"Is that so?" Yan Bai recalled Qi Hanyi's reaction when Su Su was poisoned and unconscious last time: "I thought he cared about you a lot."

Without waiting for Su Su's answer, Yan Bai took the initiative to change the subject: "I will be on a business trip to the capital in a few days. Can you come out to meet me?"

Su Su was happy at first, but then he remembered that the effect of the medicine would wear off in a few days and he might turn into a shark. He looked a little embarrassed and said, "No, it's not convenient for me."

"Qi Hanyi won't let you out?" Yan Bai asked.

"No, it's my own problem." Su Su said vaguely: "My mermaid medicine has some side effects."

He didn't say that he would turn into a shark in a few days, otherwise he couldn't explain why he could still pass the identification and play the game online after turning into a shark.

Yan Bai already knew that Su Su was a mermaid who had transformed into a human through special means, so he was not surprised to hear this.

After a moment's silence, Yan Bai spoke: "I am really worried about you. I will stay in the capital for a while this time. If you encounter any danger, please tell me at any time. You are my cousin, and I will definitely help you."

"Thank you, but I'm doing well now, so I don't think it's necessary." Su Su thanked him and logged off.

After Su Su left, the smile on Yan Bai's face faded, and he had a gloomy look on his face when he left the nutrition cabin.

"Who offended you?" Yan San sat in front of the French window as usual, legs crossed, looking at his young adopted son calmly.

"I thought he had mermaid blood, so even if he didn't get close to us, he would never side with Qi Hanyi." Yan Bai's tone was full of disappointment: "But he lied to me. Qi Hanyi clearly had a mental breakdown, but he just said he fainted."

"I want to convince myself that he really might not know, but..."

"But even if he didn't know before, after this incident, someone should have told him." Yan San added what Yan Bai hadn't finished saying: "He knows, he is playing dumb with you."

"I don't understand why he..." Yan Bai said, "Qi Hanyi hates mermaids so much, how can he be nice to him?"

"I've said before that Su Su was raised as a shark, so it's not easy for him to empathize with you. Do you think he will be devoted to you if you do him a few favors, tell him a few stories, or give him some small favors?" Yan San shook his head: "In this world, it's far easier to use gratitude to drive someone to do things for you than to use hatred. You are still too soft-hearted towards Su Su."

"But do we really have to do that?" Yan Bai asked with some struggle in his eyes.

"I know you are a sentimental child. You treat him as a family member, and you can't bear to let him go." Yan San said in a slow and gentle voice: "But if he continues to be obsessed and stay with Qi Hanyi, you should think about his ending. We are not harming him, we are helping him."

"I understand." Yan Bai said firmly, "I'll go and arrange it right away."

"Yeah." Yan San nodded with satisfaction: "How is Zheng Hui doing?"

Yan Bai said seriously, "We are preparing. Zheng Hui's mental strength has reached S-level. Last time, we got a test paper from the Imperial Military Academy. If we take his results to their school, he will be ranked among the top. It should be enough for a game competition."

"Be more stable. I remember there is a girl who is very likely to win first place. Try to arrange for her to be eliminated in the preliminary round to avoid any more trouble."

"You mean, simplifying the complex?" Yan Bai also knew this name, and they had investigated the people behind it. The elder brother's name was Jian Cheng, and he was the deputy general beside Qi Hanyi. He was down-to-earth, but his talent was average. The younger sister Jian Fan, on the other hand, was very talented. Even before she entered the Imperial Military Academy, many people had heard of her name. In addition, with her brother's help, her strength was very conspicuous among the players. It was indeed a threat to Zheng Hui in this competition.

Yan San: "Well, do it quickly. I don't like too many variables in the plan."

After Su Su logged off, he found that Qi Hanyi was not in the bedroom. He had evening training every day, and he never stopped at home, so it should not be over yet.

Su Su yawned, took a shower by himself, washed off the nutrient solution on his body, pulled open Qi Hanyi's bedding, and crawled in.

Well, a big bed is good! Su Su rolled over happily in the quilt.

He was very tired today. He tried every possible way to save people during the day, and fought in the game at night, which consumed a lot of mental energy. He fell into a deep sleep not long after he touched the pillow.

When Qi Hanyi finished training and returned to his room, he found that the bed was no longer as smooth as before. The edges of the sheets were wrinkled, and there was a small bulge in the quilt.

