Chapter 140 Punishment
Humanity's rising star sat on Mu Boxing's lap, rapidly revisiting his recording screen. After a moment, the young man paused and looked at him.
Mu Baixing: “?”
The man tilted his head, a look of confusion on his face. Mingyu's electronic pen in his right hand kept ticking. After finishing the last string of numbers, he turned the screen toward Mu Boxing and tapped something.
"Adding up all the experimental values, the total amount of mental energy used exceeds the upper limit set by the doctor." The young man looked serious and pushed the light screen in front of Mu Baixing.
Mu Baixing raised his eyebrows slightly and was about to speak when Mingyu continued, "And more."
"You previously concealed from me the unusual state of your spiritual realm on Black Tide Day." The young man looked at him intently, a look of impending danger on his face. "I almost forgot to settle the score with you."
Mu Baixing: “…”
"I just haven't found the right opportunity to tell you."
"Because you are worried that I will be scared." Mingyu already knew the man's thoughts very clearly.
He was shocked and angry about this when he was in the Black Tide Star Sea, but now facing Mu Baixing's haggard and sickly face that had not yet recovered, although Mingyu put on an imposing look on his face, he couldn't really be tough in his tone.
He covered Mu Baixing's mouth, preventing him from quibbling. He was afraid that if Mu Baixing spoke, he would retract his decision, so he said bluntly, "You will be severely punished!"
Mu Baixing groaned and tightened his arms around Mingyu. This time, the young man didn't stay still in his embrace. Instead, he grabbed his wrist and pulled his arm away, even stepping back and jumping off his lap.
"You haven't changed despite repeated warnings. You still don't know how to stay at home during the rehabilitation period..." Mingyu scolded angrily.
"It's only five energy points higher." Mu Baixing finally spoke up to refute. His voice was muffled by the young man, and it was unclear.
The five energy values are actually so small that they can be ignored.
He wouldn't risk his life unless absolutely necessary, and he knew the young man would be distressed and heartbroken, so he kept a close eye on the energy output during the experiment. It was only during the final experiment that he vaguely sensed a shift in the surrounding space, and on a whim, he increased the original energy output slightly.
In a series of experiments, he recorded the energy values and made rough additions, but he was not accurate to the single digit and did not notice that he had exceeded the limit.
It was a very small mistake.
"And you were still playing with the light bird when I came back!" Mingyu continued to accuse in a cold voice.
Mu Baixing was silent for a moment, and finally curled the corners of his lips helplessly.
"Yes," he admitted. "The last experiment was successful. I'm very happy."
Because maybe someone will be saved sooner because of this.
And it was his lover who changed all this.
He looked at Mingyu with a focused expression and deep love.
Mingyu stopped covering his mouth and covered his eyes instead.
Otherwise I can’t say the following sentence.
"Looking at me like that is useless," the young man said in a very firm tone, "I'll punish you! You are not allowed to hug me for half a month!"
"No kissing for a month!" Mingyu paused, and then his ears turned red as he continued, "More...more than ever!"
"If you knowingly do it again, everything will be doubled!"
Mu Baixing: “…”
Mu Baixing: “…………”
The usually indifferent man stood there in shock. He pulled Mingyu's hand down and made the young man look at him, with disbelief in his eyes almost overflowing.
"No." Mu Baixing leaned forward, hooked Mingyu's fingers, and tried to pull him back onto his legs.
Some things become more delicious once you've had them. Before you have them, you can suppress your desire and endure, but after you have them, losing them... even for a short time, is unbearable.
"No." Mingyu stood there and confronted him like pulling a carrot. He really refused to be hugged. "If I say yes, it's yes!"
Mu Baixing repeated: "No."
"Mingyu." He tilted his head and quickly thought of a compromise option.
Mingyu, however, stuck out her tongue at him and walked away. She even walked around the bed in the middle of the room and sat down on a lounge chair at the other end of the ward, clearly separated from the man, to call Gao Siqi.
Mingyu needed more experimental data to help him master the method of space travel, which was not something that could be accomplished by one or two people. When he wanted to find a place to conduct large-scale experiments, the first place that came to his mind was the Space Navigation Department.
