Chapter 83
“You caught them?!”
Xia Anran was instantly thrilled, the last vestiges of sleepiness vanishing. “What do the Yaxun people look like? Did the battle go smoothly? Were there any casualties?”
Her rapid-fire questions made the top leader laugh. “All our personnel are safe. As for the specific details, you can ask Comrade Ren Yi when he gets back later.” Ren Yi had also participated in this battle, leading a few well-trained ability users from Earth.
“According to the news from the front line, the battle was very successful. The Yaxun people’s technological level is no match for the interstellar era’s,” the top leader said, turning to report the situation to the other leaders. This was more or less expected. Based on their previous understanding of the Yaxun base on Earth, they had already roughly inferred this. The Yaxun people had some special abilities, but they weren’t strong. Their technology was more advanced than Earth’s, but still somewhat lacking compared to the interstellar era from ten thousand years in the future.
Before long, Ren Yi and Qin Feng’s group returned through the portal.
“Chief, in this battle, we have arrested twenty-six enemy personnel. There were no casualties on our side,” Ren Yi reported in a deep voice.
“Good, good, good!” The top leader said “good” three times in a row, patting Ren Yi on the shoulder. He then looked at Qin Feng and said, “General Qin Feng, General Xuan Mo, thank you for your support.” General Yun Qiao had stayed behind to clean up the battlefield and prepare for the arrival of the Yaxun main force.
“These small fries were no trouble at all,” Xuan Mo said with a somewhat wicked smile. “Senior Colonel Ren’s performance was also very good. He actually has a combat level comparable to ours.”
Ren Yi, neither servile nor overbearing, said he was flattered.
After arriving on Earth, Qin Feng and the others had already noticed something was amiss. There were actually psychics on Earth, as well as weapons and equipment with a technological level far beyond their own. This was simply impossible. However, after a moment’s thought, they figured it must be the things Xia Anran had brought.
And when it came to her… all interstellar people were her die-hard fans! Whatever Host Anran did was right and proper!
For example, Xuan Mo was now sidling up to her, his face flushed, trying to get close to her. He asked if he could go see the small courtyard where she often streamed. It was full of flowers, his favorite place from the livestream! Qin Feng, hearing this, also squeezed over. The two of them were like the big golden retrievers she had raised as a child, their eager puppy-dog eyes blinking at her.
Since the matter had temporarily come to an end, Xia Anran sought the top leader’s opinion and then, in a grand procession, took the dozens of people back to Yanshan Village through the portal.
The once peaceful and warm Yanshan Village was now empty. The villagers had all been evacuated long ago. Xuan Mo looked at the empty village and, thinking of the lively and beautiful place from the livestream, gritted his teeth in anger. These Yaxun people were so detestable!
But the moment they entered her small courtyard, everyone’s attention was immediately drawn to the flowers that filled it.
“Wow, wow, wow, so beautiful!”
“It’s exactly the same as in the livestream!”
“Earth is too wonderful. I don’t want to go back.”
The production team had also already gone to the interstellar era, so there was no one else in the courtyard.
Xia Anran looked up at the azure sky and thought, I wonder how all the people who have been evacuated from Earth are doing. Has there been any chaos?
…
In fact, the interstellar era was actually very calm at this moment.
First, to avoid unnecessary turmoil, the interstellar officials had sealed the news of the Earthlings’ arrival. The ordinary citizens didn’t know. When they had negotiated with the Earth side, they had already more or less agreed that the whole affair would likely be over in a few days. Since it was such a short visit and there were so many people, there was no need to disclose it.
The Earthlings, on the other hand, having been suddenly told that the Earth was going to be destroyed and then having made the long journey to the interstellar era, were all a bit too bewildered to cause trouble and were uncharacteristically well-behaved. Moreover, the leaders of the other countries had all come over, and for a rare change, everyone was united in maintaining order. Even Country A, which was usually the most unruly, didn’t even think of trying to cozy up to the interstellar people.
Phileas, however, was extremely interested in the Earthlings, so he had secretly gone over to take a look. Many of them had brought some food with them when they had moved, which made him so hungry he could barely walk. Heaven knew how he had managed to endure it.
