Chapter 455: Her Preferences

Anno and Xi wandered around the palace for a long time, and only after seeing that she looked tired did they personally escort her back to the palace.

"Get some rest, I'll take you out to see the world tomorrow."

Xi patted her head and slipped a model aircraft into her hand.

Anno looked somewhat surprised. "We were just together. Where did you get it from?"

Xi was charmed by her reaction and resisted the urge to pinch her cheek, saying, "What's this called? Magic? Just pretend I know magic."

Anno: "You really know magic?"

Xi chuckled and ruffled her hair again, "You're so cute, I'm really envious of Sevier now."

"Alright, Your Highness, go and rest now."

After Xi left, Anuo lay on the soft bed, playing with the model aircraft in her hand. After playing with it for a while, she asked Mingxiao to find a set of tools and dismantled the aircraft into pieces.

After taking it apart and finding nothing special, she swept all the parts onto the cabinet without reassembling them.

Fei Xing said, "She knows how to cater to people's tastes."

Anuo lay down on the bed, drowsy, and said, "She seems to know me very well, almost to the point of being thorough. She doesn't even need to enter my consciousness."

Fei Xing laughed and said, "My dear Nunu, she has been a queen for hundreds of years. There are some things she doesn't need to enter people's minds. She can know a lot of things just by looking at her."

Anno said sullenly, "You mean to say that I can't beat that old fox?"

Fei Xing comforted her again, saying, "You don't need to fight her. What you need to do now is protect yourself. Leave the rest to us."

After a long silence, Anno asked, "Is she able to live so long because of these energy stones? Did the Lyca people also draw energy from energy stones in the past?"

Fei Xing said, "The Lyca people only started using energy stones in recent years, probably a few hundred years before the outbreak of this last war. On the long timescale of civilization, this time is very short."

Anno then asked, "So they didn't have those energy patterns on their bodies before?"

Fei Xing said, "Yes, these patterns only appear after the body is given energy using energy stones. Just like our insect race, if there are no energy stones, the insect patterns will still be there, but the light will be much dimmer."

Anno opened her closed eyes, "Just like Fei."

Fei Xing: "That's right. Although there are energy stones available here, he was born as an insectoid and is not fully adapted to them. Over time, the insectoid markings on his body have become much dimmer."

After hearing this, Anuo closed her eyes again and muttered, "How did he get here?"

Lost in thought, Anuo lay down and fell asleep.

She spent half the day touring the palace with Xi and then had a meal with her. Now she was sleepy and fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow. Feixing wanted to remind her not to sleep on her stomach because it would be uncomfortable, but she fell asleep right away.

Fei Xing sighed, looking at her with immense heartache and affection.

If he were here, he definitely wouldn't want Anunu to suffer even a little bit. Anunu is the kind of child who needs to be cherished and protected at this age. If Fengling were still here, he would also feel sorry for this child. Fengling has always been the most soft-hearted.

Thinking of Feng Ling, Fei Xing couldn't help but miss her again. He had waited for her for so many years, hoping that one day her soul could return to the Zerg and reunite with her ancestors.

His soul could not find peace at the thought of her soul wandering alone in the universe.

Anunu is now also a wanderer, but fortunately he can still accompany her, and she still has family members by her side.

If Anunu is left isolated and helpless like before, she'll be so pitiful.

Feixing called Mingxiao in from outside. Mingxiao saw that Anuo was exhausted and asleep on the bed. He walked over and gently turned her over and covered her with a blanket.

"Mingxiao, do you think you could go to the next level of the Golden Hall?" Feixing asked Mingxiao.

Mingxiao hesitated and said, "I'm afraid if I go, I won't be able to come back, leaving the little prince all alone."

Fei Xing said, "I'm not really going, I'm just seeing if they'll stop you."

Mingxiao nodded: "I understand."

The next day, Anuo had just finished washing up when Xi came to find her.

Xi put a pretty hat on her head, placed her hand on her shoulder, and looked in the mirror with her. "Do you like it? I think this will make you feel more at ease."

Anno looked at herself in the mirror. The hat was beautifully made, with a soft, fluffy tail around the top. It was cute and had a soft feel that she liked.

The feeling of having my head covered by a hat is a long-lost sense of familiar security.

Xi took her hand. "Come on, let me take you for a walk."

They arrived outside the Golden Palace. The weather was still nice today, but the sun was gone. Anno liked the overcast weather, as it meant there wouldn't be too much glaring sunlight.

A flying vehicle landed in front of Anuo, and Xi turned to look at her: "Want to take it for a spin?"

Anno wasn't particularly interested in flying a spaceship, but there wasn't much else to attract her here, so she could take the spaceship to explore other areas.

