Time is like water, and before you know it, Los Angeles has entered a harsh winter, and after a heavy snowfall, the whole city is wrapped in a thick layer of snow.

In the early morning of this day, after a happy Christmas and New Year, Zhang Longchu, who was only half left in the winter vacation, lay in bed, immersed in his own world of strange things.

Looking from the air at the feet of the believers at his feet like ants starting the day of busy work on the woodland and beach, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.

"It's really a thriving scene..."Looking down for a long time, Zhang Longchu muttered to himself and turned into a wolf form, and his body automatically absorbed the energy of the 4 water elements and wind elements contributed by the 'Strange World' every day, turned his mind, and returned to reality.

In the classical Western perception of the elements, the combination of water and wind is ice.

Ten days ago, when Zhang Longchu inadvertently had a whim, trying to see if he could transform in the world of strange things, he unexpectedly found that when he turned into a giant wolf in the world of strange things, he would inexplicably devour the accumulated energy of the two elements of water and wind.

Devouring means needing and replenishing, and after replenishment, of course, benign changes will occur, Zhang Longchu, who is optimistic and conceited by nature, was originally dissatisfied with his transformation ability being rated as the lowest by Natasha, that is, G-level, and naturally he was not surprised when he encountered this kind of accident, and from then on, every day, every day, he had to deliberately turn into a wolf in the world of strange things, devouring elemental energy.

It's a pity that I don't know if it's because the energy swallowed is too small, or if Zhang Longchu's hypothesis of 'benign change' is not valid, and his 'transformation technique' has not changed in the slightest until today.

However, for all this, Zhang Longchu, who believes that there is a pay, there is a gain, but he is not in a hurry, he has become a giant wolf in reality, and he has no sign of becoming stronger at all when he moves his hands and feet, he turned back into a human form without showing the slightest hazy expression, took a shower, changed into clean clothes, and straddled the wooden backpack made of strange things, lifted a travel backpack, and walked out of the door happily.

Carefully moving downstairs step by step along the stairs, I saw that Rosa was wearing a mask and reading a magazine in the living room, Zhang Longchu put the two backpacks on his body next to the door, and greeted with a smile: "Good morning, Rosa."

I rarely see you put on a mask early in the morning, what's wrong today? ”

"Aren't I going to fly to Hawaii with Celia today, I'm going to take a four-hour flight, and of course I'm going to replenish my skin with some moisture in the morning," Rosa put down the magazine and looked at Zhang Longchu and said, "It seems that you have also packed up your salutes and are ready to go, Longchu, do you really stop thinking about it and go to Hawaii with us?"

You must know that in such a season, it is very comfortable to go to a warm place to blow the sea breeze, drink coconut juice, and wear a grass skirt to participate in a bonfire. ”

"The sea breeze, the coconut water and the hula... It does sound like a good thing for you girls, but a man like me is still good for going to some more unknown and mysterious places. Zhang Longchu shrugged.

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a Caucasian man with a thin body, handsome facial features, and a very gentle temperament, about fifty years old, walking out of the bathroom on the first floor with applause, and said loudly: "How good it is to say that a man should go to an unknown and mysterious place to explore, it is simply my heart." ”

The person who came was Zhang Longchu's new adoptive father, John. Willy, the intelligent senior engineer of the 'General Group', whose lifelong love of life, in addition to family and electrics, is the superhero story of MarvelComics.

Although he likes fantasy because of his naivety, introverted and not good athletic character, his life has been dull and has never had any over-the-top actions, but in his imaginary world, he has always regarded himself as an adventurer, so he has a very similar temper with Zhang Longchu, who loves magic and myths and legends, and after a few months of getting along, he seems to have completely regarded Zhang Longchu as his own child.

Hearing his adoptive father's approval of him, Zhang Longchu immediately patted his chest and pointed at John, making a 'you understand me' movement, and John also gave a thumbs up and circled it around the top of his head, saying, 'Your idea is amazing'.

"No wonder mom says men never grow up." Seeing the childish movements of the two men, Rosa sighed, muttered to herself, and then raised her voice unconvinced: "Dad, Long Chu just went to the capital of Huaguo to see the ancient palaces and city walls, where the crime rate is even lower than that of Los Angeles, what is unknown and mysterious." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Longchu and John retorted in unison: "That's much more unknown and mysterious than Hawaii!" ”

There are many wealthy families in the United States who pay great attention to cultivating the will and spirit of independence, self-confidence and courage to challenge the next generation.

