“Lord Lu, regarding Huaming and Qianshan…”
“Lord?”
“Lu Mo? Lu Mo?! What’s wrong with you?”
“Father Lord!!”
“…”
All the commotion sank beneath the water, and Lu Mo abruptly opened his eyes.
He heard a heavy breathing, accompanied by a pounding sound.
After a while, he remembered that it was his own breathing and his rapidly beating heart.
He lay on a crude bed in a basement-turned-room, the dim light barely illuminating the space. Outside the window, the sound of fine rain mixed with familiar clamor.
All of this intensified the already throbbing pain in Lu Mo’s brain.
He lifted the blanket and covered his head.
Ah, it was just a dream…
He had a strange dream, but as soon as he woke up, the dream vanished like sand slipping through his fingers.
He couldn’t remember anything.
Lu Mo hadn’t been sick for many years, and when he did fall ill, it was a big one.
With a high fever of 39 degrees, he stood in the small clinic with a flushed face, and anyone who saw him would say, “Oh, young man, with your red forehead, the Red Phoenix star must be stirring!”
“Today, you’ll definitely have a great marriage fate!”
The doctor advised him to get an injection, disregarding the birth of super bacteria and the laziness of his immune system—it was a matter of life and death.
Lu Mo buried his chin in his scarf, and with his dark eyes, he looked sincerely at the doctor.
“Will my social security cover it?”
The doctor: “It will.”
Lu Mo rolled up his sleeves decisively. “Let’s do it.”
Doctor: “Your eyes are glowing green.”
Lu Mo calmly said, “I’m on a diet.”
It wasn’t because he didn’t have money again this month and his damn boss refused to pay him.
The intravenous drip began.
Lu Mo sat calmly on the plastic recliner, and the transparent liquid in the hanging infusion tube flowed into his body at a rapid pace, following a fixed rhythm.
It infused his hollowed-out mind with strength, enough to think about all sorts of things.
In theory, Lu Mo shouldn’t be in such a miserable state.
He was young and capable. At the age of twenty, he had already mastered dozens of foreign languages proficiently.
During college, he earned money by substituting for others, teaching classes in various language classrooms day after day.
In a dispute once, he fluently used a combination of seven languages to express kind words, sending greetings to the other person’s family without a single curse word. Lu Mo became famous in that battle.
Since then, even the school’s security guards recognized Lu Mo’s handsome face.
—As a result, he naturally lost his job as a substitute teacher and was officially declared unemployed.
After graduation, this kind of bad luck seemed to persistently linger around him.
He always mixed in various small companies that outsourced and outsourced and outsourced again, earning meager salaries at the lowest end, struggling in this first-tier city.
Even passersby couldn’t bear to see it and advised him to change careers.
“With your appearance, why not become a celebrity?”
Lu Mo casually replied, “I tried that, but then someone persuaded me to come back. They said with my level of brain development, I might have a future in brokering.”
Stop, that’s enough.
The intravenous drip was finished, and Lu Mo took out his phone to pay the bill, causing a bunch of things to clatter out of his pocket.
Keys, loose change, a flat cigarette box, a plastic lighter, tangled earphones, folded old receipts, and even a tin foil wrapper with chewed gum.
The odds and ends spread out on the table, embarrassing Lu Mo as his face slightly reddened.
He tightened his scarf, silently collected everything in his pockets, and paid the bill without a word.
Then, he escaped from the small clinic as if fleeing.
The doctor watched his hasty departure and touched his forehead, puzzled.
“His eyes really do emit a green light…”
—
The plight of a corporate slave is that even if you have a high fever of 39 degrees, you still have to hurry off to work.
Lu Mo rushed into the studio.
As soon as he stepped inside, Lu Mo sensed a different atmosphere than usual.
A gloomy haze that blocked out the sky.
Although the atmosphere here was usually similar to a crematorium, this kind of gloom was different.
Today was the kind of gloom where all the crematorium boilers had broken down.
And the bodies waiting to be processed continued to be delivered in a never-ending stream.
Lu Mo heard countless cries of agony.
“What the hell!! What language is this? Is it from some indigenous tribe in the Pacific?!”
“Look on the bright side, last time they brought material with English speakers, and you said it was an alien language.”
“…Damn, I’d rather listen to and interpret an alien language.”
A colleague pointed with their chin at the computer screen. “Look, it’s here.”
“Ah! Ahh!!”
The girl sitting at the left workstation wore headphones and had a look of skepticism on her face.
