Poseidon in Tomorrow's Ark

"Is that so?" Texas looked up at the room Xiyue pointed to, and finally, he looked at Xiyue with some suspicion, "By the way, how did you know? You wouldn't have come here by yourself without my knowledge, right?"

"Oh, not really." Xiyue shook her head, "But, for me, it's still very easy to find someone in this city."

She just turned to this street, and the rest of the thing was just to expand her circle of perception and search for someone within the range of Longmen, which was relatively simple.

"Why do I hear such familiar voices?" Laplande's voice suddenly came, "It turns out to be Miss Xiyue and Texas."

Texas looked up in the direction of the sound. Laplander was leaning on the railing, looking at the two of them with a perfect expression.

"What's wrong? Texas~" Laplander looked down at Texas, with a mocking smile on his face, as if he was looking at a prey that had walked into a trap. "Didn't you come here on your own?"

"Why don't you say a word now?"

"Why don't you speak? If you don't speak, then I can only..." Lappland stared at Texas, then supported himself on the guardrail with his hands, turned over and jumped down.

Seeing Lappland jumping down, Xiyue quickly created a ball of water in the direction where Lappland fell, and caught Lappland from mid-air.

"be careful."

"Thank you, Miss Xiyue." Lappland bowed slightly to Xiyue, "It's just the third floor, it's far from high enough to hurt me."

"Your judgment is your judgment. My judgment is also my judgment." Xiyue looked at Lappland. "Anyway, it's just a piece of cake for me. It's better to take precautions before it happens."

"What a caring doctor." Laplande looked at Texas who was silent beside him, "So I guess the doctor brought you here, Texas?"

"Why did you come to see me?" Laplande stared at Texas. "Aren't you afraid that I would avoid you?"

Texas took a deep breath, looked at Lappland in front of him, and sniffed the bloody smell on Lappland's body that seemed to be forever irreversible.

It was a cold winter with biting wind, but Lappland was still wearing shorts, almost revealing the Originium crystals all over her thighs.

Unlike other patients suffering from oripathy, Lapland did not conceal it at all. Instead, he directly and blatantly displayed the Originium crystal in front of everyone, as if he wanted to show everyone how dangerous he was.

"I came to talk to you about something." Texas looked at Lappland's hand, which kept reaching for the hilt of the knife in his waist bag.

"Really?" Lappland chuckled as he watched Texas' actions, "Then let's go up and talk. It's quite cold."

"...Yeah." Texas sighed softly again. Should he really come now?

"If you want to take action, it's better to do it now~" Lappland's voice came slowly from the front. At this moment, he had his back to Texas and seemed defenseless.

"..." Texas took out a pocky from his pocket and put it in his mouth, "Lead your way, Lapland."

"What a great opportunity." Lappland's voice seemed to be mocking at this moment, "I don't have many chances to be so defenseless in front of you."

"You wouldn't have let me go in this state before."

"I don't want to go back to the past." Texas bit off the pocky, "so I won't do it."

"Heh~" Lapland's voice seemed to come out from the corner of his mouth, full of mockery, "Didn't you just reach out your hand?"

“Want to escape the Texas past?”

"........."

"Ah, the smell of gunpowder is really strong." Xiyue, who was standing behind the two of them, smiled but had a headache, "I can only take it slowly."

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Led by Laplander, the two climbed up to the third floor from the emergency ladder outside. As for why they did not take the stairs, it was because the stairs of this unfinished building collapsed on the second floor.

As for repairs, the "landlords" who maintain the place said, "Aren't there escape ladders? It's OK as long as they can get up. If they want to repair it, they have to wait until all the ladders are broken."

Fortunately, only the staircase collapsed, which did not affect the fact that the building was still habitable. The collapsed staircase was even transformed into two habitable rooms.

Obviously, even if the escape ladder outside is broken, the "landlords" here will most likely just build a new ladder.

So if you want to go to the third floor or above of this unfinished building, you can only climb up the emergency ladder outside first, and then take the stairs to the third floor.

"That's it." Lapland stopped in front of a shabby and even rusty door, inserted the key in his hand into the door lock, and twisted it repeatedly, but found that it would not turn.

"This damn lock." Lappland tried to turn it a few more times but still couldn't open the lock.

"Did you take the wrong key?" Xiyue looked at Lappland who had no choice but to pull out the key. "Should we get it from outside..."

Before Xiyue could finish her words, she saw Lapland kick the door hard under the door lock and kick it open.

