Chapter 43
audience
[What kind of lewd words are these? ]
[Fuck! I was really looking forward to the little dark room, but I never thought one of them would be zombies! I'm so... so excited.]
[Covering my face...shy...is this something I can watch? ]
【Is it a necrophilia? 】
Shi Buxi: ..., what a terrible statement.
"Do I know you?" Although Shi Buxi had some guesses about the Yaya zombie in his mind, this person was still wearing a mask. It would be embarrassing if he recognized the wrong person.
"Xiao Xi, I'm your brother." The man's mind seemed remarkably simple at the moment. Upon hearing the boy's question, he reached out and took off his mask. "Xiao Xi, look, it's your brother."
boom!
When the man's face appeared in the camera, both the audience in front of the live broadcast and the staff in the director's room in the aircraft were stunned.
[Damn it, Your Majesty!]
Am I dazzled?
After a brief screen clear, two comments just appeared and the live broadcast room instantly went black.
The holographic screen was turned off, but the live broadcast room was still there, and countless comments flashed across the dark screen:
[Ahhh, is it really someone pretending to be me?]
[Is this confirmed? Fangya Zombie = Your Majesty? Oh my god, I'm going crazy.]
[Impossible, absolutely impossible, I don’t believe it]
[It’s over, it’s over, our human empire is finished.]
[Wow, will we be invaded by other intelligent creatures using this as an excuse?]
[I, I'll go back and get some sleep. Maybe when I wake up, everything will be fine.]
The audience's world collapsed. Shi Buxi felt the same way, desperately wanting to go back a few seconds and cover his mouth. He glanced at the camera. It seemed to realize it had gotten into trouble. It had flown to the corner of the room, clinging tightly to the wall, and the holographic screen had retracted.
"What are you looking at?" The man wanted to look at the wall, but the young man covered his face with his hands with a "snap", pressing him down tightly and not letting him move.
Shi Buxi tried to calm herself down, reached out to take his mask, and put it on him, trying to cover it up, "Don't take it off."
The man frowned slightly in confusion, as if he was puzzled and still resisting.
Shi Buxi's heart inexplicably sank. He had no memory of the man yet, but the familiarity couldn't be deceived, nor could the photos on the wall. As for why he had returned from thousands of years in the future, he would soon find out, so there was no need to rush. The important thing now was, what to do with the man's exposed identity?
When Shi Buxi was wondering how to deal with this situation, two images and sounds suddenly flashed through his mind:
"If I just learn the Dao technique, can I save my brother?"
"Well, brother is waiting for Xiaoxi to come and save brother."
Shi Buxi's heart trembled, and he looked up at the man in front of him...
"Headache." The man didn't sense Shi Buxi's change of mood. He murmured, leaned down, and rested his head on Shi Buxi's shoulder. Intimate, defenseless.
Shi Buxi's heart skipped a beat, and she felt a little choked. She raised her hand to half-hug him, gently stroking the back of his head. She was wondering whether to speak again, but suddenly she saw a dark figure appear at the door, followed by a familiar head. It was Jian Mingyuan.
The man looked anxious, gesturing rapidly with his hands, but Shi Buxi couldn't understand what he meant. Then he saw Jian Mingyuan pointing at the man, clasping his hands together and placing them on his neck as if he were sleeping, and he immediately understood.
Shi Buxi thought for two seconds, put his hand on the back of the man's head and patted it gently, saying softly: "You must be sleepy, go to sleep, everything will be fine when you wake up."
The surroundings were very quiet, with only Shi Buxi's voice echoing.
At that moment, rumors of the emperor being a zombie were trending online. When that face appeared before the camera, no one could defend him. Countless people @ the royal spokesperson and members of the royal family, demanding they come forward and explain.
Little did they know that the imperial high command and the royal spokesperson were also stunned and speechless. After failing to reach the palace, they rushed to the imperial city in their flying vehicles, hoping to meet Zong Zhengqing. As long as Zong Zhengqing was still in the palace, the man appearing in the live broadcast could be a gimmick for the program team.
“Beep, beep, beep!”
"Butler Qin, the three princes and the spokesperson are waiting outside. Should we let them in?"
The servants struggled to control their expressions, to conceal their shock. His Majesty was away from the palace, unknown to outsiders, but they knew full well. Every year around this time, His Majesty would disappear from public view for a while, citing poor weather and physical discomfort. Because of a doctor's certificate, no one had ever suspected anything in all those years. But did this mean that the zombie on Blue Star was actually His Majesty?
This is so scary. Have I been living in the same place with zombies?
The servant shuddered at the thought.
Butler Tan looked up at the servant, and when he saw him hurriedly lower his head, he retracted his gaze and said calmly, "No, just say that His Majesty hasn't recovered yet and won't see anyone."
Butler Tan closed his eyes tightly, thinking of His Majesty who suddenly woke up a few days ago, and said:
[I can hide it forever, but the people of Blue Star can’t.]
[They saved billions of people in the empire, this shouldn't have happened.]
Butler Qin sighed. His Majesty has never smiled since the late emperor, late queen and the children left. He wanted the people of Blue Star to walk into the sunlight, wanted the late queen to stand before the people, and wanted to tell the hundreds of millions of people in the empire that they were heroes, not the zombies that everyone was afraid of.
If this makes him happier, that's fine.
Butler Qin picked up the terminal and dialed a communication number.