The guy sitting at the right workstation had a blank expression, the calmness that comes after a breakdown.
“I don’t understand, don’t understand, don’t understand, don’t understand…”
Without looking to the side, Lu Mo stepped over a stretched-out leg and went straight upstairs.
“I’m here to deliver documents.”
No one responded.
Lu Mo pushed open the office door. The cramped room didn’t have a trace of the boss; he didn’t know where he had gone.
There were headphones on the desk, and the computer was still playing an audio file that seemed to be the cause of his colleagues’ wailing.
Lu Mo pondered for three seconds and put on the headphones.
Half an hour later.
The boss walked in, holding his phone in one hand.
His balding forehead shone brightly, although he desperately supported the central government with his local resources, he still successfully illuminated the room.
“Yes, yes, yes. I understand, I understand, thank you, thank you very much.”
Although the person on the other end of the phone couldn’t see his expression, he smiled and nodded repeatedly.
But when he hung up the phone and saw Lu Mo sitting in his seat, his face suddenly changed.
“Who told you to sit there?!”
Lu Mo: “It’s just a chair.”
The boss’s face grew even darker, and he stared at Lu Mo with a serious expression. “What are you here for?”
“To deliver documents.”
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
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“Rb mjc vb.”
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Lu Mo: “It’s still at the clinic. But my salary hasn’t been paid, and I don’t even have money for a taxi. I can’t give you the USB drive.”
He spoke slowly and mockingly.
As expected, the boss became infuriated.
His boozy nose turned red, and he slammed the table while shouting, “I can see you don’t want to work anymore!”
“That’s true,” Lu Mo replied.
The boss glared at Lu Mo, breathing heavily in anger.
After a while, he pointed at the door, his fingertip trembling. “You’re fired—get out!”
Lu Mo politely said, “Salary.”
The boss slammed the table again. “I’ll pay you!!!”
Lu Mo excelled in being sarcastic.
The boss was so enraged that it took him a while to calm down. He sat down angrily, and his bald head shone even brighter.
Lu Mo could do the work of half the studio by himself. If it weren’t for that, the boss would have fired him long ago.
But now, the boss couldn’t be bothered with Lu Mo.
Just yesterday, he received a highly mysterious translation commission. Although he didn’t know how important it was, the other party revealed one thing: If he could translate it, he would never have to worry about food and drink for the rest of his life.
Who needed to bother with Lu Mo?!
With this in mind, the boss angrily put on his headphones and placed them on his head.
A deep voice came through the headphones.
Although he couldn’t understand it, just listening to that voice was enough to captivate him…
—
Shifting the topic back.
Let’s celebrate Mr. Lu Mo losing his job for the 14th time!
“Clack.”
Lu Mo’s hands were in his pockets as he kicked a small stone.
The sun was scorching, and the heat rising from the ground distorted the air. Cars raced by on the almost-melting road.
In this frenzied world, Lu Mo walked leisurely.
His fair skin seemed to glow, and a drop of sweat formed, making him look icy.
By the time he walked back home, his temples were slightly damp.
The entrance to his narrow room was cluttered with all his belongings.
And he didn’t have many belongings, just a few bags combined.
From the open door, he could see the landlord and two people wandering around the room, speaking passionately and spitting as they talked.
A man and a woman, seemingly a couple.
Lu Mo was taken aback, instantly understanding everything.
A long-held resentment in his heart seemed to ignite.
He walked over and knocked on the door heavily.
The landlord ignored him.
Lu Mo took a deep breath, quickly stepped forward, and stood in front of the landlord.
“I’m asking you, what do you mean by this, landlord?”
The landlord ignored him.
Lu Mo took another breath and said sharply, “I—”
His phone suddenly rang, and Lu Mo dismissed it without even looking.
He continued, “You—”
The phone rang again, and Lu Mo pressed the reject button once more.
He took a deep breath and said, “Regarding the rent—”
The phone’s ringtone blared!!!
Lu Mo couldn’t take it anymore and answered the call, his voice coldly saying, “Whoever you are, if you call again, I promise I will twist your head off.”
“Beep.”
Hung up.
The two young lovers didn’t dare make a sound. In this cramped room, they couldn’t find a place to hide their embarrassment.
Lu Mo put his phone back in his pocket and looked at the landlord, but there was nothing more to say.
That moment of anger had been interrupted, and he couldn’t recapture it.
Lu Mo took a deep breath and said in a low voice, “I understand.”
Silently, he picked up his belongings and left—his former dwelling.
