Chapter 16
Le Youyuan stared at the emptied glass with dull eyes.
"You, what in the world..."
His fingers shook as he pointed at Yin Mingzheng. He was unable to hold back from swearing for a long time.
It's not that his vocabulary was lacking. He was just afraid that Yin Mingzheng might snap and decide to correct his three worldviews if he swears too much.
While Le Youyuan was thinking about whether to scold him directly or not, the man who threw back a glass of wine sat down firmly. He clearly had no intention of leaving any time soon.
He's so overbearing!
Le Youyuan opened his mouth to shoo out this unwelcome guest.
A single chilly glance from the man on the sofa successfully shut him up.
Yin Mingzheng's posture was not like that of a home invader, but instead like the owner of the house. "I have something to say to Shi Qing."
In other words, get out of here.
Le Youyuan would very much like to insist that 'if you have something to say, just say it here'. If it's such a big deal then he'll just cover his ears.
However, he felt that there was something off about the man in front of him. These days, he provoked the man many times with Shi Qing, but this was the first time that such an intolerable expression graced Yin Mingzheng's features.
It was implied that if Le Youyuan doesn't leave right now, the man who has never initiated conflict before will paint the flowers outside red with his blood.
Although Le Youyuan was a chuunibyou, his ability to earn so much money and occupy such a high position among the second generations proved that he's not as foolish as he seems.
So no matter how unwilling he was, Le Youyuan could only leave the villa with a long face after muttering fatherly advice like 'call me if anything goes wrong' and 'don't be afraid of him I've got your back' to Shi Qing for quite some time.
Shi Qing remained quiet after Yin Mingzheng drank the red wine. He returned to the sofa and curled up with his blanket.
He only softly snorted when Yin Mingzheng chased away their audience and shrank even more into the sofa.
"Shi Qing."
Yin Mingzheng saw the youth curled into a circle like a young kitten under the blanket. When he noticed his gaze, Shi Qing immediately turned his head and covered his face.
His expression softened. He came closer and encircled the person into his arms. It was only when he felt Shi Qing show no signs of resistance that his heart that was suspended in midair fell down.
"I was wrong for lying to you before."
Shi Qing scoffed again. But because his tone was soft, he came off as coquettish rather than angry.
Yin Mingzheng's hand fell on the blanket, and it was like he could feel the soft belly of the youth underneath. His heart began to involuntarily open up.
His voice was soothing like he was coaxing a small child: "I'll never do that again. Can you forgive me?"
"I promise I won't deceive you anymore, and I will be with you forever as your companion, alright?"
Shi Qing hummed dismissively: "I'll think about it."
The hand that was half-heartedly pushing against the man loosened.
This little guy's mouth might be hard, but his heart was soft.
Yin Mingzheng's heart was even softer.
"Then come back with me. It'll be troublesome for others if you continue to live here."
The man who never spoke ill of others behind their backs prescribed eyedrops to his rival with a straight face: "Le Youyuan hasn't been able to play to his heart's content this whole time. It's been difficult for him to bring his partners home."
Shi Qing didn't show much response to that. He knew what Le Youyuan was like to begin with.
He was wrapped in Yin Mingzheng's arms. Shi Qing played with his big hands while listening to him speak. He massaged the man's calluses with his tender fingers.
It was just like what he did when they watched TV at home together.
While they were in a state of peaceful coexistence, the man suddenly froze.
He felt a surge of heat spreading throughout his body.
Especially now that Shi Qing was in his arms. The original scattered sparks blossomed into an inferno.
Yin Mingzheng's eyesight gradually grew blurry, but his mind was still somewhat clear.
It was because he was sober that his body burned up.
Shi Qing was in his arms.
His Shi Qing.
The one he likes.
The man tightened his arms around the youth more and more, just like a giant python preparing to squeeze its prey to death.
The python's brain began to lose all rationality, but its subconsciousness was no longer satisfied with merely encircling the prey. He wanted to let the prey know about his appetite
The System stared at Yin Mingzheng whose face was red and dazed. It watched as his long fingers began to undo the buttons on Shi Qing's cuffs. It immediately issued a warning: ["Host! He wants to bully you!]
[I know. Hehehe.]
Shi Qing's laughter was almost indecent. He turned over and skillfully increased his weight. His delicate wrists felt around on the sofa and managed to find a tie.
