Quick Transmigration: The Villain Is Too Pampered and Alluring - Chapter 371

Upon returning to the Imperial Star, Sheng Siyang spent the entire journey complaining to Sheng Nuan, accusing her of not naming the armor ‘Big Brother’.

“I am so sad, really so sad.”

At the time, Sheng Nuan had done it just for fun. She never thought that the glass-hearted Sheng Siyang would care this much. In the end, all she could do was coax him, “Because the armor I designed is not imposing at all, it really isn’t suitable to be called Big Brother.”

Sheng Siyang was still a bit doubtful. “Really?”

Sheng Nuan immediately replied, “Really, truly!”

Only then was Sheng Siyang barely convinced…

A few days after returning to the Imperial Star, Sheng Nuan learned from customer service that Huo Ling had taken over the rebel forces from their former leader and had become the new leader of the rebels.

Sheng Nuan found it difficult to imagine this. She vented to customer service: “Tell me, how does he become a leader with that tea-like face?”

Customer service was speechless: “How do you know he acts tea-like in front of others too?”

Sheng Nuan shrugged: “So he was just putting on a show for me?”

The customer service sighed: “You two are really birds of a feather…”

Sheng Nuan was amused.

More than half a month later, a batch of bracelets was sent out from the Imperial Star… That very night, Sheng Nuan received a video call from Huo Ling.

“Many thanks to Miss Sheng for your generous gift. I really don’t know how to repay you…” In the video, Huo Ling wore a faint smile and spoke in a gentle tone.

Sheng Nuan was still busy in front of her computer. Taking a spare moment to glance at him, she curled her lips, “Then think it over carefully.”

She wore a round-necked home outfit, revealing her slender collarbone. Beneath it, the subtle fullness of her figure could be vaguely discerned. Suddenly Huo Ling said, “Could you pull the collar down?”

Sheng Nuan’s movement paused. She turned to look at him, only to see Huo Ling tugging at his own collar. “You can look at me too.”

“Tsk, I thought you were really here to thank me, but turns out you’re here to flirt…” Sheng Nuan shook her head, “The world is going downhill, and people’s hearts are not what they used to be.”

Huo Ling stifled a laugh. After a pause, he spoke softly, “I kind of want to see you…”

In the past, when they were together day and night, he never noticed it. But now that they were separated, he realized that at some point he had grown accustomed to having another person by his side.

Huo Ling said, “I’ll come find you.”

Sheng Nuan looked half amused, half serious, “Aren’t you afraid I’ll tie you up and sell you to the Blue Palace?”

Huo Ling’s lips curved upward. “Would you really bear to do that?”

Sheng Nuan chuckled, “Then come and try…”

After completing the final step of her work, Sheng Nuan turned off the computer. “Alright, I’m going to take a shower.”

Huo Ling’s eyes lit up, and he suggested seriously, “Let’s chat while you shower?”

Wouldn’t that be a nude chat? And a one-sided one at that!

Sheng Nuan laughed and cursed “Get lost” before hanging up…

The Zerg’s attack came even earlier than Sheng Nuan had anticipated. Fortunately, she had long been prepared.

But the Alliance was not prepared. The warnings she had spread were suppressed as ‘rumors’ by the Alliance, and they never bothered to verify them or investigate the Zerg’s movements. As a result, when the Zerg invaded, the entire Imperial Star fell into chaos.

The Imperial Star boasted the Alliance’s most formidable aerial defenses. The moment the Zerg’s three cruisers approached, the particle cannon was activated, a beam of light blasting forth. One cruiser disintegrated directly outside the Imperial Star; another, partially destroyed, continued to charge forward in a suicide attack, colliding with the Imperial Star’s protective barrier.

A faint electronic wave shimmered, and the second cruiser was instantly destroyed as well… but the third one rushed into the Imperial Star’s atmosphere through the path opened by the first two.

The Imperial Star was in chaos, with air-raid sirens wailing through the night, everyone panicking in fear.

Inside the Blue Palace’s first conference room, the Alliance’s monarch Qin Zhengde sat at the head in a commander’s uniform, coughing violently as if he would hack up a lung.

Below, the Minister of Defense spoke in a deep voice, “Your Majesty, please move swiftly to Neptune. The Imperial Star is no longer safe.”

