Zuo Qingya felt extremely comfortable and needed more spiritual energy.

Just as Zuo Qingya was happily absorbing the spiritual energy like a sponge, she heard a familiar notification sound.

[Hello Zuo Qingya! The "Turning Waste into Treasure" game is about to begin, please get ready!]

【5, 4, 3, 2, 1】

【Dear Advanced Mission Master, welcome to Advanced Mission (Intermediate), Star Tare】.

On the planet Tare, a world ruled by lightning, its inhabitants are born with the ability to manipulate lightning, though to varying degrees. The strongest are considered the Chosen of Thunder, responsible for regulating the weather and maintaining ecological balance. They can influence not only the planet's climate but also bring thunderstorms to other worlds across interstellar distances. This difference in ability has shaped the social structure, where everyone plays a different role based on their strength, collectively protecting their lightning-surrounded home.

[Mission 1: Help Tafuki and Taxing regain their stolen abilities.]

As the system voice ended, Zuo Qingya opened her eyes. What she saw was lightning and thunder, and she felt like the sky was about to collapse. The lightning was crashing down on her.

Zuo Qingya yelled "Wow!" and tried to dodge, but a hand held her down firmly.

Zuo Qingya looked over and saw a face resembling Guan Yu's, which startled her greatly.

Who are you? Why are you pressing me?

Before Zuo Qingya could finish her question, lightning struck her head. Zuo Qingya felt a tingling sensation all over her body, and smoke began to billow out.

Did it die before even starting the task?

Zuo Qingya slowly closed her eyes and immediately fainted.

When Zuo Qingya woke up, she was in a hospital, because everything there was white, and she was also wearing a striped outfit.

Zuo Qingya looked at her hands and found traces of lightning bolts on them.

Although his skin was dark, those streaks of lightning weren't fake.

Just as Zuo Qingya was wondering what was going on, a woman pushed the door open and came in. Looking at the woman's appearance, Zuo Qingya felt like she had found a kindred spirit, because the woman was very, very dark-skinned, to say the least, so dark that she couldn't see anything, but the whites of her eyes and her teeth were white.

"Xiaoya, you're awake."

Zuo Qingya sighed, "Why does my little darling never remember anything when we do missions? It's going to give us away so easily!"

"Don't worry, host. Everything is perfectly reasonable. Whatever you say is reasonable in their eyes. Please don't worry so much."

Zuo Qingya waved her hand, "Alright then."

"Who are you?"

"Xiaoya, I'm your aunt."

"Huh??? Auntie?"

"Yes, I am your aunt."

Zuo Qingya looked around and asked in confusion, "Are you alone?"

"Yeah, who else could it be?"

Jasmine was stunned by Zuo Qingya's answer. "Child, what nonsense are you talking about? It's just the two of us at home."

"ah?"

Seeing Zuo Qingya's reaction, Jasmine realized something was wrong and quickly ran out the door.

"Doctor, doctor."

"What's the matter?"

"My niece seems a bit off."

"What's wrong?"

Jasmine pointed to her head and said, "She seems to have forgotten something. You should take a look at her quickly."

"Okay, please wait a moment."

"Then you'd better hurry up."

"Okay, right away."

Before long, the doctor arrived at Zuo Qingya's ward, turned on a flashlight, shone it into Zuo Qingya's eyes, took her pulse, and nodded. "Let's get an X-ray first, and then we'll see."

"Okay, where should we film it?"

"It's alright, someone will be here in a bit."

"Okay, then thank you for your hard work, doctor."

The doctor waved his hand, "It's nothing, just a minor problem."

Before long, someone arrived. It was a young man who looked Zuo Qingya up and down as soon as he walked in.

His eyes began to scan Zuo Qingya like rays, and he nodded, "There's still a little blood clot in your head, but it's okay, it'll be fine in a few days."

Zuo Qingya was a little confused. Did they not need to use any other instruments? Just a brain scan? They could get the results after just one look at her?

"Okay, okay, doctor, I'd like to ask if I can be discharged now?"

"All other physical indicators are normal, and he can be discharged from the hospital."

"That's good, that's good. I was so scared. I thought my niece had been struck by lightning and gone crazy. That would have been such a joke."

"Well, if there's nothing else, you can proceed with the discharge procedures."

"Okay, thank you, doctor."

"You're welcome."

After the young man left, Zuo Qingya was still in a daze. Was it too hasty to end it like that?

When Zuo Qingya walked out of the hospital, she looked at the world shrouded in dark clouds, a gray expanse with occasional flashes of light.

But people on the street seem to have gotten used to it and don't care at all.

"Sausages for sale, sausages for sale, delicious sausages, buy one!"

Zuo Qingya looked over and saw a stall where the owner was hawking his wares. What he was selling was indeed sausage, but this sausage was a bit unusual because it had faint flashes of lightning on it.

Seeing Zuo Qingya staring at the stall, Jasmine asked, "Xiaoya, are you hungry?" Without waiting for Zuo Qingya's reply, she paid for a sausage and handed it to her.

Zuo Qingya took the sausage, looking at the lightning on it. But the sausage smelled so good, she really wanted to eat it.

Zuo Qingya took a bite and felt much more comfortable.

Zuo Qingya nodded. "It's delicious."

"If you like it, Auntie will make it for you when we get back. Auntie's is much better than this, and the 'lei' (a type of meat) pieces are more plentiful. The ones outside are all made with shoddy ingredients; you can only eat them for the freshness."

"Lightning particles? What are those?"

"??? I don't know how to explain this either. I'll get you a book to read when we get back, and then you'll understand what's going on."

"Oh, okay."

Back home, Zuo Qingya looked at the purple building.

"Okay, Xiaoya, we're home."

Zuo Qingya looked around the room. It was a simple one-bedroom, two-living room layout, but it was decorated very warmly.

Jasmine placed several books in front of Zuo Qingya. Looking at the books, which were taller than her, Zuo Qingya was speechless. Did she really have to read so many?

Zuo Qingya picked up a book and opened it. She was surprised to find that although the book looked thick, it only had a few pages.

The book pages are made of a special material because they shimmer with lightning.

Zuo Qingya touched it and was surprised to find that the lightning gathered at her fingertips; it looked quite amusing.

After playing for a while, Zuo Qingya started reading a book.

Looking at the above description, Zuo Qingya finally understood what lightning particles were: particulate elements extracted from lightning, but the method of extraction was not explained.