Luo Binhan didn't know what he was doing. He was dragged by the blue magpie and ran around, stepping on the grass imitated by green gummy candies, and accidentally stepped one foot into the sticky juice ditch. The consistency of the fluid almost left his shoes inside, but fortunately the isolation suit was effective and prevented him from running around barefoot.
They went to take a closer look at the huge mosquito-repellent-shaped dark chocolate fountain - Blue Magpie claimed that it was made from a variety of high-tannin plant seed powders mixed with Durandian spices. She taught Luo Binhan how to remove the isolation gown around his mouth and taste it with a crispy spoon hanging by the spring.
Luo Binhan took a sip and felt a slight bitterness spreading in his mouth at first, and then the sweetness gradually became thicker and layer upon layer. While he was tasting, two tourists with hanging elephant trunks jumped directly into the sweet sauce and lay limply in the water channel on the outermost edge of the fountain.
They looked ethereal, but they made Luo Binhan worry about hygiene. Blue Magpie assured him that drinking from the middle area of the fountain was completely clean. All the sweet syrup flows in the Sugar City will return to the processing plant deep underground after one turnover, and pass through the purification filters as complex as a hive of ants. Debris, bacteria, viruses...even curse spells are difficult to take effect under the blessing of Beiyali's seven silver cups at the end of the factory. The Durands took great pains to permanently solve all the problems they encountered in running their business.
"They have obsessive-compulsive disorder." Luo Binhan commented while licking the crispy spoon.
"They are a widely recognized intellectual civilization." Lan Que said, "You have to know that this is very difficult in the alliance, and all aspects of the relationship must be handled well!"
"But aren't they atheists? Why do they still engage in curse purification?"
"They think it's a compromise for the service experience. There are always some guests who are very wary of public environments. Luo Han, I'm talking about you. If you want to suspect every girl to be a dangerous creature, then you There aren’t many fun places to go.”
She ran to the end of the hot spring, jumped in with a cheer, and tossed her vine hair dipped in sweet sauce everywhere. The Catman band performing next to her looked directly at her, and the rhythm of the drums and silverware suddenly became chaotic. The hot springs gushing up and down with the music also became chaotic, like tentacles of mud swaying around, drenching Luo Binhan's face with sweet sauce.
He wiped his face, trying to catch Fina hiding between the coat and isolation suit, so that she could experience the feeling of chocolate swimming on his behalf. But as a carnivore, Fina seems to have little interest in the entire candy city and the cats active in it. It stubbornly hid in the dark hem of clothes and grabbed Luo Binhan's belt.
Luo Binhan had to admit that candy is not a universal happiness. He let go of the self-isolated Fina, wiped the chocolate juice from his face with the sugar cotton handkerchief next to him, and then sprinted towards the blue magpie without hesitation.
He fell heavily into the pool, splashing sweet syrup all over the blue magpie. Fina, who was drowned in the chocolate quagmire, rowed her limbs awkwardly and tried her best to reach the edge of the fountain. There it shook the chocolate syrup off its body, and then yelled angrily at Robin Han.
"What are you doing?" Luo Binhan said, "It's not like you can't eat sweets. Just give it a try."
Fina refused to compromise, but she did not run away from home on the spot. Although it was not required to wear an isolation suit due to its size and species, the cat people looked at it eagerly, as if it were some kind of electric mouse toy. Fina remained motionless under the countless malicious gazes, just waiting for Luo Binhan to come out and get back into her shelter.
The reaction surprised Luo Binhan. While he and the blue magpie were fighting each other with chocolate syrup, he secretly observed the tension between the paralytic lizard and the cat people. Fortunately, the cats seemed to be just curious. Until Luo Binhan and several other guests climbed out of the fountain, they did not take any action against Fina that was against the spirit of business.
He and the blue magpie played in the chocolate fountain for a long time, and finally crawled out dirty together. The cat man in a waiter's uniform stepped forward in time and handed over two pieces of wheat cake candy cloth the size of a tablecloth that could be eaten with dipping sauce. A cat was particularly diligent in wiping the blue magpie's hair. He was careful enough, but ended up knocking off a lot of flowers and leaves when wiping the chocolate syrup.
Almost all the cat people flicked their tails regretfully, but the blue magpie patted its chest nonchalantly.
"Small problem," she said easily. Then she closed her eyes and muttered something, and the vines behind her head swayed. They grow to more than three meters at a speed visible to the naked eye, with new green leaves and orange flowers sprouting from the canes.
She picked up the large bunch of canes that were dragged to the ground: "Do you have scissors?"
