On the Ark.

“I know,” Talulah said. “I respect him.”

“Perhaps,” Frostnova asked. “So, what brings you here?”

“It’s about the town of Sap,” Talulah said. “You’ve done a great job this time. With Sap in our possession, our next series of operations will be much easier.”

“That’s your business.” Frostnova walked right past Talulah. “But I must remind you, Sap Town is now the territory of the Yeti Squad, and I don’t want to see any of your people there.”

Talulah sighed softly: "Why are you saying such distant things? Aren't we all part of the Reunion Movement, constantly fighting for the future of the Infected? I think we're family."

Froststar stopped in her tracks, but didn't turn around: "Would family members keep secrets from each other?"

"You still think I hid the details of the Kallan mission from you?" Talulah looked at Frostnova's back. "Why do you think that? I've already told you everything, and you lost your Yeti squad, and I lost Mephisto. We are both victims, and we should unite to fight against those who want to harm us."

"People who want to harm us?" Frostnova said. "Talulah, do you think that everyone in this world, except the Infected, wants to harm us?"

Talulah narrowed her eyes slightly: "Why would you ask that?"

“Because I feel you’ve changed.” Frostnova looked up at the snowflakes falling from the sky like goose feathers and said slowly, “The Reunion Movement used to fight for survival, and we only attacked those who wanted to harm us. But now it seems different. At least I don’t think there’s anyone in Kallan, so far away, who would want to harm us.”

Talulah did not speak.

Frostnova turned to look at Talulah, then asked, "Talulah, Daddy said you are the hope of the Infected. Do you think you are?"

“I have never said that I am the hope for those infected,” Talulah said. “What I have always said is that I hope to walk on the right path with my fellow citizens.”

“Is that so?” Frostnova nodded, then turned and left. “I hope we haven’t gone astray.”

This time, Frostnova didn't turn back, and Talulah didn't speak again. The two walked further and further apart until they could no longer see each other in the heavy snow.

“The infection level has decreased,” Talulah said softly. “Why is that?”

Meanwhile, Frostnova's phone rang. She initially thought it was Afu calling, but after taking out her phone and seeing the contact name, her pupils narrowed slightly. After hesitating for nearly ten seconds, she answered the call without saying a word.

A familiar male voice came from the other end of the phone: "This is Lin Ye. I need to see you."

Froststar was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "Coincidentally, so am I."

……

When Lin Ye put down his phone and walked into the office, he couldn't help but scratch his head, looking quite puzzled.

"What's wrong?" Warfarin frowned slightly as she watched Lin Ye's actions. "Did that person agree?"

Not only Warfarin, but everyone in the office was looking at Lin Ye, clearly expecting his answer.

"He agreed, but..."

"She agreed!?" Warfarin practically jumped off the sofa. "That's great! When is she coming to my island? Tell me a specific time, and I'll go prepare the surgical equipment right now..."

Lin Ye immediately grabbed Warfarin and said irritably, "Do you want to dissect her?"

“Dissection? What are you talking about? As the first infected person saved by the ‘L reagent,’ how could I possibly dissect her?” Warfarin said. “However, the necessary surgeries will still be performed, and they certainly won’t harm her body. You can rest assured about that. After all, I am a professional doctor, not some demon.”

"You're the demon, aren't you? Isn't the Blood Demon a demon too?!"

"If you put it that way, there's nothing I can do," Warfarin said, shrugging. "A demon is a demon, who cares about that kind of thing?"

Lin Ye was speechless at Warfarin's antics, but thankfully Kal'tsit stepped in to smooth things over: "Alright, Warfarin. Let's hear what Lin Ye has to say first."

Only after Kal'tsit spoke did Warfarin quiet down a little.

Lin Ye finally had a chance to explain: "She agreed to meet with me. The reason I was a little surprised was because I didn't expect her to agree so quickly. I thought it would take some time to persuade her."

Saria said, "I remember you said before that this woman seems to have some misunderstanding with you?"

