Chapter 7 – System
Translated by lazysoozan (@23bloopboop)
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3 months later.
Yuan Xi, lying next to the emerald cradle with his cheek [pressed against the top of the cradle], looked at the little white, plump thing inside.
When he (the baby) was born, he looked (so much) like a little monkey that Yuan Xi almost thought that he made a mistake…Undoubtedly, when he first saw that image, it was so clean and fair, so how was it born [looking] like this?
At that time, Yuan Xi suddenly thought of his son's other father and a sudden suspicion arose in his heart. He couldn't have had a one-night stand* with Guan Gong**, right? If the son takes after his father, could he become as revolutionary***?
OMG*, what a nightmare.
Aunt Lin, who held the little thing in her arms, laughed and said: "The more red he was [when he was born], the more white he will be in the future. Those with thin skin can't adapt to the air so well [and look red at first]."
Yuan Xi had nothing to say to this. Even if he were a little Guan Yu, he (YX) still liked it (the baby) very much. On the contrary, the more he looked at it, the more pleasing it appeared, and the more his aesthetic standard was overturned.
Fortunately, Aunt Lin was an experienced elder and spoke very accurately. This little bun became paler and paler. So far, it's been 2 months, and his body became rounder and his eyes opened. His nose was straight, and his mouth was small and lovely. His eyes were especially beautiful and dark, like two black grapes.
And his most special [feature] was the small chin. His two small cheeks were clearly fat and round, but his little chin was still sharp – it was a beautiful face at first glance.
Whoever saw the child was full of praise and [claimed] that he is bound to look great when he grows up.
Yuan Xi was very proud of this until the sister next door came and said: "Brother Yuan Xi, Xiao Zhe looks very good, but [he doesn't look] particularly like you. You should be with the mother more, and children should also be with their mother, little father.* Xiao Zhe's mother must be a great beauty."
Yuan Xi huffed and stared at his son for quite a while before he finally said stiffly: "He takes more after his mother*." That mother** fiercely aggravated his mood. Laozi*** was his father. He absolutely should not take after his "mother".
Nevertheless, Yuan Xi secretly hoped that his son will be more like himself. He didn't even know what he (the father) looked like, but who knew that the gene of Xiao Zhe's "mother" would be so powerful? He (the father) defeated him (YX), took the higher ground, and dominated his son's appearance. It's really…ah…it's a pity.
He stared at his son and laughed foolishly. The little thing seemed to sense his happiness, and unexpectedly opened his eyes. He looked at Yuan Xi with wide eyes, [then] even squinted and smiled.
Dumb Dad Yuan Xi was instantly conquered by this smile. He was so happy that he reached out and took his son out of his cradle.
Who knew, this little thing just stuck to his father's chest, then a warm current hit Yuan Xi…
Yuan Xi's new white shirt was instantly damaged by the seedling, and his chest was wet. At this time, Lin Suyun came in, saw this scene, and laughed: "Your son just likes to bully you."
Yuan Xi also laughed along. He touched the sly face of the little thing with smiling eyes and went to change his clothes, content.
After changing his shirt, Yuan Xi took the old white shirt to the laundry, put it in the sink, turned on the tap, and began to scrub it. He was used to living alone, and was able to do housework with ease.
After pouring some laundry detergent, rubbing it [into the soiled shirt], and washing it again with clean water, the clothes were placed on the balcony to be dried by the sun. At that time, he heard a "DI" in his ear, then a mechanical voice sounded: "Cleaning skills increased a little."
Yuan Xi frowned. Since he came to the world, the voice would come and go from time to time.
After he recovered, he cooked and stir-fried a small dish, and it notified him that his Cooking [skill] had been activated. Casually doing housework activated Cleaning, and picking a random flower outside activated Collecting…
It was no wonder that, bit by bit, Yuan Xi became inured to [the strange voice]. He thought for a moment, and a rectangular panel appeared in front of him. It was only the width of a palm, but infinitely long. It was very simple and easy to understand.
[Listed] from top to bottom was Cooking Skills, Cleaning Skills, Sorting Skills, Driving/Piloting Skills, Collecting and … Yuan Xi was silent. Looking at the bottom-most [skill], it was unlike any of the others [before]: the skill of breaking and entering…
Under each line was another progress bar, which seemed to indicate what [the voice] called proficiency.
Yuan Xi looked at it for a while. Because cleaning and tidying were triggered most often, the proficiency had accumulated to 75 points. It seemed that the progress bar would be full at 100 points, but he didn't know what would happen after it was filled.
And the second most filled skill… It was the cheating dad's skills in the [bed]room*, which had 50 points in the proficiency [bar]. But he clearly only had one "romantic" night, so why did it go up so much? Is it implying that his talented gold gun didn't pour a pear blossom into a crabapple?* Bah, what are all these!
Yuan Xi quickly shifted his line of sight upward. His Cooking Skill was at 25 points and his Driving Skill was at 10 points, while his Collecting Skill was only at a pitiful 1 point.
Apart from being informed "Congratulations XXX has been activated", "Congratulations for XXX's increased proficiency", this thing had not said anything else. It had not even introduced itself. At present, he had not found any use [for it]. Yuan Xi looked at it and finally left the panel open, but did not continue to study it.
He had seen so many strange things these days that it no longer surprises him. Whatever it is, sooner or later, he'll know.
Yuan Xi [stood] on the balcony. [From the balcony], one could look out the window and see the blue sky outside, a small section of the golden beach and the blue ocean. You could not see the delineation [between the two]; the sea and sky were linked in one continuous line, letting the viewer feel relaxed and happy at a glance. [It was] incomparably comfortable.
This was a planet named the "Blue Star", and it was classified as an O-class ocean planet in the Federation. The 80% of the surface of the planet was covered by the ocean, [but] it was a habitable planet.
