Mist

Chapter 27: Chaos

Ji Yushi’s heavy eyelids opened a small sliver with much difficulty. Light entered his eyes, stimulating the pupils to constrict.
A brilliant aurora once again appeared. It was breath-takingly beautiful.
Green, blue and purple.
They flashed across the dark sky like waves and disappeared far into the distance.

The surroundings were extremely quiet. It was so quiet, Ji Yushi could almost hear his own heartbeat and breathing.

Where was this place?

That’s right, they had started a new mission.
Ji Yushi’s memory stopped at the point before they left.

After coming out of PU-31, they had rested for several days, recharged themselves and everyone had recovered to their best state. With everyone’s consent, they had accepted their new mission.
Everything was normal until they entered their capsules.

But what happened later?
Ji Yushi’s body was frozen stiff. A layer of frost had formed over his dark eyelashes.

He exhausted all his strength, but he could only raise his eyelids slightly. He saw his own capsule stopped not far from him. The silver-white capsule had a large hole and the transparent panel was covered with spiderweb-like cracks. The safety straps were scattered about and there were also exposed wires lying around messily, occasionally emitting small bursts of sparks from time to time.
An accident had occurred during the transition.

“Bzzz.”
The mechanical arm had been squashed into an awkward angle. It seemed to have detected a Guardian’s presence and raised itself, wanting to deliver nutrient solution to the living being.
Unfortunately it was too far.
The arm raised and lowered repeatedly, forming the only sound that could be heard here.

Ji Yushi took in his surroundings. He seemed to be in a large garbage dump.
Countless mechanical wreckage and discarded parts formed a high mountain, exuding a strong stench of engine oil and rot. The wreckage here may have been accumulated over a long time and there were vine-like plants growing through the gaps, entwining itself with the various machinery and blooming with transparent glowing flowers.
Where was this place?
Ji Yushi restored his gaze and saw that he himself was lying in the garbage dump in a strange posture. The pain on his body at this moment far exceeded the level he could tolerate, but he couldn’t make a single sound.

“Clang!”
A sound echoed from far away at a place that was not visible to Ji Yushi.
“Clang! Clang!” That sound got closer and closer. It was as if someone was stepping through the mountain of wreckage, approaching him step by step.

The night sky before his eyes was blocked.
A shadow suddenly appeared before Ji Yushi. Someone was looking down at him.

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Round and plump face, blue eyes, flushed cheeks as well as messy reddish-brown hair and beard. That face came face to face with Ji Yushi.
The heat from the other party’s breathing sprayed onto Ji Yushi’s face. It smelled of alcohol and was very unpleasant.

Ji Yushi couldn’t move. He wanted to speak but he could only blink his eyes.

That bearded man looked at him for a few seconds and then stretched out his hand. Pinching his chin with his rough fingers, he looked at him left and right again, as if confirming that he was alive, before he murmured something under his breath. This voice was hoarse and rough, but it was a language that Ji Yushi didn’t understand.
Immediately afterwards, the bearded man walked away. The wreckage he walked through was kicked everywhere.

After a minute, the bearded man returned.
This time he had an extra thick iron chain with him. He used this chain to tie Ji Yushi up and then fasted a lock onto it.