Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 669: Have I come to play with you?

The cloud whale sneaked into the Kenkville Greenland under the cover of night. When it arrived at the scheduled landing site, the night sky had become completely bright. A brilliant river of stars ran across the dark blue dome, parallel to the ground. Its brilliant and dazzling glare overflowed from the vertical cloud curtains on both sides, submerging the edge of the sky island, making the giant whale seem like it was swimming in an ancient and mysterious river, mysterious and solemn.

It is impossible to imagine such a magnificent scene unless you are in it.

The starlight also illuminated the ground. In the night, the figures of White Mountain, Benton Mountain and Tottel Mountain were like three giants drawn by thick charcoal pencils, standing silently in different directions, guarding this eternal land. They are the oldest sacrificial sites, and this kind of sacrifice has nothing to do with religious beliefs. As early as 10,000 years ago, the ancestors of the Renwetin people prayed for hunting harvests and the joy of a good harvest here. At the same time, they also built the oldest ports, the oldest camps, the oldest markets, and even the oldest barracks and watchtowers near these three mountains. Today, the 13,000 ancient sites excavated in Kenkville Green are all traces left by them.

But civilization is a walking beast, always choosing a more suitable nest, so ten thousand years later, the center of the land of Lunkwell gradually shifted to the city where the Tywell River flows, and the Three Mountains, the source of the river, was forgotten. Kenkwell Green became a suburb outside the suburbs. It takes at least twenty hours to take a carriage from here to the old city gate of Lunwitting. The old ruins that can be seen everywhere are more like a remembrance of that era, rather than proof of its existence.
Starting from the three mountains, the surrounding terrain gradually changes from mountains to hills and from hills to plains. There are towns and villages scattered everywhere, interspersed with large tracts of farmland, orchards, forests or pastures. If you have good eyesight, you can occasionally see gorgeous manors, villas and castles in a corner of the forest or by the river: the natural landscape and cultural history here have always been loved by the nobles in the city, who are happy to come here for vacation in summer or autumn.

In the dead of night, everything was silent, and the ground was plunged into darkness. Only sporadic fireflies could be seen occasionally, but for the cloud whales at an altitude of 10,000 meters, the weak fireflies were not as clear as the starlight above their heads. When the cloud whales flew to the middle of the three peaks, the travelers looking down could clearly see a circular space surrounded by the extended ridges with the reflection of the stars. It was surrounded by dense forests on all sides and was very hidden. There was also a river that went around like a ribbon, completely separating it from the outside world.

From this distance, it looks like a small puzzle piece on the Three Mountains, but when you zoom in you'll find that it's at least the size of a small town, more than enough to serve as a hidden alien shelter.

"That's the Evangelical Convent?"

Alice asked curiously, and without giving Shesta and the proprietress a chance to answer, she stretched out her hand to Yieta beside her as if it was a matter of course, and said confidently: "It's hard to see clearly from such a distance, Yieta, lend me the telescope!"

Will you return it if I borrow it?

"Oh, okay!" Yieta gave Lingge a grateful look, then left the room impatiently, dragging the chain clatteringly, and ran to the open-air balcony on the top floor.

“Ugh!?”

Miss Angel pursed her lips, looking reluctant. She fumbled for a long time before she took out half of the telescope's lens from her bosom. She wanted to wear out Alice's patience in this way and make her forget about it sooner.

At this critical moment, Ling Ge stepped forward in time to save Yieta from danger: "Don't look at it yet, Yieta, control the Cloud Whale Sky Island to land directly."

The angel girl screamed so loudly that the feathers on her wings stood up in fear.

But Alice had seen through her little thoughts long ago. She turned her head away, with two fierce rays of light in her eyes, as if saying: If you don’t give me face, I will get serious.

"whispering sound!"

The Maoren Equipment's conspiracy failed. Alice looked at Miss Angel's back disappearing around the corner of the stairs, and she snorted unwillingly and decided to come again next time. Naive Yieta, do you think you can escape from my palm?

After silently reciting a very classic villain-style speech in her mind, she withdrew her gaze contentedly, turned her head to look at Lingge, and began to question the rationality of his decision: "Why are you in such a hurry to land? At least put on some disguise, aren't you afraid of being discovered?" Although it is late at night, there is no guarantee that there won't be insomniac late-night poets or novelists who are staying up late to finish their manuscripts. When they are in the room expressing their inspiration and passion, they suddenly look up and see a big whale falling from the sky. Wouldn't that be great fun?
So those people who don’t go to bed on time are the most annoying. They not only harm their own bodies, but also the bodies of others!
Ellie criticized without realizing it, but Lingge didn't even look at her and said casually, "It won't be discovered."

"How can you be so sure?" Alice shouted, "You are too careless, Lingge. In our line of work, we must be cautious at all times. One mistake can ruin our career! With your arrogant and complacent attitude, how can you be the deputy commander of our Gran Sefa Air Cavalry? I will remove you from your position and ask you to reflect on yourself!"

Counting all the magical herbs in the herb garden, you are the least qualified to say this. Also, when did I become the deputy leader of the Gransefa Air Riders? I hope that the "our business" you are talking about refers to the adventurer industry, not other weird activities.

Lingge was too lazy to say what he was thinking. The only person who was in the mood to talk to Alice was probably the boss lady who had the best temper (questionable). She smiled and said, "Mr. Lingge is right. Because we have entered the coverage area of ​​the [Ether Curtain], as long as we don't do anything too outrageous, we will not be discovered by outsiders."

"Eh? Have we entered the range of the etheric curtain?" Alice was stunned for a moment: "Why didn't I notice it?"

"Because the purpose of the ether curtain is to prevent anyone from discovering the difference between here and the outside world." The proprietress's tone was matter-of-fact, which made Alice a little surprised: "If people can see at a glance that there is a magic maze here, then there is no point in disguise, right?"

"what?"

It seems true?
Alice doesn't even know such a simple truth. Her IQ is really low. Her companions' eyes seemed to say so. Alice was unwilling to admit the fact that she had a low IQ. She rolled her eyes and suddenly pointed at the ground and shouted, "Ah, look! What is that!?"

What a poor way to change the subject.

Everyone thought of the same thing.

"Oh, I'm not kidding!" Alice said anxiously, "Something really is flying over here!"

The acting is good and has improved a lot.

Linger gave the performance an 8.5-point rating. He also thought that although the emotional expression was authentic and the tone was varied, the characterization was not full enough and there was still room for improvement... until Metien gently pulled his sleeve: "Well, Linger, it seems like something is really flying over here?"

Uh?
Lingge lowered his head silently and looked at the ground.

Several streaks of golden light shining like meteors suddenly fell into his eyes, and they were still expanding rapidly, approaching his position at an astonishing speed, almost like lightning, getting closer and closer...until it rushed onto the Yunjing Sky Island, and flew several hundred meters away without time to brake. Only then did he realize that he had flown over, and he quickly landed and stayed right above the windmill tower.

Under everyone's silent gaze, an excited voice came from inside one of the meteors: "Yahoo! Shesta, we're here to play with you!!!"

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)