Lu Zhou had no idea where the misunderstanding had arisen that led Director Li to believe he planned to stow away to Mars, resulting in this farce.
As their conversation continued, Lu Zhou learned, torn between laughter and exasperation, that the misunderstanding was far bigger than he had thought. Even the Grand Elder had been alerted. In fact, it was the Grand Elder himself who had instructed Director Li to "keep an eye on" him and make absolutely sure there was no repeat of him "sneaking aboard the colonization ship."
It took more than ten minutes to finally clear up the misunderstanding. Although Lu Zhou felt that Director Li still wasn't entirely reassured, at least the man had finally stopped trailing nervously after him...
The day after the Xu Fu spacecraft was successfully assembled.
While the governments of the various countries that had witnessed the astonishing scene aboard the Moon Palace spacecraft were still digesting the enormous amount of information, a photograph with far higher resolution than the covert shots taken by their optical observation satellites had already appeared on the color cover of the latest issue of Renren Daily.
It showed a towering starship.
Its silver-white armor gleamed with a chilling light against the moonlit backdrop.
Its massive hull and two ring-shaped structures, one fore and one aft, outlined its silhouette. Its cyberpunk aesthetic made it look as though it had sailed straight out of a science fiction film.
For that very reason, when reports and more high-resolution images were released on the official Weibo accounts of Renren Daily and other media outlets, they immediately caused a tremendous sensation!
Within barely half an hour of the Weibo post going up, excited users had flooded the comment section with over ten thousand comments, while the number of likes raced toward