Cannon fodder in the Interstellar

At the time, when she was occasionally awake and asleep within the jade pendant, she had no idea why the pendant, originally worn around Hua Deyu’s neck, ended up in the hands of the Queen.

However, when the Queen was reported about Hua Deyu’s wedding, her expression as she gently caressed the jade pendant sent shivers down the spine of the soul that had just awakened within it.

No one knew better than Lin Kexin, this wandering soul, that the Queen’s younger sister’s supposed infatuation with Hua Deyu was a cover-up. In reality, it was the Queen herself who was secretly in love with Hua Deyu.

The wandering soul, having seen Gina Amber when she was in the pendant around the Queen’s neck, knew that Gina, due to her health issues, was very graceful and gentle and harbored no special feelings for Hua Deyu. For her, Hua Deyu was simply a distant cousin.

Then, the wandering soul fell asleep again and, upon waking, was still confused but heard the crucial point: the Queen had instructed her subordinates to use Gina’s eggs and Hua Deyu’s sperm to create a test tube baby.

The wandering soul thought, “This Queen seems quite twisted. To secretly create a child like this, it must be for something sinister, but how exactly?”

Soon after, the wandering soul heard another crucial detail: the Queen had ordered the setup of a plot to replace the child born to Lixi Amber with the one created from Gina and Hua Deyu’s union.

A dangerous and terrifying twist with a person who had money, power, and brains multiplied the horror several times over. The wandering soul wished she could burst out and expose Queen’s conspiracy, but she was trapped and fell into an unconscious sleep before she could see the full extent of the plot.

When she woke up again, she found that the jade pendant had changed hands once more, this time to a little girl.

Later, the eager little girl was deceived into causing her own death, and the wandering soul took over the original’s body.

What a complex and dramatic series of events!

Years ago, the Queen, with her immense power, replaced her sister’s child with the original’s, and had her loyal assassins deal with the original. Such ruthless and cold-blooded actions.

If it weren’t for the fact that Teresa Du, the death soldier, was also secretly in love with Hua Deyu, and because of this affection extended to all related matters, she not only refrained from harming the original but also raised her as if she were her own daughter, the original would have long since vanished without a trace.

The Queen Dowager, who had managed to deceive everyone and orchestrate such a grand scheme, possessed capabilities and means far beyond ordinary people.

Logically, she should not have allowed that girl from back then to appear, because if the truth were revealed, she would certainly face severe consequences.

Ruo Manni had always been on guard against the Queen. She thought that the fourth-level late-stage psychic energy mutation tree that appeared during the island training was a trap set by the Queen, who was cruel enough to use her own son as a pawn.

However, according to Instructor Dudley, that trap was set by the Yunkai aliens. This means she was wrong; the Queen had not done anything.

Had the Queen, who used to be so shrewd and strategic, become deaf and blind? Why had she not noticed the anomaly of her own appearance? Even if she did not send someone to assassinate her, she should have sent people to clean up any loose ends, ensuring that Hua Deyu’s family did not discover her.

In the past, for her to have done those things, she must have been a bold and cunning person, and while others might fear the Crown Prince, she should not.

However, so far, Ruo Manni has not felt any scheming from the Queen, and the Crown Prince and the Hua De family easily learned of her existence.

What is going on?

Originally, Ruo Manni thought that Queen would not let her identity be exposed, so there was a high likelihood that the Hua De family would not discover her. Her plan was to do her best to stay alive, study diligently at the Xuan Gu First Military Academy, and then return to Topaz Star smoothly after acquiring skills.

But the Queen has been completely inactive, and before she even arrived at the Imperial Capital Star, she was already discovered by the Crown Prince and Hua Deyu, and now the problem is right in front of her.

The Hua De family is a significant problem for her, a very troubling problem.

How should she handle it to walk her own path, avoid acknowledging her kin, and not harm the Hua De family?

Ruo Manni wracked her brain for a long time but had to admit that she couldn’t come up with a satisfactory solution. Feeling frustrated, she decided to set this problem aside for now.

As she climbed out of the bath, Ruo Manni began to think about the assassination reward list, which was the most pressing issue at the moment.

It turns out that such a significant event happened outside, which explains why the school canceled the usual monthly training exercises for first-year students.

No wonder for the past month or so, Instructor Dudley has been training them to the extreme, not allowing them to return to the dormitory, making them sleep in the group training hall, and stationing many skilled guards outside, creating a heavily guarded situation.

Initially, Ruo Manni thought the intense protection was due to some hidden issue involving Hebrew Adam during the island training, but it turns out that not only was he in danger, but she was also in great peril.

This is a plot twist not found in the novel. In the book, although Hua Deli and Mina-Olli encountered assassination attempts a few times, there was no mention of an assassination reward list.

Being targeted with a bounty of one hundred million credit points makes it impossible for Ruo Manni not to feel anxious. Even though she doesn’t know how she got this second life or what mysterious power arranged it, she treasures it greatly and doesn’t want to lose it easily.

Fortunately, the two powerful supporters she has are very reliable. The resources they provided are enough to protect her from head to toe, significantly easing her anxiety.

With these resources, as long as Ruo Manni doesn’t actively seek danger, even the strongest assassins—unless they are level-eight psychics—won’t be able to harm her for a while. Furthermore, since so many resources have been provided, it is clear they won’t let her face this alone. If she is attacked, someone will definitely come to her aid.

The assassination reward list involves too many elite talents for the empire to ignore. Therefore, Ruo Manni had no doubts about Instructor Dudley’s claim that the empire had already dispatched special personnel to address this issue. She also believed that the situation would be resolved soon.

With these thoughts, Ruo Manni’s chaotic emotions finally settled down. In truth, even if she were afraid, it wouldn’t help. Fear alone couldn’t shield her from danger; she had to rely on her own abilities and the support she could obtain. So, there was no point in worrying too much.

Instead, she started to focus on the matter of the Hua De family and began examining the gowns. After all, she would need them the next day, so she had to see and plan how to use them.

If these clothes and accessories were just ordinary expensive items, Ruo Manni might not have used them, as her teacher’s wife had already bought her quite a few gowns.

But for the sake of her own life, she couldn’t afford to be finicky.

When Ruo Manni opened the large box, she discovered that, besides the two gowns, there was also a set of combat gear that looked exactly like the one she usually wore.

However, Ruo Manni would bet a hundred million credit points that this combat gear was definitely different from the special combat gear issued by the school.

Sure enough, after reading the instructions in the box, Ruo Manni’s fear dissipated. With these clothes and the jade pendant’s space as her trump card, if she still couldn’t protect her own life, then so be it.