If Su Zhuo hadn't come
Set.
Pu Yaolian, surrounded by stars, had a rosy complexion and an ethereal temperament. As soon as she arrived, an assistant pulled out a chair for her to sit down, and when she stretched out her hand, water of just the right temperature was handed to her.
"Hmm, the water is nice today. It's a little sweet."
After taking a sip, Pu Yaolian praised.
The agent and assistant smiled flatteringly and said, "This is water from the Fountain of the World, specially flown in from abroad by President Zheng. It's sweet, clear, and incredibly expensive."
"Mr. Zheng is so kind to you, Sister Lianlian."
Pu Yaolian smiled complacently, but her face remained calm: "It's just okay."
Nine o'clock in the evening.
Pu Yaolian returned to the villa Zheng Fanren had bought for her and soaked in a bathtub filled with flower petals. She said to the system in a leisurely manner:
"Zheng Fanren proposed to me today."
System: “Oh.”
"I want to exchange a few props to help him acquire other companies. By then, he will be the richest man in Longguo and even the whole world, and I will be the first lady." Pu Yaolian's face was flushed with excitement.
The system was not affected by her emotional excitement.
Pu Yaolian stood up in boredom. Although the system was very good and could give her all kinds of golden fingers, it was ultimately just a dead thing without any emotions.
A month passed.
The business world of Longguo was shaken. Zheng Fanren became the richest man in Longguo and the world at the age of less than 30.
At the same time, a sensational news happened in the entertainment industry.
[A-list actress Pu Yaolian is getting married and retiring from the entertainment industry. Her husband is Zheng Fanren, who just became the world's richest man.]
For a time, countless female stars were envious and jealous.
With the blessings of her fans, Pu Yaolian was married to Zheng Fanren in a grand ceremony. Soon she became pregnant. Just as she was looking forward to having a child and dreaming of becoming a wealthy wife, taking care of her husband and children, she became pregnant.
Things took a shocking turn.
Pu Yaolian went to see a doctor because she was worried about her sleepiness during pregnancy. She was relieved when the doctor said she was fine. She could no longer bear the sleepiness and fell asleep on the beauty couch.
When she opened her eyes again, she saw a desolate white sky above her head and dozens of people she didn't recognize standing around her. They were wearing masks and holding various instruments in their hands.
"This...what are you going to do?"
Pu Yaolian struggled and screamed.
"How come you woke up so soon?" A voice that Pu Yaolian was so familiar with sounded. She turned around in surprise and looked at Zheng Fanren not far away, her lips trembling.
"Fanren, you...what do you mean?"
Zheng Fanren didn't answer her question, but instead asked with interest, "Where did you get those weird things you often brought out before?"
“!”
Pu Yaolian's mind went blank. He was talking about the system.
How did Zheng Fanren know about the existence of the system?
"Do you want to hand it over yourself, or do you want me to help you get it out?" Zheng Fanren noticed Pu Yaolian's expression and asked with a smile.
Pu Yaolian's face was pale. She shook her head frantically and said that she didn't have it and she didn't know.
But those golden fingers that were once taken out really existed, and Zheng Fanren was the biggest beneficiary among them. How could he believe her denial?
"Since you don't want to say it, don't blame me for being ruthless." Zheng Fanren sneered and took a few steps back. The people he found surrounded Pu Yaolian.
All kinds of scientific research instruments were inserted into her body, and she was studied and manipulated like a little white mouse.
"System, save me." Pu Yaolian shouted in panic, but the system that usually came at her call suddenly disappeared, and she was horrified to find that the golden fingers that had been given to her were slowly losing their effectiveness.
First, the skin is as smooth as cream.
She originally had yellow skin, but by stepping on a newcomer and getting the task reward [Skin as White as Cream], she now had milky skin.
Now, it's gone.
Then there's the stunning beauty.
Her original appearance could only be described as pretty. By getting close to Su Zhuo, she improved her appearance little by little and became a top beauty who was not inferior to her.
Now, it's gone.
Then comes the celestial temperament.
She came from an ordinary family and didn't have anything as mysterious as temperament.
Now, it has also disappeared.
"ah--"
The intense pain made Pu Yaolian lose consciousness, and she felt infinite resentment in her heart. She shouldn't have chosen Zheng Fanren, this heartless and ungrateful person.
Zheng Fanren, you deserve to die.
System, you are ungrateful.
Under inhuman torture, Pu Yaolian vaguely saw herself in another world, where her life was not as smooth as it is now. She lived an extremely miserable life and even became old and ugly in the end. Her soul was wiped out by the system.
