Chapter 150: The Morning Fog Over the Star Whisper Route Has Yet to Clear

I’ve Met Many Geniuses, But They All Call Me a Genius

The morning mist over the Star Language Route hadn't yet dissipated as the silver-gray "Guardian" spacecraft slowly navigated through the asteroid belt. In the cockpit, A Xing's fingers rested gently on the crystal control console, her fingertips tracing those familiar patterns—this was the control console Lin Mo had personally designed for her back in the day, and the spot where the raw crystal was embedded still bore the faint scratches left during Lin Mo's debugging.

"Captain, energy fluctuations detected in forward sector A3. Crystal engine output has dropped by 12%." Young trainee Xiao Lin reported nervously, his fingers flying across the data screen. "The asteroid belt's magnetic interference is stronger than projected. If energy continues to drain, we might get stranded here."

The other trainees in the cockpit immediately tensed up. They were all freshmen from Star Language Academy, joining A Xing for this field survey mission along the Star Language Route, and this was their first encounter with an energy crisis. Yet A Xing remained remarkably calm. She raised her hand and pressed the crystal button at the center of the console, causing a soft blue light to instantly wash over the entire cockpit, resonating with the crystal network outside the spacecraft.

"Don't panic," A Xing's voice carried the gentleness of years of experience. "Try to focus your mind on the crystal, feel the vibrations it transmits—that's the 'gift' Mr. Lin Mo left for us."

Xiao Lin reached out hesitantly, his fingertips barely touching the crystal console when his eyes widened in astonishment. "This... what is this?" He could clearly feel a warm vibration coming from the crystal, like someone gently patting his shoulder. Under the guidance of this vibration, the previously chaotic energy data gradually stabilized.

"This is the 'symbiotic resonance' of the crystal network." A Xing gazed at the gradually clearing starscape outside the viewport, her eyes softening with memory. "When Mr. Lin Mo developed the crystal engine years ago, he specifically incorporated the Light Vein Tribe's 'empathy technology.' He said cosmic energy isn't cold data but warm 'connections'—just like how we're connected to him and all the energy stations along the route through the crystals right now."

As she spoke, A Xing activated the holographic projection. The image showed a young Lin Mo squatting in the laboratory, holding a freshly refined raw crystal, gesturing something to the Light Vein elder. Sunlight streamed through the laboratory viewport, falling on his grease-stained hands yet making that crystal appear even more translucent. "Back then, to make the crystal engine adapt to different planetary magnetic fields, Mr. Lin Mo went three consecutive months without proper sleep, adjusting resonance frequencies every day. Once when energy went out of control, crystal fragments cut his arm, but he just smiled and said 'It's fine, at least we know this path works.'"

The trainees in the cockpit listened quietly, the previously tense atmosphere gradually replaced by warmth. Xiao Lin looked at Lin Mo's smile in the holographic projection, then lowered his head to touch the crystal console, suddenly feeling that vibration more clearly—not machine vibration, but a power of "companionship."

"Energy levels back to normal!" The monitoring officer suddenly cheered, the green lines on the data screen flowing as steadily as a gentle river. "The asteroid belt's magnetic interference has been neutralized by the crystal network. We can proceed!"

The spacecraft slowly emerged from the asteroid belt, the starscape ahead suddenly opening up. Countless crystal energy stations scattered along both sides of the route like stars, their soft lights intertwining to form a "path of light" stretching into the distance. A Xing pointed to the brightest energy station among them. "That's 'Lin Mo Station,' the core supply depot of the Star Language Route. Every year, countless spacecraft dock there, and crew members all touch the raw crystal inside the station—they say they can feel Mr. Lin Mo 'responding.'"

Xiao Lin walked to the viewport, gazing at the energy station shining like a small sun, and suddenly asked, "Captain, is Mr. Lin Mo really still within the crystal network?"

A Xing smiled and nodded, pointing to her chest. "Not just in the network, but in our hearts. You see, we're guarding this route now, just like how he guarded the Stellar Heart Project back then; you young trainees, like me and Xiao Yuan from back in the day, carry his beliefs forward. This is what he called 'eternity'—not physical existence, but spiritual legacy."

The spacecraft continued sailing toward the depths of space, the crystal console's light gently illuminating everyone's faces. Xiao Lin quietly took out the small crystal fragment he carried with him—given to him by the docent teacher during enrollment, who said it contained Mr. Lin Mo's "glimmer." Pressing the fragment to his chest, he could feel that warm vibration slowly synchronizing with the spacecraft's crystal network, with the distant energy stations, with the entire universe's pulse.

In the distance, "Lin Mo Station" continued shining, as if waving to the spacecraft. A Xing knew that more and more people would come to guard this Star Language Route; the light Lin Mo had spent his life igniting would continue illuminating the path to peace in the eyes of countless "Xiao Lins." And that gentle light pattern within the crystal network would forever accompany them as they journeyed toward more distant stars.