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After cutting off the communication channel, Chu Si asked SkyEye to pause the decryption of Jiang Qi’s research draft. The progress bar remained at 36%. Having removed any remaining traces from the aircraft, he threw SkyEye’s core disk to Sa’e Yang as usual.
Sa’e Yang took it but didn’t buckle it behind his waist like normal. He bounced the core disk up and down in his palm, lifted his eyelids, and glanced at Chu Si.
“What are you looking at me for?” Chu Si had already tidied everything up and was walking to the hatch, ready to descend the gangway, when he was surprised by this gaze.
“Nothing.” Sa’e Yang narrowed his eyes, pressed his tongue against his cheek, put SkyEye’s core disk away, and lazily followed over.
The two of them descended the gangway one after another and boarded the spaceship they were connected with.
This spaceship was called the White Wolf, and belonged to the same model as the White Tiger of the general government and the White Eagle of the military headquarters.
The White Wolf belonged to the Security Building and normally rested underground. It carried 800,000 single-person wartime aircraft and 200,000 medical rescue aircraft. These aircraft were equipped with the most advanced compression technology on Aquila Gamma, and their sizes were compressed to the extreme so that they occupied very little space. A stadium-sized warehouse could accommodate them all.
So, there were also various functional areas distributed inside the spaceship— including barracks for security troops and guards, fully equipped living areas, and office areas. The office area was designed as if the entire Security Building was laid on its side and translated underground, creating a vivid replica.
When the White Wolf ship was being built, Chu Si had already glanced at its internal structure. At that time, these spaceships were waiting for a breakthrough in instantaneous launch technology. However, what no one expected was that before technology could reach that level, the planet had an accident. There was too little time to evacuate, and these spaceships were not able to be put to use in time.
But it wasn’t too late to use them now.
Zilder Feng personally came to the entrance to pick them up, followed by five officials from the Security Building and a row of guards.
Chu Si could name each of the five officials. Among them, two were deputy executives of Office No. 1, one was the head of Chu Si’s security guards, one was a leader of the security troops, and one was a regular official.
Taking all this into account, Zilder Feng was clearly the highest-ranking official at the moment.
But this was actually a little strange. After all, as a deputy executive in charge of publicity, according to his original position, he wasn’t as powerful as the two deputy executives of Office No. 1, and in terms of firepower at hand, he wasn’t as strong as the leader of the security troops. Moreover, his age was older than Chu Si’s and Sa’e Yang’s combined, and he had been on the verge of retiring. Yet, surprisingly, in the present situation, he had become a leader of the others. Perhaps this was the glory of a setting sun?
Chu Si and Sa’e Yang stood at the boarding entrance. The old Zilder Feng put on no official airs and rubbed his hands together, wrinkled face smiling: “Executive!”
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“Executive, it’s great you’re safe and sound!” the head of Chu Si’s security guards, Roger, followed.
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His father, Shao Dun, was a famous intelligent mechanical therapy expert at the White Eagle Military Hospital. He was the one who repaired half of Chu Si’s body.
After Shao Heng finished speaking, he remembered they were in public, so he saluted in Chu Si’s direction, saying, “Executive.”
The other three officials also greeted Chu Si.
Chu Si nodded and introduced Sa’e Yang to them: “A partner who helped me steal a wanderer’s aircraft.”
Everyone: “….” En… they didn’t know what to say to this.
But Shao Heng couldn’t help but laugh: “Which wanderer woke up and chose the wrong day to knock on your door?”
Zilder Feng, an old and rigid person, felt a great deal of pain every time he heard this casual tone of voice. He gritted his teeth and gave a glare. Unfortunately, neither Shao Heng nor Chu Si cared.
Considering the idea that a collaboration with Carlos Black was still in the works, Chu Si didn’t want to embarrass him, so he sidestepped the situation and said lightly, “En, they’re quite unlucky.”
Shao Heng had known Chu Si for many years and was quite familiar with his personality. With a blink of an eye, he quickly skipped past the topic and said, “Then, Executive, what’s the surname of your brother-in-crime? How should I address him?”
Chu Si had spoken nonsense earlier and forgot to name Sa’e Yang, so he silently turned his head and glanced at a certain someone.
Only to hear Sa’e Yang say arrogantly and lazily: “Yang.”
Chu Si: “…”
How great. He suspected that if someone asked for his “name,” this person would even report back “Sa’e.”
To be honest, with Sa’e Yang’s temper, he probably wouldn’t even bother to make up a name. After all, he had always been lawless and fearless.
As expected, Shao Heng asked again, “Yang? A good surname. Brother, what’s your name? Once you tell me, we’ll be colleagues too.”
This person surnamed Shao was someone who kept his mouth running in any situation. Chu Si had never figured out how the strict and serious Dr. Shao raised such a son.
