Su Su neither got the permission to participate in the starship simulation driving training nor got Qi Xingli's guarantee of supporting him in finding Qi Hanyi. When he came out of Qi's house, he looked like a salted fish that had been exposed to the sun for a long time, and his whole body was wilted.
Although there was a place to live in the old Qi family house, Su Su still insisted on returning to his and Qi Hanyi's home.
Qi Xingli was right about one thing. Going to the interstellar space as a mermaid would still cause some trouble even if she could complete the differentiation after meeting Qi Han.
He wanted to find a way to separate himself in advance, return to the place where they lived together, and have more contact with the space and clothes he usually lived in. Maybe it would be helpful.
The shuttle landed in front of the garden gate. Uncle Li, the housekeeper, heard the noise and hurried out to greet them. He was stunned for a moment when he saw the fish tail under Su Su, but he didn't ask any more questions. He just said, "The young lady is back. Before the young master left, he was worried about you. You must be hungry. What do you want to eat? I'll ask the kitchen to make it for you."
"No, I'm not hungry yet." Su Su said gloomily. He was worried at the moment and had no appetite at all.
"Well, then you take a rest first. I'll bring some food to your room later." Uncle Li could see that Su Su was worried, but he still had to figure out his emotional affairs himself.
"Uncle Li," Su Su half raised his head with a hint of hope in his eyes, "Before Qi Hanyi left, did he tell you anything about me?"
"He didn't say anything special. He just told me to take good care of you. If he...if the young master doesn't come back in the future, everything in this house will be up to you."
The hope in Su Su's eyes dimmed. If Qi Hanyi didn't come back, what would he do with an empty house?
Pushing open the bedroom door, the familiar bedroom was so tidy without a trace of worldly air. Only an old shark doll sat in the corner, adding a touch of warmth to this cold room.
It was already evening when Su Su came back. As soon as he settled down, dinner was already prepared and served upstairs.
Although Su Su had no appetite, he still ate and stuffed the rice into his stomach. When he was cleaning up the dishes, the butler seemed to remember something and stopped: "Oh, by the way, I just remembered that the young master seemed to have specifically mentioned that you should help him take care of his little shark, uh, it should be the shark doll he has held since he was a child..."
Ah Yin? Su Su was a little surprised. This didn't seem like something Qi Hanyi would instruct.
Su Su pinched the chip in his pocket and suddenly remembered that, by the way, he hadn't told Qi Hanyi that he was actually the Yin he thought he was.
Su Su lifted the little shark into his arms and rested his chin on the soft back of the shark doll. When he pressed down, he suddenly felt something poke him.
There's something hidden inside!
Su Su's heart began to beat rapidly.
Is this what it means to take care of Yin?
Su Su guessed something and straightened his back like a spring. He turned the little shark over and over and looked at it carefully. Finally, he found a not-so-obvious seam line at the base of the shark's dorsal fin.
Su Su used a knife to pick up the string and reached into the cotton of the doll. Soon, he felt a black round chip the size of a coin and a note from inside.
Few people use pen and paper to write these days. Qi Hanyi's handwriting is vigorous and powerful, like a dragon flying and a phoenix dancing. Even Su Su, an outsider, finds it pleasing to the eye:
When you see these words, you must have returned home safely.
Although I asked grandpa to take care of you, I still feel unsure.
The chip contains my authorization. By implanting it into your personal terminal, you can use most of my personal permissions. I can't continue to look after you, but if you want to do something, it would be more convenient to have this permission.
If you want to practice real starship driving, you can use the simulation training room at home. My simulation training account contains all my training records and learning experiences from entering the Imperial Military Academy to the present, which may be helpful to you.
The final of the starship driving competition should be approaching soon, but it's a pity that I can't see you win the championship. Prepare well for the competition. When you win the competition, the White Ze will be open to you. Grandpa will help you complete the approval procedures. This is the last gift I prepared for you.
Help me take care of my little shark, remind him to eat well, hint him to go to sleep, and don't make him unhappy.
Su Su pursed his lips and laughed softly. It turned out that someone as cool as Qi Hanyi could also say some sticky words in a roundabout way.
Su Su held the small shark in front of him and muttered, "Thank you for your timely help. You can keep the Bai Ze to yourself. Wait, I will pick you up in two days!"
The authority given by Qi Hanyi was of great help. Su Su attached the chip to the terminal. Sure enough, a large number of functions suddenly appeared on the terminal that was originally only used by mermaids.
Su Su didn't have time to study the new functional permissions, and went straight to the simulation training room in his wheelchair.
He had seen Qi Hanyi enter and exit here many times, but this was the first time for Su Su to enter here.
The simulation training room has multiple functional areas, including a locker room, a theoretical learning area, a physical training and fighting area, and a starship driving simulation training area.
Although it was his first time entering here, Su Su felt somewhat at home. His sharp sense of smell detected some familiar smells. Su Su followed the smell and found the locker room, where there were several sets of Qi Hanyi's usual training clothes. Su Su went up to smell them. There was the lavender scent of cleaning liquid and a little bit of Qi Hanyi's smell, the kind of refreshing and cool smell that seemed like a deep-sea glacier.
