Chapter 1: Ruins Star, Radiation Sickness

"These are your medications for today, these are the firearms you need to repair and reclaim this week, and also..."

On the Ruins Star, at Shelter No. 73, the clerk from the administration put a pile of worn-out firearms onto the trolley, then took out a test tube filled with amber liquid and handed it to Su Yu, hesitated a moment, and added a word of caution.

"Due to the recent expansion activities of the Night Slayer Team, the sanctuary's stock of Antiradiation Potions has become insufficient. This is your third potion, and also your last one. Good luck."

Su Yu rubbed his face vigorously, took the potion from the clerk's hand, squeezed out a smile, and said: "Thank you, bless your words."

With that, he took the trolley and potion back to his repair shop.

"Compared to other transmigrators, my transmigrator life is really a bit of a disaster..."

After tidying up the repair room, Su Yu looked at the Antiradiation Potion in his hand and chuckled bitterly to himself.

Strictly speaking, he wasn't originally from this world, but a transmigrator from Blue Star.

What he faced after crossing over was a post-apocalyptic wasteland that was countless times harsher than his home planet, Blue Star.

[Ruins Star].

This star was established as a border post star at the edge of the Galaxy during the era of the Great Expedition of the Human Empire, mainly providing navigation guides and some logistical supply to the human fleets in the Star Sea during the Great Expedition.

But this was the forty-thousandth year of the Empire reigning over the Galaxy.

The splendor of the Great Expedition had long been buried by the dust of history, torn apart by civil strife and alien races, the glory of reigning over the Galaxy ceased to exist, and the border post star, once beautifully named [Azure], has now become just one of the many ruins stars in space.

The people on this Ruins Star are the descendants of the survivors from the end of the Great Expedition. Due to technological loss and the scarcity of resources on the Ruins Star, they have no hope of leaving this planet.

What awaits them is a short life of struggling to survive amidst radiation and dust.

Luckily, with a little bit of luck and the advantage of a physically transmigrated body,

even though it seemed that when he crossed through time, his physical age decreased significantly, returning to eleven or twelve years old.

However, with a body not heavily affected by radiation and a learning ability considered excellent on this star, Su Yu became a resident of Shelter No. 73 and an apprentice mechanic.

It was just a year ago that the only old man in the Shelter willing to guide Su Yu in mechanical repair skills passed away from radiation sickness.

And soon after, the unfortunate Su Yu also contracted radiation sickness.

Su Yu looked at his right arm, where a large swath of muscle tissue had turned dark purple due to radiation erosion, accompanied by bouts of weakness.

As time passes, this necrosis will spread to the entire right arm, and by then he will have to have it amputated.

However, compared to many radiation sicknesses which are lethal upon infection, Su Yu's symptoms were considered relatively mild.

But the problem is, for Su Yu, an apprentice mechanic with little more than two and a half years of experience, losing an arm obviously made it impossible for him to undertake mechanical repair jobs.

And in the Shelter, they never keep idle people.

Without being a mechanic and with no other work experience, any job Su Yu could take would be exponentially more dangerous. Considering Su Yu's future health condition, it's possible that in one or two years, he would become a skeleton in the wasteland.

The only hope is the Antiradiation Potion in front of him.

This is one of the few benefits residents of the Shelter can receive.

When infected with radiation sickness, one can receive a portion every week, up to three weeks. After using three portions, depending on the type of radiation sickness, there's about a ten percent chance of recovery.

There's also a twenty to thirty percent chance to slow the progression of radiation sickness.

Considering the relatively mild symptoms of Su Yu's radiation sickness,

his chance of recovery might be higher than ten percent.

"Even if worst comes to worst, it should at least delay the radiation illness, right?"

Su Yu gritted his teeth.

Though the expansion activities of the Night Slayer Team recently made the contributions of various materials in the Shelter become more expensive.

Antiradiation Potions also became twenty percent more expensive than before.

However, as long as he can gain more time, he can accumulate contributions by repairing firearms for the Shelter's hunting team to exchange for new Antiradiation Potions.

But,

after finishing a day's work,

Su Yu took out the Antiradiation Potion he received, removed the stopper, and directly aimed the test tube at the necrotic part on his right arm, pouring it forcefully!

Shelter No. 73 is just a small shelter with no high-grade Antiradiation Potions and a great deal of harm to the human body. Oral intake or soaking the infected area is not applicable. This crude method of use is the best way.

"Ssss——!"

It was like pouring ice water onto burning coals, a white mist rose rapidly from the necrotic tissue on Su Yu's arm, accompanied by intense pain, causing Su Yu to clench his teeth tightly, veins bulging on his forehead, as he plopped down on the ground!

Although it wasn't the first time using such a potion, the pain was still something Su Yu found hard to endure.

It wasn't until half an hour later that the intense pain slightly eased.

Su Yu dressed, took out a simple Nutrition Meal from the old cabinet, and ate the plant mush with no taste or flavor that only provided basic calories, after which he impatiently turned off the lights, went to bed, and slept.

The Antiradiation Potion needed a whole night to take effect, and to know his fate would wait until the next morning to reveal.

With expectations for tomorrow, Su Yu drifted into dreamland.

However, in the early morning of the next day,

when Su Yu came eagerly to the mirror, already shattered in half, and rolled up his sleeves, the sight before his eyes left even the inherently optimistic Su Yu speechless!

The worst outcome.

The necrotic muscle tissue on Su Yu's right arm showed no sign of improvement, not even a delay.

The necrosis that originally occupied one-fifth of his arm had progressed slightly toward his wrist overnight.

At this rate,

in at most three months, the muscle on Su Yu's right arm would completely necrotize.

And judging by the weakness in his right arm, it might only be one or two months before Su Yu can no longer work as a mechanic.

"Could it be because I repair too many firearms, my luck in this life turned sharpshooter unlucky? But guns aren't alive!"

Su Yu almost wanted to cry out of frustration.

But at this moment,

Su Yu suddenly noticed something new in the mirror in front of him.

No.

That's not right.

It wasn't that something appeared on the mirror, but in his field of vision, with Su Yu focusing his attention, gradually, a faint blue virtual display screen emerged!