In this post-apocalyptic world, I unexpectedly became a star galaxy master.

[Beep, qualified host detected, system binding imminent!]

[Beep, qualified host detected, system binding imminent!]

The cold, mechanical sound rang out abruptly in the small bedroom.

The room was dark, with only the tablet on the bedside table emitting a faint light.

Inside, Japanese adult films were playing, the sounds of moaning and groaning were incredibly arousing. A young man, buried under the covers in bed, was watching the tablet with ecstatic pleasure.

Just as I was about to reach the peak of my happiness, a sudden sound startled me, and I immediately wilted.

Before he could even cry out in surprise, the cold, mechanical voice rang out again.

[Beep... Hmm, detected energy fluctuation at the same frequency. Optimal host found.]

Amidst the young man's horrified and astonished gaze, a small beam of bright white light shot rapidly out of the room and into the night.

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Inside a room in a high-end residential complex in Yangcheng, on the Third Ring Road.

Hongtang was browsing the web on her computer in the study, one hand moving the mouse and the other stroking an old silver bracelet.

书桌上的电子日历显示：海蓝星年历4030年4月30日，23:53。

At this moment, there is only one headline in the world: Humanity's "colony" in outer space - Aquamarine Star - has met the conditions for life, and Aquamarine Star has officially entered the first year of interstellar life!

Aquamarine is the planet on which humanity depends for survival, but for the current total of 100 billion people, it is already somewhat overloaded and often faces various energy shortages.

The search for new, habitable planets is of paramount importance.

Water Planet was discovered under these circumstances.

With the advancement of science and aviation technology, after hundreds of years of research, on April 30, 100 years ago, humanity finally discovered a planet with an ecological environment extremely similar to Aquamarine, a planet suitable for human habitation. However, no human-like life forms were found on this planet.

This is undoubtedly fantastic news for humanity. Although the planet is somewhat small, it can only support about 30 billion people.

Later, this star was named the Blue Star.

After 100 years of exploration, development, and construction, the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) has just announced that it has completed the basic construction of the first city that can accommodate 10 people, and humans can now officially settle on the planet Earth.

The International Astronautical Federation is now recruiting its first batch of "space citizens" worldwide. Of course, the recruitment criteria are very stringent, and the number of people from each country will vary depending on their contribution to international spaceflight.

This explosive news was released five minutes ago on the global internet, and now the internet is in an uproar, with various forums and posts flying everywhere. They are all talking about how great humanity is, how the dream of space travel has come true, that spaceships and warships are not far away, that even flying acrobats are possible, and also about how to apply to become a space resident, what the requirements are, and so on.

The city outside, which had been sleeping, was thrown into a frenzy by the news.

Hongtang's neighborhood was no exception. Although it was past midnight, lights began to come on in every house, and cheers and shouts rose and fell.

People are celebrating this historic moment when humanity can finally migrate to other planets in their own ways.

After browsing the main reports, Hongtang casually shut down her computer, as if these exciting news items had nothing to do with her.

First, she felt that living on Aquamarine was quite good. Although for hundreds of years, humanity had faced constant natural disasters such as high temperatures, epidemics, floods, tsunamis, and earthquakes, making living conditions increasingly harsh, she was still very familiar with and adapted to Aquamarine after living there for more than 20 years, wasn't she?

Secondly, she noticed the restrictions on registering as a Star Citizen. Besides the requirement for top talents such as military personnel and scientific researchers, ordinary people could also apply, but the cost would start at 100 billion.

She's an ordinary person, but not so ordinary that she has 100 billion!

Sorry, she doesn't deserve it!

So she decisively shut down her computer and got down to business.

I took a 6-inch cake out of the refrigerator and lit the candles. The electronic calendar on my desk showed that it was already 23:59 PM.

It's almost midnight, and she's about to celebrate her 26th birthday!

May 1st is Hongtang's birthday, and also her mother's birthday. Every year at this time, she and her mother would stay up all night, waiting for that moment at midnight on May 1st.

Since her mother passed away 10 years ago, she has been the only one doing this.

Fortunately, she still had the silver bracelet that her mother had once bought for her.

This is an ordinary silver bracelet. Her mother bought it for her one summer evening when she was six years old, while they were strolling through a night market. She fell in love with it at first sight; the chain was perfect for stringing together the fingernail-shaped ornament she had found.

It was a transparent, fingernail-shaped crystal, I don't know what it was made of, it looked a bit like plastic. It had all sorts of colorful lines and little stars on it, it was very pretty.

Later, her mother added small gold and silver leaves to her bracelet, making it even more beautiful. She wore it on her wrist ever since.

Until she was 16, that incident happened... To prevent the bracelet from being lost, she kept it in a jewelry box and only took it out on her birthday each year, as if her mother was still celebrating her birthday with her.

Clutching the bracelet, Hongtang reminisced about the past, feeling somewhat downcast. Her gaze fell on the pretty nail art, but her thoughts drifted to the cultivation novel she had recently been reading.

Suddenly inspired, Hongtang picked up the compass from the pen holder, pricked her finger with the compass tip, dripped the blood onto the nail ornament on the bracelet, and breathed softly, waiting for a miracle to happen. The protagonists always manage to find all sorts of magical treasures.

5秒、10秒、20秒、30秒、40秒......没有什么奇迹发生。

Hongtang refused to believe it and pricked another finger, letting it bleed. She tried all ten fingers, but the miracle still didn't happen.

"Novels are all lies after all. I actually believed them. How foolish of me." Hong Tang laughed self-deprecatingly. It was already past midnight, and she couldn't let her birthday be delayed.

She lit the candles, turned off the lights, closed her eyes, clasped her hands, and made a wish befitting the occasion.

"I hope that one day I can go to another planet and become the king of space, hahaha!"

"Oh dear, will it lose its power if I say it out loud? Hahaha!"

Hearty laughter echoed in the large study. Hongtang was still immersed in her beautiful dreams of the future when suddenly a deafening clap of thunder exploded outside the window, followed by a series of faint buzzing sounds in her ears. Her brain also felt a continuous, dense pain, as if countless steel needles had been pierced at the same time.

The pain was unbearable. She was momentarily disoriented, her eyes rolled back, and she fell from the chair to the floor. Before losing consciousness, she heard someone whispering something in her ear.

[Beep beep beep, optimal host found. Do you wish to bind to this system?]

If Hongtang were awake at this moment, she would definitely be able to hear that this voice, which should have been cold and mechanical, sounded somewhat excited.

"Tie me up... what the hell?! What is that?"

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