Chapter 158
[The system level is insufficient to complete this command.]
It seems that it is no use.
Qi Heng, who had originally been in a try-it-out mood, was not too disappointed. If this method didn't work, he could think of other options.
Besides, A0 did not completely deny this idea, which means that there is still hope, but the current system level is too low to do it.
"Nothing, really."
Chu Xiu's sudden words made Qi Heng stunned for a moment. It took him two seconds to realize that Chu Xiu was talking about what happened just now.
"Just because there's nothing wrong now doesn't mean there won't be problems in the future."
The existence of the system cannot be exposed. I shouldn’t know Chu Xiu’s physical condition now, so I need to find an excuse.
Qi Heng met Chu Xiu's eyes and saw himself reflected in his eyes. His tone was calm but unyielding.
"Please take care of yourself during this period. I'll take you there for an inspection after the escape pod is repaired in two months."
Having said that, Qi Heng, who had already received an inspection report from the system, knew in his heart that even if he took it for inspection, the detailed cause would most likely not be found.
No matter how it is built as an escape ship, it cannot change the fact that it is just an escape pod of the Deep Blue. The medical examination equipment equipped on it cannot be too detailed... If it were the main body of the Deep Blue, maybe it would work.
But even if it doesn't work, it doesn't matter, it's just an excuse.
Hearing his words, Chu Xiu nodded reflexively.
Suddenly, he felt something was wrong and asked in slight surprise, "Two months? So fast?"
Chu Xiu was somewhat aware of the extent of the damage to the Deep Blue escape pod he was on. Even if the spacecraft had a self-repair function, more than two months was too fast.
Qi Heng said concisely, "The energy crystals produced by the TYC1 hive will be used first to repair the escape pod."
Chu Xiu understood.
To put it simply, the escape pod's self-repair requires energy.
As a sixth-level pinnacle technological creation, the escape pod can continuously produce nanomechanical insects for repairing spacecraft as long as there is energy. With enough energy, there is nothing that cannot be repaired.
Speaking of this, Qi Heng thought of another thing...something that Chu Xiu would know later even if he didn't say it now.
For various reasons, he did not avoid Chu Xiu when establishing the TYC1 resource nest, which resulted in the amount of energy crystal ore produced by this nest being known to Chu Xiu.
Not only can the output of this insect nest not be concealed, but Chu Xiu will definitely have to be informed when the next twenty insect nests take root.
There was no way around it, since he had let Chu Xiu take charge of the logistics management matters.
...What's more, this was originally within Chu Xiu's scope of responsibility. In the past, the number of insect nests of the Tianjia Zerg was known best by the 'Overlord' and the Empire's Chief Consul.
Don’t ask why Qi Lan is not the one who knows the most clearly. The commander is only responsible for breeding an endless supply of primordial insects, and is not responsible for any other problems.
Resource Hives produce resources, which will not disappear unless they are used.
Admittedly, Qi Heng could feed these energy crystals to the system without informing it, but this is not a long-term solution.
The existence of the system must not be exposed.
He was trapped on Tianyun Star and had no place to use the energy crystals, so he could just feed them all to Qi Lan - that was also an idea.
It's more or less a reason.
Anyway, Qi Lan was a crystal-swallowing beast back then. He could eat up any energy crystals given to him and convert them into his own energy and store it.
The other side.
After Qi Heng left.
Xizi, who was placed on the bed, got into the quilt and rolled around under it. After tossing and turning for a while, he stuck his head out from the side of the quilt.
I am bored.
I am bored.
Why haven’t the male and female fathers come back yet? I miss them.
Even though he knew that his father had just left not long ago, Xizi still pouted a little unhappily, wishing that if it weren't for the insect cubs in those insect eggs, his father, the female father, and the male father would have stayed with him.
As Xizi thought about this, his upper eyelid began to fight with his lower eyelid.
Even the young ones of the Tianjia Zerg have limited energy when they are young.
We played all day today, and because it was a rare occasion for his father to come, he didn't want to take a nap and stayed to play hide-and-seek all afternoon. If it were any other time, Xizi would have been sleepy a long time ago.
The only reason I was able to hold on until now was because I wanted to be close to Xiong's father.
But it's almost reached its limit.
Now I have neither a female father nor a male father. After taking a shower and lying on the bed, I felt sleepy unconsciously.
Xizi turned over and pulled the quilt under his chin, yawned and rubbed his eyes.
Well, the male and female fathers haven’t come back yet, so let’s sleep for a while.
When they come back, I will let Xiongfu tell me stories...
Before Xizi closed his eyes and fell asleep, he was still thinking about listening to his father's stories, which made him smile when he fell asleep.
When Qi Heng and Chu Xiu came back, they saw a hilarious scene.
