Reborn in Hollywood

Chapter 149 It's better for everyone if I leave.

Li Rui nodded. "That's about right."

Luke reached out his hand.

Li Rui pushed the medical scanner on the table over.

Luke pricked his finger and watched the numbers on the screen jump a few times.

He placed the scanner on the table and tapped his fingers twice on the surface.

"Exactly the same. Comparing your DNA to mine, you are my father. It's not just similar; you are my father in a biological sense."

Li Rui didn't say anything.

He was thinking about something.

Luke and Leia look exactly like the characters in the original Star Wars movies—Mark Hamill's face and Carrie Fisher's face.

But he himself is not Hayden Christensen, nor is he Anakin, who has been criticized by movie fans for many years.

He is Raphael Lee, of mixed race, with sharp features. Standing next to these two people, they don't look like a family at all.

But DNA doesn't lie.

Luke stood up. "I need to be alone for a while."

The war ended faster than anyone had imagined.

After news of Palpatine's death spread throughout the galaxy, the First Order's fleet began to crumble.

Those officers lost their source of orders, their supply lines, and their reason to fight.

Some surrendered, some fled, and some sailed their warships to the nearest resistance base and handed over command.

The garrisons in those remote star systems were even more straightforward—they discarded their weapons, changed their uniforms, blended into the crowd, and vanished without a trace.

The Milky Way is cheering.

The square in Coruscant was packed with people, waving flags of the old republic, symbols of the resistance, and anything they could find that wasn't First Order.

Those races that had been oppressed in the imperial era emerged from the ground, dancing in the streets and singing on the ruins.

Cities that had been silent for years under the First Order were lit up again, and schools that had been closed were reopened.

Celebrations were also taking place at the resistance base.

The soldiers opened case after case of liquor; some sang, some danced, and some cried while hugging their comrades.

Leia stood at the window of the command center, looking at the cheering crowd outside, her face expressionless.

Han Solo stood beside her, his hands in his pockets.

Chewbacca sat in the corner with a barrel of liquor in front of him.

Li Rui did not participate in any of the celebrations.

He was in a small room in the command center, with a holographic star map retrieved from the resistance organization's database spread out in front of him.

The star chart contains tens of thousands of points of light, each representing a galaxy, and each galaxy has its own independent knowledge system, including physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, medicine, history, and philosophy.

He knew some of the knowledge, but not others, and he had never even heard of most of it.

He made a list.

The list was so long that when Rey peeked in through the door and saw it, her mouth opened and closed again.

"What do you need these for?"

Li Rui answered decisively: "Take it back."

Rey didn't ask where she was taking it.

She came in, sat down next to him, and placed the blue lightsaber on the table.

"What should I do with this thing you gave me?"

Li Rui glanced at the lightsaber.

"Do with it as you please, use it to protect others, or don't use it, it's yours."

Rey picked up the lightsaber and held it in her hand.

"When are you leaving?"

Li Rui said, "Soon, I'll leave once I get what I need—don't worry, Luke will take over your Jedi training from now on."

Rey nodded, stood up, walked to the door, glanced back, and then left without looking back.

On the seventh night after the war ended, a First Order shuttle landed on the base's helipad.

Its silver-gray exterior, with folded wings, reflected a cold light under the moonlight.

There were no battle alarms, no anti-aircraft fire; it just landed quietly.

Han Solo was the first to rush out of the base, his hand on the holster at his waist.

Several soldiers followed behind him, holding guns and aiming them at the shuttle.

The gangway was lowered.

A person walked out from inside.

He was wearing a black top, but no cape, helmet, or mask.

His hair was dark brown, and his eyes were also dark brown. He resembled Li Ruiyi in three or four parts between his eyebrows and eyes. He wasn't the big-faced guy from the original movie; he was a young man with more defined features and more refined eyebrows and eyes.

Ben Solo.

Kylo Ren.

He has two names, but he only has one face.

Now, there was no anger or fear on that face, only peace.

Han Solo's hand remained on the holster, not drawn.

Ben Solo glanced at him. "Father."

Han Solo lowered his hand from the holster.

He stood there, his mouth opening and closing, unsure of what to say.

Leia came out of the building and stood next to Han Solo.

She looked at Ben Solo, her expression calm, but tears welling in her eyes.

Ben Solo looked at her.

"Mother."

Leia didn't say anything.

She walked over, stood in front of him, raised her hand, and slapped him across the face.

The sound was crisp and clear, ringing out distinctly in the night sky.

Ben Solo did not dodge.

Leia lowered her hands, looked at him, and then reached out to hug him.

Han Solo stood to the side, hands in his pockets, watched for a few seconds, then walked over and put his arms around both of them.

Chewbacca stood in the doorway, let out a low growl, turned and went into the building, leaving the space to them.

Li Rui stood at the window of the command center, looking at the three people on the tarmac.

His expression didn't change much. That was their business, it had nothing to do with him.

He turned and walked back to the table to continue organizing the lists.

Ben Solo walked into the command center the following morning.