Qin Zhengde wheezed weakly, “I am the Alliance’s monarch… I… cannot leave.”

The Director of Defense stared mournfully, “Your Majesty, even for the sake of the Alliance’s stability, you must place your own safety first!”

Qin Zhengde’s mouth moved wordlessly, and he let out a helpless sigh… Just then, the Director of the Police Department, Duan Long, spoke impassively, “His Majesty cannot leave. If His Majesty leaves, the hearts of both ruler and people will scatter, and the Imperial Star will become even more dangerous.”

After all, if even their Alliance leader fled, what would the army and the populace think…? Moreover, if the monarch left, he would take a large part of the military as protection, further weakening the Imperial Star’s defenses!

Duan Long and several other officials spoke in unison, “Your Majesty, at a time like this, for Minister Zhou to incite Your Majesty to abandon the Imperial Star, his intentions are punishable by death!”

Minister of Defense Zhou Heng’s expression stiffened, and immediately someone spoke up in his defense, “Minister Zhou is only concerned about His Majesty’s safety.”

Duan Long responded coldly, “Then let His Majesty decide. If you keep urging this, don’t blame me for being discourteous.”

Zhou Heng sneered, “The Police Department really likes to put on a grand show. Why not shoulder the Defense Department’s responsibilities as well?”

Duan Long turned his head to look at him. “So that you can take the opportunity to run away, right?”

Zhou Heng was immediately choked and chose to ignore Duan Long. He turned back to Qin Zhengde. “Your Majesty, a gentleman does not stand beneath a perilous wall. The Imperial Star is guarded by the White Silver Army and the Police Department forces. For the sake of the Alliance, Your Majesty must put your own safety first!”

At this, Qin Zhengde finally spoke, “Minister Zhou is right… If the Zerg know I have left the Imperial Star, perhaps they will be diverted, easing the pressure on the Imperial Star.”

The meaning was clear—he wanted to leave.

The last shreds of hope in Duan Long’s eyes vanished. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, filled with self-mockery.

This was the Alliance monarch they served!

Forget about the Son of Heaven defending the gates of the nation or the ruler perishing with the state; he can’t even stabilize the situation or maintain the morale of the troops and the people. When facing danger, his first reaction was to flee the Imperial Star… The Zerg dared to attack the Imperial Star directly because they already knew how rotten and degenerate the Alliance’s ruling class had become!

Duan Long and his faction no longer objected, falling collectively silent. Qin Zhengde gave them a glance, then stood and left the conference room under the escort of the Defense Department personnel.

Moments later, Qin Zhengde and a portion of the Alliance’s top brass, led by the Minister of Defense, arrived at the spaceport… By now, the Zerg had already torn a gap in the Imperial Star’s aerial defenses, located over Mount Beimang in the far north.

Many citizens also wanted to flee the Imperial Star, but upon reaching the spaceport, they found it under lockdown. Crowds surged, yet were unable to enter. They could only watch as two large cruisers took off one after another and departed.

Then word spread: the Alliance Monarch Qin Zhengde had already fled with his inner circle and their families.

As the news spread, an uproar ensued on the Imperial Star. The Blue Palace’s phone lines were jammed. Many people risked danger to gather and head toward the Blue Palace, trying to confirm whether Qin Zhengde had indeed fled.

But the Blue Palace was heavily guarded, and no one was allowed near.

Just then, there was a loud boom. Everyone on the Imperial Star—whether standing in the streets or hiding in their homes—saw with their own eyes or on video screens that in the far north, above Mount Beimang, a massive cruiser appeared. In the next instant, the cruiser’s hatch opened below, unleashing wave after wave of fighter craft, their cannon fire roaring…

While the Imperial Star was in complete turmoil, the Crown Prince Qin Ji, dressed in a neat uniform, appeared on satellite channels to deliver a speech, declaring that the Alliance’s ruling class would stand shoulder to shoulder with the troops and the people.

But when countless viewers demanded that he show his face at the Blue Palace, Qin Ji gave no response.

Sitting in front of the television with her family, Sheng Nuan saw him as well-groomed as always and felt nothing but contempt in her heart.

She knew that Qin Ji was already aboard a cruiser at the spaceport… The moment the Imperial Star truly showed signs of falling, he could leave at once.

He wasn’t staying put in the Blue Palace like he claimed…