In the end, this tie secured Yin Mingzheng's wrists together.
Shi Qing even leisurely finished it off with a bow.
During this time, Yin Mingzheng remained motionless with a red face watching Shi Qing work like a baby.
Shi Qing teased him: "You know I'm tying you up right? Aren't you scared?"
Yin Mingzheng was dizzy. His usual composure was gone. He could only stare at him with almost innocent eyes while slightly blushing. He even nodded his head obediently.
His raspy voice responded slowly and vaguely:
"I'm not afraid. It's Shi Qing after all."
Ecstatic, Shi Qing planted a wet kiss on his cheek.
He steadfastly controlled the man who looked at him with gentle eyes. Shi Qing pasted his face against his shirt and felt the long-awaited elasticity beneath.
[Baby System, you can go read your mantras now.]
System: [...]
It faced its screen full of mosaics with poise.
It's fine.
As long as the Host isn't being bullied.
But why does it look like the Host was the bully instead?
When Yin Mingzheng woke up, his waist and legs were somewhat sore. His arms had pins and needles running down them.
He went to lift his hand, only to find both of his wrists tied up.
Yin Mingzheng: "?"
He glanced down with much difficulty to see Shi Qing's mess of soft hair.
The boy was lying on him with his face against the man's heart.
–With all of his considerable weight pressing down on him.
No wonder he felt like it was difficult to breathe.
"You're awake."
Shi Qing raised his eyes when he heard his movements. He scooched forward and stretched out his fine white fingers to poke the man's handsome face with his fingertips.
Yin Mingzheng finally realized what had happened as his memory returned to him in pieces.
To be perfectly honest, when he felt the effects of the drug, he thought about consummating their relationship with Shi Qing.
But he blacked out just after he started. What happened after that could only be inferred.
What's more, Shi Qing has been busy going through the sequence with him in the past two hours.
Yin Mingzheng moved his lips. He felt like his entire mouth was slightly swollen.
Should he be glad that Shi Qing didn't know anything else? Even if Yin Mingzheng was completely suppressed, they only went so far in two hours.
Although the movements were a little more complex than usual.
And the sequence had a few extra steps added in.
In addition, the King of the Mechanical race finally had time to study the structure of humans in detail, which led to Yin Mingzheng, who had been drugged, being completely suppressed. He decided to keep the fact that he had achieved release without anyone's help buried deep in his heart.
It was just too humiliating.
Fortunately, only Shi Qing witnessed his humiliation.
The man struggled to use his ability to untie his hands. Since they've been tied up for so long, the limbs were numb and somewhat shaky.
Yin Mingzheng carefully embraced Shi Qing who was lying on him with those shaking hands.
"Will you come home with me?"
"You said I was your brother."
After spitting out that sentence, the youth raised his face unhappily. He looked directly into Yin Mingzheng's eyes: "Human brothers can't become companions."
"I was wrong. You're not my brother, but my companion."
Yin Mingzheng lowered his head and kissed the young man's trembling eyelashes gently: "Let's get married so that the whole base knows you are my companion, alright?"
"Alright."
Shi Qing happily agreed, but soon he deflated again: "I thought human men couldn't get married?"
Yin Mingzheng soothed the youth while feeling out his sore waist. He made a note in his heart to pay Le Youyuan back for this.
As expected, wolves like him were ambitious. Why else would he tell Shi Qing about stuff like that?
He tightened his grip on the young man's hand by a few fractions, as if he was afraid that the person in his arms would run away otherwise. He promised in a low voice, "It will be fine."
"Anything that Shi Qing wants to do will be done."
This base was long overdue for a change in management anyways.
Chapter 17
The more perceptive individuals in the base were beginning to sense that something wasn't right.
Yin Mingzheng, who only focused on fighting with the Insects before, began to participate in the affairs of the base more and more.
No one could come up with a reason to stop him.
After all, he was the general, who was supposed to be one of the most powerful people in the base.
As long as Yin Mingzheng was willing, his authority was enough to participate in any project
It was just that he was only interested in going out before, so he never cared to take part in these things.
Now the hero of humanity, who has never fought for fame and wealth, started to involve himself in the base.
The upper levels of the base gradually changed.
Those that were righteous welcomed a new compatriot.
Those that were unscrupulous or guilty could only be afraid.
Over time, rumors began to circulate in the base.