"I don't know if this counts as a misunderstanding," Lin Ye sighed, "but in any case, it is indeed a very troublesome matter."

"So she's willing to come to Rhodes Island?"

Lin Ye shook his head and said, "She doesn't want to come directly to Rhodes Island; instead, she wants to meet somewhere else."

"Unwilling to come to Rhodes Island?" Warfarin frowned deeply. "How can that be? I need to conduct a full medical examination on her; how can I do that outside of Rhodes Island?"

“I understand that, but there’s really nothing we can do,” Lin Ye said. “In her eyes, we are probably still enemies.”

Then Lin Ye gave an explanation.

“The Reunion Movement…” Kal'tsit said softly, “You really did save a very troublesome person.”

Lin Ye said, "Although she is from the Reunion Movement, she is clearly different from those thugs."

“I’m willing to believe you. If she weren’t a good person, you wouldn’t have saved her,” Kal’tsit said. “But the problem is, she doesn’t trust us, and we… well, we don’t really trust her either. So how could she possibly allow us to test her?”

"We'll have to wait until I see her in person to discuss this further," Lin Ye said. "Many things can't be explained clearly over the phone, and it doesn't convey enough sincerity."

Warfarin said somewhat displeasedly, "You've already saved her life, that's an immense act of sincerity, what else do you need to explain?"

“That being said… it is indeed a very troublesome matter.” Lin Ye sighed. “But I will find a way to bring her back. I know time is of the essence, Eyjafjalla’s illness cannot be delayed, so I will set off first thing tomorrow morning… no, I will set off tonight, to wait for her there.”

Lin Ye had already put things this way, so the others couldn't say anything more, since they really didn't have a better solution. They couldn't exactly force the person to come if they didn't want to…

Ok?

Saria stood up: "I'll go with you. You're the most important person on Rhodes Island right now, you absolutely can't be allowed to get hurt."

If the other party doesn't obey, then tie them up.

Seria thought to herself.

Lin Ye, of course, had no idea what Saria was thinking, so he refused her offer. However, his own safety was clearly a concern. Although Lin Ye didn't care, the others certainly wouldn't feel at ease if he didn't have someone accompany him.

Therefore, someone must accompany you, and that person must be of decent combat ability.

Skadi and Messiah are both gone, so now the only ones with decent fighting power are...

“I’ll go with Nian,” Lin Ye said.

……

……

Author's note: I feel like there are still so many plot holes to fill, it's annoying...

I need to take leave.

As the title.

As you may have noticed, I've been taking a lot of time off lately. First, my biological clock is messed up, and second, I've been experiencing writer's block and can't seem to write. I've thought about it carefully these past few days and realized that my current state isn't quite right, so I've decided to finish this next month.

Although I have a lot to say, I've decided to save it for the closing remarks.

I've always felt that the Mostima arc is the last highlight I can write for this book. I'm not satisfied with the Froststar arc and the Flame Kingdom arc that followed, and the more I wrote, the more mentally exhausted I became... So I hope that I can get into a better state of mind for the final chapters and write a better ending.

Then take a good rest for a while.

that's all.

Chapter 607 Negotiations with Frostnova

"To be honest, I think the food at this restaurant is really bad." Nian looked at the Ursus specialties on the table with a disgusted expression. "Can't we just eat somewhere else?"

Lin Ye sighed softly and said, "Don't forget why we're here."

"Hmm?" Nian frowned slightly. "Didn't we come out to eat?"

"Who told you we were out for dinner?" Lin Ye said. "Why do you only think about food all the time?"

"What can I do about this?" Nian said, arms crossed, clearly annoyed. "The food at Rhodes Island is absolutely terrible. It has no taste at all, it's soulless."

"You really have a lot of demands... Hmm? Wait a minute." Lin Ye felt something was off. "You said it had no taste, fine, but why did you say it had no soul? Do you need a meal to have a soul? No, what dish has a soul?!"

