"Dao Heiqi, you're not dead yet!"
Beside a porthole somewhere on the Lyra, Yue Yuan looked at the young man who had appeared before him and spoke in a gratified tone, though the words sounded like a curse.
Outside the porthole was endless, empty darkness. Now, the fleet of Human Civilization was traveling at warp speed through the interstellar void alongside other civilizations. In truth, this was the main theme of The Great Voyage—sailing through dark emptiness.
There was nothing outside the porthole, but ever since the old people around him had died one after another, Yue Yuan often stared blankly into the void.
"Not yet, Commander Yue." Dao Heiqi seemed to understand Yue Yuan's mood. He silently walked over to the porthole and answered with considerable emotion, "But it should be soon. According to what the Academy of Life Sciences is saying now, I don't know what day I'll be gone either. But so what? My life has been exciting enough."
When Dao Heiqi was just over a hundred years old, he had relied on his own efforts to become the lead scientist for many projects in physics, communications, and detection. Now, he was the Chief Scientist of Human Civilization, and for tens of thousands of years, he had devoted himself to research on Characteristic Technology.
He had come to see Yue Yuan today for two reasons. First, to personally explain the latest progress in research on Characteristic Technology. Second, to take a look at this leader.
The outside world all said that this leader had become dispirited and had ignored worldly affairs for tens of thousands of years, but Dao Heiqi knew that he was still constantly paying attention to humanity's scientific progress, and that he used his influence to protect and escort humanity's stability.
And although Yue