Lin Sanjiu admitted that she had seen quite a lot of worlds. The Hyperthermal Hell that had turned into a desert, the Garden of Eden that was filled with technology, the deathly silent Kisaragi Station...
However, she had never seen a world that made her feel like a country bumpkin.
It was nighttime in Red Nautilus when she teleported to this world.
In the dark red sky, there were two huge round moons that looked like pieces of ice that overlapped each other. The moon was so close to the ground that people even suspected that they could see the potholes on the surface of the moon. Walking under the huge full moon hanging in the sky, they almost felt like they were floating in the universe. It was a thrilling illusion.
The shining light from the two full moons was cut into several pieces by the mountain-like shadows on the horizon. Lin Sanjiu stared at the shadows. She squinted her eyes and thought for a long time, but she couldn't figure out what they were.
Obviously, human buildings wouldn't be so huge. Even from such a far distance, the size of the buildings was out of balance compared to the human city. Compared to the tall buildings beside them, they looked like a hill and a grass sprout.
Such a shocking contrast was like the mountains of God that Zeus had thrown down from the sky. They rose and fell into a long line, standing steadily on the horizon and glowing a faint red under the moonlight.
Lin Sanjiu looked around as if she was trying to find some clues. However, after she looked around, she immediately lost her sense of direction. She almost forgot about the huge shadows in the distance.
She landed in an alleyway between two buildings. Through the gap between the buildings, she could see into the distance. Lin Sanjiu wasn't sure if she was lucky, but when she looked up, she realized that the two buildings beside her were so tall that their roofs had disappeared into the night clouds. She had no idea how many floors they had. After she walked a few steps along the alleyway, she realized that she was surrounded by a jungle of steel. Lin Sanjiu had no idea how many floors there were in the building. She walked a few steps along the alleyway and realized that she was surrounded by a jungle of steel. The small gap that she could see through just now was one of a kind.
There was a 20-story viaduct, so many tall buildings that it was almost impossible for a human to pass through, thick smoke drifting out of some chimney, and the two huge moons above her head, which were cut into several sections by various electric wires. Together with the alley that was still filled with dirty water, Lin Sanjiu felt like she was in a technological wasteland.
He listened to the faint sounds of cars and people. Lin Sanjiu felt a sense of novelty that she had not seen for a long time. As if she couldn't get enough of it, she slowly walked out of the alley as if she was in a dream.
Her two wings were still stuck in the darkness behind her, and one of her feet had already stepped into the busy mortal world.
"Beep!" A sharp warning sound cut through the air. Amidst a series of exclamations and complaints, one of the metallic aircraft came to a screeching halt in midair. It managed to avoid crashing into the building next to Lin Sanjiu. It wobbled left and right for quite a while, as if it had expended a lot of energy, before it managed to stop in midair.
Lin Sanjiu stared at the aircraft for a few seconds in astonishment. Then, she looked past it and into the other world.
There was a sign with the words "Lodging, Minimum Charge: 35 Small Crystals a Night" written on it. The sign was so dirty that it was almost unrecognizable. It was hanging crookedly on the doorway of a building. There were many different languages written on it. Lin Sanjiu could only recognize English and Japanese. The rest of the words were so strange that she had never seen them before.
As far as Lin Sanjiu could see, she could see all kinds of shops and stalls with all kinds of services written on them. They were all crowded on the dirty street. There were signs like "High Price Exchange for Special Items", "Half Price Inquiry for Paid Information", "Weapon Refinement and Ability Training", "Free Identification of Special Items", "Doomsday Survival Workshop", and so on. They were so crowded that there was barely any space left. There were layers and layers of advertisements on the buildings.
Even though Lin Sanjiu had a pair of wings that were almost two meters tall, she did not stand out. This was because the people here dressed very strangely. Compared to the people from their hometown, the siblings dressed very conservatively.
