Great, I'm surrounded by villains.

The manuscripts in stock have been used up. It will be difficult to send them all out before 7 o'clock——!

Thanks to book friend 150519110235579 for the 100 starting coins!

Thanks to Weiweiyishaohenqingcheng for the reward of 500 Qidian coins!

Thanks to Xianyujie for the epic comeback and the reward of 100 Qidian coins!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 148: Red Star News

The music playing on the stage lifted the spirits of the audience. The noisy conversations gradually stopped and they looked at the stage intently.

Duan Mingyuan recognized the person coming on stage at a glance. It was Caidie who had gone to the platform to greet them earlier. At this moment, she had changed into a well-tailored burgundy evening dress, exuding an elegant and solemn beauty. Holding a list in her hand, she reported the theater's activities schedule for tonight in an orderly manner.

Before the performance begins, there is a merchandise display session.

It is held once a month, and Duan Mingyuan and his group happened to catch the event at the end of the month.

This is both an entertainment kingdom and a business kingdom.

At the Emerald Theater, you can appreciate up close the specialties from all over the universe, and of course there are also aliens from all over the universe, who are invited to come and show the customs and practices of their hometowns to the people gathered here based on the principle of communication and cooperation.

"If you like something, just make an offer and put it on my account."

Ying Tian said that every time he stood in the cubicle, he felt a sense of pride.

The changes in the court over the past decade or so far exceeded those during the hundreds of years of the first king's reign. Driven by emeralds, people were able to come out of their closed environment.

Duan Mingyuan also stood in front of the opaque glass. Jiu Yue was backstage at this moment. According to the host's announcement, she would be the last to appear and was invited to be a model displaying jewelry. After that, there would be the shooting of the advertisement. If all went well, her image would be displayed on the train platform like a colorful butterfly.

Jiuyue was interested in the life of big stars, so Caidie said she could help her experience a day in the life of a big star.

After the event, the Chamber of Commerce will also give her a cosmetics and jewelry gift package, which includes all the products used during the exhibition today.

"There are many important guests coming this time, I have to entertain them. I hope you all have fun."

Yingtian was completely different from the state he was in the previous "Swordsmanship Class". I'm afraid the guests of the Chamber of Commerce would never dream that the boss behind Emerald would sleep with a dummy in his arms during class.

Ning Ruyue began to understand the change in Caidie's attitude towards the third prince.

His eccentric personality that he is eager to create chaos in the world has never changed, but his actions over the years are enough to gather a group of loyal followers.

The eldest princess asked herself, if she were to exchange situations with the third prince, she felt that she would not be able to achieve everything that the third prince had done.

So, what is she good at?

Play the piano?

This kind of interest and hobby that cultivates sentiment is of no use in governing a country.

Frustration welled up in me.

"I'll go downstairs and take a look."

Duan Mingyuan picked up the camera with great interest and decided to blend into the atmosphere of the ceremony. He went to the front row to grab a favorable position so that he could take pictures from the best angle when Jiu Yue went on stage.

"I'm not going."

Ning Ruyue said that she could imagine the consequences after she went downstairs.

Because of her status as the eldest princess, she was surrounded by a group of dignitaries in the court and could not enjoy the fun of the event at all. It would be better for her to stay in the private room, at least she could see all the exhibits.

……

Duan Mingyuan made his way through the crowd and finally found an empty seat in the front row. During this time, he inevitably overheard people's conversations.

The current political situation in the court and the relationship trends in the universe, the most important of which is that the exploration team of the Universal Company has discovered another corrupted planet.

A planet called Red Star.

The locals are fighting a plague called the "Red Death". It is said that the bodies of the infected will gradually decay, and their internal organs will all turn into some kind of red crystal that has never been recorded by the company. The crystals need heat to maintain stability. Once the heat is too low, a chain explosion will occur.

The explosion itself is not very destructive, but the crystal dust will quickly spread into the air, causing more infection.

Duan Mingyuan silently memorized the academic knowledge from the universe in his mind, and just then the Red Star envoys came on stage.

"This is the weather regulator, one of Red Star's greatest inventions."

Following the announcement from the host, a voice suddenly came from Duan Mingyuan's side.

She is a young woman with short silver hair, who appears to be in her early twenties. Her dress style is, to put it mildly, avant-garde and bold. Although there is some cloth covering various places, its function is basically the same as that of a swimsuit.

