Love at Second Sight [Interstellar]

At ten o'clock in the morning, Zhuang Yan was sitting in the empty training room. There were three mechas in the distance, one white and one black, and the other was painted pink and white, with a big pink cartoon rabbit head on the fuselage.

"If you are bored, you can go shopping around. This floor is the entire training ground, and there are also machines for guides." Zhou Yuchen said in the headset. They are in the same channel as Zhou Yulang and Zhou Xiaohuan. Zhou Yuchen is currently in the white mech Instruct them to practice.

"Okay." Zhuang Yan looked at the system panel at hand. This military mecha training ground is located on the basement floor of the main city. It is quite large and complete. The training room is divided according to the mecha model, and it has all the models of mechas that the empire is leading today. A, you can freely view the data on the system panel.

He was browsing on the panel, suddenly paused, and murmured: "Pro001?"

"Oh." Zhou Yuchen said, "That's a new type of mecha at the base. It was put into production last year. This is the first batch of finished products."

Zhuang Yan had a strange expression on his face and said, "I hope it's not the Pro001 I thought."

"Why not?" Zhou Yuchen laughed. "To be honest, I still like this name very much. It's a bit like an old-fashioned hero movie."

Zhuang Yan opened the relevant information of Pro001 to browse, and after a while, the three mechs stopped, and the pilots jumped out of the cockpit to take a break on the sidelines.

Zhou Yuchen came to the table where Zhuang Yan was sitting. Zhuang Yan had finished reading the materials and looked up at him with a complicated expression.

"This is Master Bain's last work." Zhou Yuchen sat down beside him and said, "Although he is still alive, he has issued a statement that he will no longer design mechas, and it is true that he will not produce new designs over the years So this is the last work, and of course it can’t just go to waste.”

"This is a failure." Zhuang Yan looked at the spinning, shimmering model complicatedly.

"But it's beautiful, isn't it?" Zhou Yuchen traced the lines of Pro001 out of thin air with his fingers, "Of course, I don't understand some of your artists' views on beauty..."

He raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhuang Yan. Zhuang Yan inexplicably thought of the essays left by someone on the "Green Field" ship, and his sinking mood lightened a little: "I'm not an artist, but you said That's right." It was the most beautiful mech he had ever seen, and its appearance was designed by the friend he was most familiar with and admired.

"The base bought the blueprints, and our mecha designer made some changes. This is how this mecha was produced," Zhou Yuchen said. "So it's not wrong to say it's not the original Pro001. It's still flown by the Sentinel after all."

Zhuang Yan's expression moved, his eyes dimmed: "It's just a good wish that ordinary people can pilot mechas."

"Isn't it good to have this wish?" Zhou Yuchen said, "Zhuang Yan, I know you are also a student of Master Bain."

"Yes, and I also participated in the design of Pro001, but after the accident, the teacher ticked off my name in order to protect me." Zhuang Yan said, "The price of this wish is too high, no one can bear it, Not even the teacher."

"Master Bain retired because of the death of his disciple?" Zhou Yuchen said, "I remember that the person involved in the accident was a researcher at the Bain Institute..."

"Dr. Farrell." Zhuang Yan said, "He is my brother, the teacher's favorite disciple."

At that time, the Bain Research Institute under the name of Master Bain gathered many celebrities in the academic circle of Imperial Mechs.The master likes young people. At that time, Jose, he, and Frankie Fitzgerald, who is now the dean of the Mecha Academy of the Imperial Military Academy, were all studying in the academy.He has been known as a "genius" since he was a child, but at that time, apart from his teacher, there was another person he admired most, and that was Dan Farrell.

Farrell is five years older than him. As the most outstanding disciple of Master Bain, his talent in mechas has amazed all his colleagues. Zhuang Yan hit it off with him as soon as he entered the research institute. The growth environment is similar, and more importantly, they are like-minded: they both want to design mechas that ordinary people can drive.

Zhuang Yan's ideal comes from his younger brother who became a sentinel, while Farrell has an almost crazy love for mechs, but he is an ordinary person.

The research institute launched the "Pro Project" in 612 of the Imperial Calendar, forming a team to research and manufacture the Mecha Pro001 driven by ordinary people. The name was given by Farrell.

