Chapter 522: Binding the Child-Bearing System to Become a Winner in Life Chapter 523: Interstellar Battlefield Farming (Complete)

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Protagonist:

Shen Yao

Interstellar citizens live long lives and are generally old in age; visiting places like the one before them was their required course.

The spaceship left the planet, entered a specific route, and returned at a steady speed to Chaoyang Star in the far distance. Since there were other arrangements along the way, a rough calculation put their arrival at Chaoyang Star several months later.

"I should go check on Cheng Shuo and Chengning," Shen Yao felt a bit of regret; the two children were still studying at Lian Dun Academy, and according to school regulations, they had to wait until they reached Xu Cheng Yu and Xu Cheng Yi's age before they could freely leave campus.

On this trip home, Shen Yao did not plan to travel far again.

Xu Zi Qing felt this matter should not be dwelled upon or hesitated over; if she wanted to go, she should just go directly to N05 Planet. "Yao Yao, we still have plenty of time."

There was no need to overthink something; if she felt regret, she should make up for it. They had reached today in order to live better lives, and sometimes, caring too much about something was the beginning of trouble.

Shen Yao:...

Shen Yao looked at the determined Xu Zi Qing and finally smiled and nodded.

The spaceship turned around and made a trip to Lian Dun Academy before returning to Chaoyang Star.

As students who could not leave freely, Xu Cheng Shuo and Xu Cheng Ning were so happy to see their parents appear that they could not speak.

Although both parties could only have a brief conversation within Lian Dun Academy, even such short companionship greatly eased the unease deep in Shen Yao's heart.

Several high-purity energy crystals were left behind, and living expenses were provided generously.

Shen Yao and Xu Zi Qing returned without the previous hesitation and wandering; their internal strife decreased linearly, and Shen Yao threw herself into the subsequent planetary inspections with greater enthusiasm.

Some of these planets grew grain, some produced specialty products, some were industrial factories, and more were sales points.

Service personnel with sweet smiles greeted the crowds arriving with fluent Interstellar Common, flitting among them like butterflies, constantly promoting the finished products for sale, drawing the wedding guests to gather and watch.

Shen Yao was now one of the customers, occasionally looking up to observe the product effects, occasionally lowering her head to ponder the cost-performance issues.

Someone beside her was discussing in a buzz, exchanging good or bad remarks with one another.

Regardless, this product was a success, because the crowd lining up to pay at the counter could not be faked.

Turning around and going out, Shen Yao saw Xu Zi Qing, who had been waiting outside.

"How is it?" Xu Zi Qing looked at the display case beside her, with obvious amusement in his eyes.

"Not bad. It seems they didn't lie to me," neither the sales volume nor the output was falsified.

Xu Zi Qing pulled Shen Yao's wrist as they walked out, "One cannot deny that there will be dishonest employees, but most citizens are still honest and hardworking."

They traveled by spaceship all the way, passing by not a few planets.

Shen Yao inspected them all with a single standard; most had no problems, a small portion had various problems, and an extremely small portion had falsified data.

"As the industry grows larger and more employees are hired, the entire framework structure will become increasingly complex," Shen Yao could see that the issue of falsification could not be solved, because interests were always pursued by human nature.

Just how crazy were a conglomerate's profits? Just looking at the massive amount of Federal Currency entering the account every day was enough; staying in such an environment long-term, unless one was an emotionless robot, who could completely restrain themselves?

Moreover, robots were designed and manufactured by humans, and their programs were also set by humans. As time developed and technology advanced, by some future moment, if robots had human emotions and feelings, they too would become uncontrollable.

"No matter how strict the system, there will be loopholes; no matter how cautious the rules, there will be bugs," Shen Yao could not provide a perfect management plan. All she could do now was control the overall development direction of the entire industrial group and occasionally cooperate with the system for a major inspection, so as to delay the industry's decline as much as possible.

Xu Zi Qing pulled Shen Yao toward the bustling commercial center not far away.

This was N35 Planet, a severely desertified residential planet where most citizens were concentrated in several artificially built oases.

Therefore, commerce here was more prosperous than on ordinary planets, in order to meet the citizens' daily needs.

Delicious food with rich flavors, exquisite and delicate toys, eye-catching architecture.

Shen Yao's investment here occupied 20%. The 100 Federal Currency she spent at this moment, after deducting principal and taxes, still had 10 Federal Currency that could return to her hands again.

"As long as the industry continues to expand slowly and annual revenue grows positively, the day you worry about will never come."