The cats scrambled over to serve her. They pop out the tips of their claws tucked into their fleshy palms and cut off the tough branches. By the time Luo Binhan wiped off the chocolate syrup on his face, the blue magpie that appeared in front of him had transformed into the shape of a girl with Qi Er.
Luo Binhan turned his head and glanced at the catman next to him. Each of them has innocent eyes, but their hands are hidden behind their backs.
"I think this look is pretty good," Lan Que commented, lifting her temples. "It feels very refreshing. But can I get a discount?"
In the end, the Cat Man leader who directed the band promised them a one-time 20% discount at the Sugar Land Restaurant (the owner is his nephew), which seemed to satisfy Lan Que.
Luo Binhan's coat was completely soaked, but the undershirt next to the isolation gown was clean. The chocolate syrup, as thick as rice glue, failed to leave any trace on the film. He gave up the old clothes he brought from his hometown and used it to wrap Fina tightly and make it into a small package.
Fina poked her head out from her collar. Luo Binhan was on guard against another sneak attack, but in the end it seemed quite satisfied and simply wanted to stick its head out for some air. Luo Binhan put the small bag on his shoulder and thought about getting a backpack to carry it in the future. That would at least be more low-key than putting it on his shoulder.
He continued to play around with the blue magpie. They first attempted to climb a lactose wall that sloped more than ninety degrees. The wall is embedded with huge nuts and jelly beans. No magic or external technology products are allowed when climbing. After climbing up, you can taste the Paradise Fruit Chaos Flavor Layer Cake for free, or the Popping Candy Tsunami. saucepan. If tourists are willing to pay an additional 30% service fee, they can also challenge any cat person next to them to compete, and the winner will receive a "Crown of Fragrance" made of ninety-nine sweet spices. In the event of an unfortunate failure, it is customary for the cat person wearing the fragrant crown to give a comforting hug to a major customer.
Blue Que, who squandered the pirate's money, decisively challenged the Fragrance Crown without considering the price issue. She failed as expected. Luo Binhan, who replaced her, could have achieved slightly better results, but unfortunately he made the mistake of grabbing a jelly bean when he was approaching the finish line. The crispy outer shell of the bean exploded, causing him to Slammed hard into the waffle mat and pool of honey below.
But they were not without gain. Lan Que, who chose the popping candy stew pot, gave half of the loot to Luo Binhan. The snow-white female cat who was chosen to compete with them put on a fragrant crown and gave them each a fragrant and fluffy hug. It was also fascinated by the blue magpie's hair, and reluctantly rubbed against the blue magpie's face for a long time.
Satisfied, they left lactose and climbed the wall. They ran to the fruit candy (crystal gummy balls filled with various fruits) and played dodgeball with the cats in the pool. They sat inside a giant bubble gum and sank into a maple syrup lake at a depth of 100 meters. Watch the crimson seaweed floating below. They stretch and rise in the clear, slightly golden syrup, like flames dancing in amber.
"Look there, Luo Han," Blue Magpie said to him, "that's the sugar-gathering red seaweed, the origin of the Durand people."
They sat together in the bubblegum and listened to the cat guide in a diving suit (three times the self-service price) explain that history: before the emergence of Sugar City, before the establishment of the Alliance, the Durandians lived at the bottom of a certain ocean planet. deep. In primitive times, they migrated continuously with changes in ocean currents throughout their lives. The route is difficult and long, and relies on the red seaweed that grows along the way to provide nutrients. Relying on the sugar-rich properties of red seaweed, the Durandians were able to survive the journey and successfully give birth to offspring.
Red seaweed has accompanied the Durand people throughout their civilization's childhood, leaving a deep imprint on them just like the ocean. Only dark colors can evade the search of certain predators, so the Durands with lower lightness have become nobles, and the ethnic groups with bright colors are derided as fish; similarly, only the Durands who are sensitive to sugar in the water can Stay excited and energetic in the dark and cold waters, and follow the concentration changes to find the red algae gathering area. They survive as a result, while a fascination with sugar is engraved deep in their genes. Until they learned how to smelt metals and mine oil and gas, until they walked onto land and flew into the sky, their civilized childhood still affected their culture and thoughts.
The cat guide's introduction ended here. Then he swam to the algae swarm and picked off the amount corresponding to the bid as a souvenir of the two of them. During this time, Lan Que sighed softly, and Luo Binhan couldn't help but look at her sideways.
"It didn't tell the whole story." Lan Que explained to him, "Time is limited, so I think it omitted the later part. If you are interested, Luo Han, remember to look up the word 'red crack'. "
Luo Binhan agreed. They returned to the lake with the tour guide, and used a giant gummy slingshot to fly hundreds of meters and fall straight into the hotel from the cone chimney.
