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Qi Chao went to the alliance's building to pick up Shen Yuxi. When Shen Yuxi sat in the passenger seat, the two of them drove home together.
By the time they arrived, the children at home had been sitting on the sofa for a while.
"When did you guys come back?"
Qi Chao smiled as he held Shen Yuxi's hand and walked in.
"About ten minutes ago. Brother Moss brought us back!" Qiu Qiu's amber eyes lit up when she saw Qi Chao and Shen Yuxi. She immediately fluttered her small transparent wings and rushed to the side of the two adults.
"Is that so?"
Qi Chao, hearing this, looked at Moss and casually asked, "How was it today? Was it smooth?"
Moss, holding his plush doll, nodded and said in a hoarse voice, "Very smooth."
After saying this, Moss fell silent, not knowing what else to say.
But even if he didn't speak, the house wouldn't fall quiet. Lan Luo and Li Bai, the two little puppets, chattered away, picking through the day's events.
"We went to find a new collaborator today! His master is a big bad guy who did something bad, and we even called the police uncle to catch him!" Lan Luo looked up at his dad and father, his smile as bright as ever.
After saying that, he paused, waiting for his dad to praise him.
Now that they had already openly discussed what they had done, there was no need to hide things like they did before.
"Called the police?"
Qi Chao furrowed his brows and exchanged a glance with Shen Yuxi. Why did this still involve the police?
He lowered his head and looked at Lan Luo's expectant face, reaching out to ruffle his hair.
Then he turned to Xiang Yue and the others, saying, "Tell Dad about it in detail."
Xiang Yue hummed in acknowledgment and told Qi Chao everything that had happened, exactly as it had occurred.
However, to Xiang Yue and the others, this was nothing noteworthy. To Qi Chao it seemed that a group of drunks had caused trouble at the villa. The puppets had noticed them and reported it to the police.
After hearing this, Qi Chao thought it wasn't a big deal. He chuckled and praised each of the puppets, saying, "You all did great. In the future, if you encounter situations like this, you can keep asking the police uncle for help."
"And the puppet?"
"At Uncle Qi Feng and Uncle Qi Ye's villa."
After being praised by his dad, Xiang Yue's tail swayed slightly behind him. Most of their collaborators were small groups, so they didn’t need to prepare rooms.
However, some of the puppets who had been rescued were lonely and had no place to stay. In those cases, they would bring these puppets to the two uncles' villa.
Of course, Qi Feng and Qi Ye not only knew about this but actually welcomed it. They would often visit the villa to chat with the puppets.
"Our uncles are really nice," Xiang Yue commented.
Qi Yang, who had just come downstairs from his room, immediately heard these words, and his face instantly darkened.
Qi Feng and Qi Ye were really good at winning people over. Not only had they made his older brother think highly of them, but now they were even gaining the affection of the puppets.
Because Qi Chao didn't allow him to interfere with the puppet master matters, Qi Yang had no choice but to stay in his room every day, using his alternate account to argue with the two annoying people.
Now, Qi Yang suddenly realized that he couldn’t just sit by. Thinking it over carefully, he realized that his brother cared about the puppets he made.
As long as he made a little effort to get along with them and subtly spread some negative comments about Qi Feng and Qi Ye, he could naturally lower the two annoying uncles' status in his brother's eyes without anyone noticing.
With that in mind, Qi Yang smiled and walked into the living room. The system in his consciousness immediately noticed the villainous expression on his face and quickly guessed that he was plotting something bad.
It silently shrank back.
Qi Chao, seeing his younger brother coming downstairs, teased, "Awake now?"
"I've been awake for a while," Qi Yang said, acting frustrated as he ran his hand through his hair. "Brother, I've been lying around the villa every day. I'm getting useless."
"The three book transmigrators who used to stay in the villa have already gone out. I want to go out with them too."
The three book transmigrators were adult men. Although they had been living in the villa since leaving the trial field, it wasn't realistic for them to stay there forever.
When the alliance was established, Qi Chao assigned them work to help out with the alliance, and they had long since gotten used to their tasks.
But Qi Yang had never gone out.
"You want to go to the alliance?"
Qi Chao honestly didn’t want his younger brother to get involved with the puppet master affairs.
To him, the alliance and the association were still in conflict. His younger brother had no real connection to these matters, and if the alliance really failed, it would only drag him down.
On the side, Shen Yuxi had been observing Qi Yang since he came downstairs.
After noticing that Qi Yang subtly glanced at the puppets after Qi Chao spoke, Shen Yuxi thoughtfully considered the situation and began to form a faint suspicion in his mind.
"Yangyang, your brother doesn’t want you to go to the alliance because he’s thinking of your safety. If you feel too bored staying at home, why not come help out with the children at home?"
Shen Yuxi suggested understandingly.
Upon hearing this, Qi Chao also thought it was a good idea. "Right, what Brother Shen said is true. The kids at home are independent, but without an adult around, I'm still worried about them. Can you help me keep an eye on them?"
Qi Yang hadn't expected Shen Yuxi to help him. He glanced at Shen Yuxi in surprise.
After hearing his brother's words, he pretended to hesitate for a moment, then nodded. "Okay, don't worry, brother."
With just a few words from the two adults, they had added someone to their organization. The puppets didn't have much of a reaction, but Li Bai and Qiu Qiu, who loved excitement, cheered and immediately surrounded Qi Yang, welcoming him.