For some unknown reason, Su Su changed his clothes and put on a Qi Hanyi training suit. He also wanted to put on pants, but the fishtail did not allow it.
After doing all this, Su Su slid into the simulated training cabin in his wheelchair.
The starship driving simulation training area is a completely enclosed cabin. Su Su used Qi Hanyi's authority to open the door. The interior looks very similar to the cockpit he played in the game. The only difference is that in the game he entered in the form of consciousness. Although virtual reality can achieve a high degree of restoration of reality, it lacks some sense of reality. Here, the screen, joystick, buttons, display screen, and the most important mental connection helmet are all real.
Su Su used his arms to support himself and moved to the driver's seat. After successfully connecting, the teaching and training section and the actual combat simulation section popped up. Su Su first took a general look. The teaching and training section analyzed the various action procedures of starship operation according to the items. This one item alone was divided into thousands of courses. In addition, Su Su saw that there were several special videos at the end, which were the key points of the course recorded by Qi Hanyi himself.
As for the actual combat simulation section, the Zerg situation and map of each battle are completely replicated and simulated according to the numbers for trainers to practice and review repeatedly. Qi Hanyi has followed each combat map with at least three combat methods and a very detailed summary review.
Su Su seemed to have opened a cave full of treasures, and he was so excited that he didn't know where to start. If he wanted to digest all these things, even if Su Su learned quickly, it would take more than a year, but considering his own needs, Su Su decided to focus on the operation part first.
Without having time to follow the tutorial step by step, Su Su directly opened the course summary made by Qi Hanyi. The content here was much more concise, the key points were clear, the narration was concise and clear at a glance.
Su Su focused on the part about mental control. He tried to operate it while reading, and before he knew it, he had been studying until late at night.
After the prompt sound ended, the interface in front of Su Su turned black and the program was forced to exit.
Hmm, Su Su subconsciously checked the time and was surprised to find that it was already two o'clock in the morning.
It was so late, he thought he had only used it for two or three hours.
He has to rush to Qi's house tomorrow morning, and he also has to find a way to separate them. Even if he doesn't sleep, it seems that time is not enough.
Differentiation...Su Su nestled in the chair in the cockpit, his eyes gradually drooping. How could he differentiate?
Having not had a good rest for several days, and the training having consumed a lot of his mental energy, Su Su could only hold on for a few seconds before he fell into a coma.
Where their skin touched, the training suit exuded a familiar and reassuring scent.
Su Su's dream was also drawn by this aura, and a familiar figure emerged in the dream.
Qi Hanyi, wearing a black combat uniform, raised his chin towards him coldly: "Fight me once and check your learning situation today."
"Will I get any reward if I win?" Su Su bargained.
"What reward do you want?" Qi Hanyi asked coldly.
"I want you."
The scene changed to a familiar game interface, where he and Qi Hanyi were fighting each other in their starships. Dreams are probably illogical, and Su Su destroyed Qi Hanyi's starship landing cabin in a few moves in his dream, and then he ran all the way from his own cockpit to Qi Hanyi's cockpit.
The scene of Qi Hanyi's cockpit was the same as that of the simulated training cabin, with a pitch-black tone and a wide driver's seat. Qi Hanyi was wearing a helmet, revealing only his handsome nose and light-colored thin lips.
Su Su threw himself into Qi Hanyi's arms, sat on his knees with legs apart, and lifted his helmet: "I won, you have to fulfill your promise."
"Okay." Qi Hanyi turned over and pushed Su Su into the wide seat. He kissed Su Su fiercely, with a sense of déjà vu, making Su Su dizzy. Then he asked Su Su in a low voice: "Do you want to continue?"
"Yes!" Su Su was not scared this time.
Qi Hanyi chuckled twice and covered him. The dream afterwards became hazy. Su Su and Qi Hanyi were close together, whispering to each other, but he didn't know what they were doing. After all, he had limited knowledge and couldn't make up details in his dreams. He just felt very excited, very excited, and very comfortable... except that his waist and back were very sore.
Su Su woke up contentedly, with a smile of joy still on his face. It was not until he opened his eyes that he realized that it was just a dream, the joy was fake, but the backache was real, because he had slept for nearly five hours while lying on the training chair.
Su Su felt an unusual chill under his body, and looked down. He saw two long legs extending from the bottom of the long training suit. Before he could react, he suddenly noticed that as he moved, there was an unusual sticky feeling coming from the seat.
Su Su lifted his clothes and jumped up from the chair. There was still some dirt on the chair. Su Su knew what it was. This was in the course he had studied.
This incident itself did not make Su Su feel ashamed. Instead, he felt a sense of pride for having grown up. However, he was a little panicked because he had soiled the seat and Qi Hanyi's training uniform.
Su Su was busy wiping the seat and preparing to do the laundry when his leg hit the wheelchair parked next to him and he stopped abruptly.
