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water.

Why is there water outside Beloberg?

No, it's not just a water problem. Why is the water here so warm?

Ling Ke raised her head blankly, and then, a scene appeared before her eyes that made her wonder if she was hallucinating.

The snowy field that was just swept by a cold wave has now turned into a scene of spring flowers that only appeared in old picture albums.

A small stream meanders forward and flows into an artificially dug lake. The water in the lake is very shallow, only about thirty centimeters.

A building with leaky walls and supported by only a few pillars sits on the lake. A narrow wooden bridge connects the building to a small wooden house by the lake.

"Ah!" Lingke suddenly screamed and quickly climbed out of the water.

However, when her eyes fell on the clothes she was wearing, she fell silent.

The thick sweater that he had specially worn to protect himself from the severe cold outside was completely soaked by water. If he were to be exposed to the snow like this, he would be frozen to death in less than ten minutes due to the low temperature.

Lingke had to find a way to dry her clothes immediately.

She couldn't help but look at the exquisite little wooden house with flower pots next to it, wondering if she could get help there, and then she soon realized something.

Having a house means there are people living there.

However, this is the snowfield outside of Beloberg, more than ten kilometers away from Beloberg. Why would anyone live here?

Why is the scene here not a snowy field, but... a spring scene?

Is the scene before my eyes an illusion or real?

If there are people living outside the snowfields, does that mean there are other cities besides Beloberg?

All kinds of doubts lingered in Lingke's mind.

The little girl took several deep breaths before she managed to calm down and reason. Then she came to the wooden house and knocked on the door.

"Is anyone in there?" Ling Ke shouted.

However, there was no answer.

Strange, is there no one there?

No, it should be said that there are no talented people, right?

Lingke pushed the door and found that it was not locked.

So Lingke pushed the door open and entered the room. The furnishings inside the room made Lingke speechless.

The place was fully furnished with wooden furniture, but what attracted Ling Ke the most was the exquisite pastries and steaming amber liquid on the round wooden table.

Someone lived here before, no, to be more precise, someone was here just now.

The steaming cup on the table was enough to prove it.

What on earth was this? Ling Ke covered her head, feeling that her three perspectives had been severely impacted.

She walked forward slowly and saw an open notebook next to the tea.

Curiosity prompted Lingke to secretly look at the page of the notebook.

"47th routine inspection."

"As expected, the rate of consumption has reached its limit. The concept of existence is largely missing, and simply filling it up is no longer sufficient."

"The energy extracted from the star core can only temporarily slow down the process. Perhaps, as I remember, I should implant the star core into her body?"

"But it doesn't matter. The time is almost up. News about her has come from Tianyi Wu."

"Then it's time to let go. We will meet again tomorrow in a better way."

Chapter 10 Lingke

At the foot of Yongdong Ridge is Ruan Mei’s real laboratory.

The reason why the laboratory was built here is very simple, because above the laboratory is the location of the Cancer Star Core of All Worlds.

Being close to the star core, it is convenient to do some research on the star core, but Ruan Mei did not disturb the star core that had already given birth to intelligence. She just observed from a distance and collected the energy escaping from the galaxy.

Ruan Mei was not very interested in star cores, and she did not want to cause any trouble. Her only purpose in studying star cores was to provide conceptual support for star extraction.

However, this reason disappeared after Xing joined the Star Core Hunters, so Ruan Mei has planned to abandon this laboratory.

Today is the final regulation to destroy the "dangerous" items in the laboratory.

"Hmm?" Ruan Mei suddenly raised her head and looked above her head.

"What happened?" The guide, who had been absorbing the energy of the star core and had grown several times larger, asked at this moment.

"Someone found my temporary resting place. Hmm, this is what it looks like, Lingke?" Ruan Mei compared her past memories and finally found the identity of the person from the depths of her sea of ​​consciousness. "But let her be."

There was nothing important there, and the notes left on the table were a thing of the past. And seeing that she was soaked all over, it was obvious that she had fallen into the water. Perhaps this could be considered her own fault, right?

Apart from the stream there, where else is there any flowing surface water in Yalilo VI?

Besides, there will be someone to entertain her.

……

"What is a star core?"

"Tianyiwu... Is this a place name? Is it a settlement called Tianyiwu?"

"Is there really another city besides Beloberg?"

Lingke's face was serious and curious. She knew that she had made a major discovery, but the extremely uncomfortable wet feeling coming from her body kept reminding her that the first thing she had to do now was to get out of the wet state.

Whether you change your clothes or dry your current clothes, you cannot go back in wet clothes, because they will definitely freeze into popsicles.

Ling Ke temporarily suppressed the shock and curiosity in her heart and began to search in this ordinary wooden house.

I thought there would at least be a wardrobe or something here where I could temporarily store some clothes and build a campfire to dry them. However, after searching around, Lingke found nothing.

There were cupboards for food, bookcases for books, and cupboards for tea sets and plates, but no wardrobe.

"This..." Ling Ke was silent.

Is she just going to take off all her outer clothes and wait for them to dry?

That's a bit too embarrassing. There are definitely people living here. If we were caught...

Thinking of that scene, even Lingke's face, which was basically expressionless, had a blush on it.

"Hmm... should we wait for the owner of the house to come back?" Ling Ke looked to the side and saw her own reflection in a floor-to-ceiling mirror. She saw that even the ears of the furry cat-ear hat on her head, which had originally stood upright, were drooping limply due to the moisture.

Just as she was thinking about this question, suddenly, the image in the mirror changed.

The peaceful scene suddenly took on a wave-like arc.

Then, Lingke smelled a fragrance, a light, not strong, nor cold floral scent.

