Description
Shi Qing's task was to be a protector.
It was only after transmigrating to various worlds and eagerly counterattacking the villains there that he realized he was the biggest villain out of everyone.
– A king that liked to conquer other worlds
– A Film Emperor that had a malicious personality
– A Blackened Young Master with deviant intentions
– A Schoolyard Bully that was overbearing to others
Afterwards the gong that initially despised Shi Qing discovered:
– The Machine King that seemed like an invader was really a million-year-old baby
– The Film Emperor that seemed malicious was secretly helping upcoming actors
– The Young Master that seemed to harbor deviant intentions was a pure-hearted young boy
– The Schoolyard Bully that seemed overbearing was secretly in love
In the end….
The entire world: He's such a good person!
Chapter 1
Editor: SimoB
"Beep– Beep–"
Shi Qing stood before the hospital bed, staring at the patient on it. He had comely features, obscured by sickness. There were tubes and needles sticking out of various parts of his body, and the doctors were still working hard to resuscitate him.
The clock ticked down in his ears in his last moments on Earth, alongside a voice that seemed to prattle on. "Host, are you really going to refuse to do the tasks? You're definitely going to die then. All you have to do is guard the protagonist of the world and make sure that they follow the storyline of the original book without arousing their suspicions."
Seeing that Shi Qing was still only interested in his old body, the System began to panic. "Host, please accept! When you finish all the tasks your body will still be alive."
Shi Qing: "No. Laozi wants to die. Fuck off."
The System wanted to cry. "We're already bound to each other, so if you don't accept then I'll die too. I'm begging you, please just accept the tasks. They're super simple. I'll even activate a golden finger to make you a badass in every world, okay?"
Shi Qing: "Hehe."
He pointed at the him on the bed. "I'm good. Just look at that."
Regardless of the System's promises, he would still be confined to the hospital, forced to rely on the goodwill of others.
The System was about to burst into tears at any moment. He had only heard about hosts eager to get to work after binding to a System. Why was his host complacently waiting for death instead?
It decided to go all in. "I'll activate the biggest golden finger for you! Every time you enter a new world, you'll always have the power to protect yourself!"
Shi Qing glanced at the System dispassionately from beside the bed. "Is that it?"
System: "Wuwuwuwu... This is all I have! Even this big golden finger will have consequences..."
When the System stopped bargaining and just began to cry, Shi Qing started to believe that this was the most lenient it could be. "Let's go then."
The teary eyed System was taken aback. "Huh?"
Shi Qing glanced down at this little round ball. "Didn't you say there were tasks to be done? Let's go."
"Oh? Oh oh! Let's go!"
The system wasn't about to look a gift horse in the mouth. It hurriedly flew into Shi Qing's hand and whisked him away to another world.
In an instant, they were in a space between worlds. For some reason, Shi Qing seemed to know that hosts had absolute control here. The scenery suddenly changed to that of a sunny beach.
Its Host laid comfortably on a beach chair. He wore sunglasses and was sipping a drink from a coconut.
The System couldn't help but ask weakly, "Host, was your previous refusal meant to get more benefits?"
Shi Qing drank some more coconut juice. He didn't deny it: "In an unknown situation, it's natural to want to secure the best deal possible for yourself."
System: "But I was so nice..."
"Even if you were the nicest person in the world, you would only put me first if we were in the same boat."
Shi Qing tapped the little round ball. "Relax. Now that I know we're inseparable, I won't do anything to you."
System: ...
After finding out that it had been played with by its host for the last few days, it began questioning its life choices.
But regardless of its own reservations, it had a job to do.
The System tried to comfort itself. Its host seemed like a smart cookie, which was much better than being stuck with a newbie. It presented the information it had on the first task to Shi Qing carefully.
The info was downloaded directly into his brain, but Shi Qing only raised an eyebrow at the experience. He examined the files closely.
This world used to be a modern monster leveling novel. The main character was called Yin Mingzheng. The plot was based on the idea that the location of 21st century Earth was suddenly revealed to intergalactic warlords. To them, a technologically backward but temperate planet like this was ripe for the taking.
And so the invaders came in droves. They were more advanced than Earth and naturally gifted in offense, so it was like taking candy from a baby to them.
Following the massacre of their fellow humans by the invaders, many were able to awaken supernatural abilities and begin to counterattack. The protagonist Yin Mingzheng was the most fearsome existence among them, gifted with both brains and brawn.
He established a base and defended it alongside his friends, gradually leveling up from fighting monsters. According to the original plot, Yin Mingzheng would continue to beat them up, one by one, until he repelled all the invaders.
But unfortunately, since the book was written too realistically, the wishes of its readers allowed it to become a reality. In this world, however, the aliens were not waiting patiently for the protagonist to grow. They sent countless monsters to overrun the Earth.
The plot had already changed, but the important characters kept their personalities and achievements. After discovering they couldn't face humanity's elites head on, the aliens began to sow discord among their ranks. Everyone is out for themselves even in the best of times. Someone like Yin Mingzheng, who focused solely on protecting humans regardless of profit or emotion, was a thorn in the eyes of many.
In addition, since the location of Earth was already exposed, a set of new invaders quickly arrived. In time, Yin Mingzheng would be forced to sacrifice himself to end the second wave of invaders, leaving Earth undefended for the first group to take.
Shi Qing's task was to guard Yin Mingzheng and make sure that didn't happen.
The System knew that he was finished when he opened his eyes. It quickly reminded him, "I will randomly place you in the body of an authority figure of this world. I promise that they'll be strong. You can look over their histories if you'd like."
"Is there anything else I have to do other than looking after the protagonist?"
After getting to know the System in the past few days, Shi Qing knew that it wouldn't lie to him on purpose. It did seem like a bit of an airhead though.