Shortly after he left, an extremely elegant black car parked outside the shabby alley. Several men, dressed in ordinary clothes that couldn’t hide their developed muscles, quickly got out of the car and rushed in.
The landlord exclaimed, “What are you doing?!!”
But these men didn’t answer him. They asked instead, with a fierce and intimidating aura, “Where is Lu Mo, the tenant living here?”
They instilled fear in ordinary people just by their presence.
The trembling landlord looked at them and stuttered, “H-He… he just ran away!”
Could Lu Mo have gotten involved with some sort of underground organization?!
“Which way did he go?!”
“He… he…”
Nervously, the landlord pointed in another direction. “He went that way.”
“Quick, chase him!!”
After this group of people left as quickly as the wind, the landlord covered his pounding heart and stomped his feet.
Why did he meddle in others’ affairs?!
What if that underground organization came after him?!
…
Lu Mo walked a short distance and took out his phone.
The first two missed calls were from his boss, but the third call, which he answered, was from an unfamiliar number with no name attached. He scolded the person on the other end.
… Probably a scam call.
Lu Mo quickly shook off his mental burden.
It was necessary to let these scammers experience the perils of society.
As for his boss, it was probably because of the audio he translated.
Like a special sci-fi novel.
[To the esteemed Earthlings:
Greetings!
With the first chime of the new year, we express our heartfelt blessings to all of you.
We are one of the extraterrestrial species, the zergs, from 70,000 light-years away.
Twenty-seven years ago, our esteemed S-class male zerg fell into a coma. Fate has guided us, and the hope of his awakening lies on Earth.
We hope you won’t refuse our intrusion; we have no intention of invading.]
But what language was that exactly?
Lu Mo wasn’t quite sure, but he understood it instantly.
Perhaps he had studied too many languages and had forgotten.
But the number 27 did catch Lu Mo’s attention.
He was 27 years old this year, what an interesting coincidence.
Lu Mo looked up. The city lights were just coming on, and the night was growing darker. In the light-polluted city, stars couldn’t be seen.
It was time to find the next job.
——————————
In life, there are always downhill moments. Sliding all the way down, eventually reaching the bottom, and then bouncing back up.
That’s called going from the worst to the best.
Lu Mo felt that he was about to experience that. It was a premonition.
First, he bought a drink and won a “Get another bottle” promotion.
Then, when renting a house, he coincidentally encountered his former boss—the classmate who had hired Lu Mo to substitute the most during college.
The boss waved his hand and waived half of the rent for him.
Afterward, when he was pondering how to spend the other half of the rent by the window, a long shooting star suddenly appeared in the sky—
This shooting star was unusually bright, unlike anything he had seen before.
It was as if something had directly fallen onto the Earth.
Lu Mo decided to temporarily abandon his materialistic mindset and let go for three minutes.
“I hope to get rich this year, thank you.”
Just as he finished making the wish, he heard a commotion behind him. When he turned around, he couldn’t help but twitch his mouth.
It was his former boss, now his roommate and boss, Mr. Xu Wenyong, stumbling and falling even on a flat surface. His face hit the floor, and all his features were probably on the same plane now.
Perhaps Lu Mo should make a wish for Xu Wenyong as well, wishing him a smooth year.
“Are you okay?”
Lu Mo extended a friendly hand to Xu Wenyong and helped him up.
Xu Wenyong grinned and said, “I’m fine, it’s just that my old man suddenly called and asked how my studies were going… almost scared me to death.”
Lu Mo raised an eyebrow. “I remember your father was very dissatisfied with your choice of major, right?”
During college, Xu Wenyong had mentioned that his father had pressured him to join the military for training. However, Xu Wenyong, who had been spoiled by his mother since childhood, refused to go. In the end, he chose a minor language and casually went to college.
In Xu Wenyong’s description, Lu Mo painted an image of a serious and steady soldier.
He pondered, “Perhaps he wants to improve your father-son relationship?”
Xu Wenyong was stunned, his face instantly wrinkling as if he had just tasted a bottle of old sour vinegar.
He trembled, his teeth chattering, and exaggeratedly said, “No… impossible!!”
Lu Mo chuckled. “It wouldn’t matter if you told him about obtaining your degree, right? You worked hard.”
Xu Wenyong clutched his head, panic in his eyes. “Don’t say it out loud! My image is that of a clueless rich second generation. If you say it, I’ll get goosebumps!”
Lu Mo shrugged his shoulders.
He really didn’t understand the tsundere’s heart.
