Because they had not been given the chance to wait on Yunyang during the meal, the three men put down their chopsticks and opened their optical brains at the first opportunity.
After reading the message, all three of them paled.
Qin Mo glanced at Yunyang, who was chatting happily with her close friends, then silently shut off his optical brain and signaled to the other two with his eyes.
None of them disturbed Yunyang at a time like this.
However, Qin Mo and the other two were not the only ones who had received the message. Several of You Lu and Chu Zhiwei’s husbands had received it as well.
The repeated vibrations caught the attention of the three women.
Chu Zhiwei shook her head at Gu Yun, who was placing food in her bowl, then looked toward Yan Lin at the table beside them.
“Lin, what happened?”
Yan Lin had originally been a squad leader in the Federation’s Sixth Army. Chu Zhiwei had taken a liking to him when she went to the Sixth Army’s base to help out, and had taken him as her husband.
Like Qin Mo, Yan Lin was still on his marriage leave.
When faced with his female master’s question, Yan Lin glanced at the message he had just received again. After hesitating for a moment, he replied, “The military has urgently summoned me back to the base. The situation on the frontier stars must have worsened again.”
Once someone had spoken up, the others who had received the message stopped hiding it as well.
Four of Chu Zhiwei’s husbands had come from the Federation military, while You Lu had three military husbands.
Including Qin Mo and the other two, a total of ten men had received an emergency summons from the Federation military. Most of them belonged to different branches of the Federation forces.
In other words, all thirty-two divisions of the Federation military might be under fierce attack from the insectoids at the same time—and the situation was even more serious than before.
The three close friends nodded almost simultaneously.
“Go.”
“Be careful on the way.”
“Stay safe.”
Central Star was perfectly safe. They would not be affected even if they stayed there, and they still had their other husbands with them.
The frontier stars needed these men more right now.
The ten men had wanted to leave the moment they received the summons. They had only needed to ask their female masters for permission, and had not wanted to ruin the three women’s enjoyment of their meal.
Now that they had received permission, the ten men rose one after another. After bidding farewell to their respective female masters, they set off for their bases at top speed.
All three women had plenty of husbands, so even with ten men gone, the villa was still far from empty.
Their moods, however, were clearly not as good as before.
Before long, Chu Zhiwei put down her chopsticks.
“Yangyang, add me to that reservation website of yours too.”
Given the current circumstances, the Federation definitely would not allow her to go to the frontier stars anytime soon.
Her two best friends often went to the Purification Tower. Staying home alone would be boring, so she might as well go with them and help out at the tower.
The worse the situation in the frontier regions became, the more highly polluted males would be placed under supervision in the Purification Tower.
“Okay,” Yunyang agreed.
She quickly sent a message to the management group for the reservation website.
Chu Zhiwei opened the same number of purification slots as You Lu: fifty group-purification slots.
In addition, both women added two individual-purification slots. The reservation requirements were an ability rank of S or above and a pollution level exceeding ninety-five.
After learning that Yunyang had already opened reservations for the next day, the two women decided not to rest either. They contacted Jenkins one after another and told him that they would be going to the Purification Tower with Yunyang the following day.
Jenkins had just lain down and was preparing to sleep when he was forced to get back up.
Sigh…
The ladies were almost too diligent. It was a real headache.
Although he thought that to himself, Jenkins still skillfully opened the reservation website and released You Lu and Chu Zhiwei’s purification slots.
The two women had added more than a hundred slots in total, and every one of them was snapped up in a single second.
Jenkins: “…”
Did these people never sleep?
He had been hoping to help the young fellows at the Purification Tower secure a few slots.
Forget it, forget it. He would let them fend for themselves.
Jenkins shook his head, let out a long sigh, and lay back down.
Meanwhile, the males who had managed to secure slots were celebrating wildly across the Star Network.
They had failed to get a purification slot with Lord Yunyang and had initially thought they were completely out of luck.
Who would have thought that because their pollution levels were too high for them to sleep, they had been surfing the Star Network late into the night—and had unexpectedly managed to grab slots with Lord Zhiwei and Lord Yulu?
What did this mean?
It meant staying up late had its advantages!
Those who had secured slots smugly showed off on the Star Network. As expected, they were immediately besieged by the males who had failed to get one.
The lucky ones said they did not care. Those people were simply jealous of their good fortune!
The males who had secured slots decisively shut off the Star Network, packed their things, and hurried to Central Star through the night.
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After seeing her two close friends off, Yunyang curled up on the sofa and looked at her remaining six husbands.
She had not thought much of having only six husbands before, but with three of them suddenly gone, she began to feel that she really did have too few husbands.
Four of Sister Zhiwei’s husbands had left, yet she still had more than a dozen left. Three of Lulu’s husbands had left, and she still had nine.
But her…
Yunyang sighed.
Forget it. There was no use thinking about it now. There were no males who had captured her heart lately.
She could always take another husband when she met someone she liked in the future.
The six husbands had no idea what Yunyang was thinking. Seeing her sigh, they assumed that she was worried about Qin Mo and the other two.
If the Federation military had issued an emergency summons in the middle of the night, the situation there had to be extremely serious. Casualties were unavoidable.
As their rivals in love, they were all somewhat worried that something might happen to Qin Mo and the other two, let alone their female master.
Xuan Yu crouched in front of Yunyang and comforted her. “Female master, Qin Mo and the others are all very strong. Nothing will happen to them.”
Cang Zhuonian was an SSS-rank ability user, so there was no need to mention him. Leonardo also possessed healing abilities, so he would not be in too much danger.
Although Qin Mo was only an S-rank metal ability user, he had been able to become the deputy commander of the Twenty-Third Army, which meant he had to possess extraordinary abilities of his own. Besides, he also had the combat mecha Fu Shiyi had previously given him.
Xuan Yu was certain that the three of them would return safely.
Yunyang blinked. Was her wolf cub misunderstanding something?
Still, she really was worried about their safety. At his words, she nodded. “I believe nothing will happen to them.”
Then Yunyang turned to look at her other husbands. “Come keep me company tonight. In your beast forms.”
Qin Mo had originally been the one selected for the night, but the Tiger Cub had been summoned away by the military. She was no longer in the mood to select someone else, so she decided to have all her husbands accompany her instead.
After saying that, Yunyang thought for a moment and added, “Except Fuyuan.”
It was not that she disliked Fuyuan’s beast form. It was just that the merfolk beast form stood over two meters tall, and her bed was not large enough to accommodate him.
Naturally, none of the six husbands would refuse such a request.
They first escorted Yunyang back to her room, then returned to their own rooms to shower before changing into their beast forms and entering Yunyang’s room.
Three fluffy little creatures surrounded Yunyang. The Little Black Flood Dragon expertly curled around her wrist, the little sparrow lay on her pillow, and Fuyuan slept beside her.
All six husbands were exceptionally well-behaved that night.
With the fluffy creatures in her arms, Yunyang slept soundly and peacefully.
In the morning, Yunyang received messages from Qin Mo and the other two.
They had all returned to their bases. After reporting their safety to her, they had gone to report to their respective commanders.
Yunyang felt much more at ease, but she still ordered the three men to make a video call to her whenever they had time to rest.