In 616, Zhuang Yan entered the research institute. In 619, the design was finally fully realized. Farrell personally designed its shape. He is not only a genius in mecha design, but also has a high attainment in art.

In 620, the first Pro001 was born, followed by the first human experiment, and then the accident happened.The news of the failure of the human experiment caused a sensation in the empire, and the plan was forced to stop due to public opinion.

The following year, the day after Farrell's death, the Bain Institute officially announced its disbandment.

All the good and bad, as long as Zhuang Yan remembers, it is as clear as if it happened yesterday. After all, it was his most vigorous years, close family, like-minded friends, he has ideals, he can, without any worries, Move toward your goal with hope.

After Zhuang Yan said Farrell's name, he didn't say anything else, and Zhou Yuchen didn't ask any more questions. Zhuang Yan suddenly said, "Can you let me see the current design?"

Zhou Yuchen thought for a while and said, "You can meet our chief designer. He is also a disciple of Master Bain. His surname is Gao Suo."

Zhuang Yan was startled: "Gao Suo?!"

Zhou Yuchen took Zhuang Yan to the second basement floor, where a mecha research institute is located.

When they approached the office, a dark-haired, dark-skinned man in his early thirties stood up in surprise: "Zhuang Yan! Long time no see."

"Long time no see." Zhuang Yan, who was always indifferent and reserved, actually went up to hug him. "You're actually here."

"The teacher sold all the content of the Pro plan to the Second Army. By the way, he also packaged me to them." Gao Suo shrugged and made a joke.

Zhuang Yan revealed a little warmth in his eyes and said, "No wonder 001's appearance has not changed at all."

"How dare I change? The teacher's only request is not to change the shape." Gao Suo took Zhuang Yan out and said, "Let's go! Go and see what it has changed."

They walked to the center of the research institute, surrounded by circular corridors, and in the center was a complete Pro001, ten meters high, slightly smaller than ordinary mechs, but more flexible.

And it stood there, without removing its carapace to look inside, it was exactly the same as the mecha that Farrell drove back then.Even in a trance, you are still waiting for the hatch of the cockpit to open, and your friend jumps out of it.

"Teacher... are you okay?" Zhuang Yan asked after staring at him for a while. He also asked Fitzgerald this question, but the meaning of asking Gao Suo was completely different. He was the last person among them to leave the teacher , was also the only person who followed the teacher closely after the accident.

"The teacher refuses anyone's company." Gao Suo said, "You should understand best. What the teacher cares about is not the success or failure of the plan, nor the damage to his reputation. What he cares about is..."

Both were silent.Gao Suo said in a slightly relaxed tone: "Come here, we can go inside the mecha."

Zhuang Yan cheered up and followed him up the lifting platform. At this moment, the outer shell of the mecha opened, revealing the inner structure.

Gao Suo said: "How is it? Would you like to help?"

Zhuang Yan stared at those precise parts, which were particularly beautiful in his eyes, and said, "Of course."

When it was almost noon, Zhou Yuchen asked his younger siblings to have lunch, and went downstairs to find Zhuang Yan. Zhuang Yan and Gao Suo were already in the office, and there were a few more researchers in the office, discussing various detailed drawings.Zhou Yuchen waited for 10 minutes, and finally said: "Everyone, can you return the person to me?"

Everyone laughed, and Zhuang Yan also recovered from the mood in the morning. He went to have lunch with Zhou Yuchen, and talked with him at the dinner table about the improvements to the design drawings that he had discussed with the researchers. Zhou Yuchen listened carefully, and occasionally mentioned some question.

"...But if it is replaced with another new type of material, it may be able to improve the efficiency, so that the load on the sentinel can be reduced to a certain extent."

Zhou Yuchen nodded and said, "Where can you import this new type of material?"

"Andorra Galaxy just mined this material two years ago." Zhuang Yan said.

Zhou Yuchen said, "But I'm afraid it's impossible to export from there now."

"Yes, we need to wait for Andorra to stabilize. Andorra has just signed an agreement with Zhuang, and we will get the mining rights after they stabilize." Zhuang Yan looked at Zhou Yuchen and said, "Maybe your family and my family can do it. Make a deal."

