Fearing Shi Qing's reaction, Yin Mingzheng held the young man in her arms, soothing him with great care. Her demeanor was nothing like the tough warrior the outside world perceived her to be.
This appearance only fueled Zhao Miaomiao's resentment towards Shi Qing. She wanted to shake Yin Mingzheng's shoulders and yell, "Are you blind?! How could he be weak?! Just ten minutes ago, that wild kid named Shi Qing had the whole swarm of insectoids cowering on the ground! How could he be afraid?! How?!"
Zhao Miaomiao didn't voice these thoughts, but Yin Mingzheng was already beyond redemption in her eyes. She had once believed that Yin Mingzheng's rejection of her advances was due to his intelligence and his ability to see through her theatrics. Now, it seemed that Yin Mingzheng was simply a fool.
Even when the alien was spouting nonsense with his eyes wide open, Yin Mingzheng was clapping and cheering for him. The insectoids, who were supposed to be her allies and had displayed a domineering attitude before their arrival, had now all turned into fragile and cautious creatures.
Zhao Miaomiao had considered the idea of escaping during the chaos caused by the insectoids before. But now, looking at the insectoids who had no intention of running away, she couldn't believe it. Not one of them wanted to flee. They were all prostrated on the ground, their faces hidden, and stammering in human language, trying to shift the blame onto Zhao Miaomiao.
"This woman has an evil and malicious heart, but we, the insectoids, are just innocent travelers passing by."
"Yes, yes, we were just passing by!"
The insectoids echoed in unison, displaying extreme humility and caution. Under their pitiful pleas, Shi Qing finally raised his head from the man's embrace. Perhaps he had genuinely been frightened earlier; there was a hint of redness at the corners of his eyes. With his delicate and fair face and his fingers curled up protectively, he looked pitiable.
Glancing at the insectoids, the young man nestled back in Yin Mingzheng's arms and weakly asked, "Are they the insectoids trying to invade Blue Star?"
The human hero, still protective of the young man in his arms, answered coldly, "Yes."
Shi Qing pouted and rubbed against Yin Mingzheng's coat playfully. "How could there be such a savage race in the universe? They were perfectly fine and yet they want to invade other planets."
The faces of the insectoids lying on the ground immediately contorted. They had heard something they didn't like! They had actually heard the mechanical race, who enjoyed destroying entire planets inhabited by intelligent beings, calling them savage?
Who was really savage here?!
Yin Mingzheng didn't notice the expressions of these particular insectoids. Instead, he immediately thought about Shi Qing, who had been alone on the spaceship, floating in the vast universe for thousands of years. Although he had the protection of humanoid machines, Shi Qing, being innocent and harmless as he was, might not have survived if they had been attacked by aggressive invaders like the insectoids.
The thought of the young man encountering terrifying invaders before he met him, silently disappearing into the universe, pierced Yin Mingzheng's heart.
"Don't be afraid," he whispered softly, kissing the soft strands of Shi Qing's hair and soothingly adding, "We will drive them away from Blue Star."
Under this pitiful plea, Shi Qing finally lifted his head from the man's embrace. It seemed that he had indeed been frightened earlier. His eyes even showed a hint of redness, and with his delicate and fair face and his fingers curled up protectively, he looked pitiable.
Just as he looked at Shi Qing tenderly, Zhao Miaomiao on the other side had already opened her cellphone. Following the original plan, she opened the live streaming app and pointed it towards Yin Mingzheng.
Why could they still live stream in the vast desert? This was all thanks to Leyou Yuan. For the sake of fun, he had gathered people in the base and developed a live streaming app. Even the signal device that Zhao Miaomiao was currently using had been developed by Leyou Yuan's team. Once plugged into the ground, it could connect to satellite signals.
"Anytime, anywhere, no restrictions, one signal device solves all problems." This was the slogan Leyou Yuan had personally come up with.
Because she had planned to "expose" the improper relationship between Yin Mingzheng and the insectoids, Zhao Miaomiao had already inserted the signal device into the ground earlier.
The internet speed was as fast as the wind.
In the base, Leyou Yuan, who was searching frantically for Shi Qing's whereabouts due to his disappearance, suddenly sneezed.
"Oh no, my health is so good, I never sneeze. Suddenly sneezing must mean that Little Qing is suffering. He must want me to come save him!"
"Leyou!"
As he muttered to himself, one of his subordinates ran over with a cellphone in hand. "Look at this!"
"What is it?"
Leyou Yuan took the cellphone and saw, "A live stream? Damn it, Shi Qing has been kidnapped, and you still want me to watch a live stream!"
"No, no, Leyou, look carefully. Shi Qing is in it."
