After the handover was completed, Bai Muxing had a clear idea of the situation on this planet and began to order the machines he needed on the StarNet.
A medium- to high-end comprehensive agricultural machine ship, which was the largest expenditure, cost Bai Muxing five million interstellar credits.
For the rest, Bai Muxing didn’t plan to buy whole machines. He checked the condition of several old machines given to him by Lun Xi, ordered several individual parts that needed replacement or repair.
Other miscellaneous items, such as crop seeds, fertilizers, and various medications, were also purchased accordingly.
Bai Muxing was accustomed to planning ahead. He had already organized a list of these items before departure, and upon arrival, he made slight adjustments based on actual needs. Everything was well-organized and orderly, without any rush or chaos.
Interstellar delivery was efficient. The next day, Bai Muxing began to receive many packages, one after another. Transport ships with the logos of logistics companies carried the goods to his doorstep, accompanied by technicians responsible for installing and debugging the machines.
It could be said that it was very thoughtful; Bai Muxing’s spending millions wasn’t in vain.
Bai Muxing spent an extremely fulfilling period of time like this.
Not exactly tired, but with many tasks that required time to complete. Fortunately, time was the least thing he lacked now.
After he tidied up this abandoned agricultural and ranching planet that had been neglected for several years and made it beautiful, it was already half a month later.
One morning at six-thirty.
Bai Muxing got up on time.
Even though there wasn’t anything urgent that required him to get up early, given that most of the tasks were already done, the biological clock he had developed over the years still made him open his eyes automatically when the sky was just starting to lighten.
He opened a half-finished meal package and put together a simple toast salad breakfast, eating until he was seventy percent full, then walked out of the small house.
The sky was between light and dark, with the clouds at the horizon mingling with the orange-red light, tinged with a hint of pink. It was faintly ambiguous yet couldn’t conceal the imminent emergence, like a veil lightly draped over a young girl’s cheeks, lively yet shy.
Bai Muxing held two small square boxes in his hands, pure black and simple in style.
These were relics of his parents, containing their ashes and some of their old belongings. When Bai Muxing left the capital star, he retrieved these items from the cemetery there.
He did not ride a land rover, instead relying on his two feet to slowly walk on the ground.
He walked past two fields—of course, they were still bare without anything planted on them—then bypassed a low bush and arrived at a gentle hillside.
The hillside was bare, with only a small tree as thick as Bai Muxing’s wrist growing on the sunny side of the slope. The trunk exuded a translucent green, still a tender sapling.
Bai Muxing looked around and felt that this place had a broad and peaceful view, making it a good location. Directly facing it were two fields, which would look even more beautiful when they waved with golden waves during harvest season.
With these thoughts in mind, he buried the two boxes under the soil beneath the small tree.
After leveling the soil, just as he was about to leave, a somewhat familiar black, unidentified creature suddenly rolled over next to him with a gurgling sound.
With a “thud,” it bumped into Bai Muxing’s shoe and stopped.
Bai Muxing took a closer look and realized it was a gugu beast.
This type of small animal was just as Lun Xi described: scarce in number and nocturnal. Apart from the day he arrived when he saw one, he hadn’t encountered any since.
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“Gugu.”
The black furball emitted a soft cry when poked, sounding delicate and faint, like the whimper of a cub.
Ah, so this thing really makes gugu sound!
Could its name have originated from this sound?
His fingertip felt warm to the touch. Bai Muxing had never encountered such a furry and delicate little thing before, and he suddenly felt a kind of indescribable novelty.
After hesitating for a moment, he poked it again with a serious face.
This little thing, whether it was stunned or not, emitted a whimper when poked by Bai Muxing. However, it didn’t get up to run away; at most, it just wiggled a bit.
How strange. Let’s try again—
Bai Muxing unconsciously developed a bit of an addiction to poking.
“Beep beep.” The light brain sent a message alert.
Bai Muxing finally snapped out of it, opened the light brain, and saw that the Black Emperor had sent him a message.
