"My name is Tianqi. I don't know who my parents were. All I know is that, when I was little, I was left at the entrance to an orphanage, and the director gave me this name."
"When I was little, I found it strange. The others were orphans too, so why was I the only one named 'abandoned'? Only after I came of age, was confirmed to have a sound personality, and became eligible to inquire into my origins did I learn the reason."
"The others might have been abandoned for all sorts of reasons, but through genetic comparisons and big-data searches, their parents could always still be found. Only I seemed to have no traceable origins at all."
"Fortunately, though, our Sacred Number Civilization, especially Earthstar, now had an exceptionally well-developed social system. Even though my origins were unknown,
I was still regarded as a fellow traveler. Those who came before looked upon the younger generations with boundless expectations, not an eye for profit."
"During my basic education as a child, I already showed the aptitude of a 'genius,' though not the most brilliant kind. Still, whether on the 'science and technology' path or the cultivation path, what I demonstrated was sufficient."
"But when I truly came of age, reached the peak of the apprentice level, and was about to leave Earthstar World, I faced a choice. I had to choose either to go to the Origin Source Continent, which suited cultivation, or to head into the starry void to pursue science and technology."
"I didn't want to choose. I wanted to see what more advanced science and technology looked like, but I didn't want to give up my personal cultivation either. This thought lingered in my mind for a long time before I finally voiced it."
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