Chi Yao listened to Jing Xi’s calm breathing, but felt no sleepiness at all.

Before, he refused, and Jing Xi teased him relentlessly. Now that he was willing, the other party had no reaction.

Chi Yao didn’t give up and gently pushed the person beside him.

“Xixi?”

After calling a few times, Jing Xi turned over, facing away from him, and continued to sleep.

Chi Yao: “…”

Chi Yao leaned over and ground his teeth against Jing Xi’s gland.

The tip of his teeth scraped over, the skin under his lips trembled slightly, and he got carried away playing.

Jing Xi was annoyed beyond measure, raised his hand to explore behind him, and messed up Chi Yao’s hair randomly.

“Don’t fuss.”

Chi Yao whispered in his ear, “Is your reaction a bit too cold?”

Jing Xi’s voice was hoarse, revealing deep drowsiness: “Being a monk for a long time feels pretty good too.”

Chi Yao: “…”

Fished too hard and killed the fish?

The next day, Chi Yao called Liu Wu and Xu Ming to the conference room to continue yesterday’s topic.

“How is it? Is the story made up?” Chi Yao asked.

Liu Wu: “…”

He felt thorns on his back and pushed Xu Ming next to him, “You go.”

Xu Ming: “…”

Under Chi Yao’s gaze, Xu Ming cleared his throat.

“On the way back from the expedition that year, Old Liu and I went on a mission halfway. We really weren’t in the legion during the storm.”

The military files Jing Xi pulled up showed that everyone in the Xuanwu Legion went missing on that day, and the system automatically declared them dead fifteen years later, including Liu Wu and Xu Ming.

Chi Yao: “What mission? Who asked you to execute it?”

“Major General Bo.”

Xu Ming said seriously: “Bring the commander’s child over from his hometown.”

Chi Yao’s expression changed.

“His child was raised in his hometown?”

Liu Wu chimed in: “He and his wife were constantly on the battlefield and afraid they couldn’t take care of the child well, so the child was always entrusted to a nursery in his hometown. We only knew about this when we received the mission.”

Xu Ming nodded: “Before that, we didn’t know he and his wife had already given birth to a child.”

Chi Yao frowned: “It’s not an underground affair. Is having a child so shameful?”

Raising the child far away in his hometown, not even registering the household registration.

Hearing the mockery in his words, Liu Wu pursed his lips, swallowing back the rebuttal that came to his mouth.

Chi Yao didn’t remember much about his childhood. Even Jing Xi only remembered a general impression, let alone others.

But if these two went to pick him up, they must have been the ones who took him to the Jing family on the Imperial Capital Star. In this way, their tracks would definitely be exposed. It was impossible for the files to have absolutely no record of their entry and exit.

“You didn’t pick up the person?” Chi Yao asked.

Xu Ming nodded: “The commander said it was a secret mission and didn’t want others to know. After several transfers, we arrived at Ursa Major, but were a step too late. The child had already been taken away by someone else.”

Liu Wu continued: “We contacted the commander but couldn’t get through no matter what. Only then did we see the news of the accident in the legion.”

“You just took advantage of the situation to hide?” Chi Yao asked.

Xu Ming nodded: “Just received a secret mission, and the legion had an accident. Moreover, the child was taken away first. Old Liu and I discussed it and felt something was wrong, so we thought we’d observe the situation first.”

Chi Yao: “How did you enter the Extreme Shadow?”

Liu Wu: “Hearing that the child was sent to Adjutant Jing’s home, Old Xu and I were relieved. We hid in Ursa Major for a while longer. It was General Lin’s adjutant who contacted us.”

Xu Ming nodded: “He told us not to return to the military headquarters. If we wanted to find out about the storm accident, report to the Extreme Shadow.”

Back then, Bai Yi and Lin Chengde were strong competitors, and Bo Jin was Bai Yi’s man. Lin Chengde had no reason to actively accept people from the Xuanwu Legion.

Firstly, he couldn’t have known Liu Wu and Xu Ming were still alive. Secondly, he wasn’t that kind-hearted.

Chi Yao suppressed the question and continued asking: “What about the others?”

Xu Ming: “After we entered the Extreme Shadow, some brothers from Xuanwu came one after another. They were also sent out by General Bo to execute secret missions at that time, but we can’t disclose the specific missions to the outside.”

Chi Yao: “So many years have passed. Have you found out clearly?”

Liu Wu and Xu Ming lowered their heads, looking disappointed.