Black Emperor: [Good morning! Are you almost done with your busy schedule?]
Bai Muxing: [Yes, I’m almost done.]
Then the other side asked again: [Anything fun to do in your new home?]
In front of the intelligent light brain, a tall man with a handsome face and imposing demeanor lowered his head to look at the glowing screen. Every feature and part of his body remained where they should be, and if you ignored the inexplicable stiffness in his demeanor, he could be considered quite presentable.
He held a book in his hand, with a pink cover and an exaggerated title written in fancy letters.
– “Love Guide: 101 Essential Rules for Enhancing Relationships”.
Rule 17: Sharing desires is the essential elixir for maintaining a relationship. Especially for long-distance couples, sharing small aspects of daily life every day can increase each other’s sense of participation in life. If the other person is rather shy, it requires you to take the initiative to help them establish a habit of sharing life.
This was his first time in love—or, strictly speaking, it was the first time a certain alien race’s individual became a human being and was rigorously executing the rules!
…
On the other end, upon seeing the question, Bai Muxing pondered for a moment.
He looked up and happened to see a small bird with white and gray feathers darting out from the bushes. It was round like a little cannonball, piercing through the air diagonally and plunging into the radiant sunrise.
Bai Muxing’s gaze followed the bird, and he was caught off guard by the first ray of sunlight that crossed the horizon, causing his eyes to be filled with a dazzling golden color.
He squinted for a few seconds to adjust to the brightness of the sun. Although he adapted, traces of the sunlight remained in his eyes, enhancing the beauty of the scenery.
The sunlight on his body carried a warm texture.
Something fun?
Bai Muxing pondered amidst the glaring sunlight. In truth, there wasn’t anything particularly special.
However, the refreshing morning, the encounter with the small animal, and the early greetings from his online friend all made him feel quite good.
Driven by a peculiar impulse, he snapped a picture of the gugu beast crouching by his feet.
And sent it over.
In the photo, a portion of the back of his hand was also captured, bathed in a faint warm light that highlighted the delicate veins on his hand. His already translucent skin seemed to acquire a faint, translucent texture, contrasting sharply with the black furry creature not far from his fingertips.
White: [Just had breakfast, met a little fellow, quite cute.]
Black Emperor: [!!!]
Upon receiving the message, the man on the other end first stared blankly at the small portion of the back of the hand in the photo for a few seconds, then quickly saved the picture to his album once he snapped out of it.
His gaze then shifted downward, and upon seeing the word “cute,” his expression gradually became serious as he turned his attention back to the bothersome furry black creature.
In front of the light brain, the tall humanoid suddenly stood up abruptly.
He walked up to a mirror about half the height of a wall. Starting from his feet, the humanoid legs, palms, arms, and then the entire upper body shattered into countless fragments, transforming into a profound and pitch-black darkness.
Then the darkness began to churn restlessly, shifting like a mosaic several times before reluctantly coalescing into a form visible to the human eye—a monstrous shape.
This creature was about twice the height of an average person, standing before him like a small mountain. Its form did not belong to any species recorded in the empire’s archives. If one had to draw a comparison, it might bear some resemblance to a lion, but lions could never attain such colossal proportions.
Its entire body was a deep black, with only a faint silver light shimmering on the surface; whether it was fur or scales, it was indistinct. Even standing still, it exuded immense pressure—a cold, unforgiving blade that, once unsheathed, would mercilessly harvest all visible life.
“Beep-beep-beep-beep—”
The pointer of the energy detector inside the room instantly surged to the maximum, while the synchronized receivers equipped by the two senior military officers outside the door emitted sharp warnings, alerting them that the energy fluctuations indoors had reached an extremely dangerous level.
The level displayed on the receiver’s screen soared from F, E, and D to S+ in just a few seconds, emitting a bright red warning.
An S+ level energy fluctuation theoretically equated to the average explosion of all the power contained within an S-level being in one second. However, considering the numerous limitations of the human body, it simply couldn’t bear such intensity. Hence, this level of energy fluctuation had never been detected in a human before.
