Rebirth Counterattack with Space
Chapter 369 - 357: What is the Specialty?

Chapter 369: Chapter 357: What is the Specialty?

Yaluo, Bo Ya, Sizhi, and Dan Le were instantly terrified, trembling and rising to their feet to bow continuously, "We’re very sorry, my lords, we didn’t mean to offend."

"That’s enough, the ignorant are innocent; we’re not blaming you,"

Shitou said indifferently, his superior demeanor fully unleashed, which made Yaluo and the others break out in a sweat again.

"Seeing that you’re also in a tough spot, let’s just temporarily stick to the original price you mentioned—one box... one Elixir. However, aside from these, do you have anything else that could be used for trade?"

Shitou was somewhat aggrieved, thus he shrewdly reduced the original plan of giving two Elixirs per box to just one. But even this was already a huge surprise for Yaluo, Bo Ya, Sizhi, and Dan Le, who had almost despaired.

"Thank you, my lord, thank you... May I ask what you need? Whatever the Da’er Clan has or can be found in the nearby seabed, we will certainly try our best to procure it for you."

The four of them put on a toady smile, changing their address from the original "guests" to "my lords."

Shitou slightly smiled, "Since that’s the case, shouldn’t you introduce yourselves first? What were you doing on the spaceship before? We need to know what the strengths of your Da’er Clan are before we can determine your value and whether it’s worth it for us to forge a long-term partnership, right?"

"Our biggest advantage as Da’er people is actually not having spiritual power." The person who spoke was Bo Ya, who cautiously explained to Lu Yun and Shitou.

He sighed internally; he really didn’t know whether lacking spiritual power was good or bad for his people—maybe it was a mix of both?

It used to be an advantage that allowed them to survive by relying on the nobility. Except for a lack of freedom, life was relatively comfortable, and they could even receive Gene Elixirs bestowed by their masters for extended lifespans. But now, stranded on this planet with their masters gone, this advantage was clearly gone—

"Not having spiritual power is an advantage?"

Lu Yun blinked and turned to Shitou, who also raised his eyebrow skeptically at the four. Despite Lu Yun having received a wealth of information left behind by the original owner of the space, not everything was included in that information.

Seeing their puzzled expressions, Bo Ya had to patiently explain, "Our Da’er people don’t have anything special, and because our race has genetic flaws, it means we and our descendants can never awaken spiritual power; we can only cultivate Physical Art, but it is extremely rare for anyone in our race to reach advanced grades in it.

Such a race, like ours, would be easily eliminated because, by relying on our own abilities, there was no way we could obtain Gene Elixirs to transform our bodies and achieve longevity.">

But it was precisely because of this disadvantage that the nobility of interstellar society liked purchasing Da’er people to serve as stewards and servants. Thus, with the gifts from our masters, we Da’er people could not only receive Gene Elixirs, but also lead comfortable lives."

After listening to Bo Ya, Lu Yun and Shitou quickly understood. Lu Yun could not help but sigh, "There aren’t just the four of you left from your people’s survivors, are there? Didn’t your master ever give you Gene Elixirs?"

"Indeed, only the four of us are left."

Remembering the past made Bo Ya’s face show sorrow, "Actually, our people were on the spaceship because we had just been bought by our master at the auction. After the shipwreck, we crash-landed on this planet, and our master had few Gene Elixirs left.

Our master was eager to go out and search for ore to repair the spaceship, and had no time to settle down and concoct new Gene Elixirs. Therefore, not many of us eventually had the fortune to use the Gene Elixirs, and those who used them were our most outstanding individuals. Apart from a few who stayed here, the majority followed our master when he left."

"Has your master never returned since leaving?" Shitou asked thoughtfully after a moment.

"He came back several times, and we had nearly gathered enough ore to repair the spaceship... it seemed we would soon be able to leave this place..." Yaluo began to cry, almost breaking down.

Bo Ya, Sizhi, and Dan Le all had tears in their eyes.

Touching upon their grief, Lu Yun and Shitou paused for a while before continuing to talk, not daring to. Having just met, they were not close enough to comfort them and could only awkwardly wait for them to calm their emotions on their own.

Fortunately, with Bo Ya’s comforting, Yaluo soon stopped crying. Wiping her tears, she said apologetically, "I am sorry to have displayed such a state in front of you, my lords."

Lu Yun and Shitou waved it off, "We are the ones who have touched upon a painful spot for you."

"Can you enter the interior of the spaceship?" Shitou asked.

Bo Ya looked at Shitou, replying helplessly, "If you’re thinking of entering the spaceship through us, that’s impossible. Without the master here, even we can’t access the interior of the ship."

"It seems that because they were only recently acquired, they were not yet trusted." Lu Yun communicated telepathically to Shitou, sighing.

"It’s not much to do with the fact of being recently acquired; if someone else was in that situation at the time, it’s likely they would make the same choice," Shitou responded.

Lu Yun realized the logic in that—even with spiritual power, the previous owner of the space, alone and with at least dozens of survivors from a group, stranded on what could be called a "wilderness" planet for them, would’ve certainly been afraid of what to do if the Da’er people harbored any ill intentions?

The spaceship was too important to her, yet she couldn’t just take it into the space in front of everyone. Or, perhaps more likely, the space had already suffered some anomaly, and she simply couldn’t bring the ship into it anymore...

When Lu Yun thought about how the space was insufficiently powered due to the "Heart of the Planet" separation, which caused it to be uninhabitable, she felt she’d stumbled upon the truth.

After sharing this guess with Shitou, he also felt that must be the case.

"General spaceships can be set to autopilot; as long as they have the energy, they don’t need anyone to control them and can navigate safely through the cosmos. If there’s a malfunction, the spaceship is also equipped with repair robots to address it. So, on the spaceship, besides doing some menial tasks, you didn’t have to do anything else, right?"

Shitou asked, then he promptly voiced his own curiosity, "In that case, why does the spaceship need to be equipped with so many crew cabins?"