“How can a dish lack a soul?” Nian said. “Spiciness is the soul, a fiery red soul, a passionate soul…”

Lin Ye finally understood what Nian meant, and said in an annoyed tone, "It must be unfair to you that you don't like spicy food here in Ursus. You even came up with a whole set of reasons. Why don't you just say that the dishes you ate before were glowing?"

Nian said, "The dishes my brother makes really do glow."

The younger brother Nian mentioned was probably some mythical beast from Yan Kingdom. Under other circumstances, Lin Ye would have been quite curious about who it was. However, he wasn't in the mood right now, because Eyjafjalla was still lying in Rhodes Island's intensive care unit. When Lin Ye took Nian off the island, the density of Originium crystals in Eyjafjalla's blood was still steadily increasing. To prolong her life as much as possible, Saria and Himeru even used the 'Y-type' potion they were giving Ifrit on Eyjafjalla.

However, the effect is unknown. But according to Warfarin, there is no medicine that can save Eyjafjalla now except for "L-type". This is also why Lin Ye hurriedly pulled Nian away from the island after leaving the office. They spent a whole night arriving at the address Froststar gave him, which was another relatively remote border town on the Ursus coast.

It was more like a village than a town, as it consisted of only one street and a dozen or so small houses. However, it did have restaurants and inns, seemingly providing lodging for traveling merchants. Naturally, the conditions in such a place weren't great, let alone any good food; Nian was quite dissatisfied with the food there.

"Speaking of which, who are you waiting for?" Nian looked out the window. "They must be someone who's been dragging me here."

It must be said that Nian's intuition was quite sharp.

Lin Ye thought for a moment and said, "He's not a very troublesome person, he just had some misunderstandings with me."

"There are so many people who misunderstand you."

Lin Ye glanced at Nian, sensing that Nian was criticizing him, so he subconsciously wanted to refute, but couldn't find a point to refute. Because it seemed to be true; he didn't want to cause trouble, but trouble kept finding him. Just a few days ago, he had promised Skadi that he wouldn't leave the island for a while, but who knew that he would rush out in less than three days.

So is this fate? In my past life, I had to stay at home and be a cat-owning otaku because of health reasons. In this life, am I destined to be constantly on the go and busy?

This is just too much to handle.

As Lin Ye was thinking this, he suddenly felt the temperature around him drop significantly, and then he heard Nian speak slowly.

"You've really messed with a troublesome person."

Lin Ye subconsciously turned around and saw Shuangxing standing behind him, her gray pupils filled with complex emotions.

……

Several months later, Lin Ye saw Shuangxing again.

Lin Ye had always felt that his relationship with Froststar was complicated. If it weren't for the Kharlan incident, he would be Froststar's pure benefactor. And if it weren't for his act of kindness when he first arrived in this world, he would be Froststar's pure enemy. But with both events in place, Lin Ye found it difficult to define his relationship with Froststar.

So the two sat facing each other for a long time without saying a word, probably because neither of them knew what to say.

It wasn't until Nian, growing somewhat impatient, broke the silence that she finally spoke up: "Are you putting on a pantomime?"

This directness made Lin Ye feel a little embarrassed, but it also gave him a way to speak, so he said, "Um, Yelena, hello, it's been a long time."

Although it was meaningless nonsense, Frostnova nodded to show that she was listening.

"Well, actually, the reason I came to you this time is to ask for your help." Lin Ye took a deep breath and then told Frostnova about Eyjafjalla without hiding much. He wanted to show Frostnova his sincerity because he knew very well how abrupt his request for her to come to Rhodes Island for a full medical examination was.

After all, Rhodes Island and Reunion are open enemies, and they have clashed many times for various reasons. Even Lin Ye has had several near-death experiences with Reunion, and has also had the experience of defeating them. Therefore, his request for a medical examination from Frostnova was as ill-intentioned as Cao Cao inviting Liu Bei for tea... Although this analogy might not be entirely accurate, that's exactly how Lin Ye felt.

As expected, after hearing Lin Ye's request, Froststar fell silent once again.

Lin Ye's heart tightened as he waited for Froststar's reply, and then he felt the surrounding temperature drop considerably.