Deep Space Wandering Fleet-Chapter 155 - 156 The 8th Awakening Period

Chapter 155: Chapter 156 The 8th Awakening Period Chapter 155 -156 The 8th Awakening Period Surprisingly, Lin Xuanyuan didn’t have any objections.

She rested her chin in her hand as she carefully observed Zhang Yuan’s expression. Finally, she mustered up the courage and said, “Hey… Uncle? I’ve been with you for over four years. Even if you were the Emperor, you should have chosen an Empress by now. I’m not getting any younger either; I should have some sort of status.”

Zhang Yuan felt a mix of complex emotions, but he was still a bit embarrassed, “You have to understand that I am 90% rational and only about 10% emotional, so I’m not very romantic…”

“Know what? Do you think I’m still that little girl who used to squat on the ground and cry?”

Zhang Yuan paused, suddenly realizing that after such a long journey through the stars, not only he but also everyone around him had matured a lot.

This maturity showed in being more pragmatic and rational. Everyone was there for each other, and no one owed anyone anything.

“Well… I’m not sterile.”

Lin Xuanyuan suddenly laughed, now accustomed to Zhang Yuan’s somewhat neurotic jumping thoughts. Her face flushed slightly, “What are you doing looking so smug for! Have I said I would marry you?! You need to confess and propose first, right?”

Zhang Yuan looked up and casually glanced into the distance, “Then we might wait a few hundred more years… that doesn’t seem to be a problem.”

Lin Xuanyuan retorted angrily, “Wait a few thousand years… that doesn’t seem to be a problem either!”

Zhang Yuan quickly replied, “A few thousand years… that does seem a bit long.”

“Not long at all; just hibernate a few times, and it’ll be over.”

The meal wasn’t even finished when Lin Xuanyuan, angry, found an excuse to leave.

Zhang Yuan carefully calculated various functions and thought that since the relationship was already clear, he should be more proactive.

At ten o’clock at night, before the centrifugal wheel started spinning, Zhang Yuan knocked on her door.

Unexpectedly, the door was ajar, and the air inside was filled with a girl’s unique fragrance.

Zhang Yuan took a deep breath and pushed the door open.

Lin Xuanyuan was pretending to read a book. Seeing him enter, she immediately tensed up, thinking to herself: This man isn’t as foolish as I thought…

Yet, she asked aloud, “What are you doing here?”

“It’s late at night; be careful or I might call the police!”

“Get on the ship, if you don’t hurry, it’ll be too late!” Zhang Yuan looked around and chuckled, “We’re going into hibernation in a few days, we have to get injections, take medicine, starve, where will the energy come from…”

“Sorry, this is private property, you can’t enter without the owner’s permission…”

“Oh, it’s private property, how much is it?” Zhang Yuan transferred most of his accumulated salary in one go, “Is that enough?”

Lin Xuanyuan was stunned by his move, and then her face started to heat up. Fortunately, she was covered by the quilt, hidden from view.

She whispered in a voice smaller than a mosquito, “It’s enough, it’s yours!”

Zhang Yuan deftly got into the bed.

“Next waking period… we can apply for a bigger room,” Zhang Yuan started to ramble.

“Mhm.”

“The money can be held by you, but you need to give me some pocket money.”

“Pocket money?”

“To buy some snacks, I really like eating ramen. Ah, are you sterilized?”

“I’m not… why would I go for a sterilization surgery? Are you crazy!”

“Such a pity…”

“But… it’s a safe period…”

The fourth hibernation period soon passed.

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Then came the fifth…

A shameless cohabitation began, perhaps the happiest years since Zhang Yuan had boarded the spaceship.

He began to understand why there was so much opposition to the “public maintenance system.”

Humans, as a species, simply couldn’t achieve complete rationality, and relatives meant a sense of security and familiarity. Although love is unreliable, when it comes surging in, it seems to overshadow everything else.

Sometimes, he even thought about having a child and spending a lifetime that way. However, continuing the life of just two people wasn’t too bad either. Having a child now wasn’t feasible, financially.

Then came the sixth, the seventh…

Once accustomed, whether it was a major or minor period, life didn’t seem much different from life on Earth.

If time hadn’t aged, sometimes, Zhang Yuan felt that everything had settled down.

But obviously, society within the spaceship was constantly changing; by the sixth hibernation period, Captain Lin had handed over his position to Academician Ding, his teacher Ding Zhaodong.

A meeting was held at that time, and Zhang Yuan was assigned more and heavier tasks.

These high-ranking officials aged much faster than ordinary people. The Captain woke up every major period, every 20 years, and sometimes extended his active period in emergencies.

The Deputy Captain woke up every thirty-four years.

And reserve cadres like Zhang Yuan, approximately every three hundred years, scattered across minor periods to maintain order. Ordinary members woke up every four to five hundred years.

This meant the Captain aged over 15 times faster than ordinary people!

The time Zhang Yuan experienced was ten years, but for some, it might have been one hundred fifty, or even two hundred years.

The eighth hibernation period.

Waves of music woke Zhang Yuan from hibernation, and upon opening his eyes, the familiar environment, the familiar lights, and that uneasy feeling that came with waking from hibernation surrounded him.

Another period of wakefulness?

“Mr. Zhang Yuan, it is now the year 4683. Theoretically, it is not yet your scheduled awakening period. However… Captain Ding has something to instruct you, so you were awoken early. There are no significant events on the spaceship, please rest assured,” said the nurse with a mask, softly.

Zhang Yuan lay on the hospital bed and nodded slightly…

A week later, Zhang Yuan was officially discharged.

It was a bustling major period, and there were many people in the spaceship. Sadly, due to being awoken prematurely, Lin Xuanyuan wasn’t by his side, and he had to spend the year alone.

However, the thought of many old friends waiting for him made it not so lonely.

After stepping out of the hospital, Zhang Yuan saw the white-haired Academician Ding, Captain Ding, aging had left brown age spots on his face.

Nature’s law is too cruel; no matter how hard humans try on material or spiritual levels, it is just futile.

Even Zhao Qingfeng, standing next to him, had become a middle-aged man aged fifty. They hadn’t seen each other for a long, long time, yet it felt as if they had just met the day before.

Recalling Senior Brother Zhao at the engine exhaust, lamenting increased pressure and burdens and no longer having time to read comic books, only to have turned into what he is now, Zhang Yuan couldn’t help but sigh.

“Teacher,” Zhang Yuan bowed slightly, then greeted on the other side, “Senior Brother Zhao.”