The End of the Universe Is Live-Streaming E-commerce – CH65

Chapter 65: The 65th Day of Livestream Selling

Amid 1114’s long string of soul-deep questions—“Aaaah, who are these people?” “What is wrong with them? How can they invade someone else’s home?” “What can we do?”—Mr. Dandelion remained perfectly unhurried.

The three passionflowers curiously began studying the camera in front of them.

One said, “You can talk too?”

Another said, “Don’t worry. They’ve been blocked outside the protective shield. It will still take them a very long time to destroy it. Our protective shield is very powerful. It’s even soundproof. It should probably last a few more months, if they don’t increase the power of their energy waves.”

The last one said, “Is your side a mechanical civilization? I actually once visited a mechanical civilization too…”

The other colorful plants also crowded over, all chattering at once, each plant adding a sentence as they introduced their own wondrous adventures. One said that the mermaid planet’s shark pearls were especially beautiful, though unfortunately it had not managed to bring any back to Miye. Another said that there was a planet where people loved playing infinite-loop horror games, which they did not quite understand, but respected…

Lin Zhao: ?

Friends, can you please sort out your priorities? Is this really the time to reminisce and share travel tips?

Lin Zhao had no other choice. Faced with this plant symbiote whose thoughts always wandered especially far, he could only choose to guide the conversation with questions himself. He first pointed at the energy waves still attacking without pause. Above that powerful black-red force were starships filled with oppressive pressure. Only then did he ask, “Do you know where those aliens come from?”

From what he had learned from Grand Duchess Elowen, interstellar law did exist under the Cosmic Alliance. If they were in the same universe, perhaps they could report it to the Alliance?

“Oh, those are the Belgians who have recently been trying to invade us,” a cone-shaped mahogany tree with its own aristocratic aura answered Lin Zhao. “I’ve also traveled to Belgi. In fact, that was the first planet I visited when I began traveling, because it was the closest to us. At the time, I still couldn’t fully adapt to drifting through the universe, and I almost lost the direction of the wind, hahaha.”

“Belgi is similar to the world Duoduo is in. It is a world about to face an apocalypse. It’s just the kind where disasters descend from the heavens. Do you know what heavenly disasters are?”

It was somewhat similar to global evolution. All kinds of superpowered individuals began appearing everywhere, but at the same time, sequence disasters continued emerging one after another.

The highest level was called Heavenly Disaster. Among them was a humanoid Heavenly Disaster, defined by a superpowered individual with prophecy ability as someone who would bring destruction to the entire world.

“I don’t like apocalypses, no matter what kind they are. Order collapses, civilization ceases to exist, and society is always very hard to rebuild under extreme pressure.” A cattleya lowered its fragrant flower. Although Miye did not have a society like humans did, it truly liked that kind of collaborative civilization, just like their symbiotic relationship.

Everyone helped one another and depended on one another.

They did not like quarrels, and they did not like disputes.

“We don’t know why Belgi wants to invade us either.” The enormous green leaves collectively shook their heads, making a rustling sound.

Lin Zhao: ?

You still don’t know why? Their apocalypse is here. They have no resources left, so they can only come invade yours. Even without an apocalypse, plenty of countries invade others for resources.

For some reason, Lin Zhao thought of the plane among the twenty-two he should have opened, the one that had suddenly turned gray and could no longer be connected. It couldn’t have been destroyed already, could it?

“But we can coexist.” The group of plants became even more confused. They swayed their heads. “It’s not as though we didn’t welcome them.”

In fact, if the other side had not opened fire on their dandelion garden the moment they arrived, they probably would not have activated the protective shield. In a sense, they actually rather wanted a noisy neighbor, because finally, someone could talk with them~

“But they destroyed more than half of our dandelion garden in one strike. That was the prettiest batch we had bloomed, and there was only one garden like it at the moment.” Although they could bloom again, that always required time. They did not want to lose even more, so they could only cover the whole planet first. They wanted to wait until the other side calmed down before talking.

Unfortunately, up until now, the other side had still not learned how to calm down. It felt like they had a tiny issue with emotional management—flammable and explosive.

When the Belgians had first descended, it was not as if the two sides had not attempted to communicate. It was just that after only a few sentences, the other side had started a war directly. It truly gave the plants a headache.

“So, you need us to go talk to them again?” Or, more accurately, figure out what these Belgians actually wanted.

The plants nodded vigorously. “Yes, exactly. We hope we can have a calm and peaceful talk.”

“What if there’s no way to negotiate?” Judging by the other side’s ships and artillery, they did not look like reasonable people.

“Then we can probably only use extraordinary measures.”

“Such as?”

