Chapter 274
Chu Xiu understood what he meant and knew that many things could not be rushed.
Just like the current situation of the Tianjia civilization, they have too much to do, but they are seriously short of both manpower and time.
Just rebuilding the two Zerg gathering places on Tianyun Star has kept them busy and unable to spare the time to do anything else.
Judging from the living conditions of the Zerg on Tianyun Star, it's not difficult to imagine the living conditions of other Zerg species outside of Tianyun Star. It's not that they don't want to help them out of their predicament as soon as possible, but... they are powerless.
Chu Xiu said: "I will follow up with Deep Blue."
Previously, I only knew that Deep Blue was exploring outside, and I was not aware of the information sent back by Lu Ze. Now that I know it, I can't turn a blind eye.
"you……"
Qi Heng originally wanted to tell Chu Xiu to stop interfering, but when the words were on the tip of his tongue, he finally changed his tone and said, "Forget it, if you want to intervene, then do it."
This is also Chu Xiu's responsibility. It would be better for Chu Xiu to pay attention to it. Shen Lan will have some clues later... Someone has to be found to be responsible for this matter.
"For the recruited female insects, the training volume will be adjusted appropriately based on their physical condition."
"You also know that the physical fitness of the female insects on Tianyun Star now is quite different from what you remember." He said it very tactfully.
But in fact, the difference can be said to be huge.
Back then, Chu Xiu was a female soldier, and the female insects that competed with him for training were the most elite in the entire Tianjia civilization.
In the end, Chu Xiu was able to stand out from the other military females and take the position of Chief Chancellor. His abilities and talents were both top-notch.
Qi Heng was a little worried that Chu Xiu would misjudge the current condition of these female insects.
"I'll pay attention."
Chu Xiu frowned, thinking about the physical fitness assessments of the female insects that he had seen.
"But, is there really no way for their wings to recover?"
Qi Heng shook his head slightly and replied simply, "You should also be familiar with the situation of female insects whose wings have been gouged out. In that case, very little remains. It's more of a regeneration than a repair."
"Repair is easy, but regeneration is difficult."
Except for some special insect species, when their wings are almost gouged out, there is almost no possibility of regeneration.
"Research in this area is already underway, but there are no results yet."
Actually, yes.
He didn't say it because the mortality rate of the "Female Insect Wing Regeneration 1.0" plan given by the system was too high.
If the participating female insects follow the plan given by the system, there are only two outcomes.
One is a successful wing regeneration, the other is a failure, and the outcome of failure is irreversible death.
After taking a series of factors into consideration, the system's final estimated mortality rate is still around 20%.
Twenty percent, doesn't sound that high.
But this mortality rate of about 20% means the death toll of 200,000 among one million female insects.
When Qi Heng plays games, he can move the mouse without blinking and make billions of lives disappear into ashes.
But when what he once thought were data turned into real life around him, he became indecisive and could no longer make decisions as easily as before.
However, this is also because the worst situation has not yet arrived. Although there is a potential threat, it is not yet urgent enough to use the life of the female insect to increase the success rate.
If there really comes a day when he is forced into a desperate situation, he probably will not show mercy.
This is not to say that he is cold-blooded.
Qi Heng knew very well what choices the race he had nurtured would make when faced with the crisis of genocide.
By that time, even if he disagrees, the Tianjia Zerg will make the decision themselves.
Didn’t the Tianjia civilization ten thousand years ago become extremely paranoid? If it had been a disaster, there would have been no need for me to rescue them.
The existence of the past rulers is a good thing for the Tianjia civilization, but it is also a constraint.
If given the chance, Qi Heng would like to personally eliminate this "bad habit" that has become a hindrance to the development of civilization. It's not that he wants to erase the existence of the master, but - being a vase is actually pretty good.
Thoughts in my mind turned very quickly, but in reality only a moment passed.
Qi Heng smiled slightly and said, "Don't think about anything related to treatment. It has nothing to do with your professional field."
Although I don’t know what Chu Xiu’s personality was like in the past, from what I know now, Chu Xiu looks a bit like a housekeeper when he is always worrying about things.
"Leave the medical issues to me."
"You have enough to do already, you don't need to worry about one more thing."
Chu Xiu buttoned up his coat, buttoned up the last button, looked at him with a pair of clear eyes, and agreed readily.
"You're right. I'll listen to you."
He liked Chu Xiu's straightforward personality and his way of saying what he meant.
