Chapter 577: Race Against Time (2/2)

A whole month had passed since Xinghe had started working at the lab again. Her every waking hour was spent mulling over the mechanical heart.

The Xi family understood and provided her the privacy she needed. Small matters came up like the Lin family's patriarch harassing them in court and nasty rumors spreading about Xi Empire, aka things they could handle on their own, they made sure such things didn't reach Xinghe and worry her. They made sure Xinghe could focus on the most important thing.

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Munan took the opportunity during her lunch break to ask, ”Big Sister Xia, how are things going?”

Xinghe answered truthfully, ”Technique wise, there's not much issue and I've already come up with the model design, so the biggest hurdle is locating the perfect material.”

”What kind of material is it? I'll have my men search for it.”

”That won't be necessary, we've tested with almost all known materials, even our own patented materials are useless.”

”Can't we be satisfied with a half-finished product?” Munan asked with a frown. ”As long as it can help improve big brother's situation, surely anything is better than nothing.”

Xinghe shook her head. ”No, we can only settle with the best because who knows what will happen if we don't.”

”You're right, I was wrong.” Munan hung his head in shame. He noticed Xinghe had entered another moment of quiet contemplation, so he shuffled out of the room silently to not disturb her.