“Turning them into flowerpots. Except Kai.”

Slow and steady, shocking right out of the gate.

Who was Kai? Lin Zhao was too lazy to ask, lest this group of plants wander off again into some ancient history from who knew what year. Lin Zhao could finally relax. These plants did not only possess innocent kindness; they also possessed enough power to protect that kindness.

Then the current problem became how they could successfully open a conversation with the leader on the other side.

For Lin Zhao—or more accurately, for 1114—this was actually quite simple. They could just open a livestream on the other side. It would not put Lin Zhao in any danger either.

And so, they began trying.

Unfortunately, 1114’s livestreams were random. They could not be precisely targeted, so they could only try one by one.

From the tropical rainforest with the most plant species, to an endless yellow desert, then to the deepest trench on the ocean floor, Lin Zhao heard countless voices saying, “Hello, Lin Zhao.” Sadly, they still could not randomly appear in front of the aliens invading this world.

They tried like this for three whole days, but still failed.

Reinhardt, who had no patience—not least because he did not want Lin Zhao’s attention constantly focused on others—swished his irritated tail and raised a question. “Why can’t we just sneak into the starship directly?”

“Probably because there’s no way in?” If there had been even the slightest opening to sneak through, wouldn’t Mr. Dandelion, who could travel through the universe, have gone in long ago?

“Then we’ll create an opening!”

In Reinhardt’s view, these Belgian starships were far too basic. Forget hyperspace routes; they probably could not even perform black hole jumps. In other words, at most, they could only travel within their own star system, not even to other star systems. A starship like this was far too easy to deal with.

Although Reinhardt did not know why he knew this, in short, the moment he saw that basic starship, his mind instinctively formed all kinds of strategies for fighting it. Although those strategies were all aimed at directly smashing the other party’s starship, with a little modification, they should also be able to help them infiltrate.

Belgi’s starship hovered above Miye. At times like this, being able to fly became very important. Fortunately, whether it was Mr. Dandelion or the system’s exploration device, both of them could fly.

This time, the one accompanying Lin Zhao and the others on their adventure was still a dandelion, only this one had turned pale gold. It had the same beautiful fluff, and the same…

Love of talking.

“When I first went to planet Belgi, I also chose this appearance.” Mr. Dandelion sighed with deep emotion, twisting its pale gold fluffy head as it examined this familiar form. Its habit of picking up children wherever it went had also been developed on Belgi.

“His name is Kai. He’s a very cute little boy. He just doesn’t like talking much. You know, Duoduo really likes talking, and that’s what I like most about Duoduo. He always has so many wild and imaginative ideas, and we can discuss many things. Of course, I’m not saying Kai is bad. I like him just as much as I like Duoduo. Kai gets sulky very easily. If he wants something, he won’t say it outright. If I say it for him, he gets embarrassed and angry.” The plant was distressed. The plant rested its head on its hands. “That’s really difficult for a straightforward plant.”

What could Lin Zhao say? He could only say that this dandelion truly loved to chat.

Belgi’s side, however, was obviously much more taciturn. It could basically be said that they outright refused communication. Their starship was sealed very tightly. This was also what troubled Mr. Dandelion greatly. It did not want to enter violently and make the other side even more resentful.

But for Reinhardt, it was a piece of cake.

“The pressure relief panels of this old-style starship are all external. They’re embedded in the shadows between the hull seams. You can get in by removing them, and it won’t trigger the alarm system.”

The cover panel’s fixing bolt was an ancient basic type-three model. It only required one keycode to open, so simple it was like writing the answer directly beside the question in the largest possible font. There was no need to activate any cracking protocol. 1114 only had to simulate a basic frequency spectrum and lightly press it against the panel. A crisp clicking sound came from the internal lock core, and the panel immediately lifted open a crack.

Inside were the starship’s internal ducts. Just as Reinhardt had said, there was nothing here beyond the most basic physical structure monitoring. It could be said to be the weakest part of the entire starship.

The duct was not straight. Every so often, there were thick structural ribs and diversion valve assemblies, but that was all.

Their infiltration went very smoothly. When they rounded the third bend, a low mechanical vibration faintly came from ahead. Through the diamond-patterned mesh of the exit grille, they could see an equipment room directly below. Neatly arranged filters and circulation pumps were humming.

“Oh right, that child, Kai.” Lin Zhao had only just thought of this. If Belgi had come to invade Miye, then where was Kai? “What happened to him in the end?”

“He’s the leader now. He’s right here in this starship,” the dandelion, which always failed to grasp the main point, said. He was the humanoid Heavenly Disaster in the prophecy, the one who would bring disaster to the world.

Lin Zhao: “!!!”

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