108: Chapter 109 Detonating the Sun? Miss Zero sneers: Witness the true nature of cyberbullying!

Jiang Chen felt as if he had taken a walk through the gates of hell.

But before he could even catch his breath, the 'NPC' on the other side of the screen—Ji Linglong—had already exploded.

"Jiang Chen!!!"

Ji Linglong's voice had immense penetrating power, making the toilet stall partitions hum with the vibration.

"What was that just now?!"

"Why did this Empress feel the presence of another woman in your magical artifact?! And that presence—cold, heartless, and carrying a hint of a slutty, pink scent!"

"Do you have someone else on the outside?!"

Facing the soul-searching interrogation from his main wife, Jiang Chen once again displayed Oscar-level acting skills.

He looked at the screen with a face full of confusion, innocence, and a hint of being startled.

"Someone? What someone? Linglong, what are you talking about?"

"That was just static electricity! Yes! Static interference!"

Jiang Chen spouted nonsense with a straight face:

"The base station on our side was just bombed by aliens, the signal is unstable, and the lines got crossed! Plus, you know this phone of mine, I've used it for several years, it leaks electricity!"

"That was just the sound of the current! How could there be any woman?"

"Static electricity?"

Ji Linglong narrowed her eyes suspiciously, those phoenix eyes that seemed able to see through people's hearts scanning across the screen.

"Can static electricity clash with my sword energy? Can static electricity almost come through the internet cable to hack my haotian mirror?"

"Husband, do you think I am stupid?"

"Oh! That's the truth!"

Jiang Chen was so anxious he slapped his thigh. "Think about it, if I had someone else, would I dare to answer your video call? Would I dare to chat with you for so long in the bathroom?"

"And you can see it too, I'm covered in sweat, that's because I was scared by the aliens! Do you know how brutal that battle just now was? I almost didn't make it to see you again!"

As he spoke, Jiang Chen squeezed out two crocodile tears at the opportune moment.

This 'playing the victim' trick was indeed effective.

Seeing Jiang Chen's disheveled state (even if it was from being scared), Ji Linglong's heart softened instantly.

"Alright... alright, alright, I believe you."

Ji Linglong sighed, the killing intent in her eyes dissipating, replaced by full-blown concern.

"Don't push yourself too hard. If you really can't win, just find a place to hide. I am having the Sect Master and the Elder Council work day and night, even if the passage can't be opened, I will find a way to send you some life-saving talismans."

"Oh, right."

Ji Linglong seemed to remember something, suddenly leaning close to the screen, her nose twitching twice as if sniffing for something.

"Even if it's static electricity... why does your magical artifact have a... very strange smell?"

"It's like... the smell of burnt metal, and also like... some kind of cheap perfume?"

Jiang Chen's heart skipped a beat.

That wasn't perfume! That was the air freshener Zero had the base spray earlier to create a 'romantic atmosphere'!

"That is... the smell of gunpowder!"

Jiang Chen said without changing his expression or heart rate, "It's a battlefield! There's the smell of gunpowder everywhere! The smell of a man!"

"Alright Linglong, I'm still fighting here, the signal is bad, it might cut off at any time. You must take care of yourself, wait for me to return! I'll bring you... some local specialties from here!"

After finishing, without waiting for Ji Linglong to ask more, Jiang Chen hurriedly pressed the hang-up button.

"Phew..."

The moment the screen went black, Jiang Chen slid down the wall to the floor, feeling as if his body had been hollowed out.

It was too hard.

This was ten thousand times more exhausting than commanding an interstellar war.

He glanced at the slightly hot phone in his hand, then looked outside the bathroom door (where it was Zero's territory), and gave a bitter laugh.

"This life... when will it ever end."

"One can come through the internet cable to run antivirus, and the other can come through the internet cable to hack people to death."

"This isn't the blessing of having multiple wives, this is walking a tightrope!"

Just as Jiang Chen was preparing to stand up and wash his face to calm down.

