Chapter 419: New Map: Another Garbage Star!

However, you who left this scrap star certainly don't know what will only happen a month later.

You finally broke free of the cage that bound you for twenty years, truly stepping into space; at that moment, an unprecedented sense of freedom filled your whole body.

The universe is vast; from now on, the sky is high and birds may fly!

The first thing you must do is find a place to settle, after all, as a flesh-and-blood body, your survival ability is truly poor, and the food you brought won't last you long either.

You even wondered whether, like Xiao Jiu, you should transform yourself into a mechanical lifeform so you wouldn't have to worry about food.

'Life trait "Mechanical Ascension" not selected! This turning-point judgment failed!'

You ultimately discarded that idea; you didn't want to become an emotionless machine, although like Xiao Jiu it is indeed feasible, but you felt you lacked the ability to perfectly remake yourself that way.

Finally, you and Xiao Jiu confirmed your destination this time: a new Garbage Star!

Humans, we currently have no legal Stellar Citizen status; strictly speaking, we are 'wanderers'.

What is that?

Zhang Jie knew nothing about stellar matters, only able to listen as Xiao Jiu explained it to her.

It seems Xiao Jiu has received education in this area; otherwise, how could she know so much?

Wanderers are actually a group of lives that have lost their homeworld; without a homeworld, in this Star Sea they are like duckweed, able only to drift until death.

Xiao Jiu glanced worriedly at Zhang Jie, then immediately continued speaking.

But actually, wanting a Stellar Citizen identity is simple; for some people it's not even worth worrying about.

Yes, the so-called Stellar Citizen identity is merely a means to keep useless life out of advanced civilization; although reality is harsh, the universe certainly never lacks people.

Civilizations that casually accept wanderers are either chaotic forces or already heading toward destruction.

What then?

Don't worry, I found this missile Garbage Star; it's countless times better than our previous one!

Xiao Jiu excitedly showed Zhang Jie the information she had looked up; this excitement didn't come from herself but from Zhang Jie.

For Xiao Jiu, it doesn't matter where she lives; dying is fine, living is better, but if she lives, it depends on who she's with.

Zhang Jie has always been a genius; regardless of whether he is mediocre, he has always been a genius in Xiao Jie's eyes.

He hand‑crafted a starship hull with maxed‑out density, took the engine from an advanced civilization's warship for use, manually replicated the advanced civilization's fuel, and succeeded in a test flight.

He is practically a superman!!!

Does Zhang Jie know how powerful he is? Probably never, but her Xiao Jiu has always known.

Zhang Jie is a genius! A true‑to‑name genius!

So......

So?

Humans, listen to me: stellar civilizations will not accept life that is useless to civilization.

On this Garbage Star there is a perfect recycling system! As long as you have money, you can buy all the knowledge you want to learn!

In my view, humans you are only bound hand and foot by lack of knowledge; as long as you possess their knowledge, you will surely succeed!

Knowledge?

Zhang Jie's eyes gradually brightened; yes, everything he faces—whether predicament or inner turmoil—ultimately stems from his excessive ignorance.

Knowledge can create wealth, wealth can create status; by then, not only could you mobilize many people to seek human females, but you could also easily fix Xiao Jiu.

Zhang Jie finally understood how eagerly anticipated Xiao Jie's words were.

Moreover, Garbage Stars don't set up port interceptions; essentially they are the same chaotic place where all kinds of identities exist, so before obtaining Stellar Citizen status, this is our best foothold!

A new Garbage Star, I hope it really is as you said.

The closer you get to light‑speed travel, the slower time passes; for you traveling at sub‑light speed, your subjective time felt only five days when you reached the second Garbage Star not far from here.

This belongs to a high‑density star‑field region of the galaxy; the distance between star systems is not great, and although subjectively only five days have passed, in fact a whole year has elapsed.

(Trivia: Our position is actually a void in the universe; the stellar density per cubic light‑year here is a pitiful 0.004 stars, whereas at the center of the Milky Way it is a terrifying 288,000 stars per cubic light‑year!)

Upon seeing a planet again, you thought it would be the same feces‑yellow planet as before, but you didn't expect its color to be blue and yellow, as if deliberately split apart.

Just as Xiao Jiu said, your shoddy starship attracted no notice, and you successfully landed in the feces‑yellow area of the planet.

A world of scrap, no different from before, except that what was once called Feitu city has now changed into a new territory.

That is called Luzhou, a pure land deliberately separated from the Feitu world, and also a place where those of status in Feitu can enjoy themselves.

The blue patches Zhang Jie saw outside earlier are Luzhou; they neatly cover the whole planet, with cargo or waste ships constantly flying in to dump something here.

Our former Garbage Star was actually modeled after this place.

Xiao Jiu looked at the familiar surroundings and spoke to Zhang Jie.

The civilization we are now in is precisely the great civilization attempting to dominate the Star Sea today.

This is probably just one of the planets under their sway.

After all, top‑tier civilizations only have core planets that spread cross‑era technology; these fringe small planets still use an extremely frugal operating mode.

Huff....

New map....

Zhang Jie chewed on the last bit of food left in his mouth, his gaze blazing as he looked at this new Feitu.

He could feel that his future had only just begun at this moment!

Xiao Jiu! Let's go, we'll go pick up treasure!

Mm‑hm! Together! Humans!