The only SSSS-level fertility constitution in the entire interstellar space

Aze's fingers trembled slightly as he gripped the list.

"Seventh Young Master..." His voice was terribly hoarse. He raised his head and met Ah Qi's peach blossom eyes, which were now terrifyingly sinister.

Ah Qi squatted down in front of him, her beautiful face very close to his, close enough to see the emotions churning in his eyes.

"She's not here, is she?" Ah Qi's voice was very soft, as if afraid of disturbing something. "Sister isn't on the survivor list."

Aze's Adam's apple bobbed, but he didn't speak.

Silence is the answer.

Ah Qi suddenly chuckled.

The laughter was very soft, and it sounded particularly eerie in the cramped cabin.

"Ah Ze, Ah Ze," he stood up, looking down at the person kneeling on the ground, "I told you to watch over her, but you let her escape. Letting her escape is one thing, but you sent her into the mouth of the Zerg."

Aze lowered his head and offered no explanation.

Unable to defend himself, he never expected that the Zerg attack would happen at such a coincidence.

"You better pray that the statistician made a mistake and missed something, otherwise, Ah Ze, I will kill you!" Ah Qi was very calm, completely unlike his previous madness.

But everyone who knows him knows that when Ah Qi stops being crazy, that's when he's really about to go insane.

*

When Lu Yao opened her eyes, Zhou Jinlu was carefully feeding her water.

The cool liquid slid down her chapped lips, gradually clearing her muddled consciousness.

"Zhou Jinlu..." she began, her voice hoarse as if sandpaper had been rubbing against her throat.

Zhou Jinlu's hand paused slightly, then his light brown eyes lit up with surprise: "Yaoyao, you're awake!"

As Lu Yao struggled to sit up, she subconsciously touched her abdomen and, upon confirming that the baby was still there, her heart finally settled down.

"Is there anything wrong with you?" Zhou Jinlu asked anxiously, propping himself up and looking her over.

Lu Yao then noticed that Zhou Jinlu's face was frighteningly pale, his forehead was covered with fine cold sweat, and one of his legs was fixed by two tree branches, clearly broken.

"Your leg..." Lu Yao's pupils contracted.

Zhou Jinlu twitched the corners of his lips: "I was hit when I fell, but it's not serious, don't worry. The good news is that we're all still alive, and the baby is fine. The bad news is that this is a barren planet, and we're probably going to have a tough time for a while. But don't worry, Yaoyao, I'll take good care of you."

"Don't move." She pressed down on his body, which was trying to move further in this direction, her gaze falling on his leg, which was roughly held in place by branches. "Let me see."

Zhou Jinlu wanted to say something, but was glared at by Lu Yao.

That one glance inexplicably calmed him down.

Lu Yao propped herself up and carefully moved to his side. Upon closer inspection, the condition of his leg was worse than she had imagined. His calf was visibly swollen, with bluish-purple tinges under the skin. The branch used to secure the leg was rough, and there were several places where the skin had been rubbed raw and blood was seeping out.

"Does it hurt?" she asked softly.

Zhou Jinlu smiled and said, "It doesn't hurt."

Lu Yao didn't speak, but simply reached out and gently touched the swollen area.

Zhou Jinlu's brows furrowed involuntarily, though they quickly relaxed; that fleeting reaction spoke volumes.

"It's fractured." Lu Yao withdrew her hand. "It needs to be re-fixed; this won't do."

As Lu Yao spoke, she was about to get up to look outside when someone knocked on the leaky wooden shack: "The person inside, if you still want to live here, it's time to pay the fees!"

Lu Yao was stunned for a moment, not expecting that such an environment would actually charge a fee.

Zhou Jinlu patted her shoulder, signaling her not to worry, then propped himself up and walked to the wooden door, opening it a crack.

A gaunt, middle-aged man stood outside the door, wearing wrinkled old clothes, his cloudy eyes peering through the crack in the door.

"You two are new here, aren't you?" The man's voice was hoarse, with the roughness unique to the outer star regions. "This territory is under my control. If you want to stay here, it's twenty star coins a day, forty for the two of you."

Zhou Jinlu took out a pocket watch from his pocket and showed the other person the diamond inside: "Give us a clean, airtight place, and bring us some food. Also, I need to know the coordinates and situation here."

The man's cloudy eyes contracted sharply the moment he saw the diamond.

Greed almost overflowed from his eyes, but he quickly suppressed it and forced a fawning smile: "Boss, this...this is too valuable. I don't have change in this small place."

Zhou Jinlu did not take back the pocket watch, but simply looked at him calmly: "No need to open it. Just do as I say, and this is yours."

The man's Adam's apple bobbed violently.

He certainly knew the value of the pocket watch; the quality of the diamonds and the craftsmanship of the watch case were things that could not be found on a barren planet.

These two people in front of me are probably wealthy people who have drifted over from some great star system.

"Please, please wait a moment!" He nodded repeatedly, his tone becoming more respectful. "I'll arrange it right away! The best room! Clean! And airtight! The food will be brought over immediately!"

He turned and ran.

"Wait a minute," Zhou Jinlu called out to him.

The man stopped immediately, turned around, and bowed: "Is there anything else you need?"

"We also need a terminal that can connect to the main star," Zhou Jinlu calmly instructed, his gaze fixed on the other person's face with an air of pressure.

The man's smile froze on his face.

"A terminal?" He chuckled dryly. "Boss, aren't you putting me in a difficult position? In this dump, let alone a terminal connecting to the federal mainnet, it's hard to even find a usable piece of junk..."

Zhou Jinlu didn't say anything, but simply shook the pocket watch in his hand.

In the sunlight, the diamond refracted a dazzling light.

The man's gaze was fixed on the diamonds, his Adam's apple bobbing several times.

"...It's not entirely impossible." Although she lowered her voice, she couldn't hide her excitement. "They're available on the black market, but they're not cheap, and you have to wait."

"How long will it take?"

"It will take at least three days." The man rubbed his hands together, making a three-pointed star. "The Zerg just finished causing trouble, and the crackdown is strict right now. Nobody dares to go against the grain."

Zhou Jinlu paused for a moment, then said, "Okay."

The man's eyes lit up, and he almost instinctively reached out to touch the pocket watch in Zhou Jinlu's hand.

"Then, then this pocket watch..."

"It's yours once the matter is settled." Zhou Jinlu slowly put the pocket watch back into his pocket. "First, arrange accommodation and food for us."

The man's smile froze for a moment, but quickly returned to its usual plaster: "Understood, understood! Don't worry, boss, I'll get on it right away!"

He turned and ran as soon as he finished speaking, as if afraid that Zhou Jinlu would change his mind if he was a step too slow.

Zhou Jinlu closed the door and slowly moved back to Lu Yao's side: "Once the terminal arrives, we can contact the Federation Star."