This Fu Shiyi usually loved showing off. How had he suddenly become mute?
Could it be that he didn’t want to go to the Insect Planet with their mistress?
The five beast husbands scrutinized Fu Shiyi, but he merely adjusted his glasses and said, “Mistress, if we’re leaving tomorrow, I should still be able to make some simple modifications to Guiying tonight.”
Although Guiying’s speed and defenses were impressive, speed and defense alone wouldn’t be enough if they were going to the Insect Planet.
For Mistress’s safety, he had to modify Guiying.
There were still nearly eight hours until dawn—more than enough time.
Yunyang understood what Fu Shiyi meant.
Of course he would go to the Insect Planet with her. He had remained silent because he was thinking about how to modify Guiying within such a short period of time.
“Won’t that be too rushed?”
As she spoke, Yunyang glanced at the time. It was already almost ten o’clock. Even for Fu Shiyi, modifying Guiying in such a short time would be a bit of a stretch, wouldn’t it?
“It’s only a few minor modifications. It won’t take too long.”
“Mistress, give Guiying to me first, all right?”
Since Fu Shiyi himself had said it wouldn’t take long, Yunyang immediately placed the spatial pendant containing Guiying into his palm.
When she withdrew her hand, Fu Shiyi—whether intentionally or not—gently squeezed her fingertip.
Feeling the warmth of Fu Shiyi’s body pass through her fingertip, Yunyang raised an eyebrow. With a mischievous glint in her eyes, she extended her little finger and curled it around his palm.
She successfully watched Fu Shiyi’s gaze deepen.
Yunyang withdrew her hand as though none of this had anything to do with her. “Then I’ll leave it to you.”
“As long as it gives Mistress a little more peace of mind.”
Fu Shiyi composed his expression and soon took Guiying to the fourth floor.
Since no one was currently living on the third or fourth floors, the beast husbands had converted the fourth floor into a series of workshops with Yunyang’s permission. Fu Shiyi’s mecha-design room was one of them.
After Fu Shiyi left, the other five beast husbands decided that they couldn’t simply do nothing to prepare, so they each found a task for themselves.
Fuyuan tried adding defensive materials to the shark silk.
Pei Wenye sorted through the things they might need on the frontier planet and the Insect Planet.
Xuan Yu checked the supply of various potions in the spatial pendants.
Rong Jin asked Yunyang for the spatial pendant she commonly used to preserve food, then began preparing dishes and the small snacks Yunyang liked.
Chen Yueli confirmed the route from Central Star to T05 Star several times, making sure no accidents would occur along the way.
Watching her beast husbands busily rushing about, Yunyang stretched and returned to her room.
The beastmen had endless energy, and staying up all night was no big deal for them. But she couldn’t do it.
She was still on her period, and staying up late would throw her hormones out of balance… Although, come to think of it, hormonal imbalances didn’t seem to affect beastmen much either.
In any case, Yunyang set an alarm on her optical brain, quickly took a shower, and went to bed.
One person slept soundly through the night.
Everyone else stayed up all night.
Even so, when they set out the next morning, all six beast husbands were still full of energy.
Fu Shiyi returned the spatial pendant containing Guiying to Yunyang. “Mistress, Guiying has been modified.”
“Can I ask for a reward?”
“Of course. Lower your head.” Yunyang put away the spatial pendant and crooked a finger at him.
Fu Shiyi bent down and leaned closer.
Yunyang rose slightly onto her toes and kissed Fu Shiyi’s somewhat thin lips.
The other five beast husbands watched with envy. Once Fu Shiyi had received his reward, Pei Wenye was the first to approach. He handed Yunyang the spatial pendant containing her everyday necessities.
“Mistress, I packed everything you might need.”
Xuan Yu, Rong Jin, and Fuyuan also handed over their spatial pendants one after another.
Chen Yueli had spent the entire night checking the route and calculating the trajectories of countless interstellar rocks.
Whenever he calculated that an interstellar rock would pass through the route from Central Star to T05 Star, he immediately contacted the starship center to interfere with its trajectory.
The effort he had put in was absolutely no less than that of the others. It simply couldn’t be made tangible.
But he still wanted Mistress to know what he had done.
Chen Yueli leaned toward Yunyang and sought praise as well. “Mistress, I contacted the starship center last night and altered the magnetic field around the route. No interstellar rocks will pass through the route from Central Star to T05 Star at any point today.”
All six beast husbands had been busy the entire night, so Yunyang naturally didn’t begrudge them a reward. She kissed each of them once.
Every kiss landed on the lips—fair and impartial, with no favoritism whatsoever.
Since they were going to the frontier planet, Yunyang wore a black military uniform today: a cropped jacket, fitted trousers, and black metal boots trimmed in gold. Everything had been made from defensive materials.
The outfit originally came with a matching military cap and cape, but Yunyang found them cumbersome and tossed them into a spatial pendant.
She straightened her clothes, glanced at the message Si Zhao had sent her, and left with her six beast husbands.
Before leaving, Yunyang thought it over and decided to bring Butler Four along.
One of the miniature robot’s purposes was reconnaissance. It might prove useful once they reached the Insect Planet.
Butler Four was small enough that Yunyang simply placed it on her shoulder. At a glance, it looked like an ornament.
Si Zhao’s spacecraft was already waiting outside Residential Area 07.
The scale of Si Zhao’s spacecraft was comparable to the large spacecraft used for transportation by the Federation. It was also capable of making space jumps, and its speed and defensive capabilities were even greater.
However, in order to conceal their movements, Si Zhao had removed the spacecraft’s distinctive markings before departing that morning.
Not only that, she had brought only five of her imperial husbands with her. The rest had remained in the palace to provide a cover for her absence.
There was naturally no need to worry about anything within the Federation. What Si Zhao was concerned about was that female insect’s special ability.
Apart from He Youchuan, the other four imperial husbands accompanying her were all SS-rank ability users. Together with Yunyang’s four SS-rank beast husbands, they felt completely secure.
Yunyang brought her six beast husbands to the lounge and sat beside Si Zhao.
Si Zhao was also wearing a military uniform, though hers was white and adorned with gold metal decorations.
She first had the two imperial husbands in the cockpit start the spacecraft, then handed Yunyang a cup of warm water. “Yangyang, have you eaten breakfast?”
Yunyang shook her head. “Not yet, but my beast husbands prepared something.”
Si Zhao immediately looked at He Youchuan beside her. “Youchuan.”
He Youchuan promptly arranged the coffee table in front of the two females, then took food from a food-preserving spatial pendant and set it out.
There were ten breakfast dishes in all. Once everything had been arranged, He Youchuan pressed the lift button and raised the coffee table.
Only after He Youchuan had retreated behind her did Si Zhao smile and say, “I haven’t eaten either. If you don’t mind, Yangyang, would you have breakfast with me?”
“Of course I don’t mind.”
Having breakfast ready-made was already wonderful, so Yunyang naturally wasn’t going to be picky.
After they finished eating, Si Zhao went to the lounge to hold a meeting with the people from the Federation military. Yunyang didn’t disturb her and took her six beast husbands to another lounge.
T05 Frontier Star was somewhat closer than T01 Frontier Star. By the afternoon, the spacecraft had landed at T05 Star’s military port.
The insect race on T05 Star had not yet been dealt with. To avoid alerting them, only five people had come to greet them.
However, all five Federation military officers were at least S-rank ability users—and Cang Zhuonian was among them.
