Chapter 477 Starry Night

Chapter 477 Stars, Moon and Night

"Speaking of which, this is my first time taking a private airship."

Russell sat in front of the spacious table and propped his chin on his hand: "I didn't expect you can order food here..."

Opposite him was Delphinium, who was having lunch.

Two plates of soft-boiled omelettes sprinkled with pepper and coarse salt, two portions of flaky steak, and a portion of fusilli with bacon, onions, garlic and tomato sauce.

When Delphinium heard this, she raised her head in confusion and ate a piece of juicy and tender beef: "Didn't you sit there when you came back from Tongshen Island?"

"It was in the morning, and I came here after breakfast. And didn't I go to the emperor to perform on a show..."

Russell looked at Delphinium's cut steaks longingly. He put his head on the table and rested it on his hands with a pitiful expression: "Sister, are you really not going to give me some? Just one piece is fine."

"Then meow."

"……Meow."

"So good~"

The delphinium happily picked up a piece of steaming meat and fed it to Russell.

"How about it?"

"Well, surprisingly good..."

Russell chewed on the perfectly fried synthetic steak and found that its toughness, softness, aroma, gravy and seasoning were all at their best.

He can be sure that even the highest grade "original meat" will never taste better than it. Compared with the kind of synthetic meat that imitates the taste in order to reduce costs, it is closer to the kind of "molecular cuisine" that can only use technological means to surpass the ultimate taste of nature.

He had specially reserved his stomach, intending to go hungry and have a big meal when he got to Sogo Island.

But smelling the aroma of the food in front of him, Russell couldn't help it for a while.

Seeing Russell eating so deliciously, Delphinium chuckled and inserted another piece of meat. Before Russell could completely swallow the previous piece, another piece came into Russell's mouth.

"Don't be anxious, eat slowly..."

She was a little helpless: "Who do you think I ordered two portions for? You just ate so much in the morning, you will definitely be hungry."

"I originally wanted to eat more deliciously on Sogo Island..."

Russell was also a little aggrieved.

Delphinium made a serious face: "No. Hungry and full after one meal, it is too harmful to the stomach. If you want to eat more, I will stay here with you for a few more days. You can eat a few more meals, but you are not allowed to eat support."

Russell originally wanted to be tough and say something like, "If your stomach is damaged after eating, you can just change it."

But he thought about it and didn't talk back. Delphinium was right after all. But Russell's ears drooped softly.

Delphinium couldn't help laughing when she saw this.

She stretched out her hand and rubbed Russell's ears vigorously until the cat ears that were lying down were rubbed until they stood up, suddenly trembled in her hands and jumped out, and then she reluctantly let go of the soft ears.

"Stop talking about that."

Delphinium followed Russell's previous example, supporting her chin with her left hand, and her dexterous right hand gently rotated the stainless steel fork like a pen, letting it fly between her five fingers.

She simply stopped eating and focused on feeding Russell.

Each time before Russell finished eating, another piece of meat was brought in.

"Just eat yours...it will get cold if you don't eat it. I'd better do it myself."

When Delphinium fed him more than half of the steak, Russell couldn't help but reach out to reject Delphinium. Because Delphinium's visible penis was growing faster and faster, Russell's cheeks could hardly hold it anymore.

While pouring iced Coke into his mouth, he picked up a pair of chopsticks from the side of the table and brought one of the plates of fried eggs in front of Delphinium to himself.

"Speaking of which, this is my first time in an airship."

The delphinium was not in a hurry to eat, but just twirled its fork quickly. The stainless steel fork rotated like a silver moon disk in her hand, which made Russell, who was sitting opposite her, feel a little scared.

"You mean private airboat?"

"No, it's just an airship. I've never been on an ordinary airship... Do they also sell food on ordinary airships?"

"Yes, there is, but not much. Not only is it expensive, but it's also not delicious. Even first-class food is not good...

"It's not that the food is not fresh enough, it's because the most expensive thing is the labor cost...or, in other words, 'people who can be absolutely trusted and absolutely loyal to their work.' If the cook is bribed and poisoned on the empty boat, I think Even if you try to save it, you can't save it. So the food on the airship is cooked by machines and then automatically delivered to each room."

