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Chapter 273 - Chapter 273 273 The task is arduous and the road is long

Chapter 273: 273 The task is arduous and the road is long Chapter 273: 273 The task is arduous and the road is long Chen Xu had almost forced himself to finish his meal. If he was eating alone without any sounds, that would be silence. But if someone was beside him, looking like they wanted to speak yet remained silent, that was silence too.

Silence is powerful.

He felt such pressure right now. Just as he put down his spoon, Yang Jinxia had already handed him two tissues. He took them, wiped his mouth, and noticing the change in Bai Jinxuan’s expression, he felt even more headaches coming on.

He felt he had to say something, so he said, “Maybe you could show me around.”

Yang Jinxia replied, “Sure.”

Finally, someone spoke, and Chen Xu sighed with relief internally as he stood up and followed them around their camp.

The camp was divided into a living area, a working area, and a cultivation area, each taking up a third of the space. In reality, it was very similar to Chen Xu’s camp, except their camp was larger in size. Even without the addition of the colonization suite, it was much larger than this one.

As he wandered around, he found out more about their camp from them.

He had already sensed the difference between the two exploration teams when he saw all the robots outside.

Their landing craft were mostly equipped with robots and drones.

Whereas at Chen Xu’s side, they had only brought a few small drones, reserving the remaining space for large construction vehicles and larger camp materials.

After a full round, they returned to the living room.

As soon as they reached the living room, the two women fell silent again.

Chen Xu said, “It’s about time, how about you both take a nap?”

Bai Jinxuan shook her head, “I’m not sleepy.”

On the other side, Yang Jinxia’s smile carried a hint of sarcasm.

At this point, Chen Xu felt rather helpless. Facing both of them, he simply couldn’t relax. He had to be very careful about what he said, carefully picking his words for fear of getting closer to one and hurting the other.

He wanted to create an environment where he could be alone with one of them, but it seemed neither was willing to step back. It was as if they were intent on making him take a stand, but how could he? Of course not.

This was tough.

He sighed internally and realized he could only keep on dragging things out like this.

So, for the entire day, the three of them stayed together, occasionally chatting, but more often than not, they just sat in silence.

It would have been unbearable for anyone else.

Chen Xu had been through numerous dreamscapes; patience was something he never lacked. Eventually, he came to terms with it, thinking that sitting quietly together wasn’t too bad after all.

…

That night, Chen Xu went back to his room alone. In the living area, there were three rooms, each with four beds, more like a dormitory. Each of them had one room.

His sleep had been reducing over time. After returning to his room, unable to sleep, he turned on his personal terminal, which looked like a pair of 3D glasses. Upon powering it up, a three-dimensional interface appeared before his eyes.

He opened the document he hadn’t finished last time and continued reading.

Gaining the highest colonization privileges meant he could freely access all scientific resources without any restrictions.

The crucial point was that the colonization suite came with its own limitations; it could only start from relatively primitive technologies and gradually climb up, covering the whole industrial chain.

The database even contained information on various machines from the Steam Era, not just in theory but also including manufacturing technologies.

The claims in the colonization suite’s introduction–that it could replicate a technological civilization–were not mere boasts. They were based on these data. With enough time and resources, following the systematic progression, one could eventually reach the interstellar era.

The data in the colonization suite extended up to the early interstellar era, encompassing controlled nuclear fusion technology, High Thrust Engine Technology, nanotechnology, and more.

According to the introduction, it was possible to develop to the extent of exploiting the entire Solar System.

These were invaluable to him, it meant not only did he have detailed materials, but also enough time to personally craft the needed products from scratch, paying attention to every detail.

Compared to this, tasks and the like no longer mattered.

Every day, he spent a lot of time examining these technical documents. He wasn’t aiming for complete mastery, but at least a general understanding. Once he returned to the base, he would begin experiments.

The night deepened, and Chen Xu, immersed in a sea of knowledge, heard a knock at the door. He took off his glasses and saw the door push open from the outside, with Bai Jinxuan in her pajamas walking in.

She stood at the doorway with her hands behind her back, motionlessly watching him. Her makeup-free face looked somewhat pale under the light, her lower lip bitten, her eyes teary with a mix of grievance and longing…

Chen Xu put down his glasses and walked over to her, embracing her and asked, “Did you miss me?”

Then, he felt warmth on his shoulder, penetrating through his clothes.

“I did,” her voice was nasally, “I think about you every day, so much that I can’t sleep. Why did it take you so long…”

Chen Xu listened as she sounded more aggrieved, tightened his embrace, and was about to comfort her properly when he felt pain on his shoulder from being bitten.

It was quickly released.

She asked quietly, “Did that hurt?”

“It did.”

“You deserve it for taking so long to show up.”

Chen Xu rubbed her long hair and said, “How about you bite me again, to let out some steam? But not here–” He was interrupted by another bite on his shoulder, harder than before.

“Does it hurt a lot? I’m sorry.”

“It doesn’t.”

Chen Xu felt somewhat disappointed in his heart. In dreams, periods were a reality; he knew that from the first dream.

He had even thought, in dreams, whether pregnancy was possible.

Of course, as much as he thought about it, he never considered making it a reality. If a child really were to be born, that would be troublesome. It was not a joking matter.

Chen Xu covered her mouth before she could finish speaking and said, “Some things need to be taken step by step. Just talking together like this is quite nice.”

He knew she was inexperienced. In reality, over the past few months, they had met a few times at her place. They naturally grew closer like any couple and almost went all the way once, but Fangfang suddenly knocked on the door and interrupted them.

He had moved past pursuing sensory excitement. He enjoyed more the process of gradually seeing his woman change.

In plain terms, he was no longer young, at least his mental age was significantly different from others in their twenties.

In this reunion, Bai Jinxuan talked a lot, almost incessantly.

Chen Xu listened quietly, rarely interrupting her, occasionally interjecting a few words, feeling a great sense of pity.

She didn’t use to talk so much, preferring to just quietly watch him and listen to him speak. It was clear that these past years had been tough on her.

He felt somewhat guilty; in this aspect, he truly had neglected them, indeed he should have come for them earlier.

Bai Jinxuan kept talking about things she encountered over the past year but carefully avoided mentioning Yang Jinxia, skillfully dodging topics about her.

Chen Xu thought about how the two hardly interacted during the day, and could imagine how they had gotten along over the year.

He couldn’t help but sigh; in such a situation, even over a year wasn’t enough for them to let go of past grievances and truly accept each other. It seemed, reaching that level of understanding was still a long and challenging road ahead.

Truth be told, the reason he delayed coming to pick them up until now was due to his own little scheme, hoping that with prolonged interaction, they would become friends who shared good and bad times together, thus reducing many obstacles.

However, the results were not particularly obvious.

PS: Still asking for monthly tickets.

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