Chapter 36

Time flowed, and Mingmei spent most of her days outside her apartment, except for the mornings and evenings.

By obtaining information from players who bought boxed lunches from her about the locations of other players, Mingmei constantly changed her location, trying to sell boxed lunches to as many people as possible.

While selling boxed lunches, some talkative players naturally shared information with Mingmei. People in different roles saw different aspects of the world and knew different things.

However, after hearing a lot, Mingmei realized that much of the information was useless, mostly just complaints.

Classmate A: "I don't understand. What's the use of someone like me, a greenhouse farmer? When the space pirates come, am I supposed to throw fertilizer or scatter seeds? What kind of role is this game designing?"

Classmate B: "I can't explain my role either. I'm just a slacker who spends all day online. The thing is, to fit the role, my media task is literally to be online for eight hours. Spare me, please! I don't even like being on the StarNet normally, let alone staring at my phone or computer like this. I'm about to throw up."

Classmate C: "Sigh, with meat buns as delicious as yours, I, as a cook, am utterly ashamed. I don't know how someone who cooks so badly could be a cook…"

In short, out of over a hundred classmates with over a hundred roles, Mingmei had contacted at least fifty in the past half-month, if not all of them.

However, what made Mingmei feel uneasy was that ten days had passed since Mu Chen last appeared.

That night, Mu Chen, carrying his toolbox, appeared at Mingmei's door and immediately ordered six high-quality meat bun sets. Mingmei sensed something was wrong then.

Before she could ask, Mu Chen confessed that he had told someone about the meat bun after eating one at her place.

"I think I found evidence of the space pirates invading Gu Lan Star."

"How did you find it?"

"Signals, network intrusion, they…" At this point, Mingmei noticed Mu Chen's hesitation, as if he wasn't sure about something.

Later, Mu Chen stopped talking, only saying that he might not be as free as he was now and had to investigate more things.

After saying that, Mu Chen left with the five meat buns he bought. Mingmei had a lot to say, but in the end, she just stood at the door and said, "Be careful," in the direction he left.

Mu Chen stood at the elevator entrance, heard Mingmei's words, glanced back at Mingmei's direction, smiled slightly, and left a reassuring message: "We'll meet again…"

Has it been ten days already?

That night, Mingmei still carried her insulated backpack as usual and walked back to her apartment in the heavy snow. At the entrance of the apartment building, she saw Zhen Po wearing a windproof and snowproof coat, standing there with his hands in his pockets, pacing back and forth.

"Oh, you're finally back!"

Zhen Po was so excited when he saw Mingmei!

He yelled directly, and Mingmei clearly saw the lights in several apartments on the upper floors suddenly turn on because of it.

"Cough, let's go inside and talk."

Seeing that Zhen Po was waiting for her at the apartment building and attracting the curiosity of many people, Mingmei pulled down her hat and stepped forward, intending to take him directly into the building.

"Ah, it's nothing, I just want to buy two more meat buns."

However, Zhen Po clearly didn't want to chat and quickly stated his purpose.

Hearing this, Mingmei was completely speechless.

All this commotion just for meat buns?

"I thought something happened. You didn't seem so eager when you bought them before."

"That was before. Now… these space pirates can come anytime. Where am I going to find you then? Shouldn't I stock up early?"

Zhen Po and the others didn't know when the space pirates would invade, but judging from some rumors they'd heard recently, the atmosphere around them seemed to have changed.

"You're so proactive."

Mingmei calculated carefully in her mind. It seemed that there was indeed less than a week left before the space pirates invaded.

If it followed the original history.

Mingmei didn't want to believe that the space pirates would invade in a week, but compared to following the historical timeline and the matter Mu Chen had mentioned the last time he appeared, perhaps this time it would be delayed?

Or even, brought forward?

"Of course I'm proactive about this. Forget it, make it three!"

Seeing Mingmei bring the backpack to her, Zhen Po's eyes lit up instantly, and he changed his order from two to three.

"I remember you don't have many points left, do you?"

Mingmei remembered that Zhen Po had a little over a hundred points when he compared scores with Lu Xiaoyao earlier, but from the time he entered the game until now, plus today's three, Zhen Po had bought ten meat buns.

It's not like he can't get enough to eat.

These meat buns come with a buff that lasts three days per meal. This guy is just greedy!

"Uh, it's okay, it's alright… right?"

Zhen Po guiltily calculated how many points he had lost in his heart, but then he thought of the meat buns and immediately forgot about the points he was worried about just now.

"It's okay, if you clear the game, the points will all come back!"

