Afterward, Li Qinwu deployed the Shuttle and sent the Dwarfs out.
After waiting about half a day, the Shuttle returned. The Dwarfs had already been sent home. Li Qinwu went to the bridge and gave the captain an order.
"Prepare to depart and continue toward our destination. At our current pace, how much longer until we arrive?"
The Nuclear Industrial Chain on the Agri-World was already under construction. Before long, Li Qinwu would be able to gather enough reactors to ignite the Dark Age of Technology colony ship!
The captain reported:
"My lord, at our speed, it will take approximately another fifteen to twenty years to reach our destination."
Li Qinwu said he understood. He was a spaceman now too. The universe was too vast; time was not enough to measure distance. Ten or twenty years would pass in the blink of an eye.
Then the captain said, "My lord, the Dwarf warship has sent a group communication request. Shall we connect it?"
Li Qinwu guessed that Buni Tansen had gotten in touch with the Dwarf warship's captain and wanted to use the communication link to bid him farewell, so he told them to connect it.
Buni Tansen's face immediately appeared on the bridge's holographic projector. Having returned to his own territory, the guy seemed much more confident.
"Big guy!"
Buni Tansen said:
"I just spoke with my captain. I want to make a deal with you!"
Li Qinwu asked, "What deal? Go on."
"Big guy, we shared some of the alcohol you gave my people and me with our compatriots aboard the mineral exploration ship. They were amazed after drinking it, and from then on, they could no longer endure alcohol brewed from artificial starch.
"That disgusting plastic taste in artificial starch alcohol is practically a curse from the