After coming out of the Starry Sky Building, Gu Yumian took the public hovercraft.
In the interstellar age, land transportation has been completely eliminated, and levitation vehicles have become commonplace on satellite planets. The only interstellar regime is the Oliver Empire, which has three star systems: a capital planet and 47 satellite planets. Tucker, where Gu Yumian currently resides, is a satellite planet on the edge, and its industry and technology are not very developed.
It is said that there are more advanced means of transportation on the capital planet.
Ten minutes later, Gu Yumian stood at the door of his house.
This house was originally rented by the original owner. It was on the middle floor of a residential building. The lighting and basic facilities were not very satisfactory. Having not had time to clean up yesterday, Gu Yumian spent the entire afternoon cleaning.
It was already evening when they finished cleaning, so Gu Yumian ordered a takeout.
While waiting for the takeaway, Gu Yumian decided to watch the live broadcast and learn - although he was aiming for the guaranteed salary, he loved what he did, and since he had taken the money, he must not be perfunctory.
"Xiao A, please help me connect to the Star Network," he said. The AI built into Gu Yumian's optical computer was named Xiao A.
"Okay," Xiao A replied, "Please verify your fingerprint and wear the sensor device."
A light screen appeared out of thin air in front of Gu Yumian's eyes. He pressed his thumb on the screen, then placed a sensor device that looked like a small metal disc on his forehead and closed his eyes.
The next second, a magical world appeared before our eyes.
It was like a VR game, but much more real than that. Gu Yumian floated in a vast starry sky, looking left and right. The ancient Earth natives were once again shocked by the advanced level of technology.
Several small blocks hovered before his eyes, bearing titles like "Information," "Entertainment," and "Communications," reminiscent of the apps on his phone. Gu Yumian clicked on the "Entertainment" section and selected Star Live.
The Starry Sky live streaming platform was indeed very popular. He had only logged into the Tak Planet server, not the main server, but the number of online users had reached a staggering 200 million. Remember, the entire Tak Planet had only 500 million permanent residents.
Gu Yumian didn't know what his livestreaming role was. The platform didn't restrict the content of the streamers' broadcasts, so he must have had some talent to become a contracted streamer, but Gu Yumian knew nothing about that.
Since he was a child, his best skill has been raising animals, which has led to a series of specialties he has developed - he is good at preparing delicious feed, good at feeding cubs, and good at coaxing small animals to sleep, but these specialties cannot be used for live broadcasts.
Gu Yumian randomly selected a section and entered the live broadcast room, wanting to see what was going on first.
The host of this livestream is a stunning Maine Coon cat, and the backdrop is a cozy, wallpapered bedroom—her home. Beside her is a small cradle, and four Maine Coon kittens keep poking their heads out, curiously gazing at the camera. The host licks each one on the forehead.
The live broadcast of Interstellar Era was also holographic. Gu Yumian felt like he was standing in a room. He could smell the sweet aroma of milk. He could see, hear, smell, and touch, but he couldn't actually hold anything.
Looking at the scene of a family of five cats, Gu Yumian's heart was immediately melted by cuteness.
However, there is a flaw. The host's Maine Coon's fur looks very messy. In addition, its nails seem to have not been trimmed for a long time and are about to pierce its paw pads.
The Maine Coon cat host looked at the camera and spoke in human language:
"Hello everyone, I'm the host Big Banana. If you like me, please follow me."
Gu Yumian: "..."
"Today I'm going to teach all the new feline dads," the host said, licking his paw, "how to bottle-feed when your wife isn't home."
Gu Yumian took a look and realized that he had clicked on the 'Parenting Channel'. The most popular things here were various tutorials, such as live breastfeeding, live taking children out to play, and live tutoring for homework.
"Let's put the milk into the bottle first." The host said and turned into a human form, a man wearing an apron. He held the milk carton in one hand and poured the milk into the bottle.
Gu Yumian: “……???”
Wait, giving kittens milk? Undiluted?
Then, the host placed the bottle directly in front of the kittens. The kittens moved their noses, and Gu Yumian could almost see the actual resistance and disgust on their faces. Finally, they meowed twice and began to drink reluctantly.
The host smiled with satisfaction: "The babies are drinking happily too. Have you learned it?"
Gu Yumian: Where is the happiness?!
If there is no cat milk, the most suitable food for kittens should be goat milk, because many kittens are lactose intolerant. Moreover, the host's rough feeding method must be very uncomfortable for the kittens to drink.
Fortunately, in the interstellar age, the physique and intelligence of animals have been greatly improved, otherwise it would be very difficult for the cubs to grow up healthily with such an unreliable raising method of this nanny.
Gu Yumian looked at the comments, thinking that everyone had the same idea as him, but he never expected that the comments were full of praise.
[I learned something! The host is so attentive! The kids all look really happy.]
[The host's feeding posture is good, unlike when my dad used to feed me, he almost choked me to death.]
[Milk is good. I fed my cat frozen yogurt before and he vomited.]
Gu Yumian: "..."