According to the data [available], there had been life here before the planet was discovered by the Federation, but no humanoid organisms; [there was] only fungi and algae. After [discovery], the Federation carried out a detailed survey of its geographical resources, living environment, and so on.
It was supposed to be a planet very suitable for human survival, but after investigation, it was found that the resources here were extremely scarce. There was indeed land on [the remaining] 20% [of the planet], but it was unusually scattered, distributed throughout the planet in the ocean. [They were] all islands.
The geographical situation was not eroded by the islands, but the fundamental cause is [due] to the geology here. With the exception of the thin sand beaches, which were extremely hard rocks, the soil that could provide for the survival of the edible plants was poor [in quality].
Although the land was uncooperative, resources should still be extremely abundant with such a vast ocean. Even more incomprehensible was that the sea here was not the "cradle of life".
Sea water was indeed in a liquid form, but it was not water in the ordinary sense. It was extremely dense and could even carry human beings, [allowing them] to walk on it. It was difficult to breed life at such a high density, so only the pervasive fungi can survive in it.
For the present-day Federation, such a planet did not have much significance nor did it have a very unique or beautiful landscape to develop [the planet] into a tourist planet. [It also] did not have a large number of resources to develop and utilize.
Additionally, because it was too far away from other resource stars and the cost of transporting supplies was too high, it couldn't form a twin planet.
Thus, this was a very mediocre planet among hundreds of billions of planets. After gradually understanding [the situation], the Federation abandoned its extensive research and exploration [of the planet].
However, it was also a livable planet with a small amount of resources for survival. After the release of the announcement for voluntary immigration, about 200,000 people chose to immigrate.
30% of these 200,000 people opted to leave after the migration adjustment period, while 70% of the remaining immigrants were basically self-sufficient [enough] to survive and multiply on this beautiful planet.
After Yuan Xi's passenger ship landed here, Lin Suyun and Yuan Yucheng – after getting Yuan Xi's consent – informed all the passengers about their situation, including the conversation between the criminals and Colonel Feng Yun, and the information of the planet at present. They only hid the matter of the energy stick.
After that, it was up to them to decide whether to stay or leave. As for whether Feng Yun's actions will be exposed, they did not care.
As a result, 38 of the 50 people chose to leave while the remaining 12 [joined] Lin Suyun and Yuan Yucheng, which happened to total 2 families.
What everyone didn't expect was that, except for the 12 left behind, the 38 who left did not escape death. This will not be mentioned for the time being.
Because Blue Star was a primitive planet, it did not have strict household registry or census. They had some savings, Federal credit points, which were common throughout the galaxy, including Blue Star. It was not difficult for them to settle down.
Yuan Yucheng bought this small house by the sea with 3 rooms and 2 halls, a separate kitchen, and 2 bathrooms, which was quite spacious for their family of four.
Some of the furniture and appliances that came with [the house] was preserved. Although the conditions were different from those of a host star, this leisure and freedom was very rare.
[It was so] especially for Yuan Xi. The society here was very familiar to him, not too backward but not very advanced. Due to the lack of resources, the planet didn't have any special products, so the immigrants had no way to earn credit points.
Although the Federal Star Shopping Network had access points here, and some small home robots and conveniences were reasonably priced, but I'm sorry, because of the long distance, the high freight costs were frightening…
Though Yuan Yucheng never specifically mentioned what he and Lin Suyun did, Yuan Xi implicitly knew that they were not simple. They accumulated a lot of savings. They could spend their old age safely even without children to support them.
However, for Yuan Xi, they purchased a whole set of medical equipment. The price of medical equipment itself, together with the high shipping [costs], [they] almost emptied their savings.
That set of medical equipment could be recycled. Lin Suyun was an expert at this kind of thing. It was also a good thing to open a hospital on this backward planet to benefit the people.
Unfortunately, this medical device was expensive to use and consumed a lot of energy, energy which was specially designed for medical [use] and needed to be imported from the main galaxy. It could not be used at all, so it could only be shelved and forgotten.
Although they did not say [anything], Yuan Xi had been crawling and rolling since childhood, and could see all this with his own eyes. He was very touched by what Yucheng and his wife had done for him. Their 3 months together made Yuan Xi feel warmer than ever before.
Although he left the familiarity of Earth and suffered a series of blows, so far, Yuan Xi is very satisfied with his [new] family. Three family members, these were things he only had in his dreams.
Yuan Xi was very capable [even] by himself, but now he had a family, which filled him with an energy [and zest] for life. Xiao Yuan Zhe was still so small, and Yucheng and his wife spent all their savings. Now that he's recovered, it's time [for him] to support the family.
Yuan Xi straightened his back*, and suddenly felt much taller and more powerful.
*Was actually translated as "chest" but "back" makes more sense in this context I think.
At this time, the door was sharply pushed open and a boy with short, flaxen hair rushed in, gasping for a breath and crying in a hurry: "Yuan, Brother Yuan Xi, something happened! Uncle Yuan had an accident!"
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The author has something to say:
Many sisters asked him when he (ML?) would appear, maybe a little later. Yuan Xi had to adapt to the environment and grow up before he had the strength and robbed his son 【啥啥啥 (What, what, what?)
In addition, Xiao Zhe will not be an illegitimate son or something. [At most, unmarried children] He is still very innocent now. Although his body is not very innocent, his emotions are very innocent. (??? I think/hope she's referring to Yuan Xi now….)
PS. Thank Huasi for throwing a mine. Tiger Dandan threw a mine
The Rain in the Lane threw a mine.
Feng Lai Qiwu Building throws a Landmine.
Ouch, thank you for coming to MUA~~
PS. Just found that the number of collections is 419, haha, good luck.
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