Because the environment is so harsh, Venus' city has walls.
Although the walls of each city are made of different materials, their functions are quite different. They are all designed to protect against sandstorms and strange beasts in undeveloped areas.
Lucheng city gate, identity verification place.
"Resident No. 003, Xiyun, welcome back."
The red laser swept through Xiyun's pupils, and the access door opened in response.
"Let's go, let's go to my dad's office first."
Xiyun was about to walk towards the city, but suddenly stopped and thought of something.
"Oh yes, I almost forgot, Yang Fan, throw that guy down."
"oh oh."
The unlucky guy who fell into coma landed with a "snap". After Xiyun closed the hatch, he stepped on the accelerator and rushed out of the tunnel of the verification office.
"Okay, next, my dear classmates, what we are going to see next is..."
White light flashed and the darkness receded. Xiyun felt the long-lost air mixed with green breath, and the corners of his mouth suddenly opened.
"Welcome to Lucheng."
The streamlined airship jumped directly into the sky. Xiyun, who finally returned home, pointed at the scenery below and laughed wildly, "The city of life! My territory!"
The city of life?
Ning Yun, who was sleeping lightly against the window, slowly opened his eyes and took in the scene below.
At first glance, there are trees, countless trees.
Tens of billions of towering trees, with endless exuberance, support tall buildings and carry streets. Between each tree, thick branches act as highways, and each green leaf is a soft platform. Just look at the breeze. As the wind blows by, the girl in the white skirt pulls up her long hair, and the blue bus drives slowly. Everything here is like that travelogue, where the hermit is stepping on the clouds, chanting poems and humming songs, carefree. Calm and relieved.
It's a great place to retire.
Ning Yun yawned, then closed his eyes again, rested his arms on his head, and smiled.
"Yang Fan, call me somewhere and I'll take a nap."
"Huh? Oh, okay."
Half an hour later, the airship driven by Xiyun arrived in front of the tallest tree in the center of Lu City, where the "star" was.
"This is the Hankong Research Institute, the core institution of Lucheng."
Xiyun parked the airship in her exclusive parking space with the word "Xi" engraved on it, "That's my home. You are welcome to be my guests."
"...Why are you so polite? Do you have a stomachache?"
"Huh? What did you say?"
Xiyun turned around and looked at Yang Fan with a smile.
"No, it's nothing."
"Anyway, I'll go find my dad first. You guys wait in the hall for a while."
After Xiyun finished speaking, he got off the airship and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Then let's go. I don't know if there are cookies prepared in the front hall here."
"How could there be such a thing?"
Here, people who are not familiar with the place are a little panicked.
Yang Fan scratched his head, then woke up Ning Yun, and followed Lang and Ji Qingge into the hall.
Unsurprisingly, the hall inside this tree is also made of wood, with wooden sofas, wooden tables and chairs, and a wooden front desk. After Ji Qingge reported Xiyun's name to the receptionist, he successfully got a plate of flavor. Nice pretzel cookies. She placed the cookies on the rooftop railing next to the hall, and she and the wolf looked at the scenery and chatted.
"I asked, what did you do last night?" Yang Fan said to Ning Yun, who was lying on the table in the reception room and fell asleep again, "I haven't woken up all day."
"..."
Yang Fan, who didn't get a response, sat on a stool and browsed the Star Network for a while in boredom.
A few months ago, when Gu had not received the money, he had not had much contact with Star Network.
At that time, his communicator was still a simple watch. The projection function was very rough and the picture quality was blurry. Naturally, he was not interested in the bells and whistles on the star network.
However, after his communicator was replaced with the latest high-end products, he was also attracted by the pictures of cats and food that Xiyun and Ji Qingge showed him every day. Now he is a qualified severe Internet addict.
There is no way, who can refuse the joy of raising a cat in Yun?
"...I'm so annoyed. The owner of that cat didn't update Xingbo today."
Yang Fan turned off the communicator boredly, stood up, stretched his waist, and then walked out of the reception room.
How long do we have to wait? That guy Xiyun is so slow. How about letting Ning Yun take us to the hotel to rest first?
Thinking about all this, Yang Fan wandered around on the second floor where the reception room was located, like a thief who had checked out beforehand.
"Well, what are you doing?"
A voice as clear as running water sounded behind Yang Fan. Yang Fan turned his head in response. When he saw the person coming, his face turned red.
"I, I, I just do that, just that, I have nothing to do and take a walk."
I saw that the person who came had an elegant temperament, with misty temples surrounded by clouds, and sky-blue eyes as deep as the sea. Her appearance was shining, making the dirty white coat she was wearing look like a fairy's feathers.
Yang Fan can guarantee his happiness for the rest of his life. The eldest sister in front of him is objectively the most beautiful girl he has ever seen in his life.
"Um?"
The beautiful elder sister looked at the panicked Yang Fan and tilted her head in confusion, "Do you need my help?"
"Yes, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, I'll just leave and won't bother you anymore."
Yang Fan took a deep breath and tried his best to use his Emperor Energy to make himself barely look like a disabled person.
"Well, don't be so polite."
The eldest sister looked at the embarrassed young man and smiled, "I'm waiting for someone anyway, so it's quite boring."
"That...that..."
"Then to pass the time, let me tell you an old story about Lu Cheng."
She turned around and walked deeper into the corridor, "These are old stories, do you want to hear them?"
"Yes, yes!"
Yang Fan looked at her back, his body acted before his brain, and he followed her directly.
"Oh, where do I start? Let me think about it."
About 1,600 years ago, Morning Star was still a remote and desolate star. There was only one outpost on such a huge planet. At that time, for the people of Baidi Star, it was a border and a place of exile. They could only make big mistakes. Only people come here, and most people would rather go to jail than choose here.
Then, one day that year, a certain heir who failed in the struggle came to this deserted star alone and took over this outpost.
He personally destroyed his family on the White Emperor Star, so he came to this deserted star to kill himself and seek liberation.
On the first day he came to Desolate Star, he had a sumptuous dinner at the outpost. He still remembered how delicious the steamed fish and rice stewed in bear fat was that night. The last old man in the family was there. How strong was the soju given to him before he died.
The next day, armed with a gun, he walked out of the outpost and walked deeper into the desert.
Where is the best place to die?
He had been planning for a long time and originally planned to jump into the sea.
But the sea beast of this desert star is very ugly. If he dies in the sea, his body will be devoured by those weird and weird fish in an instant. As the last heir of the family, he must at least die with dignity.
So desert is better.
He heard that there was a crack leading to the ground deep in the desert of this desert star. The bottom of the crack was full of magma. If he jumped down, the intense heat would burn his body to ashes in an instant. If he was lucky, He could still see the light of his burning fire before he died.
How beautiful.
With this thought in mind, he walked towards the depths of the desert.
