Chapter 174
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That night, because Lou Yan was drunk, they didn’t do anything. By the time the ship’s crew knocked on their door at six o’clock in the morning, “We’ve reached our destination, it’s time for you to disembark!”
Lou Yan suddenly opened his eyes.
It took him a moment to realize that they had arrived at the North Pole.
Outside the window was a vast expanse of snow, the land covered in ice and snow reflecting the sunlight from the sky, making the room exceptionally bright.
Lou Yan’s head hurt a bit. He rubbed his forehead, continuously recalling what happened last night.
Fu Xuezhou’s words echoed in his mind, and Lou Yan’s movements of rubbing his forehead slowed down.
“Your heartbeat has increased,” Fu Xuezhou’s voice suddenly sounded from behind, like a ghost, “Lou Yan, seems like you’re worried about something?”
Lou Yan’s heart skipped a beat. He slowly opened his eyes, pushed aside the covers, got out of bed, and paid no attention to his naked body being seen by Fu Xuezhou. He calmly walked to the closet to find his clothes, “Thinking about what to wear today, we should get ready to disembark.”
Fu Xuezhou watched Lou Yan’s tightly toned, graceful back, and also got out of bed to stand beside Lou Yan, reaching out to hug Lou Yan’s waist. Fu Xuezhou bent down and kissed Lou Yan’s back shoulder blades.
Lou Yan’s shoulder blades tightened, like a butterfly about to take flight. Fu Xuezhou’s kiss trailed down from Lou Yan’s spine, causing goosebumps to rise all over Lou Yan’s body. A tingling sensation, as if being electrocuted, ran down his spine, finally reaching his waist and hips with Fu Xuezhou’s kiss.
Lou Yan couldn’t resist anymore. He turned around and leaned against Fu Xuezhou’s shoulders, “Stop fooling around, time is running out.”
Fu Xuezhou planted a kiss in his palm and stood up, saying gently to his boyfriend, “Are you worried about the Anomaly Lord? Don’t worry, we will kill it.”
He said “we” instead of “I”. Lou Yan was pleased by this choice of words, and he nodded reservedly.
Lou Yan and Fu Xuezhou changed into their North Pole landing gear. It was May, the North Pole warm season and also the period of polar day, when temperatures were relatively high for the year, but even so, the temperature in the North Pole Circle would not exceed 0 degrees Celsius.
When the crew woke them up, they had already checked the local temperature in the North Pole, -12 degrees Celsius, and the crew told them that this temperature was actually considered good.
The two of them got fully dressed, and then each carrying a bag, they sat in a skiff and crossed the final stretch of water to land on the North Pole shore.
In addition to the two of them, the few non-mainstream young people also disembarked. There were a total of five people, three men and two women, with more equipment than Lou Yan and Fu Xuezhou.
Because they had lost the drift bottle, these five people had been looking at Lou Yan and Fu Xuezhou, who had also disembarked in the North Pole, with suspicion. However, because Lou Yan and Fu Xuezhou were both bundled up tightly, they couldn’t see what they looked like, so they didn’t come over to provoke them rashly.
Lou Yan didn’t care about their scrutiny. He opened the paper map given to them by the crew, looked at it with a compass for a while, and pointed to a mountainous area, saying, “Let’s go here first.”
Fu Xuezhou followed along and glanced at the map, nodding in agreement.
The map was very simple, with more details near the sea and blank in the depths of the North Pole. This piece of land was too unfamiliar to the world. Even with hints from newspapers, it was not easy to find seven mountains that matched the positions of the Big Dipper.
Lou Yan and Fu Xuezhou wasted no time and walked directly towards the north, gradually disappearing in front of the five non-mainstream individuals.
Several non-mainstream individuals watched them walk away, obviously becoming a bit anxious. “Boss, where are we going?”
The one called boss was a redhead young man. He gritted his teeth, “First, follow those two people who just left. They must know the way! The shorter one looks a lot like Brain. They likely took our drift bottle. If the Paradise requires the drift bottle and that newspaper as tickets, then we must snatch the drift bottle back!”
The others immediately followed him in quick steps to catch up with Lou Yan and Fu Xuezhou. But they didn’t know how those two had gone. When they caught up, they didn’t see the figures of those two at all; they seemed to have vanished into thin air.
“Where are they?”
…
Lou Yan and Fu Xuezhou quickly climbed the nearest highest snowy mountain and looked around, but they didn’t find seven snowy mountains matching the positions of the Big Dipper.
Lou Yan sighed, “Let’s go, let’s try another mountain range.”
As he spoke, Lou Yan was about to descend the mountain, but Fu Xuezhou suddenly grabbed him, “Wait a moment.”
Lou Yan turned in confusion, “What’s wrong?”
Fu Xuezhou didn’t say a word, but the clothes on his back slowly bulged, making a “crack, crack” sound of bones growing. In the next moment, the thick down jacket was torn open with two large holes, and feathers flew out like snowflakes. Bones emerged from the holes and quickly grew outward, mixed with flesh and blood, rapidly forming into huge wings that covered the sky.
Lou Yan’s eyes gradually lit up: he had forgotten that Fu Xuezhou still had wings!
The blood-red wings flapped a few times, stirring up a gust of cold wind. Fu Xuezhou reached out and hugged Lou Yan, then flew up into the sky abruptly.
