Chapter 32: Roller Coaster Paradise
Jessica's bad mood seemed to be alleviated to a great extent after the meal, and in order to further brighten up her mood, I decided to take her to a roller coaster park near Los Angeles in the afternoon, and use another more exciting thing to make her forget the fear that had occupied her heart.
When I offered to take her to the roller coaster, she acted like a teenager, and seeing her smile so brightly strengthened my confidence that the roller coaster would definitely make her feel better.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Jessica and I drove to the largest roller coaster park in Los Angeles, probably because it was Thursday, and there weren't as many people at the park as I thought.
But when Jessica and I walked through the gate of the amusement park and entered it, we found that the real flow of people was in the park, this roller coaster park is very large, and cleverly used the surrounding geographical environment to design the layout of the entire park, when we walked in, we will find that the center of the whole park is a huge sinkhole extending downward, there is a circle of amusement facilities around the sinkhole, behind the amusement facilities is a high cliff, and the center of the sinkhole has a huge artificial lake, In the center of the artificial lake is an artificial island, on which a splendid medieval castle is built.
The height of the entrance of the park is basically flush with the height of the surrounding amusement facilities, and from a distance, it seems that there are three roads leading from the surrounding heights to the lower sinkhole, it is difficult to imagine whether such a huge sinkhole is naturally formed or artificially built, or it may be artificially transformed on the basis of nature, but such a huge roller coaster park is really the first time to see, it is hard to imagine what kind of economic strength the company invested in the construction of this park.
But even if it's not a weekend today, but from a distance, the park is full of crowds, such a huge park can reasonably accommodate a lot of people, maybe because of the special geographical structure of this park, there are various amusement facilities and shops densely packed on the surrounding highlands, but the road left for people to move is not spacious enough, and from top to bottom to look inside the sinkhole, because a large part of the middle area is where the artificial lake is located, The rest of the land is divided into several areas by a number of strangely shaped plants, each of which looks like a theme park from a distance.
Some areas are dominated by magic, some are dominated by desert landscapes, some are pirate-style, and some are modern or even futuristic sci-fi themes, and from a distance they are small labyrinths.
There are two ways to get to the central island, one is to go along a huge stone bridge to the island in the middle of the lake, and the other is to take a boat, which is also divided into two types, one is a very large sightseeing boat, which looks like it can accommodate at least a hundred people at a time, and the other is some small boats, because the distance is too far for me to tell what the power equipment of these small boats is, of course, it is very likely that the power mode is the coexistence of human paddles and electric motors.
Jessica and I both stared blankly at the huge roller coaster park, and it took a long time for us to come to our senses from the shock.
"After living in Los Angeles for so many years, I have never heard of such a huge roller coaster park in Los Angeles! How did you find out about this roller coaster park? ”
Jessica's question is a bit of a question for me, in fact, I just know that there is such a roller coaster park, and I don't know what it looks like inside, but I do know its exact address, which is not a very strange thing to say.
"I don't really know how I know, I have some memories of this roller coaster park, I seem to know its existence and its exact address, but I can't remember when and where I knew all this, and I don't have any memory of being in this place."
After I said this, Jessica's face looked strange, and she seemed to be a little suspicious of what I said, not to mention that she would be suspicious, and I myself was a little skeptical about how I could have said such unreliable things.
"Forget it, it's all here anyway, we'll just play and relax this afternoon, and forget all the other unpleasantness."
As I spoke, I took Jessica's hand and walked down the road, the crowd around me filled with joy, and screams and shouts could be heard around me from time to time.
"Are you afraid to ride one of those rides that will make you spin around and get dizzy?" I asked with a smile looking at Jessica.
"Don't underestimate me, I'm notoriously bold, I remember when I was 7 years old, my parents took me on a roller coaster for the first time, and they both yelled in fright, and when they came down, they kept nausing and vomiting, and I was completely like nobody."