As he expected, the System quickly continued, "Right right right. There's more. Host must be careful because this world is centered around the protagonist. Those that he disdains will be ejected from the world. Although this only applies to foreign entities like transmigrators, like Host. If you are kicked out, the task will be considered to be a failure."
"There will be a grace period of one month provided. No matter how the protagonist feels towards the Host during that time, the World's Consciousness will not react. So the Host must make sure to become friendly with them quickly. If the first task is failed, your points will enter the negatives and it will take ten times that value to bring it back to zero."
"I see."
Shi Qing snapped his fingers and a new coconut appeared in his hand.
He narrowed his eyes. He wasn't too worried about being kicked out.
The protagonist was friendly to all the major characters in this world, so he would be fine no matter who he became.
As long as the System hadn't left anything out.
The System was still chattering on: "To assist the Host in lowering the chances of being ejected, the System has provided an animosity meter. If it is above 50%, the host will be forced to leave. Please be careful!"
The System moved forward: "Okay, I'm ready to start! Remember to receive the original body's memories to better blend in! 3– 2– 1–"
A large protective dome covered a civilian refugee camp. There was an endless sea of robots, about half as tall as a human adult, unloading their weapons relentlessly into the barrier. There were just too many of them, and they had already broken through several layers of the six layered dome.
Inside, civilians huddled in fear as they looked to the sky. Mothers embraced their children, husbands sheltered their wives, and sons and daughters were pulled close to their parents. Their eyes were all filled with the same sense of despair.
There was a spaceship, larger than the entire dome, floating above the robots. Its cannon was aimed downwards.
A cold mechanical voice repeatedly stated its message, "Humans, surrender Yin Mingzheng within sixty seconds, or we will truly begin our assault."
"Humans, surrender Yin Mingzheng within fifty-nine seconds, or we will truly begin our assault."
"Humans, surrender Yin Mingzheng within fifty-seven seconds, or we will truly begin our assault."
The countdown from above was like the reaper's scythe, hanging over the heads of these refugees. They could only cry out in fear and hug their loved ones tight.
This was a hostage situation.
Using millions of lives to force Yin Mingzheng to give himself up.
Everyone knew what would happen to a leader of Earth in the hands of the invaders. No one was innocent enough to think that Yin Mingzheng would sacrifice himself for them. They could only cry harder in their last few moments.
"Fifty-seven..."
"Fifty-six..."
"Fifty-five..."
Finally, at t minus ten seconds, a plane approached from afar.
The spaceship that covered the sun finally fell silent as it received a transmission from the plane.
"We have brought Yin Mingzheng. Please release the hostages immediately."
Shi Qing, who had already been sitting on a throne in the spaceship for 30 seconds, lowered his eyes to watch as a man was shoved from the plane. His incredibly acute sight allowed him to see Yin Mingzheng's features, ones that agreed with his sense of beauty. His limbs were powerless and there was a deep resentment in his eyes.
It seems he had been secretly drugged, just enough to render this formerly fearsome defender helpless. He could only allow himself to be tossed off the plane like cargo.
Shi Qing sent the nearest unmanned drone to catch Yin Mingzheng. He wouldn't die from a fall of this height as he was an ability user, but it would still hurt quite a bit.
He commanded the drone to return as he continued to assimilate the memories of this body.
The System was right. He was powerful enough that no one would dare mess with him... Because he was the greatest enemy to ever grace this world since its formation. He was the leader of the second group of invaders, the ones that were taken out by Yin Mingzheng's sacrifice.
According to the memories, even other alien races were afraid to come close to the Robotic Army.
And what did this top-grade identity mean to the protagonist Yin Mingzheng?
This was an existence that, right after arriving on Earth, had threatened the lives of millions, simply to force humanity to forsake him. To him, he was just...
—- An invader.
Chapter 2
Editor: SimoB
Shi Qing sat on the throne with a blank face, his mechanical hand tapping the armrest. His voice was warm beyond compare: [System, explain to me why you sent me into the body of someone that almost blew up a hundred thousand earthlings? You know that the World's Consciousness will reject me, right?]
The System knew that it was in the wrong the moment it arrived. It curled up in fright: [I- I didn't do it on purpose. This is my first time following a host. I mean I've heard that the biggest golden finger can sometimes have unforeseen consequences, but I really didn't know it would be this...]
It was afraid of the Host blaming it, but Shi Qing really wasn't that mad. There was no use in getting angry about something that had happened already. It was better to think of a solution first.
Moreover, this identity really was a steal. It wasn't too bad being an all-powerful alien while the humans were still weak. Plus it had just arrived and hadn't had the opportunity to harm anyone yet, so it was easier for him to start afresh.
[I'll let you off this time, but make sure that this doesn't happen again. In any case, a month is more than enough time. Now tell me the animosity value.]
The System immediately got to work. [Yin Mingzheng's animosity: 100/100]
It felt discouraged just reporting the value.
It had never seen such a high number in the case files it had gotten of its seniors. Was a month really enough time to lower it to below 50?
The System had really messed up big time. It was just the first task and the Host was already going to go into the red wuwuwu...
Shi Qing stood up, ignoring the crying system. He waved his hand and an android immediately brought over a mirror.
There was a humanoid figure made of silver components standing in front of the mirror. The shape of his body was more similar to the humans outside than those of the androids surrounding him.
Shi Qing closed his eyes, and the exposed silver on his face melted away to reveal the human face underneath.
His own face appeared in the mirror, followed by his torso and limbs. In the end Shi Qing stood before the mirror in his original appearance.
He was wearing running clothes on his tall body. His features were cold but beautiful.
[Hey Host, are you planning to disguise yourself as a human to get closer to Yin Mingzheng? That's not a bad idea.]
[No, I have something better in mind.]
Shi Qing lifted a finger to his eye line. His black irises turned silver, and his outfit morphed into a futuristic battle suit, like the ones the androids outside were wearing.