She didn't know if these words were to comfort herself or Mingmei.

In short, Zhen Po left with the meat buns, satisfied. Mingmei turned around and went upstairs. Before she could take out her key to open the door, the door next door opened.

Mingmei turned her head and saw Lu Xiaoyao looking at her with a smile, then the smile became a little ingratiating, and she waved her hand: "Hi~"

Mingmei: =.=

What is she going to do?

"Meimei, can you sell me a few more meat buns?"

"Didn't you buy some yesterday? Why are you buying more today?" Hearing Lu Xiaoyao's request, Mingmei directly asked her question.

In her heart, Mingmei couldn't help but sigh that the reason she and Zhen Po could be good brothers was that they both liked to eat?

One felt that the situation was tight and bought meat buns as reserves, and the other also felt that the situation was tight, which meant that something was indeed wrong sometimes.

"That, isn't it about the space pirates… I heard from the people working in the greenhouses in the community that the higher-ups have been rushing to harvest food recently."

Lu Xiaoyao was also anxious. In this game, she was just a food server, and she had to keep her eyes and ears open, so she was in contact with people in the community.

The problem was that there wasn't anyone too impressive in this community, so she had only heard this little bit of news so far.

"Rushing to harvest food…"

Although the food at this time was grown in heated greenhouses, and off-season crops could also grow and be harvested, Lu Xiaoyao's use of the word "rushing" was very intriguing.

"I think the higher-ups have received some news."

Lu Xiaoyao guessed, "Although I've seen some history of Hua Lan Star before, saying that the invasion of Gu Lan Star was sudden, I don't think it was."

As Lu Xiaoyao spoke, she gave Mingmei a meaningful look, as if to say, "Think about it carefully." Then she whispered to Mingmei, "Maybe they actually found out about it a long time ago, and then realized they couldn't win anyway, so they just gave up and let everything be destroyed."

…

"What did you say?!"

When Hu Yue uttered the first word, she was intimidated by the look in Mu Chen's eyes, who was standing in front of her, and suppressed her voice.

"Are they crazy?!"

Suppressing her anger, Hu Yue's eyes widened and turned red.

She never thought, nor dared to think, that the story created by this game was actually like this!

"They're not crazy. They really contacted the space pirates." Mu Chen's voice was calm and ethereal.

"Even if the country we're standing on doesn't agree, the countries across the sea have agreed. They happily cooperate with those space pirates, wanting to revive a prosperous and dirty 'trade' from hundreds of years ago. When that day comes…"

"Then we'll fight!"

Hu Yue said those words through gritted teeth!

Hu Yue didn't expect to meet Mu Chen in the military camp, and that he had been here all this time, often accompanied by guards.

When he somehow shook off the people following him and contacted her to tell her all this, Hu Yue never expected the story of this game to be like this!

She really didn't expect everything she had thought of would actually come true like this.

Knowingly do the impossible.

Her original idea was to unite all the forces of Gu Lan Star and try to save as many people as possible, but today, the words Mu Chen said shattered her dream.

Those in power across the sea were dreaming of integrating into the interstellar world, "selling" the lower-class, ignorant people to the space pirates.

So, those people who were sent into the starships were all—

Thinking of this, Hu Yue suddenly came back to her senses. She looked up at Mu Chen, and her mind kept flashing images of her current comrades, officers, and others.

Yes.

The people of Hua Lan Star who were still alive now, even if they had mixed with the interstellar people and had these descendants, their characteristics were still very obvious.

Black or brown eyes, black or brown hair, with the exception of a few blondes with blue eyes, the vast majority had similar appearances.

Could it be that when the space pirates invade, H country will be the first to bear the brunt?!

"How much time do we have left?"

Hearing Hu Yue ask him this, Mu Chen knew that she had already guessed it.

"Maybe tomorrow, maybe the day after."

Mu Chen didn't give a specific time, but hearing this, the speed was still so fast that Hu Yue's mind was like a mess.

What could she do?

What could she possibly do in such a short time?

Mu Chen just watched the expressions on Hu Yue's face constantly change, and before Mu Chen could say anything, he saw Hu Yue suddenly burst into tears.

Leaving aside the predetermined fate of the game, Hu Yue wholeheartedly immersed herself in the reality.

In reality, if they received news that space pirates or Zerg were about to invade, they would have many ways to deal with it. For the star citizens on the planet, they could be evacuated as soon as possible, but on Gu Lan Star, without the technology to send the people on the planet away, what could they do?

"Are… are you asking me to watch them die?"