When Jessica mentions her past with her parents, her face is filled with happy smiles at first, but after a while, the smile gradually solidifies on her face, and I know she must be reminded of the last time we were looking for her parents.
"I seem to remember something." Jessica's face became cloudy, and I began to worry a little about her remembering something not very pleasant.
"If you think of something, just tell me, and I'll be your back."
"Do you remember the last time the disc fairy, do you remember what the last word the pointer fell on?"
"I think it's DARK! It's strange why there is one of the few complete words on the plate. ”
"Yes, it's DARK, but the word here doesn't mean literal darkness, but an abbreviation for a mysterious organization, which I just happened to remember when I was reminiscing about my parents' childhood, the existence of this DARK organization has always been a mysterious and unsolved mystery, and my father once encountered this organization when he was young."
"Your parents feel so mysterious, what did they do when they were young, and why do they have so much time to travel around the world?" I asked, confused.
"You may not believe it, but until now I haven't been able to figure out who my parents really are, they are really mysterious, and they are always very good at disguising everything at home, they rarely talk about things related to their work in front of me, and when I ask about these things when I get older, they always tell me that they are doing international non-profit work, but their explanation only makes me more confused."
"International non-profit work? Could it be a doctor from the World Health Organization? It doesn't feel right, but let's talk about what kind of organization the acronym DARK is. I continued.
"This DARK organization is very old, I have never heard about this organization in the talk of my parents, everything I learned when I quietly opened the box where my parents stored their work logs, usually they will put it into a rectangular metal box after writing a diary, the box is very light, but the lock on it is very powerful, I have seen with my own eyes that they have to use a total of three different keys to open it, and I don't know if the journal they write is really that important? One day, however, they left their homes in a hurry after receiving a telegram, and they were so eager that they left home without even locking the box that they usually valued. ”
"It sounds mysterious, like your parents were spies." I couldn't help but blurt it out.
"In fact, for a short period of time, I was a little suspicious that my parents' work might be international espionage, but when I opened their logs, I found that the things they recorded had nothing to do with espionage work, but felt like archaeologists or explorers, and many of the things recorded in their logs were far beyond the scope of my knowledge. Years later, as an adult and sensible, I couldn't help but feel a little numb when I recalled the descriptions in their diaries, and if the things recorded in my parents' diaries were true, it was indeed possible to completely overturn the common perception of human beings. ”
"So your parents are probably very good explorers, so what do they say in their journals?" My curiosity was immediately piqued by Jessica's words.
"I saw it many years ago, so I don't remember much, but there are a few particularly impressive records that are still fresh in my memory, and the abbreviation is DARK's organization is one of them, they were founded thousands of years ago, their establishment has nothing to do with any secular rulers, but their existence has really influenced the course of history."
"How is this possible, how can there be an organization in this world that can do this!"
"They exist in all corners of the world, and they have their presence in most sovereign states, and this has not changed for thousands of years, in fact, my parents' journals also record several other huge organizations that are also worldwide, each with a different mission."
"The mission? What mission? ”
"Of course I don't know this, my parents' logs are very vague in many aspects, if you don't know the inside story, there is no way to fully understand it, I was so young at the time, naturally there is no way to understand what they literally mean, I only know that these organizations are independent of each other and interconnected, and together they have compiled a huge network for the whole world, and all people are just a node in this huge network."
"It's kind of scary, but we're here today to find happiness, and those incomprehensible things might as well just let them go with the wind, promise me Jessica that we'll not discuss those issues again this afternoon, and enjoy the moment, okay?"
I caught up and hugged Jessica tightly, I gently patted her on the back and whispered in her ear, telling her that I would always be there for her to protect her, and I could feel her tears falling on my back.
This roller coaster park actually has all kinds of rides, not only those that are extremely exciting, but also some of the more gentle ones like carousels.
But Jessica doesn't seem to be interested in those gentle rides at all, but especially likes those very exciting rides, it seems that what she just told me about childhood should be true, she is completely the kind of person who is more and more excited the more exciting, this should be innate.
