Chapter 1117 Tarolla

The wind blowing from the lake is a bit cool, dissipating the sweltering heat of early summer. The light from the torch lighthouse illuminates the lake beach and the eyes of the two of them.

The lake waves beat the fine sand lightly, producing light blue water splashes and making long and crisp waves, which are different from sea waves.

Tang Fang took her by the hand and walked up the trestle, glanced at the speedboats floating with the waves on both sides, and slapped the nearby automatic vending robot on the head, then opened the iron stakes locking the cables, and the driving system of the boat automatically Activate to enter the standby state.

Tang Fang jumped onto the boat first, and then helped the girl who was a little uncomfortable with high heels into the cabin.

"Are you cheating?" Claire said with a smile looking at the vending robot behind her.

"I don't have time to exchange the Star Alliance currency for the Republic of Date currency. Besides, I helped them a lot before, so I should be honoring me, right?"

Claire smiled wryly, "Anyway, you can always find some fallacies to justify yourself."

Tang Fang said: "You are heavy, see if you lower the waterline a lot."

"I didn't." Claire blushed, and hurriedly distinguished: "The one who gained weight is obviously you."

"Is there?" He pinched the flesh on his face: "I don't think so."

In the next second, the energy ring in the middle of the hood lit up, and the speedboat rushed straight out of the berth, and the water splashed up left and right, and the moisture soaked the white skirt and pretty face.

Claire let out an exclamation, covered her long skirt and flying hair that were blown by the wind, and said loudly, "You did it on purpose!"

Tang Fang laughed loudly: "I did it on purpose, bite me if you have the ability."

The laughter faded away in the long wind and waves of Pinghu, very hearty, like a runaway wild horse.

Claire looked at the huge torch that was getting brighter and getting closer, and said, "Is it the thing you said you care about?"

Tang Fang pressed the autopilot button, sat down beside the girl, and nodded while looking at the huge torch emitting a faint blue brilliance.

In the travel guide book of the Republic of Date, the building in the center of the Blue Lake is called the Juguang Lighthouse, which is the symbol of the Juguang City and a well-known tourist attraction. Especially at night, it will emit light that illuminates the entire city. , Even more charming than the bright moonlight.

Many people who travel to the Eramok star system will take a speedboat to the center of the lake to watch the scenery at night like them.

In fact, to Claire, it doesn't matter how beautiful the torch lighthouse is, what matters is the people who accompany her.

The speedboat gradually approached the center of the lake, and you could see the official blockade around the lighthouse.

The lake wind became more urgent, brushing the girl's long hair, kissing her face one after another.

"Hey...this lighthouse...how...how..." The girl didn't know what words to use to describe the feeling it gave her. Seeing the dazzling scenery spread out like starlight, she was not amazed and shocked, but There is a kind of heart-wrenching sadness, and I want to cry for no reason.

Tang Fang didn't know how she felt, and thought she was attracted by the scene in front of her.

Seen from a distance, the Juguang Lighthouse under the night looks like a huge crystal overflowing with faint blue brilliance, standing in the middle of the lake, quietly spreading its own brilliance, and beautifully living the lives of people in Torch City.

However, when you come to the front, you will find that this huge torch crystal is actually composed of many weak and small light sources. They spread on the surface of the lighthouse, gather thousands of stars, and turn into something that sweeps away the darkness of the world.

Those tiny light sources are a kind of flower, a flower made of crystal.

Claire only knew that the Torch City was very famous, but she didn't know the origin of the Torch Lighthouse. Tang Fang is different. With Emma's help, he can easily obtain the information he wants.

Why is it said that Torch Light City has historical and cultural significance and occupies a place in the history of human interstellar development. This is because Torch City was built during the Star Alliance period. As for the reason for choosing to build the city here, it is naturally related to the Juguang Lighthouse.

It is neither a human creation nor a natural existence, it comes from the Epsilon civilization.

No one knows how it came about. When human beings rushed out of the earth and entered the universe, and the probe ships came here across thousands of light-years, it has already stood in the center of the lake, giving its light without hesitation every night.

