Perhaps the behavior of the first black cat proved that Blue Magpie was a good talker. As they headed to Sugar Land, five or six cats came to chat with them one after another. Most of them came for the blue magpie's hair, but only one orange female cat was willing to let Luo Binhan scratch the back of her neck.
"The flowers in my hair smell a bit like Nepeta," the blue magpie explained. "They like that smell. It reminds them of their hometown, and so do the candies."
She told Luo Binhan the story of cat people again. When the cats first entered Sugar Land as security guards, the Duranders had little faith in them. The confectioners believed that these savage animals belonging to general laws were without brains and discipline, and because they were very observant and easily distracted.
But at the same time, they also have many advantages that their predecessors lacked: they are agile and strong enough to patrol between the towering rock candy towers; their thick hair can effectively isolate the contact between the skin and high-carbon sugar crystals to avoid osmotic damage; The elemental culture makes them naturally fond of sugar products.
The most important point is that although sugar is also an effective stimulant for cats, they actually do not have the taste function to taste "sweet". This characteristic prevents them from being self-involved and stealing like their former security guards, and finally leading to collapse in severe addiction.
These advantages eventually allowed them to gain a foothold in Sugar Land and become an integral part of the "Sugar Land culture" promoted by Duranders. They not only provide security for tourists, but also become an integral part of the entertainment experience, becoming famous throughout the Alliance. The other side of this illustrious reputation is their history of various power struggles with the Durandians. They once collectively refused to have contact with tourists in order to get better treatment, but in the end they were defeated by the Durand people's Nepeta conspiracy. After that, they secretly threw the Durand people's protective clothing into the chocolate fountain every day, forcing fourteen newcomers one after another. Leaders take the initiative to step down from office to recuperate.
"It is difficult for a lonely Durand to have the courage to fight against a group of cat people." Blue Que said to Luo Binhan while waiting in line. "They are aquatic creatures and can withstand blunt blows and water pressure, but cat claws are It’s a headache for them. And the Duranders themselves are very sensitive to sugar, and the risk of addiction is very high, so it is actually difficult for them to stay in the sugar city.”
Until Lan Que said this, Luo Binhan had indeed not seen any Durand people who matched Marin's description. Cats were the most common around him, and it was difficult to describe the tourists. Generally speaking, Luo Binhan felt that they were not too scary, at least they were not as strange as Mencheng. Some of them were even called "cats". Beautiful. Luo Binhan especially noticed a red-haired woman at the front of the team. She had already stood between the two mint-colored hard candy doors, and was assisted by two cat-person security guards, covering her body with a plastic-like transparent and light coating. When she applied the film completely, it looked like there was an extra layer of smooth light on her face.
She turned around twice and stretched out her hand to examine the membrane attached to her palm. At this time, Luo Binhan saw her face clearly and found that her facial features also looked very much like a Homo sapiens. With smooth skin, bright green eyes, slightly sunken eye sockets, and lips as fresh as rose petals, she is undoubtedly a stunning beauty by the standards of his hometown. At the same time, she was plump and tall. Luo Binhan visually estimated that she could be on par with Yaleliga without horns.
The red-haired woman looked at her hands, then raised her head and smiled dimly at the team behind her. She didn't seem to be targeting anyone, but Luo Binhan always felt like she was smiling at him. He peeked at the others and found that the others were unconsciously smiling at the red-haired woman.
Luo Binhan unconsciously hid behind Lan Que, quietly pulled her over and asked, "Have you seen the woman in front of you?"
"I saw it, Luo Han. What's wrong?"
"Did she transform into a dragon?"
Lan Que was amused by him. She pushed him out from behind and said: "You always have some stupid ideas, Luo Han. How can there be so many dragons in the world who can transform into magic?"
"There shouldn't be so many insects and butterflies in the world." Luo Binhan said quietly.
"Yes, so the probability of us encountering two things at the same time is lower, right?"
Luo Binhan didn't believe in probability at all, especially after meeting Jing Huang. At his insistence, the two deliberately slipped out of the queue and moved to the end of the queue farther away from the red-haired woman, so as not to end up on the same road later. When Luo Binhan turned around inadvertently, he found those emerald green eyes staring at him.
"Uh, Luo Han," Lan Que turned to look at him, "I think you're a little nervous."
"I didn't." Luo Binhan said, huddled behind her.
"You do. Are you frightened by the insects? Not every girl is a mimic of a swarm of mind creatures. Besides, you and that lady haven't even spoken!"
"I don't want to talk to her." Luo Binhan declared firmly. He couldn't explain why, but he stubbornly believed that the red-haired woman had evil intentions.
Lan Que forcefully dragged him out from behind him. Fortunately, the red-haired woman had completely disappeared by then. When they also reached the brightly colored hard candy door, a thin light passed through them.