Russell shook his head: "After all, an airship cannot fly very far. The longest distance is only five or six hours. Unless you are extremely hungry, eating an hour or two late is not a problem."

"Only in this kind of private airship can a chef of this level be kept, and the highest-level ingredients can be stocked regardless of waste. Because this is actually a chef raised by the directors themselves."

This kind of private airboat, which is not usually used, can only be used with the permission of the board of directors. He is generally not used to transport elf directors, but ordinary "elves" - the highest-level talents in the world who cannot be reborn through the mother tree.

Their brains are the treasures left behind in this dying world. Their near-eternal bodies are nothing more than display racks used to store these minds. The elves' transformation ritual is just to prevent them from getting sick or going crazy for a long time.

The directors value the living specimens they "collected" more than their own lives.

It's like a game - the character you control can die and the battle can fail, because everything can be repeated countless times. But the equipment and accessories collected must not be dropped or smashed... because that is their hard work.

From this perspective, Russell and Delphinium can already be called "elf reserves".

Although he does not have any decent power, his status is much higher than that of a human director.

At least it has been upgraded from a "tool" to a "pet"... to the extent that its owner will feel pain when it dies.

Yes, tools -

For these named elves who survived from the previous generation, humans cannot be regarded as their kindred, but can only be regarded as a tool. Only a few people are so confused that they regard human beings as beings on the same level as themselves.

Modern humans are all created by the "healer" of Ampoule Biomedical. Although the embryos carried by the old humans were used in this manufacturing process, after they landed, they turned into "new humans" with the marks of beasts. Later, it was precisely because among the eighty-four "last heirs of civilization" there were people who sympathized with their existence, and because of the dragon who also recognized them as "human beings", that the new generation of humans could obtain the human rights of freedom.

——All these evolutions are exactly the same as those of the synthetic humans born in this era.

The perspective of the name-bearing elves of the past regarding the new humans is no different from the attitude of today's humans towards synthetic humans.

It is precisely because of this that Russell feels sad for those on Tongshen Island. The more they emphasize that synthetics are just machines and tools, the more they emphasize that synthetics can only be vassals and slaves of humans, the more they ask the head office to legislate to restrict synthetics' thinking ability and limit their scope of work... the more they will... Causing a mocking sneer from the directors.

After learning the secret of "spiritual relatives", Russell immediately understood why Theosophy Heavy Industry did not restrain or guide the public opinion of synthetic people at all——

Those humans who are talking enthusiastically on the Internet are actually choosing their attitude towards themselves for the elven directors.

And this is one of the reasons why Russell packed up all the synths and took them to the happy island where he could control public opinion.

You know, when Russell said that all the synthesizers would be shipped away, the board of directors of Shenzhen Heavy Industries did not react at all. He neither agreed nor objected, but helped Russell arrange a private airship that was only issued when transporting important talents... At that time, Russell was already vaguely aware of their true attitude.

Delphinium saw Russell eating so deliciously, but she didn't move her fork much.

Instead, he put his arms on the window and looked out at the sea illuminated by the sun. It was like the clearest aquamarine.

"...So, is the sea so beautiful?"

Delphinium was a little lost for a moment.

Upon hearing this, Russell also cast his gaze over.

He also looked at the empty sea, as well as the scattered islands in the distance, and the flag belonging to the "Hudson Marine Mining Company" erected high above it, and sighed lazily: "If there is no Gray Dome, it will still be there." More beautiful.

"The sea at that time will be brighter and more vivid, instead of this darker color. It will be shining with sparkling waves under the dazzling sun. It will be like countless silver mirrors surging and broken, and its most distant The other end - right there. It will blend with the dark blue or sky blue sky, and it is not easy to see the boundary at a glance. The sun is scorching when it shines on you, so dazzling that you can't look directly at it with your eyes. .”

"That sounds wonderful."

Delphinium murmured softly: "It's a pity that I can't see it... That is a beauty that only belongs to the past and is out of print."

Russell also put down his fork and sighed: "You'll see."

The sea outside the window did not shine with dazzling light even under today's exceptionally bright sunlight.