Most parents in this kind of family will take their children to places that only adults would normally set foot in when they are very young, such as wearing a red vest to the stock exchange and acting as a stock trader for a day;

Or visit technology companies and heavy industries to uncover the mysteries of adult working life.

It will also allow children to try not to stay in the city where they live during the holidays, but to broaden their horizons, such as taking them to travel internationally when they have memories at the age of four or five to understand the outside world;

At the age of ten, he guided them to sign up for the Boy Scout camp and taste the difficulties;

When they reach the age of fourteen and become teenagers, they will be allowed to choose where they want to go on vacation, and then they will complete the whole journey on their own, learning how to face the world independently.

This kind of cultivation sounds prosaic and unremarkable, but in fact, it can shape the children's vision of thinking and their attitude towards difficulties and money very different from the common class, and these three differences alone are enough to give them a completely different life from ordinary children.

It is no accident that many successful people generously donate all their personal property to charity in order to repay the society, but most of their children and descendants are still prosperous and successful.

Although the Weili family is not rich, but the income is more than ten times that of the average Mi family, and the husband and wife are dedicated to the cultivation of their children, so the eldest son and two daughters have had the first independently planned self-help trip in their lives since the age of 8.

Now that their eldest son has gone to serve, their adopted son Zhang Longchu has filled the vacancy, and soon after being adopted, he was given a chance to broaden his horizons for ten days alone.

When opening the gift on Christmas Day, after seeing that his Christmas gift turned out to be 3,000 meters of travel funds, Zhang Longchu showed an unusual longing, and in the following days, he was mysteriously planning his journey every day.

After a few words of amusement between his adoptive father and Rosa, he hurriedly left the two of them and ran into the kitchen, devoured his breakfast, said goodbye to his adoptive mother and Celia in a hurry, and walked out of the house with a salute.

Outside, it was snowy, but the Los Angeles municipal snowplow trucks began to clear the city's main roads since the snow stopped in the early hours of the morning, so the roads were clean and there was not even a trace of snow turning into ice.

Taking a breath of cool air, Zhang Longchu stopped a taxi, but after getting into the car, he didn't report the name of LAX (Los Angeles International Airport), the only direct flight to China in Los Angeles, but said: "Go to Gray Bat Street, thank you." ”

"That's a fun place," said the fat-headed, big-eared middle-aged white driver, munching on the meat dog and spitting food scraps all over his mouth, "I'm going to buy some weird gadgets."

Oh, you kids are lucky to be born into good neighborhoods and go to private schools..."

Zhang Longchu just smiled at the driver's scratching noise, ignored it, but took out his mobile phone from his pocket, lowered his head and clicked on a running program in the background, and looked at it himself.

"Go deep into the 'Blue Whale Plane' 200 kilometers, look for the lost cargo of the wrecked plane, pay 12,000 meters per cargo, and pay immediately, Note: Although there are a small number of signs of indigenous activities in the operation area, it has been 'cleared' by the Security Division of the Australian Mining Company in collaboration with the 45th Division of the Federal Army, and it is impossible to form an indigenous armed force...

The BRICS security company recruits temporary pioneers, clears the 'Caesar plane' settlements, with a weekly salary of 5,000 meters, instant settlement, remarks: weapons and equipment do not need to take care of themselves, casualties have high insurance compensation, and those who perform well at the end of the work have the opportunity to sign a long-term work contract...

Ansai Plane Development Company recruits combat transcendentals, two days off per week, and 15 days off for three months of work, with a basic salary of 30,000 meters per month, note: The salary of high-level transcendents is negotiable..."

Looking at the bounty information, Zhang Longchu couldn't help but clench his fists, his heart beat faster, and gradually only one thought lingered in his mind, "It's started, everything is about to begin..."

Because he was so excited, he unconsciously muttered what he was thinking, and the noisy taxi driver couldn't help but ask curiously, "What is about to start, young man?" ”

"Ah, nothing, I mean Grey Bat Street is here, sir?" Zhang Longchu came back to his senses and asked with a smile.

"Don't worry, kid, after this intersection is Gray Bat Street..."The driver who waited for the green light said and started the car to cross the block, advanced a few hundred meters, parked the car on the side of the road, turned around and said, "Chenghui 35 meters." ”

"Thank you." Zhang Longchu grabbed the change he had prepared from his pocket and paid for the car, and after taking off the salute, he stepped on the gray bat street that he had long been fascinated by.

It's an old-fashioned street, with six cars in the middle, narrow walkways and shops selling all sorts of strange things, and it's not without the shadow of high-rise buildings, but the architecture is clearly full of old-fashioned marks.