Cosmic Star Gods

The sky was clear and cloudless, as if washed clean.

The scorching sun baked the earth, causing waves of heat to rise from the barren Kitsuchi.

The wind that blew was filled with unbearable heat.

Ye Yun walked on this desolate, abandoned Kitsuchi, looking up at the sky, at the exceptionally large, faintly visible interstellar fortress.

This was Earth.

Yes, it was definitely Earth; he wouldn't mistake it.

However, this must be Earth several hundred years later, in the interstellar era.

He didn't know.

What kind of world was this?

"Hummm."

Just then.

The sound of aircraft engines echoed through the sky.

Ye Yun looked up. A craft, similar to a VTOL but not an airplane, slowly landed on a clear, flat area in the distance.

The hatch opened, and the buzzing sound of machinery could be heard.

A beautiful woman with a student-like hairstyle emerged. She had a curvaceous figure and a unique aura. One hand was on her hip, her nose was small and delicate, and her lips were like cherries. She was a beauty.

"Do you need assistance?" the beautiful pilot asked, scrutinizing him as she approached. She didn't seem afraid of what the man in front of her might do to a woman like her.

His chiseled face and eyes as deep as the starry sky all testified to his handsomeness.

"If you could give me a ride for free, I would be very grateful."

Ye Yun smiled politely, not ogling her body like others would upon seeing a beautiful woman.

His eyes were as clear as a spring, devoid of any impurities.

His tone lacked the flirtatiousness of other men.

"Alright, but my ship is a bit dirty, don't mind it."

The beautiful pilot nodded in satisfaction. Good, he wasn't looking at her with the disgusting gaze that others had.

Especially his aura, which gave the impression of royalty.

Gentle and refined, with proper manners.

"I won't. Thank you for your help, Miss."

Ye Yun smiled slightly and said politely.

"Did your spaceship lose contact?"

Lily didn't feel uncomfortable or angry about Ye Yun's address.

This wasn't the 21st century, where calling someone "Miss" would get you hit.

It wasn't now.

"Something like that."

Ye Yun was startled and nodded.

He had been piloting a spaceship himself when he was sucked into a Black Hole, which is how he ended up in that world.

"Follow me."

Lily nodded and led Ye Yun towards her ship, saying, "My name is Lily. I'm the closest staff member here, and I work as a rescue operative in my spare time."

"My name is Ye Yun."

Seeing that she had introduced herself, Ye Yun also stated his name.

He could sense no threat from the beautiful pilot in front of him.

So.

He walked with her with complete peace of mind.

"Okay, I know now."

After Lily closed the ship's hatch, she said, "You can sit in the co-pilot's seat for now. I've placed cargo in the other seats. I found you while I was on my way back after purchasing supplies."

"It's fine. Thank you for your help."

Ye Yun had no objections to Lily's arrangement.

Sitting in the co-pilot's seat was no big deal.

Besides.

She was acting as a Good Samaritan.

"You're welcome."

After Ye Yun was seated, Lily slowly started the engine, and the ship lifted off, driven by its anti-gravity engine.

As seen through the windshield, below was a barren expanse of Kitsuchi, utterly devoid of any green.

"This is an aircraft graveyard. The pollution is quite bad, and with our excessive exploitation, the resources on Earth's continents are nearly depleted."

Lily glanced at the environment below and muttered to herself, then realized and said, "Sorry about that."

"It's fine."

Ye Yun shook his head slightly, almost guessing her meaning.

She probably thought he was from a city and wanted to show him the barrenness of the continent.

The spaceship flew for nearly ten minutes, arriving at a place filled with ruins, and slowly landed on a spacious, flat area.

"This is where I work. I hope you don't mind."

Lily stood up from the pilot's seat and led him off the spaceship, which could only fly within the planet.

A wave of heat hit them.

An aircraft graveyard wasn't a junkyard; it wasn't as dirty and messy as a junkyard.

"I don't."

Ye Yun shook his head, curiously observing the aircraft graveyard, which resembled a battlefield on an interstellar scale.

This was the true future interstellar era.

Look at those aircraft wrecks and secondhand spaceships discarded everywhere.

Only a civilization that had entered interstellar space would not care about old weapons and equipment.

"What is that?"

Suddenly.

Ye Yun saw a spaceship parked in a clearing in the distance. It was nearly a hundred meters long, resembling a coffin, narrow at the front and wide at the rear. Apart from the main cannon at the bottom, no other weapon systems were visible. He said uncertainly.

"That's a spaceship, not a starship,"

Lily followed his gaze and explained.

It wasn't a starship, just an ordinary spaceship.

