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Chapter 32 Three Months Later
Three months later in the world of stars.

Deep within the Ember Base, in a gravity training room.

Tendou sat shirtless in the center of the empty gravity chamber.

Despite having five times the gravity, the Heavenly Dao was breathing in an orderly and calm manner, just like in a normal environment.

In three months, Tiandao's height visibly increased, and his posture became more upright.

Unlike three months ago when he always wore sunglasses.

The Heavenly Dao has now completely removed its sunglasses and replaced them with a pair of pitch-black eye masks.

His obsession with the "blindfold style" wasn't because he actually liked the look.

It is purely because the 'Star Eclipse Eye', a 'special eye' that can see the trajectory of all star energy flow, can certainly provide great assistance to the Heavenly Dao in battle.

However, it also has a very significant impact on the daily life of the Heavenly Dao.

Because in this star-filled world where stellar energy is everywhere, it is as ubiquitous as air.

Therefore, being able to see these celestial energies is like being in a complex and ever-changing 'oil painting world'.

He didn't want to be overwhelmed by these chaotic and dazzling 'star energy flow patterns'.

Then he would have to use some noise reduction devices appropriately.

The sunglasses were the 'noise reducer' that Heaven had specifically chosen beforehand.

Because as long as he wears sunglasses, he can filter out those bright and dazzling star energy colors to a certain extent.

This will make your eyes and brain feel more comfortable.

Otherwise, what normal person would wear sunglasses indoors?

"Tiandao, the doctor asked me to call you over. He has something to discuss with you."

Caroline knocked on the glass window of the gravity chamber door, then called out to the Heavenly Dao inside.

Upon hearing the sound outside the door, Tiandao immediately ended his cultivation and let out a long sigh of relief.

"understood."

Tendou stood up and then walked straight into the shower room.

A moment later, Tiandao, who was already dressed, walked out of the gravity chamber.

As he dried his wet hair with a towel, he asked Caroline by the door, "Caroline, did the Doctor say he wanted to see me about something?"

Caroline shook her head, indicating that she didn't know why the doctor had sought her out.

Seeing that Caroline couldn't give him the answer he wanted, Tiandao simply stopped asking.

"Let's go, take me to see the doctor."

"Ah."

Before long, the two left the gravity chamber one after the other.

Shortly after Tiandao left, the unremarkable-looking member of the Ember organization who was guarding the gravity chamber subconsciously looked at the timer outside the gravity chamber where Tiandao was.

The timer clearly displays the words '18 hours'.

"To endure five times the gravity for 18 hours, Tiandao Siming, you really are a terrifying monster."

"After all, apart from you, everyone else's gravity chamber time is calculated in minutes."

"And since you were able to endure five times the gravity for so long, even without considering the development of your Star Source, your basic Star Energy level should be roughly comparable to that of a veteran Level 1 Star Envoy."

“We absolutely cannot allow a monster like you to grow stronger, or the association will be in big trouble.”

Thinking of this, the member of the Embers immediately looked at the watch on his wrist and said to himself, "I wonder how the association is preparing. If we don't act quickly, these cunning guys might soon notice something is wrong."

"But once things get to this point, it won't be so easy to take them all down at once."

Inside a meeting room at the Ember Base.

"Doctor, you're looking for me?"

"Ah."

The doctor nodded, then gestured to Tendou and Caroline that they didn't need to stand and could simply find a place to sit.

"Please wait a moment. Yunmeng and the others will be here soon. I will tell you about the next arrangements after everyone has arrived."

Upon hearing this, the calm and composed Caroline immediately sat down on the sofa in the conference room, perfectly demonstrating what it means to be a good child who follows organizational rules.

In contrast, the Heavenly Dao is somewhat unruly.

Because at this moment, not only was his posture casual and relaxed, but one of his hands was already rummaging through the fruit basket on the table, making annoying noise.

A typical case of ADHD.

After careful selection, Tiandao finally chose what he wanted to eat from the fruit basket full of snacks.

Without any hesitation, he forcefully tore open the plastic packaging containing the dried fruit and began eating it without any restraint.

After enduring the constant noise for a while, Caroline finally couldn't hold back any longer.

She glared at Tiandao, whose mouth was puffed out.

This is a way of telling him that a meeting is about to start, and he should be a little more serious.

The Heavenly Dao, wearing an eye patch, clearly misunderstood this.

Because this glare did not make him behave.

He even had him hand the dried fruit in his hand to Caroline and shake it, signaling her not to sit there like an idiot and to come and eat with him.

After hesitating for a moment, Caroline took out a dried fruit and put it in her mouth, chewing it gently and politely.

Watching the two of them, one still and one active, the doctor sitting at the head of the conference room smiled and waved his hand, saying, "It's alright, Caroline, you don't need to be too reserved. After all, those fruit baskets were originally prepared by me specifically for the Heavenly Dao."

“Because if Tiandao doesn’t eat something, he probably can’t sit still for even five minutes.” Upon hearing this, Tiandao immediately acted as if he had received a royal decree and said smugly, “Caroline, see? I told you the Doctor wouldn’t care.”