Su Su liked to sleep on his stomach with his limbs tucked together neatly, with only the back of his head showing outside the quilt, and his long silver-blue hair casually spread out.

I forgot to prepare a bed for Su Su.

Qi Hanyi frowned slightly, as if he couldn't accept that he had made such a low-level mistake.

He used communication to ask the robot Xiaoyou to send a set of clean bedding over. The room was big enough for him to sleep on the floor for the night.

Perhaps it was the robot's voice that woke Su Su up. Su Su stuck his head out from under the quilt, casually brushing his hair behind his head. He rubbed his eyes and looked at Qi Hanyi, who was working on the floor, in a daze: "What are you doing?"

After two seconds, he seemed to be more awake. Su Su saw Qi Hanyi throwing the quilt on the floor and asked in confusion, "Aren't you going to sleep together?"

"No." Qi Hanyi did not explain the reason, but just refused lightly.

Su Su sat up from the bed: "But why? The bed is so big, it's enough for two of us to lie down. The floor is hard and cold, how can it be more comfortable than the bed? You are still a patient."

"It's inconvenient." Qi Hanyi had already made the bed. He kept his inner clothes and folded his outer training clothes neatly and placed them at the head of the bed.

"What's the inconvenience? I sleep very well and I won't suddenly turn into a shark and bite you." Su Su patted the quilt, making a "pa pa" sound.

"That's not the question." Qi Hanyi was a little confused about how to explain. He paused for a moment, organized his words, and then said, "We are not in that kind of relationship. We can't sleep together."

He had developed feelings for Su Su, but his mental breakdown was a time bomb. Before solving this problem, he would keep his distance from Su Su, so that if the disease became uncontrollable in the future, Su Su could still leave.

"We are not..." Su Su wanted to ask if it was not that kind of relationship? But as soon as he said it, he suddenly understood. Qi Hanyi said that he didn't want him to call him husband.

Although humans are not limited to couples who sleep in the same bed, close friends of the same sex sometimes also do so, but Qi Hanyi might mind it a little.

He didn't want to be her partner, nor did he want to sleep in the same bed with her.

"Okay." Su Su's tone revealed a bit of disappointment. He couldn't explain why he was disappointed, but he just felt a bit unhappy and wanted to hide away and be quiet.

He slid under the covers, the sheets pulled over his head, leaving only a hint of his silver-blue hair visible.

There was still a hint of Qi Hanyi's smell in the quilt, which was particularly obvious in the closed quilt.

So Su Su stuck his head out again and hid it under the pillow, thinking secretly, if he likes to sleep on the floor, then let him sleep on it. Anyway, he has no intention of being Qi Hanyi's partner.

The next day, Qi Hanyi had several tasks piled up on his hands because he had fainted in the military department the day before. He spent the whole day either in the office or in training, and had no awareness of being a patient at all.

Su Su went online and found that his friend was not there, so he played by himself for a while.

After the Silver Dragon was reset, all the modifications Yan Bai had made for him were gone, and it was directly restored to its factory settings. But Su Su didn't want to look for Yan Bai again. He felt that Yan Bai's modifications were good-looking, but not strong enough. This time he planned to modify the starship according to his own ideas.

Su Su had a lot of ideas. Generally speaking, he felt that the Silver Dragon was too comprehensive and failed to maximize its power.

Right now he wants to increase the lethality, speed and flexibility of the starship. Other things, such as the mecha transport capability, the starship's defense capability, operational stability, etc., can be sacrificed appropriately.

He first asked the professional modification players in the guild, and then asked some players in the world channel, but he was repeatedly rejected.

The polite ones said his idea was too difficult and their technology was not up to the task. The impolite ones simply said he had wild ideas and no common sense in modification. They also said that even if the starship he wanted could be modified, no one would be able to fly it.

At dinner time, Su Su and Qi Hanyi sat facing each other.

Su Su was facing a table full of his favorite dishes, but he didn't show his usual excitement. He ate his meal with his head down, his eyes wandering and absent-minded.

"What's wrong? Not to your liking?" Qi Hanyi noticed Su Su's strangeness and asked.

"No." Su Su took two mouthfuls of rice, but he was still worried.

As if he remembered something, he looked up at Qi Hanyi. He took two more mouthfuls of rice and looked at him again. It was as if he was eating with his meal.

