Harumi Kitagawa was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

But Li Zhen didn't seem to want to give her too much time to breathe and think. He added, "And the god is missing a phalange." The phalanx was called the Spear of Longinus. The dragon in front of us guided me to the spear and returned it to the god. ”

"You ask me what I sacrificed to resurrect you. So now I can tell you...... While resurrecting you, I seem to ......"

"Let that God also be raised."

Harumi Kitagawa let out a small moan from his throat. After a long time, she raised her hand to cover her mouth, looked directly at Li Zhen, and said in disbelief, "Oh my God...... You're ...... What was done? ”

Ying Long finally spoke. Its voice had a metallic reverb in it, clear and bright: "It's fate. Even if it's not you, there will be someone else. It's an irresistible force for you, and you two don't have to blame yourself. ”

"There's really no need to blame yourself." Li Zhen smiled. Kitagawa Harumi felt that there seemed to be a hint of incomprehensible sadness in that smile.

He continued: "Things aren't as scary as you think – at least for now. ”

This comfort didn't make Kitagawa feel calm, but another question made her turn to Ying Long and ask what Li Zhen was going to say-

"So you...... Is it a species? ”

Ying Long raised his head solemnly. The golden scales on its neck opened and closed slightly, and the two whiskers on its lips flew up.

It looked at Li Zhen and Kitagawa Qingming with pale yellow eyes, and said in a low and solemn voice, "No. ”

Kitagawa was silent for a moment. Then he asked, "So, what are you?" ”

It was as if her question was difficult to answer, or Ying Long didn't want to answer it. It said after a long interval that it said, "The name doesn't mean anything to me. Nothing but me. ”

Kitagawa Harumi was puzzled by his answer. But in the faint light next to him, Li Zhen sneered.

Ying Long turned to Li Zhen and said in a deep voice, "I don't understand why you are so hostile to me. I thought our relationship was even better than it is now. ”

"Of course it's not a big deal for you. Because you feel like it's all fate. Li Zhen said coldly, "But here I hate to be kept in the dark by others, and I hate to be used at the same time—and I am grateful for your use for a long time." ”

He turned to Beichuan as if retaliating, sneered and said, "Do you want to know what it is?" ”

"I'll tell you, it's just a vertebrae."

"Spine...... Vertebra? Kitagawa Harumi frowned. You mean to say—"

"Not what I meant. It's not a description. Li Zhen looked at Ying Long, "It's the god's vertebrae." ”

Ying Long didn't speak, and seemed to acquiesce.

A sense of real absurdity welled up in Kitagawa's heart. She looked at the dragon in front of her again. But it was a dragon—with its own head and claws, and she couldn't have connected it to a vertebrae. Moreover. If this dragon is really a "vertebrae", the spine of the god in Li Zhen's mouth. How could it be frozen or even severely damaged by another Li Zhen?

"So. What do you want to do? Ying Long asked in this ice cave.

"I want to ......" Li Zhen lowered his head slightly.

He groaned and paced in place a few more steps. Ying Long and Kitagawa Qingming both looked at him silently, and the soles of his hard shoes made a slight noise in the ice cave.

A minute later. Li Zhen raised his head and said calmly to the dragon: "I want you to stay here all the time, under the Arctic Ocean." You can't leave here without my consent—"

He said as he walked over to the dragon's side.

The dragon, which is more than ten meters long, is about the size of a heavy truck. As he walked, Li Zhen dragged his other foot on the ground and drew a line—the sole of the shoe could not leave a notch on the ice, but Ying Long's eyes kept paying attention to the invisible lines he had drawn.

Eventually, he walked around Ying Long and drew a circle a meter away from its body.

"You can't leave this circle." Li Zhen looked up at it, "Unless I agree." ”

Kitagawa Harumi looked at Li Zhen and Long and felt that everything today was ridiculous. She can be sure that Li Zhen is not Sun Wukong, his shoes are not golden hoop sticks, and Ying Long is not Tang Seng. But Li Zhen drew a crooked circle with the shoe right under her nose and continued to say that kind of thing.

And to her surprise, she heard Ying Long say, "Okay." ”

"If it's what I think, I promise you." Long said.

"That's what you think." Li Zhen said.

……

……

The temperature has risen to minus 25 degrees Celsius. Such temperatures can be considered "very cold" in the north of the empire, but around Murmansk, they can really be regarded as "warm as spring".

The vast majority of combat vehicles that had broken down were back in motion. For those soldiers in the car, the war had just begun after a brief difficult time, but for others, it was over.

