Yan Changyue always felt that he shouldn't have followed.

As a qualified royal attendant, Yan Changyue had always followed the three principles taught by Xu Jin regarding royal secrets, not listening, not asking, and not knowing.

But...what was it like to be forced to be taken there to find out?

Yan Changyue didn't know, and he really wanted to leave.

Fortunately, Chi Yao didn't mean to keep him the whole time. He entered the small study and asked him to tell him in detail what happened that day, narrating the entire process from the star beast's attack to his killing from his own perspective. After that, he asked him two more questions.

"What kind of energy fluctuations do you think are special?"

Yan Changyue was not sure how to describe it. After thinking for a long time, he reluctantly said, "The frequency is very high, not like mental power. I can feel the energy but I don't want to hide. It feels... very penetrating."

Shi Xing nodded, "When the star beast was some distance away from us, I vaguely heard someone calling me."

Chi Yao asked again, "So, apart from the energy fluctuations, you don't have any other feelings?"

Yan Changyue shook his head.

Chi Yao said he understood and waved for him to leave.

Yan Changyue breathed a sigh of relief and left in a hurry. When he reached the door of the study, he considerately opened the anti-eavesdropping energy shield, bowed again, closed the door and said goodbye.

After Yan Changyue completely left their side, Chi Yao spoke again.

Asked Shi Xing, "Why did you suddenly ask about Blue Star? Who told you what?"

Shi Xing repeated Li Yu's provocative words.

Chi Yao nodded, and frowned as he thought of something.

"What's wrong?"

Shi Xing was worried, not knowing if he had asked something he shouldn't have asked.

Chi Yao looked at him and said without hiding, "I just feel that energy negotiations will not be so smooth."

Shi Xing was confused, "Hasn't the diplomatic meeting on energy imports started yet?"

Chi Yao sighed, "Yes."

Chi Yao reached out to Shi Xing, interlaced his fingers, and after Yan Changyue left, he pulled him away from the desk and sofa for the formal talks, and pressed Shi Xing to sit on the other party's favorite lazy sofa. Chi Yao then sat down beside him, raised his head, unbuttoned two buttons on his collar, and relaxed his posture.

"Let me think about how to say it."

Shi Xing finally asked, "Is it difficult to say?"

Chi Yao shook his head, "Not really, I just don't know where to start."

In the end, he still talked about the energy issue first.

"Tianyuanxing has coveted the medical resources of the Blue Star people of the Empire for a long time. You said Li Yu said this to you in private. I can understand why Miller is determined to cause trouble in the Empire's territory."

"They probably want to divide the relationship between you and the Empire, and then bring you back to the Alliance."

Shi Xing: "?"

Shi Xing: "???"

Shi Xing blurted out, "Is there anything wrong with their brains?"

The question made Chi Yao laugh.

After laughing, his expression became inexplicably gloomy again, and he shook his head again, "They have their reasons for doing this."

"I said that energy would not be so smooth. First, it can be seen from their intentions towards you that they have not completely given up the idea of ​​letting the Empire open up the medical resources of the Blue Star people. Second, the compensation for Miller's incident was too much. If a generous compensation is given here, then when discussing energy issues, the Empire can't use Miller as an excuse."

"After all, the two most important things for the Alliance and the Empire to form a situation of mutual restraint are energy and borders."

"The Alliance owns most of the mineral stars in the galaxy, and it cannot support its army without crystals; the Empire is martial, and it cannot guard the border without the Imperial Group."

Chi Yao pinched his brows, "Energy issues are put before the border. If we don't use the border to negotiate conditions, I'm afraid we can't get around the monopoly of medical resources by the Blue Star people."

Shi Xing seemed to understand, perhaps he was more sensitive, and because of his race, Ren Yanyong, Wei Zhen, and Wei Wan had never talked to Shi Xing in detail about this aspect.

Seeing Shi Xing's reaction, Chi Yao immediately realized the crux of the matter and said, "I'll tell you when the time comes."

Chi Yao: "Back to your question, do you want to know the history of Blue Star?"

Shi Xing: "I want to. But first of all, I'm curious about why there are no related books on the market. Campbell has four or five historical research books. There should be more on Blue Star, right?"

