Ruan Mingchu: ...
He was never as unrestrained as Qingyao. Although they were father and son, it always felt strange to go into the inner room of the bedroom, even though it was just the outer room.
Unable to resist Qingyao's urging, Ruan Mingchu went inside.
Then I wish I could gouge my own eyes out.
Qingyao was lying on his side, propping his chin up with one hand, while playing with his father's hair with the other. His father was still asleep, nestled in Qingyao's arms. The shoulders and necks of the two men, not covered by the thin blanket, were covered with marks that a child should not see.
Qingyao: "Don't worry, our conversation won't disturb your father."
Ruan Mingchu: ? ? ? Is this a question of whether or not to argue?
Looking at Ruan Mingchu, who had her back to him, Qingyao clicked his tongue twice. "Don't humans usually look into the other person's eyes when they talk to show respect? How can you be so rude?"
Ruan Mingchu: Fine, he's rude. He just doesn't want to get a sty. No wonder Qingyao wouldn't talk to him on the terminal; she was waiting here to show off her love to him.
Shameless!
“How boring,” Qingyao sighed. “It’s so boring to be so shy.”
Ruan Mingchu still ignored him.
"Fine, I'm not wasting my time with you, you blockhead."
"The matter you asked is not very clear. Just look at my memories."
Qingyao sent Ruan Mingchu over because she couldn't explain it clearly; it definitely wasn't just to show off their affection.
Ruan Mingchu was taken aback.
Qingyao: "Don't worry, I wouldn't hurt myself for you. It's a special way, where we can share memories as long as both parties are willing."
Ruan Mingchu felt he had never been so speechless in his life.
As Qingyao instructed, Ruan Mingchu used his own blood to draw a peculiar pattern on the back of Qingyao's hand.
The moment the pattern connected end to end, he entered Qingyao's memory palace and stayed by Qingyao's side.
It's a very unreal feeling, completely different from actively invading someone else's mental space.
"Let's go in, they should all be in there," Qingyao said, pointing to a small house.
Ruan Mingchu followed the instructions and stepped inside, instantly entering another world. This world contained all kinds of creatures, and they were all intelligent beings; even a small blade of grass by the roadside could think and speak.
This more realistically demonstrates that the continuation of one life is the disappearance of countless others.
Clothing, customs, and other such things are all-encompassing; they include everything, which is simply the difference between worlds. As for why it is called the Upper Realm, one can only say that the feeling is different, an indescribable feeling, a voice in your heart telling you that this world is superior.
No wonder Qingyao said he couldn't explain it clearly; how could such a mysterious feeling be explained?
Through Qingyao's memories, Ruan Mingchu glimpsed that world and felt an overwhelming longing to go there and see it for herself.
Qingyao didn't stay there for long, and he felt there was nothing meaningful there, so Ruan Mingchu quickly ended his "journey to the upper realm".
Seeing Ruan Mingchu's longing, Qingyao said, "You'll know when the time comes that there's no place like home."
Looking at Qingyao lying comfortably in his "doghouse," Ruan Mingchu twitched the corner of his mouth.
“Once you’re strong enough to break through the barrier, you’ll naturally know how to get there. There’s no need to rush.” Qingyao looked Ruan Mingchu up and down. “If you work hard, you should be able to go in four or five years.”
Ruan Mingchu: "Strive?"
Ruan Mingchu was quite surprised to hear those two words from Qingyao, that lazy bum.
Qingyao gave a wicked smile: "Work hard! The more we mermaids do, the faster our strength will increase."
Ruan Mingchu chuckled twice and chose to leave directly.
Qingyao's voice came from behind: "Don't disbelieve me, the reason you haven't noticed is because you haven't done it enough times."
Ruan Mingchu covered his ears.
He was genuinely curious about how his father managed to get along with a rogue fish like Qingyao. Could it be that his father also...
Shaking his head to dismiss the disrespectful thought, Ruan Mingchu turned and went to the residence of the three, including Tu Aotian, next door.
Jinbaobei somehow grew taller, while Tu Aotian and Menhao remained unchanged.
They had agreed that Mu Yu and the others would leave as soon as Ruan Mingchu finished, but now that Ruan Mingchu had arrived, Mu Yu was already engrossed in the game.
A very old fighting game that requires an external controller to control the character on the screen. There are only four or five ways to attack.
This kind of game is so addictive that Jinbaobei and Tu Aotian had been playing it before Mu Yu arrived.
With the addition of Mu Yu, the three-way battle is even more interesting.
Menhao only watched and didn't fight; occasionally, if he was in a good mood, he would say a few words.
After standing there for a few minutes, the abandoned Nguyen Minh Thu decided to join in.
If you can't beat them, join them. No problem.
They didn't even have dinner until the hotel's maid, who was in charge of taking care of Gymboree, came to remind them that it was time to go to sleep, and only then was the game over.
Having sat in their seats for too long, Ruan Mingchu and Mu Yu decided to take a "stroll" home, albeit at a relatively high speed.
After a leisurely day, Ruan Mingchu was to go to work the next day. On days when he wasn't stationed at the border, he should have been clocking in at the military headquarters, but he hadn't gone yet.
Ruan Mingchu's trip back to the capital wasn't just to meet his parents; he also had other matters to attend to. He needed military approval to handle these matters, so he went to work that day.
In external (star beast) warfare, the military can be said to be Nguyen Minh Thu's absolute authority. He can send troops wherever he wants, and send as many as he wants. This is because no one in the military is more capable in fighting, more capable in commanding, or has higher military achievements than him. This status has little to do with his identity as the crown prince.