Dai Bingcheng's injuries were brought under control - a capable man healed his wounds. Now he is surrounded by a group of high-ranking officers who are urgently consulting about receiving the clean-up.

Dai Bingcheng walked out of the war department alone. They are still on the "green hill" in Murmansk. The statue of the Arctic Circle Protector was covered with ice, and he looked beyond the ice—there were two figures above the snow, and he saw that one of them was Li Zhen and the other......

He narrowed his eyes. It's Haruaki Kitagawa.

Two lines of footprints stretched in front of him, and Li Zhen greeted him with a smile: "You look pretty good." ”

Dai Bingcheng nodded to Beichuan, and disbelief flashed through his eyes. But he then turned his head and asked Li Zhen: "...... other people?"

"It's all taken care of." Li Zhen replied affirmatively, "From now on, the world will be bright and clear. ”

Dai Bingcheng was puzzled by his affirmative tone. He frowned slightly and looked south: "So what flew over before?" That arm? ”

Li Zhen nodded. Shaking his head again: "Yes." But old Dai, now I can't say. But I always have to say, not now. ”

Dai Bingcheng was stunned, and then asked tentatively: "Even if you reveal a little first?" ”

Li Zhen laughed. There was a hint of sincere apology in his smile: "Old Dai, although you will be unhappy to hear it, the truth is ......"

"If I did, your level wasn't high enough for you to really know the inside story. I'll say that, but at the summit of the world's top leaders - this matter, I have to trouble you. ”

Dai Bingcheng's eyes widened—an expression like that hadn't appeared on his face in years. He looked at Li Zhen like an alien: "Supreme Leaders Summit? The World ...... A summit of the highest leaders? ”

Li Zhen nodded seriously: "I'm not joking. ”

Dai Bingcheng went to see Beichuan again. But Kitagawa Qingming's face had a hard shell that couldn't be broken, and he didn't see anything.

So after a momentary gaffe. He whispered, "Is this really necessary?" ”

Li Zhen nodded again.

"Okay." A few seconds later. Dai Bingcheng also nodded, "I'll try to report to Lu Shang." Alas...... Now you do have such qualifications. ”

"It's not 'trying,' old Dai." Li Zhen looked into his eyes, "Unless we want to do it all over the years." ”

Because of his words. Dai Bingcheng's face became solemn. He whispered, "You mean." Now except for that arm. Are there any other threats that humans can't handle? ”

"Yes." Li Zhen said.

Dai Bingcheng let out a sigh of relief. And Li Zhen looked at the command behind him, and changed his tone: "You should know Lu Dao Rongshu - this time he came with me." I promised him to help him find something......"

He explained some of the situation in brief words, and finally said, "Then please help me take care of his people." I know that once upon a time there was ...... between you."

Dai Bingcheng interrupted him with a wave of his hand: "It's all in the past." He was able to fight guerrillas in Siberia and at the Gate of Truth for so many years. That's enough. I'll get people to do it in a moment. ”

"Okay." Li Zhen smiled and pointed to a small thin book in his hand, "Can you connect to the global Internet café?" Give it to me. ”

Dai Bingcheng tapped his hand on the notebook a few times, deleted some information from it, and handed it to Li Zhen. Li Zhen waved his hand and turned to walk away.

Dai Bingcheng stopped him and pointed to the headquarters: "Many people want to see you with their own eyes. ”

Li Zhen looked inside through the crack in the door—they were all generals and officers. He smiled, "No." It doesn't make much sense either. ”

Dai Bingcheng nodded thoughtfully. But before Li Zhen walked away, he asked again: "You want to go back to the Philippines...... South Luzon, right? ”

Li Zhen stopped: "Yes." My mom and dad were there. ”

"Okay." Dai Bingcheng sighed in his heart, "I wish you a smooth journey." ”

He put his feet together and gave a military salute to Li Zhen.

But Li Zhen didn't return the salute, just smiled and nodded to him and left.

So Dai Bingcheng sighed heavily in his heart again.

……

……

"It's rare for you to be such a young general, don't you think it's a pity?" In the snow, Kitagawa asked Li Zhen.

Li Zhen buried his head in the electronic notebook in his hand and tried to connect to the network, and replied casually: "What's the good, the major general is one thousand and five a month, and now the gold yuan has depreciated." ”

"You forgot that you used to have two hundred dollars a month." Kitagawa said with a smile.

