This Is My Planet - Chapter 13

“This garment is my transformation; I didn’t steal your clothes, so how is that weird?” Xia Guixuan spoke as his chibi pajamas slowly transformed back into the ancient clothing from yesterday.

Yin Xiaoru found it amusing, “This transformation technique is pretty interesting… Technology hasn’t been able to achieve this kind of free-form change, only fixed templates.”

Xia Guixuan smirked, “You… never mind.”

Originally, he wanted to say something like, ‘Isn’t this supposed to be your specialty as a fox spirit? Why are you acting like you’ve never seen anything before, with your eyes sparkling?’ But now he knew well enough that this little fox, apart from some innate spells, didn’t know a thing about cultivation techniques…

He didn’t say much, simply adding, “Perhaps technology might achieve this in the future. Currently, it’s like turning a capsule into a car; eventually, it will change in countless ways… I feel what the immortals once achieved, humans are achieving through a different path.”

“That makes a lot of sense,” Yin Xiaoru nodded, her smile turning a bit dangerous. “I’m not interested in exploring how far technology can go; I just want to know how you managed to see the style of my pajamas. Did I wear them in front of you, or do you have X-ray vision?”

She had changed into her professional attire when she came downstairs, and her pajamas were still on the bed, probably warm…

However, her pajamas had a chibi fox pattern, while Xia Guixuan’s were a chibi dragon.

Xia Guixuan remained expressionless. “You didn’t close the door; I saw them when I passed by.”

Yin Xiaoru scratched her head.

Didn’t close it? Forgot about it, probably in a hurry…

Whatever. She grabbed him and cast a Reversal of Heaven and Earth directly, “Die, you pervert!”

Whoosh!

Xia Guixuan floated in mid-air, looking at her speechlessly.

“Wow, pretty impressive, Sindy.” Yin Xiaoru’s eyes lit up this time. “Teach me that levitation technique!”

Xia Guixuan chuckled, “So, you believe I didn’t peek on you, yet you’re still throwing me around?”

Arms akimbo, Yin Xiaoru replied, “People are willing to believe you with just a word. Shouldn’t you feel it’s something to be happy about?”

“Hmm… that’s somewhat interesting.”

“Besides, why did you choose the same style of pajamas? Now everyone thinks you’re my boyfriend. What are we going to do about it?” she inquired.

Xia Guixuan sighed, “Even if I didn’t do that, people have already assumed it. And…”

He paused, chuckling, “Your Second Aunt came to find trouble. I originally wanted to make them back off, but I didn’t expect Yan Wuyue to intervene. I don’t know if I should thank her or find her meddlesome.”

Yin Xiaoru was surprised, “You actually thought you could make them back off? This and your alchemy…”

“Our systems are different, indeed, but fundamentally similar. Both achieve the desired effects through the combination of different elements. Even the basic ingredients are extracted from animals, plants, or minerals, right?” Xia Guixuan continued, “This matter… even if the Yin and Zhou families weren’t pressuring you, I know you were also anxious and wanted to produce useful potions. You helped me, so how about I help you with this?”

Yin Xiaoru looked at him curiously for a while and suddenly said, “Sit.”

The Yin family guards had already taken the unconscious Yin Zhongxiang for treatment and left. The villa was now left with just the two of them, sitting opposite each other on the sofa.

A house robot buzzed over again to clean.

Yin Xiaoru casually patted the robot, and a small compartment on its chest opened. Yin Xiaoru reached in and grabbed a bottle of beverage, tossing it to Xia Guixuan, “Try something you haven’t had before, it’s an eco-friendly drink made by my company.”

Xia Guixuan took it, and Yin Xiaoru opened one for herself as well, comfortably leaning back in the chair and taking a sip, exhaling with some fatigue.

The robot buzzed away.

Xia Guixuan also sipped the drink slowly, feeling a sense of detachment and absurdity as if time and space were shifting.

The soaring phoenix and the blazing flames of mystique turned into steel machinery in the blink of an eye. And this little fox, wearing a white shirt under a light grey women’s suit, with her long hair casually draped, lazily leaning on the sofa, her long legs wrapped in black stockings, stretched out…

In fact, her figure was no less impressive than Yan Wuyue’s, and this attire had its own allure. However, it was a different template from the “fox spirit” image that people had in mind.

