After returning to the private room, Yunyang looked urgently at You Lu and Chu Zhiwei.
“Why did Sister Zhaozhao say that?”
She knew that her supernatural ability had never appeared in the Federation’s records, but how had it made her the Federation’s hope?
Chu Zhiwei had clearly guessed the reason. “Yunyang, Sister Zhaozhao’s ability is spatial manipulation.”
Si Zhao’s mental power level was not particularly high—only A-rank.
But she was an S-rank ability user, and her ability was spatial manipulation.
For beastmen, spatial abilities had a rather limited use. They were similar to the insectoids’ warp travel. Within a certain range, a spatial ability user could move freely through space until their energy was depleted.
If…
Yunyang quickly understood.
“Yunyang, don’t put too much pressure on yourself.” You Lu reached over and patted the back of her hand. “Before that can happen, Sister Zhaozhao will have to raise her ability to SSS rank first.”
Just how difficult it was to advance from S-rank to SSS rank—Leo knew better than anyone.
Leo was even older than the Empress. He had awakened with an SS-rank ability from the beginning, but after spending so many years on the battlefield, his ability still had not advanced.
As for the Empress, advancing to SSS rank would take her even longer than it had taken Commander Leo.
But having hope was still better than having none.
Yunyang did feel a little pressure. Anyone would. If the Empress took your hand and sincerely told you, “You are the hope of the Federation,” it would be impossible not to feel at least a little pressure.
However, after hearing You Lu’s words, that tiny bit of pressure disappeared.
When a goal was so distant that you had no idea when it might be achieved, it was easy to become lax.
In simple terms, you just gave up and went with the flow.
Especially since it was a day off, Yunyang promptly tossed all thoughts of improving her ability to the back of her mind.
After finishing the last of her drink, she went to explore other parts of Central Star with her two best friends.
As the Federation’s capital planet, all of Central Star’s entertainment venues were open twenty-four hours a day. The only difference was that at night, there were no male beastmen working as greeters; the companions were all artificial-intelligence robots instead.
The three of them played until the early hours of the morning before finally calling it a night. After eating together, they returned to their residences.
Yunyang’s residence had been arranged by Chu Zhiwei. It was very close to both Chu Zhiwei and You Lu’s homes, so the three of them were headed in the same direction.
Even though she had spent the whole afternoon playing, Yunyang did not feel tired at all. She had eight beast husbands to take care of her, after all.
Curled up on the sofa, she rummaged through her spatial button, pulled out the fox jade token and leopard jade token, and tossed them to Leonardo and Chen Yueli.
When the two new husbands saw the designs on the fronts of the tokens, they reacted just as Fuyuan had at first, assuming that they were some kind of love token.
Qin Mo once again explained what the jade tokens were for.
Leonardo gazed at the token in his hand with reverence before carefully putting it away in his spatial button.
He did not ask when he would be allowed to participate in the token selection.
His female had been willing to accept him, which was already more than enough. If he asked for too much, wouldn’t she come to dislike him?
Chen Yueli was different. His father had taught him that in front of one’s female, one had to compete and fight for attention. Otherwise, sooner or later, she would forget about you.
He held the jade token in his mouth, transformed into his beast form, and hopped onto Yunyang’s lap with his tail held high. Then he lowered his head and placed the token into Yunyang’s hand.
“Female, are you choosing a token tonight? Can I join in?”
The mini leopard looked at her with eager anticipation.
The other husbands had originally wanted to compete with the Mini Leopard for her affection, but the moment they heard that, they all perked up their ears.
Yunyang rubbed his head and pinched his ears. In the end, she smiled and delivered a merciless answer.
“I am. But you can’t join.”
Fuyuan had not received this privilege when he first arrived, so she absolutely could not make an exception for someone who had come later.
The Mini Leopard immediately collapsed with a snap.
He fell in an extremely alluring pose, trying to use his appearance to make Yunyang change her mind.
Yunyang did not soften at all. She even reached over and gave his belly a vigorous rub.
She really had no idea how beastmen’s genes worked. In human form, her husbands all had firm, well-defined abs, but in beast form, their bellies were soft, loose, and springy. The texture felt unbelievably good.
It was strangely addictive.
As Yunyang stroked one new husband, she did not neglect the other.
“Leonardo.”
“I’m here.”
Leonardo stood ramrod straight, maintaining the most perfect military posture, like a new recruit about to undergo inspection.
Yunyang found it a little amusing. “Why are you so nervous?”
It wasn’t as though she would eat him.
Leonardo did not know how to answer, so he simply told her the truth. “I’m afraid you’ll dislike me, female.”
His eyes, the same color as Yunyang’s, reflected her image. His gaze was humble and nervous, with a hint of ingratiation.
Leonardo had no idea how to win a female’s favor.
As far back as he could remember, he had never seen his mother or father. He had grown up with the aid of his fellow clan members.
But later, something changed. His people stopped accepting him, and he became a stray beastman.
He had never interacted with a female, nor had he ever received any education on how to please one. He simply wanted to approach Yunyang according to his instincts.
Even though he was now an S-rank ability user and had grown his tail back, he still felt as insignificant as dust.
Yunyang had no interest in discussing the subject. “Can you transform into a little fox?”
Leonardo nodded and transformed into a little fox like the Mini Leopard, dragging nine fluffy tails behind him as he hopped over to Yunyang’s side.
Yunyang immediately buried her face in his fur and took a deep breath.
She had wanted to do that back on T01 Star.
At the time, however, Leonardo had not yet become her husband, and she felt that doing so would be harassment, so she had restrained herself.
Now, he was her legal husband.
There was no denying it—sniffing a nine-tailed, fluffy fox was incredibly satisfying!
After doting on her two new husbands, Yunyang went around hugging and cuddling each of the others before having the four remaining men bring out their tokens.
The four tokens were placed in a neat row, facedown on the coffee table.
The Mini Leopard walked back and forth beside them with his tail held high, wishing he could secretly swap one of them out for his own.
Seeing through his intentions, the four rivals shot him warning glares.
Yunyang also put on a stern expression. “Chen Yueli, if you secretly switch the tokens, you won’t be allowed to participate next round either.”
Since she had seen what he was trying to do, she could not pretend otherwise.
The moment she said that, the Mini Leopard instantly behaved. He retreated to Yunyang’s side and lay down obediently.
Only then did Yunyang begin selecting a token.
Tonight, she drew Fu Shiyi’s sparrow jade token.
As he watched Yunyang temporarily confiscate his token, Fu Shiyi bent down and asked softly, “Female, do you want to rest now?”
It was already a very direct invitation.
But it was indeed very late. Yunyang held out her arms toward Fu Shiyi.
“Carry me to the bedroom.”
“All right.”
Fu Shiyi reached out and lifted her into his arms. Under the envious and jealous gazes of the other husbands, he carried Yunyang into the bedroom.
Yunyang did not have to go to the Purification Tower the next day, so Fu Shiyi pulled her into an entire night of indulgence. He did not even let her off in the morning.
Yunyang was satisfied, but exhausted too.
She slept deeply, and when she woke again, it was already five in the afternoon.
Well, the entire day had passed without her accomplishing a single thing. If she had lived in ancient times, she would definitely have been the kind of foolish ruler who neglected state affairs after becoming captivated by beauty.
Yunyang let out a long sigh, then immediately became perfectly self-righteous.
So what if she was a foolish ruler? All the females in the Federation were like this. She was simply fitting in!