Milk is not that outrageous, some people even feed frozen yogurt.
Watching the live broadcast and the comments, he suddenly realized a serious problem. Gu Yumian thought about it, switched to another live broadcast room.
This is the live broadcast room in the living area. The host is a golden retriever who is teaching how to comb the hair of his companions.
He simply took a plastic comb for humans, placed it on his companion's body, and began to comb his companion's hair from head to toe, without controlling the strength of the comb. Gu Yumian could see that his companion's skin had turned red from being pulled.
Host: "Everyone, pay attention to my technique. Combing your hair this way is very comfortable and it reduces the pain a lot."
Barrage:
【I learned it.】
[The host is so smart! I used to use someone else's method, but it was really painful to comb my hair.]
Gu Yumian: "..."
Food Channel.
"Today, let's go to the most famous restaurant on Tak," the giraffe host said. "They serve dishes from all races. Let's start ordering now."
In holographic mode, viewers can smell and taste the food. To satisfy a wider audience, the host ordered dishes from many animal recipes, including those from cats and dogs.
Gu Yumian is a giant panda keeper, but he himself has raised cats and dogs since he was a child, and has cared for all kinds of animals in pet hospitals and zoos. From a professional perspective, he believes that those dishes are not "extremely delicious" for animals.
If the meat is minced too finely, it loses nutrients, and if the vegetables are added too much, they're all fried until they're overcooked. Cats are carnivores, but this bowl of "premium cat food" contains nearly 40% vegetables.
This plate of cat food worth two hundred star coins was completely unacceptable in Gu Yumian's eyes. If it were given to his previous cat ancestors, they would not even bother to smell it.
【Ah ...
[It's truly a high-end restaurant. I'll save up money to eat there someday.]
Much better than what the small restaurant makes.
Gu Yumian: "..."
He discovered that the animals in the interstellar age had no way of living or taking care of themselves - it was common knowledge that the best substitute for cat milk was goat milk, but no one in the entire interstellar space knew this.
Combining the general history he had learned yesterday, Gu Yumian thought about it for a while and understood.
In his previous life, about twenty or thirty years after he died in a car accident, an apocalyptic catastrophe struck the Earth.
In that catastrophe, a lot of knowledge and culture were not preserved. In addition, humans and animals later became enemies due to resource conflicts. Even if someone originally knew this knowledge, they probably would not pass it on.
Moreover, after awakening, animals, whether they were originally wild or domesticated, began to blindly imitate human life and aesthetics.
This certainly has its advantages, as it avoids a long period of development from primitive stages. Animals, building on the technological and cultural foundations of human civilization, expand into the universe and usher in the interstellar age ahead of time. However, in reality, the human lifestyle is not suitable for them.
This has led to the current situation.
Just as I was thinking, the doorbell suddenly rang. It was Gu Yumian's takeaway that arrived.
He collected his thoughts, took the takeaway, and sat on the balcony to eat.
Although the rental house was small, it had a small balcony. Tak's industry wasn't very developed, so sitting on the balcony, one could see the vast starry sky.
Gu Yumian ate his meal under the starry sky. After finishing his meal, he went inside to get a bottle of mineral water and watered the several pots of half-withered plants on the balcony.
He misses home a little.
He missed his parents, his friends and colleagues, and his chubby little pandas Erguo and Sanguo.
Gu Yumian didn't notice that while he was doing these things, a micro camera was flashing red light in the air outside the balcony.
The camera is focused on him and is in working order.
…
At the same time, at Tak Star No. 1 Starport.
As the largest starport on Planet Tak, it was home to tens of thousands of starships and spacecraft, and received hundreds of thousands of passengers daily. However, passenger traffic generally decreased significantly after nightfall.
Tonight is an exception.
It was clearly eight o'clock in the evening, but the Starport was packed. There were animals of all kinds, families with their children, elderly couples supporting each other, and people holding flowers. With so many people, it should have been noisy, but the vast Starport was remarkably quiet.
At the front of the crowd were media reporters, who were also very quiet, not even turning on their cameras.
"Mom," one of the kids finally couldn't help asking, "Who are we waiting for?"
"Shh." The child's parents picked her up and whispered in her ear, "We are waiting for His Majesty. His Majesty saved our lives, you know?"
Twenty years ago, the Zerg invaded, and the frontier satellite planet Tak was the first to bear the brunt.
If the then-twenty-year-old monarch had not personally led his troops to the front lines, Tak would have long since fallen to the Zerg's brutal tactics. Therefore, despite the mixed reception of this monarch over the years, those who experienced that war were deeply grateful to him.
A few minutes later, a fleet arrived at the starport suspended in the universe.
Thousands of stars are shining brightly, the scene is grand and magnificent, and there are patterns of empire and royalty on the hull of each starship. The door of the largest starship is open.
One person was surrounded in the middle and walked down.
There was dead silence among the tens of thousands of people in the star port, and no one spoke.
The monarch dislikes being judged. Few photos of him have surfaced online, in magazines, or in the news, rarely in human form, and none in animal form.
