Chapter 262: Universal Planting System (1)

Xie Yang felt an itch on the back of her hand, as if a feather or some other furry thing was rubbing against her.

At the same time, a childish voice accompanied it: "Mommy..."

She slowly opened her eyes.

"Mommy, you're awake?"

Seeing Xie Yang wake up, Xie Ting's light brown, crystalline eyes revealed joy, and he offered a crystal-clear Blue Crystal with a hint of ingratiation:

"Zai Zai found this in the Waste Mining Area, a gift for Mommy!"

Xie Yang stared blankly at this cheap son before her.

He had a human face, spoke human language, had hands and feet, yet also possessed a body covered in fur, and his ears were furry, triangular ears.

Could it be that this Task plane is an orc world?

【Not at all, Host. It is an Interstellar Plane, with a civilization level second only to the Main Star where the System resides.】

The Main System introduced this while pouring the original body's memories into her.

"..."

Xie Yang truly needed quite a while to digest everything before she finished receiving it.

She was currently located on a planet called Garbage Star, a place specifically used by other Habitable Stars in this star system to dump trash, and it was also a notoriously severe radiation disaster zone for the entire star system.

The entire planet was almost completely filled with radiation, and not a blade of grass grew.

If one had to find a merit, it would surely be its vast territory and sparse population.

The people here lived with extreme freedom, doing whatever they wanted; the laws of Yilan Star were merely a formality on Garbage Star.

Here, whoever had the biggest fist was the boss.

The long-term residents on Garbage Star mainly fell into three categories: first, indigenous people whose Contribution Value was insufficient to move to a Habitable Star; second, fugitives who had committed crimes and were wanted by the entire star system with nowhere to hide; third, downgraded citizens who had been expelled from Habitable Stars.

The original body belonged to the third category.

This original body... was a bit hard to judge.

If this were a novel, then the original body would be the cannon fodder villain who coveted the male lead, framed the female lead, and used every possible means to destroy the relationship between the male and female leads.

Because of love that could not be attained, she committed wrongdoings and was sentenced to permanent exile from the Capital Star—Yilan Star; her face-conscious family also severed ties with her as a result.

Before the deadline for her exile, the abandoned and isolated original body simply gave up on herself, spent all her savings, purchased a powerful Illusion Potion, and forced herself upon the man she had loved for years but who was ultimately going to marry another woman.

The even more dramatic part came later—after she was exiled to Garbage Star, she discovered she was pregnant.

This discovery surprised her immensely, and she subsequently began planning how to return to Yilan Star in glory by using her child as leverage.

Thus, she braved the radiation and endured the nausea, frantically digging through various trash heaps and Waste Mining Areas.

Believe it or not, she actually found a few second-hand Light Brains and components that could be sold for money after refurbishment, and she also scavenged a few raw ores left in the Waste Mining Area that were still worth something, thereby exchanging them for an extremely precious Gene Modification Potion.

She wanted to modify the child into a natural Gene Warrior, so as to gain the acceptance and regard of her beloved and his family for the two of them.

Unfortunately, her method of forcing growth not only failed to successfully modify the child but instead caused the evolution to fail, turning the child into a Half-Beast Cub, a creature that was neither human nor beast and was currently highly controversial.

The original body fell into despair as a result.

Her beloved, Che Yin'an, was a Gene Warrior; Che Yin'an's mother had died at the hands of a failed Half-Beast, and Che Yin'an's father had hated all Half-Beasts ever since.

Now that their crystallization of love (?) had become a Half-Beast Cub, even if it were proven that this child was Che Yin'an's, he and his family would surely only feel disgust for the two of them; how could she accept this!

She had thought she could return to Yilan Star in glory and reclaim everything she had lost through her son, but in the end, it was all a hollow joy.

Gone!

Everything was gone!

Her beloved's regard and the happy life on Yilan Star had all turned into bubbles with this failed modification!

Just thinking about spending the rest of her life on this desolate Garbage Star, which was a severe radiation disaster zone everywhere, made her miserable.

