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87. The Lively Star Network
These days, the star network had been very lively. This liveliness began from the time when Shu Shu was attacked by Donald, and the whole thing was broadcasted live on the star network.
At first, the people of the Beastman Empire watched the abnormal live broadcast and found out that the imperial family got a new member. Then the emperor sent out countless red envelopes, which set off a national celebration . . . . While everyone was still sharing this joy, the empress was actually kidnapped!
Although the Beastman Empire had already implemented a const.i.tutional monarchy since long ago, but the imperial family still held considerable power and was also the richest family in the Empire. Consequently, there were quite a lot of people who took shots at the imperial family and even tried to kidnap the imperial family. No one had ever succeeded though. Yet this time, someone succeeded and even kidnapped the empress.
Because the person who planned this was Jonathan, the sub-beastman younger brother of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the Beastman Empire.
Chris, the emperor, had absolutely nothing to say to Jonathan. His parents had adopted and taken great care of Jonathan. For a long time now, there was no end of people who envied Jonathan.
As a result, after Jonathan had failed in his attempt to plot against the crown princess’ life, he actually kidnapped Ian and the unborn little prince! He was simply an ungrateful wretch!
In today"s era when information flow was particularly fast, many things could not be covered up. The matter of Jonathan smearing Edgar’s name as well as dispatching Donald to attack the crown princess had already been revealed. After Ian was kidnapped, the imperial family simply didn’t cover it up. On the contrary, the ins and outs of this matter were explained, and the video of Jonathan kidnapping Ian was uploaded on the star network.
Because of this, Jonathan had become someone whom everyone hated. People had no time to pay attention to the unborn little prince; rather, they started to pay attention to this matter.
Jonathan was already married to the Duke of Mund. They had a child together and always looked very loving in front of the media. As it turned out, Jonathan was actually still thinking of the emperor and even came up with evil schemes for the crown prince and the crown princess in addition to kidnapping the empress . . . .
"For those who think that he acted against the imperial family only because of his feelings, I can only say that you’re too naive. He clearly wants to eliminate the imperial family at one stroke and then ascend the throne himself . . . . FYI, he’s also one of the heirs to the throne."
“That’s right. If it weren’t for his plot falling through and standing exposed, His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince would be dead already! Afterwards, won’t the imperial family fall into his hands?"
"This man’s too malicious! I really regret that I used to consider him as an example!"
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At that time, many people on the star network a.n.a.lyzed Jonathan"s motives while waiting for Emperor Chris to rescue the empress . . . . Everyone was full of confidence in the imperial family and felt that the empress would definitely be rescued.
As a result, when many people were keeping watch on the star network, waiting for the empress to be rescued, they actually heard the news of the empress’ disappearance. At the same time, the imperial family’s huge reward was also hung on the star network.
Anyone who provided valuable clues could get a lot of money.
After this news arrived, many people despaired, but there were a lot more who began to look for Empress Ian, hoping to get a huge reward that Chris had promised.
However, they caught plenty of star pirates, but no one found Ian. This was already bad enough, and then some people realized . . . . Crown Prince Edgar and the crown princess had not appeared for a very long time!
The empress was kidnapped, and the emperor led the imperial fleet to chase after people. Yet the crown prince and the crown princess had actually never appeared under these circ.u.mstances. What did this mean?
Did the crown prince and the crown princess . . . have an accident?
The crown prince and the crown princess indeed had an accident. They secretly hid in the s.p.a.ceship that Jonathan took in order to rescue the empress and the child. Now, they were all missing!
Besides Chris, the emperor, the life or death of the rest of the imperial family was unforeseeable. The star network instantly exploded. Many netizens began to pray for blessings for the imperial family as countless people closely followed the search and rescue progress. Unfortunately, the news that arrived from the front line was only bad news without any good one.
The imperial family’s private s.p.a.ceship had exploded in the starry sky!
The s.p.a.ceship had been completely blown out; could the empress and company survive?
"That Jonathan’s really despicable!"
"The little prince’s still an egg, and he disappeared in the stars. It"s so tragic . . ."
"His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince must be fine, ah! There’re still the crown princess and the empress. They’re surely fine . . . "
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Recently, the atmosphere on the star network had been very heavy. People had no time to pay attention to entertainment. Some funny movies and TV dramas were even directly put on the shelf or taken down from the shelf . . . .
At this time, an item of news suddenly appeared on the star network—"News from the Imperial Fleet: The empress, the crown prince, and his family have been found!"
The empress and company had been found? People delightedly opened the news and then saw a video inside.
The spokesperson of the imperial family first explained briefly that Chris had found the empress and company on the Fallen Beast Planet and also mentioned that the little prince had already hatched. Then, with a sorrowful face, he stated that although no one died, but when they were in the middle of the universe, Crown Prince Edgar shattered his beast core and became a fallen beast in order to protect the empress and company.
What? The crown prince actually became a fallen beast? Everyone who saw this video was stunned, especially those young people who worshiped or liked the crown prince. They, more than anyone, felt it was unacceptable.
