Chapter 166: Not a Single Shred of Error

"Shang, have we arrived?" Ye Zhong asked, sitting in the captain's seat.

According to Ilu Taisuo, his teacher Wang Weixing was very likely at the Blazing Wind Star Medical Academy. Based on the interstellar map in Mu Shang's database, Blazing Wind Star was a quite famous tourist planet within the Qiebeixini Star Domain, boasting picturesque scenery, numerous visitors, and many unique natural landscapes.

Therefore, Ye Zhong and Shang discussed and settled on a final destination in deep space, three days' journey away from Blazing Wind Star. At that time, Ye Zhong would leave the warship and activate its self-destruct system to avoid being tracked down by the Zong. Although Blazing Wind Star was truly a very long distance away from the Orbital Ring, Ye Zhong still did not dare to lower his guard. He was well aware of the Zong's immense power; even though he was not afraid, such unnecessary mistakes could not be committed.

"Uh, Leaf, I have to tell you some bad news!" Shang's tone of voice made it clear it felt quite embarrassed.

"Bad news? Could it be that the Zong has caught up again? That's impossible, they couldn't have figured it out this fast! Don't tell me our luck is so terrible that we've run into the Zong's people again!" Ye Zhong's face was full of astonishment.

Shang wriggled awkwardly and said, "The situation is far from that bad, Leaf! We've just encountered a small problem!" Shang stammered somewhat.

"A small problem?" Ye Zhong raised an eyebrow and asked doubtfully, "What kind of small problem?"

"Uh, Leaf, my calculations had a tiny deviation, really just a tiny one!" Shang argued desperately, like a child who had done something wrong.

"An error?" Ye Zhong looked at Shang in disbelief. "Shang, you even make errors? That's impossible!" Shang could make errors? That was simply too absurd! Although Shang's calculation ability was inferior to Mu's, in Ye Zhong's eyes, for a calculation error to happen to Shang was simply too incredible!

"Uh, Leaf, don't look at me like that! It makes me feel embarrassed too!" Shang's flashing blue electronic eye, combined with this hair-raising tone, made Ye Zhong shudder involuntarily.

"Then what about us now?" Ye Zhong's priority was always the outcome.

"We are currently on a route called Soliva," Shang said.

"How far is it from Blazing Wind Star?" This question was what Ye Zhong cared about more.

"Uh," Shang stammered, "it's not very far either. But it seems there's no way to navigate there directly!"

The veins on Ye Zhong's forehead twitched. Suppressing his urge to curse, he asked, "Then how long will this space jump of ours take to reach Blazing Wind Star?"

"Uh, Leaf, the troublesome part is that this warship's energy is no longer sufficient to perform another space jump!" By this time, Shang had completely returned to normal without a trace of remorse, and naturally didn't forget to add, "The distance of our space jump this time was just a little too long, and the energy consumed was also extremely massive!"

The veins on Ye Zhong's forehead twitched even more violently. Gritting his teeth, he said, "Shang, after making such a mistake, shouldn't you repent to me?"

"Leaf, don't take it so seriously. Who told Angela's photo collection to be so splendid? Leaf, let me tell you, Angela's figure is definitely the most outstanding among all female celebrities, simply too perfect! It's practically a masterpiece of the heavens!" Shang praised, wearing an expression of deep intoxication. "I was calculating her golden body curves at the time. Leaf, do you know what the result was?"

Ye Zhong said grimly, "Oh, what was the result?"

"Goodness, her body actually fits the theoretical golden body curve completely! It was so exaggerated, I was stunned at the time!" Shang's emotions were soaring.

"So, you're saying that you caused the jump error because you were calculating her curves?" Ye Zhong asked unhurriedly.

"Hey, it was just a tiny problem, a tiny one!" Shang's expression was quite sheepish.

"Go to hell!" Ye Zhong could no longer hold back. He sprang up and kicked Shang fiercely several times.

"Ouch... ouch..." Shang cried out mockingly, then feeling that its cries lacked spirit, it reminded Ye Zhong, "Leaf, to be honest, you lack effective offensive methods..."

The human and the mecha brawled for a bit, and finally sat down panting. Well, to be precise, the only one panting was Ye Zhong alone. As for Shang, it just had countless footprints all over its body, looking rather dusty and battered.

Ye Zhong felt as if he had returned to the days he spent living with Mu on the garbage star, full of fun!

Ye Zhong asked Shang while catching his breath, "Shang, which planet is closest to us now?"

Shang replied, "The closest to us is an uninhabited planet with no resources, so no one has developed it!"

"So you're saying we need to wait for someone else's spaceship here again?" Ye Zhong felt quite discouraged.