Not content with her own suffering, she transferred this pain onto the innocent child.

She vented all her inner resentment onto the young Xie Ting, subjecting him to various forms of abuse—

In the middle of winter, she would throw him into the freezing Ice Lake, not allowing him to come ashore even when his fur was soaked through and he was shivering; in the sweltering heat, she would make him stand in punishment in front of a furnace, not allowing him to retreat even when sparks splashed onto his fur.

She would only feed him three meals a day if she remembered, and if she didn't, she would leave him hungry.

She even gaslit him, saying this was for his own good, and that if he wanted to become a Gene Warrior, these injuries and hardships were a necessary path.

The pure and ignorant Xie Ting truly believed this was his mother's love and test for him.

Not only did he have no complaints and worked tirelessly, but to make his mother happy, he would take the initiative to jump into the Ice Lake for winter swimming and voluntarily stand in punishment in front of the spark-splattering furnace.

Today was the same.

He had been ordered by the gloomy-faced original body to get out—

"Get out, get out, get out! The sight of your neither-human-nor-beast, stupid appearance makes me sick! Get as far away from me as you can! Don't stand in front of me and be an eyesore!"

And so he had truly rolled out of the house.

He rolled all the way to a nearby Waste Mining Area, where he inadvertently discovered a crystal stone different from ordinary meteorite fragments, its entire body emitting a mysterious, blue, glowing luster.

He held the crystal in both hands and wagged his tail happily, wanting to give this beautiful stone to his mother; perhaps her mood would be a little better.

So he held the crystal in his mouth and ran on all fours, as this would allow him to return home faster.

Finding his mother lying on the ground with her eyes closed, he didn't dare to rub his furry chin against her face, so he could only rub against her hand, hoping she would open her eyes to look at this beautiful stone, hoping it would make her happy.

However, the original body had died suddenly due to a manic episode, and when she opened her eyes again, the core had already been replaced.

Xie Yang: "..."

What kind of experience is it to open your eyes and have a failed Gene Modification product—a Half-Beast Cub son—calling you Mommy?

"Mommy?"

Perhaps seeing that she hadn't spoken for a long time, the little beast cub, looking at her with adoration, raised his furry little hand, gently placed the crystal in her palm, and then obediently stepped back:

"Mommy, I'm being good. I'll go back to rolling now, and this time I'll definitely roll far, far away!"

"..."

Xie Yang's heart was practically melting from the cuteness.

How could there be such an adorable little cub?

The experience was instantly maxed out!

I accept, I accept!

From now on, this cute little beast cub is her, Xie Yang's, precious son, and he must be cherished!

She reached out her hand, grabbed the timidly retreating little beast cub, pulled him into her embrace, and gently smoothed his fur.

"Thank you, baby!"

The little beast cub's pair of round eyes instantly widened.

Mommy called him baby!

His mommy was just like Xiya's mommy, calling her own cub baby!

So, being called "baby" by mommy feels this happy!

The little beast cub stood up excitedly, lightly rested his little hands on Xie Yang's knees, and gazed at Xie Yang with adoration, longing to hear it again.

Xie Yang was amused by his little expression and laughed, picking him up in one go, preparing to take the little fellow to take a bath.

Look at how he's been crawling and rolling all the way here; his light golden fur has turned a dusty gray.

As she stood up, she casually tucked the mysterious blue crystal stone attached to the Sub-system into her pocket.

Main System online: 【Ding! Congratulations to the Host for successfully recovering the bug Sub-system of this plane. However, given that the Sub-system of this plane was originally meant to bind to Xie Ting, who is in the form of a beast cub, the Host must raise Xie Ting to adulthood for the Task to be considered complete.】

【Hi! Dear Host, I am the most, most, most popular Universal Planting System from the Main Star! So happy to meet you! You are the Host with the strongest magnetic field I have ever seen! Oh! My dear Host, come quickly into my embrace to start Planting! I can't wait to see the Host become a winner in life and reach the pinnacle of life!】

"..."

This must be the Sub-system she just recovered.

But why is it a bit unhinged?