Just like countless times in the world of Terra, the warm current from the south blew through the dry and hard ground after a winter, awakening the seeds sleeping underground, and countless lives slowly twisted themselves. The body and mind that had been frozen for a winter began to reincarnate in countless short seasons during this time when all things revived. It was a relaxing and warm day, except for the mobile city-state that was smashed into ruins by natural disasters.
White sculptures stood on top of the ruins, their cloaks swaying slightly in the wind. It seemed that countless cold air was released underneath, driving away the warm current from afar, and reoccupied the area. The ground was full of rubble and gravel, as sharp as the red ribbon hanging on the chest of the sculpture. The flickering light made the eyes that looked directly at it feel like needle pricks of pain.
This is an open space on the ruins of Qie City. The collapsed buildings around it have rarely affected the place, allowing it to remain as flat as usual. Only some large or small rubble was affected by the force of the natural disaster and hit the center of the square. , but this will not have much impact on the battle between them.
On the edge of the clearing, a Carters man wearing the same style of clothes as those standing sculptures slowly walked forward. The boots covering her slender legs were as white as her hair. In this ruins There is not a trace of dust on it, which is reminiscent of the snow not long ago. Her cloak did not wrap her body properly, but tore apart. The sharp and curved lines were like the claws of a wild beast, splaying its teeth in the cold wind. The blood of countless prey dyed it red, forming the red lining of the cloak.
This is the princess of the snow monster, the god of death in the cold winter, the purest source stone ice crystal in Siberia, the origin of cold high pressure, the driver of the winter wind, the shaved ice making machine, the humanoid self-propelled air conditioner, refrigerator, and cold storage, serving you 24 hours a day Provide fresh fruits and vegetables, quick-frozen food, ice-cold drinks...
Looking at the pink rabbit wrapped in his coat with a bottle of dark brown drink standing in front of him, Shuangxing's eyes twitched, and his brain instantly entered a short-circuit state.
What is she doing? Shouldn't we have a fight? Is that a drink in her hand? Oh, yes, it seems to be a real drink. She drank a bottle just now... Then why is the color so weird? Does this drink taste better chilled? By the way, this rabbit is so cute. She’s not afraid of me. Her smile is so sunny that I want to hold her tightly in my arms and rub her head. Her ears must feel good and she won’t get frostbite...
A second ago, she had regarded Valentine as an enemy who would never give up regardless of life or death. Now she looked at the cute smile on his little face, the long ears dangling on his head, and the kiss that used him as a refrigerator (zuo ) Secret (si) Action Shuangxing suddenly felt like he had an extra sister.
Looking at the inexplicably warm scene in the middle of the clearing, small cracks appeared on the snow monster sculptures standing around, making clicking sounds, as if they were about to break, along with the normal logic they had cultivated for a long time. .
“Sometimes reality doesn’t require logic.”
Looking at Theresa Valentine who simply regarded Shuangxing as a refrigerator, Jiao Zhengyu let out a sigh.
"And sometimes, reality is crazier than you think."
He finished his sentence and glanced in a certain direction outside the open space. In his sight, two snow monsters were gathering together and whispering. Although their faces were covered by thick hoods, their slightly trembling bodies and excited voices could barely be heard. The two snow monsters were discussing something red chicken.
"Ahhh, look! That rabbit touched the eldest sister! She doesn't seem to be afraid at all! I have never seen such a cute and sincere smile! Can the eldest sister finally make friends like a normal person!"
"That rabbit is cuter than the eldest sister! No, no, the eldest sister is still cuter, but she is also very cute!"
Looking at the two perverted snow monsters who looked so happy that their noses were about to bleed, Jiao Zhengyu raised his hands to cover his face.
"Since I came to this universe, more and more illogical and common sense things have happened..."
"Perhaps I should sort out the information and summarize the strange events that occurred around all the mission targets and report them to my superiors."
Although he knew that most of the results obtained would be "nonsense" in each language version, Jiao Zhengyu decided to waste a little computing power on something that was unlikely to have any results.
As for these two rabbits...
Jiao Zhengyu took a few steps back and blinked at them. After recording this precious picture, he removed the projection and returned to the black space.
————————Play on the spot and let yourself go————————
Is Valentine afraid of Frost Star?
