Esper X Family – Chapter 607 – Whoa, Intergalactic Empire

Over the weekend, Ye Yao made a point of spending time with Tu Sheng, just so the frail girl wouldn’t feel a hint of loneliness.

“Come to think of it, I think I can boost your physical fitness and make you less fragile. Want to give it a try?”

“Why bring this up all of a sudden?” Tu Sheng tilted her head and asked.

Ye Yao seemed to ponder it seriously for a moment.

“Let’s just say it’s to keep you from keeling over if I accidentally top you. How about that? Isn’t that considerate of me? Aren’t I thoughtful?”

“Considerate… thoughtful, huh?” Tu Sheng looked a little exasperated. “I’m not seeing it.”

She shook her head.

“I don’t really mind. Do whatever you like. Just don’t turn me into some muscle-bound girl.”

“What’s wrong with muscles? A little abs will look great~”

Ye Yao leaned down and poked at the soft flesh on Tu Sheng’s stomach. There really wasn’t much fat there.

The girl let out a soft laugh.

“I’m afraid I might lack some softness when it counts. If my body gets too firm, it might make you uncomfortable, no?”

“Damn it! What kind of dirty talk are you spouting?”

Ye Yao immediately started hissing like an angry cat.

When it came to being a flirt, Tu Sheng was truly in a league of her own.

Not even the rising star Xing Lan could compare.

Just then, Xing Lan, who had reverted to her little chubby bird form, landed on Tu Sheng’s head.

“We’re besties~ Hurry up and teach me how to instantly break Mom’s composure!”

“You’re actually asking for pointers on that!”

Ye Yao grabbed Xing Lan and refined her on the spot!

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Tu Sheng smiled at the scene, then gave a light cough.

“Speaking of which, I recently saw some interesting images through my ability. Would you like me to share them with you?”

“Interesting images?”

Ye Yao knew very well that Tu Sheng’s ability was overpowered. It was essentially a super X-ray hack and, to some extent, almost akin to “omniscience”.

She could see whatever she wanted.

If someone with ulterior motives had that power, they would undoubtedly exploit Tu Sheng’s ability to satisfy their own desires.

But Ye Yao had never really taken the initiative to use Tu Sheng to foresee things in advance.

And Tu Sheng, by mutual understanding, never voluntarily spoiled the scenes she saw.

Generally, she would only speak up when she felt something was worth mentioning.

“Don’t tell me… there’s another pack of clueless interstellar stray dogs?”

Ye Yao’s eyes instantly lit up.

She wasn’t like some stubborn protagonist who refused to use a cheating hack.

If necessary, Ye Yao had no problem squeezing Tu Sheng for all she was worth.

Threats from deep space, for instance, definitely warranted Tu Sheng’s involvement.

Ye Yao still couldn’t predict the future.

At best, she could just hit hard and elbow-strike anyone who dared to threaten Bluestar.

Ye Yao wanted to know whether the incoming visitor was worth her personal attention.

If they were too weak, she would just let Lou Weiwei handle it.

Ye Yao thought the popularity of “Magical Girl Crimson Wheel” could still go higher.

As long as Lullaby stayed inactive, she was bound to fade into obscurity!

“Spill it! Spill it! I’m so curious!”

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The white-haired girl grabbed Tu Sheng’s arm excitedly, as if she could already see a pile of attribute points walking right into her trap.

Tu Sheng enjoyed the feeling of being relied on by Ye Yao.

If it were anyone else, she might have played the riddle game. But with Ye Yao, she could be more straightforward.

“You guessed one thing right. The images I saw do come from space, and there is indeed a new interstellar traveler approaching the Solar System.”

At those words.

Ye Yao’s eyes grew even brighter.

“I can only count on those aliens. Only things I can’t normally see are worth anticipating and exploring. Keep going!”

“The visitors are a fleet from an advanced civilization. It seems they’ve already mastered the core of mental power, applying it across all fields early on and achieving peak technological prowess. Their level is extremely high.”

