Remains of an Alien Race!

Tang Yu had wanted to get a good night's sleep, but some people simply wouldn't let him have his way. Sure enough, she called him over the slightest disagreement.

"What? You're still asleep! Get up, I'll be at your door any minute now!" Meng Xuanxuan was utterly surprised to hear Tang Yu say he was still sleeping. That didn't seem like him at all. Sleeping in? Wasn't that supposed to be her specialty? But then she suddenly reflected on it. Ever since she had met Tang Yu, she hardly ever slept in anymore!

After hanging up, Tang Yu checked the time. It was almost noon already. He really was being lazy! He hurriedly got up and washed up. The moment he had changed clothes, someone knocked on the door. There was no need to ask—it had to be Meng Xuanxuan.

"Aren't you going to take advantage of this time to get some proper rest?" Military training was only a little over ten days away. Rich or poor, everyone would be treated the same. The rules would not be bent because of anyone's status or background. In that respect, the Federation's system was relatively fair, giving everyone the right to compete!

Meng Xuanxuan acted as if she had not heard him and did not even bother responding. "I heard there's a black market inland. Take me there for a look!"

"What are you going there for?" Tang Yu said irritably. This girl really did spend all day trying to get into dangerous places. First Ruins City, and now the black market. At this rate, she might as well head to Uranus tomorrow and drive off the Mechanical Clan!

"I'm just curious! But more importantly, my recent research requires me to buy some things from the black market!" Seeing Tang Yu's expression gradually turn cold, Meng Xuanxuan stopped joking and spoke seriously. Still, she grumbled inwardly, He really can't take a joke at all!

"Buy things?" Tang Yu grew interested when he heard that. It was rare for this girl to be so serious.

"Yeah. A lot of the things I need for experiments aren't allowed to circulate privately by the government, so I can only try my luck at the black market!" Meng Xuanxuan was somewhat helpless as she spoke. Her parents were strict about this sort of thing. It just so happened that Qin Bo wanted her to get close to Tang Yu, and the two immediately hit it off. With Qin Bo's persuasion, Meng Xuanxuan had successfully come from Mars to Earth.

"Fine! But can we find somewhere to fill our stomachs first?" He had not eaten for an entire day. He had used up so much energy last night, so naturally he was hungry. Even now, the cellular force within his body had not recovered. Without nutrient solution, he could only make up for it through slow cultivation.

The moment food was mentioned, Meng Xuanxuan perked up as well. She was a true foodie herself. The first thing she had done after arriving in Suhang City was gorge herself at the Shangri-La Hotel. After that, she had wandered through Suhang City's streets and alleys in search of good food. She had had her eye on a restaurant near Tang Yu's home for a long time, but had never found the time. Now that Tang Yu had suggested eating, it was the first place that came to mind!

"Let's go! I'm in a good mood today! I'll treat you!" Meng Xuanxuan said excitedly.

"Where to? Don't tell me you're taking me to another five-star restaurant!" Those places had great environments and food, but for some reason, Tang Yu was never comfortable in them!

"Don't worry! I'm not!" As she spoke, Meng Xuanxuan pulled Tang Yu into her Angel's Wings.

Old Street Restaurant?

When Meng Xuanxuan parked in front of Old Street Restaurant, the faint smile on Tang Yu's face vanished in an instant. Meng Xuanxuan, however, failed to notice and simply pulled him inside!

The owner was a middle-aged woman in her forties, slightly plump. She was quite familiar with Tang Yu, since she often used to see him bring his girlfriend here. Later, when he stopped coming, she had missed him quite a bit. Only recently had she roughly learned that the two had likely broken up. Looking at him today, it seemed that was indeed the case. Still, the girl in front of him was not bad either.

"Xiao Yu, you're here! What would you like to eat?" It should have been a busy mealtime, but there were not many customers in the restaurant, making it seem rather quiet.

"The usual. You know my preferences, Sister Liu!" Tang Yu forced a smile as he answered.

The owner merely assumed he was embarrassed and did not mind it. She only smiled and said, "Aren't you going to ask what the young lady wants to eat?"

Tang Yu froze at her question. Right, that was how it had always been before, because she knew.

"What would you like to eat?" Tang Yu turned to ask Meng Xuanxuan.

"I'll go with whatever you choose!" While the owner had greeted Tang Yu, especially from the way she had looked at her, Meng Xuanxuan had known that Tang Yu must have come here often before—and not alone. She suddenly regretted bringing him here and making him think of Xia Linlin again!

They sat facing each other in silence. She was the first to break it, though this "she" was a different person.

