After that, the girls learned about the situation of this world from Qian Hu and You Li.
For as long as they could remember, it had always been snowing in this world. Occasionally, it would be sunny, but the weather was always cold.
Most of the time, they ate canned food and army rations, but they couldn't tell what it was.
As for animals and plants, they were things that only appeared in books. To the two of them, the scenery that they were used to seeing was this world covered in pure white snow, the dilapidated city ruins, and the wreckage of various weapons.
"Why do you want to go to such a high place?"
After listening to their story, Tida was in disbelief.
"It's dangerous to go that high. Many things here are old. What if something happens? There's nothing up there. "
"… Yes, there's nothing up there."
Qian Hu sighed, but she didn't seem to want to answer the question. Instead, You Li said with a smile, "What's the matter?
The important thing is to go up there. If possible, we want to continue our journey. "
"Where?"
"The moon!"
Everyone was speechless when they saw You Li pointing at the sky excitedly. At that moment, Fangzheng chuckled.
"Alright, if you guys want to see the moon, then go and have a look."
"Huh? Mr. Fangzheng? "
The girls were surprised when they heard Fangzheng's words. Fangzheng shrugged.
"What's the matter? Isn't it a piece of cake for us to go to the moon or the sun? Besides, it's rare for them to have a wish. Aren't you going to help them? It's not a big deal anyway. "
"That's not a problem …"
Ling frowned, but he nodded in the end.
"Okay, let's go to the moon!"
"That's great!"
Hearing until here, You Li immediately raised her hands in excitement while Qian Hu shook her head.
"Really … Sorry to trouble you."
"It's nothing. It's not a particularly troublesome thing for us."
Soon, the Lightning left the atmosphere and arrived at the moon's orbit.
"Oh —!"
Qian Hu and You Li looked at the moon outside the window and exclaimed in surprise.
"The Moon is actually like this. There are potholes everywhere on the outside. It's not nice at all."
"It looks even more desolate than Earth. Why would anyone want to come to such a place?"
"Maybe it's because you only realised how desolate this place is..."
Looking at the surface of the moon outside the window, the two girls chatted while Ling and the others frowned and stared at the monitor — — of course, they saw the human base on the surface of the moon. But just like before, there were no signs of life detected.
"Ah, there are buildings over there."
At this moment, You Li also discovered the base located in the crater on the moon. She immediately shouted excitedly.
"Let's go over there and take a look."
Naturally, no one would refuse this.
Soon, the spaceship stopped near the base. The girls also put on their spacesuits and left the battleship with You Li and Qian Hu to explore the base. Previously, as they were busy saving the two girls, Ling and Tida did not carefully observe the world. Now that they had some free time, they naturally wanted to see what the world had become and why it had become like this.
But … .they found nothing.
Just like other places, there was everything but no life here.
The energy had been exhausted, and the entire base was cold and dark. There were no signs of life, and even the traces of life that had once existed were only notebooks and some stored data records. Other than that, there was nothing that represented a human being, not even a bone or a strand of hair. There was no such thing as a human being.
"It feels … .scary."
Walking in the base, Tida looked very uneasy. She looked around in fear. The cold metal buildings reflected their shadows, but she could see nothing else. It was as if the entire base had disappeared. Although Tida had also worked in Chase's research institute and Fangzheng's fully automated workshop, she had never felt so alienated at that time.
In Tida's impression, conductive machinery was something that was used by humans, so she did not hate being surrounded by machinery. But now, she felt as if she had mistakenly entered a place that she should not have entered. The owner of this place was not human, and there were no living creatures here. Only the cold, silent steel showed its existence here, as if it was the ultimate ruler.
The others were not much better. Tio did not say a word, Ling frowned, and only Altina walked in front as usual. Beside her were Qian Hu and You Li. This was not the first time they had come to this type of place, so they had long gotten used to the strange emptiness and loneliness.
