After realizing his strange thoughts, Huai Shi immediately sucked in a few breaths of cold air.
Fortunately, the air conditioning in Antarctica was sufficient, so no one cared about the increase in global carbon emissions by a few hundred million. They just looked at Huai Shi, who was standing on the spot, and more and more like some kind of creature that liked to tear down homes.
He vaguely heard a faint shrill voice coming from afar.
"Seriously, is this human an idiot?"
"Maybe he's wearing human skin somewhere." A silly voice said, "I smell it. He smells like a dog. It's especially like Ah Sa."
"How is it similar?!" The shrill voice suddenly argued, "Asa is black and white, and his eyes are blue. How is it the same?"
The honest voice said, "That's what I think."
"What you think, I don't think it's the same at all." The shrill voice said, "He doesn't even have hair. How is he as good-looking as Asa?!"
Huai Shi turned his head in shock. In a vague trance, he actually saw a Samoyed and a Saint Bernard on a sleigh by the dock, roaring loudly.
The dogs were talking?
No, it was suddenly … It seemed that he could understand what the dogs were saying.
Huai Shi eavesdropped for a long time. Listening to the two of them arguing about the difference between him and Asa, he couldn't help but ask, "Who is Asa?"
"Ah, who called me?"
With a howl, a fat Husky covered in thick hair raised his head from a dog bowl as big as a washbasin and looked around blankly.
Suddenly, the dogs next to the other sleighs also began to argue.
Then, they were kicked by the old man who came over with the goods. Suddenly, they stopped howling and shut up, no longer making any noise.
The old man who threw the package on the sleigh had already walked in front of Huai Shi.
He was so burly.
After wrapping himself in a cotton coat, he was like a small mountain.
His exposed face had frostbite and scars, and he was exhaling hot breath.
His green eyes looked at Huai Shi in front of him and nodded.
"Huai Shi?" he asked directly.
"I am." The young man nodded.
"Alright, let's go then."
The old man nodded. After showing the certificate of his guide, he pointed to his sleigh and said, "It will take half a day to get there, and it might snow. Did you bring all your things? If you don't have one, I can lend you one. "
"Yes, yes." Huai Shi nodded and followed, sitting on the sleigh.
Then, after the old man whistled, the sled dogs that had eaten their fill began to yell and pull the sled with all their might. Huai Shi was extremely envious … He really wanted to go down and give them a hand or two.
"After being freed from the heavy pressure of fate for a short period of time, there will indeed be a state of excessive vitality, but this is just an illusion. It's very cold here. You need to conserve your energy. "
The old man took out a bottle of wine from under his feet and threw one to Huai Shi. "You still have a long way to go."
"Ah?"
Huai Shi took it, not quite understanding it. He felt that something was wrong, but he could not tell what it was.
Noticing that he was at a loss, the old man took a sip of the wine and snapped his fingers. It was as if layers of fog were dispelled in an instant, and the points that were deliberately blocked and hidden in his memory and consciousness were reopened in an instant.
It was as if a bolt of lightning had passed through his spinal cord.
Huai Shi trembled for a moment and suddenly realized what had happened. He recalled the actions of KP's sister, and when he thought of how that bastard had acted in front of him again and again, he could not help but gnash his teeth in hatred.
When he thought of Madam Sophie, he also felt a sense of strangeness and strangeness. Perhaps she and KP were the same kind of existence.
And the old man in front of him …
"You can call me DM," the old man said calmly.
The old man said calmly, "I am their companion, and I have come for you, Huai Shi."
"Why?" Huai Shi was at a loss.
"Because next, you will accept a trial left behind by the Utopia," DM said.
"According to convention, we, the three creators known as the Three Wise Men, need to consider you and determine whether you are qualified to accept the trial.
Only then can you be recognized as an official member of the Utopia. "
"Ah?"
Huai Shi took a long time to react. "Is this a trial of the Utopia?"
"The trial has not begun yet, Huai Shi," DM said.
"Your trial will not be so simple. Even so, you don't have to be too pressured because there is no standard answer to this trial until now, and the results that everyone desires are not the same.
Besides, the Utopia no longer exists, so you can just take it as a process. "
Huai Shi was at a loss.
In fact, his head was wrapped in the hat, and he could not touch it.
Facing the cold wind and the howling of the sled dogs, Huai Shi thought for a long time and finally understood. "… In other words, KP and Madam Sophie are testing me?"
"More or less."
DM nodded. "KP made a bet with someone. He bet ten dollars that you can't cross Australia safely. ST's requirement is that you have to win a game of World Peace from her. Huai Shi, they are all people who think highly of you. They will not deliberately make things difficult for you, nor will they set up obstacles that you can't pass. "
Hearing this, Huai Shi could not help but look back at him. "I think you will tell me next that you are different … Your requirements will be particularly strict."
"Yes."
DM nodded. "As you guessed, my requirements are very strict. It should be said that I am the most demanding of the three of us."
"Then …" Huai Shi hesitated for a long time before he finally mustered the courage to ask, "What are the requirements?"
"Don't worry."
DM said, "You have passed."
Huai Shi was in disbelief.
"I … passed?" He suspected that he had heard wrongly. "When? Did I do something again? "
"From the beginning, and what I asked, you have been doing, haven't you?"
DM held the reins of the sleigh and calmly drove the galloping sleigh, leading Huai Shi step by step into the vast white and dark world in front of him.
"I am different from KP. As long as KP finds it interesting, there is no need to delve into the means. I am different from ST. ST will think that the result is the most important, and the process does not need to be concerned. "
In the gradually sharpening cold wind, DM's voice came. "But what I am looking for is not an interesting plot or the final result.
