Esper X Family – Chapter 432 – Don’t Make Your God Yao Laugh (12/37)

The livestream viewers didn’t doubt the information the Streamer revealed at all.

Based on past precedent, the information this Streamer disclosed was practically equivalent to official news.

It just lacked a more formal announcement, that’s all.

As long as the Countermeasures Bureau didn’t step in to refute it, it was highly likely to be true!

Who could have imagined that not long after the new era began, a trial from the stars would already be upon them?

This was undoubtedly explosive news capable of drawing the attention and discussion of all humanity!

Meanwhile.

Fu Qi, who was in the middle of a discussion with Lou Wei, felt like the sky was falling the moment he saw Ye Tong’s livestream content.

No way.

How could you reveal this news in your stream just moments after we told you?

He had thought that the partial redactions and obfuscations regarding the “Vengeful Spirit” incident some time ago proved that Ye Tong had a sense of discretion.

He had never imagined Ye Tong truly didn’t treat the netizens in her livestream as outsiders, daring to say absolutely anything.

Their Countermeasures Bureau wasn’t even ready to announce this matter yet.

And Ye Tong had beaten them to the punch.

The corner of Fu Qi’s mouth twitched slightly, but he couldn’t exactly order someone to cut the livestream. He just had to let her do as she pleased.

After all, Ye Tong had already agreed not to interfere when the time came.

If it meant reducing the chances of “Tong Yao” appearing, then paying the price of public opinion pressure wasn’t too steep.

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Although, someone was definitely going to be worked like a beast of burden.

The livestream continued.

“Holy crap! Streamer, is this for real? An interstellar enemy is really coming? Star-Eater ¹ From Stellaris. or Colossus ² Also from Stellaris. ? Is a Fallen Empire ³ A type of faction in Stellaris that starts out already developed. In lore they’re remnants of Empires that have grown decadent and stagnated. involved?”

“Scared to tears!”

“I haven’t even grown strong yet! Wait for me to grow! Wait for me to grow!”

“Young warriors thirst for glory! I don’t care about my life, as long as I can bring honor to my ancestors and get my own page in the family lineage!”

Unlike the emotionally charged netizens, Ye Yao’s tone was exceedingly calm.

“Making a fuss over nothing. They’re just alien country bumpkins, not worth mentioning.”

Even though Ye Yao’s tone was incredibly arrogant and gave a sense of reassurance, there were still people frightened and anxious, terrified that classic movie tropes would play out in real life.

They all knew how those movies ended with humanity overcoming all odds, but they conveniently glossed over the catastrophic death toll along the way.

Not everyone is the main character.

Being kicked aside and dying like a random nobody was the norm.

“Gwah! I don’t wanna be blown up in one shot!”

“If an interstellar enemy really attacks Bluestar, the casualties will probably be devastating.”

“Of course. If they can achieve interstellar travel, they must have terrifying methods. The scariest thing would be a World Cracker ⁴ Again, Stellaris reference. , blowing up Bluestar without a word.”

“Streamer, save us! Do you have any inside information? How can we survive interstellar enemy invasion?”

“I’m just a passerby. Surviving would already be a win for me!”

To the netizens falling into panic, Ye Yao’s tone remained as calm and confident as ever.

“It doesn’t matter. If worst comes to worst, I’ll step in.”

This statement immediately made everyone in the livestream burst out laughing.

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Mainly because this Streamer was outrageously terrible at video games, with a pure “small fry” persona.

Hearing her make such a Great Emperor-like declaration now felt like she was deliberately trying to amuse everyone.

“True! With the Streamer’s connections, knowing Great Emperor Tong Yao, knowing Sequence Zero, and potentially having the behemoth Countermeasures Bureau at her back, any alien enemy can only crawl on the ground.”

“Right! We still have Tong Yao! With power surpassing that of gods, wouldn’t these mere alien country bumpkins have to kneel and call her ’Grandma’?”

Everyone then remembered that this world wasn’t a standard modern setting. It was a high-martial world.

The great Tong Yao could single-handedly awaken all of humanity, turning Bluestar into Super Bluestar by sheer will alone.

She could even annihilate the “Vengeful Spirit”, which possessed the power to destroy a nation, in a single hiss.

According to rumors, Tong Yao could even use the entire solar system as a cup.

How could such an invincible figure allow alien country bumpkins to run rampant on her turf?

Under the fermenting public opinion of recent times, Tong Yao had long become an image of a guardian deity in everyone’s hearts.

After all, she asked for nothing. She didn’t appear to receive humanity’s worship, nor did she rule over mankind, nor did she even take anything from them.

She merely modified Bluestar’s environment, making it far more resilient.

And she ushered in a new era, granting humanity unprecedented vitality.

If such a selfless existence wasn’t a guardian deity, then what was?

As for the Streamer’s trivial clarifications and refutations, they simply didn’t matter.

What mattered was having Great Emperor Tong Yao as their safety net!

Moreover, they still had the Countermeasures Bureau and the renowned Sequence Zero, both of whom commanded widespread respect and hope!

“In that case, what’s there to say? Looks like the country is ready to act. When exactly? I wanna buy some snacks, hide away, and watch the show.”

“Damn it! Does the military still need people? I can charge into battle! Please, just give me a chance to get my own page in the family lineage!”

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“The guy upstairs is dreaming. If there’s an opportunity like that, at least let us old-timers take the lead first.”

“Why worry when the big shots have it covered? Since civilization won’t be destroyed, we just need to figure out how to profit from this.”

The atmosphere in the livestream shifted to one of relaxed ease.

Ye Yao suspected that people from the Countermeasures Bureau’s side had stepped in to steer the netizens’ emotions.

With the Countermeasures Bureau involved, causing widespread panic would indeed be difficult.

The online discourse would likely be perfectly managed.

Shortly after, Ye Yao ended her stream.

After logging off, she began lurking in various chat groups to see what the online consensus was.

Sure enough, information traveled extremely fast across the internet.

At the very least, the groups Ye Yao was in were flooded with forwarded content related to the topic.

Even game groups were fervently discussing the matter.

Clearly, they had just exited the livestream themselves.

“I never thought I’d live to witness such an epic event. My life is complete.”

“Will this be a mass extinction event or the first step toward interstellar colonization? We’ll find out soon!”

“Kids, do you think Great Emperor Tong Yao will elbow-drop the interstellar enemy into submission?”

“Don’t make your God Yao laugh.”

“Where’s our group’s darling? Since the stream’s over, come hang out in the group and drop some more insider scoop. You’re not lurking, are you?”

As a matter of fact, she was.

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Ye Yao put down her phone and ended her lurking session.

It seemed like her alt account provided everyone with quite a high sense of security.

Even after knowing that an alien invasion might occur, there wasn’t much panic or despair.

Good. This would make it even more suitable for “Ye Ge” to make a spectacular entrance!

Unlike Ye Yao and Ye Tong, who operated from the shadows, Ye Ge would burst brilliantly onto the world’s stage!

But before that, Ye Yao wanted to carefully design her entrance.

She would give the Countermeasures Bureau a chance to show off first.

Time passed slowly.

In the blink of an eye, a month had gone by.

Ye Yao’s livestream popularity hadn’t decreased at all. Instead, it had soared even higher.

Almost everyone was focused on what the country’s next move would be.

Of course, some were also training desperately, trying to gain enough strength for self-defense during this period.

Just as the populace was embroiled in heated discussions.

The Countermeasures Bureau’s equipment finally detected a new fluctuation in space.

Author Note

Kids, I’m truly burning out, five chapters a day is an occasional occurrence. I’ll strive for four chapters regularly.