MLiS – Chapter 11.3

Together With You, It’ll Be Alright

Luo Lan sent a message to Chen Sha but never received a reply.

She was anxious, so she simply ran to the consul’s castle and waited outside.

Seeing her, the lynx rushed over and enthusiastically jumped around her. It was very happy. Round eyes blinked at her, shining with “Play with me! Play with me!”

Luo Lan avoided it. She climbed to the oak tree and sat on the end of the branch with the thickness of a small child’s arm. She leisurely swung her legs, deliberately ignoring the lynx.

The lynx quickly climbed up along the trunk and stopped at the branches. It didn’t dare to go to the top of the tree. It probably knew that its body was huge and might break the branches if it climbed to the top.

With its amber eyes, it stared at Luo Lan and mewled continuously, as if to say “Go down and play with me!“

Luo Lan hooked her finger and provoked the lynx, “Don’t you like to chase me? Come here!” During this period of special training, she has been bullied a lot by the lynx. If she ran even a little bit slower, the lynx wouldn’t hesitate to bite her ass.

The lynx carefully stretched out its paw and looked like it wanted to jump, but didn’t dare. The whisker on the round face twitched and the lynx gathered its courage and jumped. Luo Lan didn’t expect it to jump. She immediately pressed hard on the treetops and the branches swayed, scaring the lynx to retreat.

Luo Lan wandered around the treetop and laughed triumphantly, “What? Suddenly afraid? Come here!” Forgive her for being petty, but how could she miss this rare chance to see the cowardly side of Lynx the Bully! 

Luo Lan was focused on laughing that she didn’t notice the lynx had jumped and landed on the treetop.

With a “snap”, the branch broke and Luo Lan fell down with it. Her whole person kissed the ground.

The lynx gloated, its repeated Luo Lan motion of wandering the treetop. It arched happily and jumped down, it motioned her to get up and continue to play with it.

Luo Lan pouted, why was she always the one that got the end of the stick?!

“Luo Lan?”

Luo Lan looked up and saw the three pairs of feet first. Chen Sha, Zi Yan, and the consul’s face followed after.

Luo Lan pushed the lynx’s head away. She tidied herself and laughed dryly, “We’re playing.”

The consul’s face was hidden behind a mask and no expression could be seen; Zi Yan was without his usual smile and for once in his life looked serious; Chen Sha’s face was cold and there seemed to be a wave of hidden anger beneath it.

Luo Lan glanced at the damaged oak tree. Without hesitation, she kicked the broken branch near her foot to the lynx, “It was the one who broke it. I have nothing to do with it at all!”

The lynx didn’t understand human speech and thought Luo Lan was finally willing to play with it. It picked up the branch and put it back near Luo Lan’s feet. After that, it ran away to the distance. As if explaining, “She was the one who broke the branch! Not me!”

Luo Lan was depressed, “I really didn’t break it.”

Zi Yan let out a laugh, “Understood, you don’t have to pay for it. Even if you have to pay, just make Chen Sha pay for it. He definitely can afford it!”

Seeing the smile once again appear on that bastard’s face, Luo Lan let out a sigh of relief. Guilt washed over her, “Consul seems to like this tree very much.”

The consul hummed, “Don’t worry about it.”

Luo Lan gave the consul a bow, “I am looking for Chen Sha, I hope I didn’t disturb Your Excellency.”

Chen Sha asked, “What’s the matter?”

“I just want to say that my promotion task has been decided. I will set off tomorrow.”

“So fast?”

Wasn’t he the one that said, “the sooner the better”? Luo Lan looked at Chen Sha and blinked in surprise, “I’m lucky.”

Zi Yan interjected, “Mission location? Mission objectives? Who is the guide?”

What did it even have to do with him? But Luo Lan was a good student and wouldn’t want to offend this bastard, so she answered obediently, “The mission is in Yanlin, the Seventh District of Big Gemini. The objective is to capture a Yanfeng beast. The guide is… Qian Xu.”

Luo Lan was worried Zi Yan would object. To her surprise, Zi Yan didn’t say a word at all.

Luo Lan saw that she had done her job of explaining her mission and was ready to leave. The consul called out to her, “Princess, I heard you have good grades on firearms lesson. Here, a gun for self-defense.”

Luo Lan stared blankly at the gun that the consul gave her, “It’s too valuable. I can’t take it.”

Su Er as her firearms teacher had told her about several peculiar weapons. One of them was the gun that the consul gave her, the Gun of Death^[1], also known as the Meteor Shower of Death^[2].

