"Cough, cough, cough..."
Aboard the Earth.
As the Deep-Sea Pod's hatch opened, violent coughing immediately echoed throughout the Starship.
"Fang Xu, how are you feeling?"
A holographic projection automatically unfolded before Fang Xu, and Lü Yongchang's concerned voice came through a nearby speaker.
"Cough, cough... I, cough, I've left the pod, and I'm coughing... cough, cough!"
Watching Fang Xu cough nonstop in his spacesuit, Lü Yongchang chuckled in the command center.
"Since you're doing fine, report to the command center as soon as possible."
"We'll reach our destination in another month."
Still coughing, Fang Xu raised his right hand and made an internationally recognized gesture of "friendship" at the nearby camera.
An hour later.
Fang Xu walked into the command center on unsteady legs.
"Tsk, tsk..."
"You're really out of shape."
Perhaps because they were about to reach their new home, Lü Yongchang was in a good mood, and even his voice was full of teasing. "Look at Zhao Zijie and me. Are either of us stumbling around like you?"
Fang Xu rolled his eyes in exasperation.
"I won't argue about Zhao Zijie. He came from the military, after all. It's only natural that he's in better shape."
"But you?"
"I just don't get it. Why are you so much fitter than I am?!"
Faced with Fang Xu's challenge, Lü Yongchang shrugged and said casually, "Maybe it's natural talent."
Fang Xu: "..."
Seeing Fang Xu rendered speechless, Lü Yongchang burst out laughing.
"You'd better make the most of this month and spend more time exercising in the Gravity Chamber."
"Don't make us help you off the Starship when we land."
Fang Xu nodded with a sheepish smile.
He hardly needed Lü Yongchang to remind him of that.
After all, he had personally proposed waking up a month early and