Stuff like how Yin Mingzheng bullied people, Yin Mingzheng sacrificed civilians for no good reason, Yin Mingzheng overindulged in luxury and so on.
At first, these rumors only spread secretly and most people refused to believe them. Everyone knows that without Yin Mingzheng, they would all be dead by now.
However, there was also a subset of people who lived in perpetual darkness. Maybe it was because they didn't know when their next meal would be or that they've lost all their loved ones; but they go through the motions of life as if they were already dead.
They were desperate for a scapegoat.
And the conspirators hidden in the shadows shamelessly pushed all the blame onto Yin Mingzheng.
There was a battle in A City about a year ago. Almost 500,000 Insects had occupied the city and all the humans inside were slaughtered. Yin Mingzheng went in with the army and killed all the Insects to repay the debt in blood.
Now, rumors about that time were quietly spreading in the base.
–Not all of the human beings in the city were dead from the start. Maybe the Insects had seized some of them as hostages. Yin Mingzheng, who was only concerned with merit, ignored those hostages and ordered the army to open fire. His actions were what left the city without even a single survivor.
It was clearly a lie, but some people who lost someone there might just be desperate enough to believe it.
On a rainy day, the base received news that the Insects were sweeping into the city borders, where scattered farmers lived. Since they needed to farm, they couldn't live in the relative safety of the base. Instead, they slept in their cellars during the day and went out to farm at night.
The Insects seemed to have been stimulated for some reason. They were on the hunt for farmers.
Yin Mingzheng received a distress signal at 4 in the morning. He came back an hour before midnight covered in blood.
Shi Qing played video games with Le Youyuan the entire day. When he thought it was almost time, he carried a small bench with him to wait for the man at the entrance of the base.
The guards there were familiar with him, and one person even gave him a lollipop he had found during a mission.
Nowadays, all the bases were in urgent need of food and clothing. Stuff that couldn't fill the stomach, such as lollipops, wouldn't be made and sold poorly as well. After all, with that money people could buy more filling options.
The value of the lollipop was therefore close to nil.
The guard thought it was funny how the youth that was sleepily nodding his head like a chicken pecking at rice insisted on waiting, so he gave out the lollipop.
Shi Qing expressed his thanks and opened the packaging to see a rainbow-coloured candy. He carefully poked out his tongue to lick it. It was only after he tasted sweetness that he shoved it into his mouth while narrowing his eyes with satisfaction.
He couldn't eat too much human food, but a lollipop should be alright.
While waiting with the lollipop, he counted the ants on the ground. The System soon issued a reminder: [Host, Yin Mingzheng is back.]
The little prince raised his head and looked towards the gate of the base with wide eyes.
Yin Mingzheng walked in with the others.
He was covered with the blood of the Insects. Since the Insects had blood in a variety of bright colours, it clashed heavily with his sombre demeanour. His already dark eyes were stained with fatigue.
The ability users following him were the same, especially the younger, less experienced ones. Some of them were even shaking while they walked. Cheng Jun, the handsome guy with a familiar little hat, yawned and leaned on his teammates' shoulders.
Shi Qing stood up and ran over. He was about to jump into the arms of the man, but a figure that was faster than him rushed out.
–Ping!
Without even giving him time to react, this guy was bounced back by the shield of one of the ability users. His dagger fell on a stone on the ground, making a clear sound ring out.
Shi Qing stopped.
[Was that an assassination attempt? An ordinary man tried to assassinate an ability user?]
The System was also confused: [The plot has already been changed, so the System can only see the general flow of events. Smaller details like this are muddled.]
The man who was repelled struggled to get up. His eyes were hatefully fixated on the hero of humanity. He grabbed the dagger beside him and rushed forward again: "Die, Yin Mingzheng!"
Cheng Jun, who was dozing off before, was completely awake now. He stepped forward and directly blocked the impact with his powers: "Who do you think you are? Do you know what the punishment for murder is?"
"Capture him!"
After the man was caught, Cheng Jun approached Yin Mingzheng: "Boss, I think he's in cahoots with the guy who tried to make thing difficult for Shi Qing last time."
That guy died before they could start interrogating him. Luckily, they've caught a live one this time. Surely they would be able to find out who was behind it all soon.
The man frowned as he looked at the struggling person. There was a hint of calculation in his eyes. "He seems like a regular civilian. It doesn't feel like someone put him up to this."
