Li Shu lowered his eyes when he heard this. After a while, he slowly spoke, "I didn't intend to hurt them."

"I know." Huo Wei's expression softened considerably. He walked over to Li Shu and held him in his arms. "Your plant is quite special. You're the only one in the entire galaxy who has the ability to obtain it. Once you get the plant out on the market, we won't be able to hide what we've done in the enemy's lair."

“By then, not only you and I, but also those people on the Azure Planet, or even Lin Yong and Chen Liang, will probably die.”

Li Shu pounded his head lowered upon hearing this. "I was just thinking, 'The insect swarm is coming.' Luckily, selling some plants will allow more star beasts to exert more strength on the battlefield. Their chances of survival will be higher. Similarly, they can more efficiently force the insect swarm to leave along the designated route, which will keep our Blue Planet safe."

"As for the people who buy and sell the plants, I mean to choose some desperate criminals, or those serious criminals, or even our enemies to sell them. I think this will be foolproof. Is this not an option?"

Li Shu whispered softly.

Howie: "..."

A hint of surprise flashed in the man's eyes, full of disbelief. "You said you wanted to hire outsiders to sell plants. Are these the people?"

"Of course." Li Shu nodded and said as a matter of course, "This way, even if these people are arrested or killed, we won't feel any guilt. We can even eradicate a few cancer cells. It can be said to be killing two birds with one stone!"

Howie: "..."

Li Shu looked at Huo Wei's indescribable expression and his face couldn't help but darken. "I'm a political idiot, not an idiot. Of course I know that once the plants emerge, they will think of me, but I can't just watch that kind of star beast kill me like this, so I only thought of this way. But judging by your attitude, it still won't work."

Li Shu didn't know either. He had clearly come from the end of the world and had long since developed a heart of steel. Why was he losing his rationality now?

Is it because without his plant treatment, there would be too many star beasts waiting to die quietly?

Li Shu didn't understand, but deep down, he really couldn't tolerate such a situation.

Huo Wei looked at Li Shu and couldn't help but sigh. He then walked over to Li Shu, his expression serious, and said in a deep voice, "What you're doing is indeed a method, but it's not perfect. After all, it takes a long time to get the plants here from the Blue Planet, and there are also various inspection steps required to get them to the outer space of the Imperial Star. If these are not done, then where did your things come from? They will still conduct a rigorous investigation. Then, we will still be exposed."

Li Shu heard this and let out a sigh, then said, "If that's the case, then forget it."

He really wanted to help those star beasts in danger, but if helping them meant harming the blue planet, he would not do such a thing.

People have different levels of closeness and distance between them. In his heart, those on the blue planet are more important.

Seeing this, Howie sighed and whispered, "It's really not possible now. If you really want to save these star beasts, then after the insect tide is over and we leave here, we can follow your method and sell them plants. How about that?"

Upon hearing this, Li Shu did not respond immediately. Instead, he looked at Huo Wei in disbelief. "Are you kidding? After the insect swarm is over, the Empire will most likely turn its blades against us."

"Selling plants in the Empire at this time is like sending an antidote to a poisoned star beast. Am I crazy? Doing something like this is betraying my teammates."

Howie: "..."

He spoke so righteously just now, even disregarding his own safety to sell plants. I thought he really had deep empathy for these people. It turned out that he was wrong. This guy just wanted more star beasts to contribute to this battle when the insect tide came!

Seeing Li Shu still looking righteous and self-blaming as if he was being so kind as to put himself in danger for the sake of the Empire's Star Beasts, Huo Wei's mouth twitched. He inexplicably felt that even if Li Shu was really involved in the plant trade, there shouldn't be any problems.

It was all in vain that I was so worried just now!

Although Shu didn't know the changes in Huo Wei's mental journey, he was still struggling with what to do now, but he couldn't think of a solution.

Seeing this, Howie suddenly reached out and pulled him outside.

"Where are we going now?" Li Shu asked in confusion.

Howie curled his lips and said, "A secret base. I have a treasure I want to give you."

A hint of curiosity flashed in Li Shu's eyes, and then he followed Huo Wei forward.

The two drove the car prepared by Lin Yong for them to the top of a mountain.

Here, there lived a family in a majestic and solemn courtyard. Such a building instantly brought Li Shu back to his previous life.

A hint of surprise flashed in Li Shu's eyes. Why can we see a courtyard house here?

He suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Huo Wei, "This is..."

"This is the Huo family." Huo Wei smiled, then turned to look at Li Shu, "Isn't this building a little strange? This was built by our ancestors. We have lived here since the beginning of our family."

"Because I've lived here since the beginning, I'm used to this kind of architecture. So when I first went out and saw those tall buildings outside, I felt a little awkward and uncomfortable. It took a long time for me to get used to it. But after looking around, I still think the Huo family's old house is more attractive."

Li Shu smiled and said, "This old house is indeed beautiful."

The perfect courtyard style made Li Shu even more curious about Huo Wei's ancestors. Could it be that the other party was also a time traveler?

Or maybe, there was no time travel at all, it was just that the Blue Planet encountered the end of the world, and finally there was no way to survive, so Fang left the Blue Planet and began the interstellar era.

Is this the world thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of years from now?

When Li Shu thought of this possibility, he couldn't help but shudder.

Huo Wei didn't notice Li Shu's strangeness. He smiled and continued, "Do you like it? In that case, how about we build a home exactly like this one on the Blue Planet?"

Li Shu smiled and then refused, "No, there are only two of us. We can't live in such a big yard. A house like ours will be fine."