His cold eyes softened slightly, and those aloof lips changed as well. His body underwent many minute changes. Within a minute, the arrogant young adult before the mirror was replaced by a little youth that looked seventeen or eighteen at most.
Shi Qing placed a hand on his soft abdomen and looked in the mirror.
Pah, he hadn't seen his stomach ever since he turned twenty and started working out at the gym.
The current him looked pure and fresh, and there was an innocence about him. Others couldn't help but feel a sense of goodwill towards him.
The various androids around the spaceship paid no mind to Shi Qing's changes. They were just robots without any consciousness or will of their own; the original's most trusted subordinates.
This is why the entire galaxy was afraid of this species. It was a race of robots whose planet would only develop one lifeform to serve as their king. After it was born, it had to rely on itself to build an army to fulfill its directive to invade.
Who wouldn't be afraid of a lifeless, fearless and endless invasive species? If the original wanted to, it could create countless foot soldiers. It could also use its tactical simulation programs to determine the best course of action at each stage of its conquest.
The hostage situation on Earth was due to the tactical simulation program determining that Yin Mingzheng posed the greatest threat to their invasion. It suggested devising a method to make the humans abandon Yin Mingzheng themselves.
The original was only born a short while ago. Even though the desire to dominate was carved into its metal bones, Earth was its first battlefield and so it wanted to be thorough.
Which led to the situation Shi Qing transmigrated straight into.
Of course, the Earthlings knew nothing of this backstory. They weren't even able to distinguish between the first and second group of invaders.
Their ignorance towards the different species of the galaxy was a pivotal part of Shi Qing's plan.
System: [Host, what are you going to do?]
Shi Qing thought back to Yin Mingzheng's appearance and smiled.
[It would be a shame to not take advantage of such a good looking man.]
He stared at his reflection and placed a hand on the mirror.
"Send word of my orders. Retreat." The original appearance of this chapter can be found at Ñøv€lß1n.
The sudden movements from the frozen machines that had gone still after Yin Mingzheng was handed over provoked another round of screams from within the dome.
Ignoring the noises from inside the dome, the tens of thousands of robots turned and obediently returned to the ship.
They flew in an orderly and organized fashion. Within five minutes, only the gigantic spaceship remained in the sky.
Then it slowly began to shift and disappeared as suddenly as it had arrived.
The people within the dome were shocked.
The aliens actually left just like this. They really left.
Anguished cries broke out in the base, not just because they were thankful for avoiding death, but for the tragic fate of that hero of humanity.
Yin Mingzheng had been administered a tranquilizer specifically designed for ability users. His mind might clear an hour later but his body would remain unresponsive for a while.
The most infuriating part of this was that he was the one who had created the drug and had given it to the base's leaders. It was meant to subdue ability users who became a danger to society, but it was used on him, the creator, instead.
Ten thousand civilians for one of him. It was an easy decision for the higher-ups to make.
But no one had come to inform him or asked about his opinions on the topic. They abused his trust towards his comrades and ambushed him before loading him onto a plane immediately after.
Yin Mingzheng remained awake the whole time. He didn't even have a seat on the airplane. Instead, he was just thrown on the ground like trash. All he could do was watch as countless pairs of shoes walked past him. Someone even took the opportunity to kick him.
Yin Mingzheng knew that human nature could be scary, but he never imagined that those he had put his life on the line to protect would treat him so callously.
He could have eventually come to terms with the idea of sending him to die in their place, but to deny him even one last shred of dignity?
I guess the dead didn't need it, after all.
Yin Mingzheng closed his eyes as the unmanned drone carried him to what felt like a soft bed. His laugh was mocking. Even the aliens treated him better than his own species did.
He then felt an ice cold mechanical arm inject him with something. Yin Mingzheng made no move to resist. He couldn't even if he wanted to.
He continued to feign unconsciousness and allowed the robots to do what they would.
They coerced the humans to give him up, but for some reason didn't kill him right away? Were they planning to cut him open?
Yin Mingzheng continued to speculate as the robots brought something into the room. His ears slightly moved as his enhanced sense of hearing allowed him to pick up the sound of a heavy object being dropped at the head of his bed.
His nose soon told him that it was a plant in soil. Possible in a clay pot judging by the sound it made.
But why did the aliens put a potted plant in the room of a prisoner?
Were plants used as a form of humiliation on their planet?
Then Yin Mingzheng heard the sound of tools cutting away at a wall. Another robot brought something else into the room and set it into the wall, presumably in the hole they had made.
He was somewhat curious as to what these aliens were doing, and so he opened his eyes.
Yin Mingzheng was shocked by what he saw.
Those robots were actually installing a window in his room. One with a style that was common on Earth before the invasion.
They had even put up a light blue curtain.
In another part of the room, two similar looking androids were placing what looked like a TV on the wall. Two more brought in a coffee table and placed fruits and refreshments on it.
More were putting down carpet, bringing in furniture and even installing a kitchen. Yin Mingzheng began to feel like he wasn't a captive, but an honoured guest instead.
Even back at the base, he had to be ready to depart at any moment, so had neither the time or the space for the luxuries that were widely available to him before the invasion.
The most surprising thing he noticed was the strength returning to his limbs.
The tranquilizer was invented by him, so of course he knew how long it would last inside of his body. In order to have enough time to transport ability users to someone who could deal with them, one dose was designed to last 24 hours.
His captors might've been afraid that he was powerful enough to resist, so they had given him five doses. He should have only been able to move after five days.
Yin Mingzheng immediately thought back to whatever the robot had injected him with. He quickly dismissed the idea.
It was impossible, right?
Aliens and humans had a hunter-prey relationship. Why would they help him?
Yin Mingzheng's strength returned very quickly. By the time the two androids finished installing the TV, he was able to clench his fist and sit up.
The working androids seemed to sense his movements and turned to look at him in unison.
Being stared at simultaneously by so many pairs of silver eyes made his battle instincts go off. He looked at them warily and prepared for a fight.