Shi Xing said, "And about the star beasts talking, Your Highness, your reaction seems very calm. Have you... heard of similar incidents?"

Chi Yao answered Shi Xing's second question first.

"It's not that I'm not surprised when I first learned that the star beasts can talk, but... maybe for the Blue Star people, we are used to not thinking about things with limited thinking."

In other words, no matter what happens to the Blue Star people, Chi Yao will not think it is unreasonable.

"Even though both the Empire and the Alliance have done some research on Blue Star, I think there is one thing we both agree on. Our research is very limited, and the full picture of Blue Star is still an unknown and mysterious existence."

"Of course, that includes the Blue Star people."

"Let's not talk about the distant past. I'll talk about two recent things that cannot be explained by the scientific logic of the Empire."

"You know, before you, all the Blue Star people who left the Tree Nest at maturity had never been evaluated as having talent levels of S. The highest was A. Aren't you curious why Erya ended up being SS-level? She should only be S-level."

Shi Xing has always had a strange impression of Erya. Sometimes she feels that the other party is very close, and at other times she feels that the other party is very far away. How to say it, I always feel that she looks at them and the Empire from the perspective of a bystander.

Since it has nothing to do with oneself, then naturally there is no sadness or joy, it is a kind of detached existence.

Chi Yao smiled and said, "You feel right, Erya does look at the empire from another dimension. You say detached, but I prefer another word, outsider." "

Erya's former partner was very capable, and the Tree Nest also focused on studying Erya's growth trajectory, but found no clues that she could jump from S-level to SS."

Shi Xing finally understood what he was wondering about. Yes, since Erya left the Tree Nest, she must have been matched, but, "What about her partner?"

"Died." Chi Yao said lightly and gave the ending.

The process was described in a few words. "During the outbreak of the beast tide, the team was surrounded by star beasts at the border. There were three SS-level mutant star beasts, two S-level, and some lower-level ones. They trapped them and cut off their way out."

Shi Xing's pupils shrank.

After a while, he spoke in a voice that was not daring to ask, "So... did her partner die in the battle with the star beast?"

Chi Yao shook his head and lowered his eyes for a moment. Although he felt a little reluctant, he still told the truth.

"At that time, Erya was on the verge of crossing the maturity period. Her partner wanted to delay her until she passed the maturity period, so that the star beast could not sense her scent and would naturally leave."

"But there was too little food to search on the barren planet, and most of it was given to Erya. He also needed to use his own mental power to provide Erya... Miracles are very rare, at least he didn't wait for it. Before Erya passed the maturity period, he consumed too much and died."

"Before he died, he did not stay in their hiding place, but chose to leave. Erya left the hiding place just to find him."

Some horrible memories flashed through Shi Xing's mind, and then he shook his head, focusing on the present, and said with difficulty, "Did Erya find his remains later?"

Chi Yao: "It was eaten by star beasts, and only fragments of clothes were found."

Chi Yao: "Then Erya went to find the star beasts. According to her later recollections, she went there completely on a whim. Later, during the resistance, she sucked the cores of all the star beasts, passed the maturity period, and became a healer."

"When she was found by the Empire, she was in a very bad state and was unwilling to speak."

"The diagnosis of Tree Nest was that she was too shocked. Half a year after she came back, I remember that when she was about to be re-matched, Erya collected evidence and brought it to a special court. The evidence pointed out that the two legions had received her team's distress signal during the siege, but chose to ignore it because there were too many surrounding star beasts."

"The case caused a sensation."

"It was related to two military families of the empire, and it was difficult to verify. In the end, the case was brought to my attention. I remember that many military and civilian officials were dismissed from top to bottom. Now the power structure of the two military corps involved has completely changed because of this incident. On the day the results came out, Erya was probably extremely disappointed with the empire and asked to leave the empire."

Shi Xing was surprised, "But would other military corps and senior officials of the empire agree?"

"Of course not."

Chi Yao let out a long breath and recalled, "So she started a hunger strike. It's likely that she really didn't want to live."

Chi Yao: "It has come to this point and it's irreversible. I'll make the decision and let her leave."

"When leaving, Xu Jin asked her if she could treat me. They reached an agreement privately. From then on, she would come before my disorder period."