Lan Que successfully crossed over, but Luo Binhan was stopped by the cat man next to him.
"Excessive water content," it announced. "You must wear an isolation suit."
Another set of plastic-like film covers was delivered to Luo Binhan. The cats had no intention of helping. They just lay lazily behind the checkpoint, staring at Luo Binhan's clumsy way of unpacking, and studying how to use the thing. Lan Que, who had already entered the door, had to go back to help, and at the same time explained to Luo Binhan the necessity of this cumbersome procedure.
"Water is a dangerous product in Sugar City." She shook off the film cover easily and continued to tell Luo Binhan, "The streets and building surfaces are covered with recrystallized sugar, which can be eaten by most carbon-based organisms. But the skeleton part inside They are high-carbon sugars. They are very strong and durable, but after hydrolysis, they will expand hundreds or thousands of times, which will pile up a mountain of sugar in a few seconds! This is how the Durand people use this method to make terrain. But that It also means that it is very dangerous to many primitive creatures, and one lick will kill you with sugar poisoning! So if you want to take a bite on the house, it is best not to chew on the load-bearing wall... you hear me Did you say that, Luo Han?"
Luo Binhan agreed absentmindedly, still recalling a certain "replenishment" of the Silence in the past. He thought that Jing Huang once chewed a whole ruby candy. That incident seemed as far away as it had happened in his previous life. He decided to look for similar candies here and take them back to test Jing Huang's teeth.
Lan Que helped him put on the isolation suit. When she put the film on Luo Binhan's face, it felt like applying a layer of cold moisturizing oil. Luo Binhan touched his mouth and nose and didn't feel any obstruction in breathing.
He and the blue magpie walked through the portal together and stepped onto the streets as colorful as amber candy. Luo Binhan came back from his chaotic thoughts and glanced around unconsciously. The sights that squeezed into his field of vision immediately made him unable to think about what was and was not.
His reaction made Lan Que nod with satisfaction.
"How about it, Luo Han?" she said, "Dulander's Sugar City is the largest entertainment chain store in the alliance. They are really good at doing this. Everything here is sugar, and it is not necessary from a practical point of view. , but this is what the Durand people insist on. They believe that every part of Sugar City must be able to be put into the mouth, otherwise the characteristics of Sugar City will be lost - but don’t do this, Luo Han, try the high-carb sugar base It’s a very dangerous project, and you have to sign a responsibility letter before you can do this.”
She pulled Luo Binhan and continued to move forward, introducing him to all the weird things in sight. First there are the translucent white towers scattered in all directions. They are slender and exquisite, with the tower eaves carved in the shape of snowflakes and tied with ribbons made of sugar wadding, and the windows are decorated with patterns made of various colored gemstones and candies. There are four rock candy towers in total for tourists to enjoy the scenery, which just happens to surround the entire "Sugar City".
There are dandelion-shaped "lights" scattered closer than the rock candy tower. They are probably some kind of candy products. The stems are as white as milk, and the top is an amber-shaped sphere covered with fine lines, emitting a soft and psychedelic blue fluorescence. Lan Que told Luo Binhan that it was "deep sea salt rock candy", and its shape imitated some kind of luminous salt mine in the hometown of the Durand people. Regarding this point, Lan Que also repeatedly emphasized to Luo Binhan: It was actually a sugar cube that was activated by hydrolysis and glowed, but it was deliberately made into the shape of a salt crystal. She also assured Luo Binhan that they would never find a grain of salt in Sugar Land.
Luo Binhan thought it didn't have to be like this. He really felt that the flower candy that Yaleriga loved to eat was delicious, but salty food was equally attractive.
"That won't work for Durand," Lan Que vetoed. "They can make salty candies, but they will never put salt in them. This is a cultural issue - salt is a very common magic material. Luo Han, which symbolizes purity, integrity and never-change, is usually used to make a covenant with the Holy Spirit or gods. The Durand people believe that this cultural symbol is too serious and does not conform to their business philosophy. In addition, they draw lessons from society. They are staunch atheists in nature, which also makes them refuse to mix mainstream spellcasting materials into sugar."
"Fuck." Luo Binhan said, "What about them treating mages? Won't they drive you out?"
"They are doing business as usual, Luo Han. As long as you can afford the price, they allow any force to enter the sugar city. This is their slogan - sugar is the light of carbon-based life."
Lan Que shook her carbon-based hair and declared resolutely: "Come on, Luo Han, I want to spend all the money in my pocket before returning to the tower!"
She grabbed Luo Binhan's hand and ran with great momentum through the bread trees and juice rivers, rushing towards the chocolate music fountain rising high in the distance.