For humans of that period, the ruins of Ypsilon had an unparalleled attraction. Many groups of scientists have been sent here to conduct detailed and comprehensive investigations to help human civilization move forward.

In the early days of the Star Alliance, most of the contradictions and conflicts of interest in human society were alleviated by the new opportunities brought about by space colonization. People of different skin colors, people of different beliefs, and people of different cultures, under the spirit of kindness, tolerance, and understanding, The process of national integration began.

At that time, the research on the Ipsilon ruins was far from today's level, and the development cycle of such a huge ruin was far from comparable to that of a small spacecraft that crashed on the moon. With the passage of time, more and more people have joined the research team of Torchlight Tower, from scientists to engineers, to life assistants, to accompanying family members...so that this place has developed from a scientific research outpost to a scientific research base, and then from a scientific research base It developed into a residential area, and finally developed into a city after undergoing atmospheric environment renovation projects and living facility construction projects.

Scientists of the Star Alliance government originally thought that this hill-like object was also a crashed aircraft, which contained valuable aerospace technology, but after years of research, the authenticity of this guess became less and less true, and people gradually discovered that this daytime There is no movement, the big guy that glows at night is not the Ipsilon aircraft, but a cultivation facility similar to a botanical garden.

Although such a discovery has discouraged many people, from the perspective of space agriculture and related fields, there is no doubt that it has very high research value.

At the end of the Star Alliance, the value of this Ypsilon ruins was almost drained, and it changed from a precious heritage to a symbol of Torch City. But no matter from which angle you look at it, it is a very well-preserved huge relic, and you only need to inject 10kg of zero elements into the energy core every day, which is enough to maintain the operation of the relic ecosystem, allowing those crystal bouquets to grow freely in the sun.

After the founding of the Republic of Date, it was decided to open this relic to the public, and at the same time named it the Torch Lighthouse, as a tourist project for ordinary people to visit, so as to increase government revenue.

At the head of the cliff around the mountain road, I saw the blue crystal slowly lighting up in the night, and learned the allusion of the Torch City from Emma. He had a very special feeling and had some thoughts about this ruin.

Now that he came to its feet and saw the small crystal flowers emitting silvery-white light, and seeing them covering the entire ruins, spreading a faint blue, and decorating the world, he confirmed his guess.

Yes, this little flower that stores sunlight during the day and dispels darkness at night is exactly the crystal bouquet that I saw in the memoirs of an Ipsilon girl named Liana --- living in Serepas Xingmi Tarolla on the Great Plains of Cyre.

Why did this relic used to preserve Tarolla fall on Krengel?

Out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught a crystal drop, as beautiful as a pearl. That didn't come from the sky, it started from Claire's eyes and ended in the long white dress.

"Why are you crying?" He was very puzzled, he held the girl's shoulders, and let her face his face.

Tears were like a broken bead curtain, falling drop by drop, wet her face and her skirt.

"I...why did I cry...I...I don't know..." She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her hands, but whoever wanted to wipe more and more, those tears fell like disobedient elves.

Tang Fang didn't know why she was sad, but it didn't prevent him from making the right choice.

Without saying anything, he held her tightly in his arms, and listened to her weeping slightly to crying loudly, like a little girl who had suffered a lot of grievances and pains and finally saw her mother.

Tears wet his shirt, and it felt a little cold against his chest...

He didn't know what to say, and he didn't know how to comfort her. The past playful smiles and bad-mouthings would not bring any help to the situation in front of him, so he could only hug her tightly and pat the girl's shoulder clumsily and childishly.

The torch lighthouse is still shining, and the little flowers are smiling at the distant stars.

Passengers on the night tour of the Blue Lagoon heard the girl's cry and cast doubtful eyes on the location of the two.

Half a minute later, the speedboat returned at the same speed, and the lake rose and fell with the wind, splashing boiling waves.

Even though she had returned to the lake beach, Claire still couldn't control her emotions, but she seemed tired from crying, and her crying turned into sobs.

The shirt that Elena gave him was already half wet, he hesitated for a while, then simply picked up the girl, and walked towards the station step by step under the complicated eyes of some tourists who had just arrived.

