I Married A Degraded Alpha
Chapter 143: Seven SSS-tier Betas

Chapter 143: Seven SSS-tier Betas

The news of Officer Lyao bringing back the starstone pales in comparison to the attention drawn by his statement that "ten SSS-tier betas are not as valuable as one Yuri."

"Darn it. That sly fox Officer Lyao is once again spreading such notions on the interstellarnet," Daleks fumed, cursing out loud. "If he truly favored Yuri, would he let her comb through the Sea of Consciousness for fifteen hundred alphas every day?"

Ender looked at Daleks with surprise. "I didn’t expect you to see through it all."

Daleks became even more irritated. "Do you think I’m a fool? Officer Lyao just wants everyone in the Alliance and across the stars to know how good he is to Yuri. Then he can ruthlessly exploit her. This way, if Yuri speaks ill of him in the future, no one will believe her. People would only blame Yuri, labeling her as an ungrateful wretch."

Ender gave Daleks a thumbs up. "You’re the clear-headed one here."

Daleks snorted coldly. "That’s because the people on the interstellarnet are brainless."

Yuri watched the pair, her lips twitching slightly. I’m overthinking it, she thought. If Lyao wants to exploit me, he wouldn’t care about whether others thinks highly or poorly of him.

Officer made that statement just to deter those who were stirring up trouble behind the scenes. And, while he was at it, he also managed to increase the conditions for using the starstone quite rightfully.

Five days later, Officer Lyao arrived at Planet alpha with the starstone.

At this moment, the people of the Alliance learned that the Space-sparkles didn’t just have one starstone, but two. They didn’t have any SS-tier betas, so they offered one starstone to both the Alliance and the Empire in exchange.

The Empire traded three SS-tier betas for one starstone, and Officer Lyao managed to snatch another starstone from the Space-sparkles after relentlessly pursuing them.

Thus, both the Empire and the Alliance ended up with a starstone each.

"That’s why it’s better to be a part of the Alliance. At least they treat people as people, not as disposable objects to be traded at will."

"Absolutely, I’ve always been proud to be a citizen of the Alliance."

"Officer Lyao is indeed impressive, managing to bring back a starstone. Otherwise, those scum would never have let up."

"He truly deserves to be the successor to the First Commander. Impressive."

"...."

These days, Tuss had been constantly running to the interstellarnet communication maintenance department.

"Did you find out?" Tuss asked.

Inside the super opticomputer classroom, all the students of the third-year class of the interstellarnet communication maintenance department looked pleased. "After days and nights of hard work, no matter how cunning they were, we managed to find a lead. Here’s the list."

Tuss took the paper with a long list of names written on it, a flash of killing intent in his eyes.

"Tuss, how do you plan to thank us?" someone asked.

"Triple the market price," Tuss said without hesitation.

"No, we don’t want money. Thanks to your wife, we’re not short of it now."

"Of course, we want your wife to help us comb the Sea of Consciousness."

Tuss thought for a moment. "Alright. But what about those students who are not alphas—"

"That’s okay. Some of us have alpha relatives."

Tuss sighed helplessly. "Then arrange a time together. Just remember, she is busy and can only do this once. If you miss the schedule, it won’t be accommodated."

"Got it."

Without saying a word, Tuss passed the list to Officer Lyao. His authority was limited, so he had to let Officer Lyao handle it.

But he believed that it wouldn’t take too many years for him to rise to a high enough position where no one would dare to mistreat Yuri. Even if someone did, he would be able to counterattack immediately.

Not like now—

He was still not strong enough.

The next few days, the heat on the interstellarnet once again centered on the eligibility to use the starstone.

However, unnoticed by everyone, the heiress from the two large families of Quillon and Quasar in the Alliance had been demoted and suppressed for various reasons. Their business was snatched by rivals, and business partners breached contracts...

Coincidentally, both Quillon and Quasar families had an SS-tier beta. Quillon’s SS-tier beta had already used the starstone once, but the level did not upgrade.

Quasar’s SS-tier beta, who turned seventeen this year, had differentiated a month ago and missed the last chance to use starstone.

Under repeated blows, the Quillon and Quasar families dared not speak out as they knew someone was targeting them. This person held too much power; they couldn’t afford to offend him.

Therefore, they pinned their hopes on their daughters, both SS-tier betas.

"This time, you must seize the opportunity and upgrade your level to SSS-tier. Only if you become an SSS-tier beta can our family have a chance," the family members told them.

"You’re right, as long as you become an SSS-tier beta, we’ll make sure Yuri pays for everything we’ve suffered today."

"I understand. I will definitely become an SSS-tier beta."

As long as she became an SSS-tier beta, she would be one of the most respected women in the Alliance.

Unbeknownst to Yuri, she had attracted more enemies. The public’s attention shifted away from her due to the starstone, and her life had become much quieter.

Without realizing it, the end-of-term exams were approaching.

At this time, good news came from the Empire: Princess Jira of the Empire had successfully become an SSS-tier beta after using the starstone.

This was bad news for the Alliance, though.

"The Alliance has only three candidates, two who had used the starstone but failed to upgrade, and one who hasn’t used it yet. That is to say, the Alliance only has three chances to get an SSS-tier beta. And these three people can only use the starstone once, because the same person can’t use the same starstone twice. The second attempt would be invalid."

"Who are the three people?"

"Astra Quillon, Zenitha Quasar, and the commoner Electra Orion."

"..."

When Nina, the sixth princess of the Empire, also upgraded from SS-tier to SSS-tier after using the starstone, the citizens of the Alliance were no longer calm. They cried out on the internet, ’Haven’t our SS-tier betas used the starstone yet?’

Just as the public was getting restless, the Alliance also released some good news: Astra, Zenitha, and Electra had successfully upgraded their levels to SSS-tier using the starstone.

Suddenly, three SSS-tier betas appeared, causing a mixture of surprise and joy among the public. What’s going on this year?

Regardless, the fact that the Alliance had more SSS-tier betas than the Empire was good news and worth celebrating.

However, before the public could rejoice for long, the Empire released more good news: they had gained two more SSS-tier betas named Sia and Lisa.

Within one month, seven SSS-tier betas had appeared across the galaxies, which was virtually unheard of in history.

"This is unprecedented."

"I recall the last SSS-tier beta appeared a thousand years ago."

"So, what’s happening to the world?"

"Could it be that the gods, seeing the plight of alphas, are bestowing a few SSS-tier betas to save them?"

"That’s probably the case."