Liu Wu: “We thought we were just investigating a small island on the sea surface, but didn’t expect a whole mountain range hidden under the sea—”

On the other end, Jing Xi gave the card wrapped in protective film to Flying Dragon’s inspection department.

Because the fingerprints were fresh, results came quickly.

The head of the inspection department said respectfully: “Compared with the public database, no match found.”

Zhang Sheng was the CEO of Jiayu Group, a legal citizen of the empire. It was impossible not to have registered fingerprints.

There were two situations for not finding a match.

One, the fingerprint Zhang Sheng entered into the system belonged to someone else.

Two, the current Zhang Sheng is not Zhang Sheng.

Jing Xi took the fingerprint report, opened the public database, and queried Zhang Sheng’s file.

The basic information was very ordinary, personal resume exciting, successful career, happy family.

No matter how you look at it, it was an ordinary citizen’s file.

Jing Xi switched to the blood and fingerprint test page, exported the fingerprint information, and compared it with the one on the business card.

Sure enough, it didn’t match.

He imported the fingerprint from the file into the system for comparison again, and the result showed only Zhang Sheng.

This result was within his expectations.

Everyone’s fingerprints are different. To avoid fraudulent registration, the fingerprint system does not allow entering two identical fingerprints.

If Zhang Sheng is not Zhang Sheng, where is the real Zhang Sheng now?

If he is indeed Zhang Sheng, whose fingerprint is in the file?

Anyway, the fingerprint of this Zhang Sheng who met Chi Yao couldn’t be found in the public database.

Could it be that he, like Chi Yao, had no household registration?

On the way to the main cabin, he happened to see several soldiers escorting Xu Zhou and Liu Sichen over.

“Sir!” The soldiers saluted.

Jing Xi glanced at them and asked lightly: “Where are you taking them?”

One soldier reported: “Minister Lu said to take them to West No. 1 interrogation cabin for intensive interrogation these two days.”

Meeting Jing Xi’s gaze, Xu Zhou swallowed nervously and silently looked away.

This look was too terrifying.

Jing Xi: “Interrogate separately.”

Soldier: “Yes!”

Just then, the main cabin door opened suddenly, and Chi Yao walked out, followed by Liu Wu and Xu Ming.

“Fingerprint tested?” Chi Yao asked.

Jing Xi: “Mn.”

Just as he was about to speak, he caught Liu Wu’s staring gaze from the corner of his eye. He followed the line of sight calmly and saw Liu Sichen’s surprised look.

Their eyes met for a moment and separated immediately, as if bumping into each other accidentally.

Jing Xi suppressed the doubt in his heart and said nonchalantly: “A bit strange. I’ll send it to you to see.”

Although Chi Yao had his back to Liu Wu and Xu Ming, even the slightest change in expression couldn’t escape Jing Xi’s eyes.

Chi Yao turned his head, noting the expressions of Liu and Xu, and lifted his chin.

“Since you’re here, don’t be idle.”

He pointed at Xu Zhou and Liu Sichen and said to the two: “These two young men are suspected of illegal research and treason. Leave them to you.”

“Holy shit!”

Liu Sichen and Xu Zhou, Xu Ming and Liu Wu cursed simultaneously.

Xu Zhou: “I just made a small extra income. Not as serious as treason, right?!”

Liu Sichen: “I was young and ignorant. Please give me another chance!”

Chi Yao sneered: “Then ask the Major General, see if he gives you a chance.”

Xu Zhou/Liu Sichen: “…”

Dare not ask?!

Xu Ming and Liu Wu kept a straight face: “…”

How to resolve this situation?!

After they left, Jing Xi and Chi Yao returned to the main cabin.

“They are weird.” Jing Xi said.

Chi Yao rubbed his chin and smiled: “Didn’t feel it before, but standing together for comparison, Old Liu and Liu Sichen do look somewhat alike.”

Jing Xi: “It’s easy to test blood relations.”

“How about the fingerprint?” Chi Yao asked.

Jing Xi briefly explained the comparison result.

“He asked you how it feels to be a star pirate. Did we misunderstand? Maybe because he himself is a star pirate, he deliberately asked this to find a sense of identity from you?”

Chi Yao recalled seriously.

“But I didn’t find a mask on his face.”

Biological masks can’t be truly fake-looking. People who understand can easily see through them.

But Zhang Sheng’s face was very natural, showing no signs of a mask.

Jing Xi: “Would anyone in the star pirate circle know him?”

