Empty room, the cold wall backlight will reflect the interior, one of the walls is a huge transparent metal, this glass-like wall outside the vast and distant starry sky, not far away, a silver-white changing planet is slowly rotating, the huge planet will occupy most of the exterior scene, so eye-catching, but unforgettable.

This is the 'Biaxial U-3' space station, a space settlement in orbit around the third planet of the Sinaifa α system, where about 500,000 people live.

The sound of a lonely guitar rings in the room, played by a silver-haired girl, sitting on a U-shaped single couch with her legs folded, the guitar resting in front of her, her fingers occasionally running over it, bringing up a slightly languid tone.

The lonely environment, the only and smart guitar sound, in the background of the starry sky, has a special beauty, like a small heart, in the middle of the night when no one is around, swimming in time and memory.

The simple tunes are played again and again, the melody is turned again and again, and finally it calms down.

Fingertips left the plucked chords, pulsing lightly on the personal terminal next to them, and after a burst of input, the room began to hear the sound of an announcement.

[Good afternoon, this is the two-axis crystal U-3 space dwelling station in the four-leaf crystal star field, time 16:34:17, the last quarter moon phase.] ]

[You have three unread messages, one of which is a greeting from your mother, who seems to be anxious.] ]

"Skip it, next one."

"Okay, the second message is that your classmates invite you to the graduation party, which will be in 4 days, at the tourist restaurant in the C12 area of the space station."

"No, next."

"Okay,The third piece of information is" Edes School Park "sent the admission instructions,There are things to prepare for admission and registration matters。

"Read it to me."

"Okay,There are 12 things in the instructions,First,New students must arrive at Edes School Park before September 2nd,The next week is the time to arrange accommodation and buy daily necessities...... Fourth, the opening ceremony will be held on September 10, please be sure to wear school uniforms...... Seventh, if you want to keep pets in the school park, their weight shall not exceed 8KG, and they are only allowed to live in the dormitory area, and they are not allowed to be brought into the study area......"

Reading in this room, the girl put down the guitar in her hand, walked across the silvery metal floor, came to the windowsill, looked at the slowly rotating silvery planet outside, raised her palm, and slowly stroked the transparent window wall.

"I'm leaving, Silverspoon."

The 'Silver Key', the Sinaifa α galaxy, the third planet, is famous for the special 'white crystal thulium' on the planet, this cosmic metal thulium, a special transcendent metal that is stimulated by the Aerica particles, has a peculiar use in space-related equations, and is one of the necessary materials for faster-than-light engines, which is particularly valuable.

In order to better exploit the special minerals on this planet and protect the unmined part of the planet from being polluted, the Federation established the 'Two-Axis Crystal U-3' space station hundreds of years ago.

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Emerald skirt, North 7th District, outside Arpeggio City.

The green and white sightseeing vehicles drive on the yellow Gobi, and the double-decker sightseeing buses are not crowded, and there are scattered tourists, blowing the wind by the window, looking at the desolate and empty scenery outside.

Although it is empty, it is also inexplicably relaxing, which is probably the sequelae of living underground for a long time.

"Tilan, do you want to eat this?" Irene opened the box in front of her, and inside were six neatly arranged egg tarts, which were still a little warm, and she could smell a faint pale yellow milk fragrance when she sniffed it.

Ti Lan was leaning against the window of the car at the moment, looking at the scenery outside, but her mind seemed to drift far away.

Hearing Irene's inquiry, she turned around, hummed softly, took the egg tart handed by Irene, and then ate it in small bites, although it seemed to be unintentional, but no residue fell, and it seemed that she could always bite off the small pieces just right, without breaking the edges.

Irene watched Ti Lan eat like this, the wind outside the window blew from time to time, bringing up the hair of the two of them a little, and time swayed at this moment.

By the time the two of them arrived at their destination and got off the bus, it was already half an hour later.

Stepping on the soft sandy floor, a tall, semi-circular glass building catches the eye, and this botanical garden in the desert and wilderness is a striking sight to be seen, attracting people from several surrounding cities.

"Let's go inside." Irene took Tilan's hand, and the two walked in side by side.

