As Yunyang approached, Qin Mo and Xuan Yu withdrew their powers at the same time.
The cheetah’s eyes were bloodshot as he struggled desperately to break free of his restraints.
“Brother Shaoqi.”
Yunyang called out tentatively. When the cheetah showed no reaction, she decisively cast Blessing on herself, then released her mental power and invaded his mental landscape.
Cloud Shaoqi’s mental landscape had already collapsed by more than half. Yunyang spent quite some time searching before finally locating the cheetah’s mental entity within it.
The corruption had affected the cheetah’s mental entity as well. It bared its claws at the unfamiliar mental power that had suddenly intruded.
He was completely uncooperative.
Yunyang had no time to indulge him. If she delayed any longer, Yun Shaoqi’s mental landscape would collapse completely, and she would be affected as well.
Remembering the topic she had discussed with You Lu, she decisively separated out a sliver of mental power and lashed it at the cheetah’s mental entity.
Since it was only a sliver of mental power, it would not cause overly serious harm.
Besides, at a time like this, no injury could compare to the corruption.
The mental entity, which had never been attacked before, froze in shock.
Mental power really could attack a male’s mental entity.
Now that her guess had been confirmed, Yunyang immediately wrapped her mental power around the cheetah’s mental entity, trapping it before forcibly beginning the purification process.
Outside the mental landscape, the cheetah, which had been struggling frantically moments earlier, gradually calmed down.
Several Federation soldiers let out a sigh of relief.
Thank goodness! Captain Shaoqi could be saved!
Yun Shaoqi’s power was S-rank. Yunyang expended seventy percent of her mental power and directly reduced his corruption level to below sixty.
She had her own power to thank for that.
Once his corruption level dropped, his mental landscape stopped collapsing and slowly began to recover.
Yunyang withdrew her mental power, and Rong Jin immediately handed her some warm water.
She took two sips before looking toward the cheetah, who was still trapped in the restraint net.
Yun Shaoqi’s mind was a little muddled.
Other than when he had been marked by his former female mate, he had never felt this relaxed before. But hadn’t his corruption level already exceeded ninety-nine?
What was going on now?
The blood-red color faded from the cheetah’s eyes.
He shook his head, and his blurred vision gradually cleared.
Among the beastfolk standing before him, he spotted Yunyang at once.
Since they had arrived on T01, Yunyang had been wearing clothes that were convenient for movement, paired with the protective suit Qin Mo had prepared for her.
The protective suit could turn invisible and would only appear when needed.
To outsiders, she appeared to be wearing a blue-and-white women’s knight uniform today, paired with white knee-high boots.
It was one of the dozen or so outfits Yun Shaoqi had specially commissioned for her birthday the previous year.
Yun Shaoqi stared blankly for a moment.
Was that… his little sister?
He tried to return to human form. After succeeding, he immediately called out, “Yangyang?”
Yunyang nodded. “Brother Shaoqi, how do you feel?”
Yun Shaoqi gave her a simple, good-natured smile. “I feel incredibly relaxed. My corruption level should be below sixty now. Yangyang, you really saved your brother’s life.”
There was only one female here, and she was his own little sister. She had obviously been the one to save him.
As expected, his little sister was the best female in the entire Federation!
Oh, no—that wasn’t right. She was the second-best. Their mother was the first.
Seeing that Yun Shaoqi had returned to normal, the Federation soldiers finally stepped forward to remove the restraint net. They then relayed the news to their comrades who were still searching elsewhere.
Once the restraint net was removed, Yun Shaoqi quickly walked over to Yunyang. He then looked at the five beast husbands surrounding her.
Everyone else belonged to the First Army, so their presence here was perfectly reasonable.
Only these five were out of place: a deputy commander of the Twenty-Third Army, the Federation’s chief combat mecha designer, and three men he had never seen before, all with impressively high power levels.
Setting everything else aside, none of them should have been here.
Unless—
They were all Yangyang’s beast husbands.
Seeing the confusion in Yun Shaoqi’s eyes, Yunyang immediately introduced them. “Brother Shaoqi, they’re my husbands.”
Yun Shaoqi swept his gaze over the five men before saying, “We’re too close to the Insect Planet. Let’s return to T01 first. You can give me a proper introduction to them then.”
He placed particular emphasis on the words “proper introduction.”
The five husbands could all sense the disdain in their brother-in-law’s tone.
That was only natural. Their wife was one of only three S-rank females in the entire Federation. They had gotten incredibly lucky to be matched with her by the Marriage Bureau.
It was understandable that her brother felt they were not good enough for her.
Yunyang, however, did not seem bothered. She turned to Feir and said, “Mr. Feir, I’m afraid I’ll have to trouble you again.”
“Lady Yunyang, it’s my duty.”
Feir transformed back into his beast form and carried everyone toward the direction where the starship had landed.
On the starship returning to T01, Yun Shaoqi injected himself with a therapeutic agent before carefully scrutinizing Yunyang’s five husbands.
As for Qin Mo, he went straight for the soul-searching question.
“Deputy Qin, when the Federation and my sister both need you, which one will you choose?”
Qin Mo fell silent.
As expected of his brother-in-law—he had opened with a deadly question.
After thinking carefully, he answered, “Brother-in-law, the Federation and your wife are not in opposition to each other. I will protect my wife with my life, and I am also willing to give my life for the Federation without hesitation.”
It was a somewhat slippery answer.
But if Yun Shaoqi were in his place, that was probably the best answer he could have come up with too.
Yun Shaoqi nodded reluctantly, then turned his attention to Fu Shiyi.
This time, Fu Shiyi did not wait for him to ask. He spoke first.
“My wife is above everything else, including my own life.”
The red-gold eyes hidden behind his glasses were utterly serious.
Yun Shaoqi had heard about Fu Shiyi’s temperament. The man was cold and rigid, and it was difficult for him to show much emotion in front of others. Supposedly, the people at the mecha research base privately referred to him as an old fossil.
But Yun Shaoqi had seen it clearly while they were riding on the peregrine.
From beginning to end, Fu Shiyi’s eyes had held only his little sister.
With him there, Yangyang had not even felt the wind.
“Smooth talker,” Yun Shaoqi snorted before turning to the three males he did not know.
Yunyang introduced them one by one, naturally concealing Xuan Yu’s identity as a bounty hunter.
Yun Shaoqi asked no further questions. He merely scrutinized the three men critically.
Ten minutes later, he deflated.
Whether in appearance or strength, all three men surpassed him. On top of that, they had been carefully selected and matched with Yangyang by the Federation’s Marriage Bureau.
Yun Shaoqi could no longer find anything to criticize.
“Yangyang, listen to me. Males are the best at sweet-talking.”
“Just because these five treat you well now doesn’t mean they’ll continue to treat you well in the future. You absolutely mustn’t tie yourself down to only these five males.”
What Yun Shaoqi feared most was that his little sister would remain as she had been before, giving up all the outstanding beastfolk in the Federation for the sake of certain males.
What were five husbands, anyway?
Their mother had eight husbands!
Yangyang’s mental power was even stronger than their mother’s. She should have at least seventeen or eighteen husbands, right?
Yunyang knew exactly what Yun Shaoqi was implying. She glanced at the five husbands, whose expressions had subtly changed, and smiled.
“Don’t worry, Brother Shaoqi. I’m not the same person I used to be.”
The five husbands immediately cast her resentful looks.
Yunyang pretended not to see them.
In the corner of the starship, the white fox, sitting on a chair, quietly glanced at her once more.