Legend had it, hundreds of years ago, an outstanding weapon maker discovered a special substance that could devour a Primeval Star that was empty without any intelligent life. Sadly, he couldn’t find a suitable way to show its power. Until one day, he saw a gorgeous meteor shower during his interstellar trip. He had an inspiration and fused that special substance into the gun body to make this gun.

It looked small and elegant. At first glance, it seemed like it didn’t have much lethality. But, in fact, not only was the firing speed amazing, once you’re shot, you’re done for. Even the best doctors with the most advanced equipment wouldn’t be able to save you. That was the reason it was called “the Gun of Death”

Unfortunately, or fortunately, the special substance accumulated energy slowly and could only be fired once a year. Yet, even with such an obvious disadvantage, this gun was still listed as one of the most terrible personal weapons in Interstellar.

“Take it!” Chen Sha’s tone was very stern. Like an order.

Luo Lan was reluctant and took the gun without saying a word. Humph, not allowed to say no!! Fine, let’s Chen Sha be the one who owes a favor to the consul!

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The natural environment of the Seventh District of Big Gemini was very harsh.

There were strong winds all year round, and no plant could be higher than one centimeter. It must grow close to the ground as not to be blown off or pulled up by the wind. The only vegetation that could survive here was fungi.

The rocks on the surface have been eroded by the wind into strange shapes, towering high and low, with vertical and horizontal ravines. Looking from afar, it looks like an endless rocky forest, which was why it was called Yanlin by the Interstellar explorer who discovered it for the first time.

Whether it was the strong wind, flying sand or stones, ghosts cry or wolves howl, everything could take people’s lives in an instant. Moreover, this kind of storm would interfere with communication signals. Once humans entered the rock forest, they need to rely on shouting for communication and were completely out of contact with the outside world, which increases a lot of dangers.

Even more terrifying was the beast called Yanfeng that lived deep in Yanlin.

Because they were accustomed to storms all the year-round, their skin was as hard as iron, and ordinary bullets cannot penetrate their bodies; Their claws were sharp and powerful, and it could penetrate rocks; They had fleshy wings on their ribs, they couldn’t fly freely like birds, but they could use the towering rocks in the rock forest for gliding, which was amazing beyond words.

If it wasn’t planned or on purpose, even those with level A physical ability who were experienced in wilderness survival would be unwilling to enter the rock forest to kill a Yanfeng beast.

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-Outside Yanlin’s border-

Luo Lan, who was wearing a field adventure suit, sat on the top of the car, waiting for Qian Xu while browsing the map of Yanlin.

Su Qi and Luo Lan sat back-to-back. Su Qi was so bored that she started playing with her ears. She covered the horn ears with both hands, pressed them into her hair, and then let go of her hands, waiting for them to pop out of her hair.

Su Er leaned against the side of the car and held the Gun of Death with an infatuated look, “This is a real deal! Even if a Yanfeng beast glides in the wind within 50 meters, it won’t be able to hide. Such a shame it could only be shot once a year.”

Su Qi covered her mouth and yawned.

Luo Lan said, “Both of you don’t have to accompany me waiting.”

Su Qi yawned again, “We have to take a look at the guide that you choose. In case you are eaten by the Yanfeng beast as a snack, we can give Chen Sha an explanation.”

Su Qi stood up, and Su Er threw the gun back to Luo Lan, “Take care of it!”

Luo Lan looked at the empty sky and realized that Qian Xu was nearby, but she couldn’t hear or see him yet. She calmly stuffed the gun into her suit and jumped off the car roof.

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Footnotes

1. 死神之枪 – Sǐ Shén Zhī Qiāng; Death God’s Gun; Grim Reaper’s Gun; The Gun of Death God; The Gun of Grim Reaper.↵

2. 死神的流星雨 – Sǐ Shén de Liú Xīng Yǔ; The Meteor Shower of Death God; The Meteor Shower of Grim Reaper.↵

Amoeba’s Corner

In this house, we don’t appreciate the Gun of Death. Thank you.

Finally, another screen time for Qian Xu, haHahHAhA!

Fun fact, I translated Chapter 11.4 in my docs for Chapter 11.3. Only after I had finished translating chapter 11.4 did I realize it. I checked my drafts and realized I hadn’t made one for Chapter 11.3 (´ཀ`」 ∠)

Why am I so clumsy… It was fortunate that GDocs have edit history… or I would cry in the corner (:3」∠)_

Anyway, see you next update!

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Sneak-a-Peek

Under the dim starlight, he took her hand and walked on the rocky and bumpy road. The surrounding boulders were like ferocious monsters, but his hands were safe and reliable. As long as she was with him, it would be as if they were walking on a splendid avenue of spring and blooming flowers.

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