Chapter 1: The Sky Collapses

Chapter 1: The Sky Collapses

“That person said to just kill him directly and leave a complete corpse!”

When Qi Shu woke up, his head was splitting, and the icy rain made his face incredibly pale. He didn't immediately open his eyes but could feel several forces, capable of killing people invisibly, rushing towards him.

He instinctively used up his remaining Ability to activate a shield and counterattacked.

“Bang!”

Several thuds sounded in succession.

Qi Shu gasped, leaned against the wall, and stood up. He wiped the rainwater from his face, then clearly saw the several burly A-grade Mental Power users on the ground.

The “person” they mentioned was likely the Earls Residence's true young master, who wanted the original owner dead. The original owner, who had managed to escape several assassination attempts, had truly fallen this time.

After Qi Shu transmigrated, he almost died again!

He endured the discomfort in his body, fumbled in his spatial button for an electronic mask, and put it on his face, instantly changing his appearance completely. While digesting the original owner's memories, he leaned against the wall and left, his feet feeling as heavy as lead.

There were no surveillance drones patrolling this area. Qi Shu felt no guilt for the people on the ground; he was merely giving them a taste of their own medicine. He had used his own Mental Control Ability, and those people, even if they didn't die, would become half-dead, disfigured, and useless, no different from being dead.

After he turned into an alley in the slums, a patrol alarm sounded overhead. Qi Shu's heart also pounded nervously. He gritted his teeth and quickened his pace, the alley growing darker the further he went.

At this moment, Qi Shu no longer cared about fear. His mind was filled with the urgent need to retreat and find a safe place to hide.

In the darkness, Qi Shu instinctively tried to wander aimlessly. The rain, which had been falling for who knows how long, suddenly stopped.

His Ability, having been downgraded and depleted, left him utterly exhausted. He watched as the distant blue light formed a square door, getting closer and closer, occasionally flashing the words “Pear Market.”

The path to “Pear Market” was intricate, with several unfixeD doors. This was a place to evade pursuit. Although it only said Pear Market, it was actually Pulan Star’s black market, which even the Interstellar Agency couldn't govern.

Qi Shu finally breathed a sigh of relief and stepped into the black market. The market lights were dim, and people wore bizarre clothes, most of them wearing electronic masks, cloaks, and hats as they walked.

Feeling soaking wet was very unpleasant. After entering, he immediately found a relatively clean restroom to change into inconspicuous clothes before going out to blend into the black market crowd.

Here were wanted criminals who had committed heinous acts, as well as some nobles who came to scout for goods in disguise.

Qi Shu expressionlessly drank a tube of plastic saccharine-flavored nutrient solution to replenish his energy. The taste was indeed much better than expired canned food from the apocalypse.

He decided to stay here for a while longer before leaving. He found a chair next to an inconspicuous stall, sat down, crossed his arms, and closed his eyes to rest.

But his mind couldn't relax. Layers upon layers of memories pressed down on him, making it hard to breathe.

Through these memories, he suddenly realized that he had transmigrated into the only BL novel he had read in the apocalypse, “Dawn.” This book focused on the main plot and had little romance.

Qi Shu believed that the downside of reading too many novels was forgetting one after another, even forgetting the protagonist's full name after finishing! He only remembered the original owner's story because they shared the same name.

He didn't know where the main gong and shou of this book were now. He couldn't remember much about the other contents of “Dawn,” only vaguely knowing that the original owner was cannon fodder, existing to enrich the protagonist's resume.

As his soul and body were continuously merging, Qi Shu felt a persistent headache. He vigorously rubbed his temples to relieve the pain, then decided to sort through the original owner's memories first.

The original owner was a child who had been emotionally manipulated by the Earl and his wife since childhood. He couldn't resist domestic violence. Before entering the academy on Capital Star, his terminal was often confiscated, preventing him from accessing the Star Network, and he had very few opportunities to interact with the outside world. Whenever he had internet access, he would cling to his fiancé, who was the only outside person he could contact.

