MORIC - Chapter 169

Chapter 169: Time to Go Back

One evening, Chi Yueshan received the series of mother and baby clothes designed by Xi Zhoumeng, sent over by Xuan Rujia.

This director greatly admired Xi Zhoumeng's talent. Not only did she constantly praise Xi Zhoumeng to Chi Yueshan over the phone, but she even attached a short essay of her own to the clothes she sent.

There was also a gilt-edged invitation card.

It was an admission ticket to Xi Zhoumeng's design exhibition next month.

However, she also knew that Chi Yueshan couldn't go right now, so she added that the live broadcast would be available throughout the galaxy, and that she could watch it if she had time.

She had no idea how Xi Zhoumeng had described Chi Yueshan to Xuan Rujia.

At the very least, Xuan Rujia's impression of Chi Yueshan was that of a skilled artisan.

Even though she had never visited Xi Zhoumeng and Chi Yueshan's love nest, she would occasionally ask, "Would I be fortunate enough to receive a toy designed by you?"

"Xi said you are a genius."

Growing up, Chi Yueshan had never been associated with the word "genius."

After all, a person like Zhou Fengqin wasn't very good at praising people, even if the home education she provided Chi Yueshan was filled with confidence.

She had never said that Chi Yueshan was more outstanding than her peers.

In the Lower World, there were no points of reference. Chi Yueshan wasn't interested in school and lived a grimy, dusty life with Zhou Fengqin.

The word "genius" had absolutely no connection to the Lower World.

The earliest Chi Yueshan remembered it being used was in news reports describing Shen Yu. A child prodigy, a special-grade military officer with S+ spiritual power, and later, the Marshal of the Empire.

It seemed there were no particularly famous mecha masters; the ones Chi Yueshan could name already had representative works.

She had seen designs online, occasionally browsing with Zhou Fengqin. The ones she thought were good, Zhou Fengqin would just shake her head at.

As if she could do better.

But Chi Yueshan didn't know why Zhou Fengqin was unwilling to tell her about the past.

But now that she had some free time, Chi Yueshan reviewed her past with Zhou Fengqin from the beginning and found that she understood a little better.

She couldn't force the other person to tell her everything.

Everyone... has a past they are unwilling to speak of.

Like Xi Zhoumeng.

Xi Zhoumeng didn't know how to say it. Even in this world, Chi Yueshan could learn about the work she used to do through the account Xi Zhoumeng had told her about.

It was still one-sided.

Now that she was truly so close, she felt it was nothing special.

Because she had already captured that soul.

And it had always been tolerant of her.

Although... although sometimes her mouth was very sharp.

To actually praise me like that in front of outsiders.

Chi Yueshan asked Xuan Rujia in return, "What kind of toys did she say I design?"

Xuan Rujia: "She said they're mechanical toys more amazing than AI. That stuff is priceless and unavailable on the market, the hype is insane."

This world had no mechas, no Zerg, and its mechanical development was far behind that of Chi Yueshan's world.

Chi Yueshan: "For example?"

Xuan Rujia: "She didn't say much more, just that I wasn't worthy of knowing."

The director, who was technically half of Xi Zhoumeng's superior, didn't sound like a superior at all, and even seemed a bit helpless.

Chi Yueshan was also helpless, but at this moment, she missed Xi Zhoumeng very much.

She had thought she was strong enough.

Xuan Rujia, entrusted by Xi Zhoumeng, was very dedicated to Chi Yueshan, but it wasn't enough to make up for the panic Chi Yueshan felt when she woke up in the middle of the night.

Even if she felt there was no need to panic.

After all, the sense of security Xi Zhoumeng gave her was unparalleled.

But the person wasn't there, having left only that one bracelet. At night, Chi Yueshan would rub the bracelet as she slept, and she couldn't help but mutter.

Mostly cursing Xi Zhoumeng for being annoying.

Why didn't you take me with you?

Didn't you say the planet is yours now? What are you still afraid of?

One night, Chi Yueshan couldn't sleep. The baby in her belly was very well-behaved and hadn't made her uncomfortable again.

Chi Yueshan was leaning over her desk, revising a mecha design draft. Xi Zhoumeng's mecha didn't have high enough defense when facing high-grade Zerg.

Previously, the consideration was always that as a commander, she wouldn't have to go to the front lines. But in a situation of a full-scale Zerg invasion, like Xi Mingguang, she would also have to face battle.

"What kind of equipment should I use?"

"Damn it, I don't know where my notes went. Are they in Xi Zhoumeng's mecha?"

Chi Yueshan grumbled, feeling a bit pained.

She then used her pen to poke the bracelet, as if talking to Xi Zhoumeng.