But the robots just glanced at him. They immediately returned to their tasks without attacking or threatening him afterwards.
Yin Mingzheng was reluctant to attack before he figured out what was going on. He threw off the blanket and cautiously got out of bed.
Yes, you heard that right. The aliens even covered him with a blanket.
This was not how they should be treating a captive.
He tried walking to the door and putting his hand on the doorknob. Seeing that no one stopped him, he exited into the hallway.
The hallway was long and wide, with silver walls and a silver floor. Everything was a silvery-white, including the battle suits the androids were wearing. This applied even to the janitor robots cleaning up trash.
And in the midst of this sea of white, a figure slowly approached from the end of the hall.
He looked human, but obviously couldn't be, considering he was on the spaceship. He was wearing a silver and white battle suit and walking over to him with purposeful steps.
The originally busy robots all paused and bowed respectfully to him with their short legs.
This was all done silently and seriously. Yin Mingzheng could almost feel the absolute devotion these robots felt towards this person.
He soundlessly pressed his thumb against his palm. This was the gesture he used to activate his ability.
The youth with clear silver eyes didn't seem to notice Yin Mingzheng's tense and wary posture.
He smiled sweetly when he saw Yin Mingzheng staring at him and hurried forward to catch his elbow before he could react.
"You're finally awake my companion!"
Yin Mingzheng: "...What."
Shi Qing didn't answer and instead began to drag him back to the room. Yin Mingzheng wanted to struggle, but he discovered that the harmless youth before him had seemingly inhuman strength. He couldn't get free no matter how much he struggled.
Frustrated, he was about to activate his ability when he realized it had been blocked.
How was this possible? He had just tested it and it was fine...
His moment of distraction led to him being pressed down on the bed.
He landed on his back on the soft surface. The strange youth sat on him and smiled brightly.
"Wait..."
Yin Mingzheng reached his hand out only to have both wrists captured by Shi Qing and pressed above his head. He was completely defenseless.
"I can't wait anymore."
The boy with the face of an angel blinked, his tone innocent and eager. There was a large contrast between his demeanour and actions.
"Come, let's make a baby."
Author's Note
There are no babies in this story! I repeat, no babies!
Chapter 3
Witness the debut of this chapter, unveiled through Ñôv€l-B1n.
Editor: SimoB
Make- make a baby?
Yin Mingzheng stared at the youth on top of him that clearly preferred men. This was the first time he had ever felt so dazed.
Seeing that Shi Qing was now impatiently tearing at his clothes, he began to struggle like a fish caught in a net. "No! Wait! I'm a guy!"
"Yeah, I am too."
Shi Qing busied himself with Yin Mingzheng's clothes while replying quite self-righteously.
He really was quite occupied. In order to get through the clothes, he had to relax his grip on Yin Mingzheng's hands. His tender fingers approached the shirt to try and rip it off.
But since he was no longer securing Yin Mingzheng's hands, the man immediately struggled further. The virgin 28 year old veteran hero was completely blindsided by Shi Qing's actions. His mind had long since thrown away thoughts like [infiltrate the enemy from within], [lead him on to gather intel] or [find out what's going on]. There was only one pitiful wish left in his head: to keep his modesty, and his clothes, intact.
It was like the two were playing a game, with Shi Qing on the offensive and Yin Mingzheng on defense.
Shi Qing had raw strength but was inexperienced, while Yin Mingzheng had plenty of combat experience but less strength. For a while, the situation was at a stalemate.
Yin Mingzheng was hurrying to protect his outfit while observing the teen above him. He had a pair of round almond eyes, a small lifted nose, and an unconscious small smile on his ruby red lips.
He looked like a harmless and pure youth –If he didn't keep at his unsavoury task while laughing.
It had to be said, this strange person's appearance was just too unalarming. Even though the situation was still uncertain; he was on the spaceship and seemed to be a high-ranked alien for one. But his sweet laugh and eyes that curled into crescents made it so that Yin Mingzheng couldn't get angry.
Of course, even though he would love to fight the teen off and run, he barely had the strength to keep his clothes on.
He was all bark and no bite in front of this person.
Yin Mingzheng continued to block Shi Qing's hands while saying, "I think there's been a misunderstanding! I don't know you so there's no way I'm your companion."
"Why does my companion have to know me?"
The youth sitting on him finally stopped with a confused and aggrieved look in his eyes. "Why aren't you taking off your clothes?"
"Why would I No. Get off first."
Shi Qing seemed open to conversation, which let Yin Mingzheng breathe a sigh of relief. Talking is good.
But he had relaxed too soon.
The plump and white youth pressed down on him with a pressure that would make normal people vomit blood. He had no intention of getting off and was quite unhappy about it as well. "I'm not getting off. You're my companion, so why don't you want to make a baby with me."
Yin Mingzheng couldn't move under the several tonnes of pressure pressing down on him. He struggled some more before wilting under the youth's dissatisfied gaze.
He caught his breath and adjusted his attitude, intending to have a nice conversation with the other.
"Mister, it's like this. One, I'm not your companion. Two, you and I are both men, 100% men. Two men can't have a child."
"I know."
Shi Jing smiled sweetly at him again and put his ear to Yin Mingzheng's chest to listen to the violently thumping organ within.
"Human men can't make a baby, but my species can."
The already fast heartbeat sped up.
Yin Mingzheng was a straight guy who had never really looked at men even before the apocalypse. He would never have even thought about two men having a baby.
But he remembered some movies he watched before.
The monsters reproduced by laying their eggs in humans. Then, when the time was right, baby monsters would tear their way out of their host's body, all while the human screamed in pain...
–When he thought about how that scenario might apply to him, Yin Mingzheng's face turned green.
Shi Qing sensed his tumultuous emotions and smiled in satisfaction. A white finger circled around the zipper on Yin Mingzheng's jacket.