In comparison, I am not even as good as her, I can still handle ordinary thrilling rides, but there are several projects that fly hundreds of meters in the air at every turn, to be honest, my heart is a little unbearable, but I didn't show the discomfort on my face, I promised Jessica to be by her side all the time, and I will definitely do it.
To be honest, sitting on these exciting rides is very physically demanding, and soon after I faintly felt a chill in my back, which was clearly wet with cold sweat, you must know that my physique may not have so much sweat after a fierce confrontation on the court, perhaps because my height is too high, in these exciting rides, the whole body will be affected by more inertia, and they will stimulate me more than those who are short.
Finally, when Jessica was going to continue to make a ride called the corona, I took her hand and motioned to find a place to rest first, Jessica smiled when she saw my eyes, and then followed me to find a place with delicious food to sit down.
However, we walked for a long time and couldn't find a free place, so we had no choice but to buy some snacks at the roadside shop and sit on the rocks by the road to eat.
"The flow of people here is incredible!"
To be honest, even in the populous country I lived in my previous life, I had never seen a place with such a high level of foot traffic.
"Yes, the amusement park I used to go to wouldn't have such a dense crowd even on holidays, but this roller coaster park is really amazing, and there are all kinds of rides."
"Why don't we go to the go-kart later, I just saw that the go-kart track is quite complicated at the heights, why don't we go and try our driving skills?"
"It's better than that, my driving skills aren't bragging."
Indeed, when we first met, I found that Jessica's driving skills are very good, but I also had good driving skills in my previous life, not to mention that it was just a go-kart, which was no more difficult than driving a real car.
However, when I actually drove the go-kart here, I realized that although the driving style of this go-kart is much simpler than the real car, and there is no need to change gears and other complicated operations, it is still a huge challenge to drive well on this complex road from a very low perspective, and I hit the side of the road at a turn of more than 60 degrees shortly after I started, and the side of the road is protected by some elastic tires, but Jessica drove away all of a sudden.
I tried to speed as fast as I could, but just when I thought I was going to catch up with Jessica not far ahead, the next sharp turn taught me how to be a man again, because I was too fast to slow down, and I hit the side of the road again.
I restarted the throttle a little discouraged, it seemed that it was impossible to catch up with Jessica, and I learned the lesson of not going too fast for the rest of the journey, because the road here is really complicated, not only do there are a lot of sharp turns but the road also has a certain slope, which makes me have to consider more extra factors when controlling my speed.
By the time I crossed the finish line, Jessica had already left the kart and threw me a smile, and I gave her an embarrassed smile in return.
Then Jessica and I continued to drive three rounds of go-karts, each of these three wheels I drove better than the previous one, but I felt that the gap with Jessica not only did not decrease, but got bigger and bigger, I finally have to admit that Jessica's driving skills are really amazing, which is probably also a talent of hers, because in fact, driving skills can indeed be improved through more practice, but to reach the level of weightlifting like her, it must take a lot of talent.
"You're so good, you drove it when I went back, and I could just sleep in."
"Well, this roller coaster park is too big, it's almost 6 o'clock, we haven't even had time to play in the sinkhole below, I think there must be a hotel in the castle in the center of the park, why don't we spend the night here tonight."
Jessica said softly, and blinked like a cute kitten and made a cute expression, and my heart suddenly felt like it was about to melt, and I also made a look that I thought was cute in response to her.
She burst out laughing, and the laughter was so cheerful that she and I immediately forgot all the terrible things that had happened to us.
There are many ways to get to the sinkhole, you can go down slowly through the loop, you can also take the elevator down, you can also take the sightseeing cable car down, Jessica and I chose to take the sightseeing cable car, on the cable car she and I were impressed by the beautiful scenery around us, I don't know where to get the inspiration, I actually made up several bad jokes at once, and also succeeded in making Jessica and myself laugh.