The whistling cold air stirred up by the wings made Lou Yan’s cheeks ache. Fu Xuezhou’s speed was very fast; in a blink, they had risen several hundred meters from the ground. Lou Yan quickly held onto Fu Xuezhou’s neck with one hand and pulled down the sunglasses on his hat to cover his eyes, then looked down at the snowy mountains below.
There’s nothing here… nor there…
From high above, the distribution of the mountains was clear. Fu Xuezhou flew with Lou Yan for more than ten minutes, and Lou Yan finally saw what seemed to be the target. He immediately patted Fu Xuezhou’s arm, “Quick, at 11 o’clock!”
Fu Xuezhou immediately flew in the direction he pointed, arriving above a group of scattered snowy mountains.
Among the snowy mountains, there were seven evenly distributed medium-sized snow mountains. Lou Yan’s eyes lit up, and he reached out to try to connect them according to the arrangement of the Big Dipper. From the position of Dubhe to Merak, from Megrez to Alioth… the seven snowy mountains were successfully connected by him.
And the snowy mountain where Paradise was located was right at the point where the seven snowy mountains pointed.
Lou Yan extended his finger in the direction of the line connecting the snowy mountains, slowly turned his head northward, and saw a tall and lonely sharp snowy mountain in the distance.
That’s where Paradise is located!
Lou Yan glanced at Fu Xuezhou, and Fu Xuezhou flew with Lou Yan towards the sharp snowy mountain. They originally wanted to land directly on the mountaintop, but a blizzard suddenly blew up when they were about a hundred meters from the mountain.
The storm in the sky blew Fu Xuezhou’s figure unsteadily. Fu Xuezhou flapped his wings harder and harder, but the closer they got to the snowy mountain, the fiercer the snowstorm became, and the heavy snow almost made it impossible to see anything.
Fu Xuezhou had no choice but to land on the ground with Lou Yan. The two of them walked towards the snowy mountain.
The power of the blizzard felt weaker when walking on the ground. Lou Yan and Fu Xuezhou were both physically fit, and they soon reached the foot of the snowy mountain.
Miraculously, when they reached the foot of the snowy mountain, the blizzard around them disappeared.
“It seems that our interpretation of the newspaper’s words was not wrong. Paradise is indeed on this snowy mountain,” Lou Yan took a bottle of wine from the side of his backpack and took a few sips before casually throwing it to Fu Xuezhou.
Fu Xuezhou took it and also took a few sips. A warmth spread throughout his body from his stomach, and he found the taste of the wine quite good, so he tilted his head back and took a few more sips.
Lou Yan couldn’t help but take the bottle back, frowning, “Be careful.”
Fu Xuezhou tilted his head, his eyes soft, “Don’t worry, this bit of wine won’t make me drunk.”
“Who cares if you get drunk or not,” Lou Yan ruthlessly closed the bottle, “I didn’t bring much wine, and every sip you take means one less for me. I’m afraid you’ll drink it all.”
Fu Xuezhou: “…”
Lou Yan took the lead in climbing towards the mountaintop. To guard against any accidents during the climb, the two of them didn’t climb particularly fast; they even had breakfast midway. However, even so, they reached the top of the snowy mountain an hour later.
To Lou Yan’s surprise, the mountaintop was empty, with nothing at all.
“How is this possible?!” Lou Yan couldn’t hide his shock. Could he and Fu Xuezhou have guessed wrong?
Fu Xuezhou frowned as well and walked a few steps towards the central area of the mountaintop. However, these few steps seemed to trigger a tremendous effect. Lou Yan suddenly felt a faint vibration from the depths of the snowy mountain beneath his feet.
Fu Xuezhou also noticed it and instantly stopped, listening intently.
“Crack.”
“Crack.”
The faint sound of snow cracking entered their ears, and Lou Yan’s face changed drastically, “Fu Xuezhou, it’s an avalanche!”
Before Lou Yan could finish his sentence, Fu Xuezhou had already turned around abruptly, spread his wings, and rushed to Lou Yan’s side, coldly embracing him and preparing to leave the mountaintop.
But the snowy mountain beneath them suddenly collapsed into a deep abyss, and a fierce wind blew out from the abyss, instantly causing the two of them to fall into it.
Lou Yan instantly understood that the real Paradise was below the black hole!
But then, Lou Yan lost consciousness uncontrollably and fell into darkness.
***
The dazzling light shone into his eyes.
Lou Yan vaguely felt that someone’s gaze was staring at him intently as he drifted in and out of sleep.
A tingling sensation awakened Lou Yan’s consciousness. He uncomfortably opened his eyes and saw two enlarged faces blocking his vision.
His vision was somewhat blurry. Lou Yan blinked, focusing on the two people in front of him, and his pupils suddenly dilated. He stiffened all over. “….Dad, Mom?”
The two people in front of him were indeed Lou Yan’s father and mother. They looked like they were in their early forties. Father Lou wore a suit, with a dignified appearance and a slightly chubby figure. However, you could still see the handsomeness of his youth from his face. Mother Lou wore a bright red dress, with delicate and beautiful light makeup. Her big wavy curls fell on her shoulders as she smiled warmly at Lou Yan.
Lou Yan felt like he had just woken up, staring blankly at the familiar yet unfamiliar people before him.
What’s…. going on here?
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