Yuan Ju was an honest kid, solid in his work. Even though he was, in essence, merely experimental material himself, he remained diligent, keeping daily experimental notes. The issues he identified gradually became more sophisticated, and communication between the two sides went smoothly.
Later on, Tai Yu even took the initiative to tease him:
"You're staying here alone, serving as both experimenter and experimental subject. Priest Yan Chen really had the nerve to leave you here and go back.
"I've got a whole pile of compiled interim experimental results here that I wanted to discuss with him, but I can't even find the man... Staying here by yourself, you've got some nerve."
Yuan Ju merely scratched his head. "What's there to worry about? Besides, Priest Yan Chen hasn't really gone back. He recently accepted a summons from the Myriad Gods Hall and has to head to the front lines to correct some Abyssal Spirit Net frameworks that have gone out of alignment. Going back to the other side of the Star Gate is mainly to make it easier to deploy personnel."
Tai Yu then asked, "Your work over by the Star Gate can't be easy either. With another summons from the Red Silicon Star System, aren't you afraid it'll delay things?"
Yuan Ju was somewhat confused by this and could only shake his head. "Chief Priest Seo and the High Priest must have worked it out."
By then, there was basically nothing left but idle chat.
Yuan Ju gradually grew bolder and, following the mood, simply asked a couple more questions:
"Officer Tai Yu, your 'mandatory assignment'—I mean Vajello—you must have caught him already. Why haven't you turned him over and completed the assignment early? Everyone seems pretty anxious."
"Who do you mean by everyone?"
"Uh..."
"Commissioner Bai Tiancong and