Rebirth Counterattack with Space

Shitou looked at Lu Yun laughing so arrogantly that he was itching to pounce on her and turn into a wolf, but alas, the timing just wasn’t right.

"You little girl, just wait for me, there will come a day when we’ll settle our accounts, and we’ll see if you can still laugh then?"

Shitou gritted his teeth, glared at Lu Yun full of resentment, and silently turned away.

"So scared, hehehe, Shitou, I’m really so scared, what should I do..."

Seeing Shitou’s "resentful wife" act, Lu Yun couldn’t help but shake with laughter. She wasn’t feigning the tremors; she was genuinely quivering with mirth.

"You mean-spirited little girl, you’re still laughing?" Shitou sighed helplessly, but the corners of his mouth couldn’t stop curving upwards.

...

"There’s no need to explain the new changes so clearly, especially the part about it fitting people. In the future, it’s enough if just the two of us know," Shitou said softly while stroking Lu Yun’s hair.

"Mm, do you believe me if I say I only ever wanted to tell you alone?" Lu Yun nodded without hesitation. In fact, she never considered sharing these secrets with her parents, understanding that sometimes knowing too many secrets isn’t necessarily a good thing.

"Of course, I believe you."

Although he didn’t know exactly why, the feeling of being trusted so completely by Lu Yun from the very beginning was undeniably pleasant. Just for that trust, he would never let go of her in this life, vowing not to fail her. Therefore, Shitou never considered himself an outsider in front of Lu Yun.

"How are the medicinal fields inside managed on a regular basis? You said your herbs all came from the space; are they tended by intelligent robots?"

The conversation still revolved around the space. Shitou had often heard Lu Yun recall the novels she had read in her previous life, "Or perhaps by an Artifact Spirit, puppets?"

"There are no robots, nor Artifact Spirits or puppets," Lu Yun said with a strange expression on her face.

"Then who tends to all those medicinal fields? They don’t seem neglected at all, in fact, they’re very meticulously cared for," Shitou wondered.

"The Plant Clan, a race in the cosmos that’s nearly extinct. They’re low-intelligence beings, roughly as smart as seven or eight-year-old human children," Lu Yun explained with a wry smile.

"Are you saying there are intelligent life-forms in your space? Won’t that be a problem?" Shitou blurted out in surprise, almost losing his composure, and his first concern was whether these intelligent beings could threaten Lu Yun’s safety.

"There won’t be any problems. Not to mention their low level of intelligence, even if they were exceedingly intelligent, they couldn’t leave this space. When their ancestors first entered this space, they had accepted the space contract and vowed to always be loyal to the space owner and to never leave this space. If they felt even the slightest malicious thought towards the space owner, the space itself would directly punish or even annihilate them.

What’s scarier is that the contract is hereditary. Unless the space owner personally releases them from the contract, their bloodline will continue to be bound by it, even if only a trace of their ancestors’ blood remains."

Lu Yun closed her eyes. Previously, because the space was incomplete and due to the lack of energy, she couldn’t feel the Plant Clan. However, they didn’t slack off because of this but continued to plant medicinal herbs and sort them as instructed by the previous owner from generation to generation. That’s why she had a continuous supply of herbs.

Now, with the space complete, she could clearly sense the Plant Clan and their conveyed reverence.

"Even setting aside all that, I have absolute control within this space. It’s not an exaggeration to say I hold power over life and death. The previous pharmacist of this space detested any form of intelligent life. The reason being, there’s a dark history in the cosmos where humans became overly reliant on intelligent life which eventually led to a revolt. Intelligent life almost wiped out humankind and ruled over them for hundreds of years.

Therefore, the upper echelons of cosmic civilization split into two camps. One believed that all intelligent life shouldn’t exist, while the other, seemingly more rational camp, thought humans shouldn’t ’throw the baby out with the bathwater’..."

Lu Yun slowly sifted through the wealth of information she received to share what she wanted to know.

"The Plant Clan, because of their aptitude for cultivating medicinal herbs, their ability to sort and process herbs, and to mix simple elixirs, coupled with their limited intelligence and self-preservation, need to rely on the strong to survive. Once they recognize a master, they are recognized as the best assistants for pharmacists because of their unwavering loyalty.

Unfortunately, it’s precisely because their race is highly sought after by pharmacists that they are also favored by interstellar mercenaries and hunters. Whenever discovered, entire clans are captured and sold at auction.

The overhunting eventually led to the near-extinction of the Plant Clan in the cosmos. There are about 100,000 Plant Clan members in my space now."

"This is an example of a curse of the precious possession. A defenseless, weak race with abilities desirable to the powerful; isn’t that a curse of the precious possession?" 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

Shitou sighed, but what horrified him more was the existence of such powerful contracts in the higher civilizations of the cosmos. Would it be a nightmare if such contracts were wantonly applied to humans?

"If such a powerful contract could be..."

"There won’t be a second such contract. The previous owner used the only jade slip that came with this space and successfully contracted with the Plant Clan. The terms of the contract were harsh, requiring complete cooperation from the other party. In other words, if the ancestors of the Plant Clan had even a hint of reluctance, the contract would have failed," Lu Yun clarified, shaking her head and explaining to Shitou, "Also, this Life Space is probably unique. In the mid-to-high-level civilizations, the Space Stone, Space Button, and Space Storage Device are precious but not extremely rare. Their applications are actually quite extensive, it’s just that they can only store non-living objects."

"I remember you couldn’t put living animals in your space except for plants?" Shitou looked at Lu Yun, "But there have always been intelligent beings in your space, isn’t that strange?"

"There’s nothing strange about it. Before it was because the space was incomplete and couldn’t support the energy demand. Aside from the Plant Clan members who were bound by the contract, and because they could only consume plants, they were also deemed plant life.

To save energy, the space eradicated all other existing animals and absorbed them as energy."