Time Flies

"Traveling?"

He Xi looked Shen Jun over in surprise. Lately, she had increasingly begun to doubt the authenticity of Shen Jun's identity. You were supposedly the leader of a super civilization—being idle all day was one thing, but now you wanted to go out and have fun?

Keisha was also the ruler of a civilization. Why was the difference so vast?

"Although we updated the Star Array with the Star Chart you provided, searching for suitable vacation planets one by one is too much trouble. So I came to ask you to be our guide."

Shen Jun spoke as if it were only natural, then gave a mysterious smile. "You've been on Aiur for so long. You must have gained quite a lot, right?"

He Xi's face reddened. The Protoss' various technologies had indeed given her much inspiration and insight. Though she had not obtained any substantive technology, for a genius like He Xi, even a tiny spark of inspiration was enough.

They called it an alliance between the Angels and the Protoss, yet so far, she was the only one benefiting. That really was not ideal.

Then I'll be their guide. I can treat it as a chance to relax. It's no big deal.

"Alright, let me think..."

He Xi rapidly searched through her memories. "Right, Kotex Star, about seven hundred light-years from the Sien Star System. I heard the scenery there is especially beautiful."

That sounded pretty normal.

"There's also Jude Star, much farther away. It has a pre-nuclear civilization famous for its cuisine. Jude Star has a peculiar creature called the Six-Winged Duck. Each duck has six pairs of wings, and they're quite large."

"When roasted, their aroma spreads everywhere. The skin is crisp and charred, the meat is juicy and succulent... Six-Winged Roast Duck is Jude Star's most famous delicacy."

The longer Shen Jun listened, the more something felt off. Fucking Six-Winged Roast Duck? Fucking Jude Star?

What, next she would mention Beijing roast duck?

Your whole vibe was wrong, wasn't it?!

"If I remember correctly, Second Generation Angels shouldn't need to eat anymore, right?"

Shen Jun suddenly blurted out.

He Xi paused, then asked strangely, "We don't need food to replenish energy, but that doesn't stop us from enjoying delicious food, does it? Though I haven't actually been there. I heard about it from other Angels."

And they could perfectly convert energy, without needing a stomach to digest and absorb it.

In other words, goddesses really didn't need to use the bathroom!

Shen Jun: "..."

"It's fine. Go on."

He Xi then began enthusiastically listing the planets she wanted to visit, ranging from those within a few hundred light-years to those tens of thousands of light-years away. Quite a few were even located across several nebulae.

From He Xi's speaking speed, Shen Jun could tell she was not looking things up as she spoke. She had truly memorized all those planets!

Cold sweat trickled down Shen Jun's forehead as he listened. He felt he might have made a terrible decision.

For men, one of the greatest fears was accompanying women shopping. At most, that only took a day, but Shen Jun was talking about touring star systems. He figured they would not be coming back for at least ten years.

Forget it. The Protoss' development is nearly complete anyway. The biggest problem at present is their low population. Fortunately, the eighty thousand Protoss are split evenly between men and women. Otherwise, we might have to deal with an imbalanced gender ratio. We'll encourage reproduction first and see how things go after a few decades...

Thus, Shen Jun honestly declared that they would visit every planet He Xi had mentioned.

That was also because several years had passed, and the localized Form Wars had basically been declared over. Only the final battle in the Angel Nebula remained locked in a stalemate, though the Angels had gradually gained the upper hand.

Winning the Form War was only a matter of time.

Though that time might be very long.

That was why Shen Jun dared to go traveling.

Of course, they still had to take Aiur's Shield. With Rohana there, piloting Aiur's Shield was no problem. There was no need to bring along a whole crowd just to make themselves uncomfortable while traveling.

With He Xi leading the way, they did not need to endure consecutive warps. Traveling through the Great Wormhole Bridge was faster and more comfortable. After all, Time-Space Navigation Routes had to be set up in advance. Otherwise, it would be even more convenient.

Shen Jun and He Xi first went to the nearest Kotex Star. The planet was in a primitive age, similar to Earth's Triassic period, with massive animals dominating Kotex Star.

No matter how large those ordinary animals were, they posed no threat to Shen Jun and He Xi. When the two chose to conceal their tracks, they did not even draw the creatures' attention.

Kotex Star had a peculiar landform: an enormous mountain range. The mountains were extraordinarily high, with an average elevation of around twelve thousand meters. Many peaks rose far above the clouds and could be clearly seen even from outside the atmosphere.

If the cloud layer were regarded as a sheet of white paper, the black mountain masses jutting through it could be connected into the shape of an ink-wash painting—one that happened to depict a mountain.

It was magnificent and aesthetically beautiful.

Magnificent sights were not rare on Kotex Star. From its tallest peak, standing at thirteen thousand five hundred and forty-four meters, one could watch the sea of clouds surge and the sun and moon turn in their cycle. One could also walk through ancient rainforests where hundred-meter-tall giant trees blotted out the sky, experiencing the most primitive ecology. Or one could view the beasts scattered everywhere from God's perspective, watching how they survived with the mindset of a deity...

Together, these formed Kotex Star's unique wild beauty. Everyone who came here was left with a deep impression.

"It's so beautiful."

At dusk, seated atop Kotex Star's highest peak and gazing at the setting sun that seemed almost within reach, He Xi sighed softly.

Shen Jun sat beside her.

At such an altitude, the temperature had already dropped to sixty or seventy degrees below zero. Normal creatures would freeze to death before long, but an Angel and a Protoss-human hybrid were not normal creatures. Unless it was absolute zero, cold was almost meaningless to them.

"But it's still missing something."

He Xi lightly swung her legs, and her long, fair legs instantly stole Shen Jun's attention.

"Missing what?"

Shen Jun asked without looking away.

"This."

He Xi gently opened her right hand, and a brilliantly colored butterfly flew from her palm, circling around the two of them.

"Uh... that's too fake. At this temperature, it should freeze stiff instantly. Within minutes, a layer of ice would form over its body."

Though Shen Jun's knowledge was not extensive, he still knew such common sense.

"Hey, do you know how much that ruins the atmosphere?"

He Xi rolled her eyes at the utterly unromantic Shen Jun.

Shen Jun shrugged. Neither spoke again, and together they watched the sun set.

They did not stay on Kotex Star for long, leaving in less than a week.

Afterward, Shen Jun and He Xi went to Jude Star. Shen Jun sampled the so-called Six-Winged Roast Duck with a critical mindset, and then... it was delicious!

After that came Walmart Star, Outlets Star, Vanda Guang Star, Kidd Guang Star, Tongluowan Star, Wangfujing Star...

They visited them all.

In the blink of an eye, twenty years had passed...

The two returned to Aiur.