It was like squeezing things from two different dimensions together, forming an abstract picture.

“How’s our drink? Do you like it?” Yin Xiaoru suddenly asked.

“The taste is good, but I feel… emm…” Xia Guixuan sighed. “Do you have any tea?”

“I knew it.” Yin Xiaoru laughed, “No one drinks tea anymore these days… With all these years of progress, food is becoming more perfect in pleasing human taste buds and has greater health benefits. Compared to that, tea doesn’t measure up, including the coffee you experienced yesterday; it’s not the same old coffee anymore. The original organic drinks that were once revered are now no longer appreciated by many.”

Xia Guixuan shook his head, “I still prefer things in their natural state. Even if it’s for the betterment of the human body, there’s also celestial tea… You mentioned many of the divine descendants couldn’t adapt to technological changes. Initially, I thought they were conservative and should learn and absorb new things… But now, I can somewhat understand their feelings. Perhaps I’m not much different from them.”

When he passed by Earth hurriedly before, besides having things to attend to, it was also because he didn’t fit in and couldn’t stay.

Even though he considered himself somewhat of an oddity… People still have habits or attachments that aren’t easily changed.

These drinks were concocted with who-knows-what additives, he genuinely couldn’t get used to it.

“Celestial tea exists, but it’s not something ordinary people get to taste.” Yin Xiaoru smirked a bit sarcastically, then added, “From another perspective, luxury goods aren’t universally applicable to society, just like how your alchemy can’t be used on a large scale unlike pharmaceutical biotechnology.”

Xia Guixuan nodded, “I understand your point… However, for these lower-tier items, there shouldn’t be that much of a difference yet.”

“It’s not as simple as you think,” Yin Xiaoru slowly explained. “Genetic medications are divided into two main categories. One is for genetic evolution, which is the foundation of individual cultivation for humans and requires very high technological demands. The other belongs to support purposes, temporary enhancements or treatments, which have relatively lower requirements… There are many companies in this category, and we belong to this one.”

This was easy to understand, isn’t it just like cultivation pills and consuming treasures of heaven and earth… Xia Guixuan didn’t interrupt, continuing to listen.

“Due to genetic evolution, human strength is no longer the same as that of the early mortals, so general meds are essentially meaningless for genetic warriors. It’s no longer the era where any stimulant would work…” Yin Xiaoru explained, “Take, for instance, the No.88 serum I was just rejected for. It’s fairly effective for ordinary people, but has no effect on genetic warriors. Take a look at this…”

As she spoke, she tossed a small bottle of test samples to him.

Xia Guixuan took it, uncorked the bottle and sniffed it. In reality, he was analyzing it with his divine sense, and immediately understood.

It was actually quite understandable.

It was like giving a pill meant for Qi cultivators to someone in a higher realm—it’d just be a piece of candy…

Simply put, with their constitution already changed, they shouldn’t be considered humans anymore, so it’s indeed difficult for ordinary things to be effective.

This sample, if given to an ordinary person, might make them as tough as nails for at least half an hour, but if given to a genetic warrior, it would be just like a beverage.

Xia Guixuan tossed the sample casually and chuckled, “I can sense the main ingredients in here. Originally, it could have been effective even for someone at your butler’s level, but the side effects might be a bit severe, so you didn’t dare to submit it to the military. After reducing the dosage of the main ingredient, it naturally becomes nothing more than a toy.”

Yin Xiaoru tucked her drink in the groove, inserted a straw, and sipped slowly, propping her head with one hand, watching him intently.

Really quite knowledgeable, huh?

Hey, you’re not seriously trying to prove to Yan Wuyue that you’re qualified to be my boyfriend, are you?

Xia Guixuan said, “Nowadays, I don’t know much about the fauna and flora outside. Let me learn more, and I’ll try to prepare a neutralizing and side-effect-reducing auxiliary potion for you.”

Yin Xiaoru watched him for a while, then mumbled through the straw, “I have an ecological garden.”