Journey to the Rose

The brilliance of the car illuminated the whole wasteland.

The vegetation on the wasteland seemed to have been crushed by the tracks of a tank, and they all fell to the ground.

The plants in Sable City didn't grow well, and it could even be said that they didn't grow much. They all withered and drooped in the soil, as if they had never woken up.

At the end of this wilderness, there are continuous mountains.

They seem to be the thickest city walls between the various city-states, obstructing and connecting the traffic veins between each other.

At the entrance of the first mountain, there was another dark hole, with the light shining from the other side faintly shining through.

Ruan Xi leaned on Lu Zhenghe, took a look at the watch on Lu Zhenghe's wrist:

The time is [seven o'clock in the morning].

According to winter in the north, the sky should have just dawned.

"Good morning, another day full of yuan..."

Li Shen turned over, yawned long and lazily, and said lazily, "At this time, we should eat fried steamed bun slices, big meat buns, and tofu nao!"

Lu Zhenghe moved his lips, "45 degrees to the southeast."

The young master raised the alarm himself?

Hearing this, Li Shen felt as if he had been slapped with chicken blood in an instant. He became vigilant, sat up straight, leaned on his back, and pressed his back against the co-pilot's storage box. The sharp arrow in his hand Already on the bowstring--

Until he saw a red-eyed rabbit scurrying in the dark.

Li Shen breathed a sigh of relief and scratched his head.

He forced a smile into the back seat: "Young master, it's a rabbit."

"Well," Lu Zhenghe shared a piece of plain compressed biscuit with him, and stuffed the remaining piece of strawberry flavored biscuit into Ruan Xi's mouth, "Have you woken up from the fright?"

"so far so good!"

After Li Shen ate the biscuits, the craving in his mouth was eliminated, and he lost all sleepiness and became more energetic.He suddenly recalled everything that happened before he fell into a coma, without thinking too much about it, he quickly asked: "By the way, young master, your prophecy..."

"What did you say?" Lu Zhenghe's voice suddenly increased, with a hint of rejection.

"you……"

Wen Kai suddenly slowed down the car, opened his eyes, stared at Li Shen with all his strength, and shot arrows wildly:

Do you want to die!

He had to suspect that Li Shen hadn't woken up at all, why did he suddenly mention this in front of Ruan Xi?

Now the young master is always with Ruan Xi, so their subordinates must not ask, they can only ask when Ruan Xi is not around...

Li Shen was really sleepy, he didn't remember that Ruan Xi was still in the car, and immediately began to hold his respect: "Oh? Ah..."

"What prophecy?" Ruan Xi frowned.

"The taro balls," Wen Kai continued, "the taro balls in Xiaxiacheng are delicious."

"..."

Even if he spoke seriously, Ruan Xi could tell that he was fooling around.

He turned his head to look at Lu Zhenghe, and found that this person was the same, pretending to look around the scenery, as if he didn't pay attention to the conversation, he held his hand but clenched it tightly, looking very guilty.

Forget it, I have to give young master Lu face in front of his subordinates.

There are so many prophecies about Lu Zhenghe, both good and bad, since he deliberately kept it from telling, it must be bad.Why don't you say it, for fear of worrying yourself?And then go foolish all by yourself?

Along the way, Lu Zhenghe concealed his previous convictions first, and he expected to hide anything later.

Will it have something to do with this operation, and then call it a "military mission"?

Ruan Xi endured and endured, already vaguely aware that Lu Zhenghe was fooling her again, and finally couldn't hold back, her palm touched Lu Zhenghe's thigh, pinched the opponent's palm, and grabbed it hard!

"hiss……"

Lu Zhenghe covered his palms, feeling that they were about to be swollen, but he couldn't scream out in pain, so he could only turn his head and stare at Ruan Xi, his brows were furrowed, and he couldn't speak a thousand words.

Humph.

Ruan Xi didn't care about him.

It's not an option to leave Li Shen embarrassed, Ruan Xi could only put his hands on the back of the front seat, tapped Li Shen's shoulder, and asked, "What did you just say, why did you go down to the city to eat taro balls?"

"Because there is no one and no land in the next city," Li Shen said, lifting his chin, pointing out the window, "here, we are entering the tunnel now, just come out of the tunnel."

Along the way, Ruan Xi claimed to have seen everything, and it was the first time he heard of "no land".

He quickly searched for information about the next city in his mind...

After s is t.

t...tear?

It translates as: City of Tears.

Ruan Xi took the northern map handed over by Li Shen, and slid her fingertips along the small red flag on the map to the north, "No land?"

"That's right, don't you have any impression of such a famous tear city?" Wen Kai laughed.

Hearing what he said, Ruan Xi's forgotten memories were slowly awakened.

While studying, he took geography classes.

He vaguely remembered that the teacher said that there was a city in the north that didn't look like a city, called "tear".

