The Strong Female Lead Versus The Most Miserable Male Lead

Chapter 167: Chapter 167 Transfer Station

Meet?

Nian Shutong looked at Fu Yunhe with a puzzled expression and asked, “Why should we meet?”

“This isn’t an ordinary contract. With my level, most anchors would go solo and stop working for the company, but we are doing the opposite.” Fu Yunhe paused and then added another sentence.

“You don’t necessarily have to go; it’s up to you.”

Nian Shutong didn’t immediately give an answer but instead, asked about something else.

“How is our recruitment going?”

Fu Yunhe had always been keeping an eye on this. He opened his Light Computer, logged onto the Star Network, and showed it to Nian Shutong.

“The starship I leased will stop and wait at Transfer Star LM7968 and is expected to fly to our Blue Star five days later. It’s uncertain how many people will come.”

Five days.

Nian Shutong looked at the wheat fields and rice paddies across the river.

In five days, they could almost be harvested, and Ha Ha had also cleared quite a lot of wasteland where corn, soybeans, and sugar beets could be planted.

She withdrew her gaze and asked, “How long will it take to go there and back for the contract signing?”

Fu Yunhe slightly raised his head and with a flicker in his eyes whispered, “If it’s a high-level starship, a round trip would only take three days.”

“You want to go?”

It wasn’t Fu Yunhe who was surprised, but rather that Nian Shutong had never shown any interest in the outside world; since arriving, she had always been quietly farming.

Nian Shutong pondered for a moment then flashed Fu Yunhe a smile of, “Why not?”

“Let’s go for a trip, and then we’ll take the starship from the trash star with our future planet’s residents and come back together.”

“After we return, we can start the harvest.”

“Okay.”

After deciding, the two arranged everything.

Nian Shutong called everyone back, including the Wang family father and son who were salting.

“Wang Fu, you continue salting, and sell another batch when I return.”

“Zhang Hui, you and Xiaoxiao are in charge of all these jars and pots at home, my sauce jars, Maltose, etc.”

“Rubble, I have an important task for you.” Nian Shutong took out some blueprints and handed them to Rubble; they depicted two machines.

“Rubble, these are for clearing land and sowing seeds. Do as much as you can. I will leave you with money for materials.”

This was the first time Rubble was entrusted with spending money, and he was somewhat excited.

“Rubble, no wasteful spending,” Nian Shutong stared at Rubble until he reluctantly nodded.

Nian Shutong felt a weight off her chest; why did it feel like having a troublesome child at home?

She then turned to Ha Ha and said, “Ha Ha, you have two tasks. While Xiao He and I are away, you help watch the house, and if there is any danger, you must protect them.”

Nian Shutong hadn’t stated the second task when she saw Ha Ha’s unhappy face.

The second difficult child had emerged.

“Ha Ha, it’s not that I don’t want to take you, but you have the highest combat power. If I leave Xiao He, it won’t be much help, right?”

A compliment and a slight put-down, a stark contrast.

“Right, Xiao He would be useless if left behind.” Ha Ha immediately cheered up, feeling proud!

Nian Shutong patted Ha Ha’s shoulder seriously and continued, “So, the house is depending on you. But if there’s no danger, you work on clearing the land. The more you clear, the happier I’ll be, got it?”

“Don’t worry, Ha Ha definitely won’t be lazy,” Ha Ha solemnly patted his chest, making a clanging sound.

Meanwhile, Fu Yunhe, who had been in the background, inwardly praised Nian Shutong’s clever handling.

Ha Ha mostly worked and wasn’t likely to cause too much trouble.

“You should know that the chances of bad people arriving are too slim; under such small probability, Ha Ha itself is the most uncertain factor.”

However, it was now tied down by pioneering restraints.

After Nian Shutong made the arrangements, he left everyone with enough food, and as for the vegetables, they could eat freely from the garden.

“Xiao He, pack some kitchen utensils you are used to; we can’t stop broadcasting for so many days.”

“Got it.”

Fu Yunhe turned around to pack his things while Nian Shutong took a trip to the forest, spoke a word with Big Bird, and treated her molting again.

After everything was arranged, the two of them started an egg-shaped flying device and flew out towards Blue Star.

Fu Yunhe was still the one driving, but his mood was genuinely different now.

He couldn’t help but recall the first time the two of them had landed on this planet.

“What are you laughing at?”

Nian Shutong turned his head to look at Fu Yunhe beside him, so happy to be going out?

Ah, all children at heart.

Fu Yunhe had no idea what Nian Shutong was thinking; he said, “I was wondering if you wanted to kill me when we first piloted a flying device together.”

“Oh… that thing.” Nian Shutong had no hidden emotions, simply stating, “Yes, at that time I just felt you were a burden.”

“But you weren’t honest either; I saw you preparing to flee in the flying device anytime.”

“Hehe…” Fu Yunhe’s chest trembled with laughter, shaking his head and saying, “Just a futile struggle.”

Back then even if he really had fled, he would not have survived.

Nian Shutong leaned back on the flying device, the red tear mole beneath her right eye adding a touch of color, a bit of languor.

“Rest assured, it won’t happen now.”

“My privilege.”

Fu Yunhe’s exceedingly beautiful face, coupled with his clear, moon-like temperament and his dustfree, light smile, he nodded genteelly toward Nian Shutong.

The two spoke no more, the inside of the flying device quiet but not awkward.

It was as if the two most familiar people, even if just sitting and spacing out together, wouldn’t feel bored.

The flying device flew for forty minutes and finally reached a transfer station, a rather famous one.

Nian Shutong’s clear, bright eyes reflected the scene ahead.

It was a huge flatland floating in the void, with high-rise buildings and starships scattered about, countless flying devices of different sizes coming and going, stopping and moving.

The metallic texture interspersed with stunning colors, the occasional verdant area, seemed like a rebirth from desperation.

And this was just a graceful corner in the vast, boundless interstellar.

“What does this transfer station connect to?”

“Battles between Insect Clan Battlefield and interstellar space have three major transfer bases; this one is one of them, named Battle One.”

Insect Clan Battlefield? This wasn’t the first time Nian Shutong had heard this term.

“Isn’t it said to be only small-scale wars?” Nian Shutong looked at the transfer station in front of him, its expanse nearly half as big as Blue Star.

From a distance, its boundaries could be seen; when nearby, their flying device seemed like a speck in the ocean, insignificant.

“Small-scale wars are only relative to a hundred years ago; the entire battlefield is still vast, with small wars ongoing.”

“What does the Insect Clan Battlefield have? Or rather, what can both sides of the war gain?”

Fu Yunhe was not surprised that Nian Shutong could ask directly to the point. He looked into the distance and said, “The insect race reproduces too quickly, needing to feed, expand, and on their territory are Crystal Stones.”

So it was.

At this moment, Nian Shutong realized that the future here held many variables.

Whether good or bad, her interest was heightened, and deep inside, her fighting spirit was infinitely ignited.