Most internal strife was caused by outward expansion having no prospects, leaving people with strength but nowhere to use it, finally forcing them to attack each other to seize existing rights and interests.

As long as the steps moving outward did not stop, then the vast majority of people would not choose internal strife; on one hand it was not cost-effective, and on the other hand, they wanted to obtain greater rights and interests.

Shen Yao smiled and nodded, admitting that what Xu Zi Qing said was not wrong.

However, one could not rule out the existence of abnormal people, but these were ultimately not the mainstream. What Shen Yao was doing now was digging these people out and then kicking them out.

Future matters were left to the children to consider; doing what she should do during these years of her life could be considered not letting down her own efforts.

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The spaceship docked at N40 Planet, and Shen Yao and Xu Zi Qing met up with Xu Father and Xu Mother. Because of their previous busy work, Xu Father and Xu Mother had not had much rest time.

This time, after finally pushing aside many tasks, Xu Mother's original intention was just to relax her mood.

Pulling Shen Yao along the arched bridge of N40 Planet, Xu Mother proudly displayed the special features here.

This was a planet where almost all buildings floated in mid-air, and the gravity inside was close to none.

Because it did not meet human living conditions, the citizens of this planet came from the rock lineage, with over 60% of their bodies petrified.

It should have caused a series of problems due to bodily weight, but because of the lack of gravity, they were free from trouble. Later, as interstellar technology continued to develop, this planet also gradually had traces of human life.

One important research project Xu Mother had once done was on this planet; also because she had achieved too much, she fell in love with life here and would always come stay for a while in her spare time.

This time Xu Zi Qing and Shen Yao came over, and Xu Mother invited them to stay for a few days.

It just so happened that Shen Yao had some industries here; while inspecting, she accompanied Xu Mother to relax, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law could be said to have increased their understanding space.

"I once wondered how you could get along harmoniously with Zi Qing," Xu Mother smiled and said her biological son had a somewhat strange personality. She thought this child would remain a bachelor for life, but unexpectedly he married early and had four children.

"Xu Zi Qing is good. From the beginning, our ideas were very consistent," their relationship perhaps did not have so much heart-pounding excitement, but who could guarantee that this kind of companionship like Qing Shui Chang Liu was not suitable?

No one stipulated that feelings must be earth-shattering and known to all.

The longer she experienced, the more Shen Yao liked feelings that went with the flow. They might not be the most passionate, but they must be the most suitable.

"Yes, I am very happy and also very fortunate," Xu Mother felt both gratitude and joy toward Shen Yao.

It could be said that Shen Yao's appearance saved Xu Zi Qing's life to a certain extent.

Perhaps without Shen Yao, Xu Zi Qing would have fared well enough, but certainly not as smoothly content as today.

She naturally understood her son; character and mindset do not change overnight, and over these many years Xu Zi Qing had grown much more even-tempered.

Xu Mother hoped Shen Yao and Xu Zi Qing could continue on together, just like herself and Xu Father — finding a suitable way to get along, passing a lifetime both long and fleeting.

Shen Yao stayed on N40 Planet for a stretch of time, thoroughly enjoying the environment of this world so utterly unlike other planets.

When it came time to set off, the four of them — together with Xu Father and Xu Mother — headed for the next destination.

N45 Planet with its giant-race genes, N48 Planet with its silicon-based civilization, N52 Planet harboring beastman genes within its inhabitants, N55 Planet where special tree-people live…

In the many previous trips, Shen Yao had always focused primarily on work, rarely turning her gaze to the planets themselves.

This time was different; Shen Yao slowed her traveling pace and began to enjoy life.

Work became a seasoning alongside life, no longer occupying the bulk of Shen Yao's time; as a result, Shen Yao discovered more of life's beauty.

"It seems I can advance my retirement plans," the scheduled time was far too distant.

Shen Yao now felt an impulse in her heart: to discard the work regarded as responsibility, cast off the shackles she ought not bear, and fully enjoy simple, pleasant leisure — even if it were only a meal paired with afternoon tea.

The System felt this sort of thing depended entirely on the Host's mood; if she liked it, just do it.

"You're not stopping me?"

"The System only cares about mission completion rate; other matters it merely advises on," but advice didn't mean the Host would listen — most of it was refuted by the Host.

The System is a naive sweetheart; even so, with enough talking it slowly gains a bit of memory.

For a Host with a rather strong personality, a System had best just mind its own business.

