I Save Humanity in the Stars by Farming [Livestream]

In the year 9032 of the Star Era, a catastrophe descended upon the Human Empire. The land could no longer grow crops, and six hundred years later, humanity was still struggling to get enough to eat. Shi Jian Shu, hailed as a genius farmer, missed a step on the stairs and fell into the interstellar age. He was found and brought back to a destitute, dilapidated farm. The rundown farm had thousands of acres of land, but nothing would grow there. The old folks were so hungry they could barely move, the young were prematurely aged by hunger, and the children wailed with empty stomachs... There was also a pack of ferocious beasts, their eyes glowing green with hunger, who had appeared from who knew where. Every day, they watched Shi Jian Shu's doors and windows, waiting for a chance to fill their bellies. To avoid starving to death and to stay alive, Shi Jian Shu decided to bring out the DNA etched into his Huaxia bloodline: farming. He cleared the land, planted rice, grew greens, and raised watermelons, while livestreaming to earn a little money. At first, the viewers said: "The Empire still has farms? Have the experts at the Agricultural Sciences Institute developed new seeds? Or is the catastrophe not trying hard enough?" "Rice grown with manure? Ugh, even if it grows, nobody will eat it." "Putting a scarecrow in a rice paddy? Hahaha, will it turn into a mech at night and chase away the birds?" "Sweet potatoes grow from leaves? Get out of the farming world." Later, manure-fed fields yielded lush green vegetables. In the pitch-black night, the scarecrow swung its sickle, and no bird dared come near. Beneath the mounded soil, plump sweet potatoes came out in strings... All sorts of crops appeared one after another, dazzling everyone. "I've already chewed through my terminal. Could you sell me a bag of rice?" "I haven't eaten watermelon in fifty years. Please take pity on me. Even a piece of rind would do." "None of you have it as bad as me. I have a two-hundred-year-old father above me and a baby crying for milk below. There are nineteen people in my family, and we haven't even smelled a vegetable." Shi Jian Shu: "Making food and vegetables freely available starts with me." Everything about Shi Jian Shu, known as the Empire's Granary, was great, except his partner. His partner was a grown man who lived off him, which would have been bad enough, but he was also so sickly he could drop dead at any moment. The Empire's people all disapproved, declaring, "It's fine if the Matchmaker is blind. We still have over a hundred billion matchmakers in the Empire!" The people turned into the greatest matchmakers around, tagging all sorts of powerful figures on Starblog. Princes, generals, billionaires... Until The imperial coat of arms, whose profile picture had been dark for sixty years, lit up again on Starblog: "Shu Shu is mine. Any objections?" The people: "???" "Wasn't he dead and hanging on the wall?" "Holy crap, it's the God of War, Zong Zheng Ji!" That day, the top trending topic on the Star Network was: #Shocking, Imperial Marshal Zong Zheng Ji Faked His Death for Love# Completed novels: The Empire's National Treasure-Level Medicinal Cuisine Master, The Food Livestream, Wilderness Survival Livestream, Wilderness Survival Livestream, I Conquered the Empire Through Brewing Coming soon: The Little One Takes Me Wilderness Survival, and Goes Viral Also known as: Humanity's Strongest Little One [Wilderness Survival Livestream] The wilderness survival competition was about to begin again. As a globally popular reality survival show, it offered a lavish prize to the winner, drawing countless celebrities who fought tooth and nail for a spot. When rising young star Qi Xingluan appeared on the contestant list with a five-year-old child, the whole entertainment industry erupted. "Isn't that Qi Xingluan, the guy who pulled a muscle doing the splits while dancing and cried from the pain, was so off-key he nearly scared the whole audience away, and only got shortlisted because of his face? Plenty of A-list stars can't get a spot. Who would believe he didn't buy his way in?" "This is a survival reality show, not a parenting variety show. Did you wander onto the wrong set?" "He's gone crazy trying to get famous! Is he going to sing that off-key song about the scruffy little kid at lions and tigers to scare them away?" "Director, if you've been kidnapped, blink twice. You want this little one, who's still sucking on a pacifier, to cross the Amazon and the Atlantic?" "It's over, it's over. This year we'll be on our knees again, calling everyone Dad at the Asian and international competitions." Reporter: "The viewers don't believe you'll make it to the end. What do you think?" Qi Xingluan: "I have my baby." Reporter: "Wilderness survival has always strived for realism. Even if a tiger appears, the staff won't interfere. Aren't you afraid of the danger?" Qi Xingluan: "I have my baby." Reporter: "Have you thought about how you might not even have enough to eat while trying to survive with a little one?" Qi Xingluan: "I have my baby." Reporter and viewers: "..." At first, they thought Qi Xingluan was there to make people laugh. Only later did they realize he meant it. The weakest little one stunned viewers around the world: a stare that shook the alpha wolf, little fists that pummeled lions, and a tiny bottom riding tiger sharks... Even more terrifying was the little one's overwhelming fighting ability: one kick sent an eighty-kilogram man flying. The little one handled intimidation through sheer force, a certain movie star did the cooking, and the stay-at-home dad only had to look pretty. Contestants from abroad: "...Once, an adorable baby was right there in front of me, and I didn't cherish him. If I had another chance, I would have knelt down and called him Dad right away..." Domestic contestants: "Turning a survival show into a camping trip? Throughout history, no baby dares claim second place when this one is first." Romance-focused version: Shang Xingzhou had an emotional disorder. At long last, he fell for someone, only for that person to disappear, quite literally. Everyone said this person didn't exist and that he had imagined him. Then, on a wilderness survival show, he met a young man named Qi Xingluan, who had a son who looked just like him. But the young man claimed not to know him, even though he climbed into Shang's tent night after night. At night, the young man would cling to him and whine in a soft, sweet voice: "Hold me, honey. I feel awful. Kiss me." By day, the young man would look at him coldly: "I came to see you last night? Imagining things is an illness. You should get it treated." Movie star Shang silently ground his teeth and waited. At first, the viewers said: "Qi Xingluan climbs into Movie Star Shang's tent every night. Does he have no shame?" Later, the viewers said: "Here we go! Place your bets: will Qi Xingluan climb into Movie Star Shang's tent tonight?" A crybaby bottom x a possessive, emotionally disabled top Reader's guide: 1. The child is conceived through advanced technology, not pregnancy. This will be explained in the story. 2. "Once, an adorable baby appeared in front of me, and I didn't cherish him properly" is inspired by and adapted from a line in A Chinese Odyssey. Theme: Life is full of setbacks and unexpected events. Face them with unwavering conviction, and you'll discover that nothing can stop you.