Individual Name: Lan Qingyou
Race: Blue Star Human
Level: Lv1
Strength: 2
Agility: 1
Stamina: 2
Spirit: 8
(Peak Blue Star value is 10)
Health: 20 (Stamina * 10)
Mana: 80 (Spirit * 10)
Talent: Body Lightening Technique (E)
【Magic Skills: (Collection Technique E)】
(Personal info can also be viewed via the shelter's activation tattoo.)
Looking at her four basic stats, Lan Qingyou clicked her tongue.
Had she really deteriorated to this extent after five years in bed? Only her spirit stat looked decent, nearly reaching the human peak.
But then again, being paralyzed from the waist down didn't exactly scream high agility.
That one point was probably only there because she could still crawl across the floor.
However, the tattoo she’d originally thought was just a room key turned out to be a tool for checking her information at any time. That was quite convenient.
Glancing at the tattoo on the back of her hand, Lan Qingyou tapped the small red dot next to her talent column, wanting to see what the Body Lightening Technique actually was.
Body Lightening Technique (E):
1. Reduces the user's body weight to achieve a floating effect.
2. Consumes 1 mana per minute.
Floating? Did that mean flight?
Lan Qingyou, who had been smiling bitterly, felt her eyes light up. She immediately tried to activate her talent.
As the thought crossed her mind, she suddenly felt her body grow light.
It was similar to the sensation when she was first teleported, but she could still faintly sense her physical form.
Lan Qingyou pushed off the desk with her hands. Her entire body floated up instantly, only to bump into the four-meter-high ceiling before bouncing back down. The impact didn't hurt much, likely because her body weight was so low now.
But regardless, she could move!
“Hahaha! Is this what flying feels like? This is amazing!”
Lan Qingyou laughed loudly as she darted back and forth within the small room.
Even though her talent was only E-grade—the same rank as the basic Collection Technique—and couldn't compare to the B, A, or S-grades, it was the most suitable talent for her current situation. She was more than satisfied just to be rid of the humiliation of crawling on the ground.
“Oh, right! I need to go out and see this world!”
Finally able to move freely, an excited Lan Qingyou flew toward the door, opened it, and zipped outside.
She completely ignored the fact that it was pitch black out there.
No, it wasn't that she ignored it; she was simply so exhilarated that she couldn't control herself. Only God knew how she had survived those five years in bed.
Especially that final year, after her inheritance had been swindled away. To say she had been in utter despair would be an understatement.
“Wait! What's that!”
Soaring freely through the air, Lan Qingyou suddenly spotted something emitting a faint green glow in the darkness below.
Could it be a supply chest?
At the thought of potential food and water, Lan Qingyou’s stomach gave a weak growl.
She grabbed a nearby branch, gave herself a gentle push, and drifted toward the source of the light.
She didn't fly fast, eventually landing as lightly as a feather next to the faint glow.
A supply chest! It really was a supply chest!
Looking at the chest—roughly forty centimeters long, thirty wide, and twenty high—Lan Qingyou swallowed hard, then pounced on it, hugging it tight.
“Awooo—”
At that moment, a howl like a wolf's echoed from the surroundings, startling her.
She turned her head and saw pairs of glowing green eyes staring at her from the darkness not far away.
Clutching the chest under her left arm, she pushed off the ground with her right hand, launching herself into the air.
“Hah! I can fly!”
Lan Qingyou looked down from the sky at the long, dark silhouettes with a touch of smugness.
Using the surrounding branches to climb higher, she eventually returned to the yellow glow of her Tree Hole Shelter.
Yes.
Her Tree Hole Shelter was located high in a tree, with a thick, broken branch serving as an external platform.
Even though she had flown out in the middle of the night, she could accurately find her way back to her shelter.
As for everything else, the darkness meant she would have to wait until tomorrow to get a better look at her surroundings.
But that wasn't important.
At least, not to the current Lan Qingyou.
She only wanted to know what supplies were inside the chest in her arms.
After returning to the room and closing the door behind her, she impatiently threw the chest open.
One 550ml bottle of waku-ku mineral water, one sweetie self-heating hotpot, one 210g King of Kings ham sausage, and one white dress.
Food, drink, and even a change of clothes.
This made Lan Qingyou, who was currently wearing a hospital gown, very happy.
After all, she hadn't changed this gown in three days, and having been left lying in that room for so long, one could only imagine the smell.
She picked up the white dress and admired it for a moment.
Then, her smile vanished.
It disappeared because she saw the tag hanging from the collar—10 yuan for 3.
So, it wasn't enough that they were being redistributed from Blue Star; even the supply chests were being scavenged from there too?
Well, it made sense. With the mineral water and the self-heating pot, these were clearly products from Blue Star.
Whatever. As long as she had something to wear, it didn't matter where it came from.
For all she knew, even the supply chest itself might have been ordered from Blue Star.
With that thought, Lan Qingyou opened the self-heating hotpot.
After pouring in a third of the mineral water, she took a small sip herself to moisten her throat.
As for the ham sausage, she decided to save it for breakfast tomorrow morning.
Though she knew it might be a bit wasteful, for her current weakened self, getting a full meal was more important than anything else.
Earlier? That was just the adrenaline talking. It had nothing to do with her.
Gurgle, gurgle—
The sound of boiling water rose from the self-heating hotpot.
Meanwhile, Lan Qingyou slowly began to calm down from the excitement of being able to move freely.
As she cooled off, she started to break into a cold sweat.
A wave of lingering fear hit her as she remembered those pairs of hungry eyes staring at her from the darkness.
She had been far too reckless back then.
One mistake and she could have very well ended up dead, saying goodbye to this unknown world forever.
But then again.
If she hadn't been so bold, she wouldn't have this food now.
Was this what the Karim world will meant by saying they had to fight for themselves?
Hard to say, really...
Right, didn't it say the small screen could perform appraisals? Let's see how that works.
Turning to look at the empty supply chest she had brought back, Lan Qingyou decided to test the function.
She placed the relatively small chest on the screen.
【Stasis Chest (E)】
【Duration: 43,200 minutes】
【Effect: Contains a static space. Any item placed inside will be suspended in the state it was when put in.】
【Description: One month. Remember, you only have one month. When the time is up, remember to throw out any perishable food to avoid growing those damn bugs.】
Good grief, this unremarkable-looking supply chest was actually something like a portable refrigerator.
This meant that even if a chest wasn't found for ten days after spawning, the food and water inside wouldn't spoil.
Having calmed down thanks to the appraisal, Lan Qingyou shook her head, putting the 'minor incident' of almost dying out of her mind. She crossed her arms and began to review her current situation while waiting for the hotpot.
Since the Blue Star will had sold them out, going back was definitely impossible.
Fortunately, she didn't have anyone back there she could say she missed. She was all alone, with no ties to the world.
It didn't matter to her who lived or died.
As long as she lived—lived well—that was enough.
Of course.
If those 'kind' people—like her 'grandmother,' her 'uncle's family,' her 'attending physician,' and her 'caregiver'—could stay alive until she found them to give them a little surprise, that would be for the best.
Rate on N.U.
