The wind blowing from the surface of the lake was a little cool, and it swept away the sultry heat of early summer. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe light from the torch lighthouse illuminates the beach and also illuminates the eyes of two people.

The waves gently lap against the fine sand, splashing lightly blue, and emitting a long, crisp sound that is different from the waves.

Tang Fang took her hand and walked up to the trestle, glanced at the speedboats floating and sinking with the waves on both sides, slapped the head of the nearby automatic vending robot, and then the iron stake that locked the cable opened, and the driving system of the dinghy activated itself and entered a standby state.

Tang Fang jumped into the boat first, and then helped the girl who was a little uncomfortable with high heels into the cabin.

"Are you cheating?" Claire smiled as she looked at the vending robot behind her.

"I don't have time to exchange the Covenant Coins for Date Republic Currency, and besides, I did them a great favor before, so I should be honored, right?"

Claire smiled bitterly, "Anyway, you can always find some crooked reasons to excuse yourself." ”

Tang Fang said: "You are heavy, look at the waterline." ”

"I didn't." Claire's face turned red, and she hurriedly distinguished: "The person who has gained weight is obviously you." ”

"Yes." He pinched the flesh off his face: "I don't think so." ”

In the next second, the energy ring in the middle of the hood lit up, and the speedboat rushed straight out of the berth, and the water splashed on the left and right, and the moisture soaked the white skirt and beautiful face.

Claire let out an exclamation, covering her windswept dress and fluttering hair, and said loudly, "You did it on purpose! ”

Tang Fang laughed: "I did it on purpose, you have the ability to bite me." ”

The laughter was far away in the long wind and waves of Pinghu, very hearty, like a wild horse on the loose.

Claire looked at the huge torch that was getting brighter and closer in front of her, and said, "You said that this is the thing you care about?" ”

Tang Fang pressed the autopilot button, sat down next to the girl, and nodded at the huge torch that emitted a faint blue light.

In the book of the Travel Guide of the Republic of Date, the building in the center of the Blue Lagoon is called the Spotlight Lighthouse, which is the symbol of Spotlight City and a prestigious tourist attraction, especially at night, radiating a light that illuminates the whole city, which is more charming than the moonlight.

Many visitors to the Ilamok star system take a speedboat to the middle of the lake at night, as they do.

In fact, for Claire, it doesn't matter how beautiful the Spotlight Lighthouse is, what matters is the people who are with her.

As the speedboat approached the middle of the lake, you could see the official blockade outside the lighthouse.

The lake breeze became more urgent, and swept the girl's long hair, kissing her face one after another.

"Huh...... This lighthouse...... How...... How to ......" The girl didn't know what words to use to describe the feeling it gave herself, and when she saw the dazzling scenery spread out like starlight, she was not amazed and shocked, but had a heart-wrenching sourness, and wanted to cry inexplicably.

Tang Fang didn't know what she was feeling, and thought she was attracted by the scene in front of her.

From a distance, the Torchlight Lighthouse at night is like a huge crystal overflowing with blue light, towering in the middle of the lake, quietly spreading its own brilliance, and beautifying the life of the people of Torchlight City.

However, when you walk in front of you, you will find that this huge torch crystal is actually composed of many weak light sources, which spread out on the surface of the lighthouse, gathering thousands of stars, and turning into something that wields away the darkness of heaven and earth.

Those tiny light sources are a kind of flower, a flower made of crystal.

Claire only knows that Torchlight City is very famous, but she doesn't know the origin of Torchlight Tower. Tang Fang is different, with Emma's help, he can easily get the information he wants.

Why is it said that Torchlight City has historical and cultural significance and occupies a place in the history of human interstellar exploration? This is because Torchlight City was built during the Star Alliance period. As for the reason for choosing to build the city here, it is naturally related to the Torchlight Tower.

It is not a human creation, nor is it a natural occurrence, it comes from the Ipsilon civilization.

No one knows how it came to be, but when humans rushed out of the earth and into the universe, and the exploration ship traveled thousands of light-rays to come here, it was already standing in the middle of the lake, and it did not hesitate to dedicate its light every night.

