Chapter 1 Interstellar Orphan Reveals the Red List
A group of old multi-storey buildings stand on the narrow streets. Looking down from a high altitude, one will feel suffocated by the densely packed and dilapidated residential buildings.
During the month that Su Shuihun had been traveling through time, every time he opened the curtains, he would smell a pungent odor of sewage.
Due to abnormal ocean temperatures, it has been raining on the planet Romeda for nearly a month. Today, the rain finally stopped, but the humid and sultry environment still made Su Shui feel stuffy in his chest.
She picked up a plastic cup and wanted to make a cup of tea, but when she glanced around, there was no tea leaves in the room. Even the chrysanthemums she had planted had withered. There was not even a bit of leftover food in the small room.
Su Shui helplessly realized that this was no longer a comfortable and affluent environment.
There were many cracks on the white painted wall of the ceiling. Due to the humid weather, the wall was becoming more and more deteriorating. Chunks of wall would often fall to the ground. She was woken up by this several times when she was sleeping.
Poisonous mushrooms would occasionally grow on the windowsill.
Compared to the cool high-tech buildings outside, the house she lives in can be described as a slum within a slum.
Su Shui couldn't help but let out a long sigh and accepted a fact that he had to believe.
Now she is a very poor person.
Su Shuiben was a professional Go player of the ninth dan level. His mother died when he was seven years old and his father was a researcher at a biological research institute.
I never thought that one day I would mistakenly ingest the medicine my father had just developed as amoxicillin... and accidentally travel through time and space.
When she woke up again, she found herself an orphan on the planet Romeda, without a father, a mother, a name or a surname.
The sunlight shone through the window onto the acceptance letter on the table. The number in the name column - 666 - was particularly eye-catching.
There is a well-known rule on this planet, that is, children born in the slums have no names, only numbers, but if these people enter Romeda Imperial School one day, they will be qualified to name themselves.
In three days, Su Shui can register for Rometa Imperial School under his own name.
She has the memories of her original self in her mind. Her original self exhausted all her energy in order to be admitted to this imperial school, which led to long-term deficiency of qi and blood. In addition, due to her poor family background and inadequate nutrition, she suddenly suffered a cerebral infarction and died.
In the past month, in order to survive, Su Shui did odd jobs everywhere and earned some star coins by collecting scraps, which was enough to barely maintain a basic life.
The gap between Earth civilization and interstellar civilization is too big, and the skills she possesses are of no use here. Collecting scraps has become the most convenient way to make money.
Fortunately, there is still some damage to this planet.
She glanced at the time and realized it was time to go out and collect junk to make money. Su Shui packed up immediately, rode her old bicycle, and went out to collect junk.
Along the way, she received all kinds of strange looks while riding her bicycle.
On the planet Romeda, wealthy families all have their own flying vehicles. Even if they are not from wealthy families, for ordinary citizens, bicycles are already antiques from a hundred years ago, and few people ride bicycles on the road.
The speed is slow and manpower is required, which is a thankless task.
At this moment, a cool ice-blue aircraft attracted her attention.
When Su Shui got closer and took a look, he was shocked. The shiny fuselage of the aircraft looked like it was covered with diamonds. It was so dazzling that people couldn't help but want to touch it.
There is a transparent glass window behind the fuselage with a conspicuous red sheet stuck on it.
Su Shui stared at the words on the red list intently: Looking for a Go practice partner, who must be above level A, with excellent Go skills, and at least 9th dan. The winner will receive a bonus of 50,000 star coins.
Instantly, Su Shui's pupils dilated, his heart beat fast, and he raised the corners of his mouth slightly, tearing off the list without hesitation, "Go? Isn't this what I am best at?"
Su Shui raised his eyebrows. "I never thought that there are people on this planet who play Go and take Go so seriously? You can earn money if you win the game. That's 50,000 star coins! I don't even know if I can earn 50,000 star coins by picking up scraps for three months... I can't give up such a good opportunity."
"Ha! There really is always a way out."
"The money that is about to reach your pocket must not be missed!"
Su Shui parked his bike, looked up and glanced at the seven big characters "Command Chess Academy Club", then walked in with his head held high.
The boss was standing at the front desk. When he saw Su Shui, who was wearing old yellowed clothes, he smiled and nodded, "Little girl, are you here to practice chess? How good are you at chess? I can match you with a corresponding opponent."
Su Shui took out the red slip he had just seen and said, "Boss, I'm here to register."
The boss was an elderly, amiable old man. When Su Shui caught a glimpse of his shiny, bald scalp, an idea popped into his mind involuntarily: This boss is so lucky that he doesn't even have the chance to grow white hair.
When the boss saw Su Shui, his eyes were filled with incredible surprise. He used his senses to probe Su Shui's level and found out that her senses were barely at level A. He then kindly advised her, "Little girl, you should go back! Although there is a prize for winning the game, if you lose..."
He pointed to the second half of the list, "The loser will be fined 40 kilometers."
The little girl has thin arms and legs. You can tell at a glance that she not only doesn't like exercise and has malnutrition, but is also quite poor.
Not to mention running 40 kilometers, even 2 kilometers would be too strenuous.
