Chapter 2: Interstellar Conquest: The NPC Who Stole My Heart

Where did this girl come from?

Why did she just start without even saying hello?

Will this be counted as his dereliction of duty and his salary be deducted?

Who can prevent this?

It's all because the boss is too attractive!

The assistant was about to pull away Alia's hand that was hugging Leonardo, but as soon as he got close, he was shocked by Leonardo's abnormal behavior.

Leonardo gently rubbed her temples with his thumb, his lips slightly raised, but his eyes were calm and distant, and his tone was lazy, "Little girl, don't try to blackmail me... The wound on your head was not caused by me."

"I..."

Alia stared at his slender white fingers stained with her blood, and her head was dizzy. Before she could speak, she felt a strong dizziness overwhelming.

Plop——

Alia fell into his arms and lost consciousness.

In her last moments before she passed out, she cursed Z-001 madly in her heart.

Z-001 felt very wronged.

[The wound on your head has nothing to do with me, Z-001. You were injured before entering the game...]

[Beautiful lady, you can't wrongly accuse me~]

Alia:... Then you are really innocent!

"..."

Leonardo put away the coldness in his eyes, looked down at the girl in his arms with long eyelashes tightly closed, and looked particularly weak and quiet. His arm passed through her knees and held her firmly in his arms.

"Hey, boss, this little girl is..."

The assistant was still looking at her in disbelief, and Leonardo had already looked over coldly, "If you keep looking, the person will be almost dead."

"..."

The assistant's heart tightened, and he was about to complain about his boss's strong possessiveness! But when he saw the blood on Leonardo's fingertips, the assistant's heart suddenly chilled.

This little girl seemed fine just now, how come she suddenly fainted?

And was she injured?

Could she be here to scam me?

Leonardo completely ignored the assistant's imaginary expression, hugged her, and strode and ordered: "Go to the interstellar medical station."

The assistant hurriedly followed, "Oh oh oh."

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In the interstellar medical station.

After waking up, Alia was still a little confused about this game world. The only thing that made her feel familiar was this annoying Z-001. So noisy!

[Miss, look! The special NPC that you need to attack is playing on the interstellar light screen now! ]

Alia was sitting on the bed in the medical cabin chewing an interstellar fruit, and the huge holographic light screen was broadcasting the interstellar business channel.

The elegant female interstellar hostess praised the man with a noble figure, while Leonardo leaned on the floating sofa, his legs crossed, exuding an aloof aura, expressionless, and seemed... bored.

Alia ate the fruit in big mouthfuls, silently reciting the information she received, "The heir of the Lai's business empire of the Interstellar Federation, his investment areas cover interstellar energy, quantum technology, genetic modification, and space jump technology. He is praised as a genius in the interstellar investment industry, and his net worth exceeds 100 billion star coins... 100 billion?"

Fortunately, she did not do anything too extreme to the special NPC.

Otherwise, if she could not die, she would probably be imprisoned in the interstellar prison.

Z-001 immediately agreed after noticing Alia's thoughts.

[Miss, girls can't always think about taking action, isn't it nice to try to hug the "golden thigh" of the special NPC? ]

Alia: "..."

It's nice. The problem is that this "thigh" is not something that everyone can hug! Maybe it's easier to hug an interstellar mechanical dog than to hug Mr. Leonardo's "thigh"!

Alia threw the fruit core she had eaten into the energy recovery trash can and decided to go outside the medical cabin to get some fresh air and think about how to meet her special NPC male protagonist again.

The injury on her head was not serious, just a slight concussion. Alia didn't know whether it was the credit of Z-001 or its fault.

In short, she had to complain every day: This damn game! Why hasn't it closed down yet?

[The electronic door of the interstellar medical station slowly slid open. As soon as Alia stepped out of the cabin door, she was tightly grabbed by a middle-aged woman in a white coat. ]

"Alia! Are you okay? Has the quantum shock in your head been repaired? Where else do you feel uncomfortable? Let me check it quickly!"

Dr. Elena Claude's pupils shrank behind the interstellar diagnostic mirror, but her well-maintained hands trembled slightly due to excitement. She suddenly pulled Alia into her arms, and the silver badge on her interstellar uniform hurt her. "Do you know how long I have been looking for you? If the Interstellar Police Department hadn't contacted me, I wouldn't have known that you were caught in the space-time turbulence!"

Elena pushed her away violently, her eyes red but her tone stern: "Don't start the space-time experiment cabin without authorization in the future! Do you hear me?"

"You are..."

Alia was completely frozen in place.

[Warning! Detected that the player has not received the initial settings]

[Forcibly implanting background data]

[Scene reset after three seconds]

[3...2...1]

Elena suddenly took a half step back and grabbed her wrist again with a stiff movement: "Alia! Are you okay? Has the quantum shock in your head been repaired? Is there anything else that is uncomfortable? Let me check it quickly!"

"..."

Alia stared at the scene that suddenly repeated in front of her, and finally realized that this was a forced setting program of the system. She sneered in her heart and let the data stream explode on her retina:

-Alia Claude, junior researcher of the Space-Time Research Group of the Interstellar Academy of Sciences. Due to staying up late for a long time to participate in the "Stargate Project", she was diagnosed with the early stage of time-space disorder. Her guardian, Dr. Elena, applied for compulsory medical leave from the Interstellar Ethics Committee.

——Elena Claude, Chief Medical Officer of the Interstellar Academy of Sciences, is also Alia's legal guardian. Three years ago, she adopted this girl who lost her memory in the time-space turbulence accident and claimed to be a distant niece.

——Alia in reality is indeed an orphan, but at this moment she found that the game setting and reality have a subtle overlap: the self who always secretly does time-space experiments late at night is seven points similar to the rebellious scientific research rookie in the setting.

"Mom..." Alia suddenly spoke, and continued in Elena's shocked eyes, "I'm fine, just..." She deliberately staggered half a step, and her fingertips quietly hooked the hem of the other's lab coat, "Suddenly I remembered a lot of things."

[Ding! Detected that the player has triggered a hidden plot]

[Loading the "Secret of the Guardian" branch]

[Current favorability: Elena Claude 25%]

Elena's pupils suddenly contracted, and a string of garbled characters flashed across the interstellar diagnostic mirror. She shook off Alia's hand, and her white coat drew a sharp arc when she turned around: "Follow me."

Passing through the ecological corridor full of fluorescent algae, Alia noticed that all the diagnostic cabins were broadcasting the same news: Leonardo Lai's investment speech at the Interstellar Congress. The interstellar treasure ring on the man's fingertips in the picture reflected a cold light, overlapping with the finger stained with her blood in her memory.

"You should know," Elena suddenly said, and the holographic projection unfolded between the two of them, "The energy core of the space-time experimental cabin is not what you think it is."

Alia looked at the suddenly appearing star gate structure diagram, and suddenly understood why the system had to implant the family line at this time-the hidden space-time crack data and Leonardo's quantum technology patents had an 83% match.