Chapter 462 The Final Test

After realizing this strange thought of his, Huai Shi immediately took several breaths of air.

Fortunately, the air-conditioning in Antarctica is sufficient, but no one cares about the global carbon emissions increasing by another few hundred million parts. They just watched Huai Shi chirping in place, looking more and more like some kind of creature that likes to demolish homes.

I vaguely heard a faint high-pitched sound coming from the distance.

"Seriously, is this human stupid?"

"Maybe he wore human skin somewhere." A naive voice said: "I smell it, he smells like a dog, especially Asa."

"What's the resemblance!" The high-pitched voice suddenly became angry: "Asa is black and white, and his eyes are blue. Why are they the same?"

The honest voice said: "That's how I feel."

"You think, I don't think he looks like him at all." The high-pitched voice said, "He doesn't even have hair, so he's not as good-looking as Asa!"

Huai Shi turned around in astonishment. In a vague trance, he actually saw a sleigh on the edge of the pier, a Samoyed and a Saint Bernard roaring loudly.

The dog is talking?

No, suddenly... I seem to be able to understand what the dog is saying.

Huaishi eavesdropped for a long time, listening to the two arguing about the difference between themselves and Asa, and couldn't help but ask: "Who is Asa?"

"Ah, who called me?"

With a whimper, a fat husky covered in thick hair raised its head from a dog bowl as big as a basin and looked around blankly.

Suddenly, the other dogs next to the sled also started arguing.

Then they were kicked by the old man who came over with the goods. They all stopped screaming and shut up and stopped making noisy noises.

And the old man who threw the package on the sleigh had already walked in front of Huai Shi.

So burly.

After being wrapped in cotton clothes, it looks like a small mountain.

The exposed face was covered with chilblains and scars, and he was exhaling hot breath.

His green eyes studied Huai Shi in front of him and nodded.

"Huai Shi?" he asked directly.

"I am." The boy nodded.

"Well, let's go then."

The old man nodded, and after showing his guide's certificate, he pointed to his sled: "It takes half a day to get there, and it might snow. Have you brought everything? If not, I can lend you a set. "

"Yes, yes." Huai Shi nodded, followed and sat on the sled.

Then, after the old man whistled, the sled dogs who had eaten and drank enough began to scream and pull the sled hard. Huaishi was extremely envious when she saw it... She really wanted to go down and have a few pulls.

"After being freed from the weight of fate in a short period of time, you will indeed be overly energetic, but this is just an illusion. It is very cold here, and you need to conserve your energy."

The old man took out a bottle of wine from under his feet and threw a bottle to Huai Shi: "You will have a long journey ahead."

"ah?"

Huai Shi took it half-understanding, feeling something was wrong but couldn't put it into words.

Sensing the confused look on his face, the old man sipped his strong drink and snapped his fingers - as if the layers of fog were instantly dispelled, and the points that had been deliberately shielded and obscured in his memory and consciousness were reopened in an instant. .

It seemed like a bolt of lightning passed through the spinal cord.

Huai Shi shuddered, and suddenly understood. She recalled the appearance of KP and his actions. Thinking of this bastard showing off in front of her over and over again, she couldn't help but hate it.

When I thought of Mrs. Sophie, I also felt strange and strange. I am afraid that she and KP are the same existence.

And the old man in front of me...

"You can call me DM."

The old man said calmly: "I am their companion, and I am here for you, Huai Shi."

"Why?" Huaishi was confused.

"Because next you will accept a test left over from the once ideal nation."

DM said: “According to convention, our three creators, known as the three wise men, need to consider you and determine whether you are qualified to accept the trial.

Only in this way can you be recognized as a formal member of the Utopia. "

"ah?"

It took Huaishi a long time to react: "Is this journey a test of the Utopia?"

"The test has not begun yet, Huai Shi."

DM said: "Your trial will not be that simple - even so, you don't have to be under too much pressure, because there is no standard answer to this trial until now, and there is no standard answer for everyone. same.

Besides, the Utopia no longer exists, so just go through the process. "

Huai Shi looked confused.

In fact, his head was wrapped in a hat and could not be touched.

Facing the cold wind blowing against her face and the sled dogs' howling like wolves, Huaishi thought for a long time and finally realized: "...In other words, are KP and Mrs. Sophie testing me?"

"almost."

DM nodded: "KP made a bet with someone, betting ten dollars that you would not be able to cross Australia safely. ST's request is that you must win a game of Wanshi Pai from her. Huaishi, they are all optimistic about you. People will not deliberately make things difficult, nor will they set up entrances that you cannot pass through."

Hearing this, Huai Shi couldn't help but look back at him: "I think you will tell me next that you are different...your requirements will be particularly strict."

"right."

DM nodded, "As you guessed, I have very strict requirements. It should be said that I am the most demanding among the three of us."

"So..." Huaishi hesitated for a long time, and finally summoned the courage to ask: "What is the request?"

"no need to worry."

DM said: "You've passed."

Huai Shi is unbelievable.

"I...passed?" He suspected that he heard wrongly: "When? Did I do something else?"

"You've been doing what I asked of you since the beginning, haven't you?"

DM holds the reins of the sled and calmly controls the speeding sled, leading Huai Shi step by step into the vast pale and dark world in front of him.

"I am different from KP. KP only needs to find it interesting, and there is no need to delve into the means. I am different from ST. ST thinks that the result is the most important, and you don't need to care about the process."

