VCRMM: Chapter 423

Adrian was also watching the live broadcast. He was the one who arranged this competition, so he couldn’t help feeling a bit anxious when he thought of His Majesty Roland’s surprise and confidence when first making this proposal.

Now seeing the princess of Roland openly recruiting scientists in a live interview, he didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

As expected, they were from the same nation. Wasn’t this exactly the same as the Guardian?

The organizers of the Genius Competition tried their best in order to prevent him from using the competition to advertise the Fox House. Nevertheless, he still found a loophole in the finals and did another eating broadcast in front of the entire interstellar population.

This time, the alliance had done a lot of publicity to regain its position and even opened a betting game. The popularity of the mecha competition was quite high.

Adrian shook his head and started to worry about how to give an explanation to headquarters.

They had never expected to lose and were anxious to avenge their previous defeat, so the alliance had agreed to this mecha competition without much arguing with Roland.

In the end, who could imagine that it would turn out like this?

Even Adrian, who was in charge of the Roland Empire, felt that the past two years were like a dream.

A few years ago, he could never have predicted that the weak nation on the verge of extinction, needing assistance from the alliance, would become so powerful in such a short period of time.

It was powerful enough to shake the top ten powers and even the alliance.

In other words, this nation that was reborn from the ashes of a natural disaster was originally very powerful, but the interstellar nations never truly understood it.

Adrian couldn’t help sighing.

He also knew that the Roland Empire probably wouldn’t sell mechas, and would accept an exchange of benefits at most, just like when they sent people to Roland to learn magic.

The Interstellar Alliance rarely did business at a loss, but in the process of confronting Roland, it never seemed to gain a lot of benefits.

The Interstellar Alliance spent a huge price to send people to Roland to learn magic, and also paid with two fixed-point teleporters.

It was originally believed that Roland was a magical civilization and wouldn’t be able to research the relevant technology even if the teleporters were obtained. Now no one could be certain thanks to the appearance of the five mechas today.

The fixed-point teleporter was the most important means of trade for the alliance. It was the only one of its kind in the universe and was also the bargaining chip for the alliance to win over allied nations.

If the Roland Empire really developed something and sold this technology to other nations…

The Interstellar Alliance might shed all pretenses.

In addition, learning magic wasn’t necessarily effective.

Even among the natives of the Roland Empire, not everyone could awaken their talent. It was said that the younger the child, the easier it was. Therefore, most of the places this year were given to children under five years old. Only a nanny and two researchers from the alliance accompanied them.

In the future, if some of these children were lucky enough to awaken their magical talent, they could stay in Roland and learn magic. However, could these children who lived in Roland for a long time still be considered interstellar people?

After they grew up, would they have feelings for the alliance, be willing to be loyal to it and even cooperate with various experiments?

Adrian wasn’t optimistic, but this was a decision made by the top leaders of the alliance and he couldn’t stop it.

However, Roland was so powerful. Perhaps it would be a good choice for the alliance to maintain a good relationship with Roland through these children.

Just as Adrian was thinking hard about what he should pay to get a new mecha from Roland, something unexpected happened at the venue in the live broadcast.

At the mecha competition, everyone’s attention was originally focused on the few people conducting interviews, as was the audience. So when the incident first occurred, many people didn’t react. Only a few people noticed anything unusual.

Xu Sili was one of them.

He subconsciously tightened his grip on Si Sheng’s hand. He turned his head and met the man’s equally solemn expression.

“Ah Sheng, did you hear that strange noise?” Xu Sili whispered.

A very dense stream of strange noises entered his ears through the active sound elements.

He hadn’t paid much attention to it at first. Then the sound became more frequent, making him feel a bit nauseous. It was hard not to notice it.

Si Sheng nodded and gave him the answer directly. “It is the zergs.”

Xu Sili was stunned.

Oh my god, even the heavily guarded planet of Ampsonton had been invaded by the zerg?

Immediately afterwards, he felt the golden mental strength belonging to Si Sheng. Xu Sili didn’t resist and was guided by Si Sheng. His mental strength probed downwards and he saw more scenes.

He hadn’t expected there to be a secret laboratory hidden underneath the competition venue.

Si Sheng passed the information to him and Xu Sili finally realized that the construction materials of this laboratory were specially made to block mental perception.

No wonder he didn’t notice anything before the competition started.

Of course, these methods were nothing in front of Si Sheng and were completely vulnerable.

With Si Sheng’s help, Xu Sili ‘saw’ the panicked laboratory staff and clearly heard their conversation.

“Quickly notify the defenders to evacuate the ground and send more troops over. The king zerg has awakened for some reason. It is trying to escape and is temporarily trapped. I am going to destroy those eggs now…”

“Doctor, it is too late! It seems that the eggs have hatched prematurely at the behest of the ruler. They’ve already chewed through the metal wall of the storage room!”