Firstly, Gao Siqi is absolutely reliable. Secondly, he is a specially hired starship designer of the Star Navigation Department and has the right to submit new project development applications to the Star Navigation Department's design department.
Although there are awakened humans like Albin who can travel through space, humans have never mastered truly stable, long-distance space travel technology that can be used by anyone at any time and anywhere.
"What's going on?" Because of the anomaly on Kuroshio Day, everyone in the Star Navigation Department was incredibly busy. Gao Siqi had just finished a meeting and looked exhausted when he answered the phone.
Mingyu nodded and said directly without further ado, "Minister Gao, I need to submit an urgent project application to your design department. I need to let you know so that you can sign the application as the signatory for the fast-track approval process."
As he spoke, he projected the calculation results he had just integrated onto the communication screen.
Mu Baixing stood up from the sofa by the window and walked to Mingyu's side. Seeing that he was indeed busy, he just stood there quietly, looking sideways at the light screen, listening and thinking, not disturbing the young man's conversation.
Ming Yu: "Everyone agrees that outside the space we are familiar with, there is a high-dimensional space that can be used to cut through and build new channels, but there have been many different opinions on how to open up such a space."
He went straight to the point. After saying that he wanted to study the space shuttle project, he began to explain the conclusions he had reached in his thinking over the past few days.
"I now believe that higher-dimensional space is filled with high-density energy. If we want to open a shortcut, we need to use higher energy to 'break through' the higher-dimensional space and open up a temporary passage."
"Psychics like Albin who possess the ability to tear space can easily achieve this because their psychic power has a special vibrational nature, so they can accomplish this easily."
"For energy particles that don't possess these properties, we need to increase their energy intensity and ensure that the energy vibration reaches a specific amplitude. As long as these properties can be maintained within a certain range, the spatial channel can remain open."
The tired look on Gao Siqi's face had completely disappeared.
She was so shocked that she almost doubted her ears.
The development of space shuttle technology is a classic topic. Numerous project teams are involved. The Space Navigation Department currently has a research project team, while the Ministry of Science and Technology and several military corps technical departments each have their own project teams, each attempting to develop space shuttle capabilities from various experimental perspectives.
There just hasn't been any progress for a long time.
The theory proposed by Mingyu was very novel. After listening to Mingyu's explanation, Gao Siqi asked him to wait for a moment, and then opened the document sent by the young man and read it carefully bit by bit.
Mu Baixing, who had been standing behind Mingyu, saw that the discussion was temporarily interrupted and Gao Siqi on the light screen began to lower his head to read the documents, so he took a step forward and approached Mingyu.
He bent down from behind, rested his chin on Mingyu's shoulder, and put his arms around him.
Like a large beast marking its territory.
He had some objections to the punishment Mingyu mentioned, but he would not disturb the young man too much when he was doing his work, so he just hugged him from behind and did not do anything else.
But Mingyu gave him a warning look.
The young man pulled Mu Boxing's arms apart, resolutely carrying out the punishment he had just mentioned. He pushed Mu Boxing's shoulders and emphasized in a low voice, "No hugs!"
"It's your lunch break. Don't stand here. Go lie down on the bed and rest." Mingyu warned him, "Otherwise, the punishment time will be doubled."
Mu Baixing: “…”
The man lowered his eyes and hummed in dissatisfaction.
He followed Mingyu's strength without resisting, and his arm was pulled away. However, his palm grasped Mingyu's wrist instead, gently kneading the young man's wrist bone as if playing with it.
After the abnormal energy in the spiritual realm was eliminated, Mu Baixing's memory was mostly restored.
When he was a child, the power struggle within the Celtic royal family was complicated. He acted decisively and cautiously, and no matter how tense the situation was, he never let anyone take control of his life.
Later, he took the throne, was stern and solemn, and held power, and his words were final.
Afterwards, despite barely escaping death in the Battle of Dawn, suffering amnesia and a decline in his mental power, he quickly established his own exploration team in the outer harbor, his spirit undimmed, and he remained a superior who forced others to give way before him.
After all these years, there is only Mingyu.
From the beginning when she argued with him despite fear in the lounge of the Star Navigation Competition, to later when she was not afraid of his aura at all, and now... she was disciplining his words and actions without realizing it.
