Chapter 79: Just Say You Can't Just Pick Up Men Whenever You Want!

"I need you to lend me a hand."

In his current state, he truly could not crawl inside by himself.

When Ruan Mian reached out to help him, she realized that both of his arms were hanging limp and completely immobile; they were likely broken.

Even more terrifying was a gash on one of his wrists that was deep enough to reveal the bone, with blood pouring out like a fountain.

No wonder he couldn't use his Light Brain!

"I'll help you, but if I accidentally pull on your wounds, don't blame me."

This person could easily immobilize her; even injured like this, his strength was terrifyingly immense. If he wanted her life, it wouldn't take more than the blink of an eye.

Ruan Mian felt she had to get the ugly truth out first.

"Do I look like such a petty person?" His face was deathly pale from excessive blood loss, and even though his tone carried a hint of amusement, it was as cold as pine wood on an icy mountain, high and unreachable.

Ruan Mian thought to herself, 'What kind of villain would call themselves a villain?'

However, her hands moved quickly, intentionally avoiding his injured arms as she draped one of his numb wrists over her shoulder and wrapped an arm around his waist and back.

A pungent, bloody scent rushed into her nose.

Faintly, it was mixed with a lingering fragrance, like pine wood, or perhaps licorice fields after the snow had melted, which managed to mask some of the blood's stench.

It wasn't quite as suffocating.

The man's body was very tall, visually estimated to be nearly 1.9 meters; Ruan Mian's line of sight only reached his chest.

When Nüwa created humans, she was a bit biased...

She used almost all her strength to pull him up; she didn't know what material his clothes were made of, but they were stiff and chafed her arms until they ached.

After finally managing to move him into the Medical Pod, Ruan Mian was nearly exhausted and collapsed to the ground, wanting to rest.

"After the treatment starts in a moment, put me and the Medical Pod into your Light Brain."

Ruan Mian:???

A Light Brain can store people inside?

That's too advanced!

Does that mean I won't have to buy tickets when I go traveling in the future?

Just stuff them into a suitcase—no, into the Light Brain—and be done with it?

"Alright, I understand, you go in."

After clicking to start the treatment, the originally transparent Medical Pod door was instantly shrouded in a layer of white mist, making it impossible to see inside.

It was just as well; she didn't want to see such a bloody scene anyway.

Perhaps it was because she had stayed in this Interstellar place for too long; there was no stench of rotting corpses or blood everywhere in the air. Although the surroundings were piled high with all kinds of trash, there were no severed limbs or terrifying zombies.

It felt as if she had returned to the peaceful days before the apocalypse.

She suspected she might have PTSD; otherwise, why would she have felt so disgusted and repulsed when she saw this man's blood just now? She really didn't want to encounter any bloody scenes at all.

While lost in thought, she stored the Medical Pod in front of her into her own Light Brain.

But before she could even take a step, the Light Brain emitted a terrifying sound.

【Hello, your Human Storage Space is in arrears, please pay the balance as soon as possible.】

Human Storage Space?

There's such a thing?

And when did she fall into arrears?

Clicking into it, she discovered that this Human Storage Space was another dimension inside the Light Brain where she had just stored the person along with the Medical Pod.

A white Medical Pod lay quietly inside, and above it was a meter with a price that kept jumping.

Only, there was a negative sign in front of it.

It was already negative 2,000, and the number kept jumping upward.

Only then did she clearly see the small line of text below: the listed price was 500 Interstellar Coins per second.

Help!

This is practically robbery!

Wait!

Ruan Mian immediately opened her account; the balance inside was zero, and there was even the amount she currently owed below it.

The sky has fallen!

After working hard for so long, she had returned to square one in an instant, and it was even worse—she was saddled with a massive debt.

No, she couldn't keep this Medical Pod in there for even a second!

She tried to take the Medical Pod out, but it wouldn't work!

【You are in arrears, please pay the debt as soon as possible. Only after the debt is cleared can items and people be retrieved. The Human Storage System has a maximum limit of 24 hours; exceeding the time limit will result in forced execution. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.】

What is this? It can't even be taken out? And it needs 24 hours? And forced execution?

24 hours is over 86,000 seconds, which is over 40 million!

No wonder people don't dare to skip out on the fare; this price is enough to build another scenic spot herself.

She knew it was a trap, but she didn't expect the trap to be this big.

Picking up the large basin she had found, she hurried home; she had to get home quickly to earn money!

"What's wrong?"

Lu Yi had just picked a large basket of tomatoes and, seeing Ruan Mian return with a look of panic and worry, felt his guard rise.

However, his Light Brain did not sound a danger alarm.

"I'm about to die!"

Ruan Mian's expression was incredibly ugly, she was on the verge of tears, and her hands never stopped moving.

"Lu Yi, go help me fetch some more soil and fill this pot up."

"What on earth happened?"

Ruan Mian didn't even have time to reply; her hands moved even faster, putting all the roasted sweet potatoes into her Light Brain.

"Me, me, me, sob, I've been scammed!!!"

The corners of Ruan Mian's mouth turned down subconsciously, and the corners of her eyes turned red; she looked so aggrieved that it seemed like she was about to shed tears the next second.

"I worked so hard to earn a little money, is it easy for me..."

She gave a rough account of what had just happened, getting more annoyed and angrier the more she spoke.

"You tell me, isn't this returning kindness with ingratitude? Isn't it just too much!"

Hearing Ruan Mian's words, Lu Yi frowned deeply; someone who appeared in this Wasteland Garbage Dump and was also injured—this person's identity was not simple.

"Wait."

Lu Yi spoke up, interrupting Ruan Mian's next actions, and what he said next brought Ruan Mian new hope.

"I have a way to make the storage space inside the Light Brain pause its price calculation."

There's such a good thing?!

"Quick, quick, quick, then hurry up and operate it!"

A touch of softness suddenly covered her wrist, and her neatly trimmed, rounded fingernails were a faint pink, as cute as she was.

The skin he touched felt as if it had been scalded, making him unable to help but flinch slightly.

The look in his pupils deepened by a few shades.

His protruding Adam's apple bobbed up and down, and his voice turned somewhat hoarse, "No rush, I will help you."

The low, deep voice sounded like music to Ruan Mian's ears at this moment.

"Quick, quick, quick, I'm dying of anxiety!"

Lu Yi brought up her Light Brain and performed a series of operations; the price on the meter indeed stopped.

His method was to apply for temporary storage, pay off the debt first, and then take out the Medical Pod.

However, the deadline was two weeks.

If the outstanding amount was not paid off within two weeks, the items would flow into the market for auction.

"Lu Yi, you're so amazing!"

A pair of starry eyes gazed at him, filled with a softness that made him almost crumble...