Stardust Remembrance

Chapter 18: There's Always Hope (3)

Adventurer's Playground

Loran hadn't planned on going to play, but now she suddenly decided she wanted to have a good time.

"Ever heard of Adventurer's Land?" When she checked the public transportation routes just now, the webpage automatically recommended tourist attractions based on the locations she searched for.

"Of course, I've heard of it, the top ten must-see attractions in Alicata as voted by Star Online, Adventurer's Paradise is at the top of the list, and it's said that everyone who comes to Alicata will go there to have fun."

Loran didn't expect to pick the right place by mistake and said excitedly, "I want to go to Adventurer's Land."

"Let's go."

Qian Xu took her out of the Star Train station and called an unmanned interstellar meter flyer through his terminal, but in twenty minutes or so, the two arrived at Adventurer's Paradise.

After buying the ticket and reading the introduction, Loran realized that Adventurer's Land was a kaleidoscope of everything.

The builders of the amusement park utilized special building materials, advanced science, and technology, as well as a large amount of money to build sixty-four distinct ecosystems, which allowed visitors to spend the shortest amount of time playing through the most exciting places in the stars.

There are three levels of difficulty in "Adventurer", and each level has three choices: high, medium, and low, which not only can satisfy the adventure complex of ordinary people, but also allow people with the good physical ability to have a good time when they can't go to the field to have an adventure, so this amusement park is very popular.

Chisoku counted the time and said apologetically, "Since I have to receive treatment in the evening, I have to rush back by nine o'clock, so I can only play two ecosystems at most."

Loran smiles up, "It's fine to play only one, there's still time later anyway." Qian Xu was willing to accompany her for the whole ten hours, she was already satisfied, some people were not willing to wait even for a minute yet.

Qian Xu asked, "Which ecosystem do you want to play in?"

Loran was at a loss, perhaps everyone would have places they longed to go to, but her memory was blank. After reading the introduction, she finally chose the tallest mountain on Planet Alicata, Mount Iral. Since there was no place she wanted to go, it was time to learn about the planet she was currently living on.

Qian Xu asked, "Do you want to have an exciting time or take it easy?"

"Easy."

Chisoku chose the lowest difficulty level of one star on the difficulty scale.

The two of them sat in a transmission pod that looked like a bullet head and soon arrived at the entrance to the Eral Mountains ecosystem.

As soon as Loran walked in, he immediately stared in surprise.

They were on a winding mountain path, surrounded by lush grass and trees, birds and insects.

In the distance was a lush and dense mountain range, undulating and stretching for thousands of miles, with no end in sight at a glance.

The highest peaks towered into the clouds, with snow-capped peaks that seemed to meet the white clouds in the sky.

Loran couldn't help but take a deep breath, feeling suddenly refreshed.

She marveled, "It doesn't look like it was built artificially at all, no wonder it's at the top of the list of the top ten must-see attractions."

"If you've been to Mount Yral, you can feel that there's still a difference from the real thing."

"I hope I'll have the chance to go in the future."

The two chatted as they climbed up the overgrown trail.

Loran was sweating, and the mountain breeze was very cool and comfortable. She couldn't help but open her arms and yell at the rolling hills, "Hey-"

Qian Xu laughed and said, "You aren't afraid at all!"

"We picked the lowest difficulty, so it shouldn't be dangerous, right? Moreover, aren't you a physical ability level A? Even if there are fierce beasts, surely you'll be fine."

"The most frightening thing is not the beasts, but me."

Loran's footsteps slowed down and looked at Qian Xu in surprise.

"There's not a single person here, so if I suddenly mutate, you won't even have anyone to call for help."

Loran smiled, bending down and picking a small blue flower from the side of the road and handing it to Qian Xu, "A flower that blooms today will be thankful tomorrow, but would a flower not bloom today just because it's thankful tomorrow? I can't possibly alienate you because of an accident that may never happen."

Qian Xu took the flower: "What if one day the accident happens? It's too late to regret it then."

Loran holds his chin high, smiles, and points to himself, confidently saying, "I've already decided to learn physical arts well and become an A-ranked physical artist. If that day comes, I will tie you up with a rope and wait for you to regain your sanity."

