Idle game leads to another world.

Chapter 855 New members join

The top brass at Blackhand Harbor knew that the beating was related to Sana, but they were not going to leave her alone for the entire night. So after the Swan entered the port, no one suddenly jumped out and told Alyssa and the others to leave quickly.

Time passed slowly, and when night came, it was quiet and the lights in the colony were lowered.

Alyssa carried a bottle of local specialty 'grape' wine, sneaked out of the house while everyone else was asleep, and sat down on a big rock not far from the farm.

Drinking alone facing the moon is very poetic, but unfortunately, there is no satellite to serve as the moon here. Even if there is, it cannot be seen in the colony. Looking up, one can only see the dimly glowing starry sky.

"Can't sleep?"

Long came over and simply sat next to Alyssa.

"Well, a lot of things happened today, and I'm a little annoyed."

Alyssa raised her head and took a sip of wine, then handed the bottle to Long.

Even though he is a silicon crystal man and doesn't know where his mouth is, Long can still drink. He does this by pouring wine into the crystal ball of his body.

The light in the crystal ball swayed slightly and even had a slight blush.

The two of them drank in silence, and the whole bottle of wine was finished. Alyssa had no intention of going back, but just stared at the starry sky quietly. After a while, she slowly spoke:

"When Shanna said she was going to be a sacrifice, I was really scared. I didn't know how to explain it to Father Pro. I even thought about never returning to Blackhand Harbor again."

They had only lived together for a few days, and it was nonsense to say that there was any bond between Alyssa and Shanna. What she couldn't accept was that she didn't know how to explain to Father Pro that your granddaughter was gone.

Long didn't say anything, just listened quietly.

"This beautiful starry sky has swallowed up countless lives and hidden countless secrets. Shanna is probably just an insignificant number. Or maybe... me too."

"It seems that there is something good about Carlos' rebellion. You have become more mature and stable."

"Stop it."

Alyssa smiled and patted Long, then lowered her head and said:
"I'd rather be immature."

But people have no right to choose and can only go with the flow.

"From our perspective as silicon people, everything is meaningless, and the world just operates according to fixed rules."

The lifespan of silicon crystal people is comparable to that of humans, but the difference is that after a silicon crystal person dies, a new silicon crystal person will grow from his corpse.

It's like a jellyfish, constantly repeating aging and rebirth. It seems to be immortal, but in fact it is just the alternation of the same individual.

Therefore, the outlook on life of Silicon Crystal people is different from that of other mortals.

“But precisely because it has no meaning, we need to give it meaning.”

“When did you become a poet?”

"When you're daydreaming."

"..."

You are such a comforter.

Shaking her head, Alyssa said:

"Then let's talk about something realistic. We're leaving tomorrow to chase my starship."

"Are you scared?"

"How could that be? It's just... Well, I am indeed a little scared."

In the past, with the starship as her backup, Alyssa was almost fearless, but after losing the starship, she truly realized how ordinary people felt when they were on an interstellar voyage.

Back then, her grandfather started out with just a loan, and rose from being alone to driving an eight-kilometer-long starship.

It just sounds like it's not difficult, but when you actually do it, you will know how much hardship is involved.

Alyssa feels like a rich second-generation who has been pampered and has suddenly lost everything and is now trying to find a way to take back what belongs to her. In this way, she is a bit like Iron Man.

Alyssa was not confused, but she was a little scared, afraid of the future.

"My Captain, no matter what, I will follow you as always, even to hell."

Alyssa hugged Long and whispered:

"Thank you."

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The next morning, the Swan set sail again.

Father Pro saw her off at the port, and before parting, he handed Alyssa a hairpin and a letter.

"Go find the person at the address on the letter. That guy is the most knowledgeable information dealer I know. He must have information about the whereabouts of the starship. The hairpin is a token of love. She owes me a favor and will not ask you for money."

Now we have the foundation to find the starship. The only thing we lack is intelligence.

An eight-kilometer-long starship may seem huge, but in fact it is just a drop in the ocean in the vast universe. Without a reliable source of intelligence, it would literally be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Alyssa nodded and accepted it. Father Pro whispered:
"Take good care of Shanna. She doesn't know anything yet."

"I know, don't worry, Dad."

Blackhand Harbor could tolerate Shannah staying for one night, but it could not tolerate her staying in Blackhand Harbor forever.

After all, the fleet's target is obviously her. If Blackhand Port is attacked again, it will not just be a matter of a few deaths.

Shanna must go. If she doesn't, Blackhand Port will send Shanna away when the fleet comes again.

So Father Pro asked Shanna to get on Alyssa's boat.

Alyssa is a recycler and travels all day long, so it is quite difficult to locate her, so both of them will be safer.

Originally, Father Pro wanted to find a few crew members for Alyssa, but the people he trusted were all busy recently and could not spare any manpower to repair Blackhand Port.

Anyway, with Li Chengxi here, the Swan won’t need many people if it really wants to fight.

"Remember to come back when you have time. I won't live much longer."

"Don't worry, dad. I'll be back as soon as I have time. And you'll definitely live longer than me."

"Go away, little girl, stop talking nonsense. Go away."

Even though Father Pro is considered an old man among the dwarves, given the dwarves' lifespan, it is not certain who will be the last one to die.

As the hatch closed, the Swan was towed away from the berth by a tugboat. Sana lay on the porthole and waved at Father Pro below until she could no longer see him.

Although Shanna remembered her mission, she was still a naive child at heart, and she could not understand why she had to leave Blackhand Harbor.

But for Shanna, she probably just regarded boarding the Swan as a small adventure.

After all, elves are very long-lived, and Shanna is a clone of an ancient elf, so her concept of time is completely different from that of ordinary people.

The Swan sailed out of Blackhand Harbor and informed the tower of its direction. After obtaining permission, it ignited its engine to start pulse flight, and then started the jump after leaving the shielding force field.

This time the place they were going was a bit far and the driving process was long.

Alyssa said that the Swan will pass through the "Big Void", which is actually a black hole.

Of course, don’t go closer, but go around it.

All jump capabilities will be terminated when passing through a large void, and one can only scrape along the edge little by little, relying on pulse flight and jump to carefully bypass it.

This process will last about a week, and there will be no space stations or stopovers along the way.

(End of this chapter)