Simple Task

What did it feel like to look up at the stars?

What did it feel like when you could reach out and touch the universe?

"Honestly, nothing special."

Lu PingAn reached out, trying to grasp the enormous star before him, so huge it seemed visible to the naked eye, but his hand merely blocked its overly dazzling light.

Everything seemed no different from being on the surface.

The only difference was that the stars were right before his eyes, and the universe surrounded him on all sides.

"Meow, this is so tasty! It tastes a little like shrimp, meow, but it's more tender!"

Not far away, Cat Cat was devouring her food like a feral cat, shattering the silence and poetry of the starry sky and bringing Lu PingAn back to the calm, mundane concerns of everyday life.

This was Glory's space platform, as well as the Hammer People's spacecraft.

The upper section of the space platform had already opened. Although he could still feel the air, it carried a faint fishy smell.

The only thing allowing Lu PingAn to remain as comfortable as he was on the ground was the wristwatch on his arm. It was an Environment Adaptation Device, something every civilization possessed. It was cheap, and the technology behind it was mature.

The opening of the Seventh District was an opportunity, a turning point. It had drawn in countless alien races interested in Earth, this newly rising civilization. At the same time, it gave its participants a chance to leave the comfort zone of humanity's "territory," borrow the channels of alien races, and step into the universe on their own.

There might be greater risks, but there were clearly greater opportunities as well.

"Your species has fairly good fundamental traits. Your initial screening rate is actually over