"As long as we join together, I will evolve into my mature state. The Mother Tree on my planet will start to create the next generation after receiving a signal of my maturation. When I die in 200 years, a baby with our genetic information will be born."
His words were innocent and filled with yearning: "Your genes are very strong, so our baby will be strong too."
Yin Mingzheng: "..."
He quickly went over what this alien with the appearance of a human teen just said.
Their planet had a tree called the Mother Tree that would start to propagate itself after receiving a maturation signal from this guy. When he died, the next generation, that had the genes of those he had intercourse with, would be born.
If this nonsense was the plot of a movie then Yin Mingzheng would think it was illogical, but it was happening to him right now.
He didn't even consider that Shi Qing was trying to deceive him.
After all, he was like an ant in the alien's palm right now. There was no need to lie to him.
Besides, ever since the insect-like alien invaders had arrived, the Earthlings got a first hand look at what the phrase 'anything's possible' meant.
Compared to female Insects that would continue to mate after being decapitated, male Insects that would have an organ eaten after mating, and bugs that felt honoured to be eaten by their brethren, there was nothing strange about aliens that could conceive galaxies away from their bodies or had a gestation period of two hundred years.
Luckily, the one he met seems reasonable enough and open to discussion.
Just as he had that thought, the youth that was obediently sitting on his chest seemed to get bored and reached for the zipper on his clothes.
Yin Mingzheng hurried to intercept. "...Wait a moment!"
"What now?!"
The teen was upset and pushed the hand that blocked him against the top of the bed: "If you keep acting like this I'm going to tie you up. That won't affect us *******."
Ying Mingzheng looked into those intent eyes and had no doubt that he would actually do it. He quickly said: "You say that you're my companion, but we haven't gotten to know each other. Humans don't **** people they don't know."
"I know you. You're called Yin Mingzheng."
Maybe he thought that this reasoning was valid, but the unhappy expression faded from the youth's face. He placed Yin Mingzheng's hand against his cheek and rubbed against its lightly calloused surface like a small kitten. His eyes were shining brightly.
"I know that you know me. I'm saying that I don't know you yet." Yin Mingzheng shifted in discomfort. He was single before the apocalypse, and busy afterwards fighting against the Insect race. Even if he had admirers, he never had the time to pursue a relationship. This was the first time he was so intimate with someone, and uncontrollable emotions began welling up in his heart.
He coughed and pushed them down. He then continued to speak slowly to try and deescalate the situation: "You say that we're companions, but I don't even know your name, your age, which planet you're from, how many relatives you have, or why you even chose me as your companion. On Earth both people need to know about each other."
The teen wasn't angry but there was an unhappy look on his face. "You Earthlings are so complicated."
"Okay. My name is Shi Qing, I'm part of the Robot race, my planet is in Galaxy 312, and I have no relatives. The reason I chose you is because Earth was the first planet I found after I was born and you're the strongest here. So naturally I chose you to be my companion."
Yin Mingzheng considered his words while continuing to distract him. "You don't have any relatives? Then who's flying this ship? Your superior?"
The System suddenly popped out. [Host! He's fishing for info, don't fall for it! He wants you to spill the beans so he can plan his escape! And why say so much to him? How can you tell him about something as important as your race's reproductive methods? His animosity towards you is 100/100!]
Shi Qing: [Yeah, I know. Didn't you figure out that I was making it up?]
The System was surprised. [Making it up?]
[En. I'm the only one of this species anyway, the rest are all robots. There's no one to contradict what I say. If I don't do this, how will I take advantage of- no, lower his animosity value?]
The dumbfounded System: ...You humans sure like to lie a lot.
Yin Mingzheng noticed nothing about their conversation. He just saw the youth 's innocent almond eyes curl at the edges as he smiled. He seemed like a sheltered little prince as he rubbed against Yin Mingzheng's hands: "This ship is mine. They all listen to me."
[Ok, I've told him I'm the boss. Time to take advantage of him.]
Shi Qing gathered the other's hands again and secured them over his head.
"Now that introductions are out of the way, let's ****!"
Chapter 4
Editor: SimoB
Yin Mingzheng was like a bird with its wings caught.
His hands were bound, and there were several tonnes of weight on his legs. Forget escaping, he couldn't even get up.
But he didn't give up.
The hero kept struggling under Shi Qing, as if he wanted to wriggle his way out.
Like he was doing sit ups, he kept going at it. Even when he failed and fell onto the bed, he was trying again the next second.
So Shi Qing got a front row seat as this man, who suited his tastes, raised his muscular pecs to his face again and again.
[This is a blatant honey trap.] He exercised his questionable vocabulary with the System. [He's demonstrating his charisma to me. Pah, men.]
System: I don't want to talk.
Shi Qing watched as sweat began to appear on the handsome man's forehead , which only served to further accentuate his features.
"You look so nice." He couldn't disguise the admiration in his eyes: "You're so strong and beautiful. Our baby will definitely be powerful as well."
Yin Mingzheng saw that Shi Qing was about to unzip his clothes using his mouth, and he panted: "Wait–"
He needed a moment to catch his breath from his previous exertions. His mind was blank, but he managed to squeeze out a sentence: "Do you know how humans ****?"
Yin Mingzheng was just shooting in the dark. On the battlefield, he had had the (mis)fortune to see several different mating rituals of the Insect race. Head to head, hand to hand, you name it. There were as many variations as there were species. But one thing was for certain: no Insects reproduced exactly like humans did.
If the Insect race was like that, then Shi Qing's race should be the same.
As expected, Shi Qing who was pressing him to death paused. His silver eyes were somewhat lost. "Don't we put your part and my part together?"
"When I first came to Earth I saw human ***. First you have to take off your clothes, then we can combine parts."
Phew.
Yin Mingzheng breathed a sigh of relief in his mind,
Having gotten a chance to calm down, his mind turned at a breakneck pace.
