistimeisbecausethe Starlightmpire isholdingamilitaryprocurementeventrecently,andwillberepresentingmygrandfatherasaninvitedparticipant.Mygrandfatherhopesyouwillcomewithme."

"Metoo?" ZhaoChen wasalittlesurprised.

iYaqi hadjusttoldhimaboutthemperialmilitaryprocurement,andnow ChuXuan wasinvitinghimtoparticipate;thesetwothingshappenedtocoincide.

"t'sgoodtogooutandseemore.herewillbemany nterstellarWarship atthemilitaryprocurementfair.Seeingmoreandlisteningmoreisalwaysbetterthanworkinginisolation," ldMasterChu alsosaidatthistime.

ZhaoChen thoughtaboutit;therewasnolossforhiminthismatter.

Anyway,hehadnothingurgenttodealwithatthemoment.

ecouldalsotakethisopportunitytoobservethecurrentsituationofthe Starlightmpire atthemilitaryprocurement,especiallysincewiththeriseofthe XiaolongFleet,therewouldinevitablybesomecontactwithcertainforceswithinthe Starlightmpire inthefuture.

Atthesametime,if iYaqi encounteredanytrouble,hecouldhandleitpromptly.

ZhaoChen alsoguessed ldMasterChu'sintentioninaskinghimtoattendwith ChuXuan:itwasundoubtedlytoformallypushhimtotheforefrontoftheChufamily,totiehimtotheChufamily'swarchariot.

Butthiswasalsoaformofprotectionfor ZhaoChen;theChufamily'sreputationwasquitepowerful.

"Alrightthen,'llprepareonmyend.Justgivemeatime," ZhaoChen agreed.

"Arriveatthe hirdStarSystem ofthe StarloryCentralStarRegion,atthemain Starport,beforetheendofSeptember," ChuXuan said.

nlythestarsystemsunderthe StarloryCentralStarRegion hadnonames,orperhapstheydidbefore,butaftertheestablishmentofthe Starlightmpire'sgovernment,thestarsystemsunderthe CentralStarRegion hadtheirnamesremovedandwereallprefixedwithnumbers.

heearliertheprefix,thehigherthestatusofthatstarsystemwithinthe CentralStarRegion.

ZhaoChen noteditdown:"kay,'llcontactyouwhenarrive."

Afterward,theydiscussedsomemoreaboutthe 3FireDragon;the 3FireDragon wasperformingverywellinthehandsoftheChufamily.

fthosethirty 3FireDragons,twentyhadalreadybeenassignedtoserveinthe mperialArmy controlledbytheChufamilyontheborder.

hecommunicationended.

"hen'llgoprepare," ChuXuan saidexcitedly.Althoughtherewasstillmorethanamonthuntilthattime, ChuXuan wasalreadylookingforwardtoit.

ldMasterChu lookedathisgranddaughterandsuddenlyblurtedoutsomethingthatalmostmade ChuXuan trip:"Whendidyouand ZhaoChen becomeintimate?"

ChuXuan barelymanagedtosteadyherself,herfaceflushedasshelookedathergrandfather:"randpa...thatguywasjusttalkingnonsense.

You...yousaidbeforethatouridentitieswerejustto...tocontrol ZhaoChen andprotecthim!

t'sallfake!tdoesn'tcount!"

"Actually,turningafakeactintoarealoneisalsoanoption," ldMasterChu saidcasually.

"randpa!'mnottalkingtoyou!" ChuXuan stompedherfootinanger,thenquicklyranaway.

ldMasterChu watchedhisgranddaughter'sretreatingfigure.esatontheloungechairinthecourtyard,andthereasonhehadsuchathoughtwasentirelybecauseofthe 3FireDragon'sactualperformance!

ehadseentheblueprintsbeforeandwasamazedbythedescriptionsonthem,butthosewere,afterall,justblueprints.

Andafterseeingthetrulylaunchedandoperational 3FireDragon, ldMasterChu trulyfelttheterrifyingaspectofthatyoungman.

his 3FireDragon trulyhadanextremelyhighcost-performanceratio;itwasastonishingthatsucha 3nterstellarDestroyer couldbebuiltatsuchalowcost.

Sofar,itsperformanceontheborder battlefield hasalsobeenexcellent,quitecommendable.

ewasincreasinglylookingforwardtothe 4nterstellarDestroyer that ZhaoChen wouldproduce;atthismoment,hesuddenlyfeltthatthreeyearsseemedabitlong.

...

ndofAugust, alacticCalendar.

hisdaywasspecialfor ZhaoChen,forthe XiaolongFleet,andforthe wlDragonStarSystem.

Why?

Becausethe 3uiyue-classStarate inthe ionKingStarSystem hadalreadybeencompleted,andthe Starate connectioncouldbemadetoday.

hismeantthatthe wlDragonStarSystem wouldescapeitspreviousawkwardsituationofhavingnoavailable Starate.

3Blizzard-classightnterstellarBattlecruiser · Bridge

ZhaoChen and ilith werebothhere,aswas ChiefngineerAnnie.

heywatchedthewindowdisplayinfrontofthem,whichshowedthe 3uiyue-classStarate operatingatlowfrequency.

"enminutesuntiltheagreedtime."Annie'sexpressionwasalsoveryseriousatthismoment;afterall,this 3uiyue-classStarate waspersonallysupervisedbyherduringitsconstruction.

twaslikeherownchild.

ightypercentofthetrialrunhadbeencompletedbefore,butthecrucial Starate connectionhadbeendelayedforvariousreasonsandhadnotyetbeenattempted.

ow,finally,theyhadthisopportunity.

A Starate thathasnotbeenconnectedisanincomplete Starate.

Andnow,this 3uiyue-classStarate ofthe wlDragonStarSystem wouldofficiallybecomecomplete.

"Report,fiveminutesleft.Wecanopenthe Starate connectionchannel," Sisteriu,whowasinchargeoftheworkonsite,reportedfromthewindownexttoAnnie.

"penthe Starate connectionchannel!"Anniegavetheorder.

"pening Starate connectionchannel,waitingforthesignalconnectionfromtheother Starate," Sisteriu reported.

Atthismoment,alltheycoulddowaswait.

neminute...

wominutes...

hreeminutes...

Foreveryonepresent,thistimefeltlikeayearpersecond.

heestimatedfiveminutesquicklypassed.

Butthe 3uiyue-classStarate hadnoreaction.

ZhaoChen didn'tspeak;he◈оvеlіgһт◈(Continuereading)knewthistimewasjusttheagreed-uponexpectedtime,andwithsuchalongdistancebetweenthetwolocations,sometimedelaywasnormal.

Anotherfiveminutespassed.

he 3uiyue-classStarate stillhadnoresponse.

Anniebitherlip,lookingsoanxiousitseemedasifshewouldburstintotearsthenextsecond.

heeighthminute!

Arayoflightsuddenlyemergedfromthe 3uiyue-classStarate,andbetweenthetwocrescent-shapedframes,ashimmeringrippleoflightappeared,likealakesurface.