"Did you... used to come here often with her?"

Meng Xuanxuan's question pulled the lost-in-thought Tang Yu back to reality. He nodded slightly.

Seeing him like this, Meng Xuanxuan suddenly felt a little jealous—jealous of Xia Linlin. Why? She was not Tang Yu's girlfriend, so why should she let him be so distracted?

That thought startled Meng Xuanxuan. Could I really like him? No, no, absolutely not! What's so good about him? He doesn't understand romance, and his emotional intelligence is terrible. I would never like him!

"From the way you spoke, do you have any food aversions?" As a standard foodie, Meng Xuanxuan would never pass up anything delicious. But from the way Tang Yu had spoken to the owner just now, he seemed quite different from her.

"Yeah. I don't like meat, and I especially hate eggplant!"

Meng Xuanxuan was speechless when she heard that. Not eating meat was one thing, but land resources were so scarce now that there were not many places suitable for growing vegetables to begin with, and he would not even eat eggplant? He really was a picky eater. She truly did not know how this guy had grown up!

The meal was not particularly enjoyable. After hurriedly finishing, Meng Xuanxuan practically fled, quickly dragging Tang Yu out of Old Street Restaurant.

At the ticket hall of Suhang City Station, Meng Xuanxuan pulled Tang Yu up to the ticket window.

"Two tickets to X City!" After asking Tang Yu for his identity card to verify their identities, Meng Xuanxuan spoke to the intelligent ticketing system.

At 3:40 in the afternoon, the two boarded the high-speed train to X City on time. Three hundred years ago, traveling by train from Suhang City to X City would have taken at least seven or eight hours, but now it only took around two hours. It was not much slower than flying, and airplanes were unsafe anyway. There were countless birds and beasts outside the safe zones, and one careless mistake could make an aircraft a target. Only railway lines were somewhat safer.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

It was like a gale sweeping past their ears. Even through the train carriage, they could hear the wind outside. In barely ten minutes, the train had already left Suhang City's safety perimeter and entered the uninhabited wilderness. Everywhere was bleak and desolate. With dusk approaching in the afternoon, the scenery seemed especially forlorn.

The railway tracks were like forbidden ground of death. No matter how powerful an alien creature was, it would not dare cross them. Once it entered, death was inevitable!

"Brother, are you heading to the black market too?" At that moment, a gaunt, dark-skinned man in his thirties sitting across from Tang Yu and Meng Xuanxuan asked him.

"How did you know we're going to the black market?" Meng Xuanxuan spoke before Tang Yu could.

The man across from them grinned, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth. "Doesn't everyone who goes to X City go for the black market? Who else would go to a place like that?"

That was true enough. X City's security was far inferior to Suhang City's. Its people were tough, and the government's control was limited. Few people went there. Most used it as a transfer point to reach the lawless black market.

"Little miss, this is your first time traveling, isn't it?" The man could tell at once that the young lady before him was a flower raised in a greenhouse, with little experience of the world.

"Sounds like you're going to the black market too, big brother?" Just as Meng Xuanxuan was about to answer, Tang Yu cut her off. They were out in the world, yet she had no caution at all, blurting out everything to a complete stranger. Was she not afraid she would end up dead without even bones left, tossed out to feed the wild beasts?

"Don't call me big brother. I'm more used to Old Black... Heh heh! I recently made a small fortune and am heading to the black market to have some fun!" The dark-skinned man chuckled at Tang Yu's question. He patted the army-green shoulder bag he had been carrying and whispered to Tang Yu.

Tang Yu merely glanced at the man's gesture and did not let his gaze linger, lest he be misunderstood.

"What's your name, little brother? You and the young lady look like students. Why would you want to go to the black market? That isn't a good place!" Old Black did not seem like someone capable of keeping things bottled up, and he could not help chatting with Tang Yu.

"My name is Tang Wei. We're both students. It's summer break, so we thought we'd take the chance to go to the black market and broaden our horizons!" Tang Yu deliberately gave a false name. They were merely strangers passing each other by; there was no need to be so truthful about everything!

"Tsk, tsk! Then you picked the right time! The black market has been lively these past few days!" Old Black looked full of longing as he spoke.

"How so?" His words piqued both Tang Yu and Meng Xuanxuan's curiosity, easing some of their wariness.

"You don't know? The remains of the Mechanical Clan have already been driven up to sky-high prices! Tsk, tsk!" As he spoke, Old Black could not help smacking his lips again.

The two exchanged a glance, each seeing the shock in the other's eyes. It had only been a few days since the battle, yet the items had already made their way into the black market?