He caught a glimpse of Sa’e Yang opening his mouth again. That mouth was nearly about to say “Sa,” so Chu Si calmly interjected, saying, “Zha.”
Everyone: “???”
Shao Heng’s outstretched hand, ready for a handshake, paused. He looked bewildered: “What?”
Chu Si: “…”
After he finished speaking, he regretted his words slightly. It was all because his mind had been preoccupied with other things, so he nearly tossed out the two words “Mazha,” but fortunately, he realized it was too outrageous before speaking, took a turn, and ultimately missed a word.
Yang Zha, what a great name.
Words spoken were as hard to take back as water thrown out. In any case, it wasn’t even his own name, so it wasn’t any of his problem if it sounded ugly. Chu Si said calmly, “Surnamed Yang, named Zha. From now on, you all—”
He paused for a second, pondering which name would be most suitable, but could only continue: “Just call him whatever you want.”
After a moment of silence, everyone’s faces changed into very appropriate smiles as they nodded at Sa’e Yang, saying, “Mr. Yang.”
Sa’e Yang didn’t even nod. His gaze swept over them all before ultimately falling on Chu Si, very, very… meaningfully.
Although there were various devices at the boarding entrance to maintain normal gravity and other systems, it was still an entrance to outer space and was not very stable. After standing at the entrance for a while, everyone felt uncomfortable all over.
Shao Heng gave an order, and five or six security troops stepped out in response, carrying the connected aircraft and the military aircraft trailing behind into the White Wolf ship. The massive hatch slowly closed.
There was a transportation belt at the entrance for transporting connected materials and personnel. Shao Heng shouted to lift the two aircraft, and everyone followed behind them, passing through the passage into the White Wolf.
It wasn’t until the aircraft passed through the security scanning verification door that Chu Si remembered anyone entering would have to undergo an inspection.
Chu Si and Sa’e Yang stood in the middle of the crowd, with Zilder Feng and head guard Roger leading the way, followed by Shao Heng and several other officials, and finally a group of guards.
After Carlos Black’s aircraft passed, the verification gate electronic voice reported, “The n-10th generation space endurance aircraft, produced in 5582, detected firepower reserves…”
A long string of electronic words sounded, marking nearly all detected weapons and storage areas for manual inspection.
When the military aircraft following closely behind passed by, the electronic voice still attentively announced the model and year: “Black Swan 1st Generation military aircraft, produced in 5621, detected…”
Black Swan 1st Generation? When Chu Si heard this name, he muttered to himself.
Earlier, it was only Zilder Feng who said the aircraft looked a bit familiar, but now Chu Si was also starting to feel it was familiar. But if it were produced in 5621, it would be much older than his age, and would be…
“Black Swan? Isn’t that a batch of aircraft that the military stopped producing after one generation? It’s said that they were only pulled out and flown around once during a finished product inspection before being stuffed into an underground warehouse. A batch of aircraft that were retired before they were put into service. Executive, which cemetery did you dig up this antique from? After almost a hundred years, it hasn’t rusted to death yet?”
These words were from Shao Heng, an avid enthusiast of aircraft, who didn’t even give up on researching products created before his own birth. Otherwise, Chu Si would’ve never been able to remember the origin of this short-lived aircraft, the Black Swan.
But how could it be a Black Swan?
Chu Si frowned. If this was a Black Swan, could all the military aircraft surrounding Jiang Qi’s apartment at that time also be Black Swans? How could an aircraft that had been scrapped by the military for nearly a hundred years appear so suddenly?
He had been nearly certain that the people surrounding that planetary fragment were from the City of Silver, but now he was a little unsure.
The City of Silver was known for its technological advancement, which was ahead of all of the other planets. How could it be possible for them to retrieve something from nearly a hundred years ago to use?
Zilder Feng was a person from that generation. As the old man passed through the security verification door, he said, “No wonder I thought it looked familiar! I was still young when the Black Swans were undergoing inspection, and took a glance. However, the reason why these aircraft were retired back then was because there were mistakes in the production process, which led to substandard specifications. They couldn’t be put to use in actual combat at that time… I never expected to see one today.”
As the old man spoke, the electronic tone of the security verification door rang again: “Identity verification, Zilder Feng, DNA scan results…”
The verification results of the electronic voice pulled Chu Si’s thoughts back from the Black Swan to the present moment——
Chu Si: “…”
He’d forgotten that the verification door was supposed to scan DNA.
Black Swan sounds so cool! Thank you for the chapter!! 🧡💛
sae yang is such a funny person 😭😭 thank you for the update!
Ahh I love this sm. Thanks for the update!
oh, i’m late, thank you for the chapter!
Omg half of his body was destroyed? Why have I forgotten about this…