Chapter 51: Gourmet Food Lifts the Spirits?

"Your recent training stats have been holding up very well." Mo Si looked up and turned off the training room’s terminal. "Even though you’re off the battlefield, you haven’t slacked off."

"I’m proud of you."

The Admiral rarely said such mushy things, so Qiudao and Changbei were both a little at a loss.

To be honest, they had been training just as they always had. Nothing had changed, but for some unknown reason, it seemed all their stats had improved a little.

But they couldn’t voice such an unsubstantiated thought in front of the Admiral, so the two of them could only look bashful together.

"No need to be bashful. This is praise you have earned." Mo Si stood up, the badges on his deep black uniform glinting. "Today, you will accompany me on an inspection of the Fifth Army."

’I wonder how those soldiers are doing now that they’ve left the battlefield.’

-

This was not a simple inspection tour.

The Imperial Blade was gracing the military with his presence, so the Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Armies all treated the event like a full-scale exercise. They summoned their best-performing soldiers to sweat it out on the training grounds.

Under the AI’s analysis, everyone’s performance data was clearly displayed.

Mo Si’s eyes lit up. He turned to the Fifth Army’s commander beside him. "Have you changed your training methods recently? Their morale seems to have improved significantly."

"Uh, Admiral, our training methods are the same as before. We haven’t changed a thing."

"Maybe it’s because these soldiers have returned home, so they’re pushing themselves harder."

’That reason was far too flimsy.’

Mo Si decided to go down to the field and ask the people in question himself.

The embodiment of the people’s will, the Empire’s strongest warrior, appeared on the training grounds. A fire ignited in the hearts of the soldiers who were still drilling. ’Our idol! A living idol, this close!’

Mo Si casually selected a new recruit.

He was a young Cat Warrior. Upon being chosen, before he could even speak, two pointed ears popped out on top of his head. His face instantly turned bright red, but without a direct order, he didn’t dare raise his hands to hide them.

He could only try to will them to retract, but—

’So this is Admiral Mo Si! He’s just as handsome and charismatic as they say... the most handsome star in the Empire!’

"Don’t be nervous." Mo Si’s voice held a reassuring tone. "I’d like to ask you a few questions."

"Please ask, Admiral! I will tell you everything I know and hold nothing back!" the young Cat Warrior shouted in response.

"In the time since you left the Insect Race front, both your mental and physical stats have become higher than they were. To what do you attribute this increase?"

"Huh?" ’They’ve increased? I haven’t noticed any difference.’

’It’s just that training has felt a little easier than before lately, but nothing else in my life seems to have changed... Wait! I remember now!’

The Cat Warrior’s face lit up with sudden understanding. "It might have something to do with a livestream!"

"?"

A flicker of confusion passed through Mo Si’s eyes.

’A livestream? As one of the interstellar people, he wasn’t exactly a trendsetter anymore, but he knew what a livestream was.’

’Your physical constitution improves from watching a livestream?’

’That sounded an awful lot like something a cult would say.’

But soldiers didn’t lie. So, Mo Si asked what kind of livestream it was.

"It’s, uh, a food livestream. Every time I eat the food that streamer makes, I feel all my exhaustion just melt away!"

"The others in my squad react the same way."

’A livestream... food... and eating it makes your fatigue disappear?’

’And physical stats just... secretly improve?’ Qiudao and Changbei exchanged a look. ’Is the Federation Military Zone really that small? Could we all be watching the same streamer?’