"Well, but Leaf, you don't have to worry this time. This route is very bustling, the probability of us encountering a warship is extremely high, and the food reserves on this warship are very abundant. Leaf, you absolutely don't have to worry about starving to death!" Shang's words made Ye Zhong roll his eyes.

Ye Zhong finally experienced what Shang meant by bustling. After waiting bitterly for about seven days, they finally scanned a passenger spaceship flying in this direction.

During these seven days, Ye Zhong wasn't just chatting here with Shang; he first thoroughly inspected the Overwing.

Ye Zhong did not know that Mu Fei was an ace of the Zong, nor did he know what grade of mecha the Overwing was within the Zong. However, this mecha, which looked a bit odd to Ye Zhong because of its wings, filled him with unexpected joy!

Ye Zhong had been familiarizing himself with the Overwing all these days. From any perspective, this was an extremely outstanding mecha. It could be said that, apart from Mu Shang and Guardian, this was the most outstanding mecha Ye Zhong had ever seen, and even the Han family's all-bone mecha could not compare to the Overwing. Ye Zhong even suspected whether this was the Zong's highest technological product.

The various designs of the Overwing looked ordinary at first glance, but upon closer examination, every single one of them was just right. The sharp-eyed Ye Zhong could tell at a glance that countless efforts of designers were condensed within them!

Of course, Ye Zhong could only take a rough look because time did not allow him to fully master the Overwing. The Overwing was also a mecha that could not be used in public; if the Zong found out what he had done, just thinking of those Zong mecha pilots made Ye Zhong shudder. Therefore, even though the Overwing was good, he couldn't pilot it right now, which was undoubtedly quite depressing. Spending time familiarizing himself with the Overwing now was not as good as doing other things that were more valuable at the moment.

There were still four battle-scarred Morning mecha on the ship. Fortunately, the supplies on the Glinton were extremely plentiful, and Ye Zhong repaired these four mecha with his own hands. Although the Morning mecha was really nothing compared to the Overwing, even a mosquito's leg is meat! Keeping more was better than being unprepared.

The four Morning mecha took on a completely new look under Ye Zhong's repairs.

Ye Zhong's harvest did not stop there. Among the pile of things searched from Mu Fei, there were quite a few valuable items, such as a nameplate-like object made of some unknown plant, carved with many strange patterns, with a silver thread running straight through the middle. This plant must have been processed through a special technique, and when Ye Zhong touched it, it actually felt as warm and smooth as jade. If Shang hadn't told him this was a plant, Ye Zhong would never have believed this gadget was made from a plant, though Shang didn't know which kind of plant it was either.

What made Ye Zhong's eyes light up were five or six thin tubes as thick as an index finger. These thin tubes were sealed at one end and could be opened at the other. Inside them, some contained ten round pills, some contained powder, and some were a viscous liquid. This brought great joy to Ye Zhong. Anyone who had ever lived on a garbage star naturally understood the importance of medicine, let alone that these were special-effect drugs from within the Zong.

Ye Zhong carefully hid these five thin tubes close to his body; these things were meant to save lives! As for that nameplate and a large pile of other things whose purpose he didn't know, Ye Zhong casually tossed them into his waist pouch.

All the data of the Glinton was absorbed by Shang, and what was most precious was that it actually had a piece of the interstellar map inside the Orbital Ring. Although it was only a very small part, Shang copied it as if it had found a prized possession.

The Glinton's scanning system was very advanced. Since it was a scanning system dedicated to warships and less constrained by volume, its functions were far more powerful than a mecha's scanning system!

According to the information obtained from the scan, an interstellar long-distance passenger ship was flying slowly in this direction, still a considerable distance away, and the other party obviously had not discovered the Glinton.

"What a pity for the Glinton, Leaf. A warship like this could sell for a quite decent price in any market!" Shang muttered in a tone full of regret.

Ye Zhong had no intention of paying attention to this money-grubbing AI. The cabin door in front of him suddenly opened. Looking at the boundless space outside, Ye Zhong piloted the Han family mecha and flew out of the cabin without hesitation. The Glinton's self-destruct system had already been activated; in three more minutes, it would turn into countless fragments amidst a ball of fire and dissipate into every corner of the universe. In this way, the Zong would never find the wreckage of the Glinton, nor would they ever know what happened on board.

These fragments would forever drift in the universe!

The speed of the Han family mecha was extremely fast, and three minutes was enough for it to fly very far. Behind him, there was a sudden flash of light, and Ye Zhong knew that the Glinton had self-destructed! The speed of the Han family mecha increased once again; Ye Zhong certainly did not want to be hit by the flying fragments of the Glinton's explosion.