"Knock, knock, knock."

The bathroom door was suddenly knocked.

Jiang Chen trembled all over in fright, his phone almost dropping into the toilet.

"Who?!"

Outside the door came Lei Keming's somewhat awkward and slightly anxious voice.

"Uhm... Director Jiang? Are you done?"

"Miss Zero is looking for you. She said she just detected your heart rate was abnormally high and suspects you might be... sneaking high-calorie food (junk food) in the bathroom?"

"She wants you to come out immediately, saying there's something important to show you."

"Sneaking food?"

Jiang Chen didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Fortunately, in Zero's logic, increased heart rate = sneaking something delicious.

If she knew it was because of 'sneaking a woman,' this bathroom door would probably have already been cut through by lasers.

"Coming, coming! Not sneaking food! Just constipation!"

Jiang Chen hurriedly hid that 'original wife phone' into the secret pocket of his underwear, straightened his clothes, took a deep breath, and pushed open the door.

Outside the door.

Lei Keming looked at him with a strange expression.

"Director Jiang, your constipation... makes quite a lot of noise, huh? Just now, I thought I heard you shouting things like 'Wife' and 'Help' from outside?"

"Ahem! Auditory hallucination! That was just you hearing things!"

Jiang Chen kept a straight face and patted Lei Keming on the shoulder with feigned seriousness.

"Old Lei, you need to pay attention to resting as you get older. Let's go, go see what good things Zero has prepared for me."

"I hope... it's not another pink surprise."

The two walked quickly toward the command hall.

However, before they even entered, Jiang Chen felt an unusual atmosphere.

The scientists who were previously busy working had all stopped their tasks, each staring at the big screen with expressions as serious as if they were attending a funeral.

On the screen.

Zero's holographic projection stood with her back to the crowd, looking at a complex star map.

Sensing Jiang Chen enter, she slowly turned around.

On that exquisite face, the previous haughtiness and teasing were gone, replaced by an absolute, rational coldness.

"Husband, you finally decided to come out of the bathroom."

Zero's voice was very calm, but Jiang Chen could hear the scent of an impending storm.

"In the ten minutes you were excreting (which you weren't), I intercepted an encrypted hyperspace message from the edge of the Solar System."

"Sender ID: Emperor of the Star Alliance Empire."

"The content is very simple, only one sentence."

Zero waved her hand, and a line of blood-red alien text appeared in mid-air, automatically translated into Chinese:

"Since you cannot be used by me, then together with this planet... turn to ashes."

"Stellar Destroyer, charging complete."

Jiang Chen's pupils contracted sharply.

Stellar Destroyer?

Isn't that the thing from sci-fi movies that can blow up the sun in one shot?!

"Is... is this real?" Lei Keming's voice was shaking.

"It is." Zero nodded, her expression remaining calm.

"According to my tracking, the opponent's home planet is located in the Alpha Centauri system. They are mobilizing the energy of a Dyson sphere, preparing to launch an ultra-long-range strike against the Solar System."

"Estimated time of arrival: 12 hours."

"Method of attack: Explode the sun."

The whole room was in an uproar.

Explode the sun?!

This is too ruthless! If you can't win, you just flip the table?

"Then... what do we do?" Jiang Chen was anxious. "Wife, can you stop it? Can that 'Planetary-level Computing Center' defend against this?"

"Cannot defend against it." Zero shook her head.

"That is a stellar-level energy burst; a small body like Earth would be vaporized instantly."

"Then it's over? We haven't even started renovating and we're already being demolished?" Jiang Chen was in despair.

"What's the rush." Zero suddenly smiled.

It was a sneer of extreme contempt and extreme arrogance, as if she were watching a group of lower life forms playing with fire.

"Since they want to play with long-range strikes."

"Then I will let them witness what true... cyber violence is."

"Husband, do you want to see a... 4 light-year spanning 'Matrix'?"

"This time, I will make that so-called Emperor unable to even control the color of his own underwear."