Obligations of the elderly

According to what the Qi family sisters know about their younger brother, he must be coming soon, so they just need to sit on the sidelines and wait for the rabbit. If they don't want to, they don't know where to start to go astray. Ge's people have indeed returned to Qi as they expected. Chau was right, yet he didn't look in any hurry and had no intention of going home.

Nested in an ordinary school in Gauss City, like a member of the Insect Lovers Association who really came to communicate, he actually communicated seriously every day.

His daily itinerary now looks like this:

He got up at six o'clock in the morning. Since he lived in Gauss High School, he went directly to the school playground for a run, then went to the school's equipment room for equipment training, and returned to the dormitory to take a simple shower. He went directly to the school cafeteria for breakfast .

He usually doesn't go alone, the palace and the stream are also up at this time, and they usually go to have breakfast together as three of them.

By the way, I ran into some fans of Goss High School.

The charm of handsome guys is endless, what kind of college is Ji Ling College to them?Too far!Not going to figure it out!What the hell is the Bug Lovers Association?It sounds like something only those dead nerds like. The girls originally had no, no, interest, interest in it, but this group of handsome guys from the Insect Lovers Association of Ji Ling College are really, handsome!

The elegant and extravagant handsome boy Xiliu full of exotic atmosphere is really handsome; the cold and noble student Xingyu is also very handsome; Gongsi is a down-to-earth boy who looks hearty and neat; They are not as tall as their average height, but they look cute with fluffy hair; not to mention students like Ma Long, Ai Min, and Ge who are tall and tall who perfectly match the aesthetics of local girls!

Especially Ge, as soon as he appeared, he became the collective idol of the girls in the school!Because he is used to getting up early and doing morning exercises every day, the school time for all the girls in Goss High School has been advanced. Not only have no girls been late, even the breakfast restaurant, which had no business before, is now very popular, especially the window where Ge ate that day. It absolutely sold out that day.

Ahem—a bit off topic, let's continue with Ge's itinerary.

After breakfast, they will also enter the classroom to study under the arrangement of the teacher of Gauss High School ← this is a bit speechless, although they came here as an association of insect lovers, but in this [-] years, there is no Outer Continent College In the place of communication, their arrival has greatly aroused the enthusiasm of the entire Gauss High School staff and even the students. With the consent of Teacher Delin, they also arranged a teaching experience class for the students of Jiling College (Malong: MMP! Come here still have to learn).

Fortunately, there are not many courses for them every day, just to let them feel the difference between the local teaching method and Jizhou teaching method, and then the teacher will come to listen to their opinions later.

After that, they don't have to go to class, and the school teacher will take them to visit Gauss City, the city museum, the science and technology area, snow-capped mountains and lakes... In short, they took them to enjoy the whole Gauss City.

Then, the members of the Gauss High School Insect Lovers Association finally met their counterparts.

The person who should be received by them was forcibly taken away by the school. I was stunned for several days without touching it. The Gauss High School Insect Lovers Association was very wronged!They have a lot of insect hobbies and want to communicate with each other!Qizhou's worms must be much different from Jizhou's worms. They usually just talk about it on paper, but now they finally have a chance. The Gaussian High School Bug Lovers Association's pent-up enthusiasm has no place to release it.

Fortunately, they finally met people, and their enthusiasm can be released. However, just like the impression of the girls of this school on the members of the Insect Lovers Association, these members are really all nerds. You can tell by looking at Udi, and the local rough and bold style of painting The surprise was a bit big, insect lovers are mostly shy and shy, of course, no matter how shy and shy they are, it doesn't prevent them from growing a very local style, so what they finally saw in the palace was a group of tall and strong otaku.

No wonder Udi would be sent out, compared to them, Udi is really talkative!The other people didn't hold back a word after seeing them for a long time. Finally, Udi came forward and led them into the activity room of the association.

It was a dark, damp secret room, all the curtains inside were drawn, and there were only sporadic places with that kind of very dim light tubes.

It took some time for the eyes to adjust to the darkness, and then it was time for Malone's nightmare.

"Even if you are an insect lover, everyone likes insects differently. Our association likes this kind of insects very much. This room is full of all kinds of insects raised by everyone." After a while, they were not as shy as before, so the president took the lead, and they finally started talking.

