"Good, good," Lu Wanqing said, though her heart was pounding. Her eyes sparkled with excitement. Such a golden opportunity – to refuse it, to not seize it, to not climb higher would be foolish.
Mu Sijie chuckled again, reaching out to ruffle her hair.
"I want to learn too!" little Mu Lan, watching them discuss, suddenly exclaimed, unwilling to be left out.
The four-year-old child was tiny, tilting his head up, his dark, lustrous eyes fixed on them, looking incredibly earnest.
Lu Wanqing and Mu Sijie simultaneously looked down at the little one. After a moment, Mu Sijie nodded in agreement. "You can."
Little Mu Lan's eyes widened, and he jumped up excitedly. "Ahhh, Daddy agreed! I can research mechas with Daddy and Mommy from now on. I'm so happy!!!"
As the child hopped, he ran to hug his mother's leg.
Lu Wanqing was also happy. She patted his head, then turned to look at Mu Sijie.
After finishing her classes on the interstellar network, Lu Wanqing began spending her days in the library on the top floor of the Mu family's residence. The most classified secrets of mecha manufacturing were preserved in physical books within the Mu family's collection, eliminating any risk of leaks.
However, the learning process was significantly more challenging this way. Lu Wanqing found some parts difficult to understand at first, but fortunately, Mu Sijie was there to explain everything to her. She gradually got the hang of it and began researching independently.
After some time studying, Lu Wanqing also designed a new mecha blueprint. But to build the mecha, materials were needed.
Lu Wanqing stealthily accessed the interstellar network and began her shopping spree. Soon, she bought a pile of materials and had them shipped to the Mu family's residence.
Little Mu Lan had also learned quite a bit. When his mother was making the mecha, he would join in, always present.
Lu Wanqing didn't stop him. Immersion was the best teaching method. While she worked, she let him watch from the side. Little Mu Lan was also eager to learn, and when he encountered something he didn't understand, he would ask questions. Lu Wanqing patiently explained to him, and they progressed together.
In the interstellar era, online shopping delivery speeds were incredibly fast, usually arriving within half a day.
Mu Sijie instructed the butler to prepare a laboratory for Lu Wanqing as well. Lu Wanqing moved all the mecha materials into her own laboratory and immediately got to work with a flurry of activity.
The mechas of this era were different from the most common ones she had made before. Ordinary mechas were simply assembled from parts, and their construction methods were similar to those in the 21st century on Earth, merely a basic mechanical assembly. Advanced mechas were more akin to products of the interstellar age; they required the mecha to achieve a sense of "symbiosis" with the pilot.
Symbiosis, in this context, meant the mecha could sense the pilot's thoughts at any moment and react with the utmost speed according to the pilot's intentions.
If it were in the past, Lu Wanqing would have had no idea how to make a mecha sense human thoughts and react instantly. But now, in the interstellar era, symbiosis technology was already highly mature. Moreover, Mu Sijie had taught her these techniques without reservation, so Lu Wanqing understood them all.
Lu Wanqing and little Mu Lan toiled away in the laboratory. After three days of hard work, a new mecha was completed.
This time, Lu Wanqing didn't need Mu Sijie's help. She personally took the mecha to the backyard for testing. The problem was...
She commanded the mecha to charge forward at its fastest speed. The mecha shot out with incredible speed. But when it reached the wall and she ordered it to stop, why wouldn't the mecha obey?
Bang!
Boom!!!
The mecha crashed violently into the Mu family's wall, emitting a loud noise. Then, in the next moment, the Mu family's wall, under Lu Wanqing's horrified gaze, crumbled with a deafening roar. Her mecha also fell, tumbling down with the collapsing wall and getting buried under a pile of debris.
"Mommy!" Little Mu Lan, who had been watching her test the mecha from the side, became anxious. He immediately ran over, worried that something had happened to his mother.
Butler Mu also rushed over with a few robots. They anxiously moved away the debris that was pinning the mecha and dug out the buried machine.
The mecha's cabin door opened, and Lu Wanqing carefully climbed out of the cockpit.
"Mommy! Are you okay?" Little Mu Lan anxiously came over, grabbing Lu Wanqing's hand, his eyes filled with worry.
Lu Wanqing shook her head and found that she seemed unharmed. She looked down, patted the little one's head, and said, "Mommy is fine, don't worry."
Lu Wanqing was indeed unharmed. However, as she looked up and saw a large section of the Mu family's beautiful wall had collapsed, her heart sank. She felt… extremely awkward.
What if she accidentally brought down someone's wall? Would the Mu family be angry?
"Ms. Lu, how are you? Are you injured?" Butler Mu's voice suddenly sounded beside her.
Lu Wanqing came back to her senses and quickly shook her head. "I'm fine, I..."
"Perhaps you should get checked out first, just in case," Butler Mu said.
"Yes, Mommy, go get checked. What if you're hurt?" Little Mu Lan also held his mother's hand, his brow furrowed with concern.
Lu Wanqing looked down at the little one and, after a moment, nodded. "Okay."
Lu Wanqing returned to the house. Butler Mu quickly summoned a private doctor to examine Lu Wanqing. The examination revealed that apart from slightly unstable mental energy, Lu Wanqing had sustained no injuries.
About ten minutes later, Mu Sijie also rushed back from his company. After confirming Lu Wanqing and little Mu Lan were unharmed, he went to the workshop to inspect the mecha Lu Wanqing had built. As he looked, he was shocked. "An A-class mecha?"
"An A-class mecha?" Lu Wanqing was also stunned. She was no longer a mecha novice and knew that A-class mechas were very powerful in the interstellar era. Could it be that the mecha she had casually built was actually A-class?
"It seems so," Mu Sijie said with a complex expression. He then stood up, turned to Lu Wanqing, and said, "We can confirm its class by sending this mecha for an appraisal."
Mu Sijie took out a space ring and stored the mecha inside. Lu Wanqing, still in a daze, followed Mu Sijie and little Mu Lan to Mu's Group.
After a standard instrumental appraisal, the mecha's grade was determined – A-class mecha!
"Mommy, you made an A-class mecha! You're an A-class mecha master now!!!" Little Mu Lan quickly reacted, grabbing his mother's hand and shouting excitedly.
Had anyone ever heard of someone becoming an A-class mecha master in less than half a year of studying mecha manufacturing?
Little Mu Lan had never heard of such a person before, but now he knew: that person was his mommy!
"Mommy, you're amazing!" Little Mu Lan tilted his head up, his eyes full of admiration as he looked at Lu Wanqing.