Alien paradise

When dusk appears on the sea level, the evening breeze passing through the streets is already whistling.

But Brilliant Castle is not a city that rests at sunset. Although it suffered from the theater fire and the attack on the wealthy manor a while ago, people's enthusiasm for traveling was severely dampened. However, as the storm subsided, the streets of the inner city have returned. Gradually the liveliness of the past was restored.

For example, the Central Street that Chaoyang is visiting now is the core of nightlife here.

"Guest, would you like to take a bath? We have excellent service here!"

"Want to dine? Golden Snapper Restaurant welcomes you! All the fish we have here are fresh, delivered today, and we guarantee you will not be disappointed!"

Along the way, you can see people soliciting customers everywhere, and the signboards of these stores are also very eye-catching. Even if there are no electric lights, they will use various means to make their store names shine, which makes the whole street look sparkling. Hui.

"I can't tell for a moment whether this is modern time or another world." Elodie couldn't help but sigh.

"Putting aside the differences in technology, there are actually not many differences between the two sides - of course, I am specifically referring to people." Chaoyang said as he walked, "Everyone wants to live a good life, but not everyone can do so. As for the world itself, The difference is quite obvious, such as...that!"

He pointed to a food stall on the street.

"New World specialty: Wuling meatballs?" Elodie frowned, "What is that?"

"It doesn't matter what they are, what's important is the specialty!" Chaoyang pointed to the skewers in the baking pan and said, "Boss, I want two!"

"Okay, please take it!"

Chaoyang held the Wuling meatballs in his hand. They looked like skewered grilled octopus tentacles, but in the shape of meatballs. Each meatball had a head and eyes, which looked so weird.

"Here, it's yours."

"Uh...is this really edible?"

"Everyone is eating."

"Okay..." Elodie took the meatball skewer and tried to bite one, "Hmm -! It's delicious!" Her blue eyes narrowed slightly and she hummed with satisfaction.

"Oh? Really?" Chaoyang opened his mouth with relief. The moment you bite through the skin of the meatball, a large amount of soft particles rush into your mouth, bringing with it a strong delicious taste and a hint of salty sea water. It tastes a bit like caviar at first, but when the particles break, an indescribable milky fragrance blooms and becomes the mainstream of the taste.

"It's really good."

"You are actually waiting for me to try it!" Elodie noticed with sharp eyes, "Devil!"

"No, you ate too fast." Chaoyang finished the meatballs in three strokes, five by two, and quickly locked on the next target, "Look, there is juice there!"

"This time you drink first!"

"Okay, um... it's like coconut water with salt soda added, it feels quite refreshing."

Chaoyang specially picked the crowded roadside stalls, and tasted the specialties of this world while shopping, filling his stomach to the fullest along the way.

By the time the question of who eats first had turned into a guessing game, Elodie showed a rare relaxed look on her face.

"Weren't you quite willing to go out for a walk before?" Chaoyang joked, "It turned out to be quite interesting, right?"

"I -" she paused obviously, "I am bound by the contract, so I have to follow you! If you don't believe me, try to lift it!"

"I signed it on my own merit, why should I cancel it?"

"demon!"

Speaking of this word, Elodie couldn't help but grin. She quickly reached out to cover her mouth to prevent the other party from seeing her relaxed expression.

But...she hasn't visited the night market like this for a long time.

She used to spend most of her time running for various organizations without any time to rest. After the Skeleton Hand was established, she forgot what it was like to hang out, and devoted all her energy to punishing criminals in the first round of operations. All she ate was French fries and hamburgers. It’s not that I dislike eating fast food with my companions, it’s just that... it’s not a bad feeling to be able to temporarily take off work and responsibilities like this and slowly taste the food in your hands.

No, no, I can't think in this direction anymore. It's nice to be able to eat delicious food, but the other party is a devil after all, and what he is best at is corrupting people's hearts.

Hmm... She behaves like this just to paralyze the other party!

Elodie raised the half-eaten grilled fish in her hand and overlapped it with the moon on the seaside.

If you look out from the windows of the base, you can see a similar night sky.

It would be great if Bran and Hill could also taste these otherworldly delicacies.

Thinking of this, Elodie suddenly became concerned about her companions, "What did you mean last time when you said that under normal circumstances, park games will not affect real time? Now that we have spent two days in the park, what will happen there? ?”

"About twenty minutes." Chaoyang estimated.

"Is the time difference so big? But last time I..."

"I said it was an accident last time." He looked at the other person for a long time, then helplessly spread his hands and said, "Okay, it doesn't hurt to tell you. There is a channel between this world... and the earth. If you imagine the two as two plane, then this channel is the axis between them.”

"Then what?"

"No matter which side I am on, the running speed of the two worlds is basically the same. The difference appears in those players..." Chaoyang explained, "When I bring their souls to this world, it is equivalent to having roots. The line is stuck in the middle of the axis. At this time, in the world I am in, time will still flow normally, but the other side seems to be stuck, and the flow speed is greatly slowed down. I don't know what the principle is, this is all my observation The conclusion reached after comparison. And the slowing down ratio is not constant. The shorter the time the soul is brought here, the stronger the hysteresis effect."

"Is that so..." Elodie was greatly surprised, "Then if I return to Earth now..."

"It will break away from the paradise timeline. I will go find you in three days, which may be more than an hour late for you."

"I can't jam that shaft?"

Chaoyang shook his head, "You are very similar to me. You can completely pass through the passage and reach the other side with your body. So you alone cannot affect the operation of the world."

"No wonder I spent the same time as Earth last time..." the girl thought thoughtfully, "then if you stay here, don't you have unlimited time?"

"That's true for the onlooker, but it doesn't mean anything to the person who's experiencing it. And I can't stay on the same side because the passage is changing. I can feel it expanding and shrinking, and if I'm here If I stay on Earth for too long, I will lose my place on Earth. Likewise, if I stay on Earth for too long, I will forget where Paradise is."

"Isn't there any coordinates that can be recorded?" Elodie was puzzled.

"In fact, even opening this passage was a desperate gambling attempt." Chaoyang curled his lips, "Now if I try again, I may not be able to do it."

Having said this, he suddenly stopped and turned his head to look at a splendid building about ten meters away. "Huh……"

"What's wrong?" Elodie also stopped.

"Let me see... the name Yunzhongting looks familiar." Chaoyang reached into his arms, took out the card, and looked at the writing on it carefully against the firelight on the street: No. 18 Central Street, Yunzhongting Hotel. "It's really here!"

Could this be fate?

"Are you going in?"

"Well..." He raised his eyebrows and thought for a moment, "Since I can get here without knowing it, then I might as well..."

But the next second, his expression changed, and he suddenly grabbed Elodie's hand and walked quickly into the shadows of the street, "Don't look over there!"

"Huh?" The latter still looked confused.

Chaoyang leaned against the wall and looked at the hotel entrance with the corner of his eye. He saw a carriage parked there, and two rows of fully armed soldiers standing around the carriage. But that's not the point. The key lies in the two people who got off the carriage!

One of them was the city guard commander he had met once at Wangshui Manor, Sandra Allen.

The other person he had never seen before, and his outfit was quite different, but it was this person who just turned his head and aimed towards them!