It was almost kicked out of the "establishment" of 26 cities several times, making the land almost become "25 cities", but because the powerful and independent Uranus (Uranus) city was unwilling to border on "Sable City from Hell", it has been kept Territorial issues are shelved.

Until now, most people in the north believed that the demise of the night sable in Sable City was due to some devastating infectious disease.

Regarding the matter of infectious diseases, Lu Zhenghe talked to Ruan Xi the night he stayed overnight, saying that there is actually no problem here, and that the extinction of the night mink is only the result of the survival of the fittest by nature.

After pondering for a few seconds, Ruan Xi replied: "I remember the teacher told us that it looks like tears."

It is a freshwater lake.

The land is vast, and there are various versions of gods, and each city-state believes in different gods, but none of the gods of people comes from one place: the ocean.

One of the most common versions is that, according to legend, the gods came ashore from the southern ocean, distributed rain and dew from south to north, and set up different cities on the land.

At that time, God was still young and impetuous, which led to the uneven distribution of resources in various cities on land.

He wanted to return to his God Realm, but he couldn't find the ocean in the north, and was eager to return home, so he shed tears in the territory of Tear City.

Tears turned into the largest lake on this land.

It is a city alone, but also clear and quiet, hence the name "tears".

However, the ending of this version is that God did not return to the ocean.

Instead, he went all the way north and lived in seclusion among the highest snow-capped mountains.

Of course, these are all for later.

Ruan Xi points to thank her geographer.

Fortunately, those maps that I copied eight times a day because I failed the exam were not copied for nothing!

He thought for a while and asked, "No one lives here, right?"

"Yes, no one has settled nearby, and most of them have moved to more prosperous cities."

After Wen Kai finished speaking, he stepped on the gas pedal harder.

"Do we have to circle the lake to pass?" This armored vehicle does not seem to be amphibious.

"Well," Lu Zhenghe answered, "The Northern Alliance has specially built a road around the lake."

The armored vehicle speeds up.

Wen Kai and the other auto soldiers in the army were familiar enough with these roads, so the speed of the car was very fast, and it was easy to drive.

Not long after, the large and mighty troops passed through this deep and narrow exit tunnel one after another, and they left the country.

On the other side, it was as dark as night, and you couldn't see your fingers.

But on this side, the morning sun rises, and the morning sun turns into a ray of light.

The land is so big that everything changes rapidly and can be turned upside down at any time.

Human beings are so small.

As soon as you exit the tunnel, you will see what they call Tear City.

Even though it was winter, the sun was surprisingly good.

The surface of the lake is quiet and blue, and the flashing waves reflect the color of the sky.

It is winter now, and the lake is not as dynamic as in summer. It seems to be covered with a layer of gray fluff. If you look at the lake and the surrounding withered grass waves, it looks more like a lynx with light brown patterns.

Ruan Xi pushed open the car window, and a fresh lake breeze blew head-on.

He saw many vehicles parked beside the road around the lake, not only the military armored vehicles of the Northern Alliance, but also some civilian vehicles of the nearby people.

Wen Kai also slowly pulled over the vehicle and parked it.

Ruan Xi sat up straight, looked out of the window for a while, then turned around and said, "What's the matter, should we take a rest here?"

After parking the car, Wen Kai put the dagger on his waist.

And Li Shen hung his bow and crossbow on the door of the car with one hand, jumped out of the car first.

Wen Kai faced Ruan Xi, pointed to the lake that was being disturbed, and said, "Have you heard the legend about this lake?"

"I've heard of it." Ruan Xi nodded.

"On our side, there is another way to say it."

"What do you say?"

During the conversation, Lu Zhenghe had already taken Ruan Xi out of the car.

"The lake water here is also very useful," Lu Zhenghe slung his gun across his waist, raised his chin, motioned him to look at the soldiers who washed their faces with the lake water not far away, and said, "When we pass by here every year, I will wash my face or hands here.”

After finishing speaking, before Ruan Xi could speak, he took out a bag of sealed masks from nowhere, tore open the seal, picked one out from inside, tied the spring rope and hung it on Ruan Xi's ear, "Dear Good mask."

"Wearing a mask is boring," Ruan Xi protested, "You can't keep me from seeing people."

Lu Zhenghe thought for a while, and felt that Ruan Xi's comfort was the most important thing, and said, "Then tell me wherever you go, and I will accompany you."

Wen Kai couldn't bear to watch it, and couldn't help but said, "Young master, you can't control yourself too abnormally."

"Then what should we do?" Lu Zhenghe raised his eyebrows.

"Officially mark it." Wen Kai didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement.

Ruan Xi was bulging at the side, and vaguely felt that the back of his neck was starting to hurt again... He really wanted to grab these two alphas and throw them all into the lake to feed the fish.

The road around the lake is still a short distance to the lake, but Lu Zhenghe is not shy, in front of the soldiers, he took Ruan Xi's hand and walked towards the lake.

Ruan Xi still put on the mask, and he didn't take it off until he reached the lