Chapter 9 The Future of Platinum ~ Irene carefully supported the slightly agitated...
Irene carefully supported the somewhat agitated Sang Zhitao and asked in confusion, "What's wrong, Sylph?"
Sang Zhitao held her hand and said anxiously, "You absolutely must not jump! The Sigma CQ48 wormhole is malfunctioning; it's collapsing inside!"
Disbelief flashed in Irene's eyes as she looked at Sang Zhitao and said, "How is that possible? The Sigma CQ48 wormhole is the only wormhole for the Elven race to reach the Covenant, and its stability has been assessed by the Covenant."
Seeing that she still didn't believe her, Sang Zhitao was so anxious that she paced around in circles. For a moment, she didn't know how to produce any evidence. She just looked at her anxiously and said, "Yi Lei, I don't know how to explain why I know, but I won't harm you."
Seeing her so anxious, Irene quickly explained, "Of course I know you wouldn't harm us, but Sylph, if we don't go through the wormhole, the journey to the Covenant will be a very long one, far longer than you can imagine."
Sang Zhitao sighed softly. How could she not know that she had written this novel?
In the original story, she set up a major crisis at the Sigma CQ48 wormhole, causing the female protagonist and her elven race to lose nearly 70% of their numbers before she managed to escape in a sorry state. Not only that, but she also met her platinum-level future partner.
Thinking of the mermaid prince, Sang Zhitao's eyes lit up, and she quickly said to Yi Lei, "We can go to the mermaid tribe and use their wormhole."
“Mermaids?” Irene frowned, somewhat worried. “We don’t have any connection with the mermaids.”
“There’s platinum…” she said softly.
"What?" Irene didn't hear her murmur.
“It’s nothing.” Sang Zhitao straightened up and continued, “Yi Lei, let’s give it a try. Perhaps the merfolk aren’t as cold as we imagine.”
Seeing the sincerity in her words, Irene thought for a moment and nodded in agreement: "Sylph, you are our hope, and we are willing to believe in all your decisions."
As she spoke, she gently touched Sang Zhitao's forehead before turning to call out to Meng Arke: "Give the order to change course at full speed and head towards the Mermaid Realm."
"Yes!" Monark accepted the order without hesitation.
Before long, Sang Zhitao felt a noticeable vibration in the spaceship, and then the scenery outside the window changed, which made her breathe a sigh of relief.
"Irene, is there anything I can do for you?" Sang Zhitao munched on an elf stone, looking at Irene, feeling somewhat at a loss.
Irene smiled at her and said, "Sylph, you're still young. You just need to focus on absorbing energy to grow. We'll take care of everything else."
Seeing this, Sang Zhitao could only let out a deep breath and continue to gnaw on the spirit stone.
Irene rested her chin on her hand, watching her with doting eyes, until she had chewed a third of the spirit stone. Then, Irene gestured to her body in surprise, "Sylph seems to have grown a bit?"
Before Sang Zhitao could reply, she pressed the call button.
Not long after, Platinum walked in with his subordinates.
"Good afternoon, Your Majesty. Good afternoon, Sylph." After bowing, Platinum ran to Sang Zhitao before Irene could speak. "I heard Sylph has grown up? Let me check her out for you."
As he spoke, he had his subordinates push the equipment over.
Sang Zhitao then realized that this was actually a mini version of an all-in-one testing device, and couldn't help but curiously stroke it.
Seeing her interest, Platinum said, "How about it? This is the latest version of the Juvenile Physical Ability Testing Instrument, which our Academy of Sciences just developed. It was only completed yesterday, and..."
"Alright, hurry up and get Sylph tested." Irene interrupted him, seeing that he seemed about to go on and on.
Platinum wore a helpless expression, which, combined with his baby face, made him look even cuter.
Although Platinum may seem innocent and adorable on the surface, he is actually quick and professional. He carefully lifts Sylph into the testing device, presses the corresponding button smoothly, and then goes to the side to wait with Irene.
Sang Zhitao felt drowsy while lying inside the machine. When she was fully awake, she realized that she was being held in Yi Lei's arms.
Platinum, holding the detector, smiled smugly: "It's really good; the detection depth has increased several times over."