But if he wants to do something internally, he has to consult with those old fogies. For example, if he wants to establish a special military academy, he needs to make sure they don't object.
For those old generals, running a military academy is fine, but only accepting Betas and Omegas isn't really feasible.
At the roundtable meeting, an old general glared and said, "You're being sexist! Why can Betas and Omegas be discriminated against, but Alphas aren't?"
Ruan Mingchu didn't expect to be criticized in this regard. After all, the gender gap between ABO is huge, and there are many schools with pure O or pure B degrees, and they are all doing well.
"Because the Alphas all went to regular military academies."
Ruan Minh Thu gave this answer.
But the answer did not satisfy the old generals.
In the end, both sides compromised. Ruan Mingchu could proceed according to his own ideas, but when recruiting students, he explained that this was a special school established for BOs. If Alpha still wanted to apply, he couldn't refuse.
It's simple. If you don't want Alpha, just change the evaluation criteria and eliminate all the Alphas.
But we can't just not allow people to register, and I don't know what the point of harping on this is.
The reason Ruan Mingchu wanted to establish a school with only BOs was that he realized it was too difficult to make Alphas genuinely respect Betas and Omegas, because they were a group that valued strength and judged people by their strength. Weak Alphas were also looked down upon, so it was better to ignore them and directly target Omegas and Betas to improve their own strength.
When a group becomes powerful, it becomes much more difficult for others to treat them unfairly.
In addition, there is another point in Nguyen Minh Thu's proposal that has been questioned.
"What does it mean that the school's address is unknown? You want to open a school on a specially designed starship and keep it adrift in space?"
Reading ten thousand books and traveling ten thousand miles broadens one's horizons and makes it easier to change previously held incorrect ideas. This was Ruan Mingchu's idea, but the old generals did not understand it.
"No, it's unacceptable for a school not to even have a campus address. You must provide a location."
It's all just a facade. You can actually put students on starships and let them float around, but you still need a proper school building.
Ruan Minh Thu had no choice but to agree to the old generals' request. It was just a matter of finding a piece of land to build some houses. He could just find a place in the middle of nowhere that wouldn't bother anyone else.
Finally, regarding the school's teachers, they also required that the teachers be hired from those they recommended, with a minimum four-year contract.
Ruan Mingchu argued with them for two days before changing the matter to the condition that the person they recommended must be approved by Ruan Mingchu, and if they were not, they had to find someone else to recommend.
For the sake of this school, Nguyen Minh Thu worked at the military headquarters for a week to get everything sorted out.
The warships used as schools had to be specially manufactured, so Nguyen Minh Thu and his adjutants went to the Ministry of Engineering again, acting as the client, to finalize the blueprints and put the warships into production.
The warship will take three months to build, and those three months will be used to recruit students.
Ruan Mingchu planned to take Mu Yu with him, and the two of them would travel together while recruiting students.
Of course, this plan also met with opposition from many people, who said that he, as the crown prince, had too little vision and that such a simple matter could simply be handed over to his subordinates.
However, their objections were futile; Nguyen Minh Thu would not listen to them anyway.
However, it was a rare opportunity to receive support from Qingyao.
When Ruan Mingchu heard Qingyao's reasons for supporting him, he could only think that Qingyao was indeed Qingyao.
"A honeymoon is perfect for some fun and relaxation. We'll be back in three months for our wedding, and I hope to hear good news then!"
Ruan Mingchu: ...
He wanted to hear good news, but that was beyond his control.
Ruan Mingchu's travel plan was as follows: starting from the Imperial Star, he would travel through the fifth, tenth, thirteenth, nineteenth, twenty-eighth, thirtieth, forty-seventh, fifty-sixth, and seventy-fifth star systems before reaching the last few star systems.
Stop at the lowest-ranked habitable star in each galaxy and see if there are any suitable students.
Ruan Mingchu still can't forget Lan Yuhe. He was clearly an ambitious and capable person, but he was treated differently because he was an Omega, and in the end he made a big mistake.
The students he most wants to recruit are like this: thoughtful, ambitious, and simply lacking a fair environment. He is willing to provide such an environment so that they can become pioneers.
Only when the first person to stand up brings light and hope will others be willing to think about making changes.
In this world, where there is prosperity and wealth, there are also places shrouded in poverty and hunger. It's not that people are incapable, but rather that the environment can only provide them with so much.
Who would have thought that in a top-ranking star system like the Fifth System, people would live on a true garbage planet? Not one of those planets considered garbage because they lack money or power, but one that is genuinely littered with trash.
If it weren't for the accidental discovery of this planet that wasn't on the star map, Ruan Mingchu would never have imagined it in his entire life.
According to research, this planet was habitable 150 years ago, but became uninhabitable due to a natural disaster. Records indicate that everyone was relocated to a nearby planet, allowing ample time for this planet to heal itself.
Humanity is undoubtedly a huge burden on the planet. Natural disasters are caused by humanity's excessive exploitation. Therefore, the planetary agency at the time suggested that the planet should migrate to allow it to heal itself.
The records indicate that the galactic government at the time also heeded the advice of the Planetary Agency.
So why did a planet that should have been protected and self-healing become a junk planet, and why are there still people living here? And how many planets like it are there?
Unsure how many students they could recruit, Ruan Mingchu and Mu Yu deployed a large starship.
When the starship landed above the land of the junk planet, it caused a great sensation.
There is no interplanetary port here, so Ruan Mingchu can only keep the starship suspended in the air for the time being, and wait for a suitable place to dock.
However, in the short time it took him to find a suitable docking spot, a large number of people had already gathered under the starship.
They are trying to figure out a way to get up there, or to bring the starship down.