As soon as the true young master returned, the original owner was blamed for many things, including but not limited to damaging the true young master's mech, making the true young master eat allergenic food, and pushing the true young master off a hovercar. His adoptive parents found an excuse to express great disappointment in the original owner, demanding that the newly adult original owner repay the money spent raising him over the years. The true young master, offering advice from the side, arranged for a loan company connected to the Earls Residence to give the original owner a loan, which was then used to repay the Earls Residence.

Leaving the previous matters aside, Qi Shu, having transmigrated, couldn't believe this fact. He opened his eyes, unwilling to give up, and checked his optical computer terminal: a debt of 3 billion Interstellar Coins, to be repaid in installments over 300 years.

Alright, now he was completely disheartened.

In his previous life, he didn't even want to owe anyone thirty yuan, and this time he owed 3 billion! Interstellar people's lifespans were around five hundred years. He would have to work tirelessly for three hundred years to pay it off! If he couldn't pay, he would be sent to a Desolate Star for reclamation.

Otherwise, just send him back to the apocalypse. Actually... zombies were quite cute.

Qi Shu used to think that people on Earth who could take out a thirty-year mortgage were amazing. The Interstellar world directly offered a three-hundred-year unsecured loan!

How playful, truly playful!

He bitterly rubbed his face, suddenly thinking that perhaps expired canned food tasted better, or perhaps, he would wake up in the apocalypse after a good night's sleep? All of this must be fake.

It wasn't until a passerby, not paying attention to the road, stepped on his foot and repeatedly apologized that he had to face the facts, hugging his leg and letting out a sob.

Qi Shu didn't know whether he was more miserable or the original owner was.

After the original owner incurred a huge debt, he overheard that the Earls Residence hadn't actually made a mistake in swapping children; rather, the Earl had deliberately manipulated things. The original owner's biological parents were originally Pulan Star's richest people, and the true young master had also enjoyed a life of luxury. It was only later that the couple's company ran into trouble, and they both committed suicide on their way to being exiled to a mining planet.

Only then did the true young master undergo plastic surgery and return to the embrace of the Earls Residence. The Earls Residence's plan was for the true young master to inherit the couple's company, but who knew such a thing would happen.

The Earl and the true young master felt their efforts were in vain and ultimately took out their anger on the original owner.

When the original owner heard about this, he was accidentally discovered. After the original owner was driven out of the house, the true young master worried that the original owner would expose the matter and damage the Earls Residence's reputation, so he secretly sent people to hunt down the original owner.

In the end, the original owner was indeed killed by them. Qi Shu, having transmigrated, looked up at the sky helplessly. This was truly a disastrous beginning!

The original owner had a notorious reputation on the Star Network, ranked last in school exams, had F-grade Mental Power, and his fiancé, Slade, the Duke's son, who was the only one who could help him, had fallen for the true young master. After breaking off the engagement with the original owner, he became engaged to the true young master.

Before he died, the original owner still didn't understand why he had to endure so much when he hadn't done anything.

The cannon fodder original owner in the book was just a small part of the story. A year after the original owner's death, the protagonist shou and his subordinates went to Pulan Star for a secret investigation, uncovering evidence that the Earls Residence's true young master hired someone to kill the original owner. Even when the truth came out, the original owner still didn't receive an apology from those who cyberbullied him. What was most infuriating was that the murderer, the true young master, actually wasn't punished; he found a clone to serve his prison sentence!

Qi Shu trembled with anger. Living in the original owner's body, he also wanted to do something for the original owner, but unfortunately, he couldn't do it now and even wished to return to the apocalypse.

Qi Shu was only grateful that his electronic mask could still be used a few more times. At least he had to wait until his brought-over Ability recovered somewhat before he could help the original owner get revenge.

For a moment, Qi Shu didn't want to abide by Interstellar law. He wanted to go and slaughter those people to quell the anger in this body.

For some reason, the people around him felt that the weather was a bit chilly today and couldn't help but shrink their necks.

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