Li Rui sat at the table, a holographic star map spread out in front of him, his fingers tracing patterns on the data panel.

Ben Solo stood before him.

"You stole my Force."

Li Rui didn't look up.

"You asked for it."

Ben Solo sat down opposite him.

"Are you really Anakin Skywalker?"

Li Rui put down the data tablet in his hand.

"In this world, it is and it isn't."

Ben Solo looked at his face.

"When I was a child, my mother showed me a hologram of Anakin. He was very old and thin when he died, with deep wrinkles on his face, but you—"

"I am not him."

Li Rui interrupted Ben Solo, saying, "I am another Anakin Skywalker. The one you admire is not me."

Ben Solo lowered his head.

"I know I no longer idolize him."

Li Rui picked up the data tablet again.

"So what do you want to do now?"

Ben Solo thought about it for a long time.

"have no idea."

Li Rui said, "Then let's atone for our sins by living first."

Ben Solo's voice sounded slightly surprised.

"You're not going to kill me?"

Li Rui shook his head, finding it all rather amusing. "Why would I want to kill you?"

Ben Solo did not speak again.

From that moment on, the two never saw each other again.

At the same time, upon learning of the savior's request, all galaxies in the entire Milky Way galaxy took action.

When the news reached Li Rui's ears, he was compiling a list of the seventh star system, a planet renowned for its engineering. Their engineers could fix anything and turn anything into a weapon.

He needs their technical data, from basic mechanics to advanced energy systems, he needs it all.

Luke pushed the door open and came in.

"The things you're looking for are being searched for throughout the entire galaxy."

Li Rui looked up, his face filled with confusion.

"help me?"

Luke sat down opposite him.

"Those galactic governments, research institutions, and university libraries are all helping you organize the data. They heard what you wanted, and no one refused. Do you know why?"

"Because I saved them."

Luke shook his head.

"Because you're leaving! You did save them and eliminated their biggest threat. Now that you're leaving, they're not grateful to you, they're afraid you'll stay. Someone who can single-handedly destroy Palpatine and the forces of darkness is more terrifying than Palpatine! They helped you organize the data, built the spaceship, and collected everything you wanted, just so you could leave quickly."

Li Rui put down the data tablet in his hand.

"I know."

Luke's lips twitched slightly.

"Aren't you angry?"

Li Rui found it strange. "Why should I be angry? They are right to be afraid of me. If I don't leave, they won't be able to sleep every night. It's better for everyone if I leave."

Luke stood up, walked to the door, and stopped.

"I'll help you find those Keber crystals you want."

Li Rui nodded. "Thank you."

half a month later.

The Keber Crystal was delivered by Luke himself.

He was flying that dilapidated X-wing fighter jet, towing a huge cargo container filled with raw stones.

Li Rui stood on the tarmac, watching the workers unload the containers from the spacecraft and then open the containers one by one.

Inside were pieces of raw Keber crystal, some as big as a human head, others as big as a fist, piled up filling the entire container.

It weighs several tons and costs several thousand yuan.

Luke, standing beside him, couldn't help but ask curiously, "What do you need so many Kelp crystals for? To build an army entirely composed of Jedi Knights?"

Li Rui walked over, picked up a rough stone, and examined it against the sunlight.

The crystal is transparent, and something is flowing inside it—the light of the Force, a light unique to this world.

"It's just a personal hobby."

Luke shook his head upon hearing this, "Your personal hobby is very expensive. Luckily, someone is sponsoring it, otherwise I wouldn't be able to afford this batch of rough stones."

Li Rui put the rough stone back into the container. "Thanks, now I have no regrets at all."

"As long as you're satisfied."

Meanwhile, the spaceship took a full six months to build.

The main reason is that this is not an ordinary spaceship; it is the most expensive spaceship ever built in the entire galaxy.

Each galaxy donated materials, research institutions donated technology, and engineering companies donated manpower.

The spacecraft's outer shell is made of Mandalorian steel, its inner lining is made of Corellia alloy, and its engine is the latest hyperspace drive developed by Quarter Dynamics Dockyard.

The energy core uses a Kelp crystal array excavated from the ruins of the planet Illusion—the site of the Star Killer Base.

The crystal fragments that survived the explosion at the Starkiller base were all collected, recut and polished, and assembled into an energy system more powerful than any known energy core.

Li Rui would go to the construction site every day to take a look.

The spaceship was parked on an open space next to the base, supported by huge scaffolding, and workers were busy on it from morning till night.

He chose the shape of the spaceship himself—not a angular warship, but a streamlined, elegant design, like the one Padmé and Qui-Gonkin used to escape Naboo in Star Wars: Episode I.

The silver-white shell reflects the sunlight, and its design is elegant and artistic.

The most notable feature of this spacecraft is that it is not equipped with any weapon systems.

With Li Rui around, the spaceship itself doesn't need weapons.

Watching the spaceship gradually take shape at a speed visible to the naked eye, Li Rui felt a great sense of accomplishment.

Even if he didn't build it himself, as long as the spaceship truly belongs to him, he won't have to worry about transportation in any world from now on.

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