Jiang Yulian never would have expected to have earned the loathing of so many people without even realizing it.
After all, You Wei was no longer the only one in the livestream letting his imagination run wild.
Fact: Jiang Qin had just come of age. She was only eighteen.
According to Interstellar Law, it was impossible for her to have known so much about... *that sort of thing* as a minor.
Even if she lived on a Barren Star, it was impossible. Even if she were to be sold, it would only happen after she came of age.
This was because underage females couldn't use their spiritual power. If they mated before coming of age, their Spirit Sea would very likely collapse.
What was the difference between a Beastman female with no spiritual power and a pure human female?
Therefore, as a healthy C-level female, Jiang Qin surely had never experienced something like that.
That only left two possibilities: she had either witnessed it, or someone had described it to her.
What kind of horrible person would describe such things to an underage female? It was outrageous!
A horde of people, having switched on their translators, seethed with anger behind their Light Computers.
The live comments descended into chaos.
[Does anyone know who Jiang Qin's family is? Why didn't they protect the young female?]
[How could they let a young female be exposed to this kind of stuff so early? Don't they know Interstellar Law forbids luring female cubs? It's illegal!]
Such tragedies had occurred in the Interstellar age before, which was why it was stipulated that before a young female came of age, she was not allowed to be exposed to any knowledge regarding mating.
It was even more strictly forbidden for males to lure females.
After all, a young female might make the wrong choice out of curiosity or a momentary rush of emotion.
If that happened, they would suffer the painful loss of a Beastman female.
In an era with such a skewed gender ratio, this was undoubtedly a massive loss.
Therefore, anyone caught doing such a thing would be sentenced to a heavy penalty without exception.
They couldn't believe that even now, in the Interstellar age, there was still someone so unafraid of death, attempting to corrupt a young female.
Thankfully, Jiang Qin had grown up safely. Otherwise, they would have lost another C-level female.
However, only a small portion of true fans would think so deeply about it. The majority of viewers were still just praising how good the song was.
***
Only after the song ended did Jiang Qin have a moment to look at the live comments.
And that was when she noticed that Interstellar Law actually had such a rule!
She quickly reminded everyone, "If any of you edit and post clips, remember to set this song as restricted for minors."
[Don't worry, Qinqin, we wouldn't make that kind of fundamental mistake.]
[Abiding by the law is a responsibility that should be carved into every citizen's genes!]
[Protecting the young is everyone's responsibility.]
"Alright, since you all think this song is fine, let's move on to the next one."
[Fine? What's not fine about it? The adult world should have such direct expressions. It's good, really good!]
[Sing another one in a different minority language!]
[Sing another one in a different minority language! +1]
...
Once again, the live comments were flooded by a large group of people with ulterior motives.
Jiang Qin narrowed her eyes. She felt a slight ripple of emotion, but that was all.
'Being targeted means I'm really standing in someone's way. If I want to keep forcing my way down this path, I'll have to compete with them.'
'It's all just legitimate, open competition, anyway.'
'Besides, I'm not afraid of being challenged. After all, if it wasn't difficult, how could I prove my strength?'
After today's incident, she believed that if any accusations of plagiarism or the like came up in the future, people wouldn't be so easily swayed by the narrative.
Ultimately, the main reason people criticized her was her origin from a Barren Star.
People from High-level Planets simply couldn't accept being surpassed by someone who had nothing.
If even an uneducated female could be stronger than them, then what did all their years of hard work and bitter training amount to?
But Jiang Qin didn't feel at all that having a cheat was unfair to others.
Although she was luckier than others—she had died twice and come back to life, and even had a System—the suffering she'd endured hadn't been any less.
There was no such thing as absolute fairness in this world to begin with.
Some people can never reach Rome in their entire lives, while others are born in Rome.
Would people living on High-level Planets think their good birth was unfair to those on low-level stars?
No.
They would only feel lucky.
So she, who possessed a System, also only felt that she was lucky.
Besides, this System wasn't such an easy meal ticket.
If this System hadn't been damaged, what kind of missions would it have issued? What kind of punishments? Who could say?
Opportunity always comes with risk.
***
For the third song, the live comments had no specific requests, just that she sing in another minority language.
By now, even the most oblivious person could tell something was off with the comments.
At this moment, Hua Yue was furious about the live comments.
"Sister, do you think these people actually like Jiang Qin? If they like her, why are they deliberately making things difficult for her?"
"Most people don't have time to learn minority languages! Jiang Qin already learned the West Continent Language. She's only eighteen, how could she possibly know so many!"
Hua Rong had naturally seen it too—someone was intentionally giving Jiang Qin a hard time. But what could they do? There were only four people in their dorm. It was useless even if they spammed comments with all their might.
Their comments were buried by the troll army in less than a second.
An Zeyu's fingers were also sore from tapping, all to no avail. He thought about the seven songs still to come. He couldn't let these people get their way!
So, he quickly went to his group chat to rally for backup.
While these silent supporters were frantically rallying their troops, Jiang Qin had already picked up her guitar.
She actually did know several languages.
Most people who love to sing know a little of each.
Even if you can't speak them, you can sing in them. After all, learning a language is hard, but learning a song is much easier.
Especially with so many talented people online, what song couldn't be transcribed phonetically?
"This song is a Cantonese song. Cantonese is a minority language from the Central Continent."
[I know, I know! On our planet, there are still quite a few families that speak Cantonese, but even they don't speak it properly anymore.
I heard there used to be a type of opera that was also sung in Cantonese, but no one knows how to perform it anymore. Only written records exist.]
[My family speaks Cantonese, but my mother can't even speak it well herself. No one in our generation has learned it, so we can only understand a little.]
[We really lost so much during the great migration back then.]
[Yeah, most of our culture has been passed down as a muddled imitation, and everyone is more drawn to everything from the Empire.]
[If the first leader hadn't insisted on preserving everything from our mother planet, we probably would have long forgotten where our ancestors came from.]
[I don't like the Empire. The way they look at us is the same way citizens of the Main Star look at citizens of a Garbage Star.]
[What can we do? We really can't compare to the Empire in any aspect.]
Everyone fell silent.
It wasn't just in entertainment that they couldn't compare to the Empire; in terms of strength, the Federation was also inferior.
There had been friction between the two sides for many years, with the Federation always being the one to yield.
If the Empire weren't afraid of pushing them too far—worried that an all-out war would only benefit the Alien Beasts—a full-scale conflict would have likely erupted long ago.
It was only because of common enemies like the Alien Beasts and Cosmic Creatures that the two sides would occasionally join forces.