I Married A Degraded Alpha
Chapter 32: Reaching The Ore Planet

Chapter 32: Reaching The Ore Planet

When the starship arrived at the ore planet, the day had just turned into night. Yuri was yawning non-stop, exhausted and sleepy. After bidding Tuss goodnight, she returned to her room. Flopping onto her bed, she fell into a deep sleep.

She slept through till the afternoon of the next day, softening her bones.

"You’re awake, Mrs. Hiro." Zeek, who was tending to the garden, greeted Yuri with a smile as she stepped outside.

Yuri, sipping her Nutrient Fluids, asked, "Did Tuss mention your plan to uproot these flowers to plant crops and melons?"

"Yes, I’m considering it. I sent some soil samples for analysis a while ago. The experts said that our soil is poor, but with distinct seasons. With adequate fertilization, it should be able to sustain crops," Zeek replied with a smile. "Aside from crops, I’m also planning to raise some livestock."

Yuri nodded in approval. "That’s a good idea."

Zeek, pleased with the validation, grinned broadly, "I’ll strive to serve you homegrown crops from our ore planet this year."

"I’m looking forward to it." Yuri sincerely responded.

Just as she was about to find a spacious place to study the newly acquired mecha, Tuss called her over.

"What are these?" Yuri curiously examined the big boxes in front of Tuss.

"They are various metals I purchased from the interstellarnet." Tuss prepared to open the boxes with a pair of scissors.

Yuri, upon hearing the word "metal", instantly perked up. "Let me open them."

Tuss handed her the scissors seeing her enthusiasm, "Be careful. Some metals are heavy and sharp."

After opening five boxes, Yuri retrieved over a hundred different metals. Most of which she had never heard of, unique products from the interstellar.

The metals varied in forms—solid, gel, liquid, and also in colors. They were dazzling and diverse, opening up a new world to Yuri.

"I’ve recently learned how to incorporate metals into my body," Tuss suddenly said.

"You learned it so quickly?" Yuri was astonished. Such talent was envy-inducing indeed.

Tuss, a hint of delight in his eyes, responded, "Yes, I’ve been able to do it since the day before yesterday."

Yuri gave him a thumbs-up, quietly recalling how many days, a month or two, it took her to accomplish the same feat.

"Why did you buy so many metals?" Yuri had a hunch.

Tuss fixed his gaze onto Yuri’s eyes, seemingly trying to peer into her soul, "Yuri, I want a pair of legs."

"Mm," Yuri replied softly.

"You also need an arm. Let’s choose metals together, complete our missing parts, okay?" Tuss asked, his voice gentle and seeking her consent.

"Okay." Yuri didn’t hesitate and squatted down to pick metals, "I was originally planning on doing this too. I have no idea that you already prepared."

"Maybe it’s because I desperately want to stand by your side," Tuss confessed earnestly.

Yuri paused at Tuss’s ambiguous words and changed the topic, "Which metals do you plan to use?"

Tuss didn’t mind her avoidance, nor was he disheartened. He got down from the wheelchair and joined her in picking, saying, "I’m not sure yet, we’ll have to try."

Yuri nodded, "Indeed, we need to experiment and find the best combination."

"Combination?" Tuss mused over the word, "That’s a fitting description."

"I plan to use Blue Keystone as one of the main materials. Its hardness is unparalleled."

"And it’s beautiful," she added in her mind.

"That’s what I was thinking too," Tuss laughed.

Tuss and Yuri, one needing to create legs and the other an arm, temporarily put their mecha to the side.

They refined the purest parts from over a hundred metals, continuously integrating and separating, and integrating again... After hundreds, thousands of trials over half a month, they finally found the optimal "combination."

Yuri looked at her newly "grown" right arm, controlling it to make a fist, extend, bend... From the initial awkwardness, she quickly became adept at using it, "It’s very obedient, even more so than my left hand."

Tuss laughed at her comment, "Other than lacking the function of reflex actions, in terms of hardness, flexibility, it far exceeds flesh and blood. Moreover, it can change size and shape at will, won’t feel pain, won’t bleed... the benefits are too numerous to list."

Yuri wasn’t sure if Tuss genuinely accepted his metal legs or her metal arm, but hearing his words relieved her. Deep down, she needed some validation too.

"With all that said, where are your legs?" Yuri’s gaze fell on Tuss’s still-empty pant legs.

A trace of nervousness passed over Tuss’s face, he bashfully asked, "Can you turn around first?"

Yuri, suppressing a smile, dutifully turned her back.

One minute later.

A shadow fell over Yuri from behind. She startled, quickly turned around, and met a broad chest.

"How is it?" Tuss’s voice was filled with suppressed excitement, joy, and a hint of insecurity.

Yuri looked up and said, "Were you always this tall?"

He must be around 195cm as her height of 177cm only reached his shoulder.

Tuss nodded, "Alphas are generally taller."

Recalling the Alphas she had met, Yuri agreed that they were indeed quite tall. "Can you walk a few steps for me to see?"

Under Yuri’s watchful gaze, Tuss awkwardly took a step, then another, and another... He walked two rounds around the house, each step smoother and faster, until he was striding confidently.

Unable to suppress her jealousy, Yuri curiously asked, "If you practice constantly, will you be as fast as a car?"

Tuss’s eyes lit up, he thought about it and cautiously answered, "Perhaps."

"No, not perhaps." He had a feeling that as long as he kept practicing and improving his Enova, his speed would definitely surpass that of a car.

For the first time, Tuss thought that losing his legs might not have been entirely a bad thing.

Because of his lost legs, he had met Yuri, and they got married. It was Yuri who gave him Enova.

Now that he had "grown" new legs, he felt that he was in a better state than before he had lost his legs.

"Should we tell Zeek about this?" Yuri asked.

Tuss shook his head, saying, "We’ll find a time to leave for a bit and say we’re going to get prosthetics."

Yuri also preferred to keep it secret, "Then we should get familiar with the mecha first. We can take the mecha to go."

Sensing her eagerness in her voice, Tuss smiled, "I’m familiar with all types of mecha, I can teach you."

"That sounds great, I’d appreciate that," Yuri said straightforwardly, "I have no foundation, so you’ll have to be patient."

Tuss felt confused, saying, "...You are a student in the mecha manufacturing department after all."

"Just pretend that I’ve got water in my brain and lost my memory," Yuri said. She couldn’t admit that this body had a different soul now.

Tuss frowned, "Do you really have no foundation at all?"

Yuri nodded, "Absolutely none."

Once they were in the mecha, Tuss truly believed that Yuri had no basic knowledge of mecha, she was utterly clueless.

Fortunately, her memory was strong, she almost never forgets anything she saw, and Tuss taught her diligently and thoroughly. Coupled with her nightly study of mecha, she made rapid progress.

On the fourth day, she was finally able to slowly lift the mecha into the air.

On the fifth day, she was able to fly the mecha out of the planet.

On the sixth day, while Yuri was practicing real combat with the mecha, Tuss’s opticomputer rang. He pressed the answer key, and Rei’s anxious voice came from the opticomputer, "Brother Tuss, my brother, they’re missing."