This is the most outstanding monarch in the Oliver Empire in thousands of years.
He was as famous for his brutality as for his immense mental strength. He was only twenty years old when he ascended the throne, which was far too young in a world where the average age was five hundred. Various factions were eyeing him covetously.
The newly-adult king shouldered all the pressure and criticism and went to the frontline in person. He spent seven years wiping out the Zerg that had plagued the empire for hundreds of years. Less than a year after returning to his country, he used iron-blooded methods to purge and rectify the situation and eradicate the forces with ulterior motives.
Mental power is divided into E to S levels, and official data has been released that the mental power rating of a monarch who has just reached adulthood is SSS level.
But he also had as many bad rumors as he had achievements. The most shocking one was that he was said to have killed his father to ascend to the throne.
At this moment, the starport was silent.
The deputy executive officer of Tak Star came forward tremblingly and presented a bouquet of flowers personally, but was ignored.
"Your Majesty," the deputy executive officer wiped the sweat off his forehead and stepped forward again, suppressing his fear. "We have gathered all the noble men and women of marriageable age on Tak Star and are waiting for your selection—"
After hearing the first half of the sentence, the secretary beside the king immediately broke into a sweat.
Sure enough, the next second.
The king stopped and glanced indifferently at the deputy executive officer.
The deputy executive officer saw the secretary's expression and immediately realized that something was wrong. He laughed dryly and took a step back. Seeing the monarch's indifferent expression, he thought he had escaped a disaster.
Immediately afterwards, he was thrown out by a huge force!
The secretary and the royal guard behind the king closed their eyes, while the people lining the road took a half-step back in unison. The chubby deputy executive officer transformed mid-air into a duck, fell heavily to the ground, and passed out.
The whole place was dead silent.
The monarch paused and continued walking forward.
Seeing that His Majesty showed no signs of further outbursts, the secretary and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief and followed, escorting the monarch onto his dedicated hovercraft. The sound of the hovercraft taking off echoed, and the tense atmosphere of the entire starport finally relaxed, as if it had survived a disaster.
Inside the suspender.
If anyone had just seen the monarch's appearance, they would have been shocked. He had broad shoulders and long legs, and a handsome appearance that didn't match his gloomy and irritable temperament. Just looking at him for a second would slow down one's heartbeat.
Military uniform, silver hair, thin lips, gray-blue eyes.
Many nobles from the capital planet flocked to him for his beauty and immense power, but his majesty was a celibate. The cabinet had urged him for years, but was doomed to disappointment.
As soon as they boarded the hovercraft, a light screen unfolded in mid-air, and light music that was out of tune with the tense atmosphere started playing.
"Your Majesty," the secretary explained, wiping his sweat, "This is a video that Tak Star filmed to welcome you."
After the screen unfolded, the hostess's voice, terrified yet trying to maintain composure, came out:
"Warmly welcome Your Majesty to visit Tak Planet. We are here to..."
——A warm welcome?
The monarch had a slightly mocking expression.
The secretary observed His Majesty's mood and switched to another channel.
"These are the young nobles of marriageable age from Tak Star," the scene changed to a group of outstanding-looking men and women sitting quietly waiting in a reception room. The reporter said in the voice-over, "Your Majesty will have the opportunity to choose from among them..."
The monarch's expression turned gloomy.
The secretary's forehead was covered in sweat as he quickly switched channels. What was going on with this Tak Planet? From the Deputy Executive Officer to the common people, weren't they all too bold?!
Everyone knows that His Majesty is a non-marriageist. Even if he was begged by the cabinet to come, he hated to hear about the topic of "blind date" the most.
The light screen flickered, and after a few seconds, a small balcony appeared on the screen.
The secretary took a look and found that he had pressed a completely irrelevant channel in his haste.
Tak is not a planet inhabited by humans, with only a single-digit number of humans living there.
Due to the unique characteristics of the human race and previous extreme incidents, every human on the planet will be under special "observation" during the monarch's stay on Tak. In other words, they will be monitored.
Of course, this kind of surveillance does not violate privacy, it just involves installing ultra-micro cameras outside their homes.
The secretary accidentally tuned to the channel that monitors humans.
In the picture, a fair and handsome young man is eating a box lunch.
He sat on the windowsill with his long legs stretched out, facing the vast Milky Way, his eyelids drooping, and he looked a little sad and lonely, not knowing what he was thinking.
This young man gave off a very special feeling. Even the secretary, distracted by the screen, felt his heart soften. This was so strange. This was a human being, yet he didn't feel the slightest bit of disgust. Instead, he wanted to get close to him.
But the secretary quickly recovered. He was extremely embarrassed at having made the mistake of tuning to the wrong channel. "Your Majesty, I'm so sorry."
He wanted to turn off the light screen directly.
Unexpectedly, the monarch, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly raised his hand and stopped him:
“No need to turn it off.”
The pair of gray-blue pupils stared at the young man on the light screen. The monarch's expression was cold and lazy, as if he was just trying to kill time.
But he watched it for two full hours.
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