It had been over half an hour since the first Zerg Beast invaded the Seventh Sub-Star. The continuous booming of artillery fire made many citizens anxious. They checked all the news on StarNet, and the only thing they could confirm was that the Zerg had invaded but was still under control.
They frantically asked about their friends and family, desperately trying to gather any information about the Zerg invasion.
But before they could calm down, they heard news of numerous suicide attacks.
Fear and sleeplessness were the state of everyone on the Seventh Sub-Star at that moment.
And then the live broadcast started.
The anxious ordinary citizens agreed with Kong Shengxu's words at first. They were too beautiful, too righteous.
But when they saw him struck in the face with a staff, even losing a few teeth, the ordinary citizens suddenly woke up. How could he be so righteous and decide on the sacrifice of another innocent person without a trace of guilt?
And to make it worse, you were still staying in the back, not even going to the battlefield to kill Zerg Beasts!
And the next words Chu Ran said completely ignited public opinion.
The Zerg had invaded the Seventh Sub-Star Garbage Dump long ago?
The Chu family had poisoned He Yi's daughter?
The person who restored their Spiritual Power with a Divine Fruit was actually He Yi's daughter?
In the end, all shock dissipated in the face of Chu Ran's sorrowful and helpless expression.
He Yi's daughter had been living like this?
To the citizens of the Seventh Sub-Star, He Yi was not a stranger's name, even though her sacrifice had been over ten years ago.
As an orphan from a garbage star who climbed up from the bottom, she herself was a highly legendary hero. Not to mention she married Chu Heng and had a grand wedding.
Cinderella and Prince Charming—fantastical gossip was always the focus of people's attention.
He Yi died in a secret mission without much coverage, but the news of Chu Heng remarrying within a year once again shook the center of public opinion.
If not for the meritorious Old Master Chu personally stepping forward to guarantee that he would not mistreat his granddaughter Chu Ran, and the Chu family donating all of He Yi's inheritance to the Seventh Sub-Star orphanage, Chu Heng would have had no place to stand in the Seventh Sub-Star.
What was the result?
The ordinary citizens were greatly shocked. So this was how Old Master Chu's promise of 'taking good care' was fulfilled?
Wait, even when He Yi was alive, the Chu family had poisoned Chu Ran.
Personal safety had become less important in the face of this huge scandal. The anger of being fooled became the dominant emotion among ordinary citizens.
What did the Chu family want to do? Did they want to rebel?
Before the ordinary citizens could start cursing, they saw Aunt Huang appear in the live broadcast.
Young people didn't know who she was; they could only see that the situation seemed really bad. But some older people's eyes immediately reddened.
This was their Commander Huang.
The name Huang Ni sounded very common, but she was the first daughter of the Huang family of the Central Star in that generation. She had been the center of attention since childhood.
At three, she tested directly as an SS-class Spiritual Power potential. No one doubted her future, and she lived up to expectations, smoothly graduating from the First Military Academy, entering the military, and quickly rising to become the commander of the Seventh Sub-Star Legion with brilliant achievements.
But for the older generation of the Seventh Sub-Star, these weren't the most important things.
What Commander Huang was most admired for was that she never judged a person by their Spiritual Power level. In her eyes, people with high Spiritual Power had the right to live with dignity, and those with low Spiritual Power also had the right to live with dignity.
Her own Spiritual Power was destroyed during a Zerg war when she stayed behind to protect ordinary people who couldn't evacuate.
The appearance of the Divine Tomb and the descent of gods gave humans more powerful strength to fight against the Zerg, but also divided human society into even clearer classes.
The level of Spiritual Power was determined from the moment of birth.
A person's destiny seemed to be sealed at the three-year-old Spiritual Power test.
Internal social conflicts never ceased, but they seemed insignificant in the face of the great threat of the Zerg. Yet even insignificant matters should not be ignored.
Hearing Aunt Huang's words, in a dim street, a chef with a beer belly burst into tears and put down the plasma bomb in his hand.
He still didn't know what his future held; he still hated fate's cruelty to him, but at this moment, he was willing to let go of all his resentment for those who willingly fought on the front lines.
Chu Ran wiped away the tears she had forced out, her expression returning to indifference. She didn't know that the person she had once met had made a painful and difficult choice.
"I'm not leaving," she said firmly.
Aunt Wang was pacing anxiously. "No, why are you being stubborn at a time like this? You're so young; you have a great future ahead of you. Why do you have to stay here to die?"
"I have a great future?" Chu Ran sneered. "Don't you deserve a peaceful old age? Since you've chosen to stay, I can choose to stay too."
Aunt Wang drew in a sharp breath. What was this? A rebellious phase?
Was this the time to be contrary?
Aunt Huang was much calmer than Aunt Wang. She stared at Chu Ran. "We are wearing military uniforms. You are not."
"We can't make choices for you, but I hope every decision you make is well-considered. Think about your mother, and think about the people who care about you."
"My mother would be happy with my choice," Chu Ran said with a fake smile.
If the original mother knew underground, she would have already been heartbroken the moment the original left. Now, no matter what choices she made, it didn't matter.
As for her two former mothers, her biological mother would be indifferent, putting on a fake smile when praised by others. Her adoptive mother would directly find the person in charge and make a scene, demanding high compensation, expressing joy and relief at her choice.
Since coming to this world, only a few people had shown her kindness. And if the worst happened, she didn't think she could escape the Seventh Sub-Star anyway. She might as well stay here and test the latest changes in her body.