At this moment, Delphinium suddenly turned around.

Her blue pupils were like the sky high in the sun: "Didn't you say that the sky should be ultramarine?"

"In ancient times, ultramarine blue was a noble color. It was once more valuable than gold."

Russell said softly: "A painter named Raphael mixed it with 'white', and he would get a brilliant and pure sky blue... And another painter named Vincent used it to depict the night sky... …

"Although it is industrially synthesized ultramarine, it is no longer noble, but it is still beautiful. He used it to depict the most beautiful starry sky, and mortals will dream as long as they see it. It is burning life, an illusion. Such a fate."

"...It's a pity that I can't see that painting either." Delphinium lamented softly.

"You really won't see it. Because in that painting there are bright stars and moon, dark blue sky, naturally growing cypress trees, and peaceful villages under the night. That is a beauty that will no longer appear in this era... …”

When Russell said this, he suddenly realized... why he seemed to feel resonance when he heard the word "ultramarine", and why he subconsciously thought that the sky should be ultramarine.

That might be because when he thought about taking off this gray dome, he was thinking about the stars and moon in the middle of the night.

That was also his despair and loneliness.

Although the painting depicts stars, moon, and night, what it depicts can only be given to human beings who, despite being small and weak, still do not bow to their fate.

"There is a fire in everyone's heart, but people passing by can only see smoke."

Russell whispered: "But there is always one person... there is always one person who can see this fire, and then come over and accompany me... It starts with what is your name. Later, everything happened."

"Is this also a poem from the past?"

Delphinium held up her face and asked softly.

Russell turned around, smiled and said, "It's a letter written by the painter."

"It sounds like he's lonely."

"…Indeed."

Russell nodded slowly.

But he could only feel sad.

"There are not many things that I remember. The brain from this era does not store the memory of that world... because those are all fragments stored in the devil in the 'God's Vessel'. I can draw it, but I will never dream of that blue night sky again.”

"Then draw it."

Delphinium answered without hesitation.

"……What?"

"If it is an illusion that only exists in your memory, then turn it into reality. Even if it is an illusion that does not exist in reality, as long as you draw it... you can dream about it.

"So that we can all see it...ultramarine."

Russell couldn't tell whether Delphinium's last name was calling her own code name, pronouncing the name of the paint, or referring to the painting.

But he just let out a gentle breath and felt a warmth coming from the bottom of his heart.

really. There is always someone who can see this fire...

With a faint smile, Russell stood up from his seat and walked behind the delphinium amid its complaints of "Don't waste food."

He put one hand on Delphinium's shoulder, and pointed the other hand at the floor-to-ceiling window in front of Delphinium. That was the part originally blocked by Russell.

"Look over there...that's Sogo Island."

Russell pointed into the distance, breathed in the fragrance of the delphinium's hair, and said softly: "That's my hometown."

Delphinium couldn't help but widen her eyes and murmured in a low voice: "So beautiful..."

Where Russell pointed, it was not so much an island as it was a white tower reaching the sky.

Among the seven sky islands, only Sogo Island is a tall tower "standing upright".

Below it, like other empty islands, there is a deep resource well that leads to the seabed like an elevator. But it is not wrapped inside the mage's tower, but stands alone outside. From this distance, you can't even notice its existence.

As for Sogo Island, which is close to the sea, its area is only about a quarter of that of Happy Island. However, in the very center of the island stands a tall white tower that looks like a spiral spear, reflecting the divine brilliance under the sun.

The original high tower was just the center - countless buildings were spread out around the original "Mage Tower" as the center.

Some distance away from the spiral tower in the middle, there are three buildings that are curved like "claws" and cluster around the tower. Their surfaces use many reflective walls such as mirrors, which reflect dazzling iridescent light to the outside, and make the white tower in the middle, which serves as the "core", shine with silver-white brilliance. It looks like the tower is activating some facility.

Under that high tower, there are countless tall and solemn buildings like temples. They are evenly distributed on the disk-like island, and you can feel the beauty of order from a distance.

It was a group of buildings that used "white" as the overwhelming main color, with a small amount of gold and an even smaller amount of blue as the color scheme... and shone with "SOGO".

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