Chapter 545
The road was paved with ss, creating an illusion of walking on space. Also, the path was nked by
a starry sky, and Matthias seemed to have reverted to a childlike state. His eyes were gleaming happily
while the stars were smiling down at him. Heather envied him for that, as it had been a long time since
shest felt like a kid who got her wildest dream fulfilled.
She wondered what her wildest dream was anyway. Every time she was asked that question, Heather
would tell them about how she wanted to be a sessful businessperson. But is that really what I like?
“Feels like we’re walking in space, huh?” Matthias looked at her.
Heather nodded with a smile. She didn’t want to snuff out the light in Matthias’ eyes, for dreams were
something to be respected, and she respected everyone’s preference. The older she got, the vaguer
her childhood dream was, but she knew she never wanted to be a filthy businessperson in the first
ce.
“Look up there. It’s thes.” He poked her gently, reminding her of the view.
Heather looked up and saw the’s hologram. I see. This is no normal path. They started off with
something normal to get the customer into the mood, but the deeper we go, the more magnificent it
gets. “Super realistic ride, huh? Interesting,” shemented calmly, but that was already an
acknowledgementing from her.
It wasn’t a long ride, but they spent more time than everyone else normally did. Matthias would point
out all the projections, then when they were nearing the end, the projections turned into AR visuals.
A spaceship was floating above their heads, and Matthias tried to touch it. Heather watched him as he
tried to get closer to the spaceship, and she thought Matthias was really adorable that day.
Then, two women in spacesuits appeared at the end of the tunnel and announced simultaneously, “We
shall open this door of mysteries for you.”
Heather was surprised that the ride was better than she thought it would be, while Matthias looked
excited. He suddenly held her hand, and Heather wanted to shake it off. However, she hesitated when
she saw how delighted Matthias was.
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Matthias took her to the door and tried to push it, but it was an automatic door, so it slid open before he
could touch it, just like in the movies.
They went inside the spaceship, though Heather was just curious, while Matthias was in there to learn.
It was a nice view, for the simtion was no AR visuals, but real-life objects. Matthias tried to touch
everything he could. At that moment, it was as if they were flying in space, and a big screen stood
before them.
They could see what was happening outside through the screen, then they looked at each other and
realized that the people around them looked emotionless. After a while of observation, they realized
that the people were just simtions instead of the real deal.
Matthias wondered if the simtions could talk to humans, so he took Heather and went up to the
captain to greet him. “Hello, captain.”
The captain was sitting in the center, but he ignored Matthias. Matthias looked at Heather before trying
again, though he knew it must look stupid. “Can you understand me, captain?” He had to get the
answer for that, or it’d be an obsession.
“Be quiet, sir. I’m trying to lead my team here,” the captain answered, much to their surprise.
Apparently the simtions could talk to people.
“Sorry, captain, but I have a lot of questions—”
Before he could finish, the captain interjected, “A moment please, sir. I’m very busy right now.”
Matthias kept quiet and turned to the screen. Apparently, the spaceship was traveling smoothly, so the
captain didn’t have anything to do. And nothing was happening, as everyone was working as usual.
Matthias whispered, “Looks like the captain is ignoring us.” Matthias was still looking at the captain.
“Or maybe you’re just annoying,” she teased. Compared to Matthias’ curiosity, Heather would much
prefer a quiet observation.
“It’s probably pre-programmed.” Matthias wanted to salvage the situation. Since simtions weren’t
really advanced, it was impossible for a simtion to have a conversation with a normal human.
Heather smiled. It was a gentle smile, for Matthias was acting like a curious teenager that day; the sight
of it even made her tone down her fierce look.
“Mr. Locke, Miss Langston, please take your seats,” someone suddenly called them, much to their
surprise. Simtions have gotten this far?
They looked in the direction of the sound and saw a robot around half the size of a normal adult. It
looked like it was an adorable child, and it wasing up to them, eventually standing before Matthias
and Heather.
“Mr. Locke, Miss Langston, we will be warping soon. Please take your seats.” It then pointed at two
empty seats on the right.
Matthias and Heather looked at each other before going to their seats and sat down, just like how the
robot advised. The seats turned on auto mode and buckled them up the moment they sat down. It was
as if they were in a Hollywood set, where everything felt real but also fake at the same time.
After that, they heard the captainmanding the crew, and Matthias held Heather’s hand while
grinning gently at her. “We’re going to leave Earth for another now. I’m d that you’re with me
on this journey.” Seemingly thoroughly enjoying the process, he got into character.
She blinked at him, feeling interested about Matthias’ change. A whileter, she nodded. “We’re gonna
colonize it.” She started beaming, and heughed.
“Nicely worded. We’ll build a big colony,” Matthias answered.
They had a fun time and ignored the bumpy ride along the way. Warping could be extremely
ufortable, but they didn’t feel it before they lost their grip on gravity. Once they realized they were
in a gravity-free space, they could feel the floaty feeling even in their seats.
Heather held Matthias’ hand tightly as the simtion became more and more realistic. She started
feeling as if she was on an actual space trip with Matthias. The super realistic ride slowly deconstructed
her perception of reality, bringing her into the mood, and then putting her into the scene.
Soon, Heather was starting to feel dizzy and ufortable; her mind was all jumbled up. That was the
moment when the robot popped up and handed her a pill. She looked at it before turning to Matthias,
who nodded at her, and she took the pill hesitatingly. Then, the robot answered cutely, “This pill will
lessen your nausea, Miss Langston.”
Wait, how did it notice my difort? “Can I really take this?” she asked. Heather couldn’t believe that
they had actual medicine lying around, and the pill she was holding looked like a cocoa bean.
“Don’t worry. It won’t harm you,” Matthias persuaded her. He seemed confident that the pill would work.
Thus, she popped it into her mouth. Wow, it even tastes like a cocoa bean. Bit sweet. She felt better
after taking the pill, though she suspected that it was just a cebo effect.
“The effect is the strongest ten minutes after ingestion. It will soothe all your difort.” As the robot
spoke, it pped its belly and revealed a clock that was counting down.
Heather didn’t know how far technology had advanced, since she didn’t read much about it. She was
surprised that robots hade so far though, and the simted humans were great too. Since they
were in a dark room, it was hard to tell that they were simtions.
The spaceship was still warping, but Heather was feeling better after taking the pill. On the other hand,
Matthias looked fine, much to her envy. Since men had better physical abilities than women in general,
Heather couldn’t win against him when it came to this aspect.
He was showing concern for her, and she smiled. “I’m feeling much better now. Keep your eyes on the
screen, not me.” Matthias was looking too adorable, so she couldn’t even bring herself to scold him.
The screen was showing some realistic footage, and the guests could see what was happening in
space. Hm, this is interesting. Heather thought she could fall in love with space after the ride, while
Matthias was getting more and more excited, as if he were a hot-blooded teenager.
“Space is awesome!” hemented. Traveling in space was his dream, and the trip fulfilled that wish
of his somehow.
“Slow down,” the captainmanded. As the spaceship started slowing down, the feeling of vertigo
was slowly disappearing too. Matthias and Heather stared at the screen, which was now showing a
beautiful. The beauty of that captured their attention, and Heather grabbed Matthias’
hand. “What is that? It looks like Earth.”
“Kepler-452b,” he answered. That was 98% simr to Earth.
“Are we going tond on this?” she asked. Since they could simte a space trip, she was
looking forward to the simtion of thending.
“The captain will answer that, Miss Langston.” Heather was amused by the robot’s sudden appearance.
Then, they saw the captaining down from the helm and walking up toward them. Matthias and
Heather were starting to get a little nervous, since the captain finally had time to answer their
questions.