Mecha Star Wars.

Chapter 1439 First Steps into the Yellow Earth
Brick walls weathered and peeling by time, and deformed iron sheets stained with rust, are the most common building materials in the loess region.

The dilapidated houses of various shapes are like pieces of building blocks, haphazardly placed side by side, appearing crowded and cramped without any order.

The rooftops on both sides were almost entirely covered with layers of tattered plastic sheeting. Some were weighed down with stones and bricks, while others were barely secured with rusty wire.

The plastic sheeting, which had been used for who knows how many years, was curled and blackened at the edges, and had countless holes of all sizes. Some of the larger holes even allowed you to see the stars through the tarpaulin, making it completely ineffective at keeping out the rain.

Instead, rainwater collected and flowed down the hole, forming puddles on the ground. Mixed with dust and dirt brought in by the wind from who knows where, the ground became muddy and dirty.

"Good heavens!" Antonio reached out to help Lin Fan and the other man lift a piece of tangled plastic sheet, only to be covered in dust. He quickly shook it off, jumping up and down. "If you didn't know better, you'd think you were back in the apocalypse on Tiandu Star."

“Actually,” Lan Bingru said weakly, pleading for Guxing, “even the poorest areas on Tiandu Star, where people live, aren’t this bad. And although energy is scarce, there is still basic lighting.”

The three of them had already walked quite a distance through the messy alleyways of the buildings, wading through mud covered with pebbles and withered grass, with only daylight providing any illumination...

"It's all because of these plastic sheets!" Antonio ran his hands through his hair, finally feeling it was almost clean, and then angrily waved his hand.

He ripped open the already tattered layers of tarpaulin, revealing a triangular patch of night sky. Then, with another tearing sound, another fragile support point, unable to bear the weight, snapped and fell.

"..." Antonio looked at the sunlight streaming in and touched his nose with a slightly embarrassed expression. "That's good, at least the first part of the road is much brighter."

"Keep it down!" Bonnie cried frantically from behind.

She curled up, hiding her figure in the shadows of the crowd. Her once adorable big ears were now completely covered by a large headscarf, obscuring her face.

In the poor lighting conditions of the Loess Plateau, unless you shine a light directly into her face, it's really not easy to see the unusual hairs on her face.

Bonnie didn't want to go into the Loess Plateau.

It's a place full of outcasts; you feel like you'll be polluted just by breathing in the air they've breathed.

And... who knows what these uncivilized fools might do to her?

Despite her constant praise of the orcs' strength, their own genetic weakness remains undeniable.

It's all her mother's fault for not giving birth to her properly!

If she were capable, why would she need to engage in these deceptive activities?
Bonnie neither wanted nor dared to entrust her safety to a bunch of despicable bastards. She directly suggested that they take a detour around the Loess Plateau.

Lin Fan calmly searched the Anniemo website for information about transportation stations in the Loess District that connected to other districts. Although there was only one bus a day, it was always in operation.

If there's an easy way, who would want to go through all that trouble?
Therefore, Antonio and his fellow Lin Fan fans firmly supported going to take the car.

The Emperor has no objection.

Bonnie tried everything, pleading and cajoling, but to no avail. Unwilling to be separated from Chisui like this, she could only feign ignorance and follow her inside.

Fortunately, in the vast loess region, only a few lights flickered. Like distant fireflies, they could not dispel the darkness of the entire area, but instead made the silent houses seem even more desolate.

Bonnie, who had initially disliked the darkness, now wished it would stay that way. She kept thinking to herself, hoping that all these people would stay home in the dark and not wander around aimlessly…

She was on tenterhooks the whole way... but then that idiot Antonio showed up!

"Tch!" Antonio ignored her and continued walking forward. "We're not afraid!"

Bonnie's big eyes seemed to want to shoot infrared rays from the darkness and pierce Antonio's back. But she didn't dare to stay in one place for long, so she quickly looked around and carefully hid in Lin Fan's shadow again.

The houses here are scattered, the alleys are narrow, and the lighting is poor. Even though Lin Fan kept looking at the map navigation and finally found the location, he was still deep in the alleys, not the spacious transportation station he had imagined.

"What's going on?" Antonio was completely baffled. "The map is wrong? This is so unreliable, even the latest map navigation on the StarNet is wrong. Or maybe they think no one will come here, so they just threw something together?"