If the original Valentine had a pair of blue sharp horns on his head, he would certainly be afraid of Frost Star. During the long period of time in Longmen, apart from being a guinea pig for Ye Yan and going out to eat at food stalls with Xing Yihuang to bully Ansuo or being bullied, he also got to know the plot of the Arknights game. Although the specific plot of Chapter 5 and Chapter 6 Zhengyu used the excuse of "foreseeing the future" to deny the past to Valentine, he still watched some of the plots of those activities, including the plots of Frost Star and Patriot. .
In the plot, Froststar is a child who is as miserable as Mephistopheles. A long time ago, before Ursus and Sami went to war, his parents were sent to a mine because they opposed Ursus' wartime strategies, and his grandmother was also implicated. Arriving at the mine, Frost Star was born in this tinkling environment. When she was five and ten years old, her parents drew a black lottery and were killed by the garrison in the mine. When she was eleven, Froststar also drew a black lottery, but was rescued by a patriot. From then on, she followed her adoptive father. A wandering life in the snowfield.
Valentin didn't speak or blink when he saw that plot. He looked at the screen in front of him with his eyelids drooped, scanning the lines of text that appeared one after another with an expressionless face. As a person with a black childhood, he has seen too many tragedies after traveling to the world of Terra, including Xing Yihuang's, Leonid's, Mephisto's, Tallulah's... and so on. As for him, he has developed a sad resistance to this. No matter how tragic the story is, he will not cry or have too many emotional fluctuations.
But this does not mean that Valentine will think Froststar's story is nothing. He knows the pain of this bitter past better than those who grew up in the sun, because he himself has been a victim. The tears will slowly dry up and the wounds will eventually become scarred. Recalling the pain, he could no longer cover his face and cry like he once did, because that was no longer necessary.
Tears are useful in the process of growing up, because they represent a kind of emotional catharsis and a process of decompression. But after those things are over, there is no use in thinking about the tears except wasting a few pages of paper.
Of course, it will still hurt if someone opens the scarred wound. It is still useful to shed tears at that time. At least it means that you still have feelings and have not turned into a walking zombie. But when you cry, you must remember to shake your fist at the guy who opened your wound for no reason, otherwise you will taste the pain of having your scar opened again in the future.
Therefore, after reading the story, Frost Star's reputation in Valentine's heart changed, from the original "madman who still retains his sanity" like Tallulah to a "blind follower". This mentality is easy to understand. The Wendigo Team are all infected. They hate Ursus, hate those nobles, and their attitude towards ordinary civilians is only good or bad. At least when Qicheng fell, the Wendigo Team was not like Mavis. Like that real lunatic, Te allowed his men to burn, kill and loot, but instead built a shelter to protect the civilians who lost their homes in the war.
The invaders built a shelter to protect the invaded people. When Valentine saw this plot, he didn't believe his eyes. He didn't believe it until he actually woke up from the shelter built by the snow monster team. I believe what happened in that episode.
Therefore, when facing the Yeti team, Valentin always kept his guard up. So far, none of the six members of the Wendigo team he had killed lost their lives. They were all knocked unconscious by the pink attack. Maybe Valentin doesn't know how to control the intensity, but Theresa does.
Moreover, one day in the future, he might actually become colleagues with Shuangxing, the kind who can stand up to Red Flag. A group of infected people who are dissatisfied with the Ursus government. They do not hate those normal people, nor do they hate Ursus, the mother who abandoned them. They want to fight for the rights of normal people for the infected, on the desolate snowfield. Continuously fighting guerrilla against the already decadent Ursus government...
What did you think of?
it goes without saying.
So is Theresa afraid of Frost Star?
Not only was Theresa not afraid, she also wanted to lick Shuangxing's bunny ears.
Who is Teresa? She is the distinguished principal of St. Freya Academy, rounding it off is the aunt of Herrscher of the Sky's Paramecium, a loli nun who can play with a three-hundred-pound cross, and she also has a high-level emperor level in her body. The genes of Honkaimon "Vishnu", the S-class Valkyrie... the combined auras could probably blind Shuangxing's eyes. Would he be afraid of just a little bit of cold?
If she hadn't deliberately suppressed her own strength, this trip to the ruins might not have become Theresa's personal show. But that would be pointless, wouldn’t it?