"Then I'll ask him."
Cheng Jun came up to him and said, "Tell us why you wanted to kill General Yin!"
The man was pressed firmly into the ground, but he continued to struggle. After hearing those words, his eyes became even more resolute. He shouted in a hoarse voice, "It was him that killed my son first! A year ago, in A City, how could my son have died if he didn't disregard the lives of the hostages for his own glory!"
"Yin Mingzheng, you'll get your reckoning one day for taking the lives of the common people lightly! I may have failed, but someone else will succeed one day! Hero of humanity my ass!"
Yin Mingzheng opened his mouth. His voice was raspy, "In the battle of A City, all the humans had died before we arrived."
"Pah! You still want to lie to me! You're just a selfish monster willing to kill for your own desires! Yin Mingzheng, give him back, give me back my son! Give him back!"
At the sight of his madness, Shi Qing knew that this guy had been brainwashed.
When a person loses everything and could only see despair, as long as someone gave them a goal, they could dedicate their life to hatred.
If it was him in this situation, he'd let this person die.
Did Yin Mingzheng deserve to be murdered because this guy lost his son?
In recent years, he has been injured in the line of duty countless times. He's narrowly escaped death no less than ten times and saved more than ten million people. Despite all his merits, he lived in an ordinary two bedroom house. In order to give Shi Qing a place to put his toys, he even had to clear out the living room.
He helped others only to be resented by them. If it was someone as willing to hold grudges as Shi Qing, those people would be lucky if they didn't become the victim of one of his schemes.
In the end, when he looked over at Yin Mingzheng, the man was still. His face remained expressionless, but both of his fists were tightly clenched.
There was a dark and ambiguous look under his furrowed brows.
Although it might seem to others that Yin Mingzheng was just as aloof and uncaring as ever, Shi Qing could sense his sorrow.
Normally, he wouldn't be so vulnerable.
But he had been fighting nonstop for nearly 20 hours. There was no time to drink even a mouthful of water or eat any food. He just dragged his tired body back, and all he wanted was to have a good rest. What faced him instead was the one of the very civilians he worked so hard to protect raising a blade to him.
Who could be unaffected by such a sight?
What's more, although Yin Mingzheng might look cold on the surface, his heart was softer than anyone's. After all, before this little world gained a life of its own, the author had created him with a kind and loving soul.
It's a pity that the world was tainted by reality. The people who should have been kind alongside him became human.
Human nature has always been deeply rooted in darkness and mutual repulsion.
From afar, Shi Qing stared at the man who seemed to blend into the darkness of the night. The emotions he must be feeling were not shown to outsiders. He sighed: [If I was in his place...]
The System has always been unhappy with Yin Mingzheng, but it felt a little bit sympathetic towards him at the moment. Its tone was soft: [Don't be afraid, Host. If this happens to you one day, we can just ignore the guy.]
[Why ignore him? He said I killed his son right? Then isn't it better if I send him to reunite with his child? Let him ask in person who killed him.]
System: [...]
After a pause, it said cautiously: [...Isn't that going too far? This person is doing this out of love for his son, so we should be considerate...]
[Fuck that. Forgiving him for wanting to murder me, am I his dad or something? Does Yin Mingzheng owe them anything? This man can only live on because of Yin Mingzheng. Now, after hearing a completely unsubstantiated rumor, he thought that Yin Mingzheng killed his son and came to kill him. He might not know that he's a puppet for someone else, but he couldn't protect his own son or commit suicide so he found an excuse to blame others. Yin Mingzheng's whole problem is that he thinks all of these people are his responsibility. He just stands there wallowing in his grief when he's being used as a punching bag.]
Shi Qing sneered: [I finally understand why this world was going to collapse. How can an idealistic paragon of truth, goodness and beauty support a world full of the ugliness of reality? It would be more surprising if it didn't collapse.]
[It's just like when I trapped him on the spaceship before. I clearly kidnapped him, but he couldn't raise a hand against me. His heart is too soft and indecisive. If he was anyone else other than the protagonist, he would have died 800 times already.]
The newbie System just got an earful of information that was entirely inconsistent with what it was taught. It was only after struggling through two moral classics that it didn't panic.
[I didn't expect the host to look down on him so much. I thought you liked him a lot.]
[I do like him a lot ah.]
