Since we don’t have the conditions to make a physical book, we can make an electronic version of the magazine. So “EARTH:002” is the official website of “Reader” magazine.

"Luckily, I learned calligraphy in my previous life." Xi Yujin hand-wrote the word "Reader" as the magazine's logo. Then he picked out a simple geometric picture from among the many documents as the cover. On it, he wrote in small letters: "Editor-in-Chief of the first issue, Yujin."

A magazine should be composed of many short stories. Xi Yujin now has the short story collection "When the Sun Also Rises", six "Spiritual Readers", more than twenty "Food Essays", and Xun Ming's "True and False Wealthy Families".

It didn't seem to be enough. Xi Yujin could only pick up his pen temporarily and wrote a long preface, describing the difficulties encountered when the publication was founded, thanking so-and-so for his help, and now he had come to such and such insights in the long and cold night... What a bunch of nonsense.

After finishing the preface, I started to compile the catalog. At present, Xi Yujin can only think of three columns: "The Earth's Past", "Night Talks around the Fire" and "Classic Miscellaneous".

For the column "Classic Miscellanea", Xi Yujin hesitated for a while before deciding to go to Earth Library.

He wanted to reproduce all the classic short stories he remembered in this universe. Otherwise, he would worry that one day he would forget where he came from.

The copyright of the Earth Library is not a big problem, because most of the authors have passed away for 50 years and their works have entered the public domain. Even on Earth, publishers can publish whatever they want.

The more serious problem is translation. The difficulty of translating classic works is completely different from that of self-translation.

Xi Yujin thought for a while and found that his thoughts were off track. This "Reader" was only to prove the existence of the Blue Planet, and it didn't have to be circulated to other cosmic creatures. He could translate it when he got bored, so he didn't have to read it now if he couldn't understand it. So he just typed the original text.

As a first issue with special significance, Xi Yujin selected two articles entitled "Love Life" and marked the original authors.

"Love Life" is a short story by writer Jack. It tells the story of a gold digger who was abandoned by his friends. He was injured on the road and had to divide the gold sand into portions. But his injury gradually worsened, and he also met a sick wolf in the wilderness, which led to a life-and-death confrontation between the two sides. The harsh living environment further highlights the preciousness of individual qualities. Survival is a battle to defend the dignity of life.

One of the articles, "Love Life," is a poem written by Wang Guozhen.

"I don't think about whether the future will be smooth or muddy.

As long as you love life, everything is as expected..."

Live well in the new universe!

In this way, the first issue of the "Reader" was finally roughly completed, with a total of thirty-six pages on the electronic screen, and also with cosmic illustrations.

Xi Yujin casually put labels such as "Irregular updates" and "Sincerely seeking translators" on the official website of "Reader". Then he returned to the official website of Blue Star and typed in the names of all the writers he knew, pretending that there were many people on Blue Star.

In this way, it feels a bit uneasy to put "Embers" alongside so many celebrities.

Fortunately, no one else on Earth knows about it.

At this point, the hidden dangers of Blue Star have finally been eliminated, and Xi Yujin can explore the planet with peace of mind.

"No, the survival problem has been solved, but the money problem has not been solved..." Xi Yujin stood up and looked at his somewhat tattered coat. The account next to him showed that he only had 10,000 dust and sand left. He was not a person who lived for the moment. On the contrary, he always had a deep sense of hidden dangers. So he decided to find a job here to make money.

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If all the spacecraft broke through the atmosphere and landed on the planet, the planet would have been crushed long ago. Spacecraft usually park in satellite orbits, and space creatures take the space elevator to land on the ground.

Xi Yujin drove the Chaoping to the top of the planet's equator, and waited until the elevator cabin moved in front of him before he pushed open the door and got in. There were already many strange creatures in the cabin, like a group of carrots with hands and feet, as if he had come to the set of "Spirited Away". Xi Yujin pretended to be very calm and looked at the scenery outside the window without looking away.

The cabin turned around and began to fall. The weightlessness almost made Xi Yujin fly up. He could only hold the handle tightly and look at other creatures at the same time. Seeing that other creatures were also in trouble, he felt relieved.

As the cabin spewed fire toward the ground and slowed down its descent, everyone in the cabin fell heavily to the floor. In the smoke, the cabin broadcast a prompt:

"Ding Dong, we have reached the ground."

The cabin door slowly opened, and the creatures slowly climbed out, holding onto the wall. Among them, Xi Yujin, who could still walk upright, was particularly conspicuous, as was his hair that constantly reflected light.