Their appearance was mostly associated with natural disasters capable of destroying planets.
—Of course, these legendary beasts were even more destructive than natural disasters.
The two officers exchanged a glance, each seeing their own extremely grim expression mirrored in the other’s eyes.
Even without the instruments’ reminder, their keen S-level instincts for danger had already sounded alarms in their minds.
They had reason to suspect that if the monitoring device’s highest detection level were higher than S+, the data displayed on the dial would be even more terrifying.
But even under such pressure, they did not retreat; instead, they stood firm at their posts. If even they were to retreat, then there would be no one left to take their place.
Were they supposed to rely on youngsters like General Ariel? Those young S-level alpha officers, although their popularity among the public had once surpassed that of these veterans, the top brass of the military knew very well what they were truly worth.
Although exceptionally talented, these youngsters were far too immature and inexperienced to be selected for tasks that could determine the safety of the entire empire. Their level was merely the beginning, and they had a long way to go in their journey.
Not every genius could be honed into a true asset; countless S-level alphas had gone astray and dimmed during their growth.
The two generals maintained a tense posture, ready at any moment to signal the troops stationed at the nearest space jump point, several galaxies away, to initiate emergency protocols.
When necessary, they were even prepared to self-destruct to thwart the determination of that alien being—although it probably wouldn’t make much difference.
Fortunately, after lingering at the bright red S+ level for several minutes, the energy began to slowly decline, eventually dropping back into the safe range below the F level. Only then did they breathe a sigh of relief.
At the same time, they couldn’t help but wonder what the alien beast was up to to trigger such a massive energy fluctuation.
To avoid provoking this alien creature, which could devour all living beings at any moment despite its human disguise, they dared not engage in any unnecessary surveillance or probing beyond basic human oversight. Unless the other party actively requested it, they normally kept their distance and only detected energy fluctuations from outside the building.
Cleverness and scheming were nothing but childish jokes in the face of absolute power.
Therefore, despite experiencing an invisible crisis, the two generals stationed outside the door remained completely unaware of what had happened. They simply assumed it must have been a scene of considerable horror and strangeness.
Of course, the scene inside the room at this moment couldn’t be said to be exactly what they imagined; it was completely different.
The lion-like silver alien creature examined itself in the mirror for a few moments, then lowered its head to carefully manipulate the light brain with its sharp claws, comparing the small creature praised as “cute” by Bai Muxing in the photo.
What exactly was the definition of cute?
It opened the dictionary to search.
…Most commonly used to describe newborn, delicate, and young things.
It selectively ignored “newborn” and “young,” focusing its attention on “delicate”—
That’s right.
Although depleted of energy and significantly reduced in size, the form visible to humans was still about two people tall, resembling a small mountain.
But compared to its prime, when it could swallow an entire planet in one gulp, it was indeed quite delicate!
Author’s Note:
The S+ energy fluctuation scene imagined by the generals: evil, bizarre, a depth that humans cannot directly confront!
In reality: A little a primary school chicken, annoyed and embarrassed because it failed to compete with a fluffy herbivorous ball of fur 🙂
Thank you for the chapter.
The alien is cute too😍
I’m enjoying this alien trying to figure out human standards because it has a crush. This seems like it’s going to be a fun story
Is Black Emperor comparing his body to that of the gugu beast? 🤣🤣 If we ignore how terrifying his expression might be, I’d say he’s pretty cute!
Lololol Black Emperor, you’re quite cute as well~ 🤭😙 I honestly can’t wait to see how interact when they meet~ xD
He’s trying so hard 😔
Thank you for translating! 💜
Thanks for the chapter
Poor black emperor just wants to be praised as cute too! 🤭
aww he’s already very cute! i can’t wait for them to meet and interact in person hehe
omg reality always hits expectation hard in the face 🤣 🤣 🤣 don’t worry Big Black in the future your wife will only see you as the cutest <3