And some of the people who had been very excited when they had first arrived and saw the obviously higher-dimensional interstellar era had begun to miss Earth after staying for two days. Because they soon discovered that there was almost no daytime here. The night took up more than twenty of the twenty-four hours in a day. And during the day, there was no sun, and at night, there were no stars. There were no plants or animals either. It was a barren, cold place.
Some of the people who hadn’t brought their own food could only eat the nutrient solution specially prepared for them by the interstellar people. After drinking it, their faces were all wrinkled up like steamed buns. Disgusting! So disgusting! Even worse than snake grass water! The interstellar people are so pitiful…
And some people had not only brought ingredients but also cooking utensils. Nine out of ten of these people were from the Hua nation, and the remaining one was a foreigner who had lived there for many years. There was even a hardcore person who had brought seeds and was trying to grow vegetables in the interstellar era. So, the interstellar soldiers guarding the area where they were stationed were almost unable to stand their posts, smelling the fragrance of food that would occasionally waft through the air.
The animals brought by the Spirit Beasts had also been properly settled in another empty area. The Interstellar Empire had even built small houses for them, imitating what they had seen in Xia Anran’s livestream. This area was also the place Phileas most frequently snuck off to. He was very, very, especially keen on stealing a kitten to raise. In the end, this “kidnapping case” had ended with Director Hukeni forcibly dragging him away.
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The interstellar era was relatively peaceful, and the Earth side had also entered the final stage of war preparation.
According to the confessions of the captured Yaxun advance troops, they had been in contact with the main force before arriving at Earth. The main force was now only two or three days away. As for the communication with them, Qin Feng and the others had also used some means to make them continue to pretend that nothing had happened and to transmit information according to what they provided.
From the mouths of these advance troops, they had learned a lot about the Yaxun’s combat deployment and weapons. Qin Feng, Xuan Mo, Yun Qiao, and Ren Yi had held combat meetings for two or three days and had finally finalized their strategy.
On the day the Yaxun main force was to arrive, Xia Anran was nervous from early in the morning, even though Ren Yi had a relaxed expression on his face when he came out, as if he were not going to fight an alien invasion but on an outing.
She had wanted to go to the battlefield but was persuaded by everyone to stay. The top leader was afraid she would sneak off and had her wait for news with him and the other leaders in the combat command room.
The system, seeing her so anxious she was scratching her head, for a rare change, did a good deed and opened a special privilege for them to broadcast the live scene.
The moment the system’s broadcast opened, she saw that the sky, which should have been clear, was now a mass of darkness. But this was not the darkness of storm clouds, but shadows, one after another, in the sky.
The Yaxun people had been in contact with their advance troops before arriving at Earth, so they were not on guard. The advance troops had told them that Earth seemed to have detected their arrival and had built underground cities. The Earthlings were all hiding underground, so there was no one on the surface. When the Yaxun main force arrived and saw the empty cities, they thought, as expected. The surface was empty. But this would not stop them.
The commander-in-chief of the Yaxun forces was just about to give the order for everyone to land when several lines of fire suddenly shot up from the ground, looking like some kind of missiles. The commander-in-chief sneered. Weapons of this level could not break through their spaceship’s defense—Bang—Bang!
The warning message inside the spaceship immediately activated. “Warning, warning—disintegrating—”
What!!! And the next second, the spaceship completely disintegrated and exploded.
Watching the countless spaceships explode in the sky, Qin Feng said with some boredom, “Only this level of combat power? Tsk, uninteresting.”
Ren Yi watched the battle with a stern face. The Yaxun people, completely unprepared, were almost all annihilated. The alien invasion they had been worried about for so long had been resolved so easily. In the end, the power of the interstellar era was just too strong.
And in the broadcast room, Xia Anran and the leaders couldn’t help but cheer when they saw the spaceships explode. “Good! I didn’t expect it to be so smooth!” The top leader was overjoyed and shot up from his seat.
The only problem was that with so many spaceships falling, Country A, as the battlefield, was the only one that had suffered heavy losses. She silently shed a tear for them.
With the war over, they could also consider the matter of transferring the people of Earth back. And since only Country A had been damaged and the other countries were almost unscathed, the citizens of the other countries could almost immediately return to Earth through the portal. Only the people of Country A were left behind, scratching their heads. What’s the deal? We all came together, so how come only we are left behind when it’s time to go?
The leaders of Country A had no one to complain to. They could only send a portion of their people back to repair and then transfer the rest of their citizens.