Upon hearing this, Leyou Yuan's spirit was instantly revived. He took a closer look and indeed saw Yin Mingzheng holding Shi Qing, with several fierce-looking insectoids in the background.
"What the hell! Shi Qing?!"
He was so shocked that he immediately focused on the live stream. At that moment, a woman's voice filled with malice and madness resounded, "This is your hero that you believe in! Look at who he's holding, an alien! Not even a human! Look at the other aliens in the sky, they are all accomplices of this alien!"
"Look at his eyes, look at the insectoids kneeling in front of him. Look at the aliens in the sky. When Yin Mingzheng was taken away, he came back with this alien. He's no longer a hero; he's joined forces with the aliens. He wants to destroy our base!"
"Damn it!"
If it weren't for knowing that this was a cellphone, Leyou Yuan would have punched it. "Who the hell is spreading rumors! My Shi Qing could never be an alien!"
He refused to believe it, but some people in the live stream were starting to doubt as well.
"Yeah, his eyes are silver. Humans don't have silver eyes."
"Look at the aliens in the sky; their clothes are also silver."
"These insectoids are so vicious; how could they stay so quietly there? I think what she's saying might be true."
Of course, there were still more people who didn't believe it.
"Are you guys stupid? What's wrong with silver eyes? I've seen people with cataracts!"
"Don't you dare defame my idol. He fought so hard and saved humanity; how can people speak ill of him every day? Where's your conscience!"
"Yin Mingzheng is here, and the insectoids dare not move, it's obvious that they don't dare to act recklessly. We all know how powerful Yin Mingzheng is."
"Damn, there are really idiots who believe this."
Leyou Yuan's eyes were fixed on those who were making offensive comments in the live chat, and he was so furious that he rolled up his sleeves, saying, "I'm going to call someone right now and have these idiots tracked down and beaten up."
After all, the post-apocalyptic satellite phones were sold by him, the signal device was also his product, and even this live streaming app was under his name. Finding someone was not a problem at all.
Meanwhile, in the desert, when Yin Mingzheng noticed that the camera was about to capture his next move, he didn't make any further moves after Shi Qing used his delicate fingers to block it.
Even though Zhao Miaomiao was maligning him, the man remained motionless.
He trusted Shi Qing and believed in his little prince.
After listening to Zhao Miaomiao's words, the young man jumped out of the human hero's embrace, his movements light and cheerful. He walked straight to the camera under Zhao Miaomiao's malicious and vigilant gaze.
Zhao Miaomiao said, "Denying it won't help. I heard it with my own ears, the insectoids said you're not a human, and you admitted it yourself. You are clearly..."
"Mechanical species," Shi Qing's soft voice interrupted Zhao Miaomiao.
His voice was sweet and delicate, without a trace of darkness. "I'm not a human; I am a mechanical species."
Zhao Miaomiao was briefly stunned and then became ecstatic, muttering frantically behind the camera, "Did you hear that? Did you hear that? He admitted it! He's not a human!"
With a completely human appearance, Shi Qing ignored her. He just raised an eyebrow slightly and continued, "I am a mechanical species, but not a member of the insectoids. Blue Star has never joined the Nine Galactic Systems, so we may not be familiar with various races in the universe. I can explain to you."
The young man raised his chin slightly, with sunlight bathing his beautiful face, making him look incredibly pure, and his voice was very crisp.
Shi Qing said, "Mechanical species yearn for peace but do not communicate with other races. They only travel in spaceships, seeking planets in danger. When a planet is in danger, the mechanical species will come forward to assist that planet."
"But because we, the mechanical species, do not like to communicate with other races, there is only sparse information in the universe. Only races like the insectoids, who possess inherited memories, know of our desire for peace."
The insectoids behind started to recall the inherited memories of the mechanical species, with scenes of the mechanical species killing any intelligent beings they encountered.
The young man displayed a hint of innocence and smiled at the camera. "The insectoids have already been subdued. If you still have doubts, you can listen to what they have to say."
With that, he made way and exposed the insectoids kneeling behind him to the camera.
However, behind him, where the camera couldn't see, countless humanoid machines with electronic eyes turned to look at the insectoids in unison.
A few insectoids, looking at the humanoid machines aiming their cannons at them, were sweating profusely and nodded vigorously, "Y-Yes!"
"Mechanical species... are peaceful!"
After saying this, they looked at the humanoid machines that were slowly retracting their weapons, nearly collapsing on the ground. One of the insectoids was so frightened that even its legs were excreting a green liquid.
Satisfied with the response, Shi Qing returned to the camera.
In the background, with the insectoids covered in green fluid, he cheerfully concluded with one sentence, "Mechanical species are the most peaceful race in the universe."
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