The Wonderland Space.
It was getting late, so Nolan returned first. As for inviting Cocolia to the Wonderland Space, there was no rush. He could go back and bring it up again in a few days.
Tomorrow, he would be boarding the Astral Express to depart for the next destination.
Of course, Nolan's main goal was to gain affection from Himeko and March 7th. Riding the train to the next stop was actually secondary.
His current mobility was no weaker than the Astral Express. If he wanted to go somewhere, he could simply go there himself.
After all, he possessed infinite energy, allowing him to teleport endlessly without cooldown. Meanwhile, even though the Astral Express could reach locations connected by the Silver Rail in a single jump, it still required energy.
Without energy, it couldn't move. So overall, Nolan was naturally more capable.
Thus, his reason for riding the Astral Express had shifted. It was no longer about reaching Stellaron-contaminated zones, but about gaining the affection of girls.
Speaking of Stellaron-contaminated zones, Nolan also planned to send out a sword god avatar to search for places where he could farm Adventure EXP, allowing him to continue leveling up quickly.
With a plan in mind, Nolan didn't want to slack off. He decided to find one of the girls and engage in dual cultivation for a while.
Among the girls living in the Wonderland Space, Herta, as an Emanator, was the strongest. Cultivating with her yielded the most progress.
Next was Ruan Mei, who wasn't far behind Herta.
At the moment, Herta hadn't returned from the space station yet, so Nolan headed upstairs to find Ruan Mei and see what she was doing.
Before long, he arrived at Ruan Mei's laboratory. She was standing in front of the workbench, holding a test tube and studying something, seemingly quite busy.
Even so, he walked over and gently wrapped his arms around her. Ruan Mei turned her head slightly to look at him and shook her head.
"I don't have time to spare right now."
Ignoring her words, Nolan smiled and pulled her into his embrace, turning her around so that she was seated against the edge of the table.
Ruan Mei pressed her hands against his shoulders, applying a bit of force in an attempt to push him away so as not to delay her experiment.
But it was clearly ineffective. She could only look at him quietly, no longer making futile efforts, and shifted slightly to the side to avoid accidentally knocking into the experimental equipment.
Seeing this, Nolan lifted her slightly and set her onto the tabletop.
He first removed her dark teal gloves, gently kneading her fair hands. They were slender and soft, possessing a perfectly balanced beauty.
After playing with her hands for a while, his attention was drawn to the faintly visible navel beneath the semi-transparent black fabric over the abdomen of her sleeveless, backless, slit qipao.
"Can I touch it?" Nolan asked with a smile.
Ruan Mei simply looked at him silently, as if saying: you've already made up your mind, so why bother asking?
"Then I won't hold back, hehe…"
Nolan placed his palm over her abdomen, gently pressing and stroking it. The slit of her qipao revealed her snow-white thighs.
A dark teal thigh ring with a DNA double-helix and plum blossom pattern adorned her right leg.
Nolan caressed Ruan Mei's abdomen for quite some time, then slipped both hands inside the thigh ring, placing them along the sides of her snow-white right leg, gently rubbing back and forth, savoring the warmth and softness of her skin.
From her right leg to her left, from her thighs down to her calves.
He even gently stroked the jade-like instep revealed by her high heels. Before long, Nolan was holding her calf, burying his face against her snow-white thigh.
A soft, warm sensation pressed against both sides of his face.
After a while, Nolan lifted his head and noticed the faint, almost imperceptible blush appearing on Ruan Mei's otherwise unchanged expression.
He couldn't help but find it amusing. The first time, her expression hadn't changed at all, yet now she was actually feeling shy. As he thought this, he lifted the front hem of her qipao and let it rest over her pale thighs.
This revealed her teal safety shorts underneath.
Nolan grasped the side and pulled them down, letting the shorts slide off her slightly closed, overlapping ankles and down her snow-white legs.
Beneath the teal safety shorts was a close-fitting pair of triangular underwear, also teal.
He didn't pull it down further. Instead, he slightly lifted and parted her legs, resting them over his shoulders, which caused Ruan Mei to inevitably lie back against the tabletop.
Nolan gently pulled aside the fabric of her close-fitting underwear and held her as her legs pressed together.
Ruan Mei's body tensed instinctively. She pressed her lips together and continued to look at him quietly, as if urging him to hurry.
Hurry was out of the question. Nolan and Ruan Mei continued their cultivation until it was time for dinner, only then slowly bringing this session to an end.
After dinner, Nolan went to the Sea of Quanta to continue searching for world bubbles. Unfortunately, he hadn't found any recently that could provide large amounts of Adventure EXP.
But this wasn't much of a problem.
With strength already comparable to an Aeon, even though his spiritual perception couldn't match a true Aeon's ability to sense the entire galaxy through their Path, he could still cover about one-tenth of it.
With that range, it was actually quite easy to find places where he could farm large amounts of EXP.
Nolan indeed planned to take some time to search thoroughly. Having multiple options prepared was always better, especially since there weren't many Hollows left in New Eridu for him to farm EXP from.
After exploring a few more world bubbles in the Sea of Quanta, Nolan finally encountered Vita again, who had come to study world bubbles once more.
Seizing the opportunity, he spent some time with her, successfully increasing her affection toward him:
[Vita Has Developed Good Feeling Toward You. Obtained 1 Affection Point. Current Affection Level: Lv.3 (60/300)]
Unfortunately, they only chatted for a short while before she gathered enough data and left. Nolan then returned to the Wonderland Space and continued cultivating with the girls.
The next day, Nolan set out together with Stelle and arrived at the Astral Express. Soon, Himeko gathered everyone to explain the situation.
Simply put, a well-known entertainment planet in the galaxy, Penacony, was going to host an event called the "Charmony Festival."
The Astral Express was also quite famous in the galaxy, so receiving an invitation to attend the event was only natural.
After discussing it, everyone agreed that it would be a good opportunity to visit, broaden their horizons, and relax a bit.
With a consensus reached, the Astral Express set off, and with a single warp jump, they arrived at their destination.
(End of Chapter)
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