AutoTerra: Operating Systems

Chapter 16: The Swamp Forest

Finally their plane had arrived on a large land, and landed smoothly on a stretch of empty land with wild grass growing irregularly. Around them, there are rows of tropical forests that are so dense and still beautiful.

Soni started opening the door of the plane and lowered the automatic ladder to get down from there.

“Welcome to an unnamed tropical forest area!” welcome Soni cheerfully.

“Without name?” ask Arni.

The three begin to descend the stairs of the plane with Soni ahead of them at the front.

“Yep! Without name. These satellites are still rarely touched by other creatures, including humans. So, there is still no special kind of exploration done by the Galactic Union government. To be sure, this natural satellite is included in the territory of the Solar System Abramo.”

The solar system they live in is named Abramo, and is controlled by one of the governing branches of the Galactic Union.

The Abramo Solar System has two habitable planets, Ribelo and Anthous. Planet GT624 is in the formative stage, and in a few dozen years it will be considered a habitable planet with a new name.

Natural satellites are habitable as well, numbering about less than five, one of which is Darzia. But, the government currently does not take care of satellites like this. Thus, all habitable natural satellites were abandoned and were more often used as a wild arena for hunters of various hunting Guilds.

“Ya already, then. How about we start hunting now? We only have one day to complete the mission. If the time has passed, the mission has not been completed, we will not get anything,” invite Astan.

Arni agrees. “Ya-ya already then.”

“So you want to leave now?” soni asked as the three got off the plane.

“Terus what? Taking care of you?”

“Yes no, Bang...”.

Soni got on the plane to pick something up, then came out through the door at the top.

“If you guys leave, I just have to wait for you guys to finish hunting here while eating my favorite cup fried noodles.”

Soni started sitting casually on the fuselage while eating ‘INI brand cup noodles Fried Noodles instead of Kirinmantan’ Noodles.

“Ya already, then. We leave first. You wait for us here until— Bentar, bentar.”

Astan suddenly remembered a brilliant idea when his eyes looked at Soni's upper body, then turned to the light of the parent star in the daytime sky, to the plane, to the sky, to the plane, to the plane, to sky.

Hm…. The sky was pretty good, yeah.

Rush to check the storage area on his AutoTerra System. Lucky he brought all of that here.

“Hoho..

This is a good opportunity!

“Eee…. Dude Astan?”

Soni who was still eating her noodles was confused when Astan brought up the ropes from the storage system. Soni's feelings are not good.

“What do you want?”

Slowly Astan's smile widened ala-ala favorite cartoon antagonist.

“It's a great opportunity to save.”

….

“My Supri plane!!! What are you doing Supri Z Goceng, Badjingan?!”

The black plane appeared to be filled with laundry hangers along the fuselage. Apparently, Astan uses Soni's airframe as a place to dry laundry that had not been dried by Astan because the tariff at Laundry place is getting expensive.

“Yes, erah…. Only used for hanging sunbathing all my laundry,” replied Astan without sin. “In Laundry place, drying clothes is also charged, even the cost is now more and more because the Crystal Core for ship fuel is almost exhausted.”

“You ‘kan hunter?! Why not enter the Dungeon for the Crystal Core?! Don't be so smart like this!” soni's nagging won't take it.

“I'm an Iron Rank! Iron Rank can't enter Dungeon!”

“But you ‘kan is known to be strong beyond your own rank! All ranks can actually enter Dungeons, as long as they can also come out alive!”

“Males, ah.”

Astan turned around, taking Arni away with him.

“Jeez, Supri! Supri, Odessa! Gini-gini is your fate to be a plane, Supri..!”.

“Astan! Astana…! Instant demon!!!”

Astan left casually with Arni to enter the forest, not touching all kinds of swearing from the blue-blossomed pilot.

A moment Arni looked back, seeing Soni lamenting the fate of her plane which was used as a place to dry clothes impromptu.

“Bang Astan, what's a Mas Soni plane?”

Instant unwrap the gum. “Nothing. Relax, kali.” The candy was thrown and caught by his mouth. “That plane will not be destroyed just because it is used for clothes drying.”

“Certainly, if the clothesline really dismantled Mas Soni, how? Put the laundry dirty again.”

“Not going to dare him, mah..”.

Arni stops stepping, letting Astan walk ahead of her. The girl had lowered her head while peeking at the stem of her nose, feeling astonished by the interaction of the two men.

Do men always argue about silly things like this?

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The tropical forest in Darzia is so shady. Even so shady trees here, the light of the parent star this afternoon can hardly penetrate the cracks of the leaves. The air is much cooler than the air on the ship.

Arni inhaled deeply the fresh air of this forest, and exhaled it with relief. He had never felt this oxygen of wisdom before.

So enjoyed every oxygen naturally produced by nature, that he heard a strange rumbling sound from Astan.

Astan who noticed it just turned to Arni with a bubble of gum in his mouth. The bubble of gum is then put back into the mouth.

“Sorry, fart.” Then Astan walked back as if nothing had happened.

“Hueeek..!”

For a moment Arni was nauseous in this place with impromptu pollution.

The two again walked through the forest until they arrived at the swamp forest region. There is a vast flow of fresh water decorated by various vegetation of wild plants that almost cover the appearance of the water itself.

In the middle of the swamp water there are also many trees with various forms that are quite strange and abstract in the eyes of the first Arni to come here.

Although it looks foreign, Arni feels amazed by the beauty of the swamp here. Usually he only sees forest sightings on television or videos on the internet. His residence used to be with Suda before moving to the ship was only an arid plain.

“Woah…! So, this is the real forest?” arni said amazed while looking up at the tree.

“Why from yesterday were you only ‘Wah, weh, wah, weh,’? No idea what a mouth is padlocked?” ledek Astan was still walking in front of Arni.

Arni chirped behind her, “And I ignored everything I saw. If my mouth is padlocked, it will be quiet this small Squad of ours.”

“Hilih~ Dah I used to go hunting alone without anyone to chat.” Astan breaks some tree branches that get in the way.

“Ngenes is very much your life, Bang..”.

“Biarin.”

Arni only smiled at a glance with Astan's response. The girl in the green jacket was only trying to tease him during the trip.

“So, this is when do we hunt?” ask Arni. “From earlier we just lewatin this watery area mulu.”

“This is called a swamp, dear..” said Astan while getting rid of a few more twigs. “In the near future we will also meet budukan frogs. So, be careful and start being alert. Sometimes they can suddenly go from the water.”

“Is it...?”

Arni stared in horror at the expanse of swamp water nearby. It was also scary to imagine him standing this close in the swamp water, and suddenly there were Mutant Frog monsters directly ‘Ciluk Ba’ swallowed him round and round.

“Hiiih...” Arni creeps in disgust at imagining it.

They just keep walking on the edge of the swamp, sometimes Arni invites Astan to chat to eliminate saturation.

“Crushes, Bang. That if in this swamp other than Mutant Frog what is la— Uwaaah!!!”

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