Looking at the increasing number of small question marks next to Frost Star's head and the increasingly strange look in her eyes, Valentin moved his slightly stiff smile and took out the glass bottle of Coke that had been put into Frost Star's coat for a few seconds. .
Then she got a strangely colored ice cube.
…
Valentine looked at the thing in his hand that was similar to the ice cubes used by Froststar to lift the floor, and fell into deep thought.
How many seconds did he put his hand in just now? It only took seven or eight seconds, but the temperature on this sister's body froze the bottle of Coke into ice?
Let me explain in advance that Valentine did not do this to take advantage of Frost Star, he just wanted to drink iced Coke. And judging from the first encounter with Frost Star, the white rabbit didn't want to take the initiative to kill her. The attacks of the ice chipper and the snow monster warlock were more like trying to capture him alive than to kill him. After all, although these snow monsters attacked fiercely, their main purpose was to freeze him, otherwise Valentine would not be merciful.
And just now when Valentine was carrying a cross and holding a Coke and approaching Frost Star, the rabbit didn't take action, but his eyes looked fierce and nervous, as if he was an eagle eating rabbits.
Moreover, as Valentin, who is Theresa now, even if he hugs Frost Star, it is not considered an advantage, right? We are both women!
It's just that one of the guys has a man's heart...
clang clang.
Valentine knocked the ice cube in his hand on the ground twice and gave up the idea of taking a bite. He should have no problem biting this thing with his own teeth, but it doesn't look delicious no matter how he looks at it.
Coke, what you taste is the Qi. Now that the Qi is gone, the Coke is also useless.
"that……"
Looking at Valentine who threw the ice cube aside and was shaking Sakura's vow to take out another bottle of Coke, Frost Star finally broke free from the environment that shocked my mother and tried to speak and follow this one. Rabbit communication on an ordinary path.
Since she showed no hostility, a peaceful solution to the problem was possible.
"Hey!"
Valentine planted the cross on the ground, took a stance, turned around and faced Sakura's vow with a roundhouse kick. Froststar seemed to hear the sound of something hard breaking. But when she saw Valentine, who was still standing still and bending over to pick up a Coke, she began to feel a little lucky that she had just held back and not attacked first.
A little girl who is not afraid of the cold and is as hard as Ceria will probably not be afraid of her own black ice. If she were kicked by it, she would probably get lunch in advance.
"Would you mind icing it for me?"
Valentine turned around, raised his arms, smiled at Frost Star, and gently shook the two bottles of Coke in his hands.
"Ah...ok."
Shuangxing was stunned for a moment and nodded slightly. She raised her hand and drew an arc around the Coke. A burst of white cold air hit Valentine's hand, and a layer of small water droplets quickly appeared on the wall of the Coke bottle.
"Okay, okay, that's enough."
Valentine's cheerful voice reached Froststar's ears, causing her to stop moving her hands and slowly lower them. Shuangxing's eyes were a little dull, his gray pupils staring at the little rabbit biting the bottle cap in front of him, his thoughts gradually diverging.
Memories of the past were replayed in her mind like a movie at double speed, and gray scenes washed through Shuangxing's mind one after another. Whether she was in the mine, joining the Patriot guerrillas, or working in the Integration Movement, she had never seen such a smile.
The warm memories in her memory all happened between herself and her infected friends, and the kindness just now from a non-infected person was the first time Shuangxing encountered it.
"Hello? Hello? Sister White Rabbit?"
The pink voice came, dissipating those past memories, and Shuangxing's pupils became clear. In her field of vision, the short pink rabbit in front of her was shaking her left hand, holding a bottle of dark brown liquid that she had just drank.
"What's wrong?"
Even Froststar herself didn't notice that there was a crack in the ice in her voice.
"this is for you."
Valentin shook the Coke in his hand and smiled with his eyes narrowed.
But soon this marshmallow-like cuteness was ruined by a sudden burp...
The entire square was silent, and even the air stopped flowing.
"Thanks."
Froststar ignored the blushing Valentine's embarrassment just now and took the extremely suspicious-looking bottle of drink from her hand. In Froststar's memory, she had never seen a drink of this color, and it was not included in the supplies of Ursus' army. Apart from the various vodkas, Patriot had never told her about Ursus and other drinks.