A cat-sized shadow flashed from the other end of the street, and then, a woman wrapped in a snow-white tight-fitting fish skin chased after it. She seemed to be shouting, "Wait for me, Xiao Bao." About four or five floors above Lin Sanjiu, a window suddenly opened. An old Taoist priest with white hair and a youthful complexion poked his head out. He was talking to his neighbor, a middle-aged woman with a lot of curls tied on her head. They were scolding each other in Shanghainese through the window.
Lin Sanjiu was like a country bumpkin who had just entered the city. She walked slowly on the street, not knowing what to do.
"Miss, do you want some steamed buns?" A gentle-looking woman wearing a red cheongsam greeted her with a smile, "Our steamed buns in Red Nautilus are the most famous snack!"
Lin Sanjiu suddenly recalled Reno's words. "Even a bun seller can tell that I'm a newcomer." She couldn't help but be a little curious. She glanced at the steaming glass box in front of her with great interest. She couldn't see clearly because of the steam, so she asked, "What kind of buns are there?"
"We have a wide variety!" The woman said with a smile. She didn't seem to be surprised by the wings on Lin Sanjiu's back, "What color do you want? I have mysterious purple, elegant gray, romantic pink, classic black, fresh green and hairpin yellow. One crystal for one. How many do you want? "
Lin Sanjiu was stunned for two seconds.
"Give me a hairpin yellow and fresh green," she stuttered. She had no idea how to ask the questions she had.
"Okay!" The woman in cheongsam took out a piece of brown paper from somewhere and wrapped two white, tender, and piping hot snow dumplings. She handed them to Lin Sanjiu. She found two of the smallest red crystals and handed them to him. She took them and looked at them carefully. She really couldn't figure out where the "yellow hair flakes" were. She hesitated and didn't dare to eat them. She held them with both hands and asked tentatively, "… Have you always set up a stall here?"
"Whenever I return to Red Nautilus, I will set up my stall here," the woman in cheongsam was very enthusiastic. The woman in cheongsam was very enthusiastic, "I just came back this time. I have been here for 14 months. If you want to eat, you can come here often!"
"Ah, oh, okay …" Lin Sanjiu showed her attitude as she entered the Twelve Worlds Centrum for the first time. "Excuse me, how do I get to Seagral Square?"
That was the place she had arranged to meet with Reno and Rena.
"Oh, that's far," even though the woman in cheongsam was still enthusiastic, she expressed her hope that Lin Sanjiu would leave the stall as soon as possible, "Why don't you buy a map and have a look?"
Lin Sanjiu responded a little sheepishly. She held the steamed buns and walked forward. She looked around as she walked. Occasionally, she would turn her head and see another person who looked like a local buying a few steamed buns from the woman in cheongsam. He ate them as if nothing had happened. Then, Lin Sanjiu carefully brought the still warm "fresh green" bun closer to her mouth.
Lin Sanjiu didn't know what ingredients the bun was made from, but she had never tasted such a unique fragrance before. Even though it was as fresh as grass, there was a sweet aftertaste. When she chewed, there was also a hint of bitterness. When the two flavors mixed together, it actually created a very delicious taste.
Lin Sanjiu finished the bun in a few bites. She was a little reluctant to part from the taste.
"As expected of the most famous snack in Red Nautilus." Lin Sanjiu glanced at the leftover "Mao Pian Huang" in her hand, and her curiosity was piqued. Just when she was hesitating whether she should eat it or not, she saw a small shop selling maps not far from her. She hurried to the shop and stopped.
There were at least a dozen types of maps in Red Nautilus. Lin Sanjiu didn't know which one was better. After some consideration, she spent eight small crystals to buy a map of the entire world and a map of the Cyber District where she was.
Lin Sanjiu opened the two maps and compared them. She stood by the roadside and studied them. She spent more than ten minutes before she put down the map, feeling a little silly.
"Who said that Red Nautilus is small?"
The distance between the Cyber District and Seagral Square was almost ten thousand kilometers. In other words, Lin Sanjiu had to travel across half the planet. (To be continued.)
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