Chapter 1 Aftermath of the Bug Nucleus War

Lu Xiao Yao got a two-month vacation after the "Bug Nucleus War." She didn't waste her time off, getting completely caught up in the royal family's drama and the previous Bug Empress's juicy gossip.

Good heavens, the love-hate entanglements transcended race and time.

The more Lu Xiao Yao read, the more she itched to play games. In the end, unable to resist, she started streaming her gameplay.

[Ahhh! What am I seeing? A living Zai Zai!]

[Oh my god, Zai Zai, you're streaming? Weren't you sacrificed?]

[The missing person has returned!]

[Wow, great! You remembered to stream?]

Looking at the barrage of comments, especially those mentioning her sacrifice, Lu Xiao Yao's forehead creased with black lines. "No, how come I don't know I was sacrificed? Did none of you look at the official sacrifice list?"

[It's too much trouble to look at that!]

[Yeah, seeing it would make us sad, and searching for it would waste time.]

Lu Xiao Yao: ??

What kind of fans were these?!

[By the way, Zai Zai, what happened after the last war? As an "insider," do you have any behind-the-scenes info?]

[Oh, right, right! Hua Lan Star… I mean, Hua Yan Star hasn't updated the detailed battle reports, and what about the Sixth Army and Fifth Army's subsequent cooperation in the encirclement and suppression… Any details? Talk about it!]

[Yeah, yeah, tell us~]

"Cough, cough, today I plan to stream some gameplay of the Ancient Blue Star game. We played it in the military before, and I heard the publicly sold version has a lot of new content!"

Lu Xiao Yao remembered her purpose for today. Besides, the official website didn't disclose details, so why would she talk about it?

Lu Xiao Yao didn't consider herself a fool to use such things as a topic.

Lu Xiao Yao quickly started playing the game to divert everyone's attention.

"I saw a player's guide online, oh my god, the details! I don't know how many times they played it, there are so many characters."

Even if she had read it beforehand, it wouldn't be of much use, but it was enough for Lu Xiao Yao to realize how much the game had expanded.

Weren't the gossip hidden in this game even more detailed than what the royal family said during their announcements?

So, Lu Xiao Yao entered with a gossipy heart and quickly exited with a shattered maiden's heart…

Seeing this, Tian Ma, who was watching Lu Xiao Yao's stream, almost spat out a mouthful of water.

"Too terrible, right?"

Tian Ma looked at Lu Xiao Yao using a character almost identical to the one he used when he first entered the game, and for a moment, he didn't know what to say.

After all, being a member of the Imperial Palace Guard could be considered being on the front lines of gossip.

As long as you were careful and prudent, you could definitely have a gossip feast!

But Lu Xiao Yao only remembered the gossip. With the game system suppressing her memories, forgetting about the Bug Empress didn't stop her gossipy heart. She directly stalked the Bug Empress and was caught, resulting in a quick game over.

"Too brutal! A direct kill? Do I not even have a bit of value to exploit?!"

Faced with Lu Xiao Yao's "cries" on the stream, most of the viewers thoroughly embraced their mischievous spirit.

[Nope~]

[Not at all~]

[You get caught while stalking, what use are you to me? (Bug Empress's words)]

[Replay, replay!]

Tian Ma watched the screen full of comments and silently added, [Change characters~]

This kind of thrilling role-playing was turned into a silly comedy by Lu Xiao Yao. It was thrilling, but the game ended quickly.

Lu Xiao Yao had even read his game guide.

Tian Ma was speechless: "Even if you can't 'borrow' from it, shouldn't you be influenced by it after reading so much?"

When Tian Ma first played this game, combined with the information he had found during the war, he almost scared himself silly.

But as the war broadcast progressed, everyone knew that someone was trying to mess with the Imperial family. Then, when the new game came out, Tian Ma played it and immediately questioned his life.

After the end of the war, Tian Ma played it several more times, playing the game from different perspectives, and he couldn't stop. He even found a spare account on the Star Network to share his game guide.

Unexpectedly, he got a lot of likes, including from Lu Xiao Yao.