No household registration means this person’s information cannot be queried in any system of the empire. The only method available now is Chi Yao’s connections in the star pirate circle.

Chi Yao entered the profession late, less than ten years ago.

But he always acted unscrupulously. He had no friends in the star pirate circle but a pile of enemies.

“This is easy to handle.”

Chi Yao opened the social platform he hadn’t logged into for a long time, ignored hundreds of millions of messages, and posted a status on his homepage.

[Star pirate groups wanting to participate in labor reform, please add communication number 2502XXXX250. Limited to 1 hour. No waiting after the deadline.]

After posting, Chi Yao felt one hour was too short, fearing those star pirate groups wouldn’t see it.

Just as he was about to change the time, the terminal began to vibrate wildly. Messages applying to join the group exploded.

Below the comments was a row of messages from star pirate groups with real-name verification.

Tiger: “Communication number added. Love you [finger heart]”

Viper: “Viper has completed the current task indicators. Please check.”

Wolf Dog: “Awoooo I added. Boss pull me into the group!”

Cheetah: “Finally waited for the group number!”

Under each comment were replies from a large number of melon-eating netizens.

“Come come come, take a number tag. Don’t cut in line.”

“A sense of déjà vu of kindergarten lining up to eat fruits.”

“Didn’t expect to see star pirate groups rushing for labor reform in my lifetime. Times are really different.”

“Upstairs, it’s not a matter of times. Without Chi Yao as the backbone, how could these star pirate groups unite?”

“Ah, so anxious for them! Viper has been posting farming videos for over a month. Wonder when they can become a reserve group [dog head]”

“Seeing the usually arrogant star pirates clumsily reclaiming land and farming, it’s both touching and funny.”

Chi Yao threw the work of reviewing group applications to Xiao Hei’s super-intelligent calculation, lying on the sofa with his head on Jing Xi’s thigh, scrolling through comments.

“This batch of netizens is still too kind, actually sympathizing with star pirates.”

Jing Xi checked the flow of marked energy stones, saying casually: “Regardless of whether netizens are motivated by curiosity or other mentalities, the higher the attention, the more benefits you can get.”

Led by the military headed by Pei Zhenyue, other government departments had to cooperate.

The rectification of the star pirate circle was the first major event the commander-in-chief had to do upon taking office. No one dared to go against the trend. If it were before, star pirates buying accounts to post on social platforms and daring to use real-name verification would have been banned long ago.

Chi Yao looked up: “Benefits?”

Jing Xi looked down at him: “Getting household registration more justifiably.”

For a star pirate like Chi Yao known throughout the empire, saying he committed all kinds of crimes was a bit exaggerated, but he indeed hadn’t done anything good.

If he got household registration silently, once it got out, it would be questioned.

Jing Xi hated explaining to others, especially when the target was the empire’s netizens with amazing combat power. It might attract many trolls and inevitably make Chi Yao suffer.

Like now, with traffic and public opinion, as long as things progressed smoothly, everything would fall into place.

“Not just you, others too.”

Jing Xi pushed the screen away, “If you can get them household registration, this group of people will inevitably stay with you.”

Chi Yao: “…Change a word.”

Jing Xi kept a straight face: “Devoted.”

Chi Yao sneered: “They aren’t good people. Burning bridges after crossing isn’t uncommon for them.”

Jing Xi touched his handsome face: “I believe you can control them.”

The power of star pirates is like a knife. How far it can be used depends on how the person holding the knife uses it.

Chi Yao estimated one hour, but still underestimated the mobility of star pirate groups.

In just ten minutes, over a thousand people had entered the group.

He casually scrolled down the list. Only a few were familiar. For the others, strength could basically be distinguished by group names.

The terminal vibrated, and a message came in.

[Golden King: Our Miao Miao Group also wants to join the group.]

This star pirate group that only knows farming and has terrible combat power—forget it.

Just as Chi Yao was about to reply, another line appeared below the chat window.

[Golden King: I want to communicate with other groups about sending planting specialists to guide their groups. So much land wasted, my heart hurts!]

Chi Yao: “…”

Is one 0520 not enough for you to farm? Want to reach into others’ bowls and rush to deliver rice?

Jing Xi: “In the future, Miao Miao Group members can teach at agricultural universities. I think such grounded teachers must be very popular with students.”

Chi Yao laughed out loud: “You even thought of their way out?”

Jing Xi: “Since we’re rectifying, we must rectify to the end.”

Chi Yao: “What about my way out? Thought of it?”

