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Chapter 74 Life experience
Lao Yu's Noodle Shop.

After listening to Old Yu and the other man recount the whole story, Yu Jin solemnly opened the envelope.

Lines of slightly hasty, loosely written text came into view—

[Little Jin, it's like seeing you in person.]

Grandpa knows he doesn't have many days left to live, and there's something he's thought about and decided to tell you.

This concerns your background.

Eighteen years ago, at the end of the year, on December 31st, heavy snow fell.

[It was the day you arrived at the orphanage.]

I have never told you how you came to be, nor have I told anyone else.

Because your arrival seems like something out of the ordinary.

That day...

I watched as you appeared out of nowhere in front of the orphanage.

Yes, out of thin air.

It's like it 'fell' out of thin air.

I was terrified, thinking I'd encountered a ghost, but...

You lay there quietly on the snow by the door, neither crying nor making a fuss. Although I was scared, I couldn't bear it and carried you back into the yard.

That night, after I settled you in, I had a strange dream.

【dream……】

Many suns turned black.

【dream……】

Countless galaxies went out one after another.

I've never seen anything like it before, not even on television.

I was terrified.

What makes me even more uneasy is...

[At the end of the dream, I saw you, still a child. You neither cried nor made a fuss; you just appeared quietly before me.]

At the end of the dream, I heard a voice, but I couldn't tell if it was a man's or a woman's voice.

[They said: 'Ember'.]

So I gave you a name, 'Ember'.

After that, I considered whether to call the police or tell Guo Jia about it, but...

I figured no one would believe me even if I told them, and most importantly...

[You are very well-behaved and quiet. I think, no matter where you came from, you are still a child. If you were handed over to the government, you might be treated like a monster and sent to the operating table for research, just like in the TV shows.]

I kept this a secret, and all the caregivers at the orphanage assumed that you, like the other children in the orphanage, had been deliberately abandoned at the door by irresponsible parents.

Nobody knows you appeared out of thin air.

Fifteen years ago, Limin and Cao Fang, those two children, came to the compound and adopted you. I hesitated about whether to tell them about it.

But after thinking it over, I decided to keep it a secret. I was worried it wouldn't be good for you.

Now, as my days draw to a close, my dying thought is still of that snowy day eighteen years ago.

My child, by the time you read this letter, Grandpa will have already passed away.

I instructed Limin that if anything supernatural or ghostly were to occur, then I should give you this letter.

My child, I don't know where you came from, but in Grandpa's heart, you will always be a good child, a good child who never cries or makes a fuss.

【…】

Yu Jin remained silent and closed the envelope.

His heart was in turmoil, and he could not calm down for a long time.

grandfather……

That is, the director of the orphanage.

Before he was three years old, Yu Jin was raised by his grandfather in an orphanage.

only……

Yu Jin never expected this.

The letter my grandfather left for himself before he passed away contained so much information.

Big to...

This left Yu Jin feeling confused and lost for a moment.

Did you just appear out of thin air?
Yu Jin felt awkward, an indescribable awkwardness in his heart.

But he believed that his grandfather wouldn't lie to him.

That was a kind old man who gave all his love and care to himself.

"Little Jin?"

Old Yu and Cao Fang did not see the contents of the letter.

But seeing Ember's reaction, they couldn't help but feel worried.

For eighteen years, Yu Jin had always been the most sensible child, and the two of them had never seen such a bewildered look on Yu Jin's face.

"Little Jin".

Cao Fang grabbed Yu Jin's hand and held it tightly.

Yu Jin was still somewhat confused, and he numbly raised his head.

"No matter what's written in the letter..."

"You will always, always, always be Mommy's good child." Cao Fang's voice was already trembling with sobs.

On the other side, Old Yu also showed a rare hint of paternal tenderness.

"Little Jin".

"Your father is here!"

Old Yu patted Yu Jin's shoulder forcefully.

Da da--

Not a moment later.

Yu Chen also ran upstairs.

He didn't know what had happened, but he saw Ember's reaction.

Yu Chen ran up to Yu Jin and gave him a big bear hug.

"elder brother!"

"You'll always be my brother!"

……

……

Ember was alone in the room.

Neither Old Yu, Cao Fang, nor Yu Chen came to disturb him, leaving him time to process his emotions alone.

From beginning to end.

The three of them didn't ask what was written in the letter left by the old dean.

I don’t know how much time has passed.

Outside the small windows of the room, the sky was gradually darkening.

call--

Yu Jin let out a long breath of stale air.

This letter had a significant impact on him.

Connecting this to the current "Wasteland" game on Earth, the upcoming journey through the wasteland, and the approaching Oumuamua that may spill pollution onto Earth.

And the system that was inexplicably bound to him.

Everything seemed shrouded in a thick fog.

Ember was in the center of the fog, untouchable and unseen.

What should I do?

Yu Jin asked himself the same question.

Soon, he got the answer.

"Become stronger!"

To me, at this moment, these mysteries are completely incomprehensible.

The only answer is to become stronger.

Think about this.

Yu Jin took out his phone.

He dialed Yin Yao's number.

Toot——

The call is connected.

"What's wrong, President?"

Yin Yao sounded tired. Yu Jin didn't know that she had spent the entire day fighting monsters and leveling up in the wasteland.

"Could the arrangements for nuclear waste be brought forward a little earlier?"

Yu Jin asked earnestly.

As originally planned—

I will have to wait until early tomorrow morning to set off for the nuclear waste base in the northwest of Daxia.

but……

Ember realized that time was probably running out.

He slept for a whole day after advancing from the seventh to the eighth rank.

However, if one falls into a long-term coma while progressing from the eighth to the ninth rank...

There wasn't even time to unleash a full-blown "Purifying Light" on "Oumuamua" before crossing over!
"can!"

"I'll go tell Grandpa!"

Yin Yao didn't know why Yu Jin wanted to bring it up earlier, but she still gave a very affirmative answer.

The phone hangs up.

Yu Jin let out a long sigh.

He is now at the eighth level. Even if he takes the crystals from the sixth level and below, the effect on advancing his level will be negligible.

He had actually thought about it—

Today, the penultimate day, let's go to the aquarium or the sea and see if we can snag some 'mutant beasts' like sharks and whales.

But in the end, it didn't happen.

Instead of wasting a lot of time on 'sixth-tier', 'seventh-tier', or even 'eighth-tier' mutated beasts to get a couple of crystals.

It would be better to speed things up and target nuclear waste directly!
(End of this chapter)