In addition, Lu Xiao Yao's stream during the war showed something different, and Tian Ma began to pay attention to Lu Xiao Yao.

Then, he looked through Lu Xiao Yao's past streaming videos.

After watching them, Tian Ma finally understood why Lu Xiao Yao's fans were so bizarre.

Tian Ma, who was watching the stream for the first time today, got a close-up view of Lu Xiao Yao's weak skills.

"How did this guy survive on the battlefield?"

Tian Ma really couldn't imagine it.

Although there were some combat videos of Lu Xiao Yao on the battlefield online, it was clear that Lu Xiao Yao was not on the front lines of combat.

"With that brain and skill, she probably would've been gone a long time ago on the front lines."

Tian Ma muttered to himself and then watched Lu Xiao Yao play a new character at everyone's request.

This time, it was from the Federation's perspective.

"Tsk!"

Tian Ma couldn't help but click his tongue. This perspective was even harder to play.

In fact, this route gave people a feeling that was hard to describe.

The Federation's role-playing identity was an intelligence officer. At first, it sounded cool. He heard that they had been monitoring the Empire's movements for information, and even Lu Xiao Yao herself exclaimed in surprise when she played it.

"Wow, what era is this? This department is super cool!"

We have it in the Empire too.

Lu Xiao Yao didn't say it out loud, after all—if the Federation's secrets were being revealed, there was no need for the Empire to reveal theirs too.

Lu Xiao Yao didn't know why she felt uneasy when she got this role.

Although some memories were sealed, Lu Xiao Yao was sure that it was related to her reading the guide before entering the game.

"Is this character not good?"

Lu Xiao Yao tilted her head, looking at the huge electronic screen in front of her, with countless small screens projecting signals from various subordinates.

However, she just sat in the chair, talking to herself and looking at the character information. After looking at it for a long time, it seemed very ordinary, and she couldn't even see what the mission was.

"What's this? What does 'Received special information, granted approval' mean?"

Lu Xiao Yao stared at the dense screens with her clear and foolish eyes and fell silent.

Which one was the special information?

"Today, Sir Wilson's illegitimate son caused a ruckus at the old mansion… Wilson… When did I know the Empire had a noble family like that?"

[Nonsense, this was hundreds of years ago. It seems like there was a Wilson family back then… but it's said that they were wiped out overnight?]

[???? The person in front, tell us more?]

[It seems like it was after the banquet on the day Wilson announced his heir? The head of the family, the heir, and all the Wilson relatives who attended the banquet that day died.]

[Oh, oh, oh, I just searched it up too. It seems like that heir was this illegitimate son.]

[Tsk! Trash!]

[Ha, serves them right…]

Because of Lu Xiao Yao's words, the old dog-blood news from hundreds of years ago was dug up again.

But Lu Xiao Yao didn't know, and she continued to read some more. The information about the Empire's emperor's suspected affair made Lu Xiao Yao look disgusted.

"Ew~ Seriously, does the Federation like to watch this kind of scandalous news?"

[No, our Federation is still very serious!]

[That's right, it's just that this department is a bit immoral!]

[No! It's just that this character is immoral!!]

Suddenly, a bunch of people from the Federation popped up in the comments, all trying to defend the Federation, and some even said that the game company was using this to slander their Federation again.

Seeing this, the Empire's fun-loving viewers laughed and said—[No, the game company didn't add any private goods, they just equally despise the Empire and the Federation_(：3」∠)_]

When they got ruthless, they even tore off their own faces to curse!

After all, the Federation didn't have many glorious places in this game, and the Empire had even fewer.

Since there was no need to clear the Empire's name, everyone went down together, and no one could say anything about anyone!

Ming Mei, who was also on vacation recently, had been nagged by Gui Gui every day to be more radiant and not be depressed. She told her to go out and walk around. Not wanting to listen to her anymore, she happened to catch Lu Xiao Yao's stream, so she started watching it.

Ming Mei frowned and said, "It's really annoying."

[Host, look, even your best friend finds you annoying. Don't you think you should see a psychological counselor?]

"I'm talking about the comments. But now that you mention it, I think you, Gui Gui, should also get a checkup?"

Gui Gui: […]