"Really?"

Ye Yun looked at Lily with a strange expression. You don't need to fool me. Ordinary spaceships don't have main cannon systems; they only have simple defensive systems and lack active attack capabilities.

"Yes."

Lily nodded solemnly. "The Agile is a spaceship my father left me. My father flew it for over twenty years, but now it's mine. It's an old, outdated spaceship."

"The Agile?"

Suddenly.

Ye Yun's face froze. He seemed to have heard the name "Agile" somewhere before.

He seemed to have heard it in a children's anime called Cosmic Star Gods.

The beautiful pilot's name matched, the spaceship's name matched, and the place of work also matched.

Didn't this prove something?

However, he had only watched a dozen episodes of this children's anime and didn't know the subsequent plot. When no one was around, he would retrieve the computer stored in front of the Bronze Tower's entrance and look it up.

The computer stored thousands of movies, TV shows, anime, novels, and more.

It even contained extremely childish cartoons like "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf," "Loco Adventure," and "Blade Warriors: Iron Armor Bugs," which were the childhood memories of countless people.

"What, have you heard of it?"

Seeing the expression on Ye Yun's face, Lily said uncertainly.

"Sort of."

Ye Yun smiled and nodded.

If this were that world, it would be interesting.

In this world's Cosmic Star Gods, apart from Venus's Time-Space Vortex, the others were nothing special.

The main storyline of the world revolved around the Star of the Galaxy.

And Lily before him was one of the four humans chosen by Autan.

Autan created the Cosmic Star Gods, and even created the universe and life. The Star of the Galaxy was created by Autan to maintain peace.

"Feel free to sit anywhere. If you want to go back, contact your family or a rescue team to take you back. I can't send you back because there's a fee for that."

Lily led him to the cockpit of the Agile and said.

"You live inside the Agile?"

Ye Yun reached out and gently touched the surrounding facilities. A decent spaceship.

"Yes."

Lily handed him a bottle of water. "Here, have some water. You must be thirsty after walking in the desert for so long."

"Thank you."

Actually, Ye Yun wasn't thirsty, but he still took the water Lily handed him.

She's showing me respect, so I can't refuse.

"The pollution outside is too bad, so I can only live inside this spaceship. When I have free time, I go to work, and I dismantle parts from those planes to store them for future use, or I take some unused parts to sell for money."

Lily sat in the pilot's seat, leaning back against the comfortable chair, explaining to Ye Yun why she lived on the spaceship.

"Are you working alone?"

Ye Yun looked confused and asked curiously.

A graveyard of planes bigger than an airport, and she's working here all by herself. That's impressive.

"Yes, I'm working here alone."

Lily nodded and said, "I contracted this place, so of course I'm working by myself."

"Rich person."

Ye Yun clicked his tongue. So, this beautiful pilot in front of him was a super-rich woman.

"What do you mean rich?"

Lily waved her hands, finding it both funny and exasperating.

If I were rich, I would have already had the Agile repaired.

"Perhaps I'll be staying here for a while."

Suddenly, Ye Yun remembered something. He wasn't from this world, he had no place to live, and no identity. So!

"Stay?" Lily heard him and looked him up and down. "Alright, but I'll have to charge you."

"I don't have money."

Ye Yun spread his hands, his face full of helplessness.

I'm an undocumented person.

"No money is fine. Work for me to make up for it, how about that?"

Lily thought about it. She was indeed quite tired.

It would be nice to find a free laborer.

Most importantly, he's handsome.

Just looking at him makes me feel good.

"No problem."

Ye Yun nodded, agreeing to Lily's request.

I can't just live here for free.

Although I can sustain my life with energy right now, that would be too scary.

You don't eat or drink, yet you don't die?

I'd definitely be suspected.

"You... you're not undocumented, are you?" Seeing Ye Yun agree so readily to her request, Lily looked confused and asked him tentatively.

If he's undocumented, that would explain it.

"Mm."

Ye Yun gave a wry smile. He hadn't expected her to guess.

This woman isn't just all brawn and no brain.

"Oh, so that's how it is. Alright, I have no objections. Start working for me tomorrow. If you don't know how, I'll teach you."

Lily said "oh" and didn't ask any further questions.

Being undocumented isn't scary. What's scary is being an undocumented lazy person. That would be my misfortune.

"No need, I know how."

Ye Yun shook his head.

I feel like I might be mooching off her.

But there's no other way.

In this technological era, you need an identity wherever you go.

Without an identity, you can barely move.

It's already great that someone is taking me in.

"Okay, if you know how, that's fine. I was really afraid you wouldn't."