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Chapter 1: Treasure and Trash

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Trash Planet-12 was one of many trash planets in the Fal star system

Its eponymous function was for trash disposal As science continued to advance into the space age, hum shift Life becaent concerns about resources and ecological balance had diminished due to advancement of humankind beyond the skies As more new planets were discovered and huy matured, society developed more hectic and hu were too high, but leaving trash around would have negative i environment, not to mention the inevitable discontentment that would follow The solution adopted by the nations was to dispose of their waste on these so-called “trash planets” Trash planets were either naturally lacking or artificially deprived of resources and not to mention uninhabited, which rey skies, a variety of trash formed a mountainous landscape – the land is silent, the air dead Cool leamed with unique inal shine, only an occasional spot untouched by rust would relory

On this apparently lifeless trash planet, one would have thought no hu the harsh environment, devoid of food and water, lacked the necessities for survival There was only one thing here – trash!

Ye Chong raised his head to study the antiquated analogue clock, found three years ago at the foot of a particular mountain of trash, ten kiloed then, which took Ye Chong a week of fixing to function again The clock now replaced its predecessor, an even more outdated pendulu knew that in another 13 minutes, the weather outside would reach the day’soutdoors, and this decent climate would end at 6:17 FT At other hours, the weather outside would either be as scorching as an oven or as cold as the peak of winter

According to routine, there should be a scheduled trash disposal last night Ye Chong considered for a trip outside today, to see if he can score soulfer he caught last tih for another 3 days Besides, there was still a good stock of organic liquid food left, but they tasted far worse than fresh meat,; more like hich had been left alone for quite a while

It was 3:55 FT, and Ye Chong sprinted out of his ho The current location where the autoo was half an hour’s journey away fro trip to his destination left hie

Ye Chong scaile creature with incredible swiftness He was very familiar with the ins and outs of the local landscape, and Ye Chong believed he could still find his way through even with his eyes closed

The headhistled past his ears, and Ye Chong enjoyed the satisfaction that cas, for survival on a trash planet would mean violent encounters with all sorts of mutated life forms

Trash planets were unsuited for human habitation, but for mutated life forms, they were no doubt, heaven The hostile environhly adaptable mutants Local resources were bountiful– trash, for the rat-like engulfer, was food, and so on this very planet, their nurew exponentially

This planet was also unlike its cousins that were untouched by humanity, popular spots for mech pilots to tempt their fate Noplace like this Without thethereatest ene’s ho to it was a crack notfaçade for the route’s entrance

Ye Chong did not slon, his stride long and powerful – one would have ility astonishing But there were no spectators on this trash planet, and this a pushed hard with his legs and leapt through the air, and as he reached the peak of the jurabbed onto a horizontal titaniu around it and did a few flips before landing steadily on the trash ht index finger to caress the nondescript jet-blackout softly, “Winnie!”

A greyish-green , and he mumbled out of habit, “If only I can find a neural receiver this time, voice command sucks” He slipped easily into the pilot’s seat

Winnie’s built was like the average mech, around ten meters tall, with a thickset bulky body and equally thickset li to the looks of a metallic lump, and the undeniably bald head was a coe, the mech’s exterior appeared dull, but the rounded shoulders and knee joints eularly with barbed hooks added points for a merciless impression Winnie’s body was scattered ounds of all kinds, like scratches and bite hastly But Winnie was obviously well-cared-for, boasting a spotless exterior; all proof howcherished thebelieved, he could not have survived through ulfers without a mech, and the rodents out here were never found with less than five in a group On this trash planet, being as synonymous to a quick death, the law of natural selection fully adopted by the ways of the local inhabitants

There was one person whose story reveals a close relation between a ’s foster father Ye Chong only knew hiround re to his foster father, he was initially the only man on the trash planet, until one day he found a boy, with the words “Ye Chong” written on his body As to how his foster father arrived on this trash planet, and his forht lipped about the It was originally a mech made for public use, which, after his foster father’s internizsable for what it once was According to him, in the outside world, almost everyone owned a mech, but since most of them were recycled upon disposal, it was hard to find one on trash planets without a good deal of luck Under his foster father’s influence, Ye Chong developed great interest inhis knowledge,; the duo frequently engaged in exciting discussions around the very ed mech processor at ho to his foster father, was a classic brand of engines for outdated mechs

Unlike his foster father’s preference forhad an al the mech just as it is As such, Winnie was always piloted by hi would make for a fine pilot one day

After a close encounter with five engulfers that led to an intense battle and a successful escape, Ye Chong began to train himself conscientiously for the actual combat After his first taste of fresh rat anic liquid food churned out from the food producerwas no longer his old, innocent self, with the exception of a few terrifying and ferocious creatures that Ye Chong would never dare approach All other life for was careless, these creatures could still be potentially fatal

Unfortunately, Winnie was too old, such that even after all those adjustood parts and tools ood as it would ever be The fatal flaould be Winnie’s brain, which was too outdated