Xi Yujin: Is my physical fitness pretty good?

He walked out. Outside the cabin was a soft sandy area, probably prepared for passengers who fell. There were many cars waiting outside to take away those passengers who were too weak to walk. Xi Yujin stood by and watched for a while out of curiosity.

It turns out that there is a difference in gravity between the planets. Therefore, the creatures that land for the first time all have "temporary gravity sickness", which is characterized by their limbs being unable to move, and they need these vehicles to take them to the hotel to rest for a night. However, Xi Yujin is a star, and he will automatically adjust to the gravity of the planets, so he can move freely on any planet.

The creatures that were carried away cast faintly envious glances at Xi Yujin who was standing.

Suddenly I had confidence in surviving in the universe.

Xi Yujin randomly picked a busy direction and walked into an area full of tall buildings. This is the 23rd planet outside the star, and the light it receives is not much, and the atmosphere is relatively thin, so this is the city of eternal darkness, day and night. Walking forward, the buildings are tall and thin, and people are standing densely. There are also hovercrafts rushing overhead, almost blocking the sky.

As a result, the reflective effect of Xi Yujin's hair became more obvious, dazzling others from time to time. He received more and more attention.

Xi Yujin felt quite apologetic, worried that his messy hair might cause trouble. But everyone's looks didn't seem malicious, but rather fond?

“You’re so pretty!”

A sea slug rushed over to him and shouted.

Xi Yujin was startled, but the shout attracted a lot of recognition.

"Indeed, this creature is so sparkling that it pierces my brain every time it flashes!"

"Is he a noble of the Glittering Empire?"

"Wow, he's still flashing. He flashed me! Apart from those old bastards from the Glittering Empire, I haven't seen such a shiny creature in a long time."

Xi Yujin was completely confused and before he knew it, he was surrounded by enthusiastic cosmic creatures!

There are many different kinds of creatures in the universe, but they all have one thing in common: they spend much more time in darkness than in sunlight. During the travel, there is no star as kind and gentle as the sun. Even if they land on a planet, most planets do not receive enough starlight, and are dark and cold. Therefore, creatures in the universe have always considered luminescence to be beautiful.

Xi Yujin, whose body could indeed glow and whose diamond body could always refract light, could only flee in panic. The confidence he had just accumulated in survival was shattered in an instant.

Help! We're surrounded on our first day of planetary exploration!

After a chaos, he turned into an alley, pulling his clothes that were even more messy than before.

Fortunately, there was a clothing store here, so he went in and bought a hooded cape. He pulled the hood down to cover his prominent features.

"I look a bit like a criminal in reserve..." Xi Yujin complained about his own image and thought that he would use this as the basis for his next alias.

"Now there are only more than 8,000 dust and sand left." Xi Yujin couldn't help feeling anxious that he didn't have enough money.

We continued walking forward and came to a place similar to a commercial street. The street was lit by floating fluorescent jellyfish, and many merchants on both sides were shouting in an incomprehensible language. The dazzling array of goods in the display cabinets was dazzling.

Suddenly, he saw a familiar small shop, and the alien capsule who was repairing the black box was sitting at the counter.

Xi Yujin took a closer look and found that the other party was practicing Chinese characters? So he immediately turned and came to the alien capsule.

The alien capsule slowly stood up and greeted lazily. Xi Yujin pointed at the font on its desktop and asked, "What is this?"

"It is the writing of a new race." The alien capsule answered truthfully. It also displayed its own calligraphy practice page, which turned out to be the official website of the Reader.

It makes sense. The other party is the only one who knows the URL, so it is not surprising that he can search for the official website of "Reader".

Xi Yujin asked cautiously: "Excuse me, can you understand it?"

"I don't understand. My reading ability is only 2. But these words are quite interesting, aren't they?" The alien capsule answered truthfully, "Are you here to buy it?"

Because the other party was interested in Chinese characters, Xi Yujin also had a good impression of this alien. He immediately looked at the price list and read it item by item.

Seeing this, the alien capsule recited its greeting: "Welcome, I have the most fashionable optical computer here, which will make you the most popular one among the passengers. At the same time, we also provide optical computer maintenance services, spacecraft maintenance services, and even black boxes. It only costs 3,000 dust sands per time."

"Three thousand dust sands... I have a friend." Xi Yujin coughed, changed his voice to a deep one, and approached the alien capsule and said, "I have a friend who used thirty thousand dust sands to repair the black box."