Zhou Yuchen nodded and said, "I'm more than happy. But if you're doing business, forgive me for having a small request."

Zhuang Yan said, "What?"

Zhou Yuchen: "You have to go to the movies with me, it's this afternoon." He looked at Zhuang Yan, who hadn't reacted for a while, raised his eyebrows and smiled, "It's agreed? The ticket is already bought, call..." He looked at it The face of the movie displayed on the terminal, "Dishonest Greya."

Zhuang Yan frowned and said, "Can I change one?"

"No, Dad bought the ticket."

"Ok."

As a result, they went to the movies in the afternoon, but they didn't enjoy themselves very much. Greya the Dishonest is a classic rom-com with an old script that has been remade countless times, and this latest remake is abysmal, with long, drawn-out plots and campy lines.

But the audience didn't seem to care much, because nearly [-]% of the audience was couples. Zhuang Yan and Zhou Yuchen sat in the best view position, and they could see the couples in the box below kissing in the dim light, and some of them were about to stage full martial arts up.

Before seeing half of it, Zhuang Yan and Zhou Yuchen slipped out of the theater and took a walk in the square outside.

"The script is terrible, and the leading role is not satisfactory." Zhuang Yan said, "It's far worse than the version I watched before."

"Which version did you watch before?"

Mentioning this, Zhuang Yan thought of a person, and his face softened a bit: "It's a drama starring Qin Mei, have you heard of it?"

"Oh, Miss Qin." Zhou Yuchen said, he did know Qin Mei, but not because she was famous, but because he knew that she was Zhuang Yan's childhood sweetheart.

The huge open-air screen in the square was also playing a clip of "Greya". When Zhuang Yan saw this scene, his heart suddenly moved.

The movie probably tells about a woman who fell in love with a man when she was a girl, so she followed him like a shadow all her life, but she never showed her love until she died.

A secret love until death, an unknown relationship.When Qin Mei was 21 years old, she performed a play she personally adapted in the theater, and later changed it into a movie, which caused a sensation and became famous in the first battle.

Three years ago, at about the same time as he fell in love with Helena, he went to see Qin Mei's performance again, and she confessed to him backstage.

Zhuang Yan was astonished, but he still said to Qin Mei, "Mei, I don't have more affection for you than a friend."

"I know." Qin Mei smiled wryly, "That's why I didn't say it out loud. It's just that I still can't do what Greya did..."

Later, Qin Mei became more and more busy, and put all her energy into her career. She went on tour around the empire, and they saw less and less. They occasionally communicated, but they never mentioned this confession.

Zhuang Yan stopped and looked at the giant screen thinking about something, Zhou Yuchen also stopped, watched a few clips and said: "This woman is so stupid."

Zhuang Yan recovered and said, "Why are you stupid? She just understands that men won't fall in love with her. She is smarter than many people in this regard."

"I think she never got to know this man well. What she fell in love with was just a phantom." Zhou Yuchen raised his eyebrows. "If she doesn't know him well, how can she be sure that he won't fall in love with him?"

Zhuang Yan paused and said: "There are indeed many feelings in the world, which are destined to end without a cause, because there are many people who can make you feel emotional, and the first one you meet may not be the one that suits you."

Thinking of seeing those envelopes in the morning, he suddenly became a little nervous, "So instead of confessing and getting hurt, or wasting time with that person, why not just leave and find someone else who is right..."

Zhou Yuchen suddenly turned his head, looked at him sharply and said, "Do you think it should be like this?"

Zhuang Yan paused and said, "Yes. This is the smartest way."

Zhou Yuchen suddenly laughed, and said, "But my mother told me since I was a child that if I want to do something but don't do it, I am cowardly, not smart."

Zhuang Yan said: "Then your definition of cowardice is somewhat one-sided. To do something, first consider the necessity and then the possibility. If there is no possibility at all..."

"How could it be impossible?" Zhou Yuchen interrupted him.

Zhuang Yan looked at him, and then at the lonely heroine on the giant screen: "Isn't she impossible?"

"It's impossible for her." Zhou Yuchen said, "But it's possible for me."