Duan Mingyuan felt that he had not misunderstood, and that the words just now were directed at him, because after she said it, the silver-haired girl was still observing him without any hesitation.

The third prince mentioned that the Emerald Theatre was very popular among the dignitaries in the court, and envoys from outer space were often seen there. Therefore, servants or maids would often dress themselves up and come to the theatre to "try their luck."

But the question is, does he look like a rich and powerful person?

Duan Mingyuan glanced down at his suit, which he had bought when he was working. The whole suit cost several hundred pearls and was an economical style.

Before leaving, he specifically consulted the court's dress style.

In the court, suits were the most common attire, representing the identity of a hard-working worker.

The girl looked very young and probably inexperienced. She didn't understand the rules of the Emerald Theater. Out of kindness, Duan Mingyuan looked at the man with the iconic square face not far away and pointed out a way for the young girl. "That man should be a minister in the court. It should be more promising to find him."

The news about the Red Star just now was said by this minister. It is obvious that he often appears in the Emerald Theater and is well aware of the situation in the universe.

"I know."

Seeing that the girl was unmoved, Duan Mingyuan thought that she didn't understand what he meant, so he had to be more straightforward, "I'm just an ordinary citizen. There's nothing to gain from talking to me."

The silver-haired girl chuckled and said, "You are quite interesting. Why would you want to talk about benefits in a small talk? I just noticed that you seem to be very interested in the affairs of Red Star. I happened to have been to Red Star not long ago, so I can tell you about it."

"Have you been to Red Star?"

Duan Mingyuan stood in awe.

The farthest place he had ever been in his life was the middle of the dynasty. Interstellar travel was too far away for someone like him. After a brief thought, he asked, "You just said that the device was a weather regulator. It should be used to control the temperature to prevent the crystal from exploding, right?"

"Smart, to be precise, when the temperature drops below 30 degrees, the crystal will fall into an unstable state, and once it drops below 10 degrees, it will explode immediately."

The silver-haired girl said, "So the Red Star people make temperature regulators into jewelry and wear them on their bodies to regulate the temperature."

"Isn't it said that only the internal organs of people suffering from the Red Death will be transformed into crystals?"

"That was information from a few months ago. The latest research results from Red Star show that the Red Death has only exacerbated the transformation to crystallization. In fact, every Red Star person has crystals in their bodies. You guessed it right. Those Red Star envoys also have crystals in their bodies."

The silver-haired girl smiled and said, "If they lose the weather regulator, an explosion could occur at any time."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 149: The Fox Fairy

There are terrorists!

Duan Mingyuan felt that he had recently developed an indissoluble bond with terrorists. On the Peach and in the Emerald Theater, terrorists came from various organizations and were everywhere.

After the silver-haired girl said this, the image of the Red Star Chamber of Commerce's envoy in his eyes changed, and the declaration of "My name is Magnetic Pump" seemed to echo in his ears.

According to the ministers and the silver-haired girl, although the explosion of the red crystal is not very powerful, it can cause a very strong infectious disease. If a crystal bomb were to explode in this densely populated theater, the entire court would probably be quickly overwhelmed by the Red Death.

Duan Mingyuan didn't understand the Space Security Act, nor did he know how these humanoid self-propelled plague bombs passed security checks and arrived on their planet.

"This is a very complicated matter, with huge problems.

Someone must have taken some dirty money.

"Don't be afraid. I'm just trying to scare you. Although the Chamber of Commerce's envoys do have the potential to explode in theory, the weather regulators they wear are custom-made and implanted in their bodies. If you want to turn them into bombs, you first have to dissect their bodies, find the location of the regulators, and then destroy them."

The silver-haired girl's excited look made Duan Mingyuan believe that she was also a potential terrorist.

Why would a normal person want to study how to make the Red Star people's crystal explode?

"Let me guess, you're wondering why I know this so clearly?"

Looking at the silver-haired girl with an expectant look on her face, Duan Mingyuan nodded in agreement.

The silver-haired girl laughed heartily after receiving the response and patted Duan Mingyuan on the shoulder. "Because the Red Death is my research project, I am an expert in dealing with such problems. Don't worry, even if someone really intends to kidnap members of the Red Star Chamber of Commerce and detonate the crystals in their bodies, I can prevent the Red Death from spreading. You can rest assured that I will protect you."

