Chapter 11: Burning the Boats and Sinking the Ships (Please collect!)

  In the museum, Duan Yue let Dingding experience the difference between artificial diamonds and natural diamonds at close range, and finally confirmed that only gem-grade diamonds of a certain specification have the energy that she can absorb.

  Walking out of the geological museum, even with the bright sunshine in the sky, Duan Lei still felt a gloomy mood.

  Thinking of the expensive price of diamonds, Duan Lei still didn't know when he could save up this sum of money, so he asked Dingding to open the sealed database.

  Shaking his head, Duan Lei put all his thoughts behind him and took Li Chunjiang to Liu Fu restaurant for lunch. At this time, the usually lively Dingding also became silent, frowning with a small brow, wondering what she was thinking about?

  So, with full confidence, Duan Lei still didn't gain anything at the Geological Museum, and remained as the energy supplier, continuing to eat and drink a lot every day like Er Shixiong's possession, providing Tingting with the energy needed to maintain operation.

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  In the following days, Duan Yue had an additional task, which was to go to the library every day to browse through a large amount of materials, so that Dingding could better understand Earth's civilization.

  According to Dingding, if we can open the database in the future, we can manufacture biological computers and connect them to the Internet on Earth. In that case, our learning progress will be even faster.

  So Duan Yue became more diligent than ever, and when he wasn't working at the gardening center, he would spend all day in the library, his hard work leaving people like Da Shan speechless.

  "Stones, why are you working so hard lately?" Dashan found that since Duan Lei was injured and hospitalized, there had been a significant change, but it wasn't quite clear what it was.

  "Right, Shi Tou, you've been getting first prize money for two consecutive years and don't plan to take the postgraduate exam. What's wrong with you? This attitude of yours is making it hard for others to live." Xu Shanwei also found Duan Lei's behavior a bit abnormal.

  "Haha, not really!" Duan Lei scratched his head with a bit of embarrassment and said: "Recently I've been working at the gardening site, there are many practical skills that weren't taught in class, I just went to learn on the spot!"

  Duan Lei's words also made several roommates sigh, and they had a few more points of admiration for Duan Lei's hard work and diligence. Among the six people in the dormitory, except for Duan Lei from the southwestern mountainous region, the others were all urban examinees, and at first, they still had a slight psychological advantage over Duan Lei.

  When Duan Yue first entered university, compared to Da Shan and others, he had a big gap in terms of vision, demeanor, and various abilities. However, Duan Yue did not feel inferior, he relied on his diligence and hard work, and eventually caught up with the level of Da Shan and others. Now, Duan Yue has fully integrated into Haida University and become one of its top students.

  As for Duan Yue becoming more diligent, it didn't arouse much attention from his dormitory roommates either. Everyone is an adult and has their own secrets, as long as they get along happily, that's all that matters. As for the other people in the same class, they wouldn't care about Duan Yue's behavior even more.

  As the data continued to pour in, Ding Ding gained a deeper understanding of Earth's civilization and realized that the gemstone-grade diamond he had been asking for was an unattainable luxury for Duan Lei.

  Moreover, the diamond required by Dingding must be at least 2 carats in weight and VVS grade in clarity. At current market prices, this kind of diamond alone would cost tens of thousands of yuan, which is an astronomical figure for Duan Lei now.

  After some deliberation, Ding finally made a very important decision!

  "Master, I have another way to force open the database, but it's a gamble!" Dīng Dīng also knew that Duàn Lěi had been under a lot of pressure lately and naturally didn't want him to continue like this.

  "Force it open? Won't that have some bad effect on you?" Upon hearing this, Duan Lei instinctively sensed that something was off.

  "There won't be any major aftereffects, at most it's just a continued period of hibernation. As long as you can use technology to earn money and buy back the diamond, I'll recover!" Dīng dīng tried her best to downplay the situation, not wanting Duàn lěi to worry too much.

  Actually, if Dingdang is in its current state, it's barely possible to forcibly open the database, but afterwards she will fall into a thorough sleep due to energy exhaustion. If Duan Lei can't find a suitable diamond for her to absorb energy within a year, I'm afraid Dingdang will disappear forever.

  What Dingdang is most worried about now is that after opening the database, the randomly retrieved data cannot create enough wealth for Duan Lei in a short period of time, which would be losing both wife and army.

  However, as the words Dingding saw in a book say, "Wealth and honor are found in danger", after careful consideration, Dingding still feels that they shouldn't continue to muddle along like this, so let's give it a try!

  "Are you sure?!" Duan Yue's eyebrows furrowed, and he still had some doubts in his heart.

  For more than two weeks, Duan Yue had already gotten used to communicating with Ding Ding every day, and she had gradually become a part of his life.

  "No problem, just listen to me!" With a very affirmative tone, she said with a wave of her small hand.

  In the end, Duan Yue still couldn't get past Dingding's persistence and decided to go along with her idea, forcibly opening the database.

  As soon as Duan Yue agreed with her decision, the expression on her delicate and pretty face changed several times in an instant, before gradually becoming determined.

  Only to see Dīng dīng flapping her wings, suspended in the conscious space of Duàn Lěi's mind, her small hands waving in the air, constantly making mysterious gestures, staring at Duàn Lěi with eyes that were dizzy and confused. Dīng dīng's small mouth was muttering words, spitting out some syllables that sounded very unfamiliar to Duàn Lěi, coordinating with those gestures, as if she was performing some special ritual.

  After a while, with a loud and clear sound, the voice echoed in Duan Yue's mind, and immediately afterwards, she made a gesture, and the void in front of her suddenly burst out with a dazzling light. In that instant, Duan Yue could no longer see everything that was happening in his mind, and even felt that his head was buzzing.

  After a long time, Duan Yue finally came back to his senses from the dizziness, and in his mind, he once again saw Dingding's figure.

  Ding Ding was originally a lovely little elf, but now he has become dispirited and seems to have aged many years, which shocked Duan Lei.

  "Ding Ding, what's wrong?" Duan Lei also couldn't care about the documents and asked anxiously.

  "Master, I'm fine!" Dingding said weakly: "I've already gotten the information out, now I'll hand it over to you, you must leave early and don't wake me up again!"

  As soon as the words were spoken, two tiny glows like fireflies rose from Dingding's hands and flew into Sanlian's sea of consciousness like birds flying into a forest.

  At the same time, Duan Yue's head hurt, as if it had been stuffed with a lot of things, and suddenly became messy!

  Dingding seemed like a fleeting shadow of light that slowly faded away, disappearing into Duan Lei's sea of consciousness.