“No.” After carefully examining the data, Lin Fan sighed, “The latitude and longitude are correct, but the elevation is wrong.”

She had been looking at the planar positioning, and only now did she realize that the data following the latitude and longitude was incorrect.

“Elevation?” Antonio looked confused. “What is that?” “Height, altitude, vertical coordinates,” Lin Fan explained. “Elevation is a professional term relative to latitude and longitude. Have you ever been to City C in our country H? You think you’re standing on the first floor, but you’re actually on the thirtieth floor.”

"Oh, now that you mention it, I understand." Antonio nodded, and kindly gave Lan Bingru a simple explanation. "So, which floor are we on now?"

“It’s probably the lower level.” Lin Fan continued to search for the way using the map. “The place we need to go is at a much higher elevation than we are now, it should be above. But there’s only this one navigation map, and the route isn’t clear, it’s just a rough outline. At first, I thought it was because the road conditions were bad, so it was hard to find. Now that I think about it, it might indeed be what you said, the result of the officials feeling that no one was coming and just going through the motions.”

"So, there might be three or four different levels of lines here, but we can only see one level of map?" Lan Bingru asked.

"And it's a simplified map, with only the main road and an incorrect map that shows the transport station being airdropped in." Lin Fan nodded. "Finding the right way out from an incorrect map isn't easy."

Moreover, this is happening in such an extremely bad environment.

"Isn't there any more information about the Loess Plateau region on the StarNet?" Antonio also opened his terminal and helped Lan Bingru find the way.

"Do you think it's possible?" Lin Fan quickly browsed the information found through keyword searches. "Look at the news, these pictures are so glamorous, completely different from where we are."

“Ha! Fake news!” Antonio raised an eyebrow.

"Can you please stop talking?" Bonnie asked in a low voice, her voice filled with fear as she heard the growing noise coming from the houses on both sides.

"If you're not going to talk, why don't you lead the way?" Antonio leaned against the wall, making way for Bonnie.

Bonnie had no idea which way to go; she dared not go ahead, nor dared she fall behind.

He quickly scurried to the safest spot among the three and lay low, cursing under his breath: "They told us not to come in, but we insisted. Now that we can't find anyone, who's to blame?"

"No, let Xinglan search instead. There's no way we can filter so much information manually." Lin Fan gave up and connected with Cen Fangyuan.

Cen Fangyuan had just fallen asleep when he suddenly sat up, threw on his coat, and jogged toward the control room.

Lin Fan apologized: "It was my oversight. Next time it's a small matter, I'll directly contact the central control technology department and have them relay the message to you."

"It's alright," Cen Fangyuan said with a smile, "Nothing is more uplifting than hearing that you're all safe and sound. I feel completely recharged and can fight for another 24 hours without any problem."

Lin Fan smiled, and was about to remind Cen Fangyuan that he was not young, when he saw a small black shadow flash by in front of him.

Everyone immediately fell silent. After waiting for a while and not noticing any other unusual activity, they became more cautious and continued forward.

Bonnie clutched the two corners of her headscarf tightly to her chin, her heart pounding at 180.

I thought that after so much time, there would be nothing left on the other side of the wall.

Unexpectedly, a child was standing there, as if waiting for them.

A dirty hand, palm up, was stretched out.

"Excuse me, could you please give me something to eat?"

I went to change the dressing again today.

The doctor took a picture of my back and discovered that I had five stitches.

I always thought both wounds required three stitches. Last time I changed the dressing, the doctor said the wound on my back was large, and I thought, how big could it be? It's only three stitches.

Haha, you're completely insensitive. No wonder your back hurt the day before.

I started the surgery in the morning, and that afternoon I was typing the next day's update with my arms raised. I'm the kind of person who won't leave the front lines even with a minor injury, until the anesthesia completely wore off, and then I couldn't hold on any longer…

This might be why the needle holes on the back tore open, and several points on one side were pulled into short lines, boohoo~
However, the doctor said it will heal properly and there's nothing to worry about.

Although the stitches don't seem to have completely closed yet, the doctor said they're in good condition and can be removed in 5 days.

Okay, applause! I'll keep trying. Go go go!!