Leonardo knew he was in the wrong and didn’t dare say a word.
Qin Mo and Yunyang, however, had been apart for less than half a month, yet it was as if he had suddenly grasped the secrets of heaven. His tiger ears drooped, and his eyes held three parts grievance and seven parts vulnerability.
“Female Master, it was my lack of restraint that made you worry.”
“If you knew I’d worry, why didn’t you control yourself?”
Yunyang was only scolding him for show. She knew perfectly well that when faced with the insectoids, Qin Mo would never refrain from using his abilities simply because he was worried about his contamination level rising.
So she immediately ordered, “You and Leonardo, go sit over there.”
“Yes, Female Master.”
Qin Mo and Leonardo promptly took their seats where she indicated.
Yunyang released her mental power and purified them both.
The Tiger Cub and the little fox were both S-rank ability users, so she didn’t expend much mental power bringing their contamination levels down to 30.
To lower them any further, she would have to use another method.
After finishing the purification, Yunyang sat down at the dining table. Her nine beast husbands took their seats beside her in turn.
There were still quite a few insectoids on T05, so after dinner, Yunyang didn’t take her beast husbands out for their usual walk. Instead, she curled up on the sofa, absorbing insect cores while she digested her meal.
Before going to the insectoid planet, she wanted to raise her ability level a little more as well.
She didn’t let her nine beast husbands wait on her. The nine of them simply accompanied her in working hard.
That night, Yunyang called Qin Mo and Leonardo to accompany her.
With the help of their spirit forms, the contamination levels of both beast husbands were successfully reduced to zero.
According to Wu Zhengming, the federal military would only begin its operation at night, so Yunyang got up early.
First, she sent Wu Zhengming a message, asking him to gather all federal soldiers whose contamination levels exceeded 85 and whose ability ranks were S or higher. Before they set out, she would perform a group purification on those soldiers.
After Wu Zhengming asked her for the exact time, he immediately made the necessary arrangements.
After that, Yunyang looked toward her nine beast husbands.
She cleared her throat. “You have ten minutes. Check your contamination levels.”
The nine beast husbands had no idea what she was planning, but they did as instructed, activating the contamination-level detection functions on their respective optical computers one after another.
Ten minutes later, Yunyang checked the results one by one.
Aside from Qin Mo and two others, the rest of her beast husbands still had varying levels of contamination, though all of them remained below 30.
Fu Shiyi and Fuyuan had the highest levels.
Fu Shiyi had been the first one chosen this round. These past few days, Yunyang had been resting and going through her period, and ten days had passed since the last time she had been with Fu Shiyi.
As for Fuyuan, he normally used his ability every day. Whenever Yunyang’s mental power dropped even slightly, he would immediately help restore it.
As a result, both of their contamination levels were above 30. Fu Shiyi’s was 37, while Fuyuan’s was 34.
Compared with those federal soldiers, their contamination levels were already extremely low.
But this time, they were going to an insectoid planet. The lower their contamination levels, the less restricted they would be when using their abilities.
Yunyang decisively dragged both of them back to the bedroom.
Before they set out, she was determined to reduce all her beast husbands’ contamination levels to zero!
In any case, spirit forms were unaffected by her period.
Once they were back in the bedroom, Yunyang split her mental power into two streams and simultaneously entered Fu Shiyi’s and Fuyuan’s mental landscapes.
She had tried it the night before, and it was indeed possible.
Moreover, because each spirit form faced a different beast husband, the sensation was novel—and very…
Time was short and the task was urgent. Yunyang interrupted her own wild train of thought, found the spirit forms of the two beast husbands, and began to “work.”
…
Two hours later, she heartlessly drove Fu Shiyi and Fuyuan out of the room, then summoned Xuan Yu and Pei Wenye, whose contamination levels were close to 30, through her optical computer.
After them came Rong Jin and Chen Yueli.
Yunyang didn’t accomplish a single proper task that morning.
But when the contamination levels were checked for the second time at noon, all nine of her beast husbands had been reduced to zero.
Looking at the identical results displayed on the optical computers of her nine beast husbands, Yunyang felt an immense sense of accomplishment.
After lunch and a brief rest, she led her nine beast husbands to the central tower.
The moment they stepped outside their residence, Yunyang heard the distant sounds of battle.
The federal military was resisting the insectoids.
She pressed her lips together, unconsciously quickening her pace.
At Yunyang’s request, Wu Zhengming had arranged for all the federal soldiers going to the insectoid planet to gather there. Of the nearly seventy thousand soldiers, more than ten thousand had contamination levels exceeding 85.
That was close to one-sixth of the total.
They were practically heading to the insectoid planet with the resolve to die.
As long as they could exterminate the insect queen, they were willing to remain on the insectoid planet forever, just like the countless comrades before them whose contamination levels had become too high to save.
The central tower was the largest building on the entire border planet, large enough to accommodate all these federal soldiers.
Seeing the sea of soldiers packed together inside, Yunyang was glad she had arrived early enough.
She had asked Wu Zhengming about it. The operation was scheduled to begin at 20:28, leaving nearly eight hours.
Wu Zhengming also knew that the number of people was simply too great, so the first thing he said to Yunyang was, “Lady Yunyang, please put yourself first.”
“I know my limits.”
Yunyang didn’t waste any time. She sat down in the chair Wu Zhengming had prepared and began the purification process.
Her nine beast husbands stood guard beside her. Cang Zhuonian released his ability, covering only her.
Once Yunyang began purifying, Fuyuan used his ability without pause.
There were too many people for Yunyang to purify them in batches, so she directly spread her mental power over all the federal soldiers in front of her.
That powerful yet gentle mental force settled over every soldier. Some of the younger soldiers nearly burst into tears.
Lady Yunyang must be exhausted from purifying so many of them at once, right?
Once they reached the insectoid planet, they would kill as many insectoids as they could. They absolutely would not let Lady Yunyang’s efforts go to waste!
With more than ten thousand federal soldiers before her—and every one of them at least S-rank—Yunyang’s mental power was rapidly depleted.
Fuyuan’s ability couldn’t replenish it fast enough.
In a mere five minutes, Yunyang had only 10 percent of her mental power remaining.
Without the slightest hesitation, she stopped the purification and went to the break room with Fu Shiyi to recover her mental power.
An hour later, she appeared in the purification room once more.
At the same time, Si Zhao opened several screens at once. She monitored the situation of the various federal soldiers, handled federal affairs remotely, and kept track of the laboratory’s progress.
She had barely slept since the previous night.
Standing behind her, He Youchuan gently massaged her temples with both hands.
“Female Master, please rest for a while. Leave this to me.”
Si Zhao leaned back against the chair and closed her eyes for a brief two-minute rest before throwing herself back into work.
Once the insectoid crisis was resolved, she would have plenty of time to rest. But not now.
Although they were working in different ways, Yunyang and Si Zhao were both doing everything they could for the Federation.
Over the course of the afternoon, Yunyang purified more than ten thousand federal soldiers five times. Even the contamination levels of the eighteen SSS-rank ability users were successfully reduced by 80 percent.
The reductions for the remaining SS-rank and S-rank ability users were even greater.
Although her beast husbands helped restore her mental power after every round, Yunyang still felt utterly exhausted, both physically and mentally.
