save the bachelors

Chapter 5162-5165 [Around the World]

A week later, the Mauritania cruise ship arrived in New York, USA.

When Diana entered the United States, she conveniently completed the immigration procedures.

At that time, the United States welcomed immigrants from almost all over the world. It was especially welcoming to immigrants from Europe, with virtually no restrictions.

Therefore, Diana successfully completed her immigration procedures and became a legal citizen of the United States of America. The name she registered under was the one Xiang Nan had helped her choose: Diana Prince.

She registered her age as twenty-six, just like Xiang Nan. But in reality, she was probably three thousand years old.

However, Amazons have an extremely long lifespan. Like Hippolyta, who, even at five thousand years old, still looks only middle-aged and remains remarkably agile.

Especially since Diana was a demigod, her lifespan was virtually limitless. Therefore, three thousand years old would probably only be considered the beginning of adulthood for her.

……

After returning to the United States, Xiang Nan formally requested to retire because he did not want to serve in the U.S. military anymore.

His superior did not want him to retire so soon.

Firstly, Xiang Nan was an excellent pilot, and training a pilot at that time was a very difficult task.

Secondly, Xiang Nan's performance on the European battlefield was astonishing. He repeatedly infiltrated behind enemy lines, hiding and obtaining a great deal of important intelligence.

Therefore, in the eyes of his superiors, Xiang Nan is an outstanding, rare, and valuable operative.

It's such a pity that he retired like this. If he had stayed in the military, he might have even become a general.

Therefore, his superiors repeatedly urged him to stay and hoped that he could reconsider.

Xiang Nan, of course, would not change his mind.

Because he was used to a carefree and unrestrained life, he was not used to being bound, especially not used to being managed.

The military is a place that strictly demands discipline and requires unconditional obedience to orders from superiors, which is not suitable for Xiang Nan's personality.

Even if he were to actually enter politics, he wouldn't be content to remain just a lowly captain.

Because a captain is just a junior officer; above him are field officers, generals, marshals, and so on.

Even if Xiang Nan were to enter politics, he would become a king, emperor, president, or the supreme ruler of a country, not a lowly captain whom anyone could control.

Therefore, Xiang Nan resolutely applied for retirement, and his superior had no choice but to agree.

In fact, no matter how unwilling the superior was, Xiang Nan still had to retire in the end.

If pushed too far, Xiang Nan will directly control his thoughts and manipulate his actions.

……

After retiring, Xiang Nan took Diana back to his hometown in Maine.

Steve Trevor was born in Manchester, Maine, USA.

His ancestors came from England and came to the New World with their fellow countrymen in the mid-17th century to make a living.

Together, these people built a small town in Maine and named it after their hometown, Manchester.

Steve's father also served in the military, and after retiring, he returned to his hometown, married, and had children. However, Steve's mother died early, and he grew up with his father.

His father passed away when he was a freshman in college, leaving Steve all alone. He supported himself through his father's inheritance and by working part-time to complete his university studies, eventually enlisting in the military and becoming a pilot. Trevor Farm in Manchester is the legacy his parents left him. Previously, Steve had rented it out, using the rental income to support his education.

Xiang Nan took Diana back to Manchester, also to visit the graves of Steve Trevor's parents.

“This is my parents’ grave. If they were still alive, they would be very happy to see you,” Xiang Nan said as he led Diana to her parents’ grave.

“I believe they must be very good people.” Diana nodded.

From the excellent qualities Xiang Nan displayed, she knew that his parents must be good people.

“Of course, they must be,” Xiang Nan nodded. “I bet you two will get along very well.”

“I guessed so,” Diana said with a smile.

"Alright, what do we do now?" Xiang Nan asked Diana. "Is there anywhere you want to go, or anything you want to do?"

“I remember you once said you wanted to be an explorer,” Diana said to Xiang Nan. “And I don’t want to go back to Paradise Island right now, so why don’t we travel around the world together?”

She had spent three thousand years on Paradise Island, and now that she had finally come out, she didn't want to go back so soon. Therefore, she planned to explore the island thoroughly before heading back.

"OK." Xiang Nan nodded with a smile, as he also had some ideas he wanted to share.

……

So, in the following days, Xiang Nan and Diana decided to take a round-the-world trip.

They started in Tennessee, heading south to Atlanta, Miami, the Bahamas, Havana, then to Tulum, New Orleans, Mexico City, Guatemala…

They didn't travel by train, ship, or plane; they flew all the way there.

"I didn't know you could fly, that's amazing!" Diana couldn't help but say with a hint of envy when she saw Xiang Nan flying in the sky.

In her battle against Ares, she fully awakened her demigod powers, gaining abilities far exceeding those of ordinary people. These included super strength, super speed, super resistance, super regeneration, and super reflexes...

Diana didn't develop the ability to fly until Wonder Woman 1984, when, inspired by Steve, she learned to manipulate air currents and successfully took to the air.

"Actually, flying is easy. It's like piloting an airplane; you just need to control the wind in the air," Xiang Nan instructed Diana. "Come on, I'll teach you how to fly!"

He took Diana high into the air, letting her experience the strong air currents, before slowly releasing her.

Diana plummeted to the ground in an instant, screaming in terror, "Steve!"

“My dear, I’m always here.” Xiang Nan immediately flew over and held her steadily, then smiled and instructed, “Don’t be afraid. Learn to catch the wind and ride the wind. You are Zeus’s daughter, a demigod. You can definitely do it.”

Under Xiang Nan's patient guidance, Diana finally calmed down and tried to feel the strong winds in the air and attempt to control them.

At first, things didn't go smoothly. After all, while the winds at high altitudes are strong, there are also a lot of turbulent currents, making them difficult to control.

But Diana was not stupid; on the contrary, she was a very intelligent demigod. Therefore, she quickly made progress, mastered the skills of capturing and controlling strong winds, and gained the ability to fly in the air.

"Wow, I can fly now!" she exclaimed happily as she soared through the air. She even went so far as to develop a new flying technique: using the Lasso of Truth to lasso the clouds and accelerate her flight.

It turns out that the Lasso of Truth is a magical artifact; theoretically, it can be extended indefinitely. Moreover, it can capture many things, both tangible and intangible.

For example, in Wonder Woman 1984, Diana could catch airplanes high in the sky, catch clouds in front of her, and even catch a flash of lightning.

(End of this chapter)