Tu Sheng gave a bit of insight into the advanced civilization’s background.

Ye Yao’s eyes were full of curiosity.

“How high-level?”

“Things like future prediction, wormhole travel, Faster-Than-Light spacecraft… elements commonly seen in sci-fi works, they can probably do all that.”

“Do they have things like Star Eaters, Colossi, World Crackers ¹ All 3 were explained in chapter 432. , and the like?”

“There seem to be similar things.”

“Whoa! An Intergalactic Empire! Now that’s exciting!”

Ye Yao had long coveted the high-tech gadgets from sci-fi works.

Although Bluestar’s technology was advancing rapidly, it hadn’t reached that exaggerated level yet.

Even with Yi Ling providing theoretical knowledge, they couldn’t build something beyond their era that quickly.

Then, Ye Yao calmed down, no longer so loud and excitable.

“What’s that advanced civilization coming to Bluestar for? Don’t tell me it’s the same old cliché of ‘resources are scarce, so we invade’?”

“No.”

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Tu Sheng looked at the little chubby bird that had flown back onto Ye Yao’s head and couldn’t resist reaching out a finger to tease her.

“They’ve come for Xing Lan, or more precisely, for the world-destroying ability.”

Ye Yao’s eyes widened instantly.

Well… that was an unsurprising reason.

After all, there were already precedents with the Vengeful Spirit and the Interstellar Overlord.

Other than【Fission】, this tiny blue planet didn’t seem to have anything else worth launching an expeditionary fleet for.

“And then? What do they want with Xing Lan?”

Tu Sheng let out a thoughtful hum.

“When they were predicting the future, they discovered that their civilization would eventually be destroyed by the world-destroying ability. They decided to strike first, so they sent a fleet to eliminate the source.”

“Uh… that…?”

Ye Yao was at a loss for words.

Logically, it did make some sense.

It wasn’t an invasion, but a form of self-preservation.

If their future-prediction technology was truly 100% reliable, the rulers of that advanced civilization wouldn’t dare gamble on even the slimmest possibility.

Seeing Ye Yao deep in thought, Tu Sheng reached out and patted her head.

“Their predictive technology is no joke. After integrating mental power into it, they actually picked up a faint trace and found approximate coordinates. They’ll probably reach the Solar System soon.”

“Hiss— that’s a bit troublesome.”

Ye Yao sucked in a sharp breath.

“Is there any chance we can reason with them?”

“Unlikely. The ones coming are mostly the radical faction of their civilization, already prepared to die. For the sake of their civilization, they don’t even care about death.

Besides, they firmly believe in their prediction results and won’t abandon the mission easily. They’ll stop at nothing to achieve their goal.”

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Tu Sheng shook her head.

One could only say that…

Tu Sheng was so overpowered it was ridiculous.

This advanced civilization needed the most advanced technology just to predict the future, yet she managed to single-handedly dox all their details.

It was undeniably broken.

Ye Yao grew even more troubled.

“A suicide squad? That tragic? I’d almost feel bad about kicking them to death.”

“If you mishandle this, it could lead to the complete annihilation of an entire civilization.”

Tu Sheng tapped Ye Yao’s little nose, her tone not particularly serious.

Ye Yao looked taken aback.

“That serious? Even with my protection, could human civilization still blow up?”

“No. What I mean is, if you handle it poorly and wipe out this expeditionary fleet, the advanced civilization will only become more convinced of their prediction results.

They’ll assemble an even stronger fleet. Given your personality, you’ll probably get annoyed, and in the end, you might even track them down and destroy their civilization.”

“I-I’m not that cruel!”

Ye Yao felt a little guilty.

Author Note

What, the Dragon Boat Festival holiday is over before I even realized it. I’m still lying in my hometown, barely even reacting.

Text: Work is in complete chaos ² 乱成一锅粥luanchengyiguozhou (chaotic pot of porridge) is an idiom that basically means a huge mess.

Everyone, eat it while it’s hot!