"Here we go."

When the eighty-first gong and drum sounded, the whisperers stopped talking and looked at the second floor of the Ice Palace, where a short-haired man stood wearing a thick gray woolen coat and a white haori that symbolized the mayor's status. He didn't look very old, about the same age as my parents, and I remember his name as Kei Seiura, who had just taken office as the new mayor after the old mayor stepped down a year ago.

He walked up to the front holding something like a megaphone, coughed slightly, and began to give a boring speech. It took five minutes to stop, and then there was the customary clapping, and Saya and I raised our hands and patted them a few times, in fact, the two of us just now we could be said to have listened to nothing, and we were all talking about the next action.

"Next, I will invite Mr. Dysiki to perform the floor laying ceremony."

At the end of his speech, the mayor stepped aside, and Kazuki stepped out of the ice palace behind him, scanning everyone below with his strange heavy pupils, and then his body floated in the air as if it were equipped with a jet engine, and suddenly rose to the roof of the ice palace.

There was silence in the venue, and everyone quietly looked at the Kazuki Shoxing in the sky, only to see him looking at the Tone River hundreds of meters away, and then his lips squirmed a few times.

Needless to say, even young children know that this is a precursor to the imminent use of mana, and everyone needs to recite the spell before activating it in order to use it smoothly.

One second...... Two seconds...... Three-second ......

There doesn't seem to be any change in the field.

"The water in the river is flowing out!"

"Really! It's coming this way! ”

……

After a full ten seconds, several children sitting in the back exclaimed, their voices breaking the silence that had become silent when he walked to the front of the stage. I turned my head to look behind me and noticed that the water was constantly gushing out of the Tone River Channel, which was hundreds of meters away, and there seemed to be an invisible river that constrained the flow of water, and the water that gushed out of the Tone River flowed into the venue along this invisible channel.

"Silence!"

Floating like a flyer on the roof of the Ice Palace, Takeki Shixing pressed his hand down, half of his face under his mask was full of majesty, and the strange heavy pupils brought a heavy sense of oppression. When the scene was silent again, he put his hands up and drank softly: "Come on!" ”

With just one sound, the water gushed out, and in just a few seconds, this section of the Tone River with a flow of more than 400 cubic meters dried up at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After more than a minute, tens of thousands of tons of water completely covered every corner of the venue, except for the crowds around the Ice Palace. At this time, Dysprosium nodded with satisfaction, and clenched his hands into fists: "Frozen!" ”

The sound fell, and the water covering the venue silently froze, and the originally cold air became somewhat warm due to the large amount of freezing. As if fearing that the heat released by the freezing would melt the ice wall, another gust of cold wind blew away the heat that swirled around the venue.

I shuddered, and looked at the stars in the sky, and although the scene he presented was not as grand as the one I had seen the first time I watched the ceremony, it was far more difficult and detailed than the previous performers.

I turned my head to look at the frozen ice not far away, and after a closer look, I found that the ice on the ground was more than 50 centimeters thick, and there were three layers, namely the ice surface layer, the central water troposphere, and the bottom support layer.

To put it simply, the ice floor of the venue created by Dysprosis is not completely frozen, and there is a water layer about 25 centimeters thick in the upper and lower ice layers, and thousands of icicles extend from the ice layer below to support the ice layer above, so that the ice layer above does not collapse.

In addition, in order to prevent people from slipping on the upper ice, every inch of the ice surface has fine fish scale-like lines, and every few steps you can see several live swimming fish swimming in the middle troposphere, because there are fine pores on the ice above, they can also get oxygen to survive in it.

When you walk on the ice, you can see all kinds of swimming fish under your feet. However, all of this was done in less than five minutes, how can it not be shocking?

"It's amazing."

The yarn beside her covered her mouth and let out a low exclamation, but she tilted her head to think for a while, and murmured, "But it seems that my mother is not bad." ”

"What did Miss Six Senses do?"

I'm a little curious, Miss Liuzhi can turn mice into stones at will, I don't know if the principle is to calcify the mouse's body, or is it a real elemental transformation? If it is a rock that actually converts the protein structure of the mouse body into a quartz structure, then it is indeed more difficult than the skill that Dysprosium has shown now. After all, elemental transformation is a direct microscopic change of the internal structure of an element, which is as difficult as turning a stone into gold, and it was a realm that only gods could reach thousands of years ago.

"Mom can turn stones into all sorts of things, for example, the clothes on my body are made by Mom out of stones."

Sha pointed to her very beautiful fur coat, and she showed a somewhat worried expression: "Although the clothes are very good, I always feel a little weird." “

"Original...... So. ”

The corners of my mouth twitched uncontrollably a few times, and I couldn't help but reach out and stroke the soft fur on the veil, and there was an extremely delicate touch in my palm, so comfortable that people couldn't help but want to continue stroking, without any feeling of stone.

After touching it for a while, I saw that the cheeks of the yarn were flushed, so I took my hand back as if nothing happened, and praised it sincerely: "Miss Liuzhi is really amazing." ”

It is indeed amazing, if a person can turn one substance into any other substance, and can create a new substance, or even create life, then from a physical point of view, she is no different from a god.

If such a person had only needed to show a miracle in ancient times, it is estimated that he would have been immediately put on the altar and given the name of God.

Maybe for Miss Rokuchi and Kadoki Shixing, even the nuclear weapons of a thousand years ago were just that, right? At their level, in terms of destructive power alone, they are definitely not inferior to any thermal weapon of a thousand years ago, not to mention that their magic power has no delay, and cannot be captured and intercepted by any means, and in terms of consumption, it is far better than a nuclear bomb worth millions, if not tens of millions.

The difference between the advantages and disadvantages of the two is so great that it cannot be compared, and there is no value for comparison. Moreover, mana is not only used for destruction and destruction, but also for its creativity.