The most important thing right now was to delay *** by any means necessary. He could look for an opportunity to escape later.
Armed with a plan, Yin Mingzheng coughed dryly: "Shi Qing, you've only got some of it right. There is a series of events that need to come before. Human relationships are very, very complex. How about this? If you get off of me right now I'll explain it to you in detail."
The ever responsible System jumped out: [Host he's trying to deceive you!]
Shi Qing: [I know. Don't you think he looks good while doing it?]
System: [...]
It silently went to order a noise cancelling machine from HQ. There was no way it was going to let itself be infected by the glib and evil human race.
Yin Mingzheng was still speaking: "You say that we're companions. Companions need to treat each other with respect. If you want to **** me, then you need to follow Earth's procedure for doing so, right?"
The seemingly inexperienced alien blinked and nodded. It looks like he was listening.
He slowly lowered his ear to the man's heart again. His voice was very warm: "Okay, I'll do as you say. Tell me the procedure on Earth and I'll follow it."
Yin Mingzheng felt relieved but also somewhat guilty for lying to someone who seemed as innocent as Shi Qing.
He had never lied to any human on the base, but he was betrayed in the end.
Shi Qing, on the other hand, was an alien that soaked up his every word like a sponge.
As regret settled in his heart, Yin Mingzheng shifted his upper body in discomfort.
It might just be him, but he felt like Shi Qing's hand was feeling him up. Although it didn't hurt or itch, the shirt he was wearing wasn't very thick. Yin Mingzheng almost felt like the other person was touching the muscles under his clothes.
But the alien teen seemed to know nothing about this stuff, so Yin Mingzheng couldn't tell him to knock it off. After failing to redirect the conversation, he endured the hand playing with his 'outfit'.
Maybe he was curious about the clothing of humans?
[Ding! Yin Mingzheng animosity value 98/100]
The System was happy enough to send up fireworks: [Congratulations, congratulations Host! May you live for tens of thousands of years and conquer the Jianghu.]
Shi Qing: [He feels so good.]
System: [...]
No problem. Not a problem at all.
As long as the task is done well, it could accept any shameless words that threatened to corrupt its pure mind.
Yin Mingzheng was still trying to coax the teen off of him: "Shi Qing, get up first. You're too heavy and I can't talk like this."
"Then I'll decrease my weight." Saying so, Shi Qing made himself lighter.
The Robot race could freely control their weight. He deliberately set his to be heavier so that he could pin Yin Mingzheng down but without crushing him. The original appearance of this chapter can be found at Ñøv€lß1n.
Yin Mingzheng was shocked to discover that the youth on top of him did in fact get lighter. But he still made no move to get off.
This was Shi Qing's territory, and there were several high-quality androids in the room. No matter how uncomfortable Yin Mingzheng was with the idea of a 'person' on top of him, he had to let it be to avoid angering his captor.
"Didn't you say you would explain the human's procedure to ****? Hurry up. Tell me quickly so we can follow it."
He thought for a long while on how to fool Shi Qing.
Just as he was constructing a plausible explanation, the youth that was obediently sitting on him suddenly met his eyes.
Shi Qing's eyes were a silvery-white. Due to this, his silent stare was quite intimidating, despite his otherwise soft features.
"I know that humans like to lie a lot. Don't lie to me because I'll find out."
His body seemed like it was boneless as it contoured itself against Yin Mingzheng's. He could almost feel the inhumanly low temperature of the other through his clothes. And along with this slightly cool sensation, Shi Qing's lips approached his ear as if to whisper a secret: "No one in the entire universe would dare to lie to the Robot race."
Yin Mingzheng's body subconsciously tightened. It was an automatic defense mechanism triggered by the presence of a dangerous enemy.
It was only now that he realized no matter how mild-mannered and harmless Shi Qing appeared to be, he was not human.
His guard should never have been let down.
[Yin Mingzheng animosity value 99/100]
The System was frightened by the rapidly shifting animosity value: [What do we do Host? It went up again! Why'd you spill the beans?!]
[This isn't spilling the beans.] Shi Qing continued to stare steadily at Yin Mingzheng. He was very satisfied with his wary expression. [Did you think that I would continue acting soft to lower the animosity value? I'm supposedly part of the Robot race that's feared throughout the galaxy. If I blindly agreed with everything Yin Mingzheng said, he could 'fool' me into using my army to drive away the Insect race. The animosity rate would've only lowered a bit, so how would I be able to guard him until the end of the storyline? Even if I do help out, it has to be after his animosity towards me drops.]
The enlightened System was still worried: [But if the Host doesn't act soft, how will the animosity value drop?]
[There are lots of ways. I don't intend to force his hand, I just need him to know who's in charge between us.]
Shi Qing's hand pressed the spot above Yin Mingzheng's heart and found that it was beating rapidly. He shot a familiar smile at him: "You wouldn't lie to me, right?"
Yin Mingzheng forced his furrowed brows to relax. He smiled as well: "Right. I'm your companion so there's no way I'd lie to you."
The System that watched the whole thing: Two big pig trotters.
Yin Mingzheng's train of thought was derailed again by this fiasco. He knew now that the youth wasn't as trusting as he had thought, which brought back the question of how to deceive him. His eyes suddenly alighted on the TV in the room.
"Shi Qing, I'll find a romance drama for you to watch. It's very similar to the procedure that humans have to follow."
The inexperienced Yin Mingzheng confidently picked out a drama that he remembered being about a modern romance.
He wasn't worried in the slightest that Shi Qing would learn something he shouldn't from this.
These were all domestic dramas, so they had none of the intimate scenes of those from overseas.
He put in the disc and smiled at the youth again: "After watching this, you should understand the human procedures to ****."
He glanced at the number of episodes and was even more reassured: "This series has 88 episodes. Why don't you get started while I take a look around the ship? We'll both get to know each other this way."