Completely awake from the afterglow of that peach-colored dream, Su Su realized that he did not see Qi Hanyi, but he successfully separated from her thanks to a dream with her.
Su Su realized this and quickly looked at his watch. He was afraid that he would be late in looking for Qi Xingli because he had been unconscious for too long.
Fortunately, perhaps because he already had the foundation to become a human being, he did not spend too much time in the process of differentiation. The time just pointed to 7:45, and the morning meeting started at 8:30. Usually, Qi Xingli would set out at around 8:10.
Su Su took a shower and changed his clothes as quickly as possible. Without even having time to eat breakfast, he took the shuttle bus to the Qi family's main residence.
When he got off the car, the shuttle bus that was taking Qi Xingli to the court meeting happened to stop at the door, and Qi Xingli was about to get on the bus.
"I did it!" Su Su stretched out his long legs and stood in front of Qi Xingli's car door.
When he saw Su Su standing in front of him, Qi Xingli's expression froze slightly, and surprise flashed across his eyes: "You surprised me."
"According to the agreement, you have to help me!" Su Su demanded loudly.
Qi Xingli didn't answer. He walked around Su Su and got into the car. He turned his head to look at Su Su standing under the car and said, "What are you doing? Get in."
"Will I go to the court meeting too?" Su Su pointed at himself uncertainly.
"Of course, His Majesty wants to see you." Qi Xingli said, "Don't be nervous, just tell the truth to His Majesty. I will do my best to help you with the rest."
Su Su did not feel nervous, but rather excited. It would be great if he could go by himself. He should be able to hear some news about Qi Hanyi at the court meeting. He could also fight for the opportunity to save Qi Hanyi in front of the most powerful human being.
The shuttle car sped towards the palace at high speed. Su Su looked at the decoration inside the palace and did not find it new. It just looked bigger and more imposing than Qi's house, and was decorated with some incomprehensible sculptures and paintings.
The court meeting was held in an auditorium. It was not a particularly large hall, and could only accommodate about a hundred people. However, it was decorated very delicately and had a retro feel.
Except for Su Su, all the people attending the court meeting were of high status. The seats were divided into two rows, the left row was for the heads of various noble families, and the right row was for the officials holding important positions in the empire.
As soon as Su Su arrived, he attracted everyone's attention. After all, he was the first mermaid allowed by His Majesty to enter the court meeting.
Su Su followed Qi Xingli without looking around and walked to the first row facing the front. There were only three seats here, belonging to the Qi family who was in charge of the military, the Mo family who was in charge of the noble council, and the Yang family who was in charge of government affairs.
Su Su's position was added temporarily and was placed next to Qi Xingli.
Soon, the elderly emperor came out with his children. He sat alone on the high platform in the center opposite. The eldest princess, who was remembered as the heir, sat on the chair to his right below him, while Tang Zhuoxiong sat further down on the left.
"Su Su." The emperor lowered his eyes and looked at Su Su.
At Qi Xingli's prompt, Su Su stood up and looked into the emperor's eyes. Suddenly, he felt a chill in his heart. He had originally looked down on the other person because of his age. After all, among sharks, age means weakness. But he saw a pair of eyes belonging to a beast, sharp, bright, and insightful. Unlike Qi Xingli's murderous aura, it was an aura of someone who had been in power for a long time, and just by looking at it, one could not help but feel submissive.
The emperor looked at the overly beautiful young man in the audience and said, "I heard that you are a mermaid, and because of some misunderstandings, you married Qi Hanyi instead of a mermaid. Before leaving, Hanyi explained the reason to me and said that although it was a misunderstanding, he was very grateful for this fate and hoped that I would not pursue your fault at this time. So I decided to respect his opinion."
"You found out the Zerg hiding in the mermaids in time and resolved the undercurrent's conspiracy against the empire. You did a great job."
"Although you are a mermaid, you have made contributions to the Empire, so you deserve a reward. Qi Hanyi said that you have a dream of driving a starship, so I will give you two choices. First, I will allow you to study at the Imperial Military Academy and join the Imperial Expeditionary Force after graduation. As long as your performance is outstanding, you will get the same treatment as Qi Hanyi, even if it means becoming the next general of the Imperial Expeditionary Force. As long as you are capable, I can give it to you. Second, Qi Hanyi previously trained mermaids and let them participate in interstellar wars. You can form a team composed of mermaids and you can be the commander. You can train and grow with them. How far you can go depends on your performance."
The emperor stared at Su Su and asked, "Think carefully, which one do you want to choose?"
A graduate of a geography major, following the path paved by Qi Hanyi, he is heading for a bright and smooth road, a freer one, who can build his own team as he wishes. Each of these is a good plan, but I don't know how much Qi Hanyi has fought for him in this plan for the future.
"Can I not accept these two rewards? Please allow me to go to the interstellar space now. I want to find Qi Hanyi and sing for him to cure his illness. The sooner the better." Su Su blurted out without thinking.