Chapter 217 : Chapter 217 Brother Mu is Worthy
From the next day, Herta completely immersed herself in the endless ocean of knowledge, pouring all her energy into it, leaving no room for sorrow.
Mu stayed with her the whole time.
They no longer went to school, delving deep into the unexplored Sea of Consciousness, spending their days buried in diligent research.
Only when trapped by a bottleneck that couldn't be broken through for the time being would they set aside some leisure time to relax their minds and bodies.
Gradually, both Mu and Herta made unprecedented and startling progress in their respective professional fields.
Many incurable diseases, which humanity had been helpless against and could only watch as lives faded away, were no longer unsolvable nightmares under Mu's research.
He even successfully developed a special vaccine with amazing effects.
With just one injection, if one were accidentally forced into extreme environments like extreme cold or extreme heat, their resistance would be greatly enhanced.
While it couldn't allow long-term exposure without a protective suit, it could at least buy a buffer time of no less than two hours.
With the fog of remembrance enveloping the Azure Star and the natural environment deteriorating daily, such a vaccine was a life-saving straw for countless people.
The results of Herta's research were equally astonishing.
Parts of the Spatial Studies equations that generations of scientists had failed to perfect for over a hundred years were conquered by her one by one.
What shocked the entire academic world even more was that she had preliminarily built the foundational framework for Chronology equations.
This discipline couldn't allow humans to control time, but it was an unignorable key to saving the Azure Star.
Back then, the Azure Star's first failed interstellar jump was precisely due to a lack of knowledge regarding time and space, as well as incorrect verification methods.
There has always been a deep connection between space and time; to correct the error, a breakthrough in Chronology was necessary.
A genius girl who had lost her loved ones and hadn't even graduated from primary school was the first to knock on this academic door.
Given enough time, she would surely walk a distance on this path that others could only dream of reaching.
The countdown to the world's destruction never stopped; little Herta did not hide her talents and shared her results with the world without reservation.
Her intention was good, but the deep-seated flaws of human nature can never be suppressed by sincere passion alone.
That sort of thing is commonly known as pulling rank based on seniority.
It might not have been much for a young girl to apply to join the United Government and request several high-sensitivity permissions.
But if this girl was the descendant of the original executor of the Jump Project back then, it was a different story.
The United Government gathered the world's top scholars; in a large forest, there are all kinds of birds.
These people couldn't stop Herta from becoming a scientist of the United Government, but they could always secretly trip her up in various minor details to maintain their so-called authority.
Little did they know, if not for Herta's open-sourcing of the relevant knowledge, who would they even be?
Herta had no heart for conflict; having taken up her parents' burden, her only focus was saving this planet.
Many times, she chose to silently endure injustice, ignoring the hostile gazes cast her way due to her family's past.
She now understood that many people, because of her great-grandfather's failure back then, blamed all the faults on the descendants of their entire family.
Her grandfather, father, and mother had all lived through this.
It was fine when Mu didn't know, but after finding out, he frowned and pondered for a long time on how to help her.
He had his parents to help pave the way back then and had made a name for himself early on; in terms of authority, even the veterans didn't dare to make trouble for him.
Herta was different.
Before her parents could pave the most important path in her life, they left forever.
Late at night.
The girl expertly lifted the covers and got into bed, snuggling into the boy's embrace.
Having lost everything, she now only had Mu left by her side.
She had grown accustomed to this reliance.
A pair of arms also expertly wrapped around her waist, and a soft voice came from above.
「Xiao Ta.」
「Hmm?」
「I know everything about what you've encountered at the United Government.」
「It's okay, I don't care.」
「But I care.」
Mu turned the girl, who was facing away from him, around and looked directly into her purple eyes.
「I told you before, there's no need to accommodate people who aren't worth it.」
「When dealing with outsiders, being gentle, kind, respectful, and yielding is all nonsense. It's enough to hold onto the conscience in our hearts, to be worthy of ourselves, and to be worthy of the people we care about.」
「Essentially, those people are no different from the ones who bullied you at school.」
「In our current environment, constant forbearance won't make life better.」
「Having pride isn't enough; you also need to have an air of arrogance. As long as you are more overbearing than them, the right to speak will come naturally—because we are more talented than them, so why should we back down?」
「When moving forward with a weight that life can hardly bear, if you don't have a clear self-awareness and face your own value, it's easy to live in others' worlds, crawling forward in a daze.」
「...Brother Mu...」 The girl pursed her lips, deeply moved.
Mu: 「The academic environment of the United Government is no better than school; you don't owe anyone anything.」
「The first Chronology equation was proposed by you, and the core knowledge was open-sourced and shared by you. But have any of those newcomers paved the subsequent path for you?」
「No, they are clearly moving forward by standing on your shoulders, so where do they get the nerve to pull rank and act superior?」
「Xiao Ta, you are the youngest Chronology genius in the history of the Azure Star. When dealing with people far inferior to you, you are fully entitled to be proud.」
「If people inferior to you can put on such an act to make things difficult, why can't you?」
「You don't need to look at anyone's face; they should be the ones looking at yours. Save being gentle, kind, respectful, and yielding for those who deserve it.」
「At least for now, no one in the entire Space-Time Academic Department of the United Government is worth your kindness, and no one is worthy.」
「There is... Brother Mu is worth it.」 the girl whispered in rebuttal.
...And the only one worth it, she added silently in her heart.
「Silly girl, I'm in the Medical Department...」 Mu said helplessly.
「Xiao Ta knows what to do now.」
「Mhm, go to sleep. Goodnight.」
「Goodnight.」
The next day, terrifying rumors spread through the Space-Time Academic Department.
No fewer than ten senior scientists were each left red-faced and thick-necked with rage.
Some were scolded to tears on the spot, some were so angry they almost had a heart attack, and some even fainted directly from a surge of fury.
The culprit behind all this was actually the youngest genius scientist, Herta.
Although it was just a rumor and no one stepped forward to confirm it, and other departments couldn't verify its truth, it at least became dinner-table talk.
But the change in Herta's outward demeanor was undeniable, and her style of handling matters became much more assertive.
Gradually, few people dared to show hostile looks toward her openly.
As for the discussions in secret, as long as she didn't hear them, mouths belonged to others, and she didn't bother to care.
Occasionally, when someone was driven to tears and started shouting insults or being disrespectful to her face, Mu would naturally step forward to back Herta up.
On the Azure Star, you might be able to give a scientist the cold shoulder, but if you dared to do the same to the most promising medical scientist, things might not go your way when you needed a favor in the future.
After all, no one in this world can guarantee they will never be accidentally injured or never fall ill.
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