No!
Pu Yaolian collapsed.
Why did both of my lives end up in such a miserable state? Why?
Wasn't she the reborn daughter of destiny?! Why did God treat her like this?
"Boss, her mood swings were severe and she miscarried."
"It's fine if it's aborted. I don't lack children anyway..." Zheng Fanren frowned in annoyance. "You still haven't found that thing?"
"No."
Zheng Fanren grabbed the barely breathing Pu Yaolian and said, "Tell me where you got those powerful props. If you don't, I'll kill you."
Pu Yaolian did not hear his cruel threat. She fell into a state of extreme collapse and could not accept the fact that she was still living a miserable life after her rebirth.
"No... no... it shouldn't be like this..."
Zheng Fanren was so angry that he lost his mind. He snatched the knife from the person next to him and slashed it across Pu Yaolian's neck, intending to threaten her again, but he didn't expect that the basement door was blown open.
A group of people dressed in special forces uniforms broke in, holding infrared rifles and shouting.
"Freeze, police."
"Hold your head and squat down!"
Zheng Fanren looked back in shock, he never expected why his secret base was discovered. He was targeted by several infrared beams, and the cold murderous aura of the special forces soldiers made his legs tremble with fear.
"Bang."
The scalpel slipped and hit the ground with a crisp sound.
Pu Yaolian was awakened by the noise. Seeing the room full of strangers, she felt severe pain in her stomach and a heat running through her body.
She was extremely panicked.
"Help--"
**
Outside the secret base.
A phantom of nothingness floated in the air, it could see the situation below clearly, and there was a mockery in its inorganic eyes.
"Foolish lower creatures, thinking that those are gifts from God, little do they know that the fate of everything has already marked a price in the dark."
"Blue Star, it's time to destroy it."
The system said this proudly and was about to leave the Blue Planet when suddenly a strange energy magnetic field fluctuation appeared around it and welded it to the spot.
"Why can't I move!!!" It screamed madly, its eyes darting around until a white figure appeared not far away.
Below, the handsome but slightly pale and sickly man seemed to be able to see it, and accurately locked onto a certain node in mid-air.
"Your fluctuations are very strange."
The system remained silent, and the man continued, "The power seems to originate from a dark matter not native to Blue Star. It can reside in the human mind. A spiritual power? Mental force?"
“!!!”
The system's eyes widened in horror.
This man is so terrifying. He actually guessed its identity based on just this one detail.
"Am I right? You're not from Blue Star, what are you doing here? Or rather, what have you done?"
"It's okay if you don't want to talk. I'll let you speak." The man smiled brightly. "Let me introduce myself. My name is Chu Zhiyan, a scientist from Dragon Country."
The system was frightened and fainted.
——————
Wake up again.
The system found itself placed in a transparent container, and the large and small instruments around it made its scalp tingle.
The handsome man who caught it before was sitting not far away, recording something.
The system wanted to use its energy to run, but found that its power disappeared.
"What have you done to me, you lowly human? Let me go now, or the Empire's warships will flatten your planet."
Chu Zhiyan didn't even raise his head, "You guys were planning to do this anyway, weren't you?"
The system choked, then coaxed, "If you let me go, I can save your life, and the lives of you and your family."
"Really? I have 1.4 billion family members. Can you really protect them?"
system:"……"
"You can't protect it. What are you doing on Blue Star? Is there anything here that's worth all the effort? Is it energy?"
The system didn't dare to speak, for fear that it would expose the Empire's plan. The man in front of it was too terrifying, and his deductive ability was even more powerful than the Empire's prophet.
"It doesn't matter if you don't tell me, I'll know it soon." After Chu Zhiyan finished writing the last gesture, he stretched out his hand with distinct bones and tendons. The system stared at his movements blankly, not understanding what he was doing.
Next second.
A surge of energy came overwhelming, and the system was instantly squeezed into a pancake shape.
“…You…save…my life…”
Chu Zhiyan seemed to be deaf to the system's call for help. Not only that, he was also interested in recording its various energy fluctuation values.
Seeing this scene, the system almost vomited blood.
"Low-class...humans."
"Buzz!"
The energy fluctuations became larger, the system consciousness was tortured back and forth, and the pain penetrated deep into the brain.
For a highly intelligent creature like it, physical damage has no effect at all. Only mental damage can really hurt it. But Chu Zhiyan happens to have mastered this ability.
“Let…let me go…”
Chu Zhiyan was studying the instrument, but he felt that his energy was still not enough. At the same time, he was multitasking, typing one record after another on the computer with his right hand.
