I'm Taking Her with Me Today!

"Boss, how much are these oranges per pound?"

"Two Federation Credits a pound."

Are these peels made of gold or...

Wait.

That cheap?

Chen Xing slapped his thigh.

"Give me three pounds!"

When Chen Xing returned with the oranges,

he found that Na'er wasn't home.

He searched everywhere, but there was no sign of her. Panic seized him.

She was gone!

He remembered what had happened in the original story...

"Holy shit, don't tell me they're taking her today!"

Chen Xing dropped the oranges and pulled a palm-sized metal device from his Storage Ring.

It was a Tracker he had created with Illusory Creation overnight.

The Tracker itself was tiny, smaller than a fingernail.

The night before, he had slipped it into Na'er's clothes while she slept.

It had only been a precaution.

He hadn't expected to need it so soon.

Chen Xing switched on the device. Sure enough, the red dot showed that she had gone far from home.

"This is..."

The wind blew hard across the beach.

Following the red dot, Chen Xing ran to the familiar stretch of sand. From a distance, he spotted a small figure sitting on a rock, staring motionlessly at the abandoned train.

It was Na'er!

Chen Xing didn't call out to her.

Instead, he slowed down.

He could sense that something was wrong with this beach.

It felt as though something was watching from the shadows.

His steps grew slower, but his heart beat faster.

He cautiously took a few steps forward.

"Human."

A cold voice suddenly descended from overhead.

Chen Xing jerked his head up.

A man in black had appeared in midair without him noticing.

The man hovered there, his black robe whipping in the wind, his golden eyes looking down at Chen Xing.

There was no emotion in his gaze, as though he were looking at an ant.

"Come no closer, or die."

Just a few simple words.

But each one struck like a mountain, making it hard for Chen Xing to breathe.

That pressure...

Could it be...

A possibility occurred to Chen Xing.

"Di Tian!"

A clear voice came from the rocks.

Na'er had turned around. A trace of anger shone in her purple eyes.

"Stop! Don't hurt him!"

So he had been right.

This man was Di Tian.

Di Tian frowned, then shifted slightly aside and cleared the way.

Chen Xing hurried over without hesitation.

When he reached Na'er, he saw her standing with her head lowered, both hands clutching the corners of her clothes.

Na'er was crying.

"I'm sorry, big brother..."

"Na'er lied to you... Na'er isn't an ordinary little girl... Na'er is actually..."

"Na'er, I know."

Chen Xing pulled her straight into his arms.

Her sobs stopped abruptly.

He gently stroked her silver hair.

"I've known since the first day."

Na'er's breath caught.

Tears streamed down her cheeks and fell onto Chen Xing.

"I'm sorry... big brother... I'm sorry..."

She repeated those three words over and over.

Chen Xing only held her tighter.

"You don't need to apologize, Na'er. No matter who you are, no matter what you really are..."

"You'll always be my little sister."

Na'er cried even harder.

She buried her face in Chen Xing's chest, her small hands gripping his clothes as if he would vanish the moment she let go.

Chen Xing gently patted her back. After letting her cry for a while, he slowly raised his head and looked at Di Tian in the air.

His gaze turned cold.

"So..."

Di Tian's brows drew together slightly.

What was this human child planning?

"I'm taking her with me today!"

Di Tian fell silent for two seconds.

"Human, you have no idea what you're saying."

Chen Xing stood up and placed himself between Di Tian and Na'er.

"I do."

Di Tian looked at him. At last, something stirred in his golden eyes.

Contempt.

"Heh. You think you can?"

He looked Chen Xing up and down.

He's nothing but a human brat, still wet behind the ears.

How absurdly overconfident.

Chen Xing said nothing. He remained in front of Na'er.

Behind him, Na'er grabbed his arm and cried out urgently,

"Big brother! Run!"

"Don't worry about Na'er... Na'er will go with them... You can't beat him..."

Chen Xing didn't turn around. His voice was firm.

"Na'er, I will never allow anyone to take you away from me."

He had already lost someone once.

This time, he would never let someone he cared about disappear from his side again!

Di Tian took a step forward, fixing him with an icy stare.

"Human, I'll warn you one last time. Leave at once."

"Otherwise, this beach will be your grave."

Chen Xing was unmoved by the threat.

He held out a hand, and the World-Painting Brush appeared in his palm.

At the sight of the brush, Di Tian narrowed his golden eyes.

A Martial Soul with Zero Soul Power? What good would that do?

Chen Xing raised his head and met those golden eyes.

"Di Tian."

"Even if I die today, you're not taking Na'er!"

Di Tian gave a cold laugh.

"Fool."

He raised his hand, gathering a mass of black light at his fingertips.

"If you want to die, I'll grant your wish."

But in the next instant, he felt a tremendous surge of energy erupt from Chen Xing.

His pupils contracted sharply.

"What?!"

Moments later,

a colossal red Mecha stood on the beach.

Red covered most of its frame. Its shoulder armor rose high, and the energy core in its chest blazed with dazzling golden light.

A blue energy shield was mounted on each arm.

The Mecha stood there like a mountain.

Di Tian's pupils shuddered at the sight of it.

He had lived for hundreds of thousands of years and seen countless human creations.

But he had never seen anything like this.

The aura radiating from this Mecha far surpassed that of an ordinary one.

"Starfarer..."

Chen Xing looked at the giant machine and took a deep breath.

It was the result of three years of research and refinement, day and night.

He had poured all his Wish Power and all his effort into creating it with Illusory Creation.

His ultimate Mecha: Starfarer!

Resolve hardened in Chen Xing's eyes. He sprang off the ground and entered Starfarer's cockpit.

The instant the hatch closed,

the Mecha's eyes lit up.

Di Tian finally recovered from his shock, his expression darkening.

"Interesting. But..."

He raised his right hand.

Terrifying black energy surged from his palm.

The clouds overhead darkened instantly, then gathered into an enormous black dragon claw.

This was one of Di Tian's deadliest attacks.

Dragon God Claw!

"Before my Dragon God Claw, even the largest lump of iron is nothing but scrap."

Di Tian swung his hand down!

The black claw tore through the sky and hurtled straight toward Starfarer with world-shattering force...