Shen Yao: …

Shen Yao remarked that the System being able to have such a thought was truly no easy feat. It seemed her daily brainwashing had taken effect; presumably their cooperation going forward would be even better.

After a period of return travel, distant Chaoyang Star grew ever clearer.

Returning to this agricultural planet covered in crops after several years, Shen Yao's heart was momentarily a tangle of myriad feelings.

Farming robots were still busy in the fields, transport ships coming and going docking and taking off without cease; though this planet had no humans, the two clans relocated here still managed it in orderly fashion.

Letting her thoughts go blank, she buried herself in the sofa; though Shen Yao gazed at the deep-blue sky in the distance, her eyes had long lost their focal point.

Xu Zi Qing brought over the planet's specialty fruit juice, paired with automatically made pastries, and delivered them to Shen Yao's side.

"Cheng Yu and Cheng Yi — have they already entered exploration planets for adventure?" Shen Yao tilted her head; the round trip had taken several months, not counting stays on other planets.

"Should be about right; those two planned early on," even made detailed arrangements; Xu Zi Qing would also help advise them in his spare time, ensuring safety to the greatest extent.

Exploration planets have weak signals; some even suffer loss of contact, and even how long they stay on an exploration planet is uncertain.

For now, unless Xu Cheng Yu and Xu Cheng Yi initiate contact, Xu Zi Qing and Shen Yao can only choose to wait first.

Shen Yao still has the System; Xu Cheng Yu and the rest are all the System's mission targets — the System counts on each of them to amount to something, bringing it more and better generous rewards.

"Host, rest assured; they're relatively safe." The System's guarantee was better than nothing; not until Xu Cheng Yu and Xu Cheng Yi placed a comms call did Shen Yao finally feel temporarily at ease.

But close on its heels, Xu Cheng Yu and Xu Cheng Yi claimed they still wanted to continue on to other exploration planets.

They had learned much from this exploration journey, and simultaneously realized their own shortcomings — graduating from Lian Dun Academy isn't enough; one must live old and learn old, and they still had much room for improvement.

Shen Yao: …

With words like that, what could Shen Yao do? Only choose to support and understand.

Incidentally, she also checked in on Xu Cheng Shuo and Xu Cheng Ning; they were her cubs too, she couldn't play favorites.

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Shen Yao kept her promise, spending the most time on Chaoyang Star; even occasional outings were quick round trips.

During this period many things happened — for instance, the frontline battlefield saw another unexpected outbreak; the Zerg's fierce offensive left the Federal Army unable to resist, forcing a temporary retreat.

And other forces driven by greed also suffered catastrophic losses in this outbreak, forced to sacrifice pawns to save the king and choose self-preservation.

Shen Yao acquired these industries as usual, and took the opportunity to expand the group's scale, placing newly appointed leader Xu Cheng Yi in full charge.

After years of tempering on exploration planets, Xu Cheng Yu and Xu Cheng Yi set off for their own battlefields.

Xu Cheng Yu followed his ideals into the army; Xu Cheng Yi took over the Company in Shen Yao's stead; Xu Cheng Shuo and Xu Cheng Ning were still at Lian Dun Academy undergoing the final education phase — their future plans were entirely up to them.

Shen Yao had already broken down and refined the industries; all four had a share. Only due to age were they temporarily managed by Xu Cheng Yi as the public face.

It was also casting off the industries in hand; Shen Yao finally achieved her retirement goal.

Pulling Xu Zi Qing along, she unfurled the interstellar map she had drawn, its routes linked into a web flashing with destinations Shen Yao wanted to personally walk through one by one.

Unlike any previous time, this time she had no work demands; everything stemmed purely from relaxation toward life.

Xu Zi Qing naturally would not object; he even thoughtfully contacted about planets with frequent surrounding incidents — if they went, advance preparations would be needed.

"Of course, the two of us have lived on Chaoyang Star for many years — shouldn't we go out and walk a bit, take a look? In fact, I've had these thoughts for a long time…" She didn't want her memories to be nothing but monotonous work, nor did she want to fall into an endlessly cycling life.

Life needs new stimulation; people also need feedback from different aspects.

The decades since Shen Yao transmigrated here were spent by the book, earnest and hardworking.

For the coming decades or hundreds of years, she was more willing to live according to her heart's desire.

"Cheng Yu and them have grown up; someday in the future they'll have their own lives.

We've already fulfilled our responsibility as parents; what follows are the days as our own selves."

Future changes cannot be predicted; enjoying the present is no small blessing either.