Chapter 1633: That Burning Blue Moon
Although it was a bit far away, aside from Jupiter's moons, there really wasn't much else good to eat!
Jupiter has so many moons; if I let the bugs eat a dozen or so, Jupiter probably wouldn't mind, right?
If not, going to the asteroid belt for a meal would work too.
As for the Kuiper Belt, that was way too far. In space, the distances between planets are ridiculously vast!
So Jiangnan studied a route with Jiang Tianchen, asked for a star navigation chart, and excitedly went to find Xiao Hetao and the others in Tongcheng!
Jiang Tianchen repeatedly warned him: eating small moons was fine, but don't take a bite out of Jupiter!
None of the eight major planets could be missing, or else Blue Star might one day get wiped out by an asteroid!
Remembering this, Jiangnan headed all the way to Tongcheng!
Construction was booming here too. The infrastructure corps sent by Yang Jian was helping Xiao Hetao and his people build a new city!
They no longer had to live in houses without roofs; instead, they replaced them with transparent acrylic board roofs!
Xiao Hetao had even built a school, arranging for the clan to learn human language!
The old class system was abolished, new rules were established, and the entire Tong clan was brimming with vitality!
As soon as he arrived at Tongcheng, Jiangnan saw the extremely conspicuous Star-Devouring Giant Worm!
Xingcheng got very excited upon seeing that thing, pointing at the giant worm while patting her own chest, babbling nonstop!
(つ'口')☛
She looked very unhappy!
Jiangnan's eyes twitched. Was she questioning why she was so small and had become like this?
Or did she think the original form was more majestic and domineering?
To be honest, Jiangnan didn't know if Xingcheng had the ability to revert to her original body.
In theory, she should, but she was the only one who had eaten the human-making grass, and the key problem was her bad brain!
Whether she could absorb spiritual techniques or revert to her original form was still unknown!
He couldn't get any useful information out of her at all!
Xiao Hetao had sharp eyes, of course spotting Jiangnan and the others from afar.
He quickly brought people over to pay respects!
(๑Õ) "Xiao Hetao greets Boss Nan Shen! Is there something you need this time?"
Jiangnan grinned: (๑¯ิٹ¯ิ) "Nothing much, mainly about the arrangement for the Star-Devouring Giant Worm. If I don't take care of it soon, it might starve and get thin in a few days!"
Mentioning the Star-Devouring Giant Worm, Xiao Hetao also looked worried. Under the current circumstances, the moon was clearly off-limits!
"Boss, what are you planning..."
Jiangnan smiled: "I plan to send it to Jupiter to gnaw on its moons. What? Does anyone from your clan want to go?"
Xiao Hetao was taken aback, then looked a bit troubled. The other Tong clan members who followed also avoided eye contact!
After all, they had just started enjoying their good days and hadn't yet begun their new life. Who would want to go back to operating mining machines?
Jiangnan coughed lightly: (͡°ก͡°)✧ "Don't worry! I'm not making you mining tools. I'm not that demonic!"
"This is considered employment. Everyone who goes will be given a piece of Origin Spark brick. And for every five Incense Beads refined, you can take one as your own commission!"
"Also, you can smell the farts as much as you want. After completing the mission, you'll get a chance to cultivate in the moon core!"
Hearing this, the Tong clan members' eyes went wide, and they excitedly raised their hands!
٩(ಠ)۶ "Me! I'll go! I'm great at operating mining machines!"
(ꐦ⚆) "Farts! I'll go! I'm an old hand; I work hard!"
The scene became incredibly heated. Not to mention anything else, being able to smell farts was already a very good welfare benefit, and they could also get Incense Beads as commission?
Oh my eyes! Best boss ever or what?
Every condition was something the One-Eyed Species couldn't refuse!
Xiao Hetao's face flushed red:
(๑ŏ) "Boss! Can I go? I..."
Jiangnan jumped up and flicked Xiao Hetao on the head, rolling his eyes in annoyance:
(꒪ั～꒪ั*) "Go nuts? If you go, who will handle things?"
Xia Yao snickered. Little Nan really knew how to manage people. This way, even though he got fewer Incense Beads himself, the Tong clan would work harder to get more commission!
The more they refined, the more they got for themselves, even giving them a feeling of working for themselves!
Efficiency might even be better than without commission!
Hmm～ Got to say! An old hand at business!
Amidst the enthusiastic self-recommendations of the Tong clan, Jiangnan finally picked a mining squad of five thousand. They were also strictly screened by Xiao Hetao, all trustworthy!
He also borrowed a lot of Floating Array Disks from the Bei family and managed to push the Star-Devouring Giant Worm out of the moon!
In space, the Star-Devouring Giant Worm could accelerate by devouring the space ahead of it!
Its speed would only get faster!
But Jiangnan still thought it was too slow, so he had Baldr help push a few times until the mining squad gained sufficient cosmic speed!
They headed straight for Jupiter's moons. Anyway, since the star hadn't been ignited yet and Baldr had nothing to do, why not use a free tool?
And so! With ample supplies loaded, the mining squad set off riding the Star-Devouring Giant Worm!
The two Star-Devouring Giant Worms took completely different paths—one was used by Jiangnan as a bodyguard, the other went mining!
As for the distance being too far, how would he collect the goods? By then, he could have Sister Jiangning help fetch the Incense Beads!
