Restless Hearts at the Base

Light and shadow intertwined, the years hurried by.

In the blink of an eye, time had rushed across the canvas of the years.

In an instant,

leaves fluttered through the air, and the bleak autumn had quietly left the stage of the Four Seasons.

In its place came winter snow blanketing the earth. Snowflakes drifted down, as if the whole world had fallen silent.

But that was only on the surface.

Across the vast Huaxia land, people were still braving wind, snow, and stars, working to break the ice of winter.

"Consultant Xu, thanks for your hard work again today."

Base 221.

Second Branch Factory.

Outside an ordinary-looking little building.

A middle-aged man in his forties smiled warmly as he shook Xu Yun's hand. He spoke enthusiastically to Xu and Old Guo beside him:

"Consultant Xu, you've solved another one of our problems."

"We were lucky to have you this time. If you hadn't stepped in, our project team would probably have been stuck for a while longer."

Xu Yun hurriedly shook his head, keeping a humble stance:

"Professor Li, you're too kind. I only did a little bit of work."

"I'm younger than everyone else, and my thoughts are a little unconventional, so I just got lucky and thought of an approach everyone else hadn't noticed. I was worried you'd think I wasn't steady enough."

"The comrades on the project team were the ones who really tested whether the approach worked and turned it into practical technology. I wouldn't dare take the credit."

The middle-aged man smiled at that but said nothing.

If Xu Yun had only solved problems for the various project teams once or twice, then perhaps his success really could have been attributed to his lively mind.

But as far as he knew,

Xu Yun had