—Where are you planning to move after this? Have you already found a place to stay? -Huo
A few days later, Huo Ting appeared to casually ask Yu Mian about his next steps.
“Hmm… That’s indeed a problem. Buying a house in the interstellar era seems like a big deal.”
As Yu Mian pondered, Huo Ting quickly added another note:
—Take your time to consider. The study room isn’t being used recently. -Huo
Yu Mian had thought of asking his editor, Shaxs, for advice on buying a house.
After all, Editor Shaxs was a native of the central star and worked in the city center, he should be quite familiar with the housing market.
[Crispy Shark: Ah, about that, I’d definitely recommend you look at residential areas in the northern district of the central star. The security and environment there are excellent, and it’s close to the city center, but the prices are sky-high.]
When Shaxs received Yu Mian’s inquiry, he was a little surprised. Was his author planning to buy a house?
[Crispy Shark: If you’re looking for slightly lower prices, the southern district might work. Though still unaffordable for most people, with your current manuscript and copyright fees, you should be able to purchase a decent home.]
Shaxs sent an avalanche of messages, making Yu Mian realize how complex this decision was.
Perhaps it was time to do some homework and find an ideal home before starting the fourth novel?
Yu Mian floated in the aquarium, gazing at his tail and absentmindedly tapping the water’s surface.
He also glanced at the small notes in his hand.
Ever since he found out Huo Ting had been keeping all of them, he had stopped discarding them carelessly. Instead, he followed suit and stored them in a box.
After accumulating a stack, he actually felt like he’d gained a pen pal.
A rare form of paper-and-pen communication in the interstellar era.
Staring at the notes in his hand, Yu Mian found himself daydreaming.
Meanwhile, when the masterpiece by Master Qiao Li went up for auction, to everyone’s surprise, the bidding war boiled down to several special races with beastman bloodlines!
Interstellar auctions were far more remote and intelligent compared to Earth’s.
While the physical venue was still held in an elegantly luxurious banquet hall, the online live broadcast allowed bidders from across the universe to participate.
Holographic projections of the bidders appeared as if they were attending in person. Participants could choose to remain invisible, visible, or anonymous when bidding.
This time, from the very start, several individuals with pronounced beast-like features boldly displayed themselves in the live auction venue!
They fiercely outbid each other, driving the price far beyond the normal range.
Many ordinary Federation citizens became self conscious and withdrew from the bidding. After all, the painting, “Da Xi and Gredo” seemed to hold a more profound significance for these special races with beastman bloodlines.
The publicity for this event was so heated that many media outlets showed up and tried to randomly interview the bidders, but the scene quickly fell into extreme chaos.
“This is because we hope Teacher Fish Soup Noodles’ next feature will tell the story of us, the tigers, kings of the forest! After all, tigers are the most ferocious…”
“Nonsense! The next one should feature us polar bears, the rulers of the glaciers! I’ve been annoyed with you for a long time. Do you think you are so great in the forest? Why don’t you try living in our glacier!”
“Then what about us, the kings of the grasslands? The next story should be about lions! Teacher Fish Soup Noodles, we really need a popular science story on us!!!”
Ordinarily, descendants of beastman bloodlines on the central star were so rare and kept a low profile.
But now, the scene in the live broadcast venue where a bunch of furry beings were so angry that they couldn’t control their beast features and were frantically grabbing the reporters’ microphones, and even trying to steal all the attention, had already shocked everyone who was watching the live auction.
[Oh my god, I knew there were some ethnic minorities with beastman blood on the central star, but I didn’t realize there were so many!]
[Wow, so many furry tails and paws [covering face and crying]. Did Teacher Fish Soup Noodles’ “King of the Tian Mountains” draw out all the furries!?]
[Okay, okay, this is great! Teacher Fish Soup Noodles, just write a “Kings of the Wild” series! Imagine the title: “Kings of the Wild”. It’ll be an anthology of furries, and I’ll buy them all!]
#FurryBrawl! A Rare Gathering of Beastman Descendants!#
When the news broke on the star network, the entire Central Star was in great shock and everyone was watching the news in excitement.
But the netizens’ reactions were overwhelmingly positive.
After all, the louder the furries clamored, the more Teacher Fish Soup Noodles would have to write to satisfy everyone.
After all, the louder the voices of these furries, the more Teacher Fish Soup Noodles won’t be partial to some and neglect others, then won’t everyone be able to see more stories! ?
It would be best to write them all in one go! Yay!!
Seeing the news coverage, Yu Mian facepalmed, even his earlier melancholic thoughts were disrupted.
“This is a bit excessive…”
This situation made him feel like whichever race he wrote about next would spark complaints from others.
[Crispy Shark: So, who’s getting the next feature? The “Star Beast World” editorial team said several parties have already reached out to discuss topics and proposed some unusual offers!]
Even Shaxs hadn’t anticipated that such a short commissioned piece could attract so many hidden furries within the central star.
After all, “King of the Tian Mountains” had catapulted snow leopards to stardom.
Even casual short videos featuring them garnered millions of likes, leaving other races green with envy.
[Fish: So, who won the bid in the end? Orz]
[Crispy Shark: Uh, a mysterious Juyi Group! It’s said that the founder is also a descendant of beastmen, but they didn’t attend the event in person and refused all interviews.]
The Federation’s central star, as one of the most prosperous economic hubs in the universe, hosts many active commercial entities.
Among them, Juyi Group specializes in recruiting descendants of various races with special abilities and usually maintains a very low profile.
Unexpectedly, they remained as mysterious as ever this time.
[Crispy Shark: In any case, you need to decide on your new story soon! Right now, you’re the center of attention, and the star network has even started an all-furry voting campaign!]
[Fish: EMM…]
Yu Mian felt at a loss for words. While furries were undeniably cute, he was, after all, just a writer.
Why did it suddenly feel like he had become a master at keeping everyone satisfied? o.o
