Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 44 44. The boring journey naturally requires some spiritual adjustment?
The sun has set.

Before the last ray of light disappeared from the hilltop, the Forge Node City had already opened a large passage leading to the outside world. In addition to the group returning to the Edge Node City, a large number of other vehicles were also leaving.

As a fairly large city, its daily throughput is definitely not comparable to that of a small pioneering city.

Dozens or even hundreds of vehicles with completely different sizes, shapes, styles, paint jobs and even body logos are moving up the diversion lane.

If their roar is not filtered by the car body or protected by special soundproof earmuffs, it can deafen some people with weak constitutions on the spot.

Sefer's convoy advanced in this area full of traffic signs and traffic signs, and at the moment when the sunlight completely disappeared, it drove out of the passage and into the outside world.

The sky was still hazy white, and the desert outside was emitting considerable heat—infrared scanning was pointless because there were heat sources everywhere.

Then came a wall of wind and sand that roared in.

Huge amounts of sand, carrying the energy of the wind, swept over these vehicles fiercely, which is why special synthetic paint is used for the exterior paint - if it were metal sheets, you would just wait to be polished and worn thin!

"Hello, team communication test, test, one, two, three, four. Can you hear me?"

“I can hear it,” “I heard it,” “There’s a sound,” “Oh!”

A mixed voice came through the communication, and Seifer said "plus one" and then focused on confirming whether this new car had any special functions.

I mentioned the lookout before. It's a small, dedicated cabin that requires someone to enter before it can be operated...

Seifer looked back and saw the mobile base following behind him. Unlike him, it was equipped with four main guns, one in front and one in the back. It was assessing the external environment and preparing to raise the observation tower.

Before this, people could only observe their surroundings with their naked eyes through some high-tech interface that could provide real-time feedback of external images.

Lin Shenxue casually complained during the communication that the engine compartment was very hot and she wanted to apply for more cooling to be allocated to the engine compartment - then why don't you just come out?
Unfortunately, Lin Shenxue was so fascinated by this giant engine that she even ran to the maintenance room to apply for a close-fitting protective suit.

Wearing it outside is a bit too bulky and not suitable for delicate operations. Although wearing it next to the skin is a bit embarrassing, as long as you put on a coat and your normal clothes, it probably won't matter...

perhaps.

Let’s not worry about what she was doing for now. After they set off, Tien sent a private message to Sefer, telling him to keep moving at this speed. By the time day falls, they will be able to rest near a canyon that has not yet completely turned into desert.

Parking in an area that can be somewhat protected from direct sunlight and waiting for nightfall is a good option—and it’s very close to the mine.

"The distance deviation calculation is quite reliable. Are the development teams in these areas so professional?"

Seifer asked casually, but he didn't expect many people in the communication to agree with him, saying that it was no big deal, it was just the distance from a mine to the city.

In this desert, there are also those ruthless people who live completely alone. If you are lucky enough to find their residence, you may get some good things that were brought out from the vision but not sold to the company.

Not only that, there are people chasing after strange visions, people looking for the source of water veins... and so on, all kinds of things make this desert not so desolate at all.

Listening to the group exchanging stories about those legends, Seifer boredly clicked on the magazine that the client had previously sent him in the UI. When he opened it, he found that it was really just as its name suggested.

The first half of the book introduces various flowers, including colorful flowers grown from seeds brought out from visions, as well as flowers discovered underground that can emit faint light and become extremely beautiful after human intervention.

The vibrant colors and animated images made them appear lifelike, and there were even plants specially cultivated for growing in the rooms where the mercenaries drove. Besides, in this lifeless world where there wasn't even any water on the ground, having some flowers and plants to brighten up the mood seemed like a nice touch.

Then there are the nutritional supplements that go with it, which come in many categories.

But it's just a product promotion manual. There are countless small companies under the three big companies, and it's not surprising that some of them specialize in managing and transforming plants.

After turning a few pages, Sefer almost couldn't help laughing.

Then someone asked on the public screen: "Are there still people who are fans of celebrities when they are mercenaries?"

After hearing this, some people complained that this was discrimination. Mercenaries also have their own lives. Why can't they do something else?

The second half of the magazine features many good-looking women wearing various military uniforms, but in the final analysis, they are just taking photos to show off their figures.

Just like those internet celebrities in the previous life - let's just say it was the previous life - they had to be socialites for whatever they did, like there were tea socialites for drinking tea, there were dining socialites for restaurants, and there were military socialites for joining the army.

It doesn’t matter whether one has professional tea tasting, food tasting or military training, the key is that the clothes and the environment they are paired with should look good, and they should be designed to touch the audience’s heartstrings from the root.

This is basically the content of the second half of the magazine's introduction to flowers. To be honest, it is quite pleasing to the eye. The big parts are clearly big, and the small parts are so small that you can't take your eyes off them.

There is even a close-fitting protective suit, which can be seen as training when worn by a grown man, but when worn by these elegant girls, they are all very pleasing to the eye.

After all, it was a popular publication that came from nowhere, and its scale was much larger than I thought. Perhaps in some cities, the excess of materials would indeed catalyze the emergence of a similar culture.

Bored, he continued to flip through the pages. Something seemed to have happened in the research compartment, but someone reported that it was nothing special, so Cypher didn't bother to care.

I had no idea it was a violent chemical reaction, and the entire compartment was now filled with foam that was difficult to remove and had a disgusting smell.

Turning to the last few pages, there were only a few words written on the large blank pages: "Star Tour Route", which was a complete waste of pages.

On the next page, a large double-page poster shows a girl wearing furry-looking clothes, striking a cute pose, and with unforgettable green-blue hair.

Perhaps it was to make her look more harmonious standing in the wind, or perhaps the cartographer used an evil high-resolution technique... In short, she looked too beautiful to be human.

So much so that Seifer paused, and calmly turned to the next page of the image of the girl who was smiling like a flower but looked quite familiar, as if she had walked out of a scroll.

They can hold a concert tour in a place like the desert where there is no grass, and reap the wallets of people in the city who need entertainment to relax themselves... This kind of business method is really terrible.

Why do I say that? Because on the next page, Seifer saw a tour program for at least twenty cities, covering the entire northern region, and then turned from the eastern region back to the central node city.

It seems like a pretty... idea, but the journey is long, and this "star" doesn't look like the type to travel far and endure hardships. Can she really accomplish such a feat of touring?

After thinking for a while, Seifer closed the magazine and looked at the seemingly unchanging sea of sand and the car ahead that was leading the way, and sighed in his heart.

Leaving behind those magazine-like scenes full of flowers, civilization and professional photography, and looking out again at this sea of sand that may have never changed since ancient times, it does make people feel like escaping.

So it’s not surprising that the world’s winemaking technology is so advanced.

(End of this chapter)