"This worm is called a long worm. Its scientific name should be Marshmallow's multi-legged soft beetle. Its characteristic is that it has multiple legs. Hehe, they are the creatures with the most legs known in the world. Each soft multi-legged beetle can have five hundred pairs of legs. Their legs are very powerful, and they can make Mars' multi-legged soft beetle climb on the roof, hehe, look, there are many long insects living on the roof now..." He said honestly, while dragging it out of the glass box A long worm, Marlon was the closest to him, so he kindly showed the worm to Marlon, and warmed him up: "Your name is Marlon, right? Does the soft beetle's Ma matter..."

Malone looked at the worm in the other president's hand with horror on his face. It was a very, very long worm!Almost as long as a snake!However, it is an insect, with various characteristics unique to insects. A pair of insects are black, with thin tentacles on the top. In addition, its body is still segmented. The feet on the side turned accordingly, densely packed...

Malone collapsed directly on top of Emin.

"He... is too excited, and his name has nothing to do with the naming method of this worm." Gong Si hurriedly accepted the president's words, and at the same time took the worm in the opponent's hand.

It has long been discovered that Malone seems to be a little afraid of insects, but he did not expect him to be so afraid.

Fortunately, except for Ma Long, everyone else is not afraid of bugs, but this kind of bug is not ordinary scary, even Gongsi, holding such a bug on his hand, his skin is densely covered with goose bumps.

"...This kind of worm is the most primitive worm in the Qizhou Continent. It has many very friendly features, such as finding water sources, finding air, and finding people...it is very useful!" He even heard the voice of the other president's voice a little uncomfortable. Clear.

Fortunately, Nilu showed up heroically at this time and held the audience!

"This bug is so cute! I see that the spots on them seem to be different. Is there anything special about it?" He also asked excitedly.

"You observe very carefully, let me tell you..."

In short, luckily there was a real insect lover Nilu among them, and the exchange of associations finally continued.

They chatted happily with each other, and Nilu later received a larva of the Marshmallow beetle as a gift.

That night, except for Nilu, no one else had dinner.

"The Insect Lovers Association is such a scary place. How long will it take for the coming-of-age ceremony to start? Should we sign up?" Malone managed to get up after lying on the bed for a whole evening.

Then, he saw Ge who was using the computer in the living room.

"The coming-of-age ceremony starts the day after tomorrow. Today, immediately, and five minutes later is the deadline for registration." Ge told him.

"So fast?!" Malone was taken aback.

"You must sign up at the last moment. The final list of entries will appear on the website immediately. Very few people will choose the traditional coming-of-age ceremony, and the media will pay special attention. Even if my sister wants to modify it, there is no way." Ge Dandan said.

"Are you worried that they will ban you from participating?" Malone seemed to be taken aback for a moment, but nodded quickly: "You are right to worry, she must have imagined that you want to pass the most difficult adult form, and then become an adult." In front of everyone, he announced that he would make a contract with Lin."

Ge nodded and stopped talking, just staring at the page on the screen, waiting for the last moment.

Beside, Gong Si beckoned to him, and Malone passed by.

After a while, Ge Qiang pressed the registration button at the last moment, and at almost the same moment as him, Gongsi also pressed the button.

Ge subconsciously looked in their direction——

Over there, except for Mr. Delin, the rest of their class was there. Everyone sat around the palace in the middle, and in front of the palace was a computer.Seeing Ge looking at them, Malone showed him a big smile: "Have you signed up?"

Ge nodded.

Then Malone said to him: "Hey, we signed up too!"

Seeing that Ge frowned slightly, Malone said to him, "You don't think we'll just let you sign up alone, do you? If that's the case, what are you doing here with you? Of course we sign up together!"

"You don't need to do this..." Ge frowned deeply.

"We have inquired about the coming-of-age ceremony in the past few days. Foreigners did not say that they are not allowed to participate, as long as they are between the ages of 17 and 20, we are all in this range." Speaking of this, Gong Si read Looking at the stream, the stream doesn't look guilty at all, but he is a little guilty.

Uh, let's count it in this range.

Clearing his throat, he continued: "They also said before that it is allowed to help each other during the itinerary. Adulthood is not a journey alone. Helping each other with friends is one of the meanings of adulthood. one."

Seeing that Ge was about to refuse, Gong Si said again: "We are still thinking about Lin, although Teacher Delin and you both said it was nothing, but one of the purposes of our visit this time is to get Lin back. go."