At the end of the pawnshop, with a flick of his hand, the water from the upstream was replenished downstream, and the dry Tone River channel was quickly filled. After doing this, he fell back to the Ice Palace Corridor, and after nodding to the enthusiastic applause below, he turned around and walked into the Ice Palace.

Saa and I applauded along with the crowd for about half a minute before stopping, and the applause was entirely sincere.

The Snow Festival is an entertaining festival without too many cumbersome rituals, and the floor laying ceremony can be said to be the only ritual in the Snow Festival. Therefore, after the paving ceremony, the town of Nagasakiura said a few more festive words, and then announced the official start of the snow festival.

Competitors who intend to participate in the competition write down their projects and members on a piece of paper and hand them over to the staff next to them. Children under the age of 12 need to be supervised by an adult to participate in the competition, and after registration, participants can go to the river to find the staff to pick up the tools and ice cubes for practice. After 2 p.m., there will be a large-scale architectural ice sculpture construction competition, so please register as soon as possible. ”

"In addition, all festival supporters can start preparing now, and the town office has already prepared the materials and tools, so please bring food and fun to everyone."

"Finally, I wish you all a great time in seven days, and if you have any questions, you can come to the Ice Palace for consultation. Now, I declare the official start of the Snow Festival! ”

As soon as his words fell, a series of colorful fireworks rose from all sides of the ice wall, and hundreds of fireworks burst into the air, blooming beautiful flames in the cloudy sky, forming all kinds of beautiful patterns.

After the speech, the quiet hall resumed its bustle, and people stood up in twos and threes to the accompaniment of the flowers, and the supporters of the festival stretched their bodies and walked towards the predetermined market area.

They are volunteers for the festival, and they will build a snow shop in the predetermined market area, make a variety of food and gifts from the materials prepared by the town office, and finally distribute the food and gifts to every customer who comes to the store - just like the stalls in the market thousands of years ago, but the difference is that they don't charge any fees, everything is free.

"Sister, do you want to come with us?"

I got up from my chair, stretched my body, which had become stiff from sitting for more than half an hour, and looked at Shizu, who was still whispering to Hoko. I don't know what topic to talk about, but the conversation between the two of them hasn't stopped since half an hour ago.

"Fold, what are you going to do?"

Jing turned her head to look at me, her expression was calm, but her gaze made me feel like she was looking at me.

"Let's go find a few of my friends first, and then we will sign up together."

I turned my head a little weakly, in fact I was going to go to the market with Sahara after I signed up, and then go with a few friends to get tools and ice cubes and practice before the competition - I didn't really want to be with Jing, at least until she gave up the deformed desires she had for me. Keep your distance so that it's the best option for her and for me.

"Fold, I'm lying."

Jing tilted his head expressionlessly, and his gaze became cold: "When I lie, my eyes always don't look at me." Why? ”

"I ......"

I couldn't speak, and lying and not looking into the other person's eyes was certainly not my habit. In fact, I've done a lot of lying scenario exercises before, and I can completely mask any of the slightest facial expressions when lying.

But for some reason, I can't help but be afraid to make eye contact with her when I'm staring at her, especially when I'm lying.

"Quiet, don't be angry, maybe you just want some private space."

The tassel on the side gently tugged on Jing's sleeve and gently persuaded him.

"I'm not angry, only Fold, I won't be angry with him - no matter what Folds does, my sister won't be angry."

Shizumi didn't look at Hoko, even when she spoke, she still looked at me. I can't describe the look in her eyes at this moment, just like when I was just born and brought home, she stood in front of the crib and looked at me, her green eyes were full of joy and joy, some timidity, and some indescribable tenderness. Yes, just like the gaze at that time, it was so unbearable and trembling that I didn't dare to look at her.

I was so bitter that I didn't know what to say, even though I knew it was wrong, but I couldn't say anything to hurt her. I don't want to, I can't.

"That's the case, since you want a private space, then my sister won't go with you. And ......"

After a pause, Jing showed a quiet smile, which made people feel a faint pain in their hearts: "Anyway, I haven't signed up yet, and my sister won't participate in the team competition." Fold...... Have fun. ”

After finishing speaking, she gently pulled Suizi's hand: "Suizi, didn't you just say that you wanted to see Binghua, let's go." ”

"Ah...... Okay, let's go. Folding, and yarn, you guys have fun. ”

Hoko stood up, waved at me and Sa, and walked with Shizune in the direction of the river.

I stood there and watched Jing's back disappear before I turned around, forced a smile and nodded at Sa: "Let's go too, let's go first, go to Mika and Mamura first." ”

"Yes."

Saya smiled at me, she didn't have the slightest intention of asking about what had just happened, she just gently took my hand and pointed to a location not far away: "I looked around just now, and I found Mika and them." ”

In the place she was pointing, Mika and Mamura were sitting together, and they were now looking around, as if looking for us.

"What happened just now......"

Although she didn't ask, I thought I should explain, but as soon as I opened my mouth, she sealed her mouth with a finger. She shook her head slightly, her cheeks flushed slightly: "Fold, I can feel that something happened between you and Sister Jing, but you are sisters and brothers, even if there is something between you, you don't need to explain it to me." If you really want to say something, I hope it's a heartfelt confession to me, not a perfunctory explanation. May I? ”

"I see."

I fell silent, sighed and nodded. Sasha smiled lightly again, and waved her hand at the two Mika who had already found this side, and took my hand and walked over there: "Fold, let's go over." ”

……

Regarding the name of Miss Liuzhi, I will give a hint. That's the prototype from "The Girl in the Shell", and the name of the heroine in the prototype is the same, but it's just a little missing a later sound.

This hint is already obvious...... If I can't guess anymore, I'll have to publish the answer directly.