474: You'd better come to the door [End]

A flash of light beside her, and a black-armored space warrior appeared before Xiao Xiao's eyes. The black helmet opened, revealing a familiar figure: Bai Yiming.

His face was still handsome, but his features had become much more rugged. His eyes were deep and bright, filled with a hint of tenderness as he looked at Xiao Xiao.

Bai Yiming's black hair gently floated in the zero-gravity environment of space, forming a stark contrast with the massive interstellar fleet behind him.

Time seemed to stand still at that moment.

Xiao Xiao looked at Bai Yiming, a flicker of confusion in her eyes, followed by a hint of surprise, but it quickly settled into calmness. She asked faintly, "A Star River Body?"

Bai Yiming nodded, "Mm, a Star River Body."

Bang!...

Before Bai Yiming could react, he was kicked away by Xiao Xiao, his body, like a cannonball, directly crashing into the interstellar battleship behind him.

The battleship's super alloy couldn't withstand such immense force and directly dented.

"It really is a Star River Body!" Xiao Xiao retracted her leg, but then gritted her teeth and charged at Bai Yiming, who had just extricated himself from the starship's outer wall.

"Who wants to be your wife?"

"Who wants to be your wife?"

"Bai Yiming, a thousand years are almost up, your strength has increased, but your shamelessness has gotten even thicker," Xiao Xiao cursed furiously while hitting him.

Bai Yiming awkwardly extricated himself from the dent in the starship's outer wall, explaining with a bitter smile while dodging Xiao Xiao's attacks.

"Xiao Xiao, listen to me, listen to me."

"You come to see me with such a large alien fleet? Do you think this is very impressive, very grand?"

Xiao Xiao's attacks became increasingly fierce, each punch and kick carrying strong energy fluctuations.

Bai Yiming could only continuously dodge and defend; he dared not retaliate.

"Xiao Xiao, I was wrong. I was wrong."

"Wrong? What were you wrong about? I think you're perfectly right. A thousand years, a Star River Body, was it so hard to come back? Was it so hard to report your safety?" Xiao Xiao grew angrier with each word, and her attacks became more violent.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A series of impacts echoed inside the space battleship. Bai Yiming was beaten back by Xiao Xiao, but he still had no intention of fighting back.

He knew Xiao Xiao was holding back. A top-tier Star River Divine Body was completely insignificant in front of Xiao Xiao. If they truly fought, he would be no match at all.

Finally, after being attacked dozens of times in a row, Bai Yiming seized an opportunity, grabbed Xiao Xiao's waist, and held her tightly in his arms.

"Xiao Xiao, stop hitting me, I know I was wrong."

"Let go!"

"No, I won't let go even if you kill me."

Xiao Xiao was so angry she laughed, saying, "Then just hold me like this!"

Bai Yiming held Xiao Xiao tightly, not letting go.

In the human fleet, Captain Liu Tian looked at the silent images sent by the detector, his eyes wide.

"Who is this guy?" Liu Tian's voice was filled with sourness.

In the human world, Xiao Xiao was not only the leader of the human world but also the eternal goddess of all men. Now that the goddess was being held by someone and not resisting, a wave of sourness surged in the hearts of the male crew members on the human starship.

If the goddess was unattached, she was everyone's goddess.

But once a certain scoundrel defied the world and obtained the goddess, he would offend all men.

"Captain, it's Bai Yiming. 996 years ago, during the Star Plan, he was the first person to undergo space warrior modification. We studied him in history class. Later, the Star Plan's space warrior modification was suspended until it restarted 200 years ago. The modified space warriors of humanity now are Planetary-level."

"Initiate biological energy analysis and see what level this senior is," Liu Tian said with a hint of anger in his eyes.

The biological energy analysis results came out quickly, and Liu Tian's eyes widened even further.

"Star River-level! How is this possible?" He couldn't help but exclaim.

At this moment, Xiao Xiao and Bai Yiming stood embracing each other in space.

"Have you hugged enough?"

"Has your anger subsided?"

The two spoke almost in unison, and both were stunned. [In space, they can hear each other's dialogue, I presume no one has any objections?]

"Pfft!"

Xiao Xiao couldn't help but laugh.

A moment later, Xiao Xiao finally asked, "Tell me, since you're a Star River Body, why didn't you come back?"

"There was a consciousness trauma during the modification, which was completely resolved not long ago. I returned immediately after it was resolved," Bai Yiming said.

"Consciousness trauma?"

"Yes, it was a demonic personality. For these thousand years, I fought for a thousand years. Some time ago, I also discovered that our human probes reached the 1854 galaxy, and I ordered them to be treated favorably."

"Demonic personality?" Xiao Xiao's brows furrowed slightly.

"Yes, the pain of the modification concentrated the irrational negative emotions in my consciousness. It tried to occupy my body and control my consciousness. For these thousand years, I conquered the entire galaxy, consuming its energy, until I finally completely eradicated it recently."

Xiao Xiao looked at Bai Yiming, a complex emotion flashing in her eyes. She could feel the weariness and fatigue on him. A thousand years was truly too long for a person. And Bai Yiming had spent a thousand years in such loneliness and pain.

"If you had come back earlier, I'm confident I could have helped you solve this problem." Xiao Xiao's tone carried a hint of reproach, but more of concern and worry.

"When I was berserk, my expression was too ugly. I was afraid you'd see too much and dislike me. At that point, even if I was cured, I'd be socially dead. Then, you'd fall for someone else."

"Nonsense, who ever fell for you?" Xiao Xiao's face flushed slightly.

Xiao Xiao's shy expression made the crew members of the human fleet grit their teeth, wishing they could immediately drag Bai Yiming over and dismember him.

Bai Yiming released Xiao Xiao, opened his palm, and a small red box appeared in his hand.

He stood in the void and knelt on one knee.

"Xiao Xiao, will you marry me?"

The small box opened, and a light blue crystal ring appeared before Xiao Xiao's eyes. The first time Bai Yiming proposed to Xiao Xiao was a thousand years ago, in front of their schoolmates, and he was directly rejected by Xiao Xiao.

And a thousand years later, proposing again in front of two large fleets, the scene felt familiar yet vastly different.

"This ring of yours?"

Bai Yiming replied, "The highest technology of the Crystal Energy Civilization, an energy crystal, it contains the energy of a sun."

"Oh, can I not marry you? I'm my father's only daughter."

Xiao Xiao's words instantly made Bai Yiming's mood plummet, but the next moment, Xiao Xiao reached out and took the ring.

"Xiao Xiao, you...?" Bai Yiming looked at Xiao Xiao in surprise.

"Marrying is impossible. If you're willing to move in, I might consider it. How about it? If it's okay, I'll accept the ring." A playful smile appeared on Xiao Xiao's face.

"I'm willing." Bai Yiming nodded without hesitation.

Xiao Xiao looked at the fleet of battleships behind him and asked, "Why do you have so many Star River-level battleships just to propose? What, still so concerned about appearances, using them to make a grand show?"

"No, this fleet is my betrothal gift."

"Good, then I'll accept it!"