Teacher Delin said that Lin is fine based on the personality speculation of the Qi sisters, while Ge said that Lin was fine because of the telepathy between the user and the weapon. After doing a lot of preparatory work, it still gave them a similar feeling between the device and the user who had successfully signed the contract. Before, the distance was too far to judge. After arriving in Qizhou, he felt the situation like nothing. .

Lin was fine - Ge felt it right then!

Of course, he also told others about his discovery.

Gong Si was still talking: "We signed up for Lin Ye. Fortunately, all his documents are with us, so we can sign up in his name. I heard that there are always people who can't make it to the end of every ceremony. At that time, the conference will send people to search for the missing person. We wondered if someone would search for the missing person if the registration competition did not come out in the end. Then we can naturally find someone in Qizhou. Your sister is under pressure. I will hand over the scales."

Gong Si said, frowning: "It can be regarded as an alternative plan."

Ge opened his mouth, but didn't say a word, and then he heard Ni Lu take over the words from the palace and continued: "Since it's a competition, he has to participate in the competition, and we have to find someone to pretend to participate in the ceremony. I heard that because it's just Because of the voluntary ceremony, the review is not very strict, as long as you can enter with the registration certificate, so there must be someone between us to enter instead."

Having said that, Nilu looked embarrassedly at the counter current next to him.

Niu Liu shrugged and said, "I am the one who gave up his chance to become an adult and participated in the ceremony for Lin!"

"The person who is closest to Lin's figure among all the people is you, otherwise we can do it too." Xingyun said to him.

Niu Liu waved his hand: "It's okay! Anyway, I'm not very interested in this coming-of-age ceremony, it sounds very bitter, after entering, find an opportunity to find a way to leave the venue, just in line with my wish."

"Then—" Malone was the one who spoke next, and he pointed to Amin beside him with his left thumb: "Amin is the closest in size and height to yours. When the time comes, you two will switch identities, and Amin will pretend to be You look like this, even if your sister sends someone to stop you from completing the competition, there is nothing you can do about it."

Listening quietly to everyone's plans, Ge finally thanked him softly.

While they were talking, the final number of applicants for the coming-of-age ceremony was counted on the special website for the coming-of-age ceremony: the number of applicants for the ordinary route was 350, which is about the same as usual, but no one left for decades The traditional route has actually been signed up this time, and there are quite a few people, a total of nine people!

"It's us!" Looking at the list at the top, Malone said proudly, but he quickly figured out what was wrong: "Wait——we have one less person, there are only eight people, how come there are nine people who signed up? ?”

"Who is the other person? Palasauti... Isn't that the name of your mainland hero?" Malone was taken aback.

"Many people on our side are called Palasauti. Today, four out of ten men have this name. Earlier, there were more, seven or eight." Ge explained.

"It turns out that you guys like to use heroes' names." Malone understood.

***

The coming-of-age ceremony was held in Palasauti, the capital of Qizhou.

So they seem to be one day away from the adult ceremony, but the time is actually very fast, because they have to rush from Gauss City to Palasauti City, Qizhou is very big, and the distance between these two cities is very far, fortunately they Now it is on the plateau, and there is a train here. The train is overcrowded, and there are teenagers who used to participate in the adult ceremony. There are boys and girls. Many people have not bought a ticket and can only stand. Ge... Actually He didn't even buy a ticket, just remembering to sign up, he didn't even think about buying a ticket ← After all, he is the young master, fortunately, Gongsi and the others planned to accompany him to participate in the competition from the very beginning, and bought it in advance Tickets, so they can have a seat in the car to rest.

The annual coming-of-age ceremony is regarded as a major event in Qizhou. Every year, the sophomores and seniors will have a special holiday for this ceremony. Before the palace and the others were taken around by the Gaos high school, the other party smiled and said to them, saying that they The coming-of-age ceremony will be here in a few days. Gong Si and the others can take the opportunity to go to the capital to join in the fun. He probably never imagined that Gong Si and the others would come to join in the fun as participants.

It took a day and a night just to take the train. They arrived in Palasauti City the night before, and they had no time to visit. After a simple dinner, they checked into the pre-booked hotel. At two o'clock in the morning the next day , the palace knocked on the doors of everyone on time, and the coming-of-age ceremony was held on time at five o'clock, and it was just right for them to pass by now, so maybe they arrived early.

The above was calculated by Gong Si, and it turned out that he underestimated the enthusiasm of the young people in Qizhou. By the time they arrived at the venue at three o'clock, the venue was already overcrowded.

And they also knew who the ninth person who followed the traditional route like them was.