"Alright, let me see the results." Irene interrupted him, urging him to finish reading the report in his hand.
Platinum didn't delay any longer and handed over the report directly.
"Good, Sylph has indeed grown taller, and the energy within her body has become much richer. It seems that it won't be long before Sylph will be able to learn wind magic." Irene nodded in satisfaction.
Sang Zhitao then remembered that in the original setting of her book, the elf race knew magic, and the wind elves were naturally wind magicians.
Her eyes lit up instantly—a magician!
Irene affectionately patted her head: "I'm really looking forward to it. We'll choose the best teacher from the tribe."
"Mmm-hmm-hmm-hmm!" Sang Zhitao nodded repeatedly.
Platinum chimed in, "I can teach you technology! I'm a genius among the elves!"
Sang Zhitao instantly thought of her motherland's technology, and then looked at the spaceships flying into space, her eyes shining even brighter.
Seeing her interest, Platinum said happily, "Why don't we start now?"
Before Sang Zhitao could speak, Yi Lei said to him, "No, Sylph is still too young. We should wait until she's older."
Seeing this, Platinum could only purse his lips and nod somewhat disappointedly: "Alright..."
Sang Zhitao calculated the time and recalled the plot of the original work, realizing that they met the mermaid prince in an asteroid belt about one light-year away from the Sigma CQ48 wormhole.
At that time, the mermaid prince and his companions almost got lost in the asteroid belt. Thanks to the platinum that the original owner had brought with him, they were able to create an instrument using very few materials, which helped them all get out of the asteroid belt.
Therefore, the psychic mermaid prince fell in love with him at first sight and pursued him for a long time, enduring the opposition of the mermaid clan to leave with the heroine and her entourage.
However, the reason the merfolk opposed this was because the wind elves had become an exiled race, and such beings were considered by interstellar humans to be captureable slaves, which is why many races would try to capture them. Of course, there were also races like the merfolk who wouldn't capture them but refused to have anything to do with them, since they believed that exiled races were bad beings who would bring disaster.
However, Sang Zhitao is not worried about such a thing happening again, because the entire Wind Elf race is still here, and the Mother Tree is also here. They can't be considered an exiled race at all, but only a migrating race. Such beings are quite common in interstellar space, after all, there are always some races that like to change planets to live on at any time.
But Sang Zhitao hesitated. Should she lead the person to the asteroid belt and save the mermaid prince? What if the mermaid prince then takes a liking to Platinum after being saved?
Platinum is no longer a fugitive; he is the Dean of the Wind Elf Academy of Sciences, and it's impossible for him to marry into another race. As for the prince marrying into the family, Sang Zhi Tao thinks that's also impossible.
Thinking of this, and looking at that cute young face, Sang Zhitao suddenly asked curiously, "Platinum, would you want a partner?"
Platinum glanced at her in surprise, then scratched his cheek and said, "I have dedicated my life to science."
Sang Zhitao raised an eyebrow, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "Just as I thought."
Although in the original book, Platinum remained completely unmoved by the mermaid prince's advances.
It wasn't until the mermaid clan refused to help them that Platinum, with the mermaid prince's best efforts, had the idea to give it a try.
Unfortunately, in the end, in order to help the original female lead create a powerful weapon, he was betrayed by a traitor.
Sang Zhitao remembered that before Platinum passed away, the mermaid prince finally saw him one last time...
That part of the story, which she wrote now, seems literary and pretentious, but at the time it made her very proud, especially Platinum's last line: "Do you know that fate is predetermined, and even the gods cannot change its course..."
A thousand thoughts flashed through her mind in an instant. Sang Zhitao looked at Platinum, hesitated for a long time but still didn't say anything. She was just a little confused, wondering if it was a good thing for her to let Platinum and the Mermaid Prince meet again...
Platinum didn't think as much as she did. She gently patted her head and said, "Sylph just needs to grow up safely. These are things that adults need to worry about."
"Of course, if I really meet someone I like, I will definitely introduce them to Sylph."
Hearing Platinum say that, Sang Zhitao couldn't quite explain her feelings, but she still wanted to save the mermaid prince, after all, it involved hundreds of lives...
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