In the end, they didn't find anything useful here. Everyone hurriedly returned to the battleship as if they were fleeing for their lives.... except for Chiho. At this moment, the girl was happily hugging a large cardboard box containing the books she had collected from the base's library. Perhaps because the books were for the people in the base to kill time, the books ranged from fantasy to serious literature. So, Qian Hu happily searched the entire bookshelf and packed all the books back.
"That's terrifying."
When she returned to her seat, Tida could not help but feel a chill all over her body. As a matter of fact, the uninhabited base itself wasn't that frightening. However, the moment they remembered that their monitors didn't find any signs of life on Earth or the moon apart from Chiho and Yuri, the feeling of extreme loneliness and emptiness instantly washed over them like a tidal wave, almost crushing Tieda to the ground.
"I can't believe those two managed to hold on until now."
Ling could not help but sigh as he looked at Qian Hu and You Li not far away.
"If it were me, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to stand this feeling. I have nothing but myself. I'm even starting to doubt whether my existence is worth anything …."
"Brother Fangzheng, our world won't become like that, will it?"
Tida looked at Fangzheng uneasily. Her eyes were filled with a rare fear. In fact, this wasn't strange at all. Tida was also the granddaughter of Libel's famous Conductive Force Scholar, and she would sometimes go to those historical sites with her mother. At that time, to Tida, it only meant more mysteries and challenges, which made her extremely excited.
But today, after this "journey", Tida suddenly felt some fear deep in her heart.
The ancient sites of Semriya were left behind hundreds or even thousands of years ago. The owners of the sites had long since ceased to exist. What about our world? Will the world we're in now become like this one day? A city like a cold metal graveyard without a master, without a user, without any traces of its past existence, only leaving behind conductive machinery …. Will the present of the ancient Semriya be our future?
One day, will Libel and Clothbert also become like this? There will be no people left, only wreckage. But when that time comes, will anyone still come to excavate their remains and search for proof of their existence? If Semriya was also destroyed by then, what was the meaning of leaving behind these things?
Thinking of this, Tida felt a chill run down her spine.
In response to Tida's question, Fangzheng smiled and reached out his hand to caress her head.
"Don't worry. Aren't we working hard to avoid that? Don't tell me you've forgotten our goal. "
"Ah, right! Yes! "
Hearing this, Tida's eyes lit up. That's right. Didn't they set off this time to find the culprit behind the destruction of these worlds? As long as they eliminated the culprit, their world would not become like this!
"I'll do my best! I won't let Semriya become like this! "
Tida clenched her little fists and replied with glowing eyes. Tio turned to look at Yaltina, who was sitting quietly in her seat.
"But Miss Yaltina is amazing. She didn't waver in the slightest. Sister You Li and Sister Chihu have been living in this world for a long time, so it's not surprising that they're used to it, but Miss Yaltina didn't waver at all.
That's really admirable. "Tio couldn't help but sigh.
In Tio's opinion, Yaltina was clearly about the same age as them, but she was much more mature and composed, which made Tio a little envious. She was usually very calm, as if nothing could make her anxious. Tio didn't expect Miss Yaltina to be such a determined girl. Mentally, Yaltina was much more mature than them.
But Tio didn't know that this wasn't the case.
Knock, knock, knock.
That night, someone knocked on the door. Fangzheng opened the door and saw Yaltina standing outside, staring at him.
"Yo, Yaltina, why aren't you resting at this late hour?"
"…"
Yaltina didn't respond to Fangzheng's question. Instead, she took a step forward, reached out, and wrapped her arms around Fangzheng's neck. Then, her light cherry lips pressed tightly against Fangzheng's.
"Ugh … Mmm …"
Accompanied by heavy panting, her petite body seemed to completely melt as she clung tightly to Fangzheng's body. After an unknown amount of time, the two gradually separated.
"Instructor …"
At this moment, Yaltina was looking at Fangzheng with a fiery and uneasy gaze.
"I don't want to sleep alone tonight …"
By the way, what Tio didn't know was that Yaltina didn't just mature mentally.
(End of this chapter)
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