ARIWLBBC Chapter 41

The biological clock of felines has always been precise. The staff floated from the resting chamber, conducted a self-check, planned today’s schedule, and retrieved a nutrient capsule, placing it in the center of the tray.

After the sonic cleaning, the big cat, as usual, placed the nutrient capsule into its mouth, transformed into human form, and adjusted its attire.

The staff projected the 3D hologram of its owner, serving as a mirror, allowing for a view of the image from various angles. Lie Beishuang glanced over the projection of the person, steadily walking towards the door.

The golden sphere followed closely behind its master. As the metal gate sensed their presence, Lie Beishuang stood silently in front of the gate, seemingly lost in thought.

“Master, what’s wrong?” The staff flew to Lie Beishuang’s side.

“Look into my eyes,” Lie Beishuang’s expression was unusually calm.

The staff quickly scanned the pair of golden eyes. “Eyelids normal, tear glands normal, tear ducts unobstructed, conjunctiva normal color, no congestion or swelling, anterior segment of the eye shows no abnormalities.”

“And then?” Lie Beishuang raised an eyebrow slightly, seemingly suppressing some emotions.

“And then…” The staff scanned again, suddenly reacting.

Golden eyes! Not golden-red!

“Your… your heat period is over?” The staff couldn’t believe it. “It hasn’t even been a week yet. Did you suppress it with willpower? Or did you use medication?”

“I had a strange feeling in my dreams last night. Perhaps it was the message he sent that made me feel somewhat satisfied,” Lie Beishuang took a deep breath. “It’s a complex feeling, but my heat period is over, isn’t it?”

“It shouldn’t be…” The staff scanned Lie Beishuang’s body again. “I deduce that, in this situation, your heat period has become disordered due to prolonged use of medication. I was overly optimistic about your condition before. The fact is, even without medication, your heat period has become uncontrollable!”

“In any case, the heat period is over,” Lie Beishuang quickly stepped out of the door. “Now I can go see him and tell him that I still have feelings for him.”

Unique.

“Calm down!” The staff quickly caught up with Lie Beishuang. “I suggest you seek professional advice now. Your heat period has become disorderly, and it’s highly likely that it will suddenly occur anytime, anywhere! This situation is very dangerous!”

“No,” Lie Beishuang calmly started the aircraft. “I know what I’m doing. Others can wait to see me, but my human, I need to see him immediately.”

Persuasion was futile. The small golden sphere anxiously hovered around the man’s ear. With years of data collection on its master’s personality, the staff knew him better than anyone.

If he was determined to do something, nothing could change his mind. To put it nicely, he was unwavering in his determination. To put it bluntly, he was as stubborn as a mule.

Arriving at the villa area, Lie Beishuang transformed into his feline form. The previously shaved fur on the black panther had grown back to about a centimeter. Although the texture was still not very good, it felt much more comfortable to the touch than the prickly stubble before.

The big cat leaped off the aircraft and stood outside the garden villa, looking through the fence at the swaying bushes.

Cautiously, the big cat crawled forward. Through the fence, it smelled the fragrance of flowers and soil, as well as the unmistakably familiar scent unique to the young man.

The bushes moved a few times, and the young man emerged from the bushes with an automatic tool, his head covered in remaining flower petals and dried leaves, with spots of mud on his face.

He lifted his arm, wiping his face with his sleeve. Bo Ge opened the light brain and saw that the water bill item in the housing data energy fee had finally stopped moving.

Early this morning, Bo Ge received a notification of the bill, which included the energy and management fees for the villa.

Similar to the water and electricity bills in the previous life, this villa also had an advanced security system that couldn’t be turned off and consumed electricity continuously. It cost at least 10 credits per day to maintain, which made Bo Ge feel a bit heartbroken.

Having been accustomed to the free rooms arranged by the alliance before, if it weren’t for the bill notification, Bo Ge almost thought that water and electricity were also free here.

But reality was cruel. In just half a month of moving in, the energy bill had almost reached 300 credits, and the management fee was 50 credits per month, more expensive than when Bo Ge bought the big cat, and there was no room for bargaining.

As a big debtor, Bo Ge carefully examined the source of the energy bill. The living water consumption was not much, mainly because there was an automatic irrigation device in the garden that used a lot of water every day, but this water could be saved. Bo Ge could use the water used to wash ingredients to water the flowers, not wash his face with face wash, and then use the face wash water to water the flowers.

So Bo Ge studied the automatic irrigation device in the garden, figured it out, and went into the bushes to manually shut it down.

“Young master, you’ve worked hard.” Xiao Du brought a cup of warm boiled water and handed it to Bo Ge respectfully, diligently massaging Bo Ge’s back.

After drinking a big gulp of boiled water, Bo Ge suddenly remembered something and turned his head to look at Xiao Du, who had to charge every night.

Xiao Du’s smile became even more brilliant, and his back-rubbing posture became more obsequious.

Staring at the young man in front of him, the big cat couldn’t conceal its excitement. It scratched the ground a few times, a surge of warmth rising from its abdomen, like gentle tide, quickly spreading through its limbs, filling its tail tip. It felt as if hundreds of neural synapses in its brain cells were lighting up, with protein-dancing synapses on its nerve endings.

The big cat had only one thought in its mind: where’s the door? I want to pounce on him, hug him tightly…

“Master, master!”

Calmative gas sprayed out from the small golden sphere, and the big cat’s body shook, gradually regaining its senses.

“Look at your eyes,” the staff quickly simulated the leopard eyes of the big cat, now golden-red, as if the previous pure golden color was just an illusion.

“It’s even redder than before,” the staff muttered to itself.

Outside the bushes, there was a lawn adjacent to them, and Bo Ge vaguely heard some movement, causing his heart to tighten.

He had heard that residents were not allowed to arbitrarily alter the energy pipelines here. He had just manually shut down the irrigation device earlier. Could it have been discovered, and were the management personnel coming?

“Who’s there?” Bo Ge stood up cautiously, looking outside. The fence next to the bushes was intact, and there was nothing on the lawn outside. There was no one nearby, and the security system hadn’t issued any alerts.

“Did I mishear something?” Bo Ge scratched his face in confusion, realizing that the mud spots on his face had dried and were sticking to his skin, feeling a bit itchy.

Wiping off the small mud spots on his face, Bo Ge went into the villa to wash his face, with Xiao Du standing by, reporting the latest news to Bo Ge.

“According to official personnel from the alliance, the NGC7331 star is highly similar to the environment of the ancestral Earth. Landing on NGC7331 and conducting detailed exploration is the first step in our return to the ancestral Earth…”

“Wait a minute.” Bo Ge, who was washing his face, suddenly stopped his movements. “What did the news just say? Returning to the ancestral Earth?”

“Yes,” Xiao Du nodded. “Last night, the alliance officially issued an announcement. The exploration team discovered a planet, NGC7331, which is extremely similar to Earth. According to experts’ estimates, this planet has entered its development stage and can be explored in detail.

Exploring this planet is actually a rehearsal or simulation for returning to the ancestral Earth. As the news said, exploring NGC7331 is the first step in returning to Earth.”

Return… to Earth?

Bo Ge stared blankly at the flowing water mist in front of him, a difficult-to-express emotion slowly rising from the bottom of his heart.

The days living on Earth seemed like yesterday, it was his true homeland, always quietly fluctuating at the bottom of his consciousness.

Bo Ge had written countless environmental protection essays such as “Protecting Earth” and “There’s Only One Earth,” whether in Chinese or English, whether for monthly exams or to add to his summer vacation compositions.

But Bo Ge had never resonated with the words inside because, in Gugu’s eyes at the time, Earth was really too vast, and he felt like a small ant on Earth, insignificant.

What could a small ant do when it came to protecting Earth?

After watching some promotional videos, Gugu had also made efforts, such as not using disposable tableware, taking public transportation as much as possible, sorting garbage, printing documents double-sided, bringing his own shopping bags to the supermarket, minimizing water usage, not watching circus animal performances, not using products made from wildlife, and staunchly refusing to consume wildlife…

But sometimes he would encounter strange looks, or even exaggerated reactions from others. Gugu would try to explain the pros and cons, but all he got in return were phrases like, “You’re so extra,” “Are you still a man with such a timid attitude?” “Everyone else is doing it, why are you so uptight?”

In middle school, when Bo Ge once stopped his mother from buying clothes with fox fur collars, his aunt whispered to his mother, “Is there something wrong with this child? He’s so soft, is his sexual orientation a bit…”

Faced with the sight of his son, who had wiped the oil from fried chicken onto clothes being sold in the mall, and even attempted to enter the fitting room, crying and scared a little girl, his aunt would praise him with a smile, saying, “This is what a boy should be like.”

At the time, Bo Ge was fourteen years old. He had thought about it seriously all night. If that was what boys were supposed to be like, he would rather be the child with something wrong with him.

It seemed that fate favored children with issues, unlike adults. So Bo Ge got into the university he liked, although he didn’t end up attending classes. But he was reborn, seeing the future, and now he even had the chance to return to his hometown.

It had been proven that humans could survive on other planets, but Earth, there was truly only one, the homeland of humanity, and there was truly only one.

Children who heard the call of their homeland must set foot on that land again, even if it was far away, even if there were many difficulties along the way.

“I want to go back to Earth,” the young man said firmly, turning off the water mist device.

“What?” Xiao Du was taken aback.

“If they’re going to explore new planets, surely they won’t just send robots and drones. There will definitely be people going there, right?” Bo Ge looked at Xiao Du. “I want to contribute to the return to Earth.”

“But…” Xiao Du hesitated, seeing how much the leopard cherished the young man. If the young man insisted on going, the leopard might actually agree to it.

“Master, please forgive me for speaking frankly, but you lack some professional knowledge and skills. Human bodies are very fragile and not suitable for exploring new planets. Are you really sure about this?”

“I can learn the necessary knowledge and skills,” Bo Ge said firmly. “Humans may not be suited for exploring other new planets. But Earth is the homeland of humanity. If Earth doesn’t accept humans, then humans will wander forever.”

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  TL: YSIAD “You can support me if you like my translations by leaving a comment below, or by sending me a Ko-fi. Thank you ❤️”