——————————
Meanwhile, in a secret military base.
A serious-faced man in military uniform put down his phone with a grave expression, watching the scene before him.
On the screen played two short videos. The first one was received some time ago.
On a desolate planet, a red particle storm swept across the sky, enveloping the silent planet. Amidst the desolation, only the wind howled.
Looking at such a scene made one suspect that the planet would forever remain in this state.
But in the next moment, something changed. A small mound quietly rose from the flat ground, revealing something beneath that cracked the compacted soil.
A gigantic starship emerged from the ground!
Just like a submarine surfacing, the starship appeared on the surface of the planet.
But that wasn’t all.
Pale, nearly transparent flames spewed out from its massive exhaust port, propelling the starship into the sky—
A black hole-like rift appeared out of thin air, and the starship disappeared into it.
After it entered, the black hole slowly closed.
The second video was captured just now.
In the universe not far from Blue Star, that familiar rift appeared again and spat out the massive starship.
With a long tail trailing behind, the starship landed on Blue Star.
But despite its enormous size, it didn’t cause any earthquakes. It even looked as if a shooting star had passed by Blue Star.
When the camera finally captured the starship, the large hatch slowly opened, revealing a tall figure standing at the entrance.
With golden hair and blue eyes, he looked almost indistinguishable from an Earthling.
Walking on the street, he appeared to be just an exceptionally handsome young man.
Sunny, gentle, and handsome.
But the more he appeared that way, the more it sent shivers down one’s spine!
The blond man turned his head slightly, meeting the gaze of the soldier behind the camera. Then, he took off his hat and saluted.
“Deputy Officer of the Third Legion, Jian Su guang, salutes you.”
But no one could understand what he said.
The serious and composed man furrowed his brows tightly, gripping his phone until it creaked under the strain.
He turned his head and asked, “Have you found him, the translator named Lu Mo?”
The audio that was supposed to be kept confidential seemed to have spread everywhere for some unknown reason.
But what was even more unimaginable was that someone had deciphered it.
His subordinate shook his head with difficulty. “It’s strange… we can’t find him on surveillance. We’ve searched everywhere, but he’s nowhere to be found!”
The man closed his eyes and said, “Keep searching. We must find him!”
“Yes.”
——————————
“Going from the worst to the best, going from the worst to the best.”
Lu Mo held a bowl of water and dipped his fingertips into the clear water, gently tapping Xu Wenyong’s forehead.
Xu Wenyong’s eyes sparkled. “Master, I didn’t expect you to have the ability to change fate.”
Lu Mo looked at him firmly. “Don’t be superstitious.”
Xu Wenyong asked, “Then what about this?”
Lu Mo slammed the bowl on the table. “Have you heard of a placebo?”
Xu Wenyong: “…”
He let out a despairing cry.
Ever since that night when he stumbled on a flat surface, Xu Wenyong had been having a streak of bad luck.
He found half a worm in an apple, bit his tongue in a panicked state, and suffered painful spasms—it seemed that everything went wrong under his flailing
The little toe hit the corner of the table.
Holding his foot, he lost his balance and ended up falling down the stairs, fracturing his bones all over his body.
The doctor hinted, “Go to a temple or a church, anywhere. Just go out for a walk.”
Xu Wenyong sighed and sighed again.
Lu Mo furrowed his brow, forming a crease. “You’re like that hairdryer.”
Xu Wenyong sighed once more.
Lu Mo couldn’t take it anymore. “What’s the matter?”
“Lu Mo, Brother Lu, Lu-ge, Lu-dad—”
Lu Mo looked at him seriously. “I’m your second uncle.”
“Ah, ah, ah, ah!!!”
Xu Wenyong screamed while holding his head. “Actually, it’s like this, let me explain—”
In three sentences, it can be summarized as follows:
Xu Wenyong’s mentor recently received an academic research task and was required to work in the military.
The mentor decided to take Xu Wenyong as an assistant.
But Xu Wenyong broke his bones.
Lu Mo didn’t understand. “Why not just find someone else?”
“The problem is here!!!”
Xu Wenyong stuttered and hesitated, but when Lu Mo’s eyebrows started twitching, he finally told the truth.
“My father is also there, and I knew he wouldn’t just call and ask how my studies were going… There must be some big problem, and maybe even my mentor can’t handle it…”
“So, I was thinking, Lu-ge, can you replace me and go instead?”
Lu Mo said, “You should face the fact that I don’t have any degree.”
