In the year 9999 of the Star Calendar, in a vast sea of stars, a gray planet, as if covered with dust, floated alone in a corner, lifeless.
"Hmm," her head ached. "Hiss—" Shi Yuqing touched the back of her head and found a large swelling. The warm, sticky sensation on her hand, along with the faint smell of fish in the air, suggested that Qin Xia had been seriously injured.
That's right, otherwise, why would I be here...
Shi Yuqing sneered faintly, thinking of the scene where she was forced to commit suicide in Qinglingjian, it seemed as if it was just now. Tsk, she was really in such a mess...
Qin Xia, thirteen years old, has lived in Area K of the Dark Sand Planet for as long as she can remember. Her father and mother are unknown. Until the age of nine, she lived with an old man named Shi Yu. After his death, she began a hard life of scavenging scrap metal.
Finally, in the fourth year, a conflict arose with the Seventh Squad of the Scrap Sorting Group, known as the K-Zone's overlords, over a B-grade energy crystal the size of a foot. The result was obvious...
After completely assimilating and digesting the memories, Shi Yuqing silently mourned for Qin Xia for a moment. Although the living conditions of this body were somewhat deplorable, fortunately, her life was simple. For her, being alone was the best. She was now nothing more than a cuckoo occupying the magpie's nest, so there was nothing to complain about.
However, Qin Xia has lived in a corner of Area K for many years, so his knowledge is inevitably somewhat narrow. He has very little information about the outside world and has to rely on himself to explore.
After sorting out his thoughts, Shi Yuqing calmly accepted his new identity and this strange time and space that looked a bit old and cold.
The sky was almost pitch black. As far as I could remember, the nights in K District were not pleasant at all.
Standing up with some difficulty, holding on to the wall, and enduring the aches and pains coming from all over his body, Shi Yuqing staggered towards the residence he remembered.
"Huh~" When he got home, Shi Yuqing was already sweating coldly.
She locked the door, went into the bathroom and cleaned herself up quickly, then went to the storage room and found a small box that looked like a medical kit. She took out a small tube of repair fluid and dripped a few drops on the back of her head. After gritting her teeth and enduring the numbness and itching as the wound healed quickly, she quickly applied the composite film.
Medical skills in this time and space were much simpler and more convenient. As long as the illness wasn't serious, ordinary people could treat themselves. However, there weren't many potions left at home. Qin Xia usually didn't want to use them, and would just endure minor injuries and ailments.
Thinking of this, Shi Yuqing couldn't help but frown. It was a pity that her Jiubao didn't come with her...
Although the potions here were quite effective and took effect incredibly quickly, they still had a significant disadvantage compared to her acupuncture skills: these things were too small, too small, and once they were used up, they were gone. For her current poverty, even if she used them sparingly, she could only use them a few times...
Shi Yuqing looked at his thin arms and legs. Not to mention his fighting strength, he felt extremely weak. Without needles and herbs, he could only build the foundation of his body with the most basic physical skills.
As far as Qin Xia could remember, Area K had the worst living standards on the planet, but the public security was still quite good. After all, we were all poor, and there was nothing particularly valuable that would tempt people to commit crimes.
Of course, that B-grade energy crystal was an anomaly. Shi Yuqing's mind flashed back to the image of Qin Xia rummaging through the waste area day and night, and her little face filled with surprise and joy when she discovered the energy stone...
Shi Yuqing sighed silently, and a little sadness rose in her cold heart.
Regardless of time and space, the strong are respected, which is an unchanging law. The weak are always on the passive side, passively adapting, passively protecting themselves, and passively compromising...
Shaking his head, Shi Yuqing calmed down and thought carefully about his next plan.
First, she had to relearn the Nine Body Tempering Techniques, starting from the basics. She had to reach at least the second level to have some self-defense power. Considering that it took her three months to reach the second level, it was already quite a feat. She just didn't know what the aptitude of this body was.
Secondly, she needs to sort out all the assets she currently owns, which is the basic guarantee for her survival here.
As for Jiubao, he could only try his best to find other substitutes with the same functions, because in Qin Xia's memory, there had never been acupuncture as a medical technique on this Ansha Star, not even some of the most common herbs.
For the rest, take it one step at a time.
After thinking about it, Shi Yuqing slowly closed his eyes and began to recall one of the nine secrets of body building.
Relax your mind, eliminate distracting thoughts, and focus on the essence of the universe.
He silently recited a body-building technique in his mind, and then slowly stretched his body, assuming a strange posture. If someone were to observe, they would find that this posture resembled a complex symbol, strange but implying a rule.
As time passed, a fine layer of sweat gradually seeped out of Shi Yuqing's body. The sweat beads on his head slowly slid down his cheeks, dripping onto the ground and actually smashing a small hole in the F-class metal plate!
