Since they were on her side, what did Zi Xi have to be afraid of? The soldiers in this world were almost all experts in fighting mutated beasts and guarding interplanetary space.

"Excuse me, sir, could you please put me down?"

“My adoptive father also served in the First Army Corps; we’re all on the same side!”

Zi Xi smiled unguardedly, suppressing the urge to swing on the swing.

At a standard height of 1.68 meters, she would be considered a shorty in interstellar space.

Helan Yuan slowly lowered his head, his gray-blue eyes falling on her, scrutinizing her coldly like a scanner.

He didn't answer, and instead of putting her down and walking away, he stared intently at her.

Zi Xi didn't mind his silence. She had heard her adoptive father say that many soldiers had become disabled because their mental power had been corrupted by mutated beasts.

He might be a person with a disability.

She continued, seemingly oblivious to her surroundings, "My adoptive father's name is Luo Sheng. After retiring from the military, he switched to the energy industry and built it into a large and successful business in just about sixty years, becoming a moderately wealthy man. Recently, he's been developing deep-sea mineral veins..."

"So you understand now! I came here to scout out the sea for my adoptive father! I just happened to pass by and admire your... heroic figure."

He Lanyuan's eyes flickered slightly.

Luo Sheng, the richest man in the interstellar world.

He certainly remembered this person: the Seventh Fleet of the First Army Corps, a taciturn officer skilled in tactical planning who later retired due to injury and went into business, purchasing military supplies in his own name every month to replenish the military.

He disliked doing such meaningless things, but for some reason, looking at the brightly smiling girl in front of him, he unusually asked an extra question:

"So what did you find out when you came here?"

His voice was deep and cold, like a machine that hadn't spoken in a long time finally starting to run again, with a slightly hoarse and unnatural quality.

Zi Xi's pupils contracted slightly; she could actually speak.

But then his eyes lit up at the thought of his powerful crab-killing skills, and he continued his deception: "This planet is rich in marine life, which is also very suitable for improving nutritional supplements!"

"Sir, better to meet by chance than by chance, and better still... could you do me a small favor? This is a great thing for the benefit of the interstellar people, for the benefit of the interstellar community and its people!"

Helan Yuan's gaze slowly shifted from her face to the mutated sea monster in the Black Sea, capable of tearing apart a small ship.

"...It's dangerous here."

He finally gave a nonsensical reply, his tone still completely calm, but for those who knew Helan Yuan, the fact that he would say such a thing was already extremely unusual.

"Yes, that's why I asked the handsome young man for help!"

Zi Xi tilted her head, her smile unwavering as she showered him with compliments.

Flattery will get you everywhere!

Helan Yuan looked at her silently, as if assessing who she was referring to as "little brother." Was she calling him?

Just then, with a deafening roar, a giant wave suddenly erupted from the distant sea, and a gigantic octopus burst out of the water, its scarlet eyes locking onto the two people on the beach.

Zi Xi gasped, and before she could even calculate how many takoyaki she could make, her wrist was suddenly gripped tightly by a strong force.

He Lanyuan pulled her behind him, his other hand already drawing the particle gun from his waist, his eyes coldly fixed on the monster.

"...Stand back a bit."

He gave the order in a low voice.

Zi Xi was stunned, her heart pounding. Was this what it meant to have overflowing boyfriend power?

"Hero, please help me!! Cut off the head but leave the tentacles!!"

But that couldn't extinguish the flame of Zi Xi's desire for delicious food. She ran a little further away to give the big boss room to perform, and kept turning back to remind him to leave her some.

Even just one stalk is fine!

As it turned out, the boss really did leave her with one octopus monster tentacle, about the length of her arm, a black tentacle.