If September were here, she would definitely blame the girl for planting the flag.

The girl's assurance also made Duan Mingyuan feel uneasy. Based on his years of experience, those people who let you rest assured are most likely scammers.

The Red Star Chamber of Commerce envoys publicly displayed auction items such as weather conditioners and crystallized rocks. Except for the weather conditioner that can be used as a portable air conditioner, the others are works of art.

He could only sigh that he was worthy of being in the court. Any exhibit at the auction was worth several years of his salary.

Before they could continue, the lights in the theater suddenly dimmed.

When the melodious music sounded, everyone looked towards the stage at the same time. They stopped talking and many of them held their breath.

The finale is here.

The interweaving of light and shadow turned the stage into a mountain path. The breeze blowing on the guests’ faces made them feel as if they were there. The mist gushing out from under the stage covered their ankles, as if they were really walking in the clouds.

Then--

"Ah! Fox fairy, look, it's actually a real fox fairy!"

Someone grabbed Duan Mingyuan's shoulders from the side, and because he was too excited, his fingers painted with shiny nail polish pressed his suit into the ground, causing it to dent.

The silver-haired girl's eyes shone like spotlights, and she was so excited that Duan Mingyuan was worried that she might rush onto the stage and throw herself into the fox fairy's arms at any time.

The other guests just stood there in a daze.

When the fox fairy walked out of the clouds, they lost control of their bodies and could no longer take their eyes off the woman who was slowly walking towards them from the depths of the forest.

The white gauze dress corresponds to the description of fairies in the books. She shuttles through the clouds and mist, wearing the clouds and mist on her body. The sword at the waist brings everyone back to the era described in the books.

This scene seemed familiar to Duan Mingyuan.

The woodcutter in "Strange Stories of Fox Demon" encountered a fox demon in the mist in the mountains, and from then on he could never forget the fox demon's appearance.

But he had never seen a September like this.

Different from her usual lively and charming appearance, the fox fairy on the stage is gorgeous and charming, but her cold temperament keeps people at a distance. She is clearly very close, yet there seems to be an insurmountable distance between them.

Caidie, who was behind the scenes, was amazed at Jiuyue's temperament. She only said one sentence, and Jiuyue grasped the effect they wanted with incredible precision. Even she, as a same-sex person, was deeply attracted and couldn't take her eyes off Jiuyue for a long time.

In Caidie's opinion, makeup, clothing and jewelry are easy to handle, but the innate temperament of the fox fairy is not something that everyone can imitate.

It’s a pity that Jiu Yue has no intention of staying in the court for long, which is really a pity.

The guests' reactions were all within her expectations. When they woke up from their dreams, everyone, regardless of their status, tried their best to keep the fox fairy's gaze on them for a second longer.

But as it is written in the book, worldly things cannot attract the attention of fairies.

until--

"Look, look! The fox fairy is looking at me, she must be looking at me!"

The silver-haired girl waved desperately at the fox fairy on the stage, and the fox fairy was still looking at her. Today must be her lucky day.

She was indeed not mistaken.

The fox fairy on the stage was indeed looking at her.

He even wanted to hit her and let her be stabbed by the sword.

As a master of fox taming, Duan Mingyuan understood Jiu Yue's eyes. A deep chill grew in her eyes, causing the temperature in the Emerald Theater to drop by several degrees.

This was the tacit understanding between him and Jiu Yue, who could spot him at a glance among the huge crowd in the audience.

The only flaw was that he also noticed a silver-haired girl next to him who was wearing particularly cool clothes and had a hand on his shoulder.

"Calm down."

Duan Mingyuan took a step to the left, causing the silver-haired girl's hand on his shoulder to lose its support.

"I can't calm down!"

Not only the silver-haired girl, but the guests around her also became equally excited. Everyone felt that the fox fairy was looking at them.

Then, this place became a scene of comparison.

People started a debate about "who is worthy of the fox fairy's attention".

In the end, the square-faced minister defeated all the others and won the debate with the highest official position among those around him.

This is the court. In people's perception, only those who are second only to the emperor and above everyone else are worthy of attention. A passerby like Duan Mingyuan, who is dressed in a suit and looks like an ordinary worker, naturally does not even have the opportunity to participate in the debate.

The victorious square-faced minister looked very pleased with himself, and even stood in a much more relaxed posture.