Qi Heng glanced at the time and said, "Let's go. Qi Xi must be tired of waiting."
Chu Xiu was startled, and heard something unusual in the words. After hesitating for a moment, he finally spoke.
"You want me to go with you?"
After saying this, Chu Xiu couldn't help but wonder if he had misunderstood.
Qi Heng had his hand on the door handle.
Hearing this, he opened the door and walked out, saying, "Of course."
One of them stood inside the door and the other stood outside. Chu Xiu inside the door was stunned by this answer, but he quickly reacted and followed him.
"Is this appropriate?" Chu Xiu caught up with him.
Qi Heng slowed down his pace and waited for others to catch up. He turned his head to glance at Chu Xiu, who seemed to be hesitant, and asked, "What's inappropriate?"
"I never said you couldn't go out."
Since coming to the underground city under construction, Chu Xiu has never gone out.
At first, it was because it was inconvenient, and he had to take care of the sticky Qi Xi. Later, he became busier and busier, and there was no necessary reason to leave, so Chu Xiu never took the initiative to ask to go out.
Chu Xiu was originally going to be there to recruit female insects for military training.
However, Qi Heng took into consideration that the patient had been receiving treatment and was not suitable for traveling and could not stay outside for a long time, so he simplified the previous process and adopted the current online pre-screening + offline pre-registration method.
After these female insects who are successfully selected receive their enlistment notices, the unicorns in each district will be responsible for sending them onto the train and then directly to the underground city.
"It was because of treatment that you couldn't continue while staying outside."
"Now that the first phase of treatment is over, and your physical condition is much better than before, you can go out whenever you want."
"There's no reason why only Lan Yi and the others can come and you can't go out."
Area 49 is not small, so it is normal to see female insects that you have never seen before.
Let’s not talk about anything else. Just say that because of some changes he made to the gathering place, even if the female insects originally lived in the same area and had relatively fixed living circles, they began to move around.
Later, when the trains are officially open to the public, exchanges between districts will become more frequent.
By then, even if they meet a strange female insect from outside, they probably won’t even take a second look at it.
While talking, we walked through the corridor, went down the stairs, and finally entered the service hall on the first floor.
At a glance, they saw Qi Xi sitting on the steps outside the hall entrance.
As they approached, Qi Xi seemed to sense something and turned his head to look over.
"Male father, female father, you are finally here--" Qi Xi jumped up, ran towards them, stretched out his hand and pulled one in each.
"You guys are so slow."
"I almost fell asleep waiting."
Only an hour passed from the time Qi Xi left to the time they went downstairs. Qi Heng tapped the cub's forehead lightly.
"It's too exaggerated and has no credibility."
Qi Xi leaned back to avoid it, puffed out her cheeks, hummed, let go of his hand, and moved closer to Chu Xiu.
"Forget it if you don't believe me."
"Daddy, give me a hug." Qi Xi acted coquettishly.
Just as Chu Xiu was about to bend down and pick up a kid without thinking, a hand grabbed the back of the kid's collar.
Qi Xi turned his head, confused: "Father Xiong, what are you doing?"
"You're so old, but you still need to be carried. Walk on your own."
He shook his head at Chu Xiu, signaling him not to spoil Qi Xi. "Your father is not in good health. Shouldn't you take care of him? It must be tiring for him to carry you around."
Although having a five-year-old child was not a big deal for someone his age, Qi Heng, who had never thought of himself as a father, still felt a little powerless when facing Qi Xi.
After thinking for a while, Qi Heng said, "When you go to school in the future, no one will hold you."
"Then I won't go to school." Qi Xi, who was very lazy in some ways, pouted and looked at her father hesitantly, "Father, will it be tiring to hold me?"
Chu Xiu wanted to say that it was okay.
Although her health was not good and was much worse than before, she was not so bad that she couldn't even hold a baby insect.
But think about it, His Majesty seems to be thinking about himself and worried about himself.
So, facing the insect cub with a look of anticipation, Chu Xiu looked away guiltily.
When he did this, Qi Xi immediately became anxious.
"Are you really tired? Then I don't want to hold you anymore."
"Dad, did you lie to me before? You said it was very light and you didn't feel tired at all while holding it." As Qi Xi spoke, her voice became tearful.
"Is it because I keep asking for hugs that you're recovering so slowly, Father?"
Qi Heng, who was watching from the side, had his eyelids twitching.