"Okay, come in." Lapland put the key away, "It's nothing, this door lock can't be opened several times every day, I guess it's rusted inside."

"If you can open it, open it. If you can't open it, just kick him. Anyway, you can open it."

"Come on, why are you still standing there? Come in." Lappland looked at the two people who were still standing there, "I was just making a thousand-layer pie."

Laplande pointed to the small table where the puff pastry had just been prepared. "Would you like some more?"

"But don't expect the same taste as what I used to cook for you." Laplande looked at Texas and pointed at the simple stove beside him. "After all, that's all I have."

"Are you moving?" Texas looked at the boxes behind Laplander that seemed to have been sorted. "Are you leaving Longmen?"

"Yeah." Lappland nodded and patted the box behind him. "Because there is no point anymore. This city is not suitable for me, so there is no point in staying any longer. Anyway, I already know you are here."

"Of course it doesn't mean I give up." Laplander still had a smile on his face, "I still have a little patience, Texas, you will be caught up sooner or later."

Texas was silent for a moment before he asked, "Where are you going?"

"Why do you want to know where I'm going so you can avoid me?" Lappland looked at Texas. "But it's okay to tell you. I plan to go to Rhode Island."

"..." Texas looked down at the dark Originium crystal on Lapland's thigh. Under the dim light above his head, the dark Originium crystal emitted a fascinating cold light from its edge.

"You really need to go to therapy."

"Maybe." Lappland casually touched the Originium crystal on his leg, "But, given my condition, how long can I last?"

"..." Texas looked at the crystal on Lappland's thigh, then turned his gaze to Xiyue who was sitting a little further away.

"It depends." Xiyue also looked at the crystal on Lappland's leg. "If you are lucky for a few years, it's hard to say if you are unlucky. It mainly depends on whether there is an acute attack of mineral disease during this period."

"Ms. Laplande, I am telling you as a doctor that you need treatment and a long period of recuperation."

Lappland looked at Xiyue and smiled: "Thank you for your advice, Miss Doctor. I will go to Rhodes Island to receive their treatment."

Texas stared at Lappland in front of him: "Xiyue has the ability to heal you."

"Texas, I don't need to be cured." Lappland looked at Texas and shook his finger. "Anyway, if you just came to me to talk about these things today, that's it."

"Of course, I won't let you come here for nothing. Wait a moment." Lappland stood up and walked towards the stove that had not been cleaned yet. "Just think of it as another way to take you back to the past, Texas."

—————Downstairs of the unfinished building——————

"It's a wasted trip." Xiyue looked at the mouthful of puff pastry in Texas' hand, "Sorry, it seems that it's not time yet."

"It doesn't matter." Texas shook his head, "This is good enough."

"is it?"

"From what we've seen before, it's a good thing that we didn't fight." Texas glanced at the puff pastry in his hand, "Let's go, at least this time our trip wasn't in vain."

"Well, although I wanted to drag Lappland directly into the operating room just now." Xiyue looked up at Lappland's room, "but I think it may not make any sense for Lappland."

"why?"

"Because, oripathy can be easily acquired, and it can also be easily aggravated." Xiyue's eyes were somewhat helpless. "Even if I cure Lappland, do you think Lappland will accept the result of being cured?"

“…” Texas did not answer, but just walked forward in silence.

Why? Because Texas knew that Lappland would not accept the fact that her Originium disease was cured. Even if Xiyue cured her once, she could still come into contact with Originium again and aggravate her infection.

Xiyue withdrew her gaze. As for Lappland, Xiyue could do nothing about her now. She was just a doctor. She could save people, but she couldn't stop people from committing suicide.

For Lappland now, Xiyue's casual treatment is of no help at all. On the contrary, it will make Lappland contact the Originium more aggressively, which will only lead to the end of Lappland's life earlier.

It would be a better choice to let Lappland go to Rhodes Island to receive care there instead of letting Xiyue treat her.

"Let's go." Xiyue sighed helplessly, "It's getting late."

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"We're back." Xiyue pushed open the door and smelled the spicy smell of hot pot. "Are you guys cooking now?"

"Since everyone is here, there's no need to wait until night." Angel of Power took the bag and added meatballs to the pot vigorously. "Look at you guys, didn't you bring anyone back?"

"It can be said that we didn't reach an agreement." Xiyue shook her head, "Angel of Energy, you put too many balls in this."

Texas walked into the room, placed the puff pastry that Lappland had given her on the table, lifted the lid, picked up a piece, and put it in her mouth.