*
"Director, what should we do?" the director asked cautiously, observing the staff members' constantly flashing terminals. After the accident, everyone's terminal started ringing frantically. Chief Director Zuo Yue immediately ordered everyone to turn off their phones or mute them, and not to answer them. But this wouldn't last long. When a higher-level communication came in from the Empire, they would have to answer it.
"How should I know?" Zuo Yue was upset. He just wanted to use the Blue Star zombie incident to hype up the show, not to destroy it! He just hoped that it was a zombie that looked like His Majesty, not His Majesty.
"Director, Zong Ziyu and the others are looking for you." A staff member rushed over with a terminal and said quickly, "They want the production team to give us Shi Buxi's location right now."
"What's the point of giving it to him? Let him go and rescue him?" Zuo Yue frowned.
"Director, everyone has assembled." A tall man in camouflage uniform walked into the director's room, followed by Academician Liang.
"Director Zuo, I'll give you my people too," Academician Liang said in a deep voice. He also knew what happened not long ago. Shi Buyi was very helpful to his zombie research, so this person must be rescued.
"Thank you!" Zuo Yue reached out and shook hands with Academician Liang, then turned to Captain Li and said, "This zombie is quite powerful. Your mission is to reunite with Captain Huang and immediately retreat after rescuing the people. Go ahead."
"Yes, we'll complete the mission," Captain Li replied, turning to leave. His expression remained unchanged, but his heart sank. There were two security teams for this show: one to protect the contestants, and one to protect the production crew. He led the second team, and while they were no less powerful, that was only relative to humans.
When they first accepted the commission to join this program crew, they didn't feel much about the so-called zombies. It was only after they came that they felt fear. That power was simply not something humans could resist. If it weren't for Shi Yi Bu Xi, the program crew would have had to return home in District 3 as early as now.
Now Shi Buyi, the only one who can fight against the zombies, has been captured, and they are afraid that they will never come back.
"Is it really possible?" the assistant director asked worriedly.
"Don't worry, the team protecting me has experience fighting zombies, so there should be no problem." Academician Liang said.
"I have contacted the headquarters and asked them to ask the military for help to see if they can send the military academy students who recently entered Blue Star for training to help." Zuo Yue had already thought of every possible way. Fortunately, seeing that the zombie did not want to harm Shi Buxi, they still had time.
"Is the show still going on? Do we want to bring Zong Ziyu and the others over?" asked the assistant director.
"What are you going to do? Let's get the person first..." Zuo Yue's voice stopped abruptly. Seeing the familiar string of numbers ringing on the terminal, he quickly walked over to the side and picked up the phone. Listening to the old man's voice in the terminal, his pupils gradually dilated, "But, but..."
"Don't worry, I won't contact you without that person's permission." Butler Qin said in a deep voice.
Zuo Yue's heart was beating wildly. Although Butler Qin was only the emperor's butler, he had served under two emperors and had even followed the previous emperor to the battlefield when he was young. He was no stranger to the people and had a noble status. Now he indirectly admitted that the "Ya Ya Zombie" was the emperor, but not only did he let him continue the live broadcast?
Is this really His Majesty's intention, or is it political infighting?
Zuo Yue responded repeatedly, but he was panicked and hesitant in his heart. If he made the wrong choice, he would be imprisoned for life in the empire.
"What's wrong?" The assistant director asked when he saw Zuo Yue's serious expression after hanging up the phone.
"Continue the live broadcast." Zuo Yue gritted his teeth.
Everyone was shocked when they heard this.
"Open camera position number five." Zuo Yue said again.
"Camera number five is for Shi Buxi," the assistant director reminded him. The zombie's identity hadn't been confirmed yet, so could a livestream really work?
"Don't make me say it for the third time." Zuo Yue was upset and his tone was bad.
The director, who had been hesitating, immediately turned on camera No. 5 upon hearing this.
Everyone looked at the big screen. The room was dim. Unbeknownst to them, Yaya Zombie had already been lying on the bed. Shi Buyi, on the other hand, was sitting beside the bed, their hands clasped. Standing next to him was a man in camouflage uniform and a hood.
"He, he is not conscious now, and he always thinks that you are his little queen, so he has been following you." Jian Mingyuan is still not sure whether Shi Buyi is the little queen, but His Majesty has already determined it, so that's it.
"When will it be recovered?" Shi Buyi asked.
"About another half month," Jian Mingyuan replied. He had calculated this time based on the length of time His Majesty had been missing each year.
"Is this his residence?" Shi Buyi asked. Just now, after he coaxed Zong Zhengqing to lie down on the bed, his hand was held, and he hadn't been able to go outside to see what was going on.
"I don't know."
"Weren't you always with him?"
"No, I only followed him for less than a month."
"Besides you, who else knows about his situation?" Shi Buyi thought about it and decided that he should be sent away. Now that his identity had been exposed, he didn't know what would happen if he didn't leave. His divination had previously indicated that the empire might change its emperor, and he was afraid that this would be the fuse.
"Butler Tan knows."
"Send him back to the Imperial Star?"
"Maybe not?"
Shi Buxi turned around and glared at him.
"How about you stay with him for half a month until he recovers?" Jian Mingyuan said stubbornly. Seeing Shi Buyi's hesitation, he immediately said, "Don't you want to know your true identity?"
Jian Mingyuan wanted to cry. The task assigned by Butler Qin was too difficult.
Upon hearing this, Shi Buyi looked at the sleeping man intently and nodded.
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