"Well...I have a question for you."

Qi Hanyi put down his bowl and chopsticks: "Hmm?"

"It's my starship in the game, called Silver Dragon. It seems to be the predecessor of the Bai Ze you are driving now. I want to modify it, but I asked many people today, and they all said that it cannot be modified according to my plan." Su Su complained.

He had no intention of telling Qi Hanyi, as he thought Qi Hanyi would not be interested in his playing games. Besides, this was a matter within the game, so Qi Hanyi could not help much.

"How do you want to change it?" Qi Hanyi asked.

Su Su raised his head unexpectedly. He didn't expect Qi Hanyi to actually ask.

He became excited when he heard this.

Su Su enthusiastically told Qi Hanyi about his transformation plan.

"I want to strengthen the weapon system of the Silver Dragon. I will sacrifice the current mecha warehouse and convert it into a heavy firepower medicine storage room. I don't need those clumsy bombers and flares. I want long-range precision killing. The focus is on penetration and armor breaking."

"Melee combat also needs to be improved. I want to add retractable cutting blades on the edges of both wings, so that I can attack at close range. Even if I am controlled, I can use this to escape and kill the enemy."

"Then there are the horns. I need to lengthen the silver horns to increase the explosive force of the projectiles so that I can accurately hit some key connecting parts when I collide with them."

"As for the hull and tail, I hope to make them lighter and thinner, and remove all the counterweights. It would be best if the power system power can be tripled. I can control the balance myself, and the defense does not need to be particularly high. As long as I drive fast enough, others can't hit me."

"There is also the lifeboat. I want to move the door of the lifeboat to the main cockpit, like the Dogtooth. I think the lifeboat should not just passively wait for rescue, but should have an autonomous braking system..."

Su Su said a lot and Qi Hanyi listened patiently.

After Su Su finished speaking, Qi Hanyi slowly spoke. He did not say yes or no, but analyzed the situation rationally for him: "You know, without counterweights, it is very difficult to drive a starship that is too light. You also want to triple the power and increase flexibility. The difficulty of controlling the starship will increase exponentially. The Silver Dragon is originally a top-level starship, and it is not easy to control. Even if you use mental power to operate such a starship, it is very likely to lose control."

"Speaking of weapon systems, heavy firepower is generally used for range coverage because it is difficult to achieve the required accuracy at long range. A slight difference will cause the attack to fail. In addition, the starship's own weight is not enough to withstand the reaction force brought by heavy firepower. After each bullet, you need to readjust the balance."

"Finally, whether it's the light blades on the side or the silver horns on the bow, if you want to use them in close combat, you need extremely strong flexibility and control. Otherwise, they can only be used as decoration."

"I know, but I think I should be able to drive it." Su Su rarely showed a little embarrassment. Today, many players of the starship modification profession said that his idea was unrealistic and impractical. The reason was nothing more than that they all thought that if the starship was modified like this, no one could drive it. If you are not careful, the ship will be destroyed and people will die.

Now in front of real experts, I feel a little embarrassed.

"Okay, I'll help you revise it." Qi Hanyi said.

"Eh? You're helping me? You know how to do this?" Su Su's eyes widened in surprise.

Qi Hanyi didn't think that being able to modify a starship was something to be proud of, but in the face of Su Su's shocked and admiring eyes, he put on a cold and reserved expression and said, "When I was studying at the Imperial Military Academy, I won the first place in the starship design and modification competition. The designer of the Bai Ze was my teacher. After graduation, I participated in the design of four new starship models and the modification of the Bai Ze three times. Many parameters in the game will be simplified. I think I can still help you modify a game starship."

"Well, that's amazing!" Su Su grabbed Qi Hanyi's hand and held it to his chest: "My Silver Dragon is now in your hands! Haha, after my starship is modified, it will definitely be the most powerful in the entire game."

"The overall score of the modified starship cannot exceed the original starship level. Even if I were to modify it, this starship would not be stronger than an S-class starship." Qi Hanyi pulled his hand back: "This is a requirement for game balance."

"Oh!" The excitement and expectation on Su Su's face subsided.

Qi Hanyi added: "But the rating of the sacrifice mainly comes from the defense balance and driving difficulty. If you can really drive it, it will be the strongest."