It was a colorful island that could give you a pure visual impact at first glance. The whole island was like a bucket of watercolors spilled on a canvas, with rich and full colors.

As we got closer, we could see it more clearly. The island's vibrant colors all came from the bursting bloom of the flowers. There were white lilies with petals as large as fists, their petals densely packed inside; small clusters of bright blue daisies blooming in large bunches; deep red poppies with flowers as large as buckets, their petals so thin they seemed to let in the light; and tall tulips topped with colorful buds, surrounded by countless bees and butterflies...

It's easy to distinguish which of the ships docked at the pier are from outside the area and which are from Orok.

—The tall ship is adorned with countless blooming flowers. Dark green vines intertwine and climb, almost covering the upper half of the ship with a fuzzy green. Large and small white flowers bloom among the leaves. When the ship sets sail, countless petals flutter down into the sea, and fish on the surface of the sea leap out of the water, vying to chase after the petals.

Flowers of all colors bloom in profusion, and the usually delicate flowers seem to no longer need to hide their vigorous vitality, striving to bloom upwards and desperately opening their petals to announce their existence to the world.

In Orlock, all the flowers are free and unrestrained, without the fragility of being confined in a greenhouse, but only with a vigorous and unrestrained wildness.

The benches on the pier are shaped like short, plump mushrooms, and the handrails are made of the branches of a growing banyan tree. The pier floor is covered with countless golden petals, which reflect an extremely brilliant golden hue under the setting sun.

As the sun sets, the sea is bathed in a magnificent rose-red light. Tourists stroll along the pier, stepping on golden petals. Tall tulip buds droop and slowly open in the night, revealing countless glowing fireflies gathered together, their centers emitting a soft light, like tiny nightlights.

[Musical Tulip: The entire plant is non-toxic, and the petals and pollen are edible. It blooms year-round, and its most distinctive feature is that it sways to music. The center of the flower secretes a special nectar that attracts a large number of glowing fireflies, making it a very popular lighting plant among the Orok people.]

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"So beautiful."

Jiang Wenyan sniffed. Although she was on guard at all times, she was so shocked by the beautiful scene that she was speechless for a long time.

Nian Fengran nodded in complete agreement, though he seemed more interested in the tulip-shaped streetlights that didn't require electricity.

Xu Milu's attention, however, was on another person waiting at the dock.

Beneath her tattered robes peeked out a pair of distinctive elven pointed ears. Her long silver hair had long since been transformed into a neat, shoulder-length bob. Her delicate, androgynous face exuded an androgynous charm, and as she strummed the harp, the notes flowed slowly throughout the dock, drawing everyone's attention.

"In that faraway land of sand, mandolins bloom on a land overflowing with honey. There lives a beautiful maiden, her eyes shining like stars, her hair blacker than the night—"

"In that distant pearl city, on fertile land, where pearls carpet the earth, there lived a beautiful and kind maiden. Her kindness was sung as a righteous act, and her smile made the stars fall from the sky—"

The melodious singing drifted to every corner of the dock, and the elegant Elvish language floated along with the harp melody. The tulip lanterns on the dock swayed and made a soft "tinkling" sound.

Golden petals scattered on the ground danced in the wind, creating a romantic and beautiful scene. The petals swirled above Xu Milu and her group before finally turning into a rain of flowers that slowly fell.

"Long time no see, my friend."

The silver-haired elf reached out her hand to Xu Milu, but before she could say anything, a handful of flower petals smeared into her mouth—

"Cough cough cough cough cough, cough cough cough cough, ptooey ptooey ptooey, those damned chrysanthemum petals cough cough cough—there are worms inside! Aa ...

The elegance and beauty of the elf, the emotion of meeting an old friend, were all ruined by her screams.

Yes, being able to eat a bug while standing up—that's some serious bad luck for the familiar elf Lola.

Xu Milu resignedly brushed the flowers off her head, shook off the chrysanthemum petals clinging to her body, and calmly thought to herself.

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"Aaaaaah, it really is you!"

Lola cuddled and snuggled against Xu Milu, wishing she could hang her whole body on her:

"I was worried something might go wrong with that letter and make you miss the carnival! And you wretched fellow, not a word from you for so long! If I hadn't forced the Aoki Trading Company to reveal your whereabouts and knew you were still alive, I would have written your epitaph long ago—I've already thought of one: 'The tragic life of Milu, because she didn't correspond with her good friends, she died tragically'—"

Xu Milu also knew that she hadn't thought this through properly. For a while, she had been focused on developing new dimensions, and even when she arrived in the Food Dimension, she left in a hurry and forgot to send a message to Lola to let her know she was safe.

"I've been in seclusion honing my culinary skills for years, so I haven't been able to contact the outside world. Didn't I contact you as soon as I heard news about you? A while ago in Pearl City, after Nanako told me, I contacted you through the Aoki Trading Company. Didn't you receive the letter?"

Xu Milu suddenly remembered something and asked.

Lola looked completely bewildered.

"A letter? What letter? I heard from the Siren Clan that you bought the Nameless Island on the new gourmet route, which is why I was able to send the letter there successfully—besides, Pearl City fell a year ago, didn't it? By the way, why didn't you come with the Green Wood Merchant Guild this time?"

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