Great! I'm surrounded by villains!-Chapter 366 - 285: Meeting

After Jiuyue’s explanation, the elders finally understood the meaning of "Monster".

It was a title acquired later in life and not an innate race; when they first met, Duan Mingyuan worked at a major company in Yunlong City and held a very legitimate citizen identity.

What was even more bizarre was that Mingyuan didn’t seem to have a habit of eating humans in his daily life.

"So you falsely accused someone of being a Monster!"

The mother-in-law’s face hardened, and she glared at Jiuyue fiercely, frightening the little fox into shrinking her neck.

This was the first time in her fox life that she had seen someone accuse her lover of being a Monster, and that person was her own child. After so many years apart, why did she feel like her child had become somewhat less bright?

"... Because I think Monsters are the most powerful, that’s why."

Jiuyue muttered softly.

Thanks to his mother-in-law, Mr. Mingyuan learned for the first time why Jiuyue had spread rumors.

He then asked, "Why do you think Monsters are the most powerful?"

"I saw it when I was a child."

The books stored in the mountains where Ruihu lived were not numerous, and few foxes developed the habit of reading, but Jiuyue was different from others as a child. In her words, she showed the potential of a literary girl back then, liking to spend an afternoon engrossed in a book.

These books were all written by humans, and she had been interested in human society from a young age.

In one of those books, which recorded the history of Monsters, it was mentioned that in ancient times, Monsters were once a very powerful race on Blue Star. At that time, humans were not the masters of the planet, and most of the land and resources were occupied by Monsters. To resist the rule of Monsters, humans launched a war that lasted for decades.

Humans allied with evil spirits and other monsters, and only after paying a tremendously heavy price were they able to overthrow the tyranny of the Monsters.

The author believed that it was human intelligence that won them the war, while Monsters were still seen as symbols of savagery and strength, which made a deep impression on the young Jiuyue.

Monsters were the most powerful beings on this land.

And Mr. Mingyuan was as powerful as a Monster.

As for whether they ate humans or not, this seemed to Jiuyue to be a minor detail, just as there are vegetarians among humans, there must also be Monsters who only eat plants.

But this did not prevent them from being powerful.

With this explanation, the atmosphere of the conversation warmed considerably, and the parents-in-law no longer had to worry that if they said something wrong and angered Duan Mingyuan, he might suddenly lash out and eat everyone present.

"Little Duan, you used to work at a big company, why did you suddenly consider changing careers?"

The father-in-law asked again.

Although the misunderstanding about the Monster had been cleared up, they were still intensely curious about Duan Mingyuan’s identity. They had heard many of Mingyuan’s glorious deeds from Fu Ling; he had become a thorn in the side of both the company and the Chamber of Commerce.

The plans of the Cosmic Relations Coordination Department in the Imperial Court completely collapsed, and they had to withdraw from Blue Star—these were the "achievements" of Mingyuan. Recently, he accompanied the Third Prince to the Sixteen Star Summit, allowing Blue Star to become the seventeenth neutral civilization free from corporate control.

This clearly was not the capability of a company employee.

Years ago, the father-in-law had traveled to the Imperial Court and became aware of the chaos there.

The Prime Monarch was left with but a head, and his rule over the Imperial Court had long been in name only. The Heirs to the throne fought openly and in secret. Even the Elder Princess, after failing in the infighting, fled the Imperial Court.

At that time, the Second Prince, who was in his heyday, received the favor of Universe Company; his Sword Dance became a well-known performance.

He saw all this with his own eyes but could not change it. He even once thought that no one could change the situation in the Imperial Court, let alone Blue Star. After being "kidnapped" to the Department of Life Sciences, he became even more convinced of this notion.

To Universe Company, Blue Star was just one of the many civilizations they managed. In this universe, there were countless civilizations in the same situation as Blue Star, and they had long developed a set of simple and efficient management methods.

Having the identity of a Monster actually made all of this more comprehensible.

"The working hours and environment aren’t quite what I expected, and Jiuyue has brought some changes to my life as well,"

This was spoken sincerely.

Jiuyue’s strength from the Wang family made Duan Mingyuan feel more than once that the job itself had lost its meaning.

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"So, what is your current work direction...?"

"Interstellar Adventurer."

Duan Mingyuan brought up the pretext suggested during He Ya’s training.

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If you think you are an adventurer, then you already are one.

No one has the right to doubt your identity as an adventurer.

"Interstellar Adventurer, huh? Adventurers are great, so free,"

His father-in-law followed up, but in reality, he had no idea what this profession entailed.

In fact, the word "interstellar" seemed out of place with Blue Star, as at least before they left Blue Star, there was no capability for independent interstellar travel.

"I don’t know much about this profession. What is the main work direction for it?"

The mother-in-law elegantly picked up her teacup and took a small sip.

"Opposing corporations and chambers of commerce!"

Jiuyue interjected with pride in her voice.

She believed this was the best testament to Mr. Mingyuan’s strength. Could you find anyone who could repeatedly provoke the corporations and still visit their Eco-Ships as if nothing had happened?

And this had been her life’s dream since she was young.

She had heard far too many misdeeds by the Extraterrestrials from the elders, so she set her ambition from childhood to fight against the Extraterrestrials, while other children dreamed of becoming scientists, astronauts, doctors, she had already decided to fight the Extraterrestrials to the end.

This answer caused the mother-in-law’s eyelids to twitch violently, and her hand tightened around the teacup, causing a few cracks to form.

The long-awaited reunion had given rise to great concern for her own child.

She remembered Jiuyue’s carefree ways as a child; how could she have taken the path of a terrorist after so many years?

Duan Mingyuan came forward to smooth things over, "That’s a bit one-sided. The main life of an Interstellar Adventurer is encountering different civilizations. We’ve actually made quite a few friends from various parts of the universe within the company. It’s just that we happen to have some disagreements with the company in certain areas."

He had many friends within the company, and this didn’t affect their relationships at all.

"In that case, I’ll speak frankly."

After some thought, the father-in-law decided to steer the conversation back on track, "I’m very curious, where does your strength actually come from?"

To this day, they still didn’t know Duan Mingyuan’s origins.

There were many mysteries surrounding their son-in-law.

It was as if he had appeared out of nowhere, like a character created to fulfill many people’s expectations.

Because even those who imagined Duan Mingyuan knew deep down that a Blue Star Person capable of contending with the corporations didn’t exist.

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