In the increasingly sharp cold wind, DM's voice came: "But what I want is not an interesting plot or the final result.

What I like to see more is the methods adopted by gamers and the bumpy careers they have experienced...

What I want to see are adventurers, not superficial people who go into dungeons just for money, but people who embark on the road of destiny with dreams, ideals, ambitions, and even hatred or pain. "

He said: "The adventurer I want is someone who will not bow to reality - as long as you have such qualifications, I will not stand in your way. Huaishi, you don't have to worry that I will be like KP." Bad taste, although many times, I am more unreasonable than him."

"If you meet the conditions I have set, I will not step in to stop you."

"So, you can take this opportunity to have a good rest, adapt to the environment here, recuperate your energy, and then start preparing to accept the trials you have to face."

Huai Shi was stunned for a long time, and couldn't help but raise her hands to rub her face, which was numb from the cold, and felt a raw and vague pain.

But for some reason, he found the curve of the corner of his mouth.

He is smiling.

I felt a vague joy in my heart.

It seems that he is extremely proud of DM's evaluation.

He couldn't even react.

"In your opinion...am I considered an adventurer?" He pointed at himself with some doubt, "Or do you think it's enough as long as I'm brave enough to be bold?"

"If anything, I have some objections to your reckless style, but I can't bear to do this kind of thing."

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 start it is courage.

It is a turning point that changes everything, but its essence and source come from the noble dream of not being willing to be ordinary and unwilling to be reduced to dust.

No matter whether this dream is noble or despicable, whether it is huge or small, or whether it is good or bad——"

He turned around and said to Huai Shi seriously: "After all, dreams are the most precious, aren't they?"

Huaishi was speechless for a long time, and sighed awkwardly: "But in fact, I don't even have a dream anymore. I have searched all the way and still haven't found it. I don't even have a clue about the direction of employment."

In this regard, DM was extremely tolerant and just 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 keep looking."

DM asked as if it was natural: "It's just waiting and searching. It's not painful, right?"

"You may be searching for your whole life and end up with nothing. You may soon discover that there are things in this world that are worth investing your life's energy to accomplish.

Maybe you are lucky enough to find something worth dying for and die generously. Or to be more cruel, you may find out before you die that you have lost many dreams and opportunities without realizing it——"

He paused and said seriously: "But no matter what, I can be sure that your adventure and search will not be in vain, and everything you have paid will be rewarded at that moment.

No matter how bitter the bitter fruit is, it is better than tasteless plain water.

Even unwillingness and regret are better than a mediocre and wasted life. "

What followed was a long silence.

There were only the deep echoes from the distant wind and snow, and the scattered and out-of-tune chorus of the sled dogs. Gradually, those songs disappeared.

At some point, Huaishi finally fell asleep in the cold wind.

After a long time, he opened his eyes and took a long breath. He felt much lighter and his mood was calm and collected.

Not trapped in sweet dreams, nor entangled in nightmares.

He simply fell asleep, and when he woke up feeling full, he felt sincerely at peace.

Even though it couldn't be called a new life, I felt a sense of peace of mind and no longer fearful.

The sleigh had been stopped for a long time.

Several sled dogs were still arguing about the outcome of the speed competition just now, and on the bonfire lit nearby, the food stewed in the pot gave off an attractive aroma.

"Are you awake? Come and have something to eat." DM reached out to greet him: "After eating, your adventure will begin again, Huai Shi."

"OK."

Huai Shi lifted up the blanket on her body, walked forward, and had a hearty meal. Then she wiped her mouth, picked up her backpack, and prepared to embark on the last leg of the journey.

"Is there anything I need to pay attention to in the next trial?" Huai Shi asked before leaving.

"Just do it the way you like. Don't be rigid and don't be afraid. It's actually not a big deal."

"Other than that?"

Huai Shi asked: "Is there anything else you can tell me?"

The old man beside the bonfire was silent for a long time, as if thinking. After a long time, he softly told him: "You must pursue your pursuit, Huaishi, and don't slack off in your life."

He said, "Don't give up 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 such a precious treasure.

Full of expectations and blessings for his future.

I hope he can continue to walk unyieldingly on his own path of adventure.

"I will."

Huai Shi laughed sincerely, "Goodbye."

"kindness."

The old man nodded: "Goodbye."

Then, Huai Shi turned around, picked up his hiking pole, and walked step by step towards the southernmost part of the world.

After taking a few steps, he looked back behind him and saw a gust of wind rising from the flat ground, the wind and snow flying up and down, and the bonfire, the old man and the sled had disappeared without a trace.

And at some point, the black permission card from the paradise appeared in Huai Shi's hand.

It was glowing with a faint light, echoing the behemoth sleeping in the darkness.

Then, the violent wind roared from the end of the world and swallowed him up in an instant.

When the wind and snow gradually stopped, Huai Shi put down the arm in front of him and saw the huge building that had appeared in front of him at some point, and the heavy gate that slowly opened towards him.

Behind the gate, I don't know what else is waiting for me in the darkness.

Huai Shi took a deep breath and walked slowly into it.

A line of light green fluorescence lit up from the old screen.

[The Heavenly Lineage Stigmata Reaction Detected]

[Permission determination completed]

[Default sequence program started]

[The Vientiane Celestial Sphere begins to move]

[Countdown——10, 9, 8, 7...3, 2, 1]

【Welcome to the new world】

I'm going to prove with an update that I'm working hard tonight too!

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