No! It's corrosion! The sweat oozing from her body is so corrosive!
But Yuqing didn't know all this. She was in so much pain that she couldn't even concentrate.
This body is truly rotten! It's awash in corruption, with several unknown impurities accumulating within its internal organs and meridians, constantly contaminating its blood and eroding its vital energy!
It is conceivable that if she had not taken over this body, even if Qin Xia had not been killed by the Seventh Team, he would not have lived long.
Shi Yuqing kept reciting the body-building technique in his mind, enduring the pain that seemed to be gnawing at his bones, and kept his body in the original position - without moving an inch!
The darkness on the horizon gradually faded, and the silent dark sand planet regained a bit of vitality. The scrap collection group in Area K also began to divide the team and assign tasks in an orderly manner.
In the F-class metal bungalow on the northwest edge of Area K, the metal floor beneath Shi Yuqing's feet had become bumpy, and the sweat on his body gradually stopped seeping out.
Her lips were so cracked that they showed a hint of scarlet, and her already pale skin was so thin that the blue and red blood vessels could be seen through it.
Suddenly, Shi Yuqing's body shook, his eyes opened, and his body, which had not moved all night, stretched out again in a mysterious posture.
Only after standing still did Shi Yuqing suddenly relax and slump to the ground.
I never thought this body would be so dilapidated! It took an entire night just to remove the impurities from my body, and it wasn't completely removed! I don't know what impurities are, but they are so toxic that even the Body Tempering Technique can't completely remove them. Unless I have the Nine Treasures, otherwise, I can only wait until she reaches the second level of Body Tempering.
Shi Yuqing smiled bitterly to herself, and then she felt dizzy from vomiting due to the sour smell coming from her body (=_=). She decided to go take a shower first!
After taking a shower and changing into an old, slightly yellowed T-shirt and incredibly tight jeans, Shi Yuqing walked towards the bedroom with awkward steps.
Shi Yuqing held a tasteless nutritional supplement in her mouth and lay on the bed with her hands under her head, thinking about all the assets left by Shi Yu before his death, as well as the remaining property that Qin Xia had collected over the past four years.
In addition to this F-class bungalow, she now has 50,000 star coins that were automatically transferred to Qin Xia after Shi Yu's death. As for the star coins Qin Xia earned from picking up scrap in the past four years, they basically offset her living expenses, and all that is left are some old and dilapidated items.
There's only half a month's supply of nutrients left. Half a month... should barely be enough for her to break through the first level of body forging... and her Nine Treasures...
The fatigue from practicing all night finally overwhelmed Shi Yuqing. He fell asleep with his head tilted, holding the tube of nutrient solution in his mouth.
At the same time, in a hundred-story building in the northern region of Area A of Dark Sand Planet, two staff members wearing gray-white S-level defensive uniforms pushed a dark-black instrument into the basement.
"Today's values." As soon as we entered the room, the staff member with "LY-T" printed on his armband said in a calm voice.
T-A4, who had been staying in the basement, heard the noise and turned on the recorder. "It's the same as before. SXYN-F and SXYN-L are slowly decreasing, and LYYN-FL is fluctuating. Today's peak value reached 97.839ly, up 2.174ly from yesterday."
After listening to T-A4's report, Lin Yan's expression remained calm as she slowly walked towards the research cabin in the middle, which was covered with S-grade alloy steel. "Well, let's try CSS01 today."
Hearing CSS01's words, the other two researchers looked at each other in surprise. Not surprisingly, they saw looks of doubt in each other's eyes, but then they both lowered their heads without saying a word.
Lin Yan ignored the changes in their expressions and continued to adjust the instruments. When everything was ready, she pressed the silver button and saw hundreds of black threads like tentacles winding up the research cabin. A flash of light suddenly appeared in her calm eyes, and she walked forward and pressed the red button at the bottom of the cabin door.
The hatch slowly opened, and a long-haired man wearing a gray-white suit gradually appeared.
When she saw this man again, a trace of blood-red light flashed in Lin Yan's eyes. She lowered her eyes to hide the expression in her eyes. She turned around and took the syringe and CSS01 from T-A4 and T-A5.
He slowly pushed all the air out of the syringe, then pierced the opening of the CSS01 liquid tube with the needle tip. As the black liquid gradually flowed into the syringe, a hint of excitement could not be suppressed on the beautiful face beneath the mask.
Pulling up the man's sleeve, a thin but unusually pale arm appeared in front of her eyes. Lin Yan subconsciously curled the corners of her lips, bent down, and was about to slowly move the needle tip towards her arm, but for no reason her whole body stiffened, and a chilling chill quickly spread from the bottom of her heart to her spiritual sea.
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