For humans of that period, the ruins of the Ipsisaurus had an unparalleled appeal. Many groups of scientists have been sent here to conduct meticulous and comprehensive investigations to help human civilization move forward.

In the early days of the Star Federation, most of the contradictions and conflicts of interests in human society were alleviated by the new opportunities brought about by the colonization of the universe, and people of different colors, beliefs, and cultures began the process of national integration under the spirit of the times of kindness, tolerance, and understanding.

At that time, the research on the ruins of the Epsilon was far from the level it is today, and the development cycle of such a giant relic was far from comparable to that of a small spaceship that crashed on the moon. As time went on, more and more people joined Spotlight's research team, from scientists to engineers, to life assistants, to accompanying family members...... As a result, it developed from a scientific research outpost to a scientific research base, then from a scientific research base to a settlement, and finally through the atmospheric environment transformation project, the living facilities construction project, and slowly developed into a city.

Scientists from the Starlink government originally thought that this hill-like object was also a crashed aircraft, which contained valuable aerospace technology, but after years of research, the truth of this speculation became lower and lower, and people gradually discovered that this big thing that did not move during the day and would glow at night was not an Ipsiloon flying machine, but a cultivation facility similar to a botanical garden.

Although this discovery is discouraged and frustrating to many people, there is no doubt that it has very high research value from the perspective of space agriculture and related fields.

By the end of the Star Alliance, the value of this Ipsi Dragon relic had been almost drained, and it had been transformed from a precious heritage into a symbol of Torchlight City. However, it is a huge, well-preserved ruin from any point of view, and only 10kg of zero elements need to be injected into the energy core every day, which is enough to keep the ruin's ecosystem running, allowing those crystal bouquets to grow freely in the sun.

After the founding of the Republic of Date, it was decided to open the site to the public and name it Spotlight Beacon as a tourist attraction for ordinary people to increase government revenue.

When I was at the top of the cliff around the mountain, I saw the blue crystal slowly lit up at night, and I learned the allusion of Torchlight City from Emma's mouth. He had a very special feeling for the ruin.

Now that he came to its feet, he saw the small crystal flowers that emitted silver-white light, and watched them spread all over the ruins, spreading a dark blue and decorating the world, and he confirmed his guess.

Yes, this little flower that stores sunlight during the day and dispels darkness at night is the same crystal bouquet that was originally seen in the memoirs of the Epsilon Maiden named Liana------ Tarola who lives on the Great Plains of the Messier of the Serepas Star.

Why did this relic of the Tarola end end to Clengel?

Out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught a little crystal falling, as beautiful as a pearl. It didn't come from the sky, it started with Claire's eyes and ended with the white dress.

"Why are you crying?" Confused, he put his arm on the girl's shoulders and made her face his face.

Tears were like beaded curtains with broken threads, falling drop by drop, wetting her face, her skirt.

"I ...... Why am I crying...... I...... I don't know......" She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her hands, but who wanted to wipe them more and more, those tears fell like disobedient elves.

Tang Fang didn't know why she was sad, but that didn't stop him from making the right choice.

Without saying anything, he hugged her tightly in his arms, and listened to her go from sobbing slightly to crying loudly, like a little girl who had suffered a lot of grievances, a lot of suffering, and finally saw her mother's figure.

Tears wet his shirt and felt a little cold against his chest......

He didn't know what to say, he didn't know how to comfort her, and the hippie smiles and poor mouths of the past would not help the scene in front of him, so he could only hold her hard and pat the girl on the shoulder clumsily and childishly.

The Torchlight Lighthouse still shines, and the little flowers smile at the distant stars.

Travelers on the Blue Lagoon at night heard the girl's crying and cast a puzzled look at where the two were.

Half a minute later, the speedboat returned at its current speed, and the lake rose and fell with the wind, splashing boiling waves.

Even after returning to the beach, Claire still couldn't control her emotions, but as if she was tired of crying, she turned from crying loudly to sobbing quietly.

The shirt that Elena had given him was already half wet, and he hesitated for a while, then simply picked up the girl and walked towards the station step by step under the complicated eyes of some tourists who had just arrived.

