Chapter 529 Hopefully, it's just a coincidence!
"Ancient Earth?" Jiang Xinli's gaze fell on the rusty, dilapidated billboard next to the gas station.

The faded English logo looked somewhat familiar to her, resembling a well-known Fortune 500 brand from ancient Earth.

However, this is interstellar space, so how could there be ancient Earth architecture here?

Ironically, it still looks like an ancient Earth in a post-apocalyptic environment:
The doors and windows were broken, glass shards were scattered all over the floor, and the mottled, peeling walls were covered with dried, blackened bloodstains.

The gas station was completely unrecognizable; fuel nozzles, metal pipes, and plastic parts—everything that could be dismantled and reused was destroyed.

"My lady, my understanding of ancient Earth comes mostly from video footage. Everything here..." Yuehua Yin paused,
"Could it be that the living environment on ancient Earth was already this harsh?"

Jiang Xinli frowned. "No. This is actually a bit like the apocalyptic scenes in our ancient Earth movies."

"Master, I'll go take a look." Covered in sweat, Ye Kuo darted into the convenience store next to the gas station like a black lightning bolt.

A short while later, he came out and waved to the group, saying, "Nobody's here, it's safe."

As the group reached the door, Xuan Ying, who was holding Jiang Xinli, paused, while Bai Yao went in first.

Inside the store, the shelves were empty, piled up haphazardly.

The ground was covered with a thick layer of dust, garbage, dried insect carcasses, and excrement.

Bai Yao flicked his finger, summoning a hurricane to sweep away all the remaining trash and dust in the convenience store.

"Ah Yao, wait a minute." Jiang Xinli called out to him.

Bai Yao paused, turned to look at her, and asked, "Xiao Li, what's wrong?"

Jiang Xinli pointed to a palm-sized, colorful object covered in dust near the cashier. "What's that?"

Bai Yao tapped his finger lightly, and a wisp of wind swept away the dust, rolling the flat orange object over.

Jiang Xinli exclaimed in surprise, "How come this is here?"

It's an iPhone 17 whose screen was shattered by a blunt object.

This phone was the first new product that Apple had just released when she "traveled back" from ancient Earth.

Is it a coincidence, or is it?

Everyone asked in confusion, "Little Pear, what is this?"

It looks like an electronic product, but they don't recognize it.

"We call it a mobile phone. It was the most commonly used communication tool on ancient Earth. It was similar to a quantum computer, but the technology was not as advanced."

After Jiang Xinli finished speaking, she frowned and turned to look at Sheng Tianze.

"Aze, could this be an illusion?"

“It shouldn’t be.” Sheng Tianze and Bai Yao exchanged a glance and immediately agreed. “But it should be a small, independent spacetime.”

Seeing her worried expression, Sheng Tianze asked, "What's wrong, Lili?"

"It's nothing." Jiang Xinli pursed her lips. "Maybe I'm overthinking it."

Such a beautiful ancient Earth shouldn't suddenly face the end of the world.

Counting the days, it had been less than half a year since she left ancient Earth.

In just six months, things shouldn't have turned out like this.

The scene before us must be just a coincidence.

She also secretly prayed: Hopefully, it's just a coincidence.

Sheng Tianze listened to her thoughts and carefully glanced around the store.

[Lili, the space here hasn't changed in over a decade. It's not the ancient Earth you live on.]
[That's good. ]
Jiang Xinli secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Rich Planet 1 is the planet where she was born.

But the ancient Earth where she grew up was her native home planet.

Even though she has left, I still hope that everything is well on ancient Earth.

Bai Yao asked, "Xiao Li, would you like to see the other items inside?"

"No need, Yao, you clean it up."

Bai Yao whipped up a hurricane, clearing all the items from inside the house.

Xuan Ying also summoned a mist of water, performing a second cleansing, then conjured countless streams of water that solidified into ice, standing in a corner of the house. The group entered the house.

Hua Xi used her metal-based superpower to block the doors and windows, as well as the rolling dust and heat waves from outside.

But he left a warning opening.

The temperature inside the room dropped immediately.

But those ice blocks melted very quickly.

Sheng Tianze took out the stool and small table that he had prepared for Jiang Xinli when they went mining before. "Lili, sit down and rest for a while."

Xuan Ying didn't put her down, but instead hugged her and sat down directly next to her.

"Lili, would you like juice or water?" Sheng Tianze asked.

Jiang Xinli's throat was indeed a little dry. "Let's drink some water."

Sheng Tianze took out a bottle of electrolyte water, which Xuan Ying took from him. He added some ice cubes and carefully fed it to Jiang Xinli.

"Little silly pear, open your mouth, your husband will feed you."

Jiang Xinli glanced at Mo Lin and the others who followed her in, and said somewhat embarrassedly, "Xiao Ying, I can come by myself."

The surrounding environment resembled a post-apocalyptic world, and at this moment, she resembled a disabled person.

Hearing her heartfelt words, Sheng Tianze smiled gently, half-squatted down, and ruffled her hair.

"Lili, the worse the environment is, the more we should take good care of you."

Ye Kuo chimed in, “That’s right, Mistress. This temperature and environment are nothing to us, but it’s different for you.”

Jiang Xinli felt a warmth in her heart.

Sheng Tianze entered his personal domain and brought Xue Qianxun and the others out.

Xuexi and the others also replenished their water and food.

Bai Ziren looked around. "Strange, we weren't the first group to come in. Where are the others?"

"There's an even bigger service area behind here; those people should be over there."

Ye Kuo, who was on guard duty, glanced at the few lizardmen running wildly outside and said, "There are still some people who should be heading straight ahead."

Such high temperatures are not a problem for some male orcs whose beast-like forms can withstand high temperatures.

Mo Lin glanced at the personal terminal. "How about we rest for a while and continue on our way?"

Although the room was cool, it was because Xuan Ying used ice to physically cool it down.

His superpowers are limited, and continuing to use them for too long is not a solution.

"Something's not right here. I suggest we rest during the day." Bai Yao tapped his wrist-mounted computer, summoning a small holographic projection screen.
"We are now facing not only the problem of continuously rising temperatures, but also radiation carrying pollution."

There is radiation during the day due to sunlight.

The temperature inside the room is basically the same as outside.

However, having a temporary shelter to shield against radiation would be much better.

"Containing contaminated radiation?" Jiang Xinli frowned, recalling the scene after entering the ultimate path.

The sky was red, the sun was nowhere to be seen, yet the sunlight was intensely scorching.

So, is it because it's so close to the sun?
Furthermore, since there is radiation—

"Is it because the ozone layer protecting the planet's atmosphere is gone?"

She was somewhat puzzled, "But I remember there's another spatial barrier outside Dark Star, isn't there?"

"Could it be that we're not on a dark planet?"

Sheng Tianze glanced at the light brain.

"The location shows we're still on Dark Star, but our environment here doesn't seem like Dark Star."

Moonlight Silver's narrow eyes narrowed slightly.
"Actually, I feel that the scene here is more like a temporary patchwork."

(End of this chapter)

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