Endless Silver Machine

The craze for the God's Birthday still didn't dissipate on the second day, and there was still a long queue at the entrance to the newly opened amusement park in the east district of the imperial capital.

Before this amusement park officially opened to the public last month, it held a grand promotional event in the East District, and a limited number of advance admission tickets were distributed at that event.

The four people who were troubled by the final practical test at Frost Moon Academy naturally missed this rare opportunity.

Replays of the promotional video can still be viewed using PDAs. At the event, mobile photography was used to introduce some scenes in the amusement park to visitors. It can be seen that huge funds and manpower have been invested in this luxurious facility. So when they were making plans for God's birthday, this amusement park first came to mind.

Now, Ling is at the front of the four people, followed by Wei Xi, Luo Luo and Aika. To explain in Ling's words, this is to prevent crowds, so the two safest people are placed first and last among the four. It was definitely not because she wanted to step into the gate of the amusement park a second early.

"ah!"

Sure enough, as feared, the tourists in the front queue accidentally squeezed back. In such a crowded team, the foothold was not stable enough. Although the force was not strong, Ling was still pushed and took a step back. As a result, the two girls behind were stuck together.

"Are you okay?"

Luoluo's back was pressed against Aika's body. Standing at the back of the team, he pressed Luoluo's shoulders with both hands, finally stopping the domino effect.

"Well, sorry..."

"Are you okay?"

Ling, who regained her footing, turned around and asked in a low voice.

"It's okay, even though I was shocked just now..."

Wei Xi smiled and carefully returned to the readjusted position.

Aika also let go of his hands on Luoluo's shoulders, but Luoluo did not leave Aika's body.

"Lolo?"

"If we keep it like this, it should be safer, right? Moreover, if the situation just now happens again, I can catch Xiao Xi steadily."

"That's it..."

Aika did not refuse, or could not find a reason to refuse at all.

Luoluo could find a reasonable excuse every time. Aika always felt that something was wrong, but when he thought about it carefully, he couldn't explain it, so in the end he had to do what Luoluo did.

The team moved forward slowly. At the ticket office, personal ticket information has been logged into the PDA. Aika put his PDA on the sensor at the entrance, and a confirmation sound of "beep" sounded.

"Which way should we go first?"

Putting the PDA back into the pocket of her coat, Aika asked the girls waiting in front. Because they were the ones who suggested coming here for a vacation, a more detailed action plan must have been prepared. So Aika didn't think about this kind of thing, but left it all to them to decide.

"I do not know."

Ling took the lead and gave an unexpected answer.

"Brother, there won't be any detailed information on the video..."

"If there is no navigation map..."

"Navigation map?" A key word in Wei Xi's reminder caught Aika's attention. He took out a booklet from another pocket, "Is this it?"

Luoluo took the pamphlet from Aika's hand, flipped it through, and then shouted excitedly.

"This is a detailed introduction to the interior of the amusement park! Brother, where did you get it?"

"When I just bought the tickets for you, I bought them from the waiter... but I thought they were useless at the time, so luckily I didn't throw them away..."

Aika bought the tickets with four PDAs. He could have gotten four such booklets, but because he thought it was too much trouble, he only brought back one. Then it was forgotten in the pocket of the coat, and I didn't think of it until I heard Wei Xi's words. If you tell the truth, you will inevitably be criticized, so Aika chooses to hide it.

"Let's take a look while walking. The route you can avoid missing is..."

"Sister Ling, it's impossible to visit all the places in one day..."

Wei Xi weakly reminded Ling, who was in high spirits, but she definitely wouldn't listen.

"Let's visit the places that interest us first. We still have a lot of time to come here in the future, right?"

Aika offered a compromise.

"What brother said is indeed more realistic."

Ling could only choose to compromise with the three people in frustration...

However, her negative mood did not last long and completely dissipated.

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As if to vent his dissatisfaction, Ling first walked towards the screaming facility. Luo Luo and Wei Xi didn't have a clear plan yet, so the three of them followed Ling.

"It's not good to play this type of game right away. We just finished breakfast..."

When he first saw the twisted track elevated in mid-air, the first person to protest was actually Aika.

"Yes, yes, if there is still time in the end..."

Luoluo took a step slowly to catch up to Aika's words. She also felt fear from this roller coaster track that boasted a long span.

Some parts of the track already visually express the concept of "impossibility". So far, we have experienced many life-threatening situations, and the "crisis perception" skills we have developed have set off alarms in everyone's minds.

"Where's Wei Xi?"

Two of the four people have already circled around and expressed that they do not want to go. As long as Wei Xi also nods, the eternal truth of "the minority obeys the majority" can be used to force Ling to give up.

The question originally planned to be raised by Aika was asked by Ling first.

"my words……"

Wei Xi looked at the people divided into two groups in a dilemma, and Ling smiled slightly.

This is a naked threat! Aika and Luoluo could tell it at a glance, and Wei Xi certainly knew it too.

"I have no opinion……"

"I don't have any opinion on which side, please make it clear."

Ling added.

"Well, I won't be afraid..."

"Very good, in that case I will take Wei Xi there, and you two can just wait for us outside."

Ling grabbed Wei Xi's hand and pushed her toward the roller coaster as if she were taking away his trophy.

"How to do it?"

Luoluo looked at his brother with a troubled expression.

"I can't help it. I hope she will be satisfied after playing this."

Aika scratched her hair. At this time, Ling couldn't listen to anything she said. She had actually forgotten this just now and made Wei Xi a victim. Of course we can't leave her alone.

"Let's go there too."

Naturally holding the little hand that Luo Luo stretched out, the two of them chased after the white and gold people who had mixed into the crowd.

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"Brother, do you want to rest more?"

"Probably no need..."

"Wei Xi, are you feeling better? Sorry, I forced you..."

In the outdoor tea shop outside the roller coaster, Aika and Wei Xi slumped in their seats, completely losing the ability to continue fighting.

In fact, Ling also knew that Wei Xi was trying to show off her strength, but she forcefully pulled her onto the roller coaster just to save face. Seeing Wei Xi's tired appearance, Ling, who felt condemned in her heart, took on the responsibility of taking care of her.

"I don't want to touch this kind of thing again."

"Hey, I wanted to come here originally,"

The brochure that Ling unfolded showed a height-focused jumping machine and a majestic pendulum. Both were facilities that were as torturous as the Devil's Roller Coaster just now.

"Let's forget it..." But Ling simply gave up, "How about the aquarium?"

"Conscience found..."

Aika muttered something at a volume that Ling couldn't hear.

“I’ve long wanted to see what the aquarium looks like with my own eyes.”

"There is no such place as an aquarium in our hometown. Sister Ling, this should be the first aquarium in the East District, right?" Luoluo looked at Ling who looked expectant, "It seems we haven't heard of it when we came here last time. There shouldn’t be aquariums in the other three districts, right?”

"There seems to be one in the South District... but it is a general residential area. I have never been to that side. I just heard Xiaoyin talk about it..."

Wei Xi explained.

"So, none of us have been to the aquarium, is it understandable?" Aika concluded, "But doesn't it matter? If we want to see everything there, we may not have much time left."

"You can just come back next time. Isn't that what you advocated?" Ling used what Aika once said to deal with him, "And..."

——They are all interested too.

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The entire aquarium is a mobile gallery-style exhibition water tank. In the dim corridor that only uses the lighting inside the water tank, the left, right and top of the head are covered with water, and the high-pressure-resistant glass separates the two worlds.

"So beautiful..."

Being in the blue world, Luoluo expressed his inner admiration.

The light refracted by the clear and undulating water sprinkled on everyone.

"Wei Xi, isn't it nice here?"

Aika smiled and confirmed to Wei Xi beside her.

The promenade is not very wide, so tourists basically stand in a row of two, which is relatively crowded. But considering the water pressure problem, this is a helpless move.

"Um……"

Wei Xi's voice was immediately covered up by the crowd.

Luoluo and Ling were still discussing the rare creatures in life in front of them. Falling down in such a dark and narrow place is no joke, so Aika stretched out her hand to Wei Xi.

"..."

Wei Xi was stunned for a moment when she saw Aika stretched out her hand. In this short period of time, she must have thought about many different meanings of this action.

"Thanks……"

Finally accepting Aika's kindness, Wei Xi slightly grabbed Aika's fingertips with her little hand.

"Is this okay?"

"Um……"

"Don't leave my side. It's easy to get separated here."

"OK."

Wei Xi's side face was slightly illuminated by phosphorescence.

After spending more than half a year with her, Aika discovered that the cowardly smile in the past no longer appeared on Wei Xi's face.

Although she is still the child who always maintains a humble attitude and is good at observing words and emotions, she is indeed growing in all aspects.

"Brother Aika..."

Wei Xi's gentle call brought Aika, who was looking at her side face in a daze, back to reality.

In fact, it was just a short moment, and the two people's steps did not stop at all. The tourists behind him were still talking about their own topics, and no one paid any attention to this side.

Even though he knew this, Aika still showed a trace of panic when his name was called by the person he was thinking of. But Wei Xi didn't care about this.

"Luoluo and Sister Ling are missing..."

When he noticed this fact, Aika discovered that the corridor split into two roads here, and the two roads merged into a circular area that was slightly wider than before.

Stopping here would not disturb the tourists behind, so Aika and Wei Xi did not continue walking forward.

"These two guys didn't notice at all that we weren't following..."