"You're always too formal. If you ask me, you should be more like me, more relaxed and easygoing. That's how you can live a happy life."

As Tiandao spoke, he childishly tossed the dried fruit in his hand into the air and then opened his mouth to try and catch it.

Before the dried fruit could even reach his mouth, a slender, fair hand appeared and caught it in mid-air.

"Xiao Tiandao, you're eating snacks during the meeting. You're getting more and more unruly."

Yunmeng picked up a dried fruit and popped it into her mouth right in front of Tiandao.
Upon tasting the unique sweetness in her mouth, Yunmeng's eyes lit up.

Then, disregarding whether Heaven would allow it or not, she snatched the remaining half-bag of premium dried fruit from his hands.

"Confiscate it, confiscate it, have a proper meeting."

Heavenly Dao strongly expressed its dissatisfaction with Yunmeng's domineering behavior.

"No, Sister Yun, why are you taking my snacks? The doctor allowed me to eat them."

"What do you mean 'your snacks'? Now that they're in my hands, they're mine. You can just go get them from the fruit basket yourself."

"But there's only this one bag of premium dried fruit in here. Where am I supposed to get it? Give it back to me now."

"Give it back to you? When have you ever seen something that's in my hands be returned? Get out of my way!"

Yunmeng pressed down on Tiandao's body, which was trying to reach out and snatch the dried fruit, while quickly pouring the remaining dried fruit into her own mouth to destroy the evidence.

Seeing Tiandao playfully fighting with Yunmeng, Chenxing and Chenkong, who followed Yunmeng into the conference room, had no choice but to find a seat for themselves.

Looking at Yunmeng, who was holding up snacks and 'suppressing' the Heavenly Dao with one hand, the Doctor spoke up in time.

"Alright, Yunmeng, Tiandao, stop fooling around and sit down for a meeting."

Upon hearing the doctor's words, Yunmeng immediately stuffed the completely empty bag of dried fruit into Tiandao's arms.

"Here you go, it's just a bag of premium dried fruit. Do you really think I'm that special? You're so stingy."

Tiandao looked at the empty bag of dried fruit in his hand and was furious.

Yes, yes, yes, you don't care, but could you explain where my bag of premium dried fruit, which was more than half full, went?

They couldn't have just grown wings and flown away on their own!

However, before Tiandao could question Yunmeng about the mysterious disappearance of the high-grade dried fruit, the doctor sitting at the head of the table revealed the purpose of calling everyone here.

"Everyone, after these months of training, I think you have all become familiar with your own Star Source and have mastered the skills of using 'Dual Stars' to a certain extent, and your strength has improved significantly."

"However, relentless training may not be a good thing for you either. After all, some things can only be truly remembered through personal experience."

"Therefore, it's time for you to see the world outside the base."

"Let's see what that cruel world called 'reality' is really like."

Upon hearing this, the four Star Children, including the Heavenly Dao, straightened their posture and sat up straight.

Having spent almost two and a half years in the base, they hadn't seen what the outside world was like for a long time.

Of all these, Heaven is most curious about the external world.

After all, he had been staying in the base ever since he came into this world.

Although he had some understanding of the world outside the base by reading the original work, reading and experiencing it firsthand are two completely different things.

Therefore, Heaven naturally wants to know what the outside world of stars is like.

Besides his curiosity about the real world, the doctor's words also signified something else very important to the Heavenly Dao.

That's the final chapter of the first season of Stellaris: Ember, which is coming soon.

Because of Tiandao's understanding of the original work.

After this 'outward mission' ends, the storyline that follows is the brutal battle that led to the destruction of the Embers.

However, unlike the missions in the original work, this is different.

In the original story, the only participants in the mission were the Dust siblings and Caroline, the three Children of the Stars.

But this time, he was joined by the Heavenly Dao Fate Master.

However, this extra person will not affect the original mission storyline.

After all, this mission was essentially a simulated combat exercise meticulously planned by the Ember Organization.

Therefore, whether they succeed or not will not affect the outcome of this mission.

People from the Ember Organization will come to clean up their mess.

Therefore, compared to the mission itself, Heaven is actually more concerned about something else.

That was Caroline's birthday, which happened to fall during the mission.

In the original work, in order to show Caroline's calmness and maturity as the AI-type Star Child, the character was portrayed.

Although Caroline knew it was her birthday during the mission, she declined the offer from Chen Kong and his sister to throw her a birthday party.

But now that the Heavenly Dao is involved in this mission's storyline, it's clear that it won't allow Caroline to do that.

Because birthdays are such precious and memorable memories, Tiandao felt it was better not to let Caroline treat them so casually.

After all, they don't have much time left to spend together.

So, what special gift should I choose for Caroline?

Heavenly Dao sat in his seat, lost in deep thought.

Because this gift carries not only the surprise he brought to Caroline, but also the last beautiful memory he and Caroline shared in the first season.

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(End of this chapter)