From the blue lake to the hotel, he carried her back just like that.

He couldn't figure it out, and he couldn't figure it out anyway, why a happy date turned into what it is today.

He knew that now was not the time to get to the bottom of it. Considering that Zhao Jiali had already fallen asleep, he could only carry the girl back to his room and gently put her on the bed.

Perhaps it was because of crying all the way, overdrawing all the strength in the body. Not long after Tang Fang helped her take off her high heels, the sobbing gradually became inaudible, and she fell into a deep sleep.

He sighed, walked to the edge of the balcony, stared at the bright light in the distance and remained silent.

Downstairs in the street, Bukharin had just returned, drunk as a lump of mud.

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In the early morning of the next day, Tang Fang was awakened by a hasty knock on the door. When he opened the door rubbing his sleepy eyes, Zhao Jiali stood outside the door anxiously, and said in a very exaggerated tone: "It's a big deal... Leiya, she...she didn't come back overnight."

Seeing the bewildered girl, Tang Fang yawned, then pointed to the back room: "Shh, don't disturb her to rest."

Zhao Jiali blinked, quickly understood, and looked at him with a playful look.

"Hurry up and pack up. I have to meet your grandpa after breakfast."

It could be seen that she was very unhappy, as she walked back, she muttered, "Who wants to have a grandfather like that."

Tang Fang shrugged, and closed the door smoothly. When he turned back to the living room, the door of the back room opened. Claire walked out holding the door frame, with a blush on her face, and stammered, "I was ……yesterday……"

"You cried for a long time yesterday." Tang Fang looked at her red and swollen eyes and said, "If you mean the clothes, well, I did take them off for you."

She blushed even more, but she didn't waste her time on this matter, and said guiltily: "Last night... I really don't know why, when I saw those crystal flowers, I suddenly felt a feeling of sadness, and I just wanted to force myself I'm sorry, please forgive my waywardness."

Tang Fang frowned, and didn't continue to ask questions. After all, he was a man, and he often couldn't understand girls' psychology.

"Go and wash up, I have to see Han Jingyun later."

"Yes." She agreed, straightened her messy long skirt, and walked into the bathroom.

In the eyes of others, the state of the two people is like a couple who have been married for many years, but only they themselves know that the last step has not been taken.

Tang Fang looked at her back with a serious smile on his face. He has long been used to having her in his life, which is completely different from the feeling Freya gave him. The relationship with Claire is more like a slowly flowing stream, not intense or hot, but natural and comfortable. Very delicate, bit by bit, like silk.

Half an hour later, the group had breakfast, left the hotel where they were staying, and went to the meeting place agreed with Han Jingyun.

Bukharin has been rubbing two suns, and it seems that the hangover is a bit serious. Zhao Jiali changed into a newly bought dress, complaining that she slept too much last night, and should take them to visit the most famous torch lighthouse in the city.

Juguang City woke up from the dream much earlier than Greenwich City. Although several people woke up early on purpose, they still hit the rush hour for work. On the rail car again, the passenger compartment was filled with young people with tired faces, and it was no longer the leisurely scene that appeared late last night.

Many gray-haired people stared blankly at the rapidly disappearing street scene outside the window. There was no satisfaction and happiness on their old faces, but a kind of numbness like ashes. Several teenagers in school uniform embraced the railing, looked down at the ini tablet in their palms, and silently recited the articles on it.

Different cities, different scenery, different life. This is Torch City, not Greenwich City.

Tang Fang's mood became more and more depressed with the slight shaking from his feet, because the scene in front of him reminded him of his past life. Although steel birds soared in the sky, the cleaning robot cleaned the road spotlessly, and the intersection was no longer blocked. The pressure from life has not changed at all.

Chirping along the way, Zhao Jiali, who looked like a happy bird, seemed to be infected by the surrounding atmosphere, his happy expression was no longer there, and a kind of resentment and resentment flashed in his eyes.

Fifteen minutes later, the rail car arrived in the city center, and several people left the passenger compartment, and took two taxis to the downtown area.