73: Chapter 73 The Extraordinarily Bizarre Firefly (One of the 18 Races)

Xiliu stared at the two gold coins, listened intently to the divine being's story, and after pondering for a moment, offered an opinion: "The Absolute Core has explored time machines and found that, no matter what, it is impossible to bypass the Grandfather Paradox."

"Even if you could erase every trace of having existed, the established fact, or rather the concept, of 'having existed' cannot be erased!"

"Yu Lan says she carries the gold coins given to her by the divine being, but in tens of thousands of hours of daily living footage and the inventory reports upon boarding the ship, the coins never appeared, not even before or after doing laundry."

"So, my deduction is that this machine can implant memories and even generate corresponding items as proof. But it cannot eliminate things that have existed."

"This machine is a rare, complete specimen found in the battlefield ruins; it was likely discarded by its inventor."

"Because it could not eliminate key enemy personnel, and the added memories could not change the stance of firm-willed military and political leaders."

Chu Xingyang nodded; this explanation was perhaps the closest to the truth.

Yu Lan was staring blankly while clutching the gold coins when she suddenly widened her eyes in alarm: "Wait! How do you have footage of my daily life? What about my privacy?"

"You are the vice captain. When the divine being is away, you are the de facto highest commander of the divine might, and I must ensure your safety at all times."

"But you're a man, you peeping tom!"

Xiliu tilted its head: "My appearance and original settings have always been female; it was only after joining Blue Star that you changed me to male. However, as an Android, I do not have a reproductive system or organs, so gender cannot be used as a label for me."

Wei Wei was watching the two of them bicker, but at this moment, uninvited guests arrived near the battlefield ruins.

A man and a woman were floating in space, with faint golden light emanating from their bodies.

The man shouted arrogantly at the fleet: "We are from the Gaimu Star Kingdom, 7,000 light-years from the center of the Three-Spiral Galaxy System. I knew it! How could a suburban civilization like yours, so far from the center, possibly leverage a star? Could it be that you found a treasure here?"

"How dare you destroy my planetary host! My family forbade me from sinking into depravity in the suburbs again, yet you have courted death by running out of the Three-Spiral System."

"Before you die, remember my name. I am Solunya, and this is my sister, Solia."

The tall, glowing beauty with long, flowing hair immediately waved her hands: "My brother dragged me here; this has nothing to do with me. I don't want to have anything to do with you barbarians."

Whether it was their glowing bodies or their ability to float in space, it would leave many people in awe.

However, in the eyes of the Blue Star people who had seen the divine being, these two were no different from clowns.

A crew member remarked: "Interesting. Sound cannot travel in space, yet their voices are clear. Can these two communicate via consciousness?"

Wei Wei looked at their glowing bodies, deep in thought: "Actually, among our 18 Blue Star races, there is one that can glow, but only the males. In ancient times, they would glow all over to attract females, just like a male peacock spreading its tail."

"It's just that nowadays, the part of them that glows has shrunk significantly, limited only to..."

Hearing this, Yu Lan raised an eyebrow: "I know about glow sticks! The Yingmen, who have a very small total population, right? Actually, I once met a pervert who exposed his stick to me. At the time, I thought it was a body modification, so I ripped it right off, but it stopped glowing once it left the body."

Xiliu looked at her and suddenly asked curiously: "What happened to that person later? Did they die?"

"I'm not very sure. Apparently, it is said that they later turned into a woman."

Outside the ship, Solunya, who had been ignored and was still waiting for a response, was getting impatient: "Are you scared silly? Seeing us floating in space and glowing all over? Hahaha, you will never match our genetic modification technology..."

Unable to stand it anymore, the Helmsman Tang Ling opened the communication channel: "You think you're so great? We are also in space, and we also have people who can glow. Piao Bucheng, show these two clowns a thing or two."

Piao Bucheng was the only Yingmen on the divine might, and his face was already flushed red: "If you want to show them, show them yourself!"

Lower deck crew member Luo Ningning immediately opened her mouth wide: "Oh, Yingmen. I've even dated a few Yingmen."

Her colleague and best friend rolled her eyes at her: "Is there any of the 18 races you haven't dated? Tell me, what's it like to date a Yingmen?"

"Quite bright."

"Bright?"

Luo Ningning recalled for a moment and said: "They're all quite bright. And when you turn off the lights to do things, it goes blink, blink, blink, blink. At first, I thought it was quite romantic, but later on, my eyes couldn't take it."

Hearing this, her best friend instantly laughed until she fell under the table.

Meanwhile, on the deck where Piao Bucheng was, countless crew members were cheering him on.

"Brother Bucheng, just show them. This is your racial talent. You must suppress the arrogance of the two people opposite us."

"Yes, everyone, let's cheer for Brother Piao! Piao Bucheng, show them! Piao Bucheng, show them!"

Amidst the shouts of encouragement, the only Yingmen on the divine might finally lost himself.

He ran to the porthole, stripped off his clothes in front of the two uninvited guests, and pulled out his blindingly bright glow stick.

Instantly, the entire divine might erupted in earth-shattering cheers.

"Yeah! Our Brother Piao is much brighter than you! You two little candles!"

"How can you two flickers of rotting grass compare to the bright moon in the sky!"

Solunya was completely stunned, wondering what kind of move this was.

His sister, Solia, quickly turned her face away, both ashamed and angry: "You really are barbarians. You claim to be faithful believers of some god, but you are simply despicable!"

The Helmsman Tang Ling felt a bit awkward, but still stubbornly retorted: "Even among believers, there are those who need redemption and forgiveness. To deal with two scumbags like you, one should use despicable people."

Hearing this, Piao Bucheng was so angry his glow stick almost exploded; he was about to go fight Tang Ling without even pulling up his pants.

Everyone immediately held him back: "Brother Bucheng, the big picture is what matters! We must stand united against the enemy!"

"Bullshit! You are treating me like the enemy and ganging up on me!"

"How can you say that? What's wrong with letting the brothers see something new?"

Solunya had now turned from astonishment to anger: "You're having quite a bit of fun, aren't you? You completely disregard me! Then prepare to die."

Instantly, countless small insects crawled out from behind him, covering his entire body.

Chu Xingyang narrowed his eyes. Is this nanotechnology? Symbiotic mecha or biological mecha?

Just as he was wondering.

A laser had already condensed in Solunya's palm, shooting rapidly toward the flagship, the divine might.

In the blink of an eye, the hull of the divine might was instantly shrouded in a halo of light.

The laser hit it without causing a single ripple.

Solia widened her eyes in astonishment; this was an energy shield she had never seen before.

And the defensive effect of this suburban civilization's energy shield seemed even better than that of the Gaimu Star Kingdom!