Then, the image in the mirror changed completely. The original Lingke disappeared, and only a black-haired woman stood in the mirror. She sucked the remaining cake paste on her index finger, and her distant eyes seemed to be cast on Lingke through the mirror.

The strange scene made Lingke subconsciously take a step back and take a defensive stance.

"Hello." Then, Lingke heard a voice, a gentle yet cold voice, coming from the mirror.

"Are you... talking? Who are you? Why are you in the mirror?" After a moment of surprise, Ling Ke came back to her senses, her eyes wide open, staring at the woman in the mirror.

"Aren't you used to me looking like this?" The woman in the mirror frowned slightly, then she walked slowly forward.

click-

There seemed to be a sound of something breaking, and Lingke saw a horrifying and strange scene.

A slender arm in a glove emerged from the mirror, followed by a body and black hair flowing behind the head.

The person in the mirror walked out of the mirror, and the mirror became blank.

"Hello, my name is Ruan Mei, welcome to my resting place." She spoke lightly, without a trace of hostility in her tone.

Even so, Lingke was like a cat with its fur standing on end.

As the star core descended, a phenomenon called rift appeared on this planet.

It is a phenomenon that recreates past memories, and the rift is full of monsters. It is the most dangerous phenomenon in the entire Yalilo VI, and it is also the enemy that the Silver Mane Iron Guards are fighting against now.

Now, the scene that appeared in front of Ling Ke was even ten or a hundred times more bizarre than the description of the rift she had heard from Pera. It seemed to be challenging the limits of human cognition of the world.

A person emerged from the mirror. Is this a joke?

After taking a few breaths, Ling Ke looked at the black-haired woman in front of her: "Excuse me, are you... No, you should be human, right?"

"That depends on your definition of human," said the woman who called herself Ruan Mei.

"From the perspective of my body structure, I am undoubtedly a human being, but what appears here is just a slice of the past. The other me is the human being in your understanding." Ruan Mei explained to Ling Ke in a calm tone.

"However, if your understanding of humans is the advanced intelligent life on Yarilo VI, then our physiological structure is still slightly different."

Ling Ke touched her forehead, feeling confused by Ruan Mei's words just now. She really didn't understand what a slice meant, what another self meant, and what the highly intelligent life on Yalilo VI meant.

Could it be that she came from outside of Yalilo VI? And what about Yalilo VI?

As if seeing through Ling Ke's thoughts, Ruan Mei said, "Don't be nervous. I have no ill will towards you. Sit down and have some snacks. We can talk slowly."

She stretched out her hand and pointed at Lingke.

Lingke didn't know what happened, but she felt the wetness on her body disappear instantly, and the heavy cotton jacket that was filled with water became dry and warm again.

"!!!"

With her eyes wide open, it took Lingke a long while to come back to her senses from this strange phenomenon.

Looking at Ruan Mei, whose expression remained calm, Ling Ke bit her lip, walked to the table and sat on the chair.

"Thank you for your help, Ms. Ruan Mei." Ling Ke said.

Chapter 11 Communication

"So, Yalilo VI refers to the planet under our feet, and you are a guest from outer space?" Ling Ke felt the fragrance of the pastries lingering between her lips and teeth, and summarized the information revealed by Ruan Mei when she was talking to her just now.

Ruan Mei nodded slightly.

"...It's incredible." Ling Ke was silent for a moment before expressing her feelings.

It turns out that the place where they have been living is just a corner of the Milky Way, and Beloberg, which thinks it is the center of the world, is actually just a small city on a small ice ball. Outside this world, there is a much wider world.

"Then why did you visit this ice ball?" Ling Ke asked.

"The miracle of life is being born on this frozen planet. It's worth witnessing," Ruan Mei said, glancing at Ling Ke. "Don't worry, one day, with the help of aliens, you will finally break through the ice and return to the colder, more desolate, yet warmer universe."

"Okay, you've stayed here long enough. It's time to go back, otherwise your friends will worry." Ruan Mei continued without waiting for Ling Ke to speak.

"I understand." Ling Ke nodded. Although she still had many questions to ask, she could also see that Ruan Mei wanted to see her off.

"Do you need me to keep it a secret?" Ling Ke realized this after she stood up and asked.

The guests who came from outer space, based on this fact alone, showed a level of technology that Beloberg could not afford to offend. As a Beloberg, Ling did not want to bring hostility to her homeland because of her own reasons.

"It doesn't matter. It's up to you whether you want to or not." Ruan Mei shook her head.

Communicating with Ling Ke would not interfere with his own experiment, so it didn't matter. Beloberg was a very isolated place, and they would not realize what the two words "Ruan Mei" meant. After Beloberg contacted Tianwai, Ruan Mei's observation and research would almost be over.

Besides, she really wanted to stay in Beloberg to see what the star's physical condition would be like, or at least to confirm the stability of the star core in her body again.

"I understand," Ling Ke nodded and said, "Goodbye, Ms. Ruan Mei."

After politely thanking him, Lingke turned around, opened the door, and stepped into the outside world.

Then, the scene in front of him suddenly blurred, and a doubtful voice sounded.

"Lingbao?" The girl wearing round glasses pushed up the frames of her glasses to make sure that the Lingke in front of her was not an illusion caused by missing her good friend too much.

"Pella?" Ling Ke was even more surprised than Pella.

I had just walked out of the wooden house, so why did I suddenly come to - Lingke looked around at the surroundings - Pera's room?

Then Lingke suddenly felt that she seemed to be holding something in her hand. She lowered her head and raised her hand, and found that she was holding a small package. From the smell that was escaping, Lingke could completely confirm that this was the snack from outer space that she had eaten in that wooden house.

It was not a dream or an illusion. I really went to the room of an alien, had a conversation with her, enjoyed some snacks, and finally suddenly returned to Beloberg.