Oh no, I was too scared.
The kid is about to cry.
Faced with a cub that was about to cry, even Chu Xiu was a little flustered.
"No, no, Xizi is very light, really."
Tears began to well up in Qi Xi's eyes. As she sobbed, she cried, "But, the male father said the female father was tired. It's Xizi's fault..."
Chu Xiu looked at him for help, hoping that he could help comfort her.
I really want to stay away from the crying kid, but I was the one who made him cry with just a few words. It would be a bit disloyal if I don't care at this time.
It turns out that you can't tease a kid who turns into a crybaby.
Qi Heng sighed, picked up Qi Xi, and let the baby lean on his arms.
"So next time you want to hold your child, you can come to Father Xiong." He reached out and gently patted Xizi's back, coaxing him softly.
"Remember it?"
Qi Heng said this, glanced at Chu Xiu, and walked out.
"Okay, stop crying. Your father didn't lie to you."
"You are very light, but if I hold you for a long time, your father will get tired, right?"
This kid is so attached to Chu Xiu. If he knew he wouldn't be able to see his father for a long time and that he was planning to leave him at Yan Ning's house, he would definitely make a scene.
He wiped the tears from Qi Xi's face.
"If you don't believe me, ask your female father if it's like what your male father said."
Qi Xi opened her red rabbit eyes and looked at Chu Xiu: "Father, is this true?"
Seeing Qi Xi's tears stop, Chu Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, "Really."
"Then, then don't hold me all the time, Mother-Father." Qi Xi said awkwardly, "Just hold me for a while, okay?"
Chu Xiu couldn't help but laugh, "Of course."
To leave the underground city, you need to go to the train station to take a train.
Compared to before, the train station, which was renovated and rebuilt during this period, has a brand new look.
There is no trace of the previous sloppy appearance.
After all, this train station will be the first major station in the underground city facing the outside world, and it is about ten kilometers away from the Shuguang community in a straight line.
Considering that there will be a lot of people coming and going in the future, the design is a large site designed according to the passenger flow of tens of thousands of people.
However, because there is not such a large passenger flow at present, only one-tenth of the area on the design architectural drawings has been completed, and the remaining 90% of the planned areas are still in the unconstructed stage.
Qi Xi's emotions came and went quickly. After they got on the train, he was quickly attracted by the decorations and arrangements inside the train that he had never seen before.
This is a passenger train that only runs between the underground city and gathering place No. 2. There is one train every day even if there are no passengers.
Since ticket sales have not yet been officially opened to the public, if there is a temporary need at this stage, you can apply to A0 to modify the train operation time and speed, doing it in the most convenient way.
After Qi Heng sat down, he saw Chu Xiu wanted to follow Qi Xi, so he raised his hand and grabbed Chu Xiu.
"Don't worry, it's safe here."
There are cameras inside the train, and A0 is monitoring it in real time, so there won't be any problems.
"I didn't get enough rest yesterday, so I feel tired. Let's take a nap now."
Chu Xiu didn't insist and sat down next to him, "It's okay, I'm not tired."
After finishing my mental refresher, I not only no longer felt tired, but also felt very energetic.
But Chu Xiu was too embarrassed to say this out loud.
Qi Xi, who had run away happily, came back again, jumped in front of him and asked him curiously.
"Father Xiong, how long will it take to reach the ground?"
The current speed of the train is not fast, and the difference between underground and ground level also requires it to pass through long underground tunnels. Qi Heng doesn't ride it often, so A0 told him the time first.
"At our current speed, it will take about forty minutes."
Qi Xi, who had only ever been on an aircraft, snapped his fingers and said, "That's going to take a long time."
"Father Xiong, why is it so dark outside? I can't see anything."
"It's not like this when we're on the aircraft."
To reduce passengers' sense of oppression, the windows of the train will automatically turn black when running underground. When the train leaves the underground and comes to the surface, the windows will turn transparent.
Qi Heng explained the reason.
After realizing that he did not have enough time, he directly asked A0 to increase the speed of the train in the underground tunnel by 50%.
"Okay, I asked Ghost to adjust its speed. After speeding up, it will only take twenty minutes to leave the underground tunnel."
"Just sit there for a while, we'll be on the ground soon."
It is now ten o'clock in the morning, and it will be around eleven o'clock when they arrive at Yan Ning's place. They will stay at Yan Ning until dinner is over and then they can go back.
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