"Some people who wanted to kill me chose Kale Square as the ambush site and attacked me there, endangering the civilians present at the time."
"Some lost their lives because of this, and some lost relatives and friends."
After a pause, the girl continued, "I feel very guilty and have always wanted to say sorry to everyone—sorry."
Li Qianxia bent over and bowed to the entire city.
"To compensate these innocent victims, my brother built this Moon Base so they no longer have to worry about accidents or the struggle of everyday life."
"I know it's not enough, no compensation can bring back the dead relatives and friends."
"I don't expect everyone's forgiveness, I can understand, fully understand, if I lost a family member, I would never forgive the other party either."
"But I still hope... I hope everyone doesn't torture themselves over this, doesn't dwell in sorrow. There is so much fun to be had in the world, so many delicious things, don't give up the chance to try, don't give up the chance to let life restart."
"I will continue to work hard, to make the Moon Base, born out of regret, a place of only happiness, where everyone can start over and live their lives in a different way."
The holographic image disappeared.
Many tourists took it as a novelty, some even thought it was a promotion for the city's economic interests.
Only those who had truly experienced the bizarre incident could grasp the message Li Qianxia was conveying.
Quite a few tourists felt dissatisfied. They had experienced dangerous incidents too, with no compensation, while those from Kale Square got to move to the Moon and live a life of wealth and safety.
Some of those from Kale Square felt fortunate, including those who had lost friends and relatives in the incident.
Then there were a few, mainly those Li Qianxia was addressing in her apology, who were angry with her.
Like Zhang Ling.
She understood that Kale Square and Li Qianxia were unrelated, but if she couldn't be angry at her, who else could she be angry at?
Many things were beyond her own control.
"Master, do you need to plant vegetables in the yard? If so, you can order seeds," the smart home robot stood by her side, always guarding her.
Zhang Ling glanced at the small yard below her apartment; achieving vegetable self-sufficiency was unrealistic, but it was possible to grow some onions, garlic, cilantro, and maybe a few cucumber or tomato plants, some baby bok choy, and the like.
"No need," Zhang Ling refused.
She lay on the chair, closed her eyes, and thought of her child being dragged into the glass. Whenever she remembered this image, her whole body would turn cold.
And at that moment, the Moon's sunlight warmed her body uninvited, the fragrance of flowers and the scent of fruit from the plate beside her relentlessly assaulted her nose.
"Then does the master need to make a reservation for any activity?"
"You can go shopping, feast on a Moon Rabbit dinner, learn to pilot a mecha outdoors, fish outside the city, or visit the old site of Guanghan Palace. But master, I'll tell you in secret, Guanghan Palace is artificial, just some big rocks pretending to be a palace and a dead osmanthus tree, all to deceive your money, I don't recommend you go."
"If you don't have plans for now, you can start with a Moon Rabbit dinner, it has the highest ratings. While dining, you can then decide what other activities to do."
Zhang Ling didn't answer.
Tears streamed down from the corners of her eyes, and she felt a great deal of guilt, sorry for her child, that she had even a small desire to continue living.
"Book me a visit to Guanghan Palace."
"Okay."
She hoped to find a secluded corner among the chaotic rocks of Guanghan Palace to take off her space suit and expose herself to the vacuum of space.
She hoped there would be no further changes to the plan.
"Master, the Guanghan Palace's money-making scheme is very popular. I have already booked you in for a session four hours from now. Would you like to try the Moon Rabbit feast during this time? Even Chang'e has praised it," the voice said.
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"With our current strength, we can protect ourselves on other planets," Yang Qinglan pondered, "And each time the ship mission ends, relying on 'teleportation,' it's like gaining another habitable planet."
"Let's go, let's go!" Li Qianxia grabbed Li Changzhou's hand, "Bro, shall we go? Please?"
"Alright," Li Changzhou nodded, "During the mission 'teleportation' cannot be used, but we can still sense the Human Tribulation, and by the way, we can pay attention to the skills of those crossing the tribulation."
In this period, Li Changzhou also gradually replaced some skills for Yang Qinglan and Li Qianxia—when he wanted to do the same for Turquoise Pool, she said there was no need, confident in her own abilities.
"Speaking of crossing the tribulation, everyone outside is urging you not to go into secluded cultivation," Turquoise Pool said with a happy smile.
All three of them laughed.
Previously, Li Changzhou, who had the Five Elements Qi Blade, already barely possessed the might of an Immortal in terms of combat power. After merging with the Five Elements Materials, he had become even stronger.
The ones crossing the Third-Level Human Tribulation were manageable—they failed even before Li Changzhou could use the Five Elements Qi Blade. Players crossing the Second-Level Human Tribulation had no idea how many times they had been struck down.
"I don't want to either. It would be best if everyone could successfully cross the tribulation, but I can't stay stagnant," Li Changzhou said sincerely.
"Now calling it Five Elements Qi Blade seems a bit inappropriate," Yang Qinglan mused, her interest in outsiders minimal.
"The Thundering Green Wood Mighty Five Elements Qi Blade!" Li Qianxia was extremely confident in this name.
"How about Five Elements True Saber?" Yang Qinglan suggested.
"Alright," Li Changzhou nodded.
"Hmm—" Li Qianxia made a childlike noise of discontent.
"Stop 'hmm-ing.' Rest well. Tomorrow morning, we go on the ship and embark on our new cosmic journey," Li Changzhou said.
"I wonder what kind of aliens we'll encounter this time."
"Avatar!"
"Wouldn't that be just slicing melons and cutting vegetables?"
"I shall join the Avatars, become the legendary Phantom Knight, and exterminate you vile invaders!"