The people of Earth were very happy to move back. The interstellar soldiers who had come to support them, however, were not so happy to leave, each one of them reluctant.
“Damn it! Why was the Yaxun star so weak! The fight was over in just a few days!”
“Yeah! So detestable! I’m going to beat them up again!”
“Sob, I don’t want to go.”
The top leader held a grand farewell party for them and even gave each of them a large bag of things to take back before waving goodbye. “It’s alright! In the future, with the portal, we can have more intimate exchange activities!” he said, comforting the weeping generals before they left.
…
After the dust had settled, Xia Anran was finally reunited with the production team.
“Director Huang! I’ve missed you so much!”
He gave her a hug and then excitedly pulled her into the house. “We went to the interstellar era this time and finally know what content we can add to our livestream!!!”
Having been to the interstellar era, Director Huang was now overflowing with inspiration. He had been so bored there that he had already written a whole bunch of ideas for the stream.
When he came back and showed them to her, he suddenly asked, “Little Xia, our livestream… can it still continue?” Now that the war was over, was there still a need for their stream to continue?
“Of course! We’re earning money to buy good things for the country!” she said, winking.
On the interstellar side, it was only after all the Earthlings had been evacuated that they had publicly announced that they had provided assistance to Earth during this period, had resolved its alien crisis, and that the people of Earth had even temporarily lived in the interstellar era for a period of time.
As expected, public opinion immediately exploded.
“What!!! I actually stayed with our ancestors for a few days!”
“Damn it! Why didn’t you tell us!”
“We wouldn’t have harassed them! Sob, and some people even went to Earth! Why didn’t I join the army back then? Sob, I hate it!”
“Is no one paying attention to the fact that Earth survived this extinction crisis? We changed history!!”
“Ahhh, what kind of parallel universe development is this!”
“Wait a minute, we’re not going to disappear because of the butterfly effect, are we!”
“Quick, feel your arms and legs to see if they’re still there! That scared me to death.”
“Sob, we haven’t disappeared. Host Anran won’t disappear, will she? No! My spiritual nourishment! The livestream must continue!”
Fortunately, the interstellar audience’s worries did not last long, because Xia Anran was streaming again.
“Hello, everyone! I’m back!”
When her face reappeared on the screen, many people were moved to tears. They had thought she would never appear again.
Watching the rapidly scrolling comments, she was also very touched. First, she thanked the interstellar era for its help to Earth, especially the Interstellar Empire for providing a place to stay and Qin Feng and the others for their assistance. Then she announced that from today on, the livestream would resume, and she would continue to show everyone the great scenery of Earth!
“And we’ve also prepared a gift for everyone,” she said mysteriously.
This gift was that the Earth and the interstellar side had already discussed and decided to open a portal channel, to develop each other as tourist destinations, and to become interstellar neighbors separated by ten thousand years! Of course, these were still in the pilot stage. Once the preparations were complete, it would be announced to the public.
After the stream, having received a large pile of gifts, just as she was about to take the system to find the top leader to see if they should buy anything, she received a call from him, saying that a few unexpected guests had arrived.
Xia Anran: ? What’s with the top leader’s pained tone?
She quickly rushed over and saw the three leaders of the interstellar era sitting properly on the sofa in the reception room.
“Host Anran! Surprise!”
Xia Anran: ! These people had actually come over on their own without saying anything!
The Consul General of the United Star System had clearly been kidnapped by Phileas and Jeqi and had a helpless expression on his face. The top leader hadn’t expected them to suddenly arrive either and could only call her over.
And then, the next day, these three high-ranking interstellar officials appeared in her livestream.
[!!!]
[Holy crap!!! Am I seeing things?!]
With Phileas taking the lead, they formally announced to the public the upcoming opening of a tourist channel to and from Earth, and asked everyone to make reservations and queue up in an orderly manner.
The comments immediately exploded.
Xia Anran looked at the excited comments and the three interstellar leaders, who were curious about everything now that they had just arrived, and shook her head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
The weather today was very good. A clear blue sky, a dazzling sun. And peaceful days, and close friends.
She firmly believed that from now on, Earth and the interstellar era would be able to advance hand in hand, becoming each other’s closest yet most distant friends.
I Handed My Future Livestream System Over to the Country – End