The crown prince was so powerful; how could he become a fallen beast?
At this moment, the imperial family’s spokesperson suddenly spoke again after a slight pause, "However, everyone doesn"t need to worry. The crown princess has discovered a method to restore the beast core of the fallen beasts. Although this method still has some flaws, but it has been determined to be feasible. I believe that His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince will definitely be able to recover soon."
What did this man say? The crown princess came up with a method to restore the beast core of the fallen beasts? This was a joke, right?
People who heard the spokesperson"s speech were not particularly convinced that this matter was true. They suspected that they had misheard the man. At this moment, in the video, the imperial family’s spokesperson disappeared. Then the video showed some scenes on the Fallen Beast Planet, including the one where the emperor and the empress came out and said a few words.
They saw General Reynolds, who became a fallen beast thirty years ago. Now that his beast core had been restored, he became a beastman again and still looked very powerful and handsome.
They saw several former fallen beasts, whose beast cores had been restored but were still not very stable, living in the desert and playing with the little prince. In the end, they often became a joke because they could not control their body shapes just like the little prince.
They also saw the crown prince who had become a fallen beast talking with the crown princess gently and softly. The crown princess cleaned the crown prince’s body with water and even fed the crown prince himself.
Furthermore, they saw that brilliant and famous doctor chase after the crown princess, wanting to learn all kinds of knowledge from him. Meanwhile, the crown princess used his innate skill to heal people’s wounds in the blink of an eye.
This video was not meticulously shot, and there was no particularly moving scene in it, yet many people cried watching it. Even they themselves did not know why they would cry.
"Mr. Reynolds used to be my idol. It’s really great that he has recovered!"
"The little prince’s so cute! He’s atavistic just like His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince. He must be very strong after he grows up!"
"The crown princess is awesome!
"The interaction between the crown princess and His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince is so warm. His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince has become a fallen beast and looks quite scary, yet the crown princess actually doesn’t care about it . . ."
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There were all sorts of evaluations on the star network. The leopard Bauer’s sub-beastman saw this video and burst into tears.
He was a very ordinary sub-beastman. In addition to looking unattractive, he was also quite fat, and his health was not so good either. Yet Bauer had always been very good to him. Unfortunately, at the time when he felt very blessed, they ran into danger, and Bauer became a fallen beast.
After Bauer was sent to the Fallen Beast Planet, his life was very bad. Not to mention that he had no money to send Bauer things, even to keep himself and his children afloat was already very difficult. Only when he finally found a welfare job did his life stabilize.
But even then, he still refused the bachelor beastmen who wanted to marry him.
Many people advised him to find another beastman to live with, but he did not want to. Bauer only became a fallen beast in order to save him and the children. He did not want to be with another beastman just for a living.
Sometimes he was also very confused; he did not know if his choice was right or wrong in the end. But when he saw Bauer in the video, loudly saying that he missed him and the children, he suddenly felt that his persistence was correct after all.
Besides Bauer, Jesse’s parents also saw Jesse.
Jesse was a doctor, and so were his parents. Their family lived on a planet near the capital star. They had a pretty big family clinic, and their lives were very good. It was unfortunate that some time later, there was a sub-beastman who died in their clinic. Afterwards, that sub-beastman"s partner actually brought some explosives and wanted to die together with them . . . . Jesse was the casualty at that time.
They always thought that their son had already died. They did not expect that he was actually still alive and had even recovered now.
This couple also cried tears of joy.
At the same time, there were even more people who were full of hopes and expectations.
"My father’s a soldier. He became a fallen beast. Can he still return to our side?"
"My son had an accident and got his beast core shattered when he’s a child. He’s still very small when he’s sent to the Fallen Beast Planet. Can he come back?"
"I really miss my younger brother. Does he live well on the Fallen Beast Planet?"
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All the netizens were discussing the Fallen Beast Planet. Someone even directly organized an adventure team, intending to go there. At the same time, Shu Shu, the crown princess, was also popular.
A lot of people who had previously spoken badly of Shu Shu were apologizing to Shu Shu on the star network even though Shu Shu could not see it at all.
Meanwhile on the Fallen Beast Planet, the men of the Imperial Fleet were building a house.
It would take a while for Edgar to recover. Moreover, the fallen beasts on the Fallen Beast Planet needed to be sorted out slowly and one by one. Under these circ.u.mstances, they might have to stay on the Fallen Beast Planet for a long time. So it was absolutely necessary to build a house.
The Fallen Beast Planet was more remote than the Ga.s.s Planet. Don’t say being connected to the star network, it did not even have its own internal network. Shu Shu naturally knew nothing at all about things on the star network. Right now, he was in high spirits and set on building his dream house while living a very, very spoiled life raising the unborn egg.
When he was a hamster kept by humans, he did not need to worry about anything. He could eat and sleep and eat and sleep over and over again. Still, he would unavoidably be grabbed to play by the owner, and he needed to please the owner. But now, not only could he eat and sleep and eat and sleep, but there were also robots to dance for him and fallen beasts to perform for him!
This was definitely the life he dreamed of.