“Doctor, the king zerg has escaped successfully! What should we do now?”

Xu Sili, “……”

F*k, did these people really want to die?

He had only heard a little bit, but he successfully captured the key words.

The king zerg awakened, the eggs hatched early, the protective measures failed and the king zerg escaped successfully. This was definitely the scene of a secret experiment going wrong!

He was speechless. What was the alliance doing?

They knew that the zerg were such dangerous creatures, so why didn’t they kill the king zerg immediately after capturing it? Why did they bring it to a military stronghold for research?

It was true that Ampsonton was a remote planet, but it was also a resource-rich planet with countless ordinary people living there! Now that the king zerg was out of control, the planet…

Xu Sili immediately opened the Future Forum to check. Unsurprisingly, he discovered that Ampsonton was one of the nests occupied by the zerg in the early days.

This king zerg would grow into a super boss in the future, and would finally be eliminated after being surrounded by tens of millions of players!

The future fourth natural disaster became completely famous in the universe thanks to this battle, becoming a hot commodity sought after by the interstellar nations. This eventually led to a large number of players switching sides.

Xu Sili took a deep breath. He no longer wanted to have anything to do with the zerg, but he couldn’t just leave it alone at this moment.

He withdrew his mental strength and immediately issued a mission to the players who came with the team, asking them to immediately bring Roland’s NPCs back through the home system.

Even if he wanted to help, he couldn’t lose his people here!

Soon, he received feedback that the mission had been accepted.

After a while, Aunt Val called. She had already left the camera and she said to him seriously, “Your Majesty, we can’t just leave like this!”

“If we just leave and something happens to the people here, it will greatly affect Roland’s international image. Even if it is dangerous, we must stay and do something!”

This was a grant event broadcast live across the entire network. The competition might be over but almost half of the audience were still watching. Their every move was under the spotlight and they must act with caution.

Xu Sili obviously knew this.

He said, “I’ll take care of this matter. You and Yu Sen should go back first. Even if I do something, I must ensure your safety.”

An ordinary black beetle was troublesome enough, and this one was a ruler who had undergone countless mutations and had the potential to grow into a super boss. Xu Sili didn’t dare underestimate the enemy.

“Your Majesty, are you going to take action yourself?” Val obviously disagreed.

Xu Sili smiled. “Si Sheng is here, so you don’t have to worry about me. You should be aware of my strength.”

Now, in the entire Roland Empire, except for Si Sheng, he was the one with the highest level. If he couldn’t do it then other people definitely couldn’t.

Val didn’t insist any longer. She asked Xu Sili to take care of himself and cut off the connection.

As Xu Sili’s panel prompted that the missions had been completed one after another, the ground in the center of the venue suddenly started to turn over. Something underneath was about to break out of the ground.

Just as Si Sheng was about to make his move, Xu Sili suddenly thought of something. He narrowed his eyes and asked, “Ah Sheng, what do you think about me turning this king zerg into a puppet?”

If successful, would it be possible to control the zerg through the ruler?

These zergs had incredible destructive power, but if used in the right place, they might be able to produce good results. For example, clearing out interstellar beasts?

Now he needed to unlock the level restrictions and clear out the interstellar beasts. The ones on land were easy to deal with, but the interstellar beasts in the sea were troublesome. It wasn’t known when they could clear it all out.

He was afraid of the zerg before because they were uncontrollable, but what if the king zerg could control the zerg swarm? He thought he could give it a try. If it didn’t work, it wouldn’t be too late to kill the king zerg.

However, the moment he finished speaking, he felt the temperature around him drop.

He turned his head and saw that Si Sheng’s body had stiffened slightly. Si Sheng noticed his gaze and looked back at him. The originally calm gray-blue eyes showed waves.

“The same as me?”

The man’s tone was clearly very calm, but Xu Sili keenly sensed a hint of danger and a strong sense of jealousy.

Oh, could he be jealous of this?

He quickly leaned over and kissed the man on the lips. Then he smiled in a reassuring manner. “How could it be the same as you? I won’t keep its sanity.”

It was just a puppet to be used. How could a bug compare to Si Sheng?

Si Sheng stared at him for a long time before reaching out to lift his silver hair. He held the hair in his palm and stroked it carefully.

“You can only have one puppet.”

He said in a muffled voice, his low voice full of possessiveness.

Xu Sili looked at him helplessly. Finally, he couldn’t help himself. He reached out to hold Si Sheng’s face, rubbed it hard and kissed him on the cheek.

Then the young man’s gentle and smiling voice was heard. “What nonsense are you talking about? You aren’t a puppet—”

“You are my patron saint, Si Sheng.”