Huo Yushen's thoughts raced, and he had already thought of a crucial point.
He said hoarsely, "...Your aunt? You had your aunt study this thing?"
"Where exactly did your aunt learn all this genetic knowledge?"
Xia Chujian merely smiled without answering, then turned and left.
Huo Yushen followed behind her and said in a deep voice, "If it really works, I'll go to Southern Cross Star with you immediately..."
Without turning around, Xia Chujian said calmly, "There's no need to leave immediately. We still need to make some preparations."
"And this trip might be quick, or it might take some time. Marshal Huo, you should arrange matters on Beichen Star first."
Huo Yushen had never been someone who acted rashly.
This time, he had simply been too shocked to think of so many things at once.
Now that Xia Chujian had reminded him, he felt secretly alarmed even as he was grateful.
Xia Chujian seemed to have even more secrets than he had realized! Yet the direction those secrets pointed in did not make Huo Yushen wary or feel they were mysterious. Instead, they faintly filled him with joy.
He gazed at Xia Chujian's retreating figure and said, "Then when do you plan to go?"
Xia Chujian still did not turn around. Looking straight ahead, she said slowly, "First, I need to settle my team down and take them out to pick up some spoils. I also need to make an example of the higher-ups in the Interstellar Fleet, so that if someone there suddenly gets it into their head to cause me trouble again while I'm away, it won't be good for either side."
Huo Yushen: "..."
At that moment, he could only observe a moment of silence for whoever might try to "cause trouble" for Xia Chujian.
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