Blue Que reported the name of the conductor of the chocolate fountain band, and the hotel owner faithfully gave them a discount (but it was said that it was still five times higher than the similar consumption level outside Sugar Land) and served them the Baiwei recommended by Blue Que. Juice and Elf Flower Feast Package - although the latter has almost nothing to do with elves.
Luo Binhan was originally worried that he would die of thirst due to the single sweet taste, but found that the reality was not what he thought. There is undoubtedly a certain amount of water in the Baiwei Juice, and there is sweet oil, eggs and biscuits in the Fairy Flower Feast. This inevitably makes Luo Binhan question the purity of Sugar Land.
"Dulander people did debate a lot about this issue in the past." Lan Que dipped his fingers in Baiwei juice and said, "Should Sugar City be complete, pure sugar? Does every part have to be completely edible? They are very concerned about this. The point is more important than a commercial gimmick, but in the end they still compromised for the sake of promotion. A small amount of water is not really harmful, because all the high-carb sugars that will be violently hydrolyzed are not exposed on the surface. They are only used as storage, load-bearing and supporting parts.”
"Then why do they have to put a film on me?"
"Because your sweat can cause wear and dirt. And they feel they have to give visitors a heads up - if you don't wear that extra layer of clothing, you won't remember that this is a place that could kill you. This is how the Durandians understand carbon-based life. Back to the issue of purity - finally, they advocate that carbohydrates and proteins that meet some conditions should also be counted as sugar in a broad sense. This is their theory of 'everything can be sugar' .”
"Except for salt." Luo Binhan said, chewing on the salty biscuits with a little resentment.
"Yes, except for salt. They are determined not to give in to this bottom line, because seawater is seawater and red seaweed is red seaweed. 'If you want salt, then you become a believer in God' - one of their senior officials That’s what I said. I think there is no hope in a short time.”
Luo Binhan felt a little regretful, but overall he still finished the meal with satisfaction. Lan Que also claimed that she was full, even though Luo Binhan saw that she was just inserting the thin roots on her fingers everywhere.
"My work clothes don't really need to be eaten, Luo Han. I just want to have a taste. The nutrient solution in the sealer is enough for me to use for decades." Lan Que answered him.
Everything was perfect, and the sky was turning towards night. They had little time left. Luo Binhan finally proposed to see the eye-catching rock candy towers, but Lan Que rejected his wish and took him back to the entrance of Sugar City. She whispered a few instructions to the cat-man at the entrance, then broke off a flowered vine and handed it to it, and the gray cat ran away conveniently. Within a few minutes, it dropped from the sky from the eaves on the other side and handed Lan Que a small square mirror.
Lan Que handed it to Luo Binhan, and then said: "This is my gift to you, Luo Han. A portable lander, you can use it to log into the star network in places covered by the alliance. I think your ship's officer can teach How do you use it... Actually, I gave you another gift and left it in the greenhouse along with my StarNet account. You have to go back and see it, okay? You will definitely be shocked by it!"
Luo Binhan took the mirror. He suddenly realized that he had forgotten to prepare a gift for Lan Que, so he had to say: "I'll pay the bill."
"No, that's not necessary. Money will be meaningless when I return to the White Tower, Luo Han. I will continue to study under the agreement until I become a real mage."
In the end, Luo Binhan insisted on paying the money, and used the extra money to buy a candy bird lollipop, which he put in the blue magpie's hair as a joke and imitated the parrot at home. Lan Que was amused by his weird voice, and finally had to say: "It's time for us to go to the Mage Tower, Luo Han."
So Luo Binhan retrieved the luggage stored at the door and sent her to Sugar Land. In a remote and peaceful corner, he witnessed the extreme limit of "everything can be sugar" - a seven-story tower made entirely of Gan Ning wood and dyed white with cereal powder. The White Tower Masters not only bribed the security chiefs with large sums of money, but also spoke eloquently and effectively demonstrated that both cellulose and lignin can be regarded as sugars in a broad sense.
Lan Que picked up his luggage, waved to Luo Binhan one last time, and then walked towards the wooden tower. Luo Binhan watched her shadow disappear into the depths of the glowing tower. During that process, he almost forgot to breathe and just stared so intently, but Lan Que never looked back. It wasn't until she completely entered the tower that a real sense of separation arose in Luo Binhan's heart.
He understood that he might never see this apprentice again, so he put Blue Que's gift back into his pocket, turned around and walked towards the Silence.
It's over. No accidents, no disturbances, it was a smooth and perfect send-off. And now it's time for him to find Yaleriga.