He could even have her bring Pocket Rabbit, with a star map inside. When she arrived, the Tong clan could take out the star map and set up a teleport point!
When it was time to return, Jiangnan could directly go through the Star Gate!
There were ways to manage it all!
In the following period, while waiting for the star to ignite, Jiangnan stayed in Silver Moon City!
Running east and west, handling all sorts of affairs and making every arrangement!
When idle, he fed Xingcheng Twin Lollipops, taught her to walk and talk, and some everyday human world manners!
The first half hour went pretty well, but in the second half, Xingcheng occasionally dragged Jiangnan along the ground, nibbling!
Gnawing on sofas, coffee tables, marble floors, street lamps, and such!
People in the city thought Jiangnan had gone crazy with a case of pica!
Fortunately, Jiangnan usually taught her well, but most things in the city bore Xingcheng's tooth marks!
Including the statue on Silver Moon Square!
Still, it wasn't entirely useless. At least Xingcheng could now say a few simple words!
...
In the blink of an eye, a full week had passed since the counterattack!
The changes on Blue Star were extremely obvious. First, because the moon's mass had been restored, the world's weird changes disappeared!
Regarding the counterattack, the International Spirit Martial Alliance hadn't released any results or details!
Ever since that Blue Star Roundtable meeting, there had been no news at all!
But the bright moon hanging in the night sky after dawn was enough to explain everything!
Humanity had safely weathered this crisis!
Every time they looked up at the night sky, they felt a sense of peace!
Within Hua Xia, the people eagerly awaited the heroes' return, especially Jiangnan!
According to guesses, Nan Shen should still be on the moon, since there hadn't been any news of something being demolished!
Night was as deep as water. At Pioneer Academy, Qin Shou, Ye Xinghe, and the others had waited until their flowers withered!
On one hand, they wanted to beat him up; on the other, they wanted to hear Jiangnan's detailed account of the counterattack!
Xiao Chuihuo sat in his office grinding his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead!
(ꐦ°᷄益°᷅ꐦ) "This is the first time I've looked forward to that little brat coming back! Right, Old Zhao?"
Zhao Dezhu stood in a lunge stance, his right hand holding a thousand-kilogram heavy steel dumbbell, while his left hand seemed to press down on something in the air!
He swung the huge dumbbell rhythmically like beating a drum, producing sonic booms!
Sweat flew, full of power!
(◞｀益´) "Yeah! That lying little bastard needs a good beating to straighten out! When he returns, let him experience Grandpa Zhu's enthusiasm!"
Just then, a deep blue light shone through the window!
A commotion rose outside the playground!
Zhao Dezhu and Xiao Chuihuo were startled and quickly went to the windowsill to look out!
On the playground, many students had run out of their dormitories, staring up at the sky in awe, exclamations spreading everywhere!
(꒪ͦ꒨꒪ͦ) Wow～
The full moon in the night sky radiated a blue glow!
The cold, deep blue moonlight spilled over the earth!
The bright moon hanging in the sky was like a huge sapphire embedded there!
Shining with its own light!
Adding a touch of mystery to the Blue Star night!
The moon that had hung in Blue Star's night sky for eons had turned blue on this day!
Qin Shou was full of shock: (΄◞ิω◟ิ‵) "A blue moon! Heaven! It feels like I've crossed into another world!"
Ye Xinghe sighed with emotion: "Perhaps from our generation onward, everyone will see the moon as blue!"
"The gray-white moon has become history, existing only in textbooks. We've witnessed this chapter of human history! The Blue Moon Era!"
Tu Bao Bao covered her mouth, eyes misty!
˚₊*(ˊॢO̶̶̷̤ლO̴̶̷̤ˋॢ)*₊˚ "It's so beautiful it makes baby cry! A blue moon! Did Nan Shen and the others ignite the moon?"
That night, billions of people on Blue Star stood under the starry sky, gazing at the blue moon!
From this moment! A new era had begun!
And that night, countless people experienced breakthroughs under the blue moonlight!
Even Xiao Chuihuo and Zhao Dezhu felt their bodies stirring!
Looking up at the blue moon, their hearts surged!
"Having experienced war, peace, spiritual energy recovery, and the spirit calamity chaos, I never thought that in my old age, I would witness the dawn of a new era..."
"If I could, I'd want to keep living forever! This world is so wonderful I don't want to close my eyes for even half a moment!"
Zhao Dezhu excitedly beat his chest: "Taiyin Star Ignition! Those kids really did it! Universal evolution, spiritual energy recovery enters a new Blue Moon era!"
"I really want to be young again! Go crazy one more time! How great!"
Jiangnan, who was in Silver Moon City, naturally noticed the moon's change!
Clearly, the Bei family had worked overtime and finally completed the Star Ignition Curse Array, fully activating the Origin Spark's energy!
The spark's light, penetrating the moon's thick crust, lit up Blue Star's night sky!
From now on, the moon would no longer rely on reflecting sunlight but would shine on its own, completely ignited!
Excited, Jiangnan teleported repeatedly, rushing deep into space!
In space, he took a high-definition close-up of the blue moon!
Then, he posted on the International Headlines Network!
Nan Shen:
If you are under the night sky right now! Please look up at the starry sky! Do you see it? That burning blue moon!
That's what we are doing right now!
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