"Go quickly." The young man tilted his head, his seemingly dissatisfied voice hiding worry.
Mu Baixing: “…”
She then stood up, pressed the back of Mingyu's neck, and obeyed.
Gao Siqi had just finished reading the documents Mingyu had sent over.
She raised her head and caught a glimpse of Mu Baixing's departing silhouette on the light screen in front of her. She felt as if she smelled a hint of the sour smell of love.
"You're watching closely." She found it funny. "You're still pestering me for such a while?"
"He's just throwing a tantrum." Mingyu and Gao Siqi explained.
Mu Baixing raised his eyelids and glanced at him without making any excuses. He gestured for him to stop staring at him and concentrate on his work. Then he lay on the bed on his side, seemingly naturally but deliberately leaving Mingyu's back exposed.
Mingyu: A little cute.
But he knew that he couldn't coax her at this time, because if he did, the punishment would be invalid. Moreover, it was Mu Baixing who made the mistake, so there was no point in coaxing him!
Mingyu took a few seconds to prepare himself mentally, then stood up, pretending not to understand what Mu Baixing meant. He sent the man a message saying that he was out for a meeting so as not to disturb his lunch break, and then turned and left the ward.
"The energy generator can emit energy of specific intensity and vibration wavelength within a certain range." Gao Siqi just joked with Mingyu and returned to the topic.
She read Mingyu's report and became more and more shocked. She suppressed her inner shock and discussed it in a low voice, but her voice was a little trembling.
"According to your idea, as long as we have a high-precision energy generator... we can create space travel?"
"...This matter...can it be so simple?"
Mingyu nodded and then shook his head.
"The distances listed in this summary for space travel are very short, so ordinary energy generators can meet the requirements. However, if you want to travel long distances, you'll need a higher-powered generator that's not available on the market."
"Also, the special oscillation wavelength required for space travel is very special. It's different from the wavelengths we are familiar with, and existing energy generators cannot achieve it."
"Do we need to research a manufacturing device that meets the requirements first? Leave this to the Star Navigation Department." Gao Siqi agreed very readily, "Give me a week, and I'll find someone to make some samples!"
"Find a few more awakened humans to replicate the experimental results." Ming Yu continued, "While designing and manufacturing the instrument, we will also select a few experimenters to try new distance and energy vibration combinations."
"Of course." Gao Siqi acted quickly and began to look for people. "I'll go find them right away. After we successfully replicate the problem, I'll form a special project team for you. Let me know how many people you need, and you can figure out how to conduct the experiment yourself."
"This thing you're talking about is absolutely perfect for space travel on a starship!" She couldn't help but sigh as she worked on her business. "As long as we install verified energy generators around the starship and open up a wide enough passage around it..."
"Yes." Mingyu displayed another light screen, on which was a simple starship design drawing.
"This is my initial idea for where to install energy generators on starships," he said. "Different types of starships have different optimal locations for energy generators. We can start experimenting with the smallest exploration starships."
Gao Siqi: "..."
Gao Siqi gave him a thumbs up.
"You're so quick!" she sighed. "I'll have the person in charge of space travel in the Star Navigation Department contact you right away! And then I'll tell their chief designer!"
"That chief designer was specially hired from the design institute. His surname is Cui," Gao Siqi said. "He's one of the top designers in the Central Star Region, and you can count him on one hand. He's Mr. Cui Bing. You should have heard of him."
"He's the grandfather of Cui Xiaoduo, one of the leading designers of the younger generation. He's also a huge fan of your mother..." Gao Siqi looked up at Mingyu, "So, has he ever contacted you?"
Mingyu: “…”
Mingyu nodded and told the truth: "I have an appointment with Senior Cui to meet him and his grandfather on Friday."
Gao Siqi tutted his words and said dissatisfiedly, "You still want to use you as an excuse to give this old man a meal."
Mingyu: “…”
"Just assume he shouldn't have spent the money." Minister Gao expressed regret. "Old man Cui knows a lot, but his language is too abstruse, with a string of jargon spewing out. I don't know if you can communicate with him smoothly, but anyway... I can't understand him."
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