Set Sail (Light Novel) Chapter 5, Yuzu
It's not a strange creature talking to Nangong, that's right, the big black guy in front of him is a spaceship, and the guy called Little Orange is currently serving as the auxiliary piloting system of this spaceship-AI.
The little orange is projected from the virtual world by the projection system, and is a quirky image that also has eyes and a mouth, and is almost humanoid.
"Wow, I've been dormant for twenty days, whoa—big villain, I'm going out for a walk." The little orange jumped out of Nangong's watch, docked with a blue light, and got into the operating system of the spaceship.
"Hmph...... This guy, when I came to Qiongshan with Little Orange to learn art, I was only four years old at that time! After being stunned for a while, Nangong walked into the slowly opening hatch, jumped over, and arrived at the wheelhouse of the spaceship in three or two steps.
Inside the spaceship.
"Hey, hey! I haven't been here in a few years, hey, little orange, hurry up and give yourself a bath, you're so dirty. Nangong pinched his nose and showed a look of disgust.
Having said that, Nangong gently stroked the console and screen in the cockpit, skillfully walked to the red Xiaoice box, took an iced Coke from it, and sat in the driver's seat.
"You're dirty!" Little Orange responded to Nangong in a childish tone.
"It's a long way to go to the world of science and technology, and I don't know if I can catch up with the opening ceremony. Well...... Hawkers, to go to the North Sea just have to pass through the Sirius system, OK, that's it, little orange, let's go there and see, go to school, don't worry. ”
After staying in Qiongshan for so many years, I was a little reluctant to leave suddenly. Nangong sat in the spaceship and looked in the direction of Qiongshan, I don't know when I will be able to come back, old man, take care, I will come back to see you.
The spacecraft took off quietly in the water mist, without making much noise.
The old man looked at the distant spaceship in the sky and was silent for a long time. "Little one...... Already gone? ”
At this moment, the Little Orange spaceship is floating around the major galaxies, like a drunken child, walking east and west. On the way, I passed a lot of meteorite groups, but fortunately I didn't encounter interstellar robbers!
"I said I'd fly the spaceship, get out of the way." The spaceships are all set to autopilot, which makes Nangong, who is overly curious, helpless. Nangong has driven flying cars, locomotives, and desert motorcycles. Nangong has never wanted to miss something new. Especially this Nangong's own spaceship.
Little Orange snorted proudly, "If you don't give it, you won't give it, I'm the pilot of this spaceship." Hmph, small! Tangerine! Child! Fly! Boat! Well, that's right. ”
Nangong, who was sitting in the driver's seat, hugged his hands angrily, sitting in the driver's seat, looking loveless. "This is my ship."
"Cut!" Little Orange didn't bother to dump him at all. You'll drive a spaceship with a hammer.
Compared with the holographic projection of the galaxy map in front of him, Nangong's eyes widened and he suddenly found a beautiful galaxy. The beautiful colorful nebula is like a dream, creating this whole galaxy like a fairyland. "It's beautiful!"
"Hmm. Starburst galaxies, which are the product of galaxy collisions. ”
Nangong, who was humming a song, suddenly slapped his thigh excitedly and jumped up from the chair. "Oh, Hona is right there! I'm going to find her......" But Nangong's words were not finished. Immediately afterwards, Nangong, who was in a state of excitement, suddenly became depressed. Nangong seemed to feel something, calling himself in the dark, it was the direction of the little dog star.
It seems that someone said something in Nangong's ear, please, save them. The voice was low, almost inaudible.
"Is it an auditory hallucination?" Nangong came back to his senses and looked around, but he didn't find anything unusual.
"Hey, Orange, don't you see that white planet, we're going to go there and resupply." Nangong magnified the projection of this galaxy in front of his eyes and showed it to Xiao Orange, holding the white planet in the palm of his hand to look at it carefully.
"What a beautiful planet!"
"Aang? OKOK。 The ship is about to land, please get ready, our pause target is Planet Puppy! Let's go, let's go. Countdown: Five, Four, Three...... Two, one. Nangong, we land! It's landing! The little orange danced excitedly.
After entering the atmosphere, the spacecraft began to slowly slow down. Finally, with a muffled sound, Nangong felt that the spaceship should have landed. Looking out through the huge display on the spaceship, there is a vast desert outside the spaceship, dotted with greenery.
The ship opened the hatch in the dust, and here was a yellow Gobi, and the boy stretched out as he walked out.
"Heh, little dog star, it's been a long time...... Long time no see! After many years of separation from his friends, Nangong at sunset showed a look of nostalgia.
Nangong took a bottle of water from the vending machine next to him, and poked the spaceship behind him with his thumb. "Hey, uncle, trouble that...... Belch...... That one...... What ......" Nangong scratched his head, his left eyebrow raised, and Nangong suddenly forgot what fuel this spaceship was fueled with. The last time he drove this spaceship, Nangong was only a child less than five years old, and the pilot that time was also a little orange.
"It's fuel 19." The little orange reminded Nangong. Hmph, Nangong obviously doesn't know anything about spaceships.