If the system was in the mood to look at this moment, it would find that what Chu Zhiyan typed down were various memories of its civilization.
"Hmm~ Turns out it's dark gold and tungsten ore."
The system, nearly annihilated by its mental torture, suddenly revived upon hearing the words "dark gold" and "tungsten ore." Its eyes widened as it clung to the transparent vessel, horrified to discover Chu Zhiyan was searching for news about the Amazon Lily Nation.
Damn it.
They must not be allowed to discover this rare energy source.
The system banged against the vessel, but no matter how hard it struck, the vessel remained motionless, like a mountain. It began to hope that the Empire's army would arrive sooner.
If Blue Star develops, this trip will be in vain.
Finally, the system's expectations were met.
Three months later.
Chu Zhiyan had just extracted some of the dark gold material for use when the [Empire] battleship appeared in the sky above Blue Star.
This day was a nightmare for everyone on Blue Star.
This day is recorded in ancient books as the [early fall of Blue Star]
No one on Blue Planet could have imagined that one day the alien invasion in the movies would become a reality, but unlike in the movies, they would be powerless to fight back.
Blue Star's technology is much more hardcore than most people think.
In particular, the Dragon Kingdom, which has always kept a low profile, actually produced warships of comparable strength, and used these warships to provide a breathing space for most of the people of Blue Star in times of crisis.
even so.
The Blue Star is still falling bit by bit.
Chu Zhiyan became busier and busier. He stayed in the laboratory almost non-stop, studying dark gold, tungsten ore, and interrogating the system. Relying on his methods, he armed the Blue Star with equipment bit by bit and started a protracted war with the alien invaders.
The system in the vessel was rampant at first, then disdainful, then anxious, and finally panic-stricken.
In less than a year.
Chu Zhiyan forcibly raised the technological civilization of Blue Star by nearly one dimension. Although this technology was nothing to the [Empire], this insignificant technology played a huge role in the hands of the Dragon people and the Blue Star people, and it actually blocked their pace of invasion.
"You can't win, so give up. You will die if you keep wasting time like this." The system didn't know how many times it had said this.
However, the once handsome man ignored it, and stubbornly and madly conducted various data experiments day and night to deliver the most powerful technology to the front line.
Relying on these technologies.
Blue Star survived another half a year.
The system thought that they might not be able to occupy the Blue Star, but unexpectedly, it happened on this day.
Chu Zhiyan fell down.
"Academician Chu!!!"
Panic screams echoed throughout the research institute.
Countless academicians and high-ranking military officials rushed to the scene, and the world's top doctors surrounded Chu Zhiyan, trying every means to snatch him from the King of Hell.
"He's out of danger, but Academician Chu needs to rest. He's been working so hard for too long, and if he collapses again, even a god won't be able to save him."
Everyone present listened silently.
They knew that Chu Zhiyan should rest, but time waits for no one.
"clear."
Finally, Chu Zhiyan's uncle, General Chu Weishang, uttered two words.
After the others left, Chu Weizi sat beside Chu Zhiyan's bed, silently looking at his sleeping face. He was only 25 years old, but he had white hair on his temples. The usually tough man had slightly red eyes.
"It's better to take a break. The war cannot be fought by you alone. The soldiers of Dragon Country and Blue Star will not give up."
He whispered.
The fingertips of the person on the bed moved slightly, and Chu Zhiyan woke up again after less than four hours of sleep. "I want to go to the laboratory."
“…”
Chu Weizhi moved his lips, but ultimately did not say anything to persuade him to stay and rest. He knew that if it were him, he would do the same.
The system was surprised to see Chu Zhiyan come back alive.
"You're lucky you didn't die."
I thought Chu Zhiyan would ignore it, but he suddenly said, "If you don't withdraw from Blue Star, I won't die."
"Oh, you're dreaming." The system sneered, its consciousness sitting down. "You probably don't know the significance of dark gold and tungsten ore to the Empire, let alone what these two energy sources represent. Blue Star possesses them but lacks the ability to protect them. This is its original sin."
"No need to understand. No one can take away Blue Star's things."
Chu Zhiyan once again threw himself into high-intensity work. He tortured the system without mercy, draining all the useful information from its brain and then erasing it.
Before dying, the system thought it was a pity that it had not yet seen the Empire dominate the galaxy.
The warships put into production were built at an accelerated pace and deployed to the front lines.
After completing his research, Chu Zhiyan began to write a book. He recorded the civilization of the Dragon Kingdom and sealed it with special means, hoping to serve as a warning to future generations.
Almost all the Longguo soldiers died in the front-line battlefield.