The brightly smiling little prince that seemed to have no worries rushed into the stiffly standing man's arms.
[The more stupid he is, the more cute he becomes. It's charming how he's a big softy at heart.]
[But it's enough for him to be stupid towards me alone. ]
Shi Qing buried his face in the man's arms and smiled sweetly. He felt the man stiffen for a moment before gradually relaxing. He slowly lifted his tired hands to hold him.
At this moment, Yin Mingzheng was like a bird flying around aimlessly that finally found an island to live on.
He roughly exhaled in relief.
He was able to carve his own place in the base with an unyielding hand.
He could also fight against thousands of Insects alone.
But he wasn't as adept at dealing with this kind of subtle intrigue.
Just like before when he went back to the base, he knew that someone had orchestrated his sacrifice, but he couldn't come out and accuse anyone.
Or now, when a civilian he had always protected tried to assassinate him. He has the strength to end him with one slap, but he couldn't do it.
Shi Qing's thin fingers were on his hand.
The man allowed himself to be pulled in front of the civilian.
Shi Qing only asked one question: "You said that Yin Mingzheng didn't care about the lives of civilians. Then why would he willingly sacrifice himself to the spaceship that was threatening hundreds of thousands of lives?"
The man who was frantically struggling froze.
When Shi Qing saw he was stupefied, he followed up: "If he was really like what you think, he could've just ran away right? He's the strongest ability user in the world and he enjoys a high position, so why must he be concerned about civilians like you?"
"We all know that the aliens are ferocious, and they might've just decided to eat him raw aboard the spaceship. He was willing to die for you, and here you are slandering him behind his back. Do you have no shame?"
That person lost control of his emotions. He cried and laughed as he grabbed his hair in a daze before finally bursting into tears: "I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!"
Shi Qing lifted his chin with satisfaction.
Behind him, the painful emotions in Yin Mingzheng's heart had already dissipated.
He couldn't help but look at this young master who was as pleased as a peach, and then think of how he described himself as a vicious, man-eating alien.
En. That he was.
The man's lips hooked upwards unconsciously. His eyes towards Shi Qing were both doting and warm.
Shi Qing did gobble up his heart after all.
[Ding! Yin Mingzheng's animosity value: 0/100]
Author's Note:
My thought process was that a world is a fragment, and a fragment represents a type of character. In this world, what kind of fragment do you guys think Big Yin is?
Chapter 18.1
The civilian attack on Yin Mingzheng passed without further commotion.
According to the rules of the base, he was taken away by the law enforcement team and sentenced after being convicted.
These days, if you commit a crime, you wouldn't be put in prison to eat and drink as you wish. Those that committed serious offences were outright executed. Others were sent to serve in the army to do the backbreaking labour that other people didn't want to do.
Yin Mingzheng didn't care anymore, but Shi Qing joined forces with Le Youyuan to fight against those who spread the rumors around the base.
Did they say Yin Mingzheng was amassing power?
He sacrificed himself for millions of people ah.
Did they say Yin Mingzheng was arrogant?
He sacrificed himself for millions of people ah.
Wasn't this excuse as useful as the Navy?
Little Shi Qing who had been 'led astray' by Le Youyuan played around happily.
Anyway, no matter what was said, the fact that Yin Mingzheng was willing to sacrifice himself to save civilians was absolutely certain. Countless people bore witness to the event.
This was the greatest shield the hero of humanity possessed.
The one who secretly plotted against him had made a giant miscalculation. Public opinion was the last thing that could be used to undermine him.
The criminal mastermind, General Zhao, felt like he was about to kneel over in anger.
He sent people to spread rumours that Yin Mingzheng allowed his little lover to steal and look down on the common people, but no one believed them.
The people who were sent were also glared at and scolded by the civilians for a long time.
It was true that young master Shi Qing doesn't give money, but he's willing to offer his rare healing abilities in return. If Shi Qing took a fancy to a trinket in someone's family, they would all be happy enough to jump high into the sky.
Only fools would let Shi Qing pay in cash.
When he sent people to spread how Yin Mingzheng was power-hungry, everyone brought up the time that Yin Mingzheng sacrificed his life for the common people.
General Zhao hated it all so much, but he couldn't think of a suitable reply.
In order to cover up the fact that they set up Yin Mingzheng, they did make him a hero.