I don’t know what the little bug did in bed before going to bed. He was supposed to sleep at the head of the bed, but he curled up and slept in a corner at the foot of the bed, with only his head and one foot exposed.
"Asleep?" Qi Heng walked forward and touched the insect cub's cheek with his finger.
The sleepy little bug felt a familiar breath, and moved unconsciously, rubbing Qi Heng's hand on his face.
Seeing this, Chu Xiu said with a smile: "Xizi has the habit of taking a nap, but he is too happy to go to sleep because you came today."
"Maybe he's tired from playing, so he fell asleep early."
Qi Heng withdrew his hand and looked at Chu Xiu.
"I'm sorry to bother you by coming here so suddenly."
Chu Xiu was stunned for a moment, then retorted, "It's not a problem."
"Hmm?" He raised an eyebrow.
Chu Xiu's face was calm, and his words were even more straightforward: "We are all very happy that you came."
Qi Heng: ...Okay.
Xizi heard some sounds in his sleep, and sat up from the bed with his hazy eyes open. When he saw the two people in front of him, most of his sleepiness disappeared.
"Father, you're back."
Qi Heng, who was thrown into the arms of the standing insect cub at the same time as he heard the sound, sighed in his heart and wondered how he woke up.
He patted the bug cub's back and said, "Go back to sleep if you're sleepy."
Xizai was still a little sleepy, but he was looking forward to his father telling him stories.
"I'm not sleepy, I'm awake." Xizi tried to open his eyes wide, grabbing his clothes and acting coquettishly: "Father Xiong, you've been gone for a long time, I missed you so much."
That's too exaggerated.
It's been less than an hour since I left, but why do I feel so clingy to you even though I haven't seen you for a day?
Qi Heng rubbed the baby's head and said, "How can you not be sleepy after just a short sleep?"
He looked at the thin pajamas on Chongzi again, picked him up, lifted the quilt and stuffed him in, saying, "You'll catch a cold if you wear so little, and you'll get sick. Lie down and don't move."
Tucked tightly into the quilt, Xizi reached out and grabbed his hand, saying to him expectantly, "I want the male or female father to sleep with me."
After saying that, without waiting for Qi Heng to speak, Xizi pointed to his left and right with shining eyes, and finally pointed at himself.
"The male father sleeps on the left, the female father sleeps on the right, and the cubs sleep in the middle."
"Perfect!"
The corner of Qi Heng's mouth twitched, and he was speechless in his heart: My son is so amazing, he really knows how to give his father a problem.
What is really coming cannot be avoided.
For Qi Heng, they were all men, and there was nothing wrong with spending one night in the same bed.
He was very calm about it and didn't think there was anything sexy about it.
But Qi Heng couldn't help but consider Chu Xiu.
Chu Xiu was different from this half-baked 'male insect' who had traveled through time. He was a legitimate female insect of the Tianjia clan...
He glanced at Chu Zheng and was about to speak when he was interrupted by the insect cub.
"Male and female fathers, come up quickly." Xizi said while patting the quilt, signaling them to come up quickly.
Chu Xiu seemed to have noticed his concerns, so he walked to the other side and looked at him with some apology.
"Let's squeeze in tonight, and I'll clean up a room next time."
Chu Xiu had already said so, and if he hesitated any further it would seem that there was something wrong with him.
In fact, if it weren't for fulfilling the insect cub's wish, Qi Heng would not have stayed today, let alone sleeping in the same bed with someone he was not very familiar with.
"Don't bother... Never mind, let's just do as you say."
Qi Heng originally intended not to stay overnight next time he came, but when he thought about Xizai... he finally had some responsibility as a father, and it didn't seem appropriate to abandon Xizai and leave him alone.
The 1.5-meter-wide bed is very spacious for a female insect and a baby insect to sleep on, but it seems a bit cramped when Qi Heng, a tall adult with broad shoulders and long legs, is added.
Xizai was squeezed in the middle, but he didn't feel crowded at all and was happily rubbing left and right.
"I'm so happy. Today is the happiest day." Xizi announced loudly to them.
Xizai, who slept with his two fathers for the first time since he was born, felt so happy that he could fly. Although as a male insect cub he had no wings and could not fly, it did not affect his high mood after his desire was satisfied.
Xizi leaned his head against his father's arm, stretched out his hand and said, "Father, light brain."
Qi Heng, who was lying on the other side, said: "I have it here, do you want it?"
Hearing this, Xizi fell to the left, grabbed his arm and said excitedly: "Father Xiong, I want to hear a story."
“…” Qi Heng had indeed promised to tell Xizi a bedtime story.
Even though the little bug boy wasn't sleepy at all and looked like he could still be energetic for a long time, he had already agreed and couldn't go back on his word.
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The author has something to say: It’s so laggy…it’s so laggy (crying and pounding the ground). The missing updates will be made up (but…probably not too soon)
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