The next second, Chi Yueshan felt a buzzing sound around her, similar to an electric current.

Then, she heard a familiar and distant voice.

"Yueshan?"

Chi Yueshan thought she had misheard.

But a few seconds later, the entire space seemed to be covered by a distorted film. Chi Yueshan saw her own pen shaking on its own.

Chi Yueshan was stunned.

Then she heard someone call her again.

"Yueshan, is that you?"

It was Xuan Ping's voice.

Chi Yueshan was dumbfounded. She let out an "ah" and said, "Pingping?"

The person on the other end chuckled. "It's me."

Chi Yueshan: "What's going on? I can't see you."

Xuan Ping: "Where are you now? Are you safe?"

Chi Yueshan subconsciously reached out, only to find that the design draft she was touching had become a distorted shape, as if spacetime itself had been folded, causing a change in the object.

Including the pen she had just been holding.

Chi Yueshan: "I'm quite safe."

She hurriedly asked, "Are you still in our world right now?"

Xuan Ping didn't seem surprised at all. She hummed in affirmation, then let out a sigh of relief.

"It finally worked."

Xuan Ping: "Yueshan, are you with Senior Xi? I've found a way for you to come back."

In their world, the Zerg Tide was raging, and nearly another month had passed.

The Queen was critically ill and had urgently summoned the heir, Sheng Yangkui, to the palace. Even though Sheng Yangkui had delayed for some time, she still couldn't change this outcome.

Students across the galaxy had their studies suspended, and many students from Guyun Academy on practical training had been killed or injured.

Xuan Ping's injuries still hadn't healed, but she was out of time. Without even bothering to go to the hospital to see her sycophantic Alpha who had almost kicked the bucket, she had been staying in the laboratory.

Coincidentally, Dr. Duan had a relapse of an old illness. Xuan Ping, relying on her fully restored memories, used the results she was supposed to have achieved at twenty-five or twenty-six to smoothly take over the laboratory and began researching the method she had used in the previous world to summon Chi Yueshan back.

At that time, they hadn't found the Magnetic Star Meteorite, so it was very difficult to control the return location in the end.

Because the fluctuations generated by the Zerg Tide ultimately had to be used to calculate the landing point based on the Zerg Tide's distortion peak, the place where Chi Yueshan was summoned back to... was inevitably at a time when a Zerg attack was generating a peak.

It was so dangerous that Xuan Ping still sucked in a cold breath just thinking about it now.

But she thought: This time, Senior Xi went with Yueshan, so it should be fine, right?

But Chi Yueshan said, "She's not here."

Xuan Ping: "What?"

She was so shocked her voice almost broke. Chi Yueshan was also a bit furious. After all, Xi Zhoumeng had made it sound so good when she left, but then there was no news at all. Even though Chi Yueshan knew this person was very capable, she was still worried about whether she was dead or alive.

"She abandoned me and left."

Xuan Ping subconsciously retorted, "Impossible."

Perhaps the voice of a familiar person soothed Chi Yueshan's current impatience. Her tone took on a hint of complaint, as one would with a friend: "It's true. I'm about to give birth and she just up and left. Scum!"

"What?"

Chi Yueshan faintly heard Xuan Ping curse.

Xuan Ping: "You said you're about to give birth? Do you mean what I think you mean?"

Chi Yueshan nodded, then felt a little embarrassed. "Pingping, I'm sorry, I didn't tell you Xi Zhoumeng is an Alpha... She differentiated during the Zerg Tide outbreak."

She paused, then asked, "How long have we been missing?"

Xuan Ping pursed her lips. "One month."

Chi Yueshan's vision went dark. She looked at her protruding belly and thought, I'm almost eight months pregnant, how am I going to explain this!

Xuan Ping: "Are you really about to give birth?"

She tried hard to recall, and it seemed to be the same in the previous world. Xi Zhoumeng had sought her out, and in the end, successfully summoned Chi Yueshan back.

The only surprise was that when they were separated, Chi Yueshan was still an innocent maiden, but when she returned, she had a big belly.

Even Xi Zhoumeng, who was at the center of the Zerg attack, was stunned.

At that time, Xuan Ping and Chi Yueshan were not friends.

The third-year Xuan Ping had long been recruited into the space-folding project laboratory as a genius researcher and had very little time to return to the academy.

She didn't know about the series of events that had happened at the academy.

She only knew that the eldest daughter of the top aristocratic Xi family had differentiated into an Alpha and said that her Omega had been swept into a strange space.

Xi Zhoumeng knew the direction of Xuan Ping's research over the years and specifically requested her help.

It was called a request, but it was actually a threat.

But Xuan Ping was just one breakthrough away. Her madness had already been thoroughly incited by her previous relationship, so she readily agreed.