Looking at the fierce alien warship back then, it seemed like there was a 99.99% chance Yin Mingzheng wouldn't be able to return.
They didn't care about giving honour to a dead man.
But who could've known...
Yin Mingzheng actually came back!
He really hit the jackpot.
Now, the person they tried so hard to suppress was wreathed in the honour that they personally adorned him with.
So much regret ah!
So much hate ah!
General Zhao wanted to roar at the civilians who worshipped Yin Mingzheng in the base:
Do you think he really willingly sacrificed himself!
No!
Yin Mingzheng was ambushed and sent over by us!
We did it all!
You should be thankful, praising and appreciative towards us ah!
In the end, he could only think about such things in his heart. If he really told everyone that he ordered people to attack Yin Mingzheng and throw him off the plane, the civilians who followed Yin Mingzheng would probably come after him.
No, there's no need to wait for them to bite, he would be killed by Yin Mingzheng himself first.
General Zhao was afraid of death.
Otherwise, he would not always hide in the shadows and employ unscrupulous methods like using his daughter to seduce Yin Mingzheng.
He was different from the other generals of the same rank.
The others considered the overall situation first before their various schemes. They would make detailed adjustments to their plans as needed. General Zhao, on the other hand, was willing to abandon everything in the pursuit of his goals.
Seeing Yin Mingzheng rise step by step to power made General Zhao become more and more disorderly.
He couldn't help it.
He has done plenty of underhanded things before, but it was alright because there was no one with a higher position than him. If Yin Mingzheng really gained control, he would definitely expose General Zhao's wrongdoings sooner or later.
In the base, there were only four generals at the same level as Yin Mingzheng, including General Zhao. After the Insects invaded, the former president died for his country. At that time, the four generals each had their own plans and the situation became messy. They were not satisfied with each other. Moreover, they had almost the same quality of subordinates. In the end, they decided to manage the base together while furthering their own interests.
Yin Mingzheng was the only general who had no troops. He was also the most powerful of the five.
The power of ability users were enough to shock the majority of individuals. Although Yin Mingzheng has never used his power to deal with humans, many people have seen how he dealt with the Insects.
The most famous battle of the hero of humanity involved him annihilating thousands of Insects with one hand.
The Insect race had collectively retreated 10,000 kilometers out of fear.
It was only thanks to this move of his that humanity had a chance to breathe and gather in the bases. There, they studied the high-tech weapons left by the Insects on the battlefield, and applied what they learned to their own weapons.
Other than being a skilled fighter, Yin Mingzheng also had a talent for developing new weapons.
Take the tranquilizer from before for example.
He was like an invincible god of war. His image was forever burned into the hearts of the surviving civilians.
Everyone believed that, as long as Yin Mingzheng willed it, the common people who regarded him as a deity wouldn't hesitate to elevate him to the throne.
It was just a matter of time. The civilians who had no way of retaliating against the invaders needed an icon of hope.
There was a time when General Zhao wanted to fight for the position of the president, but he realised that, whether it was his subordinates, scientists, martial ability or spy network, he was inferior to the other person in every way. The other three generals were dismissive of him as well, so there was no chance of forming an alliance with them.
So he felt pretty sorry for himself.
You can't blame him for being underhanded. Yin Mingzheng was so selfless that he would've went anyway. He just made a move earlier than him and saved millions of lives in the process. General Zhao should be praised as a hero.
Unfortunately, General Zhao could try to fool himself, but he really didn't feel too good about it.
He had a very clear understanding of the situation.
When Yin Mingzheng ascended to the highest position, the first one to die would be him.
In order to prevent this from happening, he specifically asked his daughter to seduce Yin Mingzheng to try and become in-laws with him.
But Zhao Miaomiao turned out to be a total disappointment and a waste of her pretty looks.
If the carrot didn't work, then he could only bring out the stick.
However, nothing he tried succeeded. Yin Mingzheng was still fine and peachy.
His efforts against Yin Mingzheng had backfired. Not only did the hero of humanity not fall, his support became even more entrenched.
What General Zhao saw wasn't Yin Mingzheng's upcoming ascension to the position of president, but his own impending doom.
He can only watch his hair fall out due to stress and desperately try to find a way out.
