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225: Chapter 226 Chen Shuyin gave birth! It's twins, a boy and a girl!
The Chenxing Technology base on the Far Side of the Moon was in complete chaos at this moment.
In the corridor, rows of top-tier medical experts wearing protective suits were rushing in and out with nervous expressions, as if they were dealing with an alien virus.
The air was thick with the scent of disinfectant and high-energy nutrient solutions.
Jiang Chen stood guard at the entrance of the operating room, his knuckles turning white as he gripped the folding knife he used for opening packages.
He felt that this was even more nerve-wracking than going one-on-one with an aircraft carrier that day.
"Relax, boss." Zhao Gang stood to the side, holding a cup of warm water, his face twisted with the frustration of wanting to laugh but not daring to. "Academician Chen has superb medical skills, and with all that high-tech equipment, both mother and children will definitely be safe."
"Shut up."
Jiang Chen glared at him. "What do you know? This is childbirth! It's not quantum physics!"
"What if... what if this child inherits Academician Chen Shuyin's intelligence, and also inherits my... genetically enhanced physique, and comes out capable of building a reactor with their bare hands?"
Zhao Gang looked confused. "Isn't that even better? They'd be winning at the starting line from the moment they were born."
"You don't know jack."
Jiang Chen rubbed his temples, feeling incredibly restless. "How am I supposed to raise them? Will they be nagging me every day to go dismantle spaceships for fun?"
Just as they were speaking, the red light of the operating room finally went out.
"Waa—!"
A loud, piercing cry from an infant, carrying a hint of metallic resonance, instantly penetrated the thick blast door.
The cry was filled with power.
It was like a newborn tiger cub, shaking the sound-activated lights on the corridor ceiling until they flickered erratically.
"They're born! They're born!"
Several top-tier doctors responsible for the delivery rushed out, all of them drenched in sweat but with expressions of uncontrollable ecstasy on their faces.
The lead obstetrician's hands trembled as he took off his mask and looked at Jiang Chen, speaking incoherently in his excitement. "Mr. Jiang! Congratulations! It's boy-girl twins! Both mother and children are safe!"
"And... and these two children..."
"What is it?"
Jiang Chen's heart jumped to his throat. "Is there a mutation? Did they grow some strange organs?"
"No, no, no!"
The expert waved his hands frantically, looking amazed. "The indicators are off the charts! This physique... they were practically born to conquer the universe! They were so strong right after birth that they almost snapped the nurse's finger!"
"My God..."
Zhao Gang stood to the side, muttering to himself. "When they grow up, won't they just be two walking human cannons?"
Jiang Chen let out a sigh of relief and casually tucked the folding knife back into his pocket.
He strode into the ward.
Although Academician Chen Shuyin was pale, her spirit was surprisingly good. She was leaning against the bed, looking tenderly at the two little ones wrapped in specially made temperature-controlled swaddles.
These were the nation's treasures.
One could even say they were the most precious living assets in the entire Solar System at the moment.
"You must be exhausted."
Jiang Chen sat by the bed, holding her slightly chilly hands, his heart filled with guilt.
"I am."
Academician Chen Shuyin smiled, that glow of motherhood making her look more moving than ever. "But looking at them, I feel like everything was worth it."
She pointed to the slightly quieter little one on the left. "The older brother, his eyes look like yours."
She then pointed to the "little cannon" on the right who was waving small fists and rustling the swaddle. "The younger sister, her temper is like yours."
Jiang Chen leaned in to take a look.
Hey, it really was.
The boy looked delicate and pretty, like Academician Chen Shuyin; the girl's little eyes were darting around, and one look told you she was trouble.
Just at this warm moment.
The phone in his pocket rang so much it sounded like a funeral service was being held.
"Ding-dong! Ding-dong! Ding-dong!"
Those were Weibo notifications, as well as urgent pop-ups from various news apps.
Jiang Chen casually swiped open the screen.
Good grief.
The topic #God Jiang welcomes boy-girl twins# had already dominated the top ten on the Weibo trending list in an overbearing manner.
#Interstellar Crown Prince is born#
#Chenxing Technology's second-generation successor#
#Netizens are worrying again about whether God Jiang's son should study physics or mecha piloting#
The netizens' comments were even more outrageous.
"Congratulations, God Jiang! These kids were born with interstellar warship configurations; are our Earth household registrations even good enough for them?"
"I want to ask, where will the children's full-month banquet be held? Can us ordinary people be invited to have a drink?"
"God Jiang, come out and respond! Have you named the children yet? Is it Jiang luan bird? Or maybe Jiang Lingshi?"
Jiang Chen looked at the screen full of people calling them "Crown Prince," and his head ached so much he wanted to bang it against the wall.
If they really became "Crown Princes."
Then how could these children grow up happily in the future?
"Chen, our children need names with some culture."
Jiang Chen sat by the bed, looking at the pair of little ones who hadn't opened their eyes yet, and fell into the naming hell again. "Don't let me name them something like 'Big Hammer' or 'Second Dog' again. If I really did that, I bet the hospital director would be pissed to death by you the next day."
Academician Chen Shuyin couldn't help but chuckle at his serious yet slightly nervous and cowardly look.
"What do you want to call them?"
She asked gently. "Don't come up with that messy stuff; it needs to be refined."
Jiang Chen frowned and racked his brains.
He searched through every word in his mind, even thinking of the "energy naming convention" from the Wasteland era.
But he always felt those were too cold.
These two children were his anchors in this world.
They were not just the crystallization of technology, but also the most real warmth for him, Jiang Chen, in this cold universe.
"How about..."
Jiang Chen looked out the window.
There, the massive Earth floated in the pitch-black void, emitting that intoxicating, azure shimmer. And in Earth's orbit, there was that "Sky Ladder" that was constantly expanding, connecting to the depths of the universe.
"How about Xinghe?"
"The boy will be called Jiang Xinghe, and the girl will be called Jiang Yueying."
Jiang Chen read these two names softly, his gaze deep, as if traversing the sea of stars. "Xinghe represents our future, the path we are going to take."
"Yueying is just like the place we are at today—cold, bright, yet forever watching over that blue home planet."
Academician Chen Shuyin's eyes moistened slightly as she heard these two names.
She didn't pick them apart like she would with laboratory data, nor did she fuss over any "cultural depth."
She just nodded gently and hugged the two little ones closer to her chest.
"Xinghe, Yueying."
"Good names."
"Then let's go with yours."
Just as Jiang Chen was immersed in the joy of being a father, preparing to imagine the beautiful blueprint of the future where "the family of four goes on an outing in a star destroyer."
"Beep—!"
That cross-dimensional communication from the Wasteland world, which had almost become his nightmare, rang again.
And this time.
It wasn't just Jiang Wanqiu.
It was also accompanied by Grand Commander Lei Zhen's frantic screaming on the other end:
"Father God!!!"
"That set of 'radio gymnastics' you gave us... something seems to have gone wrong!"
"My group of laborers who just finished repairing the warship, after practicing this set of exercises, directly... directly smashed a mountain here to pieces!!!"