Zhao Chen specifically called Lilith and the dwarf Annie to take a shuttle to the T2 Bronze Eden-class Starship.

On the shuttle, the dwarf Annie sat constrained in the corner, occasionally glancing at Zhao Chen who was sitting opposite her.

Although they had known each other for over a month, she still felt some awe towards this man.

However, because of the good treatment she had received living on the t2 bee queen-class heavy carrier starship during this time, she was not as afraid of him.

But she didn't understand why this man was so kind to her.

Annie was small and short, ate a lot, and couldn't fight.

Could it be... could it be that he wanted to eat Annie!

A horrifying thought popped into Annie's mind, and for a moment, her hair seemed to stand on end, her small hands tightly clutching the corner of her clothes.

She had heard her mother say that among the evil humans, there were some bad people who particularly liked to capture females of other interstellar races. After a period of careful nurturing, they would then eat them!

Annie swallowed, her body feeling as if it were in an ice cave.

"Are you very afraid of me?" Zhao Chen asked with a smile, looking at Annie.

Annie shivered, looking down at her toes: "I... I... I didn't..."

"Didn't... then why don't you dare to look at me?" Zhao Chen asked.

Annie was so anxious she couldn't speak. She couldn't hold it in for a moment and said with a sob, "Annie... Annie doesn't taste good... Annie's meat doesn't taste good... don't eat Annie..."

Eat?

Zhao Chen was stunned, then burst into laughter.

Lilith, beside him, also couldn't help but be amused by this little cutie.

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 mumbled, "Annie isn't a child! Annie is already an adult!"

Zhao Chen didn't pay attention to Annie's strange thought process: "I heard Lilith say that you have mastered the construction techniques related to T1 and T2 Starships, is that right?"

During this time, Zhao Chen had Lilith take care of Annie, and also to inquire about Annie's abilities.

On her planet, Annie was already capable of building various small electronic devices before she even reached adulthood.

In fact, given enough materials, she could hand-build a T1-class small civilian Starship for you.

It could be said that as long as she had the blueprints,

there was no T1-level technology she didn't know!

As for T2-level, Zhao Chen specifically gave her some technical blueprints for the T2 Black Rhino and T2 Queen Bee.

After a few hours of familiarization and research, she could fluently articulate the relevant technical knowledge.

And for the past month, the task Zhao Chen assigned to Annie was to read various books on T1 and T2 Starship technology. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

The knowledge in these books, which people at North Star Academy's Starship Technology Engineering major would take three to five years to learn, Annie could fully grasp in a week!

This was enough to prove Annie's abilities.

She was smarter and more talented than ordinary interstellar dwarves!

Zhao Chen had truly found a treasure this time.

He wondered if it was due to the Fleet Luck Bonus.

"A little... just a little bit," Annie said softly.

"I won't eat you, but I hope you can work for me, build Starships for me. Likewise, if you perform well, I will give you even better living conditions than before. I can guarantee your safety, and you ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) can enjoy all kinds of delicious food!" Zhao Chen formally promised.

Annie didn't refuse on the spot, but hesitated.

"I can give you time to consider." Zhao Chen looked at the dwarf; he knew that this dwarf had already been captivated by his sugar-coated bullets!

'Submission' was only a matter of time.

At this moment, the shuttle had arrived at a hangar gate of the T2 Bronze Eden.

The hangar opened, and the shuttle docked.

"Hello, Commander, I am the person in charge of this T2 Bronze Eden." At this moment, a Half-Beastman female crew member with rabbit ears came out to greet Zhao Chen, clearly nervous, with both ears drooping.

"Don't be nervous, I don't eat people. I just came to check on the T2 Bronze Eden," Zhao Chen teased, using Annie's words from earlier.

"Please follow me." The Rabbit-eared girl walked ahead, leading Zhao Chen and the others through a long corridor.

When their eyes suddenly brightened.

Zhao Chen and Lilith were both stunned by the scene before them.

Their expressions were blank, but their eyes held excitement.

However, the accompanying dwarf Annie could only see a fence over 1.6 meters high, perfectly obscuring what was inside.

She tried to stand on her tiptoes, but still couldn't see.

She was curious about what Commander and Sister Lilith had seen.

She tried to jump up.

"Heixiu..."

She seemed to catch a glimpse of green.

"Heixiu..."

She seemed to see something white.

"Heixiu... Ow..."

Annie fell on her bottom, holding her head, tears welling in her eyes.

After jumping up, she hadn't noticed and hit her head directly on a protruding part of the railing, then fell on her bottom.

She rubbed her head, then her bottom.

But she still wouldn't give up. She stepped back several meters, measured the height of the fence, calculated the height, speed, and trajectory...

"Annie can do it! Annie definitely can!"

Taking a deep breath, her two short legs started to sprint.

When she was about a meter away from the railing, she used all her strength and leaped!

At the same time, she raised her hands, staring at the edge of the railing.

"Heixiu!"

She grabbed it!

Annie's hands gripped the edge of the railing. Her small face was flushed red, but she kept pulling, trying to move her body upwards.

"Go, Annie... Annie can do it." Annie secretly encouraged herself, and with her effort, her right forearm was already on the edge of the railing, and her head was visible above the railing.

Annie was overjoyed. She began to try to get her other arm onto the railing as well.

Applying force little by little.

At the same time, her two short legs were constantly pushing against the railing wall for leverage.

Finally!

Annie's left forearm also rested on the railing.

Annie was ecstatic; she was about to see the scenery inside the railing!

What kind of scenery could make Commander and Sister Lilith stare blankly for so long?

Suddenly, Annie's entire body was pulled back by a force from behind.

The edge of the railing, which had been within reach, gradually moved away.

Annie's feet landed on the ground again, and when she looked up, it was again the railing edge, much taller than herself.

"This is very dangerous, you know!" Zhao Chen looked at Annie, as if lecturing a child.

Annie stared at Zhao Chen, her watery eyes looking as if something might gush out at any second.

"Let's go over there.

There's a passage there that we can walk through to appreciate the entire area's scenery more directly." The Rabbit-eared girl pointed to a passage a few meters away.

Annie's expression froze. She looked at the railing in front of her, then at the passage just a few meters away.

Her emotions were a mix of feelings.

"Annie, hurry and catch up." Lilith had already walked onto the passage at this point. Seeing Annie, who had a strange expression and hadn't moved, she urged.

"Ah... okay..." Annie quickly ran over.

When she stepped onto that passage, her previously aggrieved and complex emotions vanished.

This was a transparent glass skywalk, from which the view inside the railing could be clearly seen.

Annie stood on the glass skywalk, looking at the scene before her.

Her expression was blank, her heart filled with shock and disbelief.

This... this was inside a Starship? It was too beautiful!