He also urged his daughter to be more concerned. At today's meeting, he learned that the base's presidential election was coming up. As soon as General Zhao came home, he broke into Zhao Miaomiao's room and slammed his hands on the table. He shouted at his daughter who was applying make up: This chapter's initial release occurred on the n0vell-Bjjn site.
"All you know is to put on make-up all the time! Our good days are about to come to an end. If we don't think of a solution, the two of us might as well just wait for our deaths!"
Zhao Miaomiao had a short temper as well. She immediately threw her lipstick hard onto the floor. "I tried! When that guy called Shi Qing went to Le Youyuan's house before, I specifically gave them medicine to make them get together. But Yin Mingzheng insists on pretending to be blind and growing an entire prairie on his head. He still treats that Shi Qing like a treasure! When I walk in front of him, he acts like he doesn't even see me. What else can I possibly do?!"
"Even if there is no way you need to think of one!"
General Zhao slapped the table again. "If he doesn't look at you, why can't you go to see him? You were able to get that kind of medicine for Le Youyuan, so why don't you use it on Yin Mingzheng? In the end, he is still a man. If a beautiful woman offers herself while he's intoxicated, it's basically a done deal already!"
He analyzed the situation according to his own experience as a man: "If you are lucky, you would have one in your stomach after. Yin Mingzheng's little lover is a man, can he give him a baby?! When you say you don't want anything but to give birth to the child in your belly, he would feel guilt towards you. We would be this child's maternal relatives. In ancient times, we would be the uncle of the country! What would we be afraid of then?!"
Zhao Miaomiao felt like her father was getting carried away in his fantasies.
"Sober up, Dad. It's Yin Mingzheng we're talking about. There isn't a single person that can beat him in the whole base. When he was dosed with sedatives and sent to that spaceship brimming with aliens, he just escaped and came back. You're asking me to drug a person like that?"
"Wait..."
She suddenly paused with a thoughtful looking expression: "Dad, how did Yin Mingzheng escape?"
"How am I supposed to know?! Do I look like the most powerful ability user to you?!" General Zhao shouted angrily, "What's the use of asking this when the person's already back?!"
"No."
Zhao Miaomiao frowned, "You saw what happened, Dad. There were enough aliens to blot out the sky, at least tens of millions of them. Each of them was equipped with weaponry that was leagues better than ours. Yin Mingzheng was even sedated beforehand, so he should have died for sure."
The more she said it, the more it made sense to her: "Yin Mingzheng never mentioned how he escaped after he came back. The civilians in the base were too fooled by his powerful veneer to ask anything. But in a situation like that, even if he had three heads and six arms, he shouldn't have been able to escape."
General Zhao still didn't understand what his daughter was saying all of a sudden. He was about to explode with anxiety.
"Can you think of something relevant to us? Can you?! "
"Isn't that what I'm doing right now?!"
Zhao Miaomiao stood up in frustration, "Either we die or Yin Mingzheng dies. Since he'll kill us after his promotion, we can't let him get there."
"How about this: find some people to spread news about Yin Mingzheng colluding with the aliens in the base. The main point should be that he couldn't have escaped those aliens through his power alone."
"The entire base regards Yin Mingzheng as an idol now. Who would believe anything we have to say? We might just be exposing a weakness to our opponents for nothing." General Zhao ridiculed her whimsical thought process: "Don't mess with Yin Mingzheng anymore."
Zhao Miaomiao didn't think her idea was impossible to pull off.
Her eyes were full of malice: "If they don't believe it, we just have to show them the proof."
She looked at General Zhao as she spoke: "Dad, we can't be first in the base anyways. Maybe it's time to move on."
General Zhao was shocked: "Do you mean..."
"Yes."
Zhao Miaomiao affirmed: "The Insect race."
"The reason why the Insects haven't been able to build a base these years was because of Yin Mingzheng. Right after he disappeared, the Insects immediately began to invade on all fronts. It was only after he came back that they retreated. Yin Mingzheng is like kryptonite to them. There are high-leveled Insects with human intelligence, right? If we show our willingness to deal with him together, surely they'll cooperate with us?"
The words burrowed into the innermost part of General Zhao's heart.
The Insects were so strong. It was only a matter of time before they took over Earth.
Rather than defending the base until the end, it was better to join the dark side.
When Earth is defeated, the Insects should treat humans that defected to them better than the rest, right?
He liked the idea more and more as he thought it over. In the end, General Zhao nodded:
"Alright, let's do it."
