Rebirth Counterattack with Space
Chapter 339 - 327: Genuine and Direct

Chapter 339: Chapter 327: Genuine and Direct

Lu Yun and Shitou took turns looking through all the photos, and the deeper they looked, the deeper their frowns became.

Putting several photos together, one could roughly make out a gigantic silver-gray ellipsoid. That colossal object indeed bore an uncanny resemblance to a flying saucer and was also close to the appearance of the Cosmic Spaceship depicted in the messages received by Lu Yun.

However, there was one characteristic common to all the photos—they were blurry.

Each one captured only a small part of the vast entity, appearing as if it was smudged into an indistinct mass. If one were to rely solely on such individual photos, nothing could be discerned at all.

"These are photos taken at the bottom of the sea with the protective suits you provided. Sadly, no matter how many underwater cameras or video cameras we send down, the images all turn out like this. The photos, at least, seem like they have been smeared with something, making it hard to see clearly, but at least there’s some shadow. The footage from the underwater cameras, on the other hand, comes back as nothing but dark, indistinct masses."

Seeing both of them furrow their brows at the same time, Pei Qingyuan spoke up to explain.

"It seems we’ll have to go to the site and see the object in person."

Shitou murmured thoughtfully, feeling no need to conceal anything from Qingyuan, he said naturally, "Xiaoyun has the legacy mark her master left behind. If that indeed is a Cosmic Spaceship and it was left by her master, she truly has a way to get in. But if it’s not, we can’t be sure; we can only try our best to see if we can break through the ship’s outer shield."

"Really? Then we should go to the site and take a look. If that thing truly is a Cosmic Spaceship, its value will be immeasurable, and it would hold significant importance to our entire nation," Qingyuan’s eyes lit up.

"The leader instructed before that we must find a way to bring it up from the seabed at any cost. Even if we can’t bring it up, we should at least be able to get inside and take a look.

Unfortunately, everyone tried everything they could, even taking turns going down to the sea with the two sets of underwater protective suits you provided. They tried who knows how many methods, and in the end, they couldn’t even touch it directly."

Pei Qingyuan also felt quite depressed talking about it. It was like a starving person looking at a big pile of food but only being able to watch without tasting any. It was frustrating beyond words.

"The most exasperating part is that in the absence of better options, the leader thought about having researchers study the protective suits first. Once figured out, we could make more suits and send more people down to the seabed at once. Maybe that way, we could find a solution. But what happened was simply infuriating," he continued, visibly seething.

Since Pei Qingyuan didn’t have a beard, if he did, it would probably have been bristling with anger as he recounted the story with evident frustration.

"One of the protective suits was taken apart for research, and that was fine. But they actually tore it into eight pieces, and apparently, it was incredibly hard to do. After they finished, they just shook their heads, revealing that several materials used in the suit were unknown materials not yet discovered by us."

Pei Qingyuan grew increasingly infuriated as he spoke, "And the icing on the cake was that they had the audacity to say, even if all the materials were available, we wouldn’t be able to replicate the protective suit with our current technology.

If they couldn’t replicate it, they should have said so early on. Why take it apart then? Great, now we only have one intact suit left, and those fools are still dreaming of taking that remaining one away. Hmph, to take it away for what, to tear it apart again?"

"..."

Lu Yun and Shitou exchanged glances, finding it both amusing and somewhat fortuitous. They couldn’t help but feel a measure of sympathy for the researchers—expecting them to both study the suits and keep them intact was an impossible task. But seeing Qingyuan so worked up, they naturally kept these thoughts to themselves.

Pei Qingyuan had become extremely shrewd with age, and upon seeing their expressions, he knew exactly what they were thinking. He laughed and said, "Wasn’t I just blinded by anger? How could I not know that it wasn’t their fault."

"Now that there’s only one suit of protective gear left, fortunately Xiaoyun has one more. When the time comes, you two can go down to the bottom of the sea together. Otherwise, letting Xiaoyun go down alone to confirm would really be worrisome; the dangers of the ocean depths are still significant."

"Grandpa, let me make it clear first, the remaining suit of protective gear at Xiaoyun’s is the last one left by her master. She has already contributed two suits, so you definitely can’t set your sights on this last one."

Shitou emphasized "the last one." Even though he knew this place might be very safe, he still put up a Psychic Power Barrier.

"Hehe, cough... Rest assured, no matter what, I naturally have to look out for my own family,"

Pei Qingyuan let out an awkward laugh followed by a cough, then earnestly promised. He squinted his eyes as he saw them visibly relax, "Tell me the truth, is there really more than one suit of that protective gear?"

Indeed, the older the ginger, the spicier it gets.

Lu Yun pursed her lips, chuckled without speaking, and just looked at Shitou, who nodded very calmly, "To tell you the truth, it’s nothing."

"You don’t want anyone else to follow you down," Pei Qingyuan deduced almost instantly before asking confusedly, "Why?"

"It’s too problematic; they get in the way and hamper our actions." Shitou looked at his grandfather with an open and honest admission.

It really was because he and Lu Yun had too many secrets. Having more people go down meant more trouble, and what they feared even more was that if the enormous object at the bottom of the sea really was Lu Yun’s former space owner’s "Cosmic Spaceship," then there might be a message left by her inside. Who could tell whether she might mention the space’s inheritance with her life on the verge of ending?

Even if she hadn’t said a thing about it, couldn’t she have left behind a diary or something similar, recording all sorts of things after her forced landing on Earth?

If because of this she inadvertently exposed the so-called "master" and "disciple" lie between her and Lu Yun, then how was Lu Yun to explain everything she had said before?

It can truly be said that one lie requires a hundred others to be spun into truth, and even with only a one in ten thousand chance, they dared not take the risk, nor could they afford it.

Pei Qingyuan squinted his eyes, giving Shitou a scrutinizing look for a long time, exuding a commanding presence without showing anger.

Meeting his grandfather’s gaze without any hint of fear, Shitou said, "Grandpa, the character ’真’ (true) has two dots under a straight line, so doesn’t that mean that even when you speak the truth, you should keep back those two dots? Speaking truthfully is virtuous, but to tell all is foolish."

At the words, Pei Qingyuan paused, then burst into hearty laughter, "Exactly right, as long as you can think like this I feel relieved as your grandfather. A person should indeed stand upright with integrity when speaking; only then can one stand tall. But nobody expects you to be so upright that you become a fool; good, good. Good."

He repeated the word "good" three times, his face beaming with pride.