"When I was in Yuzhou before, the cooks in the General's Mansion were all raised to nine hundred a month, and they also included room and board." The e-notebook made a "ding-dong" sound, and the network was connected.

Now it is connected to the World Wide Web, which is different from the previous World Wide Web, where you only need to enter one "W" instead of three at the beginning. This thing was also made in South Luzon, and Li Zhen didn't understand what kind of technology was used, and it was said that it didn't need any cables to connect.

"What about your Yuzhou? I remember you wanted to do a big job—" Kitagawa said.

Li Zhen finally raised his head and waited for the reading strip on the screen: "This time and that time." At that time, I didn't know that there would be such a thing. But now......" he pointed to the side of the guide, "with that thing, I'm the same everywhere." ”

Kitagawa Qingming was silent for a while, and said in a low voice: "There is still a lot of time." Don't worry. ”

"I'm not worried." Li Zhen smiled sincerely, revealing a mouthful of snow-white teeth.

The reading strip came to an end. Li Zhen refocused his gaze on the screen.

A government website.

Li Zhen clicked on a few interfaces, and then saw a photo.

Kitagawa also leaned over to take a look, silent.

The photo shows a beautiful young woman smiling kindly. She wears a light gray suit, her hair coiled back at the back of her head, revealing a smooth forehead. Behind her were two flags with an unfamiliar pattern - orange on a base, with a red cross and a pair of white wings painted on the upper left.

Li Zhen pouted: "This national flag is really not good-looking." ”

At the bottom of the photo is a caption - Zhang Kesong, President of the Republic of Southern Luzon, attended......

Li Zhen stared at the photo and looked at it, and then sighed slightly.

Kitagawa heard him sigh. Q: "What's wrong?" ”

Li Zhen shook his head: "You said that I am such a runaway man." Now I have no deposit, no car, no house......"

Kitagawa Harumi snorted lightly and turned his head away, but felt a little more relaxed in his heart. He can joke now. Maybe in his heart. It's really not that serious.

And she said no more. Only occasionally glanced at the screen of the electronic notebook in Li Zhen's hand. They walked on an empty and lonely snowfield. But it looks like it's a walk. Li Zhen didn't speak, staring intently at the screen like a child who was new to the Internet, almost greedily browsing all the information about Southern Luzon.

In fact, two years ago, the World Continent Network was already connected to most areas of the World Continent - including the half of Yuzhou.

However, this was his first time in the network. For the first time, I saw everything about that person with my own eyes.

It felt like I had finally finished my homework and could have some fun.

It was about three o'clock in the afternoon when they left Murmansk, and it was dark early in the north, and by five o'clock the stars were already out. But there was still snow ahead, and dead trees lying on the ground, and there was no one in sight.

Kitagawa remained silent for two hours, and finally asked when he vaguely heard the howl of a Siberian wolf coming from the horizon, "Are you really going to keep walking over?" Actually, I can fly with you. ”

Li Zhen raised his head from the screen and looked at her in surprise: "I thought you wanted to walk in the snow with me......"

"If you said earlier, we'll have hot meals to eat now."

Kitagawa Qingming stared at him for a while and sighed: "You...... Well, I don't bother with you. ”

As she spoke, a whirlwind rolled up around her, and snow flew on the ground. She didn't ask any more why, Li Zhen was now like a miser who refused to use his abilities easily—though she knew he still had them. The figures of the two men were soon swallowed up by the wind and snow and rose high into the sky, and the earth quickly receded beneath them, as well as the snowfields and dead forests.

Under Li Zhen's guidance, she struggled to find the camp of "Fir and Eagle". The wooden house was still the same as before, but looking down from the sky, Li Zhen found several secret sentinels hidden in the woods. They landed outside the hut, and the sentry did not appear. Just as he thought, Dai Bingcheng had already relayed his words to Rongshu, and Rongshu also informed the base guards of the news that the two of them would return.

Without going through too many twists and turns, Li Zhen and Beichuan went deep underground, and they were greeted with admiring eyes and cheers. Fortunately, there were not many people left here, and the enthusiasm of more than forty people did not make Li Zhen feel upset. Now he was in a good mood to accept this kindness and reverence from the people, and he even had a few drinks with them.

The ordinary people in this base that he came to see - those ordinary people except for the "new humans" are also worthy of his admiration. Because he knows that these people are not pushed down this path by "fate" like he is - they have come on their own.

Now, it seems that the road has finally come to an end.

The short, joyful chaos didn't last long, and after Li Zhen said he was about to go hungry, people laughed good-naturedly, leaving him and Kitagawa Qingming some private space.