Qian Xu looked at Luo Lan and was silent.

Loran made a face at him, "Don't be disbelieving, my physical test officer said I have a lot of potential!" Not being able to be an excellent non-human, being an excellent human should still have hope.

Qian Xu spread his face and smiled, putting the blue flower in his hand into his coat pocket smoothly, "I believe it!"

Three hours later, the two climbed halfway up the mountain.

Qian Xu asked, "Are you hungry?"

"A little, you should be hungry too, right?" Loran apologized profusely for completely forgetting about having lunch and letting a sick person starve after her.

She checked the smart map card given by the amusement park to see where to sell nutrients, but it turned out that you can only buy them when you go out, if you feel hungry in the ecosystem please think of something on your own, don't forget, you are here for an adventure, oh.

Loran was speechless.

Qian Xu laughed and said, "Follow me."

After climbing up a steep slope, the eyes opened up, but it was a small lake, the water of the lake is turquoise blue, reflecting the blue sky and white clouds, very quiet and beautiful.

Loran was surprised and just about to speak, Qian Xu put his index finger on his lips, signaling not to make a sound.

He closed his eyes and listened, and suddenly shot out like an arrow, disappearing between the bushes in the blink of an eye.

A flock of wild birds suddenly flew up from among the thick bushes, clattering into the sky like a colorful cloud, colorful and enthusiastic.

When the flock of birds dispersed, Qian Xu came back carrying a bird and two bird eggs, and raised his hand at Luo Lan, "Mid-day meal."

Luo Lan was surprised and delighted, people in the interstellar era had gotten used to relying on all kinds of convenient and safe nutrients, and very few people would cook raw ingredients locally.

Qian Xu said, "The kind of plant by the lake that is thin and tall with white flowers on the top is called water citrus, the stems can be eaten, sweet and refreshing, you fold a little bit of it, it's just right to eat it with grilled meat."

"Good!"

Luo Lan cheerfully went to work while Qian Xu dealt with the wild birds by the lake.

When Luo Lan returned after folding a large handful of citrus, Qian Xu's wild birds were also cleanly handled.

Luo Lan volunteered to be responsible for roasting the bird meat, while Qian Xu went to deal with the bird eggs.

The egg was as big as a small bowl and the shell was very hard. Qian Xu first shook the egg vigorously a few times to shake it well, then took out a sharp military knife and opened a few small holes at the top of the egg, then directly used the shell as a container, placed the egg next to the fire, and slowly simmered it with a small fire at the edge.

Ten or so minutes later, the two had fragrant bird eggs to eat.

Qian Xu wrapped the bird's egg in fresh moist leaves, and after making sure it was no longer hot, handed it to Loran: "I haven't done anything like this in many years, it's a bit out of hand, so try it fresh."

Because of that three days and three nights experience in the wilderness, Luo Lan had a hidden fear of the wilderness, today Qian Xu changed her impression, so it turns out that the wilderness can also be fun and interesting.

She ate the bird's egg while looking out at the surrounding scenery, "Alicata can be such a beautiful planet!"

Chisoku asked, "Do you know the meaning of Arikata?"

Loran shook his head.

"Alicata derives from an ancient Earth-era Latin word meaning 'abandonment'."

"Abandoned?"

"The planet was once the trash planet of the Al Empire."

Loran froze, there was no way to believe that such a beautiful planet was once an abandoned garbage star, not to mention the fact that the feud between the Odin Federation and the Al Empire had such a long history, and in a sense, it could even be said that the Odin Federation was an independent part of the Al Empire.

"A group of fae who were abandoned by humans to a garbage star, in desperation, gathered together, rose in revolt, and swore to build a star nation for themselves that would allow the fae to live happily as well. Together, they built the palace of Spyder. Spyder is Latin for 'hope'. My teacher used to say that the Spyder Palace existed to take the Fae from abandonment to hope."

Loran was stunned, although she was not a Fae, she had felt the feeling of being abandoned by the whole world when she was walking in despair in the wilderness, and she could understand them perfectly. From "abandonment" to "hope" will be a very difficult road, but there is no way back, only to break the boat and go forward!