Vicious, Yet Undeniably Beautiful [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 1

Snow swirled violently, blanketing the entire planet in the harsh marks of winter. Countless high-tech, vibrant, floating mechanical houses were being mercilessly lashed by the blizzard.

At dawn:

“Look!”

The man who shouted pointed at a spot, his eyes wide, yelling in disbelief.

“It is footprints! Human footprints!”

“Report to headquarters immediately! We have discovered traces of ancient humans!”

As soon as these words were uttered, the monitoring room erupted. The staff looked at each other in shock, never having imagined that in their entire careers, after decades or even centuries of monitoring, they would actually discover traces of ancient humans.

As the news spread, an uproar ensued. The elite New Humans were stunned. Countless supplies were loaded onto spaceships, and in a mere heartbeat, the news that an ancient human had been found on an abandoned junk planet swept across the entire interstellar community.

Countless circular aircraft hovered overhead, scanning for the ancient human’s trail, while the interstellar network exploded into chaos.

[Shock! Footprints found on an abandoned junk planet, suspected to be ancient human traces!] (Replies: 100,000,000+)

[Shock! Ancient human appears, destined to be the most precious national treasure among the New Humans!] (Replies: 100,000,000+)

In an instant, hundreds of thousands of messages flooded the threads, and the numbers continued to rise.

Dozens of figures clad in protective suits held detectors, scanning the area where the footprints were found. The devices emitted a red glow, followed by a rhythmic beep-beep-beep.

A cold, mechanical voice followed:

【Footprint signals detected. Gravity is weak; severe nutritional deficiency. Biological signatures detected within 5,000 meters.】

【Warning! Biological respiration is gradually failing. Please proceed immediately.】

In a flash, everyone fanned out to search the area.

Deep inside a pitch-black cave, a figure wearing only a thin white top struggled to curl up in the innermost corner. The howling, icy wind whistled, ruthlessly stripping away his remaining body heat.

It was very dim inside, and one could only vaguely make out a silhouette. He sniffed his frozen, red nose, tears streaming down his face from the cold. His mouth was pouted high in grievance, and he remained silent.

In his mind, the system was apologizing frantically.

【I am sorry, Xiao Yuyu. It is my fault the timing of the transmission was bad. I did not think it would be winter here.】

【How about this? You can scold me. I promise I will not talk back this time.】

【If you are still angry, you can manifest your consciousness and beat me up.】

【Oh, please say something! You are making me feel terribly guilty.】

Looking at the beautiful, shivering face through the screen, the system finally developed a conscience.

Yu Li’s slender fingers were frozen to a pale blue. He struggled to raise his hand to his mouth, blowing a puff of warm air. The mist swirled, causing his frost-covered cheeks to flush a faint, delicate pink.

“Are you taking revenge on me?” Yu Li whispered, his voice small. “Are you taking revenge because I spent your retirement savings, so you are unwilling to even let me earn a bit of viciousness value, and instead want to freeze me to death on this desolate, trash-filled wasteland?”

He spat out a small string of words, his long eyelashes fluttering to reveal light brown eyes that shimmered with emotion. His tone was filled with annoyance and accusation.

Yu Li clutched his thin, fragile long-sleeved shirt and black pants, then pointed at the thin slippers on his feet. He was so angry his eyes turned red, feeling incredibly wronged.

“I am shivering all over, and my feet ache from the cold. I have never been treated this poorly in my entire life.”

The system felt exceptionally guilty. It silently twiddled its fingers, trying to look away from the youth on the screen—whose face was as exquisite as a porcelain doll—and replied weakly.

【No.】

【It was a transmission error. It had nothing to do with you spending my retirement money.】

Yu Li did not believe it. “Was it because I spent the money you were saving to flirt with other systems? Or did I secretly spend the money in your vault and you found out?”

The system was stunned. Its guilt vanished in an instant, replaced by a shrill roar: 【What did you say?!】

【What money in my vault? You were the one who stole the money I was using to flirt with the system sisters?】

Yu Li was righteous. Seeing the system fuming, he felt no guilt at all, acting as if it were only natural.

“I will pay you back later, but that is not an excuse for sending me to the middle of winter.”

“Do you know how many performance points I will lose if my starting mission fails? I will begrudgingly forgive you this time, but I am not paying the money back.”

The system retreated into its own shell, grinding its teeth in frustration, but it had no way to deal with this host.

After all, it felt terribly guilty; not only was the time of the transmission wrong, but the location was as well. It was supposed to be sent to a place inhabited by the New Humans, but instead, it ended up on a junk planet.

As the two bickered, Yu Li felt slightly warmer. He closed his pink lips, holding his breath inside, then gently exhaled onto his aching, frozen fingers, hoping to warm them up.

The cold wind blew, and his breathing gradually weakened. His beautiful, dense eyelashes trembled, covered in frost, and he shivered as he muttered softly, “You really are unreliable.”

Yu Li sighed a tiny sigh and waited quietly for his death.

For the first time, the system saw Yu Li being so gentle, and it was not used to it. What it was even less used to was that he had not used this moment to scam or trick it. It hurriedly scanned the surroundings, trying to see if there was any dry firewood to provide him with warmth.

Instead, it scanned various New Humans in protective suits approaching the area. Their posture was incredibly solemn, and one taller figure issued an order:

“Search everywhere! We must rescue the ancient human immediately!”

In an instant, the system cried out.

【Xiao Yuyu, someone is here! Quickly, make some noise! Hurry!】

Yu Li struggled to blink his frozen eyes. His head throbbed from the cold wind, and a sudden surge of the will to survive erupted within him.