Li Zhen couldn't expect the warriors here to be as attentive and considerate as maids, and now he really just wanted to eat hot food and hot rice—a kind of contented petty willfulness.

Eventually, they found something in the humble kitchen. This is Siberia, and the meat, of course, is plentiful. There was a huge freezer in the kitchen, and when Li Zhen opened it, he saw a large piece of meat—not a suspiciously large piece of meat, but the meat of a native beast. He relied on brute force to chop a large hind leg with a kitchen knife. I washed it and threw it into an iron pot, making a muffled sound of freezing.

Kitagawa looked at the pot dissatisfiedly and said, "You cook it like this?" ”

Li Zhen found some bottles and cans, dipped them with his fingertips, tasted them, and poured them into the pot. He said: "You don't understand, cooking is the same as war, and there is romance that belongs to men in some areas. For example, when it comes to making meat, I think men always have a little more wild flavor than women. ”

Kitagawa smiled and said, "You mean the kind of half-baked?" ”

Li Zhen took the pot full of water, lit the fire, and watched the tongue of fire lick the black bottom of the pot. Shaking his head: "No, no. Contrary. For men, there's only one trick to making meat delicious – time. As long as you can patiently stew a pot of meat for five hours, even with salt alone is delicious. ”

Kitagawa Harumi didn't argue with him, and found another bag of rice. She scooped the rice four times with the characteristic care of a woman. Soak in water. Then sit down next to the iron board in the middle of the kitchen.

Li Zhen then instructed: "You haven't eaten for so long." Porridge should be drunk. ”

Kitagawa looked at the flames on the stove with fascination. The light in this humble kitchen is not bright, it is fluorescent. The fire warmed the room, and gilded the walls with a warm yellow light.

After looking at it for a moment, she pointed to the pot: "You can make it cook faster." ”

Li Zhen looked at the electronic notebook in front of him and shook his head: "It's good to slow down." A lot of things are done too fast. There will always be regrets after the worst. Don't you think that the life of ordinary people is also beautiful? ”

"You speak like a billionaire envying a fisherman by the lake. Not everyone can understand it. For those ordinary people, everything you have is still worthy of their envy. ”

"I don't deny it." "But I still want to live slowly, especially after so many things have happened." ”

"Actually......" Kitagawa pondered the words, "Actually, have you ever thought about the collision of two universes?" Just like you told me, Shen Mu came to that conclusion. We are now like a bunch of germs living on a ball, and we struggle with another swarm of germs, hungry for victory. We also suffer from gains and losses, and make some sacrifices. But for other things, what we do doesn't change anything—"

"Maybe just when we were completely victorious and finally thought it was once and for all, a child came from the side of the road. The boy stretched out a kick and the ball rolled into the ditch. Everything about us will cease to exist, and what we did in the past will be meaningless. ”

Li Zhen blinked and laughed gently: "This is simply a certain thing. Everything rises and falls. Our world has experienced collisions before, and perhaps this time it will be more intense - the first time it was a power failure, and the second time it was a spatial disorder. Maybe the third time, maybe tomorrow, the strong and weak forces are gone, and we don't even feel it and die completely. ”

"But we can't change that, but ...... You can't just do nothing because of this possibility – you won't even be able to enjoy what is in front of you. So I said, don't go too fast, let's wait for this pot of meat to stew and do what is in front of us. ”

Kitagawa nodded with a gloomy face.

Li Zhen said again: "I understand how you feel now. This feeling of yours has been experienced by the vast majority of people in this world, and it must be stronger than you and me. Fortunately, at the same time, the species also woke up - one crisis was imminent, and another crisis was still on the horizon, so people's attention naturally shifted to the present. ”

"This distracts a lot of people and gives them enough time to think about reality and adjust their mood. But today, if the government declares that the species crisis is gone, people will rejoice. As for things on the cosmic level...... It was diluted by this joy. When people calm down from this joy, I think they will be strong enough to face a bigger crisis. ”

"You're right." Kitagawa Harumi said, sighing again, "But I still need a little time to adjust myself." ”

Li Zhen got up and walked to the stove to lift the lid, and poked the huge hind leg with chopsticks - the surface had changed color and softened, the rich aroma of meat came to his face, and a layer of yellow-brown foam floated on the surface of the water, undulating with the boiling soup. He skimmed the foam with a spoon and said, "Take your time, there's time." You've got a whole life. (To be continued......)