Still an acquaintance, like Udi who brought them here before.

"I am a fan of Palasauti, my name is Palasauti, and Udi is just a nickname." He explained with a smile: "Since I was a child, I planned to take the traditional path when I was an adult. I thought I was the only one, but in the end you are also there, what a coincidence."

Since they were acquaintances, they simply went together.

The venue for the coming-of-age ceremony is at the peak of the main peak of Palasauti Mountain. Like other contestants, they need to fly up by helicopter. As the information found by Gongsi said before, the identity check of each person during the ceremony is not very serious. Strictly, after all, this is a coming-of-age ceremony and not a competition, but the committee members were shocked when they heard that they were players who signed up for the traditional route.

"It's very courageous! Take this alarm. If you encounter problems that cannot be solved, don't hold on. Remember to press the alarm!" They were greeted by a man in traditional clothes. The burly figure looked even stronger, and at first Malone thought there was another bear in front of him!

Passing through the bustling crowd, the man led them to their track. There was obviously no one there. Seeing Gong Si and the others walking over, the teenagers in front of the track next door pointed at them curiously.

"The entrance you see now is the entrance where Palasauti set out to go to the Holy Land. Haha, don't you find it strange? The terrain has changed, so how can there still be the entrance from that year?" The man even made a fool of himself: "Because the whole continent rose together!"

"Historians have verified that this is indeed the place where the tribe where Palasauti lives, so this mountain is named after Palasauti, and this mountain is obviously not the highest peak in the Palasauti Mountains. But it is also called the main peak because it is the place where historians have verified that this is where he set off."

The man said, pointing to the endless snow field in front of him: "In front of you is the place where Palasauti once went, we call it the Holy Land, you will get a map, a compass, and a fire, which is already It is more than what Palasauti carried back then, I need to check your backpacks later, if it is too out of line, it will be confiscated."

As he spoke, he winked at them.

Then, he said to everyone: "Traditional roads take at least 400 kilometers and take at least ten days. This is still when the weather is good and the walking person is strong. Once you get lost or the weather is bad, this time And the distance can be doubled."

"Choose this path as part of your coming-of-age ceremony, are you really ready?" With a smile on his face, he looked at them seriously.

"The route next door is a track artificially opened by the coming-of-age ceremony committee. The distance is only 100 kilometers, and it is very difficult. If it is to celebrate adulthood, this road is enough for you to challenge, and the road in front of you is Palasau. The road that Dee really walked, no one has done any cleaning and improvement on this road. There is no man's land ahead. It is said to be a route, but it is not an exact route. Maybe each of you can walk out on a separate road. , the roads are unpredictable, the weather is unpredictable, maybe something really dangerous will happen.”

He frowned and looked at the teenagers in front of him. Although their mouths and noses were covered by thick windshields, he could see their eyes.

Pairs of very determined eyes.

"It's decided, this is the way." Ge Shen said.

"From as long as I can remember, I have wanted to take this path, go out, and find a way out for my people." Udi also had a serious face. What he said was confused at first by Gongsi and others, but only later did he know it. It is said in the legend that Palasauti said before departure.

No one changed his mind.

Nodding, the man smiled at them again: "Okay, after we have checked your packages, you can prepare to go."

He also called a few colleagues, and they supervised each other and checked the luggage of the palace and his party. After confirming that there were no items in the luggage that violated the regulations of the coming-of-age ceremony, he hugged the teenagers one by one, wishing them good luck.

At five o'clock in the morning, the coming-of-age ceremony began on time, and the teenagers walked towards the road in front of them in batches, beating the drums.

This is also the rule of the committee, in order to let them feel as much as possible the loneliness that Palasauti had when he set off alone, but due to the large number of participants, this feeling of loneliness is destined not to be the same as it was back then.

On the contrary, the traditional route on Gongsi's side still retains the feeling of when Palasauti set off because of the small number of participants.

They were also required to set off in batches, and the next person could start after half an hour after the previous person left.

Glancing at the horizon of Weixi, Ai Min set off first. There was a slope in front of him. Because it was covered with white snow, Ai Min slid directly down. Not long after he set off, there was heavy snow in the sky, and Ai Min's figure appeared It quickly disappeared into a vast expanse of whiteness.

Gong Si was the last one to set off. When he set off, the sun had already appeared on the horizon, and he felt like the sun was under his feet——

Squinting his eyes, Gong Si also slid into the heavy snow ahead.