In the end, she completed the mission.

She just didn't expect that the Omega junior she brought back would also bring a little one.

The newly differentiated Alpha Xi Zhoumeng's face was also ashen, probably having never been so shocked in her life.

That scene at the time.

Recalling it now, it was really quite a sight to behold.

All her memories had returned, but this time, the trajectory of her life had completely changed. Xuan Ping and Chi Yueshan were good friends.

Of course, she couldn't just watch from the sidelines; instead, she was a little nervous. She was worried that if the landing point was the same as last time, with Xi Zhoumeng absent, who would they get to rescue the sky-falling Chi Yueshan from the Zerg Tide.

Chi Yueshan: "Not yet, I was exaggerating."

She sighed. "It's almost eight months."

After saying that, Chi Yueshan asked Xuan Ping, "Are you guys okay over there? What about Senior Wen and the others who were on the practical training with me?"

Xuan Ping watched the complex magnetic field distribution map on the screen, waiting for the two spacetime nodes to coincide.

On her large screen to the right was a real-time distribution map synchronized from the Expeditionary Force.

If the spacetime nodes completely coincided and the wormhole magnetic field that made Chi Yueshan disappear appeared again.

Chi Yueshan would be able to fold space and return immediately.

But.

But Xi Zhoumeng wasn't there.

The previous plan was just a hypothesis. Could Senior Xi have really gone to try it?

The person who looked so gloomy when mentioning the Magnetic Star Meteorite in the last life, could she really find the Magnetic Star Meteorite with the strongest magnetic field fluctuations?

No wonder she was so certain when they were planning it.

Xuan Ping took a deep breath, guessing that Xi Zhoumeng might have really gone to the Prime Century. She said, "Over here, with Marshal Shen in the Capital Star, there won't be any problems."

"Senior Wen and the other two Alphas stayed directly with the Expeditionary Force as frontline soldiers."

Chi Yueshan: "What about the Princess?"

Oh god, don't tell me they still couldn't prevent the Queen's consciousness from invading in the end?

Xuan Ping: "Don't worry, she's very safe right now."

Xuan Ping sighed. "The Queen brought the Princess back and originally wanted to hold the succession ceremony last week, but Marshal Shen postponed it."

Chi Yueshan said, "Oh."

The next second, she suddenly came to her senses, thinking about Xuan Ping's reaction to her and Xi Zhoumeng arriving in this other dimension.

Chi Yueshan: "Pingping, you told me before that you kept having dreams. Don't tell me you dreamed about all of us being wiped out..."

Xuan Ping hummed in agreement. "Yueshan, how much have you remembered?"

During this time, Chi Yueshan had gradually remembered everything.

For example, her life in this world, and suddenly returning one day. It was like falling from a high altitude, and below were scalp-numbing low-grade Zerg.

Xi Zhoumeng's mecha seemed to descend from the heavens and carry her away.

That Xi Zhoumeng was the very cold senior from her dreams.

She and Xi Zhoumeng had no past of romance, only days and nights of desperate entanglement due to pheromone overload, the marks of being pierced and bitten.

They didn't even have time for tenderness before they were separated again.

After being brought back, Xi Zhoumeng didn't say much either, and her marriage proposal was extremely perfunctory.

It was as if Chi Yueshan was using her daughter to force a marriage and seize the Xi family's assets!

Scum, scum, scum!!

Chi Yueshan seriously suspected that her recent bad mood was because she had dreamed of this follow-up.

It was too infuriating.

Chi Yueshan: "I've basically remembered everything. Humanity and the Zerg both suffered heavy losses, and Xi Zhoumeng..."

Xuan Ping: "It's okay, it won't happen this time."

She sighed. "After all, this time your Senior Xi already knows how to use the Magnetic Star Meteorite."

"I thought you two were together."

Chi Yueshan understood now. Those two had definitely conspired about something before.

She didn't hold it against them, but she snorted, "It feels like you all know everything, and I'm the only one who knows nothing."

Xuan Ping smiled. "How could that be? Didn't you know that you two would definitely get married?"

Xuan Ping, with her hair tied back, tucked a stray bang behind her ear. She stared at the gradually overlapping magnetic fields on the screen.

An unexpectedly stable peak value. There was also a fixed point on the Expeditionary Force's side where the magnetic field was approaching coincidence with Chi Yueshan's side.

It was as if something had been split into two and left in two different places, waiting for an expected reunion.

Xuan Ping revealed a smile: Senior Xi, so reliable.

"This time, you'll have the chance to have a wedding."

"But Yueshan," Xuan Ping paused, "you've already had a honeymoon in secret. Isn't that great?"

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