What I prefer to see is the methods the players take, and the rough life they have gone through ….
What I want to see is an adventurer, not a superficial thing that goes into the dungeon just for money, but a person who embarks on the road of destiny with dreams, ideals, ambitions, and even hatred or pain. "
He said, "The adventurer I want is a person who will not bow to reality. As long as you have such qualifications, I will not obstruct you. Huai Shi, you don't have to worry that I will be as bad as KP, although in many cases, I am more unreasonable than him."
"Since you've fulfilled my conditions, I won't stop you."
"So, you can take advantage of this opportunity to have a good rest, adapt to the environment here, restore your spirit, and then start to prepare for the trial you will face."
Huai Shi was stunned for a long time. He could not help but raise his hand to rub his face that was numb from the cold and felt a faint pain.
But for some reason, he felt the corners of his mouth curl up.
He was smiling.
He felt a faint joy in his heart.
It was as if he was extremely proud of DM's evaluation.
It made him somewhat unable to react.
"In your opinion … am I an adventurer?" He pointed at himself with some doubt. "Or, as long as I am stubborn and reckless, it will be fine?"
"If you want to say it, I have a slight complaint about your reckless style, but this kind of thing can't be forced."
DM shrugged calmly. "However, I think you may have misunderstood something."
"Huai Shi, adventure is not a narrow thing limited to desperate situations. It can exist in everyone's life. The only way to open it is courage.
It is a turning point that changes everything. But its essence and source comes from the noble dream of not being ordinary and not being willing to fall into the dust.
No matter whether this dream is noble or despicable, big or small, good or bad — "
He turned back and said to Huai Shi seriously, "After all, the dream is the most precious, isn't it?"
Huai Shi was speechless for a long time and sighed awkwardly. "But in fact, I don't even have a dream. I have been looking all the way until now and still haven't found it. I don't even have a clue about the direction of employment."
In this regard, DM was unusually tolerant and only said, "Adventure is something that lasts a lifetime. Just a moment of confusion doesn't mean anything, does it?"
"What if I can't find it in the future?" Huai Shi asked.
"Then I'll keep looking."
DM asked as if it was a matter of course, "It's just waiting and searching. It's not painful, is it?"
"You may be searching for your whole life and end up with nothing. You may soon find that there are things in this world that are worth you investing your whole life to accomplish.
Or maybe you'll be lucky and find something worth sacrificing for and die generously. Or even more cruelly, you may find that you've lost a lot of dreams and opportunities before you die and you don't realize it — "
He paused and said seriously, "But no matter what, I can be sure that your adventure and search will not be in vain. Everything you've given will be repaid in that moment.
No matter how bitter the fruit is, it's better than tasteless water.
Even if it's unwillingness and regret, it's better than living a mediocre life. "
Then, there was a long silence.
There was only the deep echo of the distant wind and snow, and the disorderly, off-key singing of the sled dogs. Gradually, the singing disappeared.
At some point, Huai Shi finally fell asleep in the cold wind.
After a long time, he opened his eyes and let out a long breath. He felt as if his whole body was lighter, and his mood was calm and calm.
He didn't fall into a beautiful dream, nor was he haunted by nightmares.
He just fell asleep, and when he woke up with a full stomach, he felt a heartfelt peace.
Even if it wasn't a new life, he felt a sense of peace and was no longer afraid.
The sled had stopped for a long time.
Several sled dogs were still arguing about the outcome of the speed competition, and on the bonfire next to them, the stewing food in the pot emitted a tempting aroma.
"You're awake? Come and eat. " DM reached out to greet him. "After eating, your adventure will start again, Huai Shi."
"Okay."
Huai Shi lifted the blanket on his body, walked forward, and ate a hearty meal. Then he wiped his mouth, picked up his backpack, and prepared to embark on the last leg of his journey.
"Is there anything I need to pay attention to in the next trial?" Before leaving, Huai Shi asked.
"Just do it the way you like. Don't worry, and don't be afraid. It's not a big deal."
"Other than that?"
Huai Shi asked, "Is there anything else you can tell me?"
The old man next to the bonfire was silent for a long time, as if he was thinking. After a long time, he whispered to him, "You have to pursue, Huai Shi. Don't slack off in your life."
He said, "Don't give up on your own life."
The old man's expression was so serious and solemn, as if the life of the young man in front of him was a precious treasure.
He was full of expectations and blessings for his future.
He hoped that he could continue to walk on his own adventure unyieldingly.
"I will."
Huai Shi smiled from the bottom of her heart. "Goodbye."
"Okay."
The old man nodded. "Goodbye."
Then, Huai Shi turned around, held up his hiking stick, and walked step by step toward the southernmost part of the world.
After taking a few steps, he looked back and saw a gust of wind rising from the flat ground. The wind and snow flew up and fell. The bonfire, the old man, and the sleigh had disappeared without a trace.
And at some point, the black authorization card from the amusement park had appeared in Huai Shi's hand.
It was glowing with a faint light, echoing the behemoth sleeping in the darkness.
Then, a fierce wind came whistling from the end of the world, and in an instant, he was swallowed by it.
When the wind and snow gradually stopped, Huai Shi put down the arm in front of him. He saw the huge building that had appeared in front of him at some point, and the heavy gate that was slowly opening toward him.
Behind the gate, he didn't know what was waiting for him in the darkness.
Huai Shi took a deep breath and slowly walked in.
.
.
A line of light green fluorescent light lit up on the old screen.
[Celestial genealogy stigmata reaction detected.]
[Authorization verification completed.]
[Default sequence program activated.]
[Wanxiang Heavenly Sphere begins operation.]
[Countdown — 10, 9, 8, 7 … 3, 2, 1.]
[Welcome to the New World.]
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