"Okay."
Shi Qing's approval made him relax.
He was confident in his ability to escape given enough time.
88 episodes at 40 minutes apiece was enough to delay Shi Qing at least until tomorrow morning. He had plenty of time...
–Click.
The sound of electronics tapping together drew back Yin Mingzheng's attention. He looked over and froze.
Shi Qing had already inserted his hand into the screen of the TV. His eyes were closed as if feeling something. Three seconds later, he withdrew his hand and turned to smile at Yin Mingzheng: "I'm done."
Yin Mingzheng: "..."
He had forgotten that Shi Qing was a robot.
Before he could even speak, the alien youth had already pushed him to the ground.
Next, his left leg bent and he resumed the familiar position on Yin Mingzheng's body. His lips came down without hesitation.
"Wait–"
Hearing the panic in Yin Mingzheng's voice, the youth that looked fragile but actually weighed several tonnes obediently stopped and straightened. He blinked his eyes like he was confused.
"Was my posture incorrect?" He pushed his red lips out at Yin Mingzheng again: "I saw in that thing called a drama that humans have to do this. Isn't putting my part together with yours a necessary step of the procedure to ****?"
Yin Mingzheng couldn't wrap his head quickly enough around what he said. He saw the youth open his mouth and stick out a small portion of his red and soft tongue. His hand pointed towards it.
"Or are you saying that my small part isn't good enough for you?"
After showing off his small part, he looked at Yin Mingzheng with a wronged expression.
"You're so picky."
Chapter 5
Yin Mingzheng: "..."
Yin Mingzheng: "..."
His mouth opened and closed, but he didn't know what to say.
Before even considering the fact that they were of two different races at war, the youthful appearance of the other person made Yin Mingzheng feel like he was going to be thrown in jail.
He lied back down on the floor and asked the question that was burning in his mind. "Are you an adult?"
Shi Qing: "What's an adult?"
"Like how old are you this year?" Yin Mingzheng tried his best to shift backwards. He luckily gained some strength from being crushed by Mount Tai so many times. He still couldn't throw off Shi Qing, but he could at least move around.
He was only free to move for a few seconds before the youth adjusted his weight to be heavier again.
Then Shi Qing's clear voice rang out. "It's been 50,000 years since I was born." He looked like he wanted to be praised.
Yin Mingzheng: "...I thought you said you were just born."
"Yeah, I was just born." Shi Qing sat on the man with an 'I'm innocent and telling the truth' look on his face while spitting lies.
"Time isn't really a concept for the Mechanical race. I've been searching for a new planet with my army since I was born. I only started to move after finding Earth."
The protagonist quickly found a loophole. He asked Shi Qing, "How many years have you been on this planet?"
"According to how you humans count time, almost a week."
Yin Mingzheng's hand relaxed and he let his head hit the floor with a thud.
"That won't do."
"On Earth, we calculate age based on the first day every person arrives on this planet. You've only been here a week, so you're still a baby.
Shi Qing's face appeared confused like he had hoped. He tilted his head. "I'm a baby on your planet?"
Yin Mingzheng's eyes were complicated as he met the youth's clear ones. He wasn't sure if he felt more guilty at bullying a kid or more relieved at finding a way to escape.
He didn't technically lie.
Weren't the ages of Earth's children counted from the first day they arrived in the world?
Anyways, Yin Mingzheng had a complicated expression while he said, "Yep. Human only ** with those that are 18 years or older only, not children."
"So it was like that."
"Okay. I'll listen to you since you're my companion."
Before Yin Mingzheng could relax, Shi Qing pressed on his chest through his clothes. There was a self-righteous look on his face. "If we can't **, we can still combine our small parts like in your planet's traditions."
"I won't complain about your small part, so you're not allowed to dislike mine either."
Yin Mingzheng widened his eyes at the decisive tone of the youth. He tried to push him away. "No...Mmmph!"
He fought valiantly but his efforts were futile.
Two minutes later, Shi Qing got up with a satisfied look on his face.
Yin Mingzheng just laid on the ground like he didn't know what just happened. The youth bent down to pat his wet lips. "No wonder your planet requires this ritual, it's very comfortable."
The 10,000 year old Baby Qing leaned closer with a happy expression and suggested to the befuddled Yin Mingzheng:
"Let's do this everyday until I turn eighteen here!"
The man who had lived his whole life without being kissed until now stared at the other person that seemed pretty pleased with himself.
Men tended to treat those that they had been intimate with differently. It was only after being kissed that Yin Mingzheng realised how outstanding Shi Qing's looks were.
He had seen several young men with similar delicate features on the base. Although they weren't as eye-catching as Shi Qing, they could still become an idol in the world before the apocalypse.
But due to their slender bodies, they were useless against the invaders and unsuited to manual labour, so they could only rely on others. Their fates were to be displayed like a pet canary.
There were people who offered to gift Yin Mingzheng a canary before, but he straight-out refused using the excuse that he had no time for them.
And now, he had been pressed down against the floorboards by this seemingly weak youth and experienced their small parts intertwining.
A radiant blush rose on his handsome face.
[Ding! Yin Mingzheng's animosity value: 97/100]
After being forced to watch Ying Mingzheng try to trick the Host only to be tricked himself, the System calmly activated the censorship program it had bought. It informed the Host that this program could automatically filter out any scene unsuitable for children under three and would cover the offending items in a mosaic blur.
The marketplace back at HQ also sent a complimentary copy of 'Guide to getting along with your Host'.
It opened up the book with excitement.
Shi Qing asked: [What did you buy this for?]
The System immediately put what it had learned to use. [Today, a pure System died a painful death. I bought this to save its soul.]
[If the Host comforts me now, I'll still be the little System that loves you!]
Shi Qing felt that the IQ of his System was dropping.
He hesitated before trying to be reassuring:
[What a shame. Do you need me to buy a wreath for the grave?]
