Return to the Academy

When Lin Fan arrived at the research lab, he saw Bai Zixuan hard at work.

"Elder Bai!"

"Hm? You brat finally came out? Let me tell you, you need to keep that adjutant of yours under control. I tried to see you several times, and he threw me out every time. His attitude was absolutely terrible!"

"Uh, Elder Bai, that wasn't his fault. I ordered him not to let anyone disturb me while I was in seclusion. My mistake!"

"You... Well? Did you get any results?"

If it had been anyone else, Bai Zixuan definitely would not have asked what results they had achieved after shutting themselves away for a month to research Nuclear Fusion.

Wasn't that nonsense? So many of humanity's top scientists had spent over a century unable to produce results, yet one person was supposed to solve it in a single month?

Bai Zixuan would have scoffed at that without hesitation.

But when it came to Lin Fan, Bai Zixuan had boundless expectations. After all, this young man was far too monstrous.

"Yeah, I didn't risk my life for nothing this past month. Here!"

"What?"

Although Bai Zixuan had limitless expectations for Lin Fan, he still could not help twitching at the sight of the storage card Lin Fan handed over.

He was far too familiar with Lin Fan's gesture of passing over a storage card. This was already the fifth time. Whenever that gesture appeared, it meant a research achievement that would shake the Federation had been born.

Could he really have...?

Trembling, Bai Zixuan accepted the storage card and carefully inserted it into the optical computer. Even his hands were shaking slightly.

Nuclear Fusion... He understood all too well what it represented.

After reading the data on the storage card, Bai Zixuan began studying it seriously.

Five minutes later, Bai Zixuan had not moved at all, like an old monk deep in meditation.

Half an hour later, he was still the same, until more than an hour had passed.

"So that's how it is... So that's how it is! Humanity had been targeting the wrong key point all along. No wonder we could never succeed."

After reading the core portion of the technology, Bai Zixuan lost some control over his emotions.

After all, Bai Zixuan's mentor had once spent his entire life researching Nuclear Fusion without making the slightest breakthrough. The breakthrough in Fusion Technology therefore stirred endless emotions within Bai Zixuan.

"Uh, Elder Bai, please get your emotions under control first. Your health is important!"

"Fine, don't worry about me. Go do your work. I'll follow up on everything afterward."

"Alright, then I'll head out first! Take care of yourself!"

To be honest, Lin Fan was rather worried about Bai Zixuan. He was getting old, and such intense emotional swings were not good for his health.

Fortunately, Lin Fan had previously given him the technology for the genetic enhancement serum. Once it was successfully manufactured, there would be nothing to worry about. Bai Zixuan should then directly recover to a middle-aged state.

But just as Lin Fan walked out of the research lab, he heard Bai Zixuan roar from behind him.

"Hey, Liang Xingchen?"

"It's me, Bai Zixuan. Send money. Send people."

And then there was nothing else. The call had already been hung up. Lin Fan stood there dumbfounded, unable to help sympathizing with his future father-in-law.

A dignified God of War of the Federation, yet someone called him, demanded money and people, then hung up immediately. It was truly pitiful.

At that moment, in the Mars Base headquarters not far away, Liang Xingchen held his communicator and smiled helplessly. Elder Bai really had not changed at all—he still gave Liang Xingchen no face whatsoever.

Wait, Elder Bai was asking for money and personnel again? Could it be that Lin Fan had emerged from seclusion? Had he completed Fusion Technology?

Li Fulai had also been pressing me for a month. I'll go take a look and tell him about the academy while I'm at it.

Having figured it out, Liang Xingchen immediately left his office and prepared to head to the 101st Task Force Fleet's base.

Meanwhile, Lin Fan returned to his own office. The moment he stepped inside, he saw Liang Xue looking at him with faint resentment in her eyes.

"Uh, honey, there's something wrong with that look in your eyes!"

"Did sleeping for a month feel good?"

"I was in seclusion doing research. How could you say I slept for a month?"

"You've got some nerve saying that. If I hadn't checked every day that your body was fine and seen that you ate all the meals sent to you, I really would have thought you had turned into a vegetable."

As she spoke, Liang Xue's face filled with grievance.

This past month had truly been difficult for Liang Xue. Although she could see Lin Fan every day, they had not exchanged a single word. Every time she came, Lin Fan was asleep—oh, no, he was training in the system's virtual space.

Not only did she have to anxiously check every day to make sure Lin Fan's body had not developed any problems, but she also had to follow his instructions and keep Bai Zixuan and the others from entering. She had even been pointed at and scolded for ages by an enraged Bai Zixuan.

"You've worked hard."

Lin Fan walked over, gently wrapped Liang Xue in his arms, and whispered in her ear.

With just those four words, all the hardship Liang Xue had endured over the past month vanished completely. This girl was, it had to be said, very easy to satisfy.

"Cough, cough... cough."

But at that warm moment, a bout of coughing came from the office doorway!

The two of them immediately sprang apart in alarm.

"Uh, Commander!"

Lin Fan turned and saw Liang Xingchen standing in the doorway. His first reaction was to stand at attention and salute.

However, Liang Xue beside him glared at Liang Xingchen with a murderous look.

After Lin Fan and I finally got such a warm moment after an entire month, you had to ruin it all!

Liang Xingchen was somewhat speechless under Liang Xue's glare.

I'm your father, alright? Was there really any need to look at me like that?

"Cough, cough... I'll say a few words and leave. Lin Fan, Interstellar Military Academy has invited you back to give a lecture for the command department. Get ready and leave today! Mm, I still need to go to the research lab to see Elder Bai. You two carry on. Remember to lock the door next time!"

After saying that, Liang Xingchen withdrew from the office and casually closed the door behind him.

Well, after being interrupted like that, the two of them had completely lost the mood from before.

"Go get ready. I'll arrange for the Uranus to depart first."

"Uh, we're only going to the Moon. Do we need to deploy the flagship?"

"You're returning in glory. Of course we have to take the Uranus."

"Alright, honey, whatever you say!"

A massive silver-white warship sailed out of the spaceport. Its streamlined hull was unlike that of any current Federation warship, noble and elegant! Anyone who saw it even once would never forget it. This was Lin Fan's personal vessel, the battleship Uranus.

Three days later, at the Interstellar Military Academy on the Moon, all instructors and command department students had gathered in the academy's spaceport.

The students were rather curious at the moment, because the instructors had only told them that someone would be coming to give a special lecture for the command department today and that everyone was to welcome them at the spaceport.

Who could it be? Why was the academy making such a grand spectacle? Most students guessed it was Liang Xingchen. After all, among those qualified to be invited by the academy to give a command department lecture and receive such a grand welcome, Liang Xingchen seemed to be the only one.

"Look! What kind of warship is that?"

As one student pointed outside the port and shouted, the other students and instructors all looked over. Even Li Fulai looked over, then froze.

What kind of warship was that? Why didn't I recognize it?

A massive silver-white warship was slowly approaching the spaceport. Its streamlined hull was unlike that of any current Federation warship, making it unforgettable to anyone who saw it even once.

When the warship drew close enough, everyone finally saw the name engraved on its hull.

URANUS, the god of the sky?

That was right. This was Lin Fan's personal vessel, the battleship Uranus.

Everyone cast so many recommendation votes yesterday that the author added two chapters today. This is the first one; another will be released this afternoon!