Whoosh!
The laboratory doors burst open, drawing the attention of every academician inside.
A faint hum came from the distance.
The academicians were familiar with that hum-it was the sound of a robot's electromagnetic tracks moving across the starship's deck.
This time, however, its pitch was considerably higher than usual.
That meant it was moving at extremely high speed.
Normally, for the safety of personnel, robots were subject to strict speed limits inside the starship-at the very least, they would never produce a hum with such a pronounced Doppler effect.
It was coming toward the laboratory!
The thought had barely crossed the academicians' minds when a mechanical-arm robot equipped with electromagnetic tracks appeared in the laboratory doorway.
Screech!
Its sudden braking produced a rather sharp scraping sound.
The academicians in the laboratory froze.
They stared blankly at the scene in the doorway, their expressions gradually turning strange.
"This..."
"Professor Lü?!"
"Holy shit?!"
They had seen plenty of mechanical-arm robots. Never mind the small models-even the large ones, which could easily measure over a hundred meters, failed to astonish these academicians.
They also saw Lü Yongchang every day, so he was hardly a surprising sight either.
But the combination delivered an unprecedented shock-there before them, Lü Yongchang stood on the mechanical-arm robot's rear deck, giving them a "gentle" smile.
"Zero, put me down." Lü Yongchang lightly patted the mechanical arm serving as a makeshift seat belt in front of him and spoke softly.
A moment later, under everyone's ghost-struck stares, the mechanical arm slowly released him and helped him down from the robot's rear deck.
Lü Yongchang entered the laboratory, casually clapped his hands, and let out a heartfelt remark.
"I never noticed before, but this thing is pretty fast. Much more convenient than walking."
The academicians: "...???"
Ignoring their "strange"