The System looked at the part in the guide that said 'The Host will be very worried and ask its System if it is feeling fine and comfort it': ...
It silently deleted the guide.
No problem.
There's no need to sweat the details.
It'll be fine as long as the Host completes the tasks like a boss (I'm not sad at ).
Yin Mingzheng discovered that Shi Qing began behaving like a leopard cub that had its first taste of meat since that first day. He was always eyeing him like he was prey.
Before Ying Mingzheng could eat, they had to bump parts.
Before Ying Mingzheng could sleep, they had to bump parts.
Before Ying Mingzheng could enjoy a moment without any androids around, they had to bump parts.
If he didn't want to bump, this 10,000 year old baby would press him onto the nearest floor/wall/bed/window until a big man like Yin Mingzheng satisfied him with a blush on his face.
Yin Mingzheng has also occasionally mentioned that he wanted Shi Qing to help repel the Insects, but he was promptly shut down.
The alien teen said with conviction: "The Mechanical race would never help others."
Afterwards, no matter what Yin Mingzheng tried to say, he pretended like he couldn't hear him. His suspicions were also aroused by this suggestion, and he began to confine his man to the room. He could have anything he asked for but he wasn't allowed to leave.
The third day that Shi Qing had finished 'watching' the drama series, he went into Yin Mingzheng's room very early in the morning and squirmed his way under the blanket.
He knew from the moment he walked in that Yin Mingzheng was pretending to be asleep.
Before when he was fighting the Insect race, he was a hero that needed to be available at any moment. He had already mastered the art of rapidly waking up after hearing suspicious noises. How could he not react when Shi Qing arrived?
Shi Qing didn't mind him pretending. He climbed into Yin Mingzheng's lap and raised his head to look at his small part.
When Yin Mingzheng continued to fake sleep, he stared at his long eyelashes and gave a rating to the System: [Great hand feel, makes people feel emotional and bouncy. With such long eyelashes, pah, he almost looks like a girl.]
[Look, he's getting embarrassed. I just happen to like it when he plays hard to get.]
Shi Qing laughed childishly as he nuzzled the man's face.
All the System could see with the censorship program on was a mosaic. It calmly downloaded '300 Children's Songs'.
Shi Qing felt very satisfied by the soft and bouncy skin beneath his hands. He was like a vicious but sticky little leopard. Even if his little part met its companion, his body continued to try and get closer to Yin Mingzheng until the man had no choice but to open his eyes.
Due to his inexperience, he felt more uncomfortable and shy each time the youth clung to him and requested to bump parts.
Truthfully, Shi Qing was just satisfying his own desires. But seeing as Yin Mingzheng's animosity value only dropped five points in three days, he decided to go easy on him.
So while the man was blushing like a tomato while letting Shi Qing do whatever he wants, he suddenly stopped and asked with an unhappy tone: "Why do you never take part in the sequence with me? Why am I always doing all the work?"
Yin Mingzheng could fearlessly face an Insect as tall as a skyscraper.
He could also charge towards an Insect with 78 heads.
He was even fine alone in front of millions of low-level enemies.
But he just couldn't look into the dissatisfied eyes of this youth.
Maybe it was the first time he had captured someone since he was born 10,000 years ago, but the little leopard in front of him was eager to roar and bite into his prey with his milk teeth.
These bites didn't hurt the prey. It felt more like the little leopard was licking him. Now the cub wanted his prey to play with him the same way.
Yin Mingzheng felt like he couldn't do it.
It was already wrong to be enjoying the contact. How could he possibly initiate it?
What kind of person would do that?
Shi Qing immediately picked up on his refusal.
So he went to pull Yin Mingzheng's hand and tried to lure this moral man with conditions: "Don't you want to explore the ship? If you go through the sequence with me, I'll let you out."
"Once is fine, just once." The youth pulled his hand this way and that, acting spoiled: "Just once, okay?"
Yin Mingzheng thought that Shi Qing rather resembled a peacock confidently waving its tail while waiting for his prey to fall into his trap.
Although it has been rough these past few days, he did gather valuable intel. He knew that the master of this ship was Shi Qing, and he had a pretty good idea of his personality. Witness the debut of this chapter, unveiled through Ñôv€l-B1n.
Innocent but not naive, ignorant but quick to learn. While he was easy to coax, he also knew how to act spoiled to get his way. The more time he spent with him, the more Yin Mingzheng felt like he might actually develop feelings for Shi Qing if it wasn't for their different races.
But in the end he was a human.
No matter how good Shi Qing was to him, or how innocent he was, Shi Qing was planning on imprisoning him for life on this ship.
Yin Mingzheng forced himself to forsake his righteousness and guilt as he encircled the youth into his arms. He felt his slightly cool skin and lowered his eyes. He smiled slightly.
The other person's dependence made his heart ache.
He knew he was a liar.
One day, he would leave Shi Qing and this spaceship behind.
Will the youth be sad then? Will tears fall from his pretty and clear silver eyes?
Yin Mingzheng finally let go of the teen bonelessly leaning on him. He stared into Shi Qing's glistening silver eyes, and his mood became darker.
He lied to Shi Qing, the trusting and cute alien child.
"Done. Let's go tour the ship."
Shi Qing blinked his eyes and tried to act cute: "What do you mean?"
Yin Mingzheng: "...You just said that if I did it once then you would let me out."
The alien youth raised his chin: "I did not!"
"I said ten times! Ten times!"
He showed off all ten of his fingers and bent one. His face was smug as if his prey had fallen into his trap: "You just did it once. There's nine more to go."
"Okay, now you can do it nine more times."
Yin Mingzheng looked at him silently. His lips twitched up in a reluctant smile. He hugged the youth and lowered his head to his ear, saying lowly in an amused voice:
"Little liar."
[Ding! Yin Mingzheng's animosity value: 90/100]