She boarded the aircraft, and Xi watched as she fumbled around for a while before skillfully starting it up.

Xi laughed and said, "I thought you wouldn't be very skilled at flying this aircraft."

Anno said, "It's pretty much the same as the aircraft outside, the activation mechanism is almost the same."

After hearing this, Xi looked at her thoughtfully.

Anno flew the aircraft out of the Golden Palace area. She turned to look at Xi, and their eyes met unconsciously. She suddenly said, "Today I'm taking you out of the cage for a walk."

A strange light flashed in Xi's eyes, and she stopped tapping her fingers, which she usually placed on her lap. "Does Your Highness also think I'm locked in a cage?"

Her voice was always calm, and Anuo couldn't detect any emotion in it.

Not hearing Anuo's reply, Xi smiled slightly, "I was supposed to take you out for some fresh air, but now you're the one taking me. Your Highness is such a good boy."

Looking at her faint smile, Anuo felt it was much more genuine than before.

She subconsciously adjusted her hat and said to her, "Don't you usually go out?"

Xi looked out at the city through the glass. "I can see everything from inside the Golden Palace, so there's no need for me to go out."

Anno thought of something, and a smile appeared on her lips. She said to her, "Although your consciousnesses can be connected, there are some things you should see and experience for yourself."

The one whose consciousness Xi can connect with is naturally Mo, or the optical brain system.

Upon hearing her words, Xi paused for a moment, her smile faded, but her gaze towards An Nuo became more intense.

“Your Highness is right, we should all go and see for ourselves.”

The aircraft weaved through the suspended buildings, and Xi occasionally introduced some of the facilities to her.

Anno watched the aircraft's monitoring footage several times. No one was following them when they came out, so it seemed they weren't worried about their queen going out alone.

As the aircraft swept over the arena, Anno glanced down and saw that, just like when she first arrived, the place was bustling with noise and excitement.

She also saw Momo lying on one side of the arena, fast asleep, which terrified everyone else. Even the people who were fighting were very careful and hesitant in their battles, afraid of waking it up.

The scene was somewhat comical. Anuo smiled and thought to herself, "As expected, Mao Mao can live well anywhere."

Xi followed Anuo's gaze and saw Mao Mao sleeping soundly in the arena. She smiled and said, "When it first came to the City of Heaven, it caused quite a bit of trouble. If I hadn't recognized it, it probably would have been dealt with by the Celestials. Sevier told me about it before, saying that she would take me to ride Mao Mao and fight it if I had the chance."

“This furry thing doesn’t let anyone ride it or touch it. I think if Sevier were here, maybe it would let you.”

Hearing her words, Anuo glanced at the arena that had already fallen behind her and asked Xi, "You should be more than just the Queen of Heavenly City, so why do you only manage Heavenly City?"

Her euphemism was actually a question asking whether Xi had given up on the Lyca people outside of Heavenly City.

Xi said, "Your Highness, as I told you, I am a failed queen. I became queen after the war that sealed off Lyca. I am a queen of the apocalypse, and all I inherited was a broken kingdom."

"In such a broken kingdom, power is fragmented and scattered among many people. I only hold a fragment of power. You are still young and there are many things you cannot understand, but that's okay. A broken kingdom like Lyca has its own destiny. What can I do?"

Anno pondered for a moment and said, "You don't seem to care about Leica's future?"

Xi smiled nonchalantly: "Leica needs to have a future before I can care. Your Highness, do you think Leica has a future?"

Anno said, "...I don't know."

Xi tilted her head and looked at her. "Once a civilization in a star system is drained of its vitality by war, its resources, population, and technology will rapidly degenerate, and it will collapse like dominoes. The Lyca people only have this one planet left to barely maintain their past technology and civilization, but those who remain in power, as you can see, only enjoy short-lived pleasures."

"This is just the last glimmer of Lyca's glory days, which is why Mo is disappointed in us."

Xi turned her gaze back to the window and murmured softly, "Only by finding a new way out can Lyca survive."

Anno couldn't judge other people's civilizations; it was their way of developing. She was just an outsider who had stumbled into it. She now had only one thought: to go home with Sitar and their families.

She's been away for long enough; it's making her parents worry.

Xi let Anuo see the aircraft in a huge stadium, which was full of all kinds of aircraft and professional flight tracks.

Anno's aircraft landed, and she and Xi got off and went to the stands to watch the game.

"I didn't know there was a flight simulator competition here."

"Do you like it?" Xi asked Anuo. "There's also a modification factory for aircraft here, with many professional designers. You can talk to them. If you like it here, you can come here often."

After hearing this, Anuo pulled her hat up again and turned to look at Xi, asking, "How did you know what I like?"