The Bird Empire took the lead in negotiating peace.
[The Empire] was already exhausted from fighting. I thought it was a low-end civilization that could be easily dealt with by a battleship, but who would have thought that it would take nearly three years.
[Empire] suffered eighty to ninety percent damage to its military strength.
If dark gold and tungsten ore were not so attractive, they would have left long ago. The surrender of some countries on Blue Star was exactly what they wanted.
In order to show their [kindness], the head of the [Empire] stated that they would not take over Blue Star, but would only come to exploit its resources. The people of Blue Star could continue to live in their homes, and would even receive generous rewards for exploiting resources for them.
The people who have been invaded by war for three years, left homeless and without loved ones, can’t help but feel moved.
They want peace so badly.
Dragon Country and Giant Bear Federation are the only two countries that are unwilling to stop the war. The so-called not taking control of Blue Planet but only exploiting its resources is not the "colonization" in history?
The Long Kingdom, which suffered greatly, was unwilling to give in.
Blue Star belongs only to the people of Blue Star. Neither its resources nor its land will be ceded to anyone, not even to an empire with a highly advanced technological civilization.
To deal with a tough nut like the Dragon Kingdom, the [Empire] doesn't even need to take action. Just give it a little bit of sweetness and people will charge forward for it.
Yes, the Bird Empire and some countries advocating a truce stood up to criticize the Dragon Kingdom for wanting to drag down the entire Blue Planet and disregarding the common people for the sake of their so-called backbone.
The mobilized people turned their attention to Long Guo and criticized him verbally and in writing.
The top leaders of Longguo are under attack from all sides.
In this situation, the war can no longer continue.
The reason they were able to resist the invading civilization was because everyone was united and had no way to retreat. Now, many people have been deceived by the illusion of the Empire and are beginning to retreat.
"This group of people..." The few remaining generals of the Dragon Kingdom were extremely angry.
"Don't blame them, they just want to live a good life." Chu Weizhi burst into tears. There was a deep scar on his face, as if it was cut by a sharp weapon from the center of his eyebrows to his jawbone.
That was him fighting on the front line against the robot army sent by the Empire. He had run out of bullets and could only fight with his bare hands. Later, a robot's mechanical arm almost tore his head off, but in the end he tore the opponent's head off.
"Surrender does not exist in the Dragon Kingdom's dictionary."
"That's right. We won't surrender. Even if there's only one of us, we can't retreat. Behind us is the hope of the Dragon Nation. What will happen to them if we surrender?"
"Since ancient times, invaders have never been good people. Think about our previous humiliating history."
"I don't want the younger generations to be embarrassed."
"If we fight this battle here, the next generation of children won't have to fight it. If we don't fight, they will have to fight it sooner or later!"
Chu Weizhi closed his eyes, tears rolling down his scar.
He never wanted to surrender.
But given the current war situation, Longguo can no longer afford the losses.
"Everyone."
Chu Weizhi uttered a few words with difficulty, "For the sake of the next generation, bear with it."
“Old Chu!!”
**
In the year 2023 of the Blue Star calendar, an alien civilization descended on Blue Star and engaged in a war with the natives of Blue Star. This war lasted for three years, and they signed the [Cessation of War Treaty] on X month X day of 2026.
Since then, Blue Star has completely become a colony of the Empire, responsible for mining various energy sources such as dark gold and tungsten.
[Empire] entered a period of rapid development, gradually conquering surrounding galaxies and establishing supreme interstellar imperial power.
For thousands of years, the people of Blue Star came and went, and in the end only the people of Dragon Kingdom were left.
By then, the Blue Star had long lost its beautiful blue color and also lost its name as the Blue Star.
In order to commemorate their former home, the Dragon Country scientists who stayed behind on the Blue Planet built a similar satellite and placed it in the sky so that they could see their home by looking up.
…
"Little Spoon, do you think that blue satellite is beautiful?" The nanny robot held a delicate little girl in its arms and asked, pointing to the satellite in the sky that had long been out of operation and was only used for decoration.
"Beautiful, I like blue." The little girl said in a baby voice.
"Our wasteland Saturn was once even more beautiful than this. It was a very beautiful blue planet, rich in resources and blessed with outstanding people."
The nanny robot showed a look of nostalgia and sadness.
The little girl didn't understand her sadness. She took out a well-preserved ancient book, pointed at the name Chu Zhiyan on it and said crisply, "I want to listen to the history he wrote."
"Okay! Today I'm going to tell Little Spoon about the ancient and mysterious Dragon Kingdom. Its history is so long that it's even older than that satellite..."
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