"This time it took so long because they wanted to repay the favor of a royal family from an alien galaxy. They asked me before they left, and I agreed. On the way back, they encountered some things, which caused the time to be moved back again and again."

Chi Yao returned to the topic, "Er Ya couldn't explain how she broke through the level confinement. The tree nest has not yet studied it. There is a saying that it was a potential explosion at the critical moment of life and death. Many people in the tree nest agree with it." "

But among the many blue star people and their partners who were eaten by star beasts in the empire, only Er Ya surpassed himself. This statement may not be correct."

This is something about the blue star people that Chi Yao couldn't figure out.

The second thing is to talk about the mother tree blue fruit and before the blue star disappeared.

Chi Yao called up some tree nest data, and the projection screen appeared in front of Shi Xing. Shi Xing recognized it, "Blue fruit."

Before the Blue Star people were born, they were nurtured in it.

Chi Yao nodded, "Every three to five years, a batch of blue fruits will mature. When they mature, the peel will crack, and the Blue Star babies will be wrapped inside. The appearance and characteristics are the same as those of the Imperial people. In the first two or three years, they don't need crystals, and they can be nurtured normally."

"But during this period, there will be many blue fruits that cannot mature. What do you think the inside of these blue fruits that have fallen and been abandoned by the mother tree look like?"

Shi Xing suddenly thought of the immature embryos. When he was studying physiology, he learned that some embryos that stopped developing in the artificial uterus... have already taken human form.

Looking at Shi Xing's thoughtful look, Chi Yao said: "Do you think that there are dead developing embryos inside?"

Shi Xing nodded.

Chi Yao clicked on a video.

It was a scene where the Tree Nest staff cut open the blue fruit abandoned by the mother tree.

As the blue fruit in the picture was opened, Shi Xing's breath was choked. There was nothing inside.

It was like an empty fruit.

Chi Yao: "This is not an isolated case. Seventy years ago, the Tree Nest was attacked by a high-level mutant star beast. Many healthy blue fruits of the mother tree were knocked down by the star beast. In the end, only ten blue star people were born in that batch, but the healthy blue fruits were knocked down."

Chi Yao played another video.

Shi Xing was stunned, "Why is it still empty?!"

Chi Yao shrugged, "The mother tree has a strong spiritual power. Many instruments are disturbed by energy on the branches and cannot be used. We dare not do experiments on the mother tree, but no embryos have been found in the fallen blue fruits. The blue people in the mature embryos seem to appear out of thin air."

"Even if it is not strict, it feels like this."

"But there are also research arguments that the blue fruit will absorb a lot of energy from the mother tree since the day it grows. From this dimension, it is definitely not the so-called 'empty' inside."

He closed the video.

Chi Yao said again, "Have you noticed that the blue people born by the mother tree have very similar appearance characteristics."

Shi Xing nodded.

Chi Yao called up some photos, "These are photos and videos of the Blue Star people negotiating the contract with the Empire before Blue Star disappeared. They have no unified features, or in other words, they have the racial characteristics of most planets in our galaxy. If you don't point out that they are Blue Star people, your race is completely invisible."

Shi Xing was surprised: "Is it because of the different mother trees?"

Chi Yao told the truth: "I don't know. After all, the Empire has only one mother tree."

Turning off the projection screen, Chi Yao said: "The news and knowledge I have come into contact with about Blue Star is definitely more than these two. I picked these two out just to say that there are too many things about Blue Star that the Empire and the Alliance don't know and can't understand."

And many things, with the disappearance of Blue Star, will probably become permanent mysteries.

Chi Yao: "The mother tree was transplanted to the Empire. Before the Blue Star people of the Empire hunted the Star Beasts, the entire galaxy didn't know that the Star Beasts were the food of the Blue Star people."

"They didn't know that the Blue Star people were born from trees, and they didn't know that the Blue Star people had a stage of maturity."

Shi Xing was surprised: "I don't know, it's because..."

Chi Yao: "The people of Blue Star travel between various planets as doctors, only treating illnesses and receiving remuneration, and rarely talk about Blue Star. Moreover, current galactic scholars have confirmed that the people of Blue Star will not leave Blue Star before they reach maturity."

"So, the people who traveled outside before were all doctors."

Thinking of something, Shi Xing asked, "It is said that no one from other planets in our galaxy has ever been to Blue Star."