"I know, you don't have to be verbose. Uncle, trouble No. 19 to fill up the fuel, thanks. Nangong completely ignored Xiao Juzi's disdainful gaze and explained it clearly to the staff. The staff member who was called Uncle by Nangong was actually a robot with only a human appearance.
"Oh, by the way, please fill up the several alternate fuel tanks on the ship."
"I'll pick it up in two days, excuse me, uncle."
Nangong waved his hand in a dashing manner, and then disappeared from the uncle's field of vision.
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Nangong carried a broadsword on his back, wrapped in strips of white cloth, and picked up a color-painted skateboard in the crook of his left arm. Walking in the endless yellow Gobi, holding his hands behind his head, humming a little song, walking slowly, and comfortably tilting his head to look at the scenery around.
"It's still the same, it's still the same here after all these years."
With the pace of progress, the whole yellow Gobi gradually lost sight of the green vegetation, and it was full of desolation. Nangong stopped on a cliff, and there was no end in sight to this cliff.
At the foot of the road ahead were a few pretty little towns, which looked like a swarm of small ants from a distance, and countless one- and two-story huts were lined up one after another, neatly stacked on the stone-paved road. It was as if the towns had been built on foundations that had sunk deep into the ground.
Looking ahead, it was like facing an abyss. On the grounds, there are houses in the Western medieval style.
Looking at the sparkling firelight under his feet, Nangong rubbed his eyes, and his heart suddenly sank. "What's going on?" It's too far away to see clearly.
Nangong hurriedly ran to the edge of the cliff and jumped from the sky, and the skateboard sandwiched on the left side slipped from his hand and floated steadily under his feet. Flying in the wind, Nangong's ears kept hearing the sound of 'whirring', blowing the moon-white clothes up and down.
Nangong skateboarded over the neat streets, and after a while, after seeing a familiar landmark, Nangong quickly landed next to the statue of a figure in the center of the town, stepped on the upturned end of the skateboard, and retracted the skateboard in the crook of his left arm.
Walking on the stone-paved road, Nangong looked at the buildings on both sides, red tiles and white walls, there was not the slightest human population along the way, but the profound traces of the battle clearly came into view, Nangong couldn't help but feel uneasy in his heart.
"What's going on here? What's going on? ”
"Was it attacked? Could it be...... Yes! Oh no, Yu Na, they ......" Little Orange suddenly screamed loudly.
Nangong didn't think about it anymore, carried a broadsword on his back, let go of his legs and ran forward, bypassing the familiar street corner, turning onto the street next door, but still there was no one in sight.
Nangong casually pushed open a door on the side of the street and walked in, only to find that the pet in the house had fallen in a pool of blood, a half-meter-long wound had been cut on his chest, the wound was smooth, the brown fur was soaked with bright red blood, and there was no breathing and pulse.
There were also two small blue and red beasts with hideous faces in the house, and when they saw Nangong, they immediately pounced on him. Nangong kicked out directly, kicked over one of them, and then slashed out a hand knife to deal with them by the way.
Unexpectedly. The blood of these little beasts is actually dark blue.
"Blue?" Nangong looked at the blood stains between his fingers, frowning slightly, a little surprised.
Nangong didn't bother with this, and immediately walked out of the room and looked around.
"No one? Where have all the people gone here? ”
Nangong clenched his fists and immediately rushed out, and at this time, he happened to hear a sound like a metal clash nearby. It was the street next door, Nangong jumped on the roof, rushed over with a sword on his back, and just happened to bump into this scene.
As far as the eye could see, the stone floor was stained with dark blue blood, and the surrounding houses were blasted out of large holes by something. It's like insect corpses piled up on top of each other. Visually bring Nangong a strong impact.
A ragged black girl with short shoulder-length hair staggered, covered in scars, her legs struggling to support her wobbly body as if she were on the verge of collapse. But her gaze was full of contempt and indifference.
Not far from her was a monstrous beast that looked like an ant, its armor as bright as a ruby. It was even taller than the two-story hut next to it, and it had two pincers on its chest, one large and one small, waving towards the girl.
The girl ran as she scurried, carefully responding to the attacks of the large insects, while the other side tore apart all the beasts that wanted to rush up and bite her with several whirlwinds. Without looking back at the carcass of the beast, it was as if everything was in the hands of the girl.
"Oh, it's a superpower!" Nangong immediately asserted after seeing those whirlwinds. His eyes were full of wonder and joy. It's a superpower!
On the many planets of the Ancient Martial World, there are not many people with superpowers, but they are rare creatures that are more precious than giant pandas.
If...... If only she could be my partner. A partner with superpowers......
"That girl doesn't seem to be able to hold on, Nangong." Analysis of small oranges.
Those little bugs are actually not worth mentioning in front of the girl, and the big guy in front of him seems to be the boss, which is the culprit who keeps Yuzu in trouble.
This girl has the instinct to fight, but the means are not skillful, and she is completely relying on her own reactions to act in time.
"Is that what makes her so embarrassed? Lacking fighting skills, and using superpowers skillfully enough, did she just awaken superpowers? Nangong stood on the roof and watched the battle in the distance, not being spotted by Yuzu.
Behind this strange girl were countless lion-sized beasts, all blue and red, with fangs entwined with pulsing tongues of fire, ready to attack.