Xu Wenyong looked at him seriously. “But you’re the most talented person I’ve ever seen.”
Lu Mo said, “…”
He took a deep breath. “Even if I agree, how can we just switch people for something of this confidential nature?”
“My mentor said it’s possible.”
Xu Wenyong continued, “He said that everyone doesn’t understand anyway. It’s no longer a secret, but nobody knows the truth.”
Lu Mo asked, “Do you want to listen to what you’re saying?”
“I’m just restating the facts.”
The two looked at each other, and Lu Mo gave in.
“Fine, consider it half the rent.”
And so, the decision was made.
————
After departure.
There were a large number of participants, and Lu Mo sat in a corner with a chair. He wore a long coat, a scarf covering his nose, and a hat shading his eyes. He crossed his arms and waited.
Xu Wenyong’s mentor was a gentle woman, around thirty years old, wearing a dark green slim-fitting dress. She noticed Lu Mo’s attire and reminded him to remember to take medicine if he caught a cold.
Lu Mo responded softly.
A group of soldiers came from not far away, murmuring.
“My eyes are about to go blind. If he dares to appear in the surveillance, I could find him even if he turns to ashes!”
“So why can’t we capture him? Damn, it’s like he’s a ghost!”
“…Shut up.”
Lu Mo shrugged his shoulders. He didn’t sleep well last night, burdened with Xu Wenyong’s hope. He couldn’t help but take it seriously.
After staying up all night flipping through old books, he successfully triggered another episode.
“Don’t be nervous.”
The mentor looked into Lu Mo’s eyes and said gently, “Just do your best. After all, what we’re facing is something that even the top scholars couldn’t figure out, even if they lost all their hair.”
Lu Mo didn’t feel nervous but still said, “Thank you.”
Not long after, Lu Mo finally understood the meaning of this academic research.
When that silver-haired tall figure appeared at the entrance, everyone present involuntarily took a breath in unison.
Lu Mo heard his mentor next to him make a short gasp.
It turned out that these things were actually real, and there really were people so stunning that onlookers couldn’t help but be speechless.
It wasn’t until the silver-haired man took his seat that people finally came back to their senses and sheepishly averted their gazes.
Then they secretly glanced.
Lu Mo let out a slow breath. He wasn’t quite sure if his heartbeat had skipped a beat just now.
The gentle mentor tugged at Lu Mo’s sleeve and said, “Did you see? His eyes are red.”
Lu Mo glanced at her, and the mentor was taken aback, revealing a slightly embarrassed smile. “A bit surprised…”
“Mm.”
Lu Mo’s lips, hidden under the scarf, curled up. “Indeed, he’s very handsome.”
This surprised the mentor even more. According to what Xu Wenyong had said, this classmate of his was very introverted and difficult to understand despite having a good heart.
She didn’t expect him to say that.
On the stage, the silver-haired man took his seat on the left, accompanied by a handsome blond man.
On the right, representatives sat in neat rows, ready and waiting, in stark contrast to the relaxed posture of the two on the other side.
“Just translate simultaneously as usual.”
Lu Mo asked, “Which language?”
The mentor replied, “I don’t know.”
Lu Mo was taken aback. Through the gap between his scarf and hat, he used his eyes to ask the mentor: What does that mean?
The mentor smiled wryly. “You’ll understand when you listen.”
[On Stage]
Although Xu Wangshui’s expression remained serious and composed, the sweat in his palms had soaked through his gloves within a few minutes.
Just based on those two video clips, he understood that Blue Star was no match for them. If they were not careful, everything on this planet would turn to ashes.
Time was too short, it was simply too short!
If they were given a little more time, they would definitely find out where this so-called “Lu Mo” had gone.
But the other side had already expressed their intention to negotiate, and their side simply couldn’t refuse.
In these short tens of minutes today, it might determine the future of this planet…
Even the calmest heart couldn’t bear such a heavy burden.
But no matter what, he had to hold on.
[Thank you for your permission. I didn’t expect Earthlings to look exactly like the Zerg. By the way, your appearance is also considered very typical for a military female in our aesthetics.]
Xu Wangshui stared at the silver-haired man’s face.
Translator’s Note: Thank you ‘Aer’ and ‘ko-fi supporter’ for the ko-fi(s).
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Thank You for the new chapter (｡’▽’｡)♡
Noooo how could you do this to meee
27 YEARS!?!?!
They just had kids ahhhhhh
My tears
My pain
My sorrowwww
I wish we saw more of the babies 😭