Zhao Chen specifically called Lilith and the little dwarf Annie to accompany him, taking a shuttle to the T2 Bronze Eden-class Starship.
On the shuttle, the little dwarf Annie sat stiffly in the corner, occasionally glancing at Zhao Chen sitting opposite her from the corner of her eye.
Although they had known each other for over a month, she still felt a certain awe toward this man.
However, due to the living conditions she had experienced on the T2 Queen Bee-class Heavy Carrier Starship during this time, she was not as afraid of him as before.
But she couldn't understand why this man was being so kind to her.
Annie was small and short, ate a lot, and didn't know how to fight.
Could it be… could it be that he wanted to eat Annie!
A horrifying thought crossed Annie's mind, and for a moment, her hair seemed to stand on end as she tightly clutched the hem of her clothes.
She had heard from her mother before that among the evil Human Race, there were some bad people who particularly liked to capture females of other interstellar races. After carefully nurturing them for a period of time, they would eat them!
Annie swallowed hard, her body feeling as if it were in an ice cave.
"Are you afraid of me?" Zhao Chen looked at Annie and asked with a smile.
Annie trembled, lowering her head to stare at her toes. "I… I… I'm not…"
"Not afraid? Then why don't you dare to look at me?" Zhao Chen asked.
Annie was so flustered she couldn't speak. Unable to hold back any longer, she said with a sob in her voice, "Annie… Annie doesn't taste good… Annie's meat isn't tasty… please don't eat Annie…"
Eat?
Zhao Chen was taken aback, then burst out laughing.
Beside him, Lilith couldn't help but laugh at this adorable little creature.
After laughing, Zhao Chen said seriously, "Don't worry, I don't eat children."
Annie breathed a sigh of relief and patted her small chest, but then she muttered, "Annie isn't a child! Annie is already an adult!"
Zhao Chen didn't pay attention to Annie's strange train of thought. "I heard from Lilith that you have already mastered the construction techniques related to T1 and T2-level starships, is that right?"
During this time, Zhao Chen had asked Lilith to take care of Annie while also probing into the abilities Annie possessed.
On her home planet, Annie had been able to build various small electronic devices even before reaching adulthood.
In fact, as long as she was given enough materials, she could handcraft a T1-level small civilian starship.
It could be said that as long as she had the blueprint, there was no T1-level technological expertise she couldn't handle!
As for the T2 level, Zhao Chen had specifically given her parts of the technical blueprints for the T2 Black Rhino and the T2 Queen Bee.
After a few hours of familiarizing herself and studying them, she could smoothly explain the related technical knowledge.
Over the past month, Zhao Chen had assigned Annie the task of reading various books on T1 and T2 starship technology.
The knowledge in these books was something that students in the Starship Technology Engineering Major at the North Star Starship Military Academy would take three to five years to learn, but Annie could master it all in just one week!
This was enough to prove Annie's capabilities.
She was smarter and more talented than ordinary interstellar dwarves!
Zhao Chen had truly stumbled upon a treasure this time.
He wondered if it was due to the Fleet Luck Bonus.
"I… I know a little bit," Annie said softly.
"I won't eat you, but I hope you can work for me, building starships for me. Similarly, as long as you perform well, I will give you better living conditions than before. You can ensure your safety, and you can also enjoy all kinds of delicious food!" Zhao Chen formally promised.
Annie did not refuse on the spot, but hesitated somewhat.
"I can give you time to think it over." Zhao Chen looked at this little dwarf, knowing that she had already been captured by his sugar-coated shells!
'Submission' was only a matter of time.
At that moment, the shuttle had arrived at a hangar door of the T2 Bronze Eden-class Starship.
The hangar opened, and the shuttle docked.
"Hello, Commander. I am the person in charge of this T2 Bronze Eden-class Starship." At that moment, a half-beast female starship crew member with rabbit ear features came out to greet Zhao Chen, clearly a bit nervous, with both ears drooping.
"Don't be nervous, I don't eat people. I'm just here to see the situation of the T2 Bronze Eden-class Starship." Zhao Chen joked, borrowing Annie's earlier words.
"Please follow me." The rabbit-eared girl walked ahead, leading Zhao Chen and the others through a long corridor.
When their eyes suddenly brightened.
Both Zhao Chen and Lilith were stunned by the scene before them.
Their expressions were dazed, but their eyes held excitement.
However, the little dwarf Annie, who was with them, could only see a railing over one meter sixty tall, just unable to see what was inside the railing.
She tried to stand on tiptoe, but still couldn't see.
She wondered what the commander and Sister Lilith were seeing.
She tried to jump up.
"Hey..."
She seemed to catch a glimpse of green.
"Hey..."
She seemed to see something white.
"Hey... Ouch..."
Annie fell to the ground on her bottom, holding her head, tears welling in her eyes.
Just now, after she jumped up, she didn't notice and hit her head directly on a protruding part of the railing, then fell to the ground on her bottom.
She rubbed her head, then rubbed her bottom.
But she still refused to give up. She stepped back several meters, measured the height of the railing, calculated the height, speed, trajectory...
"Annie can do it! Annie definitely can do it!"
Taking a deep breath, her two short legs started running wildly.
When she was about one meter away from the railing, she used all her strength to leap into the air!
At the same time, she raised her hands, focusing on the edge of the railing.
"Hey!"
She grabbed it!
Annie's hands grabbed the edge of the railing. Her whole face flushed red at that moment, but she kept exerting effort, trying to move her body upward.
"Come on, Annie... Annie can definitely do it." Annie encouraged herself silently. With her efforts, her right forearm was already resting on the edge of the railing, and her head was peeking over it.
Annie was overjoyed. She began trying to get her other arm onto the railing as well.
Using force bit by bit.
At the same time, her two short legs kept pushing against the railing wall for extra help.
Finally!
Annie's left forearm also rested on the railing.
Annie was ecstatic inside; she was about to see the scenery inside the railing!
What kind of scenery could make the commander and Sister Lilith stare in awe for so long?
Suddenly, Annie's entire body was pulled backward by a force from behind.
The guardrail edge that had been so close just moments ago gradually receded into the distance.
Annie's feet landed back on the ground, and when she looked up, she was once again faced with that guardrail edge towering far above her.
"Do you know how dangerous that is!" Zhao Chen looked at Annie, speaking as if scolding a child.
Annie stared at Zhao Chen, her large, watery eyes seeming as if something might burst forth at any moment.
"Let's go over there.
There's a passageway we can walk through, which will give us a more direct view of the entire area." The bunny-eared girl pointed to a passage a few meters away.
Annie's expression froze. She looked at the guardrail in front of her, then at the passage just a few meters away.
A mix of emotions churned within her.
"Annie, hurry up and follow." Lilith had already stepped onto that passageway. Seeing Annie's strange expression and her hesitation to move, she urged her on.
"Ah... okay..." Annie quickly ran over.
As she stepped onto the passage, her previously aggrieved and complicated emotions vanished completely.
This was a transparent glass walkway suspended high in the air, offering a clear view of the scene inside the railing.
Annie stood on the glass walkway, gazing at the sight before her.
Her expression was stunned, her heart filled with shock and disbelief.
This... this is inside a starship?
It's so beautiful!