There were no special signboards at the junctions, so there was a 50-50 chance that the two of them entered one of the roads.

"Are you going to wait here for them to come back... If they find that we are not here, they will definitely come back here..."

"By the way, there's also this."

Aika thought of the civilized weapon in her pocket.

"You probably can't contact them with a PDA..."

"Why?"

"The environment here is too closed, and the signals used by PDAs cannot be transmitted through water..."

"It's so nerve-wracking..."

Aika's last trump card has been sealed.

"Brother Aika, if you leave here and go outside, you should be able to find them..."

"Then let's choose any way to go forward. Which way do you want to go?"

Aika looked at Wei Xi.

"Eh? Should I decide?"

The decision-making power was put into her own hands, and Wei Xi waved her little hands and feet in confusion.

"It's not such an important decision, so don't be so nervous." Aika smiled, "You can go out no matter which way you choose, so just choose the one you like."

"Okay, okay..."

Hearing what Aika said, Wei Xi calmed down a little, but her whole body still exuded a sense of nervousness as if she was facing a formidable enemy.

However, she does not treat anything carelessly and is full of responsibility. She is the Wei Xi that Aika knows well.

"Then...brother Aika, let's go straight..."

"That road? There are fewer people."

"Um……"

"Okay, it's decided."

Just as Aika was about to take a step, her hand was suddenly held by Wei Xi. He originally thought that she had something else to tell him, but the familiar feeling of being held by her fingertips made him react. Wei Xi just held her hand as she said before.

There is no need to hold hands here... Although Aika wanted to say this, she gave up in the end. It actually doesn't feel that bad to connect the two of them through such a small movement.

"Let's go."

"Um."

Maintaining a speed that she could keep up with, Aika walked into the corridor entrance chosen by Wei Xi.

There are far fewer people here than on the previous stretch, thanks to two different roads that divide tourists. No longer needing to worry about causing trouble to the guests behind her, Wei Xi pressed her face against the thick pressure-resistant glass.

"It's so cold!"

Then it bounced like an electric shock.

"Of course it will be very cold. Although the heater is turned on in the aquarium, the temperature in the water should not change."

Aika put her palms on the glass, and a cold feeling spread along her palms and into her body.

"I feel the same as Sister Ling..."

"Ling?" Aika tilted her head when she heard Wei Xi talking about the girl who was not around at the moment, "She always looked cold at first, but I think she is actually a pretty good guy. It's just that she always looked cold. How should I put it...you need to save face and are not good at expressing yourself?"

"No, it's not!" Wei Xi hurriedly interrupted Aika's sigh, "I'm not talking about Sister Ling's character... Although it's easy to misunderstand, she is a very gentle person..."

"I mean..." Her face turned slightly red and her voice became softer, "Every morning, Sister Ling helps me apply some cold, sticky stuff on my face and hands... ...Although the process is a little uncomfortable, it will be very comfortable afterwards..."

Although Ling himself is not here, only Aika can know these words. But Wei Xi also felt very shy when she said it through her own mouth.

"Obviously I should be the one to serve Sister Ling, but now she is still asking her to take care of me. I already don't know what to do..."

Precisely because there is only Aika here, Wei Xi can reveal her unmodified heart.

"Didn't you say that you would always be by Ling's side?"

Wei Xi was not forced by Ling, but made such a vow voluntarily.

This oath not only allowed her to stay by Ling's side as a matter of course, but also made it impossible for her to leave Ling again.

"I just thought about it. In fact, you have changed a lot, for the better. It's just that you didn't realize it yourself."

The distance between everyone is too close, even if changes occur, it is difficult to detect.

"And just being by her side as a friend is the biggest help to her."

Ling has lost the family she can rely on and is living alone. What kind of thoughts are buried in her heart are impossible for others in a different position to understand. Even if she spoke her mind, she couldn't tell whether she was being honest or hiding something.

"Didn't I say, just do what you can do now. Don't force it. What she really needs is not to see you in trouble, nor to let you make her life easier. It depends on whether you can be her pillar of support."

This is just my own opinion on Ling, who I have been with for such a long time. As for Wei Xi, she may not have thought it through yet, but she will definitely be able to draw her own conclusion.

Aika finally added.

Wei Xi listened to Aika's words quietly, her eyes following the fish swimming freely in the water. Aika also looked at the display water tank as she did. There are many tourists around who are standing there admiring it like them, so there is nothing noticeable.

Just like she didn't know what Ling was thinking, Aika didn't know what Wei Xi was looking at in front of her eyes.

"Brother Aika...is it really okay to look like this..."

There was still a hint of confusion in Wei Xi's tone. This does not mean that she does not have her own opinions, but because she wants to get validation from others.

"Yes. If you are too anxious, it may be self-defeating. So, just stay as you are now."

As usual, Aika gave her a gentle push on the back.

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