"The taste... doesn't seem to be that bad."

"Hmm?" Angelus looked at the puff pastry on the table, "Where did it come from? Did that Lappland give it to you?"

"Yeah." Texas nodded, "Want to try it?"

"No, it's given to you~" Angel shook her finger, "If I want to eat it, I'll just ask Xiyue. As for this box, you should keep it for yourself."

"Um……"

Chapter 118: Gift War

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"How long will it take?" Sitting next to the table, Angel of Power occasionally poked the floating meatballs with chopsticks, "They have already floated up, it's almost done, right?"

"Wait a little longer, wait a little longer." Xiyue used her chopsticks to push away the chopsticks that were moving around in the pot. "It's possible that only the outside is cooked and the inside is not hot yet."

"They are all meatballs from the freezer. When it snows, there is still ice on them. Don't be so anxious."

"Okay~" Angel Exia did it properly and put down her chopsticks. "By the way, who is that Lappland?"

"About that, just ask Texas and you'll know." Xiyue glanced at Texas who walked out of the room, "As long as he's willing to tell me."

"Oh, then I won't ask." Angelic Power glanced at Texas who walked out of the room with a calm face. It was obvious that it was someone's private matter, maybe mixed with some love, hate, and grudges.

Angel said it would be better for him not to get involved.

Muirseth, who was standing by, took a picture of the table with his mobile phone, then gently pulled out the chair next to Xiyue and sat down first.

Then, Muerseth glanced at the people around him, and saw that their attention didn't seem to be on her. He quickly moved closer to Xiyue, raised his phone, and took a selfie of the two of them.

"Well, what's wrong?" Xiyue looked at Muirseth with some confusion.

"Let me record it~" Muirseth opened his own forum and showed it to Xiyue.

Xiyue glanced at the number of followers of Muirseth's account and said, "Is this your personal account? It seems that all the content on it is what you share in your daily life?"

"Yeah." Muirseth nodded, "I always want to share the little joys in life."

Xiyue nodded: "But this is the Tremont intercity communication platform, right? Will it be unable to connect to the Internet?"

"It's true that I can't connect, so I'm updating here. I may have to wait until I return to Colombia before the platform can be updated."

"Is that so?" Xiyue nodded, and finally stopped paying attention to this side.

Muerseth glanced at Xiyue, who was not paying attention to her, and secretly opened his draft box on this platform. There were several records in the draft box.

These records have not been published; they are simply the result of Muirseth recording the disappointments he has experienced.

[I came to the snowfield of Sami. It is so cold here that I feel my water is about to freeze.] Muir Seth's selfie facing the snowy scene. JPG

[But the environment here is really pure, there is almost no Originium, it's just a little too cold, I hope I can find what I'm looking for here. ]

[After a long journey, I found them, but they were not...]

Every record is like this. Every time, Muirseth goes there, he has hope, hoping to find his people there and his own destination.

But every difficult search was only met with disappointment again and again.

For Muirseth, every trip far away was a challenge to her life, but fate had never smiled at her in the past.

Every journey she took brought her only disappointment, even on the snowy plains of Sami, where she found tree elves that were very similar to her own race.

At that time, Muirseth thought she had found her home and her people, but as they got along with each other afterwards, she realized that she was not a tree elf after all, and she was an alien there. She still did not find her home, and all she took away was disappointment and loneliness.

This cold snowy field is not my home.

But this time...

Muirseth's fingers kept jumping on the screen, and the characters slowly appeared on the screen.

[This is Longmen in Yan Country. Today is the day for hot pot.] Photo: Hot pot photo·JPG

[Although it hasn’t been cooked yet, I’m super excited. My intuition tells me that it will taste great.] Illustration: Muir Seth’s smiling face·JPG.

After the editing was completed, Muirseth clicked to share. Of course, these were his own little lives after all, so Muirseth only chose to make them visible to people he particularly cared about.

As for No. 8 Middle School, which she had set as her special focus, it seemed that the first thing she could see when she returned to Colombia was the No. 1 Middle School. Unless Magellan suddenly came back, it seemed that only Kristen could see it.

"But it seems that Kristen has never seen it." Muerseth suddenly remembered that although he sent it every time, even Magellan would take a look at it as soon as he got back online, but Kristen was the only one who never replied.

"Hmph, I must tease her when I get back." Muirseth's fingers continued to type on the screen, thinking in his mind how to give Kristen a little surprise.