Chi Yao nodded.

Corrected, "It is better to say that they cannot go there than to say that they have never been there."

"Blue Star is in the depths of a chaotic energy flow, and only the people of Blue Star know how to enter and exit."

"This energy turbulence that can tear everything apart is also a natural barrier for Blue Star. Even if a king-level star beast leads a beast tide to attack, and the entire galaxy has to unite to build a border, Blue Star is absolutely safe."

Realizing something, Shi Xing: "So, star beasts can't enter either?"

Chi Yao: "The first star beast was found to have scars caused by the energy turbulence. It's hard for me to say that star beasts can't enter at all, but a large number of star beasts attacking should not exist."

Shi Xing discovered the singularity, "So, there are no star beasts on Blue Star. Then, on Blue Star, how do mature Blue Star people survive their maturity? Do they purchase large quantities of crystal stones from outside?"

Chi Yao shook his head, "I've never heard of it."

Chi Yao: "The previous Blue Star was like an isolated existence in the twin galaxies, with They are all doctors. Even if other planets are not smart, they will not make enemies with doctors. There is no conflict. When Blue Star disappears, everyone looks back and finds that all planets do not know Blue Star. "

Thinking of something, Chi Yao said, "Before Blue Star disappears, there are some strange behaviors." Shi

Xing: "What?"

Chi Yao: "Transplanting the mother tree is one thing. The second thing is that before transplanting the mother tree, Blue Star once issued a notice on the star network, requiring all doctors to return to Blue Star as soon as possible without delay." Shi

Xing understood, and realized it later, "So, this is also a reason why there are no Blue Star people except the Empire after Blue Star disappears."

Chi Yao nodded, "Some scholars speculate that it may be that Blue Star itself encountered something, but it is only a guess."

After the words came to an end, the study became quiet.

Shi Xing felt more and more that Blue Star was like a puzzle, waiting for him to explore.

After a pause, Chi Yao asked Shi Xing another question: "Didn't you ask why there are no historical research books on Blue Star in the market of the Empire?"

"Because the Alliance used this to lure away the Blue Star people before."

"And they are minors, Blue Star people who haven't even begun to mature."

Shi Xing was surprised.

Chi Yao: "The Blue Star people used to live a very free life. In addition, because they are doctors, they are treated preferentially wherever they go. In contrast, the Blue Star people who grew up in the Empire are like birds in a cage, restricted everywhere."

"Minors have immature thoughts and consciousness, and are easily deceived. When the Empire was not on guard, the Alliance secretly took away a pre-mature Blue Star person, gave him favorable material conditions, and promised that if he could survive the maturity period and work for the Alliance in the future, there would be more preferential treatment waiting for him, and his personal freedom would never be restricted." Shi

Xing was shocked, "Then, what happened later?"

Chi Yao exhaled a foul breath, frowned and said heavily, "There was no later."

"Too far away from the Empire, it is impossible for him to start and pass the maturity period."

Shi Xing didn't understand, "Why?"

Chi Yao revealed the key, "Contract."

Realizing something, Shi Xing covered his mouth.

"The existence of the contract is a constraint on both parties. Since the royal family agreed to the Blue Star people to put the contract into the spiritual sea, it is impossible for there to be no constraints on the mother tree. One of the rules is to ensure that the resources invested by the Empire in the Blue Star people and the mother tree are not wasted. The mature Blue Star people cannot be too far away from the Empire. The farthest distance is only to the farthest border line guarded by the Empire."

"We don't know how the contract is done, but... it is indeed done."

Thinking of Li Yu's behavior, Shi Xing: "So, the Alliance doesn't know this yet?"

Chi Yao said coldly, "The Empire has no obligation to inform."

"But since this has happened, in order to eliminate the gap between the living conditions before and after the disappearance of Blue Star, the Empire's historical records on Blue Star have been reduced."

Shi Xing: "You said that specific conditions are required to view it. What are the conditions for the query?"

"For the people of Blue Star, it is enough to pass the maturity period; the Imperial people need to write a special application, and they will issue relevant books only after they are sure that they have no other use. Most of them are used by scholars for academic research."

This...

Shi Xing understood, it is very reasonable.

