Desolate Planet DQ008.
Su Yue woke up amid a burst of harsh, grating noise. Memories that didn’t belong to her flashed through her mind like a revolving lantern.
She… had actually transmigrated.
Escaping that despair-filled apocalypse, she had arrived in—an interstellar era?
Though it was the interstellar age, she found herself on a desolate planet with backward technology…
“You idiot, get the hell out of my way!”
“Su Yue, don’t think I don’t know you’re hiding inside!”
“What’s the point of letting a fool block the door?! If you don’t pay the rent today, get the hell out of my place!” The shrill voice at the door pierced Su Yue’s eardrums.
“Yue—Yueyue isn’t home. Y-you go away!” a timid voice replied.
A handsome face immediately surfaced in Su Yue’s mind.
The person outside was her older brother, Su Yi.
“Whether she’s inside or not, I’ll know once I go in! Move, you idiot!” The woman outside raised her voice even higher.
Then, Su Yue heard a burst of wailing and shouting.
“Ow! You idiot, you dare hit me?!”
“Just you wait! I’m going to the Security Bureau right now to report this! I’ll have you kicked out of the safe zone!”
Su Yue’s expression changed.
“Wait—” she quickly called out.
Both people at the door were startled.
Landlady Zhu scrambled up from the ground, shoved Su Yi aside, and rushed into the room.
Caught off guard, Su Yi was actually pushed aside.
It was too late to stop her. He could only chase after her, afraid that the wicked woman might hurt his sister.
“Well, well! Su Yue, you wretched woman—you really are inside!” Zhu rushed to the bedside, rolling up her sleeves as if ready to fight. Her voice grew even sharper, making Su Yue’s ears ache.
Su Yi darted forward and stood in front of the bed, shielding Su Yue completely.
“You’re not allowed to hurt Yueyue! Be careful—I-I’ll hit you!” Su Yi clenched his fist and waved it at Zhu.
A trace of fear flashed in Zhu’s eyes.
But thinking of something, she stepped forward instead of retreating.
“Oh really? You won’t pay rent and still want to hit people? Go on, hit me! If you dare, I’ll call the police immediately and have the Security Bureau throw you out of the safe zone!”
“You—” Su Yi gritted his teeth in anger, ready to strike.
At that moment, the person on the bed grabbed his clothes.
“Big brother, don’t—” It was Su Yue, who had already sat up.
Su Yi quickly turned back and crouched down to check on her.
“Yueyue—sob… Yueyue, are you okay? She—she’s so fierce…” Seeing his sister awake, Su Yi burst into tears.
“Tch—” Zhu rolled her eyes.
Su Yue shot her a sharp glance, making Zhu’s heart skip a beat.
“I’m fine. Big brother, don’t be afraid…” Su Yue gently patted Su Yi’s shoulder, softly comforting him.
Zhu snapped back to her senses and was about to raise her voice again to curse and demand rent.
But Su Yue spoke first.
“Take this. It’s enough to cover four months of rent.”
She handed over a bracelet adorned with two pearls.
It was the last piece of jewelry she had—the gift from the scumbag who had gotten together with her stepsister and framed her and her brother, leading to their exile on this desolate planet.
The original owner had held onto hope and refused to sell the bracelet.
But now, Su Yue only found it disgusting.
Zhu’s eyes lit up.
She had long coveted this bracelet. A banished criminal wearing something so valuable—how could she not be tempted?
Without hesitation, Zhu snatched the bracelet.
“How can a broken bracelet cover four months of rent? At most it’s worth a thousand star coins! You still owe me 1,200!” Zhu greedily examined the bracelet, then snarled at the siblings.
Su Yue frowned.
“Give it back—” she said, extending her hand.
Zhu froze for a moment.
Then immediately hid the bracelet behind her back.
Su Yue felt a bit speechless.
“Either count it as four months’ rent like I said, or my brother and I will go to a pawnshop. Even if it doesn’t fetch 3,000 star coins, it’s worth over 2,000. I’ll pay you after I get the money.”
Zhu was unwilling to let that happen.
“Heh, why go through all that trouble?!”
“Fine! Four months it is!”
“But let’s be clear—next time, you must pay the rent in advance, at the start of the month! Otherwise, don’t blame me for kicking you out!” She didn’t believe these two paupers had anything left to sell.
Su Yue let out a sigh of relief.
“Deal.”
Zhu paused, surprised at how readily Su Yue agreed.
But she didn’t care. After giving the siblings a glance, she left.
As soon as Zhu left, the room fell silent.
“Yueyue—” Su Yi looked up at her pitifully.
Su Yue gave a gentle smile.
“Big brother, help me up first.”
“Okay.” Su Yi quickly helped her out of bed.
Su Yue felt lightheaded, knowing it was due to hunger.
After being helped to the table, she took out a can of beef and four packs of instant noodles from her space.
Su Yi was shocked.
“Yue—Yueyue…”
Su Yue raised her hand and showed him the silver ring on her finger.
“This is a space ring I hid earlier. There are still some supplies inside.”
“We don’t have food at home right now, so let’s make do with this first.”
In the interstellar era, technology had advanced greatly, and spatial storage technology already existed. Space rings were real.
But they were extremely expensive—far beyond what ordinary families could afford.
The Su family had barely been considered second-tier nobility on the Imperial Planet. Before her downfall, she had owned a space ring.
Though its capacity was only one cubic meter, it had been priced at 500,000 star coins in the official marketplace.
Such a valuable item had, of course, not remained in her possession.
After the incident, her stepsister had seized her space ring and all the valuables inside under the pretense of searching for evidence.
The only slightly valuable item the original owner had managed to keep was that bracelet.
The ring she wore now wasn’t a real space ring—it was just an ordinary silver ring from her own space.
She was a dual-ability user, possessing both spatial and purification abilities.
With her transmigration, both abilities had come with her—along with the items stored in her space.
Unfortunately, after ten years in the apocalypse, her supplies were nearly depleted—barely enough to last a few days for her and her brother.
“Mm!” Su Yi, whose intelligence was only that of a six-year-old, didn’t think much of it.
Su Yue smiled.
She instructed Su Yi to open the canned food and fetch hot water to prepare the instant noodles.
Tonight’s meal was abundant—almost extravagant.
But she had no choice.
Because she was carrying a child.
Only by eating well tonight and regaining some strength could she go out of the city with her brother tomorrow to seek a way to survive.
After all, she was pregnant—and already four months along.
Four months ago, her brother had met with an accident on the front lines. He had been sent back to the Imperial Planet unconscious and was later branded as a deserter.