458: Dad, you have to help me.

Bai Yiming looked at Xiao Xiao seriously. Back then, he simply thought that he was weaker than Xiao Xiao, which was why she rejected him.

A smile appeared on Xiao Xiao’s face, and a hint of playfulness gleamed in her bright, clear eyes.

“You want to know?”

“Yes, of course I want to know!” Bai Yiming nodded.

“You were actually very outstanding back then, one in a million. It’s just that you were a bit chuunibyou. You made such a big scene in front of so many people, and then asked me if I would marry you. The look of absolute certainty on your face made me feel disgusted.”

“Why? Don’t girls all like a sense of ritual and romance?”

Xiao Xiao shook her head and said with a smile, “Romance and a sense of ritual are fine, but it also depends on the occasion and method. Your approach at that time made me feel that you were very self-important, as if the whole world should revolve around you. Moreover, you didn’t truly understand me at the time and pursued me blindly, which made me feel that you were very frivolous.”

Bai Yiming was silent for a while after hearing this, then said thoughtfully, “So that’s how it was. I was indeed too young and impetuous back then, only considering my own feelings and not others’ thoughts.”

“But now you’ve matured a lot. You know how to empathize and you’re more steady.” Xiao Xiao looked at Bai Yiming, a hint of admiration flashing in her eyes.

“Then if, if it were the current me, would you still refuse?”

Xiao Xiao chuckled, “What are you trying to probe?”

“Nothing, I just want to ask!” Bai Yiming said seriously.

Xiao Xiao rested her chin on her hand, remained silent for a moment, and then said, “If the current you met the old me, I would definitely agree, but now…”

“And now?” Bai Yiming quickly asked.

“Well, I still need to observe a bit more…”

Xiao Xiao’s answer made Bai Yiming suddenly feel that he still had a chance, and a surge of excitement welled up in his heart.

“Then, do I still have a chance to make you reconsider our relationship?”

“Alright, let’s not talk about this anymore. You quickly handle You Suowei’s family matters. I have important business to attend to on Blue Star this time.”

Upon hearing this, Bai Yiming immediately put away his personal thoughts. He nodded and said seriously, “Don’t worry, I’ll handle You Suowei’s family matters as quickly as possible. Do you need my help with your important business?”

Xiao Xiao looked at Bai Yiming and said with a smile, “I need you to accompany me, and incidentally, let you witness just how powerful a Star River Civilization’s technology truly is.”

Upon hearing this, Bai Yiming immediately straightened his back: “Good, now that you mention it, I’m actually looking forward to it!”

Xiao Xiao looked at Bai Yiming’s serious expression and smiled: “I won’t be in the hotel for the next few days. I need to investigate the entire situation on Blue Star. After you’re done, if you need to find me, you can initiate a consciousness connection.”

Bai Yiming scratched his head and smiled somewhat awkwardly: “I don’t know how to contact you through consciousness connection!”

“Think, clear your mind of distractions, concentrate, and imagine my appearance. That way, I’ll be able to sense it.” Xiao Xiao’s face flushed as she spoke.

Xiao Xiao’s blushing made Bai Yiming stare for a moment. He subconsciously licked his dry lips, then quickly turned his head away, trying to hide his discomposure.

Looking at Bai Yiming’s somewhat flustered expression, Xiao Xiao chuckled: “Consciousness connection is a bit like a psychic contract, and there’s also a master-subordinate relationship. Human brain development isn’t high, so I am the master and you are the subordinate. Therefore, when I sense your request, I will open the consciousness connection.”

“Then, I want to try it now!” Bai Yiming said.

Xiao Xiao nodded slightly, indicating that Bai Yiming could begin his attempt. Bai Yiming closed his eyes, took a few deep breaths to calm his excited mood, and then, following Xiao Xiao’s instructions, concentrated on imagining her appearance.

After a good while, Bai Yiming asked, “How is it? Do you feel anything?”

Xiao Xiao shook her head: “No, your attention isn’t focused. What exactly are you thinking about?”

“That’s impossible, I was clearly thinking about you, how can you not feel anything?” Bai Yiming said, puzzled.

Xiao Xiao was speechless and said, “You need to listen to the important part: clear your mind of distractions, empty your brain, and then think of me, and then I will feel it.”

Bai Yiming sighed and said, “That’s so unfair. Why can you contact me actively, but it’s so difficult for me to establish communication?”

“I can more easily perceive your consciousness fluctuations and establish a connection with them. As for you, you need to study Zen a bit, to be able to enter a meditative state instantly. Only in that state can I feel it.”

At this moment, the hovercar had automatically flown into the city and stopped in front of the hotel where Xiao Xiao was staying.

Xiao Xiao opened the car door, got out, and said, “Don’t try it now. Go back and explore slowly. Remember, at that moment, only I can be there, that’s how I can feel you.”

It must be said, this method of establishing consciousness communication was quite ambiguous.

Bai Yiming nodded slightly and said, “Then I’ll go back and try it again, Xiao Xiao. I’ll finish things as soon as possible, and then come find you.”

“Mm, go be busy!”

After Xiao Xiao finished speaking, she turned and walked towards the hotel entrance.

Bai Yiming looked at Xiao Xiao’s back, and an inexplicable emotion welled up in his heart. Everything had hope.

Xiao Xiao returned to her suite and sat cross-legged. A halo of light appeared around her, slowly condensing into two ethereal figures.

These two ethereal figures were Tian Ming and Shen Yuan. Even across tens of billions of light-years, Xiao Xiao could still easily contact her parents.

“What’s wrong, calling Mom and Dad again!” Tian Ming asked.

Xiao Xiao looked at her parents, pouting, and said unhappily, “Nothing much, the ecological recovery rate on Blue Star is quite slow right now, Dad must help out.”

Tian Ming smiled and said, “Help out, my dear daughter, tell me, what kind of help?”

“The Trilateral Civilization’s God-tier cosmic supercomputer, Dad, can you get me an account, please?”

“Uh, that thing, the Trilateral Civilization’s overall strength is equivalent to demigods, they might not give me face.”

Tian Ming was also a bit troubled. Although he was the rule itself, there were also some intelligent beings in the universe who had reached the pinnacle of rule application. The overall strength of these civilizations could even directly contend with Tian Ming.

Such a cosmic supercomputer could transmit across space, synthesize any substance, and instantly read all the star systems of a planet. This kind of cosmic supercomputer was almost omnipotent.

The energy for such a supercomputer was provided by the stars of an entire galaxy. Such a supercomputer, combined with Xiao Xiao’s demigod abilities, could easily restore Blue Star’s ecology.

Xiao Xiao pouted and whined, “I don’t care, I don’t care, you have to get me one. My task only uses one ten-thousandth of the supercomputer’s processing power, and I don’t use it all the time. Can’t you even get me an consciousness-bound account?”

Tian Ming looked at his daughter with doting eyes and said, “Alright, alright, I’ll go get you one!”

“Three days, three days, can you do it, Dad, can you?” Xiao Xiao continued to coo.

“Yes, yes, yes, I’m really stumped by you!”