After adulthood, he became a doctor, got along with the Imperial people, and came into contact with society. His psychology is relatively more mature. He will not only see the good side of things, but ignore the hidden costs.

There was another moment of silence. Chi Yao asked with a smile, "After hearing so much, do you still think it's strange that the star beast can talk?"

Shi Xing: "..."

Shi Xing: "There are many things about the blue star people. In your eyes, there is nothing strange, right?" Anyway

, I can't understand it. One more or one less, it really doesn't matter.

Chi Yao lowered his eyes and smiled. His smile revealed everything.

Shi Xing fell back and covered his eyes with his arms. "I was confused about two questions. After listening to you, my mind is full of little question marks."

"I think you may be able to solve it."

Shi Xing: "?"

Chi Yao suddenly said, "You also have the characteristics of the blue star people. You have some things that you haven't told me, but these things should not exist in your experience."

Shi Xing's heart skipped a beat.

Could it be... that it's not a miracle to start over again?

Then what is it?

Shi Xing was confused.

But Chi Yao did not let him think too long. He waved at him. Shi Xing walked over and was pulled to sit on him. Chi Yao hugged him tightly. Shi Xing: "Your Highness, can I take a look at other documents and records about Blue Star in the Empire?"

"Sure, I'll ask Wei Wan to transfer them to you later."

Feeling that Chi Yao agreed too easily, Shi Xing asked him, "Aren't you afraid that I will also be envious and envy the life of the former Blue Star people after seeing it?"

After all, he hasn't passed the maturity stage yet.

Chi Yao raised his head, and the two faces were close. Shi Xing could clearly see the smile in his eyes, "I feel longing for it. Then, are you going to join the alliance?"

Shi Xing raised his chin and deliberately said, "It's hard to say~"

Chi Yao just smiled and said nothing.

Until Shi Xing felt a little embarrassed by being looked at, someone slowly said, "Why can't you say it?"

"Oh, why?" Shi Xing pretended to be serious, but in fact, he couldn't hold it back in his heart.

Chi Yao said word by word, "Of course he can't bear to leave me."

Shi Xing: "..."

Shi Xing: "..."

The arrogant prince asked him back, "Don't you think so?"

Shi Xing was joking, but he was not thick-skinned enough, and he put himself on the fire and couldn't get down.

Being stared at by smiling eyes for a while longer, Shi Xing couldn't hold back the smile on his face anymore, so he hugged Chi Yao, resting his chin on his shoulder, using this posture to avoid looking at his face, closing his eyes, embarrassed but not going against his heart, saying, "Yes."

"What is it?"

Shi Xing sighed, saying what Chi Yao wanted to hear, "Of course I can't bear to leave you."

"I can't leave you."

He didn't expect Shi Xing to say this, after a moment of silence, Chi Yao smiled silently.

A light kiss fell on Shi Xing's red earlobe, Chi Yao said, "Guess what I'm thinking now?"

Shi Xing was embarrassed, "Laugh if you want to."

The joke he started ended up being played on him, Shi Xing was frustrated.

But someone's bottom line was even more excessive than he thought. Chi Yao whispered in Shi Xing's ear, "I wonder when the chaotic period will be completely over..."

He even asked him more excessively, "You want it to be over too, right?"

Shi Xing collapsed.

Chi Yao laughed, and Shi Xing stood up to leave, but Chi Yao refused. In the end... after a lot of tugging, the two of them kissed each other.

A few days later, Miller was repatriated to the Alliance in the medical cabin, and Tianyuanxing decided to send new diplomats to the Empire.

The celebration farce officially came to an end.

Diplomatic negotiations on energy procurement issues were finally kicked off.

However, the first day of the diplomatic negotiation meeting was not smooth, as Chi Yao expected.

The Alliance's stance toughened.

Only two options were given for the Empire's energy needs.

First, the Empire directly accepted the Alliance's arbitrarily high price for crystals and crystal ore.

Second, the Alliance could lower the price to benefit the Empire, but there was a prerequisite. The prerequisite for the price reduction was that the Empire must open up the medical resources of the Blue Star people to all the planets of the Alliance.

The negotiation bypassed the border issue, but could not bypass the issue of the Blue Star people's monopoly on medical resources.

Chi Yao's words came true.