In terms of height, the two are almost the same, Ireen is wearing a short black skirt with a white tuck top, slightly wide cuffs, lace folds, and a black ribbon tied on the collar, low-key and elegant.

Ti Lan is wearing a light blue dress today, with a sunhat on her head, and delicate hair spilling on the back of her shoulders, revealing the delicate and beautiful nature of a girl.

After checking the tickets at the gate, the two walked into the slightly shady hall, and could clearly hear the echo from the ground.

On the walls of the hall are touching and poetic paintings, in which the flowers and leaves are particularly vivid and touching against the bright colors.

Walking through this hall, the two continued to walk through the side door, and then officially entered the botanical garden.

Compared to the dry and desolate world outside, the air here is obviously more humid, the grass grows between the white horizontal strips on the floor, and you can feel the slight itchiness and tenderness of the grass blades when you walk through the sandals.

The streets are flanked by white hedges, and plants of all shapes and shapes are scattered throughout, some of which are tall and luxuriant trees, whose canopies extend to the top of the botanical garden, casting a little shade over the shrubs below.

The leaves are symmetrically distributed on the branches, and then the branches are superimposed on each other and hang down naturally, and the goose-yellow flowers are clustered together, similar to trumpets, but the lines are slightly full and slightly cute.

"What kind of tree is this?" Irene and Tiran stood under the tree, looking at the clusters of goose yellow flowers hanging from the green branches overhead.

"It is a yellow bell flower under the Asteraceae family, which used to be on the side of the road or in the garden of the jade skirt." Ti Lan remembered what she had learned.

"Well, it's pretty good."

Irene raised her hand, her fingertips gently stroking over the petals, feeling the slight fluff and a little powder on the petals.

After the two of them continued to move forward, many small flowers began to appear in the bushes on both sides, and these white flowers were arranged vertically and hanging down in a row, with a natural and consistent beauty.

"Where's this?" Irene continued to ask.

"This is the white bell flower, although it is just one word different from the yellow bell flower, but it is a plant under the bellflower family." The girl shook her head, feeling that the staff of the botanical garden had deliberately put together these two flowers with similar names.

"Ti Lan is amazing~"

"No, because there's a sign over there." The girl pointed to the corner behind the bush, where a small white sign was placed diagonally on the ground, obscured by the surrounding flowers and plants, and was not obvious.

"Alas, Tilan's eyesight is so good." Irene saw the sign at this time, too.

The two held hands and walked in the botanical garden, stopping from time to time to enjoy the natural flowers that are rare to see in the ground, and then Ireen would talk to Tilan about many things, including the novelty of plants, the beauty and cuteness of flowers, and Tilan's childhood and so on.

Although the conversation is about inconsequential little things, there is a faint sweetness of leisure.

Before they knew it, the two of them had walked around most of the botanical garden and came to a circular pavilion to rest, where tea and biscuits were provided for the guests to sit and enjoy to replenish the physical exertion of the tour.

On the horizontal chair, the two of them rested shoulder to shoulder and closed their eyes to take a nap, and the time passed slowly.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, after visiting the botanical garden, the two of them took the sightseeing bus on the return trip.

"It's been a pretty fast day." Irene looked out the window at the sun that was no longer hot, and there was a hint of heat in the breeze.

"Let's come out to play together next time~" Irene looked at Ti Lan on the side.

"Hmm."

Compared with a month ago, Tilan's voice now has a faint laziness, not as nervous as before, and perhaps also enjoying a rare leisure time with friends.

"Hehe, Tilan is still the same as before." Irene laughed suddenly.

"Huh?" The girl was puzzled.

"When you're in a good mood, it's like humming alone in the corner." Irene recalled the scene when the two of them got along in the past, and said metaphorically.

"Although I may not really be humming, the faint and happy look is exactly the same."

"In the future, we will be together, don't hide in the corner alone, we all care about you."

"yes, got it." The girl nodded a little formally.

Under the bright blue sky, the green and white sightseeing car drove over the desolate Gobi, the summer wind gusted, and the shadow of the sun and the tower slowly overlapped on the distant horizon.

(Volume 1, Pitch Black Picture Book, End)

The next volume, the flower of the white kite, the pupil of the ghost.

(End of chapter)