Lu Wanqing followed Mu Sijie to his laboratory. Seeing the two star net pods that had been brought down, she secretly rubbed her hands together, feeling a little... excited!
Mu Sijie opened a star net pod and turned around to see Lu Wanqing's shining eyes. He was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "Want to try going in?"
Lu Wanqing nodded excitedly, "Yes, yes."
She didn't want to be polite about such a good thing.
Lu Wanqing smiled and soon carefully imitated what Xiao Mu Lan had done earlier, lying down in the star net pod.
"There's a button inside the star net pod. Press it, and the pod will close and activate the program to connect to the star net," Mu Sijie said with a smile.
"Okay, okay!" Lu Wanqing quickly agreed.
She reached out to look for the button. Where was it?
"It's on your right side, easy to press," Mu Sijie said, seemingly sensing her confusion.
Right side... Following Mu Sijie's guidance, Lu Wanqing quickly reached to her right and found something like a button. After a moment's thought, she pressed it without hesitation.
In that instant, she felt a sudden emptiness before her eyes. She instinctively closed her eyes. The next second, she opened them and found herself standing in a strange room.
As Lu Wanqing looked around curiously, a white light suddenly descended before her. As the light dissipated, Mu Sijie stood there. Her eyes lit up, and she quickly ran over.
Lu Wanqing extended her hand and cautiously waved it in front of Mu Sijie, tentatively asking, "Mr. Mu?"
Mu Sijie looked at her lively and happy appearance and was momentarily stunned. Hearing her, he returned to his senses and then smiled.
Mu Sijie took a small step back, creating a safe distance from Lu Wanqing. "This is the initial space. You can set your appearance, height, gender, and other details for the star net here."
"I can set it?" Lu Wanqing's eyes lit up again, her joy immense.
Mu Sijie found that being with Lu Wanqing truly brought happiness. Her smile was genuine and infectious.
"Mm," Mu Sijie said with a smile.
Mu Sijie went to the right side and stood in front of the virtual keyboard for the star net. He raised his hand and operated the keyboard a few times.
Lu Wanqing watched with curiosity, and the next second, she noticed her clothes had changed. She was stunned, then exclaimed in surprise, "My clothes?"
Mu Sijie looked at her and smiled, "I've made minor adjustments to your clothing and appearance to prevent anyone from recognizing you on the star net."
Lu Wanqing nodded repeatedly, "Mm, mm, mm."
With her appearance adjusted and preparations nearly complete, Mu Sijie smiled and said, "Let's go, we'll go see Mu Lan."
Mu Sijie pressed the virtual keyboard twice more. Lu Wanqing watched with curiosity. Then, at the moment Mu Sijie pressed the keys, her vision blurred. She instinctively closed her eyes again. When she opened them, she was in a strange room, and in front of her stood a familiar small figure – Mu Lan!
No, Xiao Mu Lan wasn't alone. There was another person in front of him. It was... Mu Sijie?
As Lu Wanqing was confused, another flash of white light appeared beside her. She instinctively turned her head to look beside her, only to find Mu Sijie, just like before, suddenly appearing next to her.
What the...
Lu Wanqing was bewildered. Two Mu Sijies?
But soon, she noticed the difference. The "Mu Sijie" next to Xiao Mu Lan seemed to be engrossed in his own actions, as if he couldn't feel anything else happening around him.
And the Mu Sijie beside her, after appearing, quickly made a move.
Mu Sijie walked towards Mu Lan and said, "Your mother is here to watch you learn."
Facing Mu Sijie, Xiao Mu Lan seemed to become much more reserved. He nodded, "Mm."
Lu Wanqing felt like she understood something. She cautiously followed.
Mu Sijie turned to look at Lu Wanqing, a faint smile returning to his face. He explained, "That's an image I recorded earlier. Mu Lan can attend classes and learn on the star net after school every day."
Upon hearing this, Lu Wanqing immediately understood. She smiled and nodded, "So that's how it is. So advanced."
Mu Sijie smiled, then turned to Mu Lan and said, "Continue with your class."
"Mm," Mu Lan replied. He quickly turned back and followed the recorded lesson.
The teaching methods in the interstellar era were indeed incredibly advanced. Lu Wanqing couldn't help but watch along. Mu Lan was only four years old this year, and much of what he was learning was basic introductory material. After listening for a while, Lu Wanqing surprisingly found that she... could understand it?
Mu Sijie also watched them from the side, occasionally correcting the child sternly when Xiao Mu Lan made an operational error.
Facing his father's instruction, Mu Lan was clearly nervous but obedient, diligently studying.
*
Meanwhile, Lu Yuanyuan was pulled back to her room by Mu Sirui, but she couldn't let go of her resentment. What she had seen today, Lu Wanqing living so well in the Mu family, made her extremely uneasy, especially the way Mu Sijie looked at Lu Wanqing, so gently...
"Sirui, aren't you afraid of her?" Lu Yuanyuan thought for a long time, and finally couldn't help but pull Mu Sirui aside and whisper.
Mu Sirui was startled. She looked confused, "Afraid of what?"
Lu Yuanyuan, filled with hatred, stared at Mu Sirui and said, "Lu Wanqing is... she's a person from Earth over three thousand years ago! When the Archaeology Academy brought her back from Earth, her appearance... was it a mummy?"
"A mummy?" Mu Sirui was puzzled, but after a moment she nodded, "Yes, it seems so."
Lu Yuanyuan said sternly, "Exactly. I've checked some information. The records say that in the ancient Earth era, there were instances of mummies coming back to life, called zombies."
"Zombies are all terrifying things, they're poisonous. If you're bitten by one, a living person will also be poisoned, then die, and become a terrifying zombie."
As Lu Yuanyuan spoke, she lowered her head and opened her personal terminal, quickly typing. She then sent a document to Mu Sirui.
"Rui Rui, this is what I asked someone to find. They said it's a movie from the ancient Earth era, about zombies. You can watch it, it's very scary!" Lu Yuanyuan said.
"People from ancient Earth say that to deal with things like zombies, you can use glutinous rice!" Lu Yuanyuan added.
Mu Sirui, half-believing, opened the file Lu Yuanyuan had sent.
In the room, the two girls watched the zombie movie preserved from the ancient Earth era together.
The technology from over three thousand years ago couldn't compare to the interstellar era, but they could still understand what was preserved. As they watched, Mu Sirui couldn't help but hug Lu Yuanyuan. Her face had turned pale with fear, and her calves were even trembling slightly.
"Zombies... is Lu Wanqing also a zombie?" Mu Sirui said fearfully after watching the movie.
Lu Yuanyuan had just finished watching the movie and was also a little scared, but her situation was slightly better than Mu Sirui's. Hearing her, she nodded, "Mm."
Mu Sirui instantly burst into tears of fear, hugging Lu Yuanyuan like a koala, clinging to her and crying, "Wuwuwu, Yuanyuan, I'm so scared. I'm not staying at home tonight. Can I come to your house? I don't dare to sleep at home, wuwuwu."