"This thing is called Coke. It comes from...um...Colombia. It's a drink that just came out. It's delicious, exciting and sweet."
Seemingly sensing Shuangxing's doubts, Valentine took the initiative to explain. He also took out a bottle opener from the cross standing nearby and opened the bottle for her. Looking at the dark brown liquid that shone strangely red in the sunlight and the yellow-white foam on the surface of the liquid, Frost Star frowned, but finally chose to believe the little rabbit.
She took a sip of Coke.
Then he sprayed Valentin in the face.
"Cough cough cough..." Shuangxing lowered his head and coughed, reaching out to wipe the liquid from the corner of his mouth. The first reaction in his heart was that he had been poisoned. The temperature of the surrounding air once again dropped to freezing point. White mist came out of Valentine's nose and he handed Frost Star a handkerchief.
"This is not poison, it just tastes like this, very stimulating. After the irritation wears off, you will feel the sweetness."
"Really?"
After being choked on the bite just now, Shuangxing almost unleashed her Origin Stone skills to hit him, but after hearing Valentine's explanation, she still suppressed her desire to attack.
At least, the smile she saw just now was sincere, and so was the warmth she felt.
"Yes, you see I'm fine after drinking three bottles, how could it be poison... This thing is just like drinking alcohol. The wine is very spicy and can warm up the body. Coke is also very 'spicy' and has a sweet taste, but Can’t warm up…”
Valentine thought for a while and gave a fairly appropriate metaphor.
"It's just a drink. It has no other effect except being delicious and stimulating."
It may sound very bourgeois, but that's really all Coke does... and doesn't do anything except make your tongue feel good.
"Is it……"
Shuangxing, who had recovered, looked down at Valentine's innocent big eyes, and took another sip of the thing called "Coke" with doubts, but this time she was well prepared mentally.
When the dark brown liquid entered her mouth, a sense of astringency rushed into Shuangxing's nasal cavity, causing her to frown. But soon the astringency disappeared, just like beer, leaving only a faint sweetness in the mouth and a suddenly awakened brain.
It feels surprisingly good.
Soon, the bottle of Coke in Shuangxing's hand was empty. She looked at the strange-shaped glass bottle and threw it aside.
"Thanks."
Shuangxing's lips curled up and he nodded slightly.
Her movements were no longer as stiff as before.
"Ha, nothing."
Valentine smiled, took up Sakura's vow and prepared to leave. But the moment he turned around, Frost Star stopped him.
"Ah? Do you still want to fight?"
Looking at Shuangxing, who raised his arm slightly with a troubled look on his face, Valentine secretly screamed something bad. He actually didn't want to continue. If the Snow Monster team hadn't entered the scene, he would have just slapped his butt and left to find a place to rest after throwing away the violent Avengers. But who knew that Frost Star suddenly appeared at the door? Valentine had no choice but to start a new round of pursuit.
"No."
Shuangxing lowered his head slightly and expressed the questions in his heart.
"Aren't you... afraid of me? I am an infected person and a member of the Integration Movement."
"My brothers and sisters were fighting with you just now."
In her eyes, the pink-furred rabbit in front of her was not an infected person at all. Although the strange power seemed to be explained only by the gain of the Source Stone skills, Shuangxing did not feel the slightest bit of Source Stone in her body when she was just approaching her. Stone skills are active, which means that this pink-furred rabbit is an ordinary person.
"Afraid? Why be afraid?"
Valentine smiled.
"For a Qicheng native, the integration movement is an unforgivable crime, but I will not forget those who helped us. You are different from those evil ghosts wearing white clothes."
"That's why I killed those people."
Froststar wanted to say something more, but Valentine raised his hand to stop him.
"Everyone has a story, and those things that happened in the past put us on the path we are on now. But sometimes this path is not so suitable for us, and the results of making changes may not be so bad."
"Your mission is accomplished, big sister. I will not harass you anymore. Of course, only for today. I will never forget what those integration movements have done, and I will not leave as long as they exist here. We will inevitably meet again then. But then..."
"We are still enemies."
Valentine jumped briskly and left the open space without anyone stopping him. Shuangxing looked at the pink figure and slowly turned around and left.