If someone dies, it will be terrible and you will have to pay to save him.
Nowadays, there are too many people who want to enter the Imperial School's command department. Go can reflect a commander's operational coordination ability and has long been a required subject for the command department. Those who rack their brains to enter the Imperial School's command department will come to the club to practice Go in their spare time.
But... practicing chess is one thing, but revealing the red list is too bold!
Here, who doesn't know that the person who issues the red list is the one you can't mess with...
The boss subconsciously looked at Su Shui a few times and felt that Su Shui did not seem to be ignorant of the immensity of the world. It must be that his eyesight was not very good and he was eager to make money, so he automatically ignored the punishment behind and only saw the attractive bonus.
But Su Shui remained calm, slammed the bill on the table, raised his chin slightly, and said in a menacing manner, "Boss, I will challenge him."
Oh! 40 kilometers is nothing, isn't it a piece of cake?
As a marathon runner, for her, 40 kilometers is a way to relax and find a sense of accomplishment.
The boss still looked at Su Shui with a worried look. He never thought that in this era there are still people who are so short of money that they risk their lives to make money... Judging from the way that person plays chess, every step is so aggressive, and his psychological quality, the girl was very sad.
But, since no matter how I persuade her, I can only send the little girl into the tiger's mouth.
The boss glanced towards the third floor, pressed the light computer on his wrist, and found a person named [Lin Gou Butler]. Just as he was about to send a message, he was startled by Lin Gou's avatar and nickname.
He clicked on Lin Gou's profile picture to check out Lin Gou's profile, and a GIF of Lin Gou pouting and blowing a kiss popped up on his computer, along with a voice: You're finally here, I love you!
When Su Shui, who was standing by, heard the disgusting sound, goosebumps appeared all over his back and arms.
What is this sissy sound?
She looked at the boss with a complex and subtle look. Could it be that the boss had this kind of habit?
The boss shook his head in confusion, his eyes widened, and he found incredulously that Lin Gou's current nickname was [The Young Master's Idiot], followed by a personal quote: The nights I miss you, my heart that has nowhere to rest, Romeda's number one infatuated lover.
......
Shame...shame...so shameful!
The shy voice was still repeating, and the boss immediately clicked into his personal page and made a call. When the other party answered the phone, he immediately said, "Butler Lin, there is a little girl here who wants to challenge Master Zhang."
A fly flew onto the tip of Lin Gou's nose. He couldn't help but sneeze, and his voice was a little loud. "What? The little girl wants to challenge me?"
The sound of chess pieces falling behind him suddenly became very loud. Lin Gou trembled all over. He looked back timidly and saw Zhang Juehuang's sharp blue eyes staring at him. Then he realized that he was talking too loudly.
Lin Gou first grinned at Zhang Juehuang awkwardly, then walked a few steps away, deliberately lowered his voice to the computer, and said quickly: "Young Master wants to find someone awesome, you know? Little girls are not good enough!"
He turned off the computer and walked over to see Zhang Juehuang curling his lips in excitement as he placed the last black dot. At this time, a system voice appeared on the virtual screen: "Congratulations, you have passed the level."
“I have finally solved this problem.”
Zhang Juehuang spread his arms and leaned lazily on the seat, his deep blue pupils looking at the battle zone on the virtual screen, the sunlight falling just on the side of his face.
First floor.
The boss had no choice but to reject Su Shui's offer on the grounds that he did not have time. In fact, he was actually happy for Su Shui, as he had escaped a disaster and saved the expensive medical expenses.
Although Su Shui felt it was a pity, she turned around and left helplessly. But the next moment, she accidentally glanced at the question on the chessboard on the right side of the blackboard. After thinking for a few seconds, she walked forward and picked up a chess piece.
The system's electronic voice sounded: "The game begins."
At this moment, Su Shui seemed to be in a real virtual high-latitude science fiction world, a battle zone with a chessboard as its territory. The black and white chess pieces were all transformed into soldiers wearing silver armor. In front of him stood 19 intersecting longitude and latitude lines. These golden lines were like sacred light, which made Su Shui shudder in his heart.
Wherever she placed the black piece in her hand, the soldiers in the virtual world would move forward a few steps. In the process of solving the problem, Su Shui witnessed a fierce war with her own eyes, and the commander of this war was herself.
Even in real life, when marching and fighting, as a general, he is also a person in the game. And now, for the first time, Su Shui felt that he was in the war zone, but standing at a height that they could not see, and became the person who truly controlled the direction of the war.
In this world, she is the real chess player.
The game was going on in full swing, and the fight between black and white came to an end, with black winning.
"You have completed the game."
A standard system electronic sound officially announced the end of the game, and the world around Su Shui returned to normal in an instant.
The boss stared at the problem solved by Su Shui in amazement and was speechless for a moment. When he came to his senses and wanted to ask Su Shui more, he found that she had left.
At this time, Zhang Juehuang came downstairs with his hands on his hips and asked, "Boss, why hasn't anyone come to take the list these days?"
The boss shook his head and said, "Yes, a girl about your age just came."
Zhang Juehuang tilted his head and saw that the problem on the blackboard had been solved. He asked in surprise, "Who solved this problem?"
"That's the girl who took the lead today."