"You two, have your brains been replaced with those of sandpaper dogs?"
Chen Yu looked at the two men, speaking expressionlessly.
"Just because you saved us doesn't mean you can restrict our freedom!"
"Even though you saved us, we should have the right to sit in chairs!"
The two men failed to detect the anger in Chen Yu's tone and continued to speak to him.
"Very well." Chen Yu clapped his hands and looked towards the blue sphere, saying, "Safurin, devise a plan to dispose of them without me having to witness it."
"It's simple, master. Just throw them out."
Safurin gleamed as it responded.
"Alright, then throw them out."
Chen Yu waved his hand and turned away.
"Understood, my master."
As Safurin's voice fell, the bodies of the two troublesome men instantly turned into light and vanished, thrown out by Safurin using the spaceship's transport function.
The moment they appeared in space, the two men clutched their necks, their faces showing terror, and then they were silent.
"It's quiet now."
Glancing at the other humans sitting on the floor, Chen Yu spoke to himself.
For a moment, everyone was afraid to look at Chen Yu, fearing they might be thrown out next.
However, they also understood that the behavior of those two was purely suicidal; as long as they didn't act out, they wouldn't face the same fate.
The rest of the journey was uneventful. Chen Yu successfully delivered the people to Daxia and restored them to their original sizes.
He also conveniently dropped them off at the yamen.
Don't ask why the yamen. Think of it as a gift to Daxia.
After returning to the interstellar space station, Chen Yu smoothly reunited with Jagula and Kai.
Having no further need for items, Chen Yu and Jagula informed Captain Senro and then left the Interstellar Convention together.
In the following days, Chen Yu spent half a year learning the latter half of the Serpent Heart Sword technique from Jagula. After mastering the basics, he stopped learning from Jagula.
After all, mastery of swordsmanship isn't just about following a teacher; the most important aspect is gaining experience through actual combat.
Chen Yu did not claim his reward from the Tree of Life immediately.
He was uncertain whether the reward would manifest as a towering tree or a small sapling.
For now, keeping it in the reward inventory seemed safest.
After bidding farewell to Jagula and Kai, Chen Yu chose to leave the instance, disappearing from this world.
...
In an empty room, Chen Yu's figure slowly appeared.
Sitting on a soft bed, Chen Yu summoned the storage space screen, moving to the page for the Life Fruits.
Taking one of the ninety-four remaining Life Fruits, Chen Yu didn't hesitate and placed it directly into his mouth.
The Life Fruit dissolved upon entry; Chen Yu didn't even feel he had eaten anything before realizing it had entered his stomach.
A powerful force of life surged from his abdomen to his limbs and bones.
Chen Yu felt a revolutionary change in his body, as if every part, every cell, had been reborn.
"Life expectancy increased by 100 years; no need to worry about aging too quickly now."
Looking at the ceiling, Chen Yu mused to himself.
These Life Fruits were indeed treasures for prolonging life. He needed to find a way for his parents to consume one as well.
Having spent over a year in the original instance, only a day had passed in the real world.
After getting dressed, Chen Yu drove back to school to continue his normal life.
"Simple life is the real deal."
Walking on the campus street, Chen Yu suddenly felt sentimental.
This was indeed the life he wanted, occasionally thrilling, occasionally returning to simplicity.
Hearing Chen Yu's words, his three roommates all gave him the middle finger.
"We were saying, when did you buy a car? And you didn't even tell us."
Liu Yuan said disdainfully.
"I just bought it recently. Who would have thought you'd discover it before I had the chance to tell you."
Chen Yu replied helplessly.
This routine comforted Chen Yu, but recently, some paranormal videos had gone viral on short video platforms.
Wang Jing was browsing short videos when Chen Yu accidentally caught a glimpse.
The reason Chen Yu paid attention to these paranormal videos was that the protagonist in the videos was him.
The only redeeming quality of the video's author was that they had pixelated Chen Yu's face.
The content of the video was set in a hotel room.
Chen Yu's figure vanished without a trace in just a few seconds, enough to surprise the viewers.
However, some questioned whether the video was made with post-production effects to attract viewers.
After watching the video, Chen Yu cursed internally.
He hadn't expected his careful search for hidden cameras in the hotel room to miss one.
"I say, Chen Yu, the guy in this video has a build quite similar to yours," Wang Jing commented while watching the video. "But these supernatural events, just take it as entertainment."
"Indeed, just for entertainment," Chen Yu said with a smile. "Better to believe this than to believe I'm Qin Shi Huang."
Although Chen Yu wanted to find the video's uploader, it was like looking for a needle in a haystack without being a computing genius, so he quickly gave up on the idea.
After all, no one believed it, and the video's popularity would soon fade.
Returning from the instance world this time, Chen Yu planned to buy some furniture for his spaceship from a furniture store.
He drove straight to the furniture store and headed for the beds.
Having a soft, comfortable bed in the spaceship was an idea Chen Yu had since buying the spaceship.
Without hesitation, Chen Yu chose the most comfortable-looking bed, listing his rented villa as the delivery address.
The plan was to move the furniture to the yard, then use the storage space to transport it to the spaceship.
Besides the bed, Chen Yu didn't neglect to purchase a tea table, dining table, sofa, chairs, and even a stove, allowing for cooking on the spaceship.
As for the source of electricity, Chen Yu wasn't worried since the spaceship could provide power; he just needed to adapt the plugs.
After decorating the spaceship to his satisfaction, Chen Yu happily returned to his rented house.
A week quickly passed, and it was time for another instance draw.
"I wonder what the reward for this instance will be."
Receiving the game notification in his mind, Chen Yu focused on the spinning entries.