A faint smile appeared in Jing Xi’s eyes: “Young Mistress of the Jing family.”

Chi Yao: “…”

Chi Yao was too lazy to exchange pleasantries and directly sent Zhang Sheng’s file photo to the group.

[Does anyone know him? Ask your members. Reply in the group before 0:00 tonight.]

At noon that day, after the two ate, Chou Shuang proposed going into the forest to find those Beast Kings, wanting to collect more samples.

Chi Yao: “Just let Chun Qin accompany you.”

Chou Shuang: “I let her stay in the lab to look after my petri dishes. You accompany me.”

Chi Yao: “Wife doesn’t allow me to go out alone with women.”

Chou Shuang rolled her eyes: “But I’m an alpha.”

Chi Yao flipped through those blueprints, saying slowly: “Precisely because you are an alpha and a bottom, my wife worries.”

“Not allowed to say it!”

Chou Shuang looked around, clutching her wildly beating heart, “If you don’t accompany me, I’ll tell Jing Xi about your embarrassing childhood incidents.”

Chi Yao looked over: “I’ve always been handsome. What embarrassing incidents?”

Chou Shuang smiled mischievously: “You secretly buying Barbie dolls online, thought no one knew?”

Chi Yao: “…I didn’t buy it.”

His impression of Jing Xi from childhood was only an outline. Moreover, the other party looked too fair and cute as a child, causing him to be unable to distinguish gender.

When he was bored buying things online, he accidentally saw a Barbie doll that looked very similar to the outline in his impression, so he looked at it a few more times.

“Buying Barbie dolls?”

Hearing Jing Xi’s voice, the two turned to look.

Jing Xi looked down at Chi Yao sitting on the sofa: “If you like, I can bring the whole series home.”

Chi Yao: “…”

Indeed words a prodigal son could say.

Worthy of you.

Chou Shuang held her face, screaming and jeering.

“I also want a boyfriend who spends money on me!”

Jing Xi said lightly: “I think Chun Qin would be very willing.”

Chi Yao added unkindly: “Your income from the beginning of time until now isn’t as much as her savings. Hug the thigh tight.”

Chou Shuang: “…”

Star pirates earn that much?

Jing Xi looked at Chi Yao: “General Lin is here.”

The smile on Chi Yao’s lips froze: “Why is he here?”

Jing Xi: “Probably gave too much information at once, and he couldn’t sit still.”

Having investigated painstakingly for nearly twenty years, seeing the dawn right before his eyes, no one could remain too calm.

Chi Yao thought for a moment and stood up: “Good. I also have something to ask him.”

Everyone in the command cabin looked at the old man wearing a general’s uniform not far away, dumbfounded.

That was one of the four portraits hanging at the top of the conference hall’s photo wall, the military’s missing person, General Lin Chengde.

Why did he appear here?!

So he didn’t die?!

Seeing Lin Chengde discussing something with several other officers who came with him, Jin Ze secretly poked Lu Meng’s waist: “Old Lu, how welcome do you think our boss is?”

Lu Meng was also surprised, mumbling: “Didn’t expect the boss could even invite this one. This is legendary level—”

The younger generation in the military hadn’t seen this general, but many military systems and combat strategies were improved by him. Although he left for nearly twenty years, his influence hadn’t diminished at all.

Han Yousheng on the other side of Jin Ze had shining eyes, mouth almost splitting to his ears.

“Worthy of being the boss!”

The cabin door opened suddenly, and Jing Xi and Chi Yao walked in.

Lu Meng and others saw Lin Chengde get up and personally greet them, giving a thumbs up in their hearts.

Boss is awesome!

“Brat, haven’t seen you for so long, missed me to death!” Lin Chengde disagreed and went up for a bear hug.

Chi Yao pressed his face and pushed him away ruthlessly.

“The old man smell on you is choking me.”

Lin Chengde sniffed his clothes, angry from embarrassment: “Clearly very fragrant!”

Jing Xi greeted him. Seeing from the corner of his eye his subordinates standing there like candles, eyes blank and expressions dull, he couldn’t help taking another look.

At this moment, ten thousand alpacas galloped through the hearts of Lu Meng and the others.

“…”

General Lin and Chi Yao seem very familiar!

Chi Yao dared to speak to General Lin like this?!

General Lin actually pressed his hot face against a cold butt?!

Most importantly, General Lin seems to have come to see Chi Yao?!

Which mountain did Chi Yao descend from as an immortal?!