Qi Yang had a good impression of these two puppets made by his brother. After achieving his goal, he rarely took the time to patiently smile and coax the two puppets .
On the side, Shen Yuxi lowered his lashes, observing the scene.
Of course, he wasn’t being kind by helping Qi Yang.
Firstly, he didn’t want to see Qi Chao in a difficult position. Secondly, he didn’t want Qi Yang involved in the alliance’s affairs.
After all, Qi Yang was just as cunning as he was. Collaborating on alliance matters would only deepen their conflicts, causing more worry for Qi Chao.
Of course, on a more selfish note, Shen Yuxi also thought that with Qi Yang taking care of the puppets, he and Qi Chao would have more time alone together.
In any case, he wouldn’t lose out, so he didn’t mind helping his disliked little brother-in-law.
After temporarily settling Qi Yang's matters, Qi Chao felt a bit more at ease and was about to head upstairs with Shen Yuxi to change clothes.
Before leaving, he specifically mentioned to his younger brother about the puppets calling the police to arrest the drunks and them rescuing a puppet.
"Got it. You two go upstairs," Qi Yang replied without blinking an eye upon hearing about the puppets actions. It was just about having the police detain some drunks, nothing serious.
Qi Chao gave a hum of acknowledgment and left.
Soon, the living room was left with only Qi Yang and the puppets by his side.
Not having to act like a well-behaved child in front of his brother, Qi Yang dismissed the two puppets who had been hovering around him and sat down on the sofa, slipping back into the role of a typical internet-addicted youth.
After a few seconds, his light brain pushed a news update about a group of notorious robbers who had been caught.
According to the news, the robbers were reported by a concerned citizen. However, after they regained consciousness, the robbers insisted that they were knocked out by a well-organized, disciplined group, not by some random good Samaritan.
But since the villa’s cameras had mysteriously malfunctioned, and the robbers hadn’t been able to see who had knocked them out, no one took their claims seriously.
In this world, becoming a robber was really easy.
Qi Yang saw the news and sneered before deleting the update. He didn’t make the connection between the concerned citizen and the puppets that his brother praised every day for being obedient.
On the other side, the welfare arrangements that Qi Chao and Shen Yuxi had made for the alliance caused a huge stir within the alliance, which soon spread to the outside world.
Within a couple of hours, the original post had been bumped up to "hot" status.
[Wait, wait, wait, the alliance is distributing 300 high-grade energy stones to all members every month?! And that's for non-ranked puppet masters? If the alliance introduces a ranking system, wouldn’t high-level puppet masters get even more energy stones?!]
[300 high-grade energy stones? Are you kidding me?! How is that even possible?]
In Blue Star, low-grade energy stones weren’t expensive, costing only three star coins for one.
However, high-grade energy stones were far more valuable. They were not just used as sustenance for puppets; they could even be used as cores for robots or materials for spacecraft.
One energy stone could be exchanged for a thousand star coins, so even the association wouldn't be able to afford such a generous allocation of 300 high-grade energy stones.
[Is this real? Has anyone already received them?]
[Replying upstairs, it's true! My sister is a puppet master in the alliance, and she just posted about it on her social media. Also, she’s not planning to sell the energy stones, she said she’s going to use them to feed her puppets.]
[The association only gives 50 high-grade energy stones a month to low-level puppet masters, and yet the alliance is offering so much more.]
As soon as this comment was posted, the puppet masters in the association who saw it fell silent.
They had previously heard rumors that the association would cut benefits, but those rumors were later denied by higher-ups, and they had been happy to learn that the benefits wouldn't be reduced.
But now, comparing the two, they couldn’t help but feel foolish for being so proud of receiving so little.
[What’s the big deal? The alliance has such strict entry requirements, there can’t be many puppet masters in it. It’s normal for them to offer so many benefits.]
Seeing this message, some puppet masters in the association felt slightly reassured, but deep down, they still felt resentful.
Puppet masters who were truly passionate about puppets had already left the association when the alliance announced its membership conditions.
Despite not necessarily being more skilled, the puppet masters in the alliance now had access to much better benefits.
At present, most of the puppet masters in the association entered the field because they saw it as a profitable career with financial benefits.
Now that the alliance offered better earning opportunities, it was only natural that these puppet masters were leaning toward joining the alliance. Even if the association maintained its benefits, it wouldn’t stop them from seeking more money elsewhere.
As the association struggled to maintain its existing benefits under the pressure of depleting resources, many of the puppet masters were already reaching out, looking for ways to join the alliance.
You Zhao, Guo Li, and Li Lang exchanged knowing glances after reviewing the resumes sent in by the association's puppet masters. They all knew that the plan set by their teacher had already succeeded halfway.
"Teacher spent his entire fortune purchasing mining veins to support the puppet masters. We absolutely cannot let those parasites ruin the alliance!" Guo Li said, looking down at the pile of resumes, her lips pressing together.
"Exactly. The alliance is different from the association. It must be an organization that protects the puppets, not one that profits from selling them like the association does." You Zhao replied.
They would carefully screen the puppet masters, and even if many of them were eliminated, it didn’t matter.
After all, they didn’t want the type of puppet masters who only cared about making money.
As for Qi Chao, who was preparing to activate the mother stone for the emperor, he was unaware of all of this.
Of course, if he knew, he would only praise them for doing a good job.
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