There is an extra zero! Otherwise, he wouldn't be so strapped for cash now.

Alien Capsule glanced at him and continued lazily, "He should have called for service from the Feiya Chamber of Commerce. The Feiya Chamber of Commerce also collects a commission."

Xi Yujin: "Is the commission so high?"

"This is also the first time I know that the Flying Duck Chamber of Commerce charges such a high price. In their words... they have integrated the resources of ground merchants and can directly reach the spacecraft in satellite orbit. They have put a lot of effort into this platform. So they charge a fee." The alien capsule said with some dissatisfaction, "What a disgusting deal."

Xi Yujin understood that it was just like the food delivery platforms always made money from both the merchants and the customers, what despicable profiteers.

"What are you thinking about? I'm not refunding your money. I only received 2,700 dust sand." The alien capsule stared at him warily.

He waved his hand and said, "The money and goods have been paid for. I don't ask for a refund. I just heard it from a friend." He pretended to be an ordinary customer and looked at the goods on the counter. He was immediately attracted.

"This is the optical computer..." He couldn't help but lower his voice.

Optical computers use photons instead of electrons for storage and calculation. The technology of the universe has been upgraded to a certain extent, so that it looks as small and light as a watch, and has different forms.

Alien Capsule suddenly became enthusiastic and introduced the popular optical computer to him.

Xi Yujin was a little nervous and said that he didn't have that much money, so he should be introduced to something he could afford.

"What's the big deal? It's good to listen. The purpose of traveling is to broaden your horizons, right?" The alien capsule didn't mind at all. It was serious and friendly as if it had found a career it truly loved. "I was once a poor boy. I learned by dismantling optical computers part by part, and finally taught myself a skill. Later, I learned how to repair black boxes, and I immediately amazed everyone. You know, the black box is the pride of the intelligent machine race..."

Xi Yujin nodded his head as he listened. He was a little dissatisfied when he heard the price - Feiya Chamber of Commerce also sold this optical computer, but it was twice as expensive.

Xi Yujin was somewhat glad that he didn't have enough money at the time, otherwise he might have bought it on impulse.

When Alien Capsule heard that he only had 8,000 dust sands, he recommended him a light computer with the best cost-effectiveness. It looks like a bracelet with a three-dimensional star double body model embedded on it. As long as you push the star body, a holographic screen will pop up, which looks very cool. It also comes with mental input, voice input, and light wave input polymorphic modes.

Xi Yujin bought it immediately. Now, he only had 4,000 dust sands left.

Thinking that he not only didn't find a job but also spent half of his money, Xi Yujin sighed and asked if there were any jobs near the alien capsule.

"Washing windows for other spaceships? That's a very popular job." The alien capsule joked, took out a stack of advertisements from the counter, and said, "If you are a novelist, then this writing competition has the highest prize money among its kind."

Xi Yujin looked at the advertisement, which happened to be the language of nomads. He read it out word by word:

"The Flying Duck Chamber of Commerce invites novelists to participate in the 'Golden Feather' essay competition."

"Is the Feiya Chamber of Commerce very powerful?" Xi Yujin couldn't help but ask. It seemed that as soon as he arrived in the Pangshi Galaxy, his shadow was everywhere.

Alien Capsule is noncommittal.

"Wait, you just said there are essay competitions of the same kind, so there are other forces as well." Xi Yujin said quickly.

The alien capsule smiled proudly: "Of course, young man, the first lesson when traveling is to learn to extract information from other people's words."

It no longer keeps the mystery secret and reveals the answer:

"The Pangshi Galaxy has been in chaos recently. The three major forces are using the essay contest to show off their strength."

Xi Yujin: "Showing off your strength?"

"Whoever can attract better novelists through a writing contest will gain more support from readers, and that faction will be able to dominate for a long time. The era of real interstellar wars is over, and now is the era of writing contests."

Alien Capsule took a sip of water and continued:

"First is the most expensive Flying Duck Chamber of Commerce essay contest, and second is the Flash Empire essay contest..."

Xi Yujin was full of questions: "In the interstellar age, is there still a backward system like the Empire?"

The alien capsule didn't understand his question and continued:

"The third force is the essay contest of the Materialistic Reading Club."

Only, materialism?

Is it the materialism in materialism?

The author has something to say:

- Preface to the Reader -

The stars will not disappoint the travelers, a new volume, thank you readers for supporting this magazine~ (~)