From the Blue Lagoon to the hotel, he carried her back like this.

He couldn't understand, and he couldn't figure out why a happy date had become the way it was.

He knew that now was not the time to get to the bottom of it, considering that Zhao Jiali had already fallen asleep, he could only carry the girl back to his room and gently put her on the bed.

Maybe it's because I've cried all the way and exhausted all the strength of my body. Not long after Tang Fang helped her take off her high heels, the sobbing sound gradually became inaudible, and she fell asleep deeply.

He sighed, walked to the edge of the balcony, and looked at the bright light in the distance in silence.

Downstairs on the street, Bukharin, who had just returned, was as drunk as a lump of mud.

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In the early morning of the next day, Tang Fang was awakened by a hurried knock on the door, and when he opened the door with his worried eyes, Zhao Jiali stood outside the door with a look of urgency, and said in a very exaggerated tone: "It's a big deal...... Claire she ...... She didn't return all night. ”

Looking at the helpless girl, Tang Fang yawned, and then pointed to the back room: "Shhh, don't make her rest." ”

Zhao Jiali blinked, quickly understood, and looked at him with a playful look.

"Go clean up, I'm going to see your grandfather after breakfast."

Seeing that she was very unhappy, she muttered as she walked back, "Who wants to have a grandfather like that." ”

Tang Fang shrugged his shoulders and closed the door with his hand, and when he turned back to the living room, the door of the inner room opened, and Claire walked out with a touch of red on her face, and stumbled and said, "I ...... yesterday Yesterday ......"

"You cried for a long time yesterday." Tang Fang looked at her red and swollen eyes and said, "If you mean the clothes, well, I did help you take them off." ”

Her face turned even redder, but she didn't waste her tongue on this matter, and said guiltily: "Last night...... I really don't know why, when I saw those crystal flowers, I suddenly felt a sense of sadness, and I just wanted to cry hard...... I'm sorry, please forgive me for being willful. ”

Tang Fang frowned and didn't continue to ask, after all, he was a man, and he couldn't understand the psychology of girls many times.

"Let's go wash up, I'll see Han Jingyun in a while."

"Hmm." She agreed, tidied up her messy long dress, and walked into the bathroom.

In the eyes of others, the state of two people is like a couple who have been married for many years, but only they know that in fact, the last step has not been taken.

Tang Fang looked at her back with a serious smile on his face. He has long been accustomed to having her presence in his life, which is completely different from the feeling Freya gives him, and the relationship with Claire is more like a slowly flowing stream, not intense, not hot, but very natural, very comfortable, very delicate, bit by bit, like a thread.

Half an hour later, the group had breakfast, left the hotel, and went to the meeting place agreed with Han Jingyun.

Bukharin had been rubbing both temples and looked a bit hangover severe. Zhao Jiali changed into a newly bought dress, complaining all the way that he had slept too hard last night, and that he should take them on a tour of the city's most famous lighthouse.

Torchlight City woke up from a dream much earlier than Greenwich City, and although a few people deliberately got up early, they still hit the rush hour. Sitting on the rail car again, the passenger compartment was crowded with young people with tired faces, and it was no longer like the quiet scene that appeared late last night.

Many gray-haired people stared blankly at the fading street scene outside the window, and there was no satisfaction or happiness on their old faces, but more of a numbness of the heart. Several teenagers in school uniforms hugged the railing, looked down at the mini tablet held in the palm of their hands, and silently recited the articles on it.

Different cities, different landscapes, different lives. This is Torchlight City, not Greenwich City.

Tang Fang's mood became more and more depressed with the slight shaking under his feet, because the scene in front of him reminded him of his past life, although the sky was soaring with steel birds, the cleaning robot cleaned the road spotlessly, and the intersection was no longer blocked, but the pressure from life did not change at all.

Chattering along the way, Zhao Jiali, who lived like a happy bird, seemed to be infected by the surrounding atmosphere, his happy expression was no longer there, and his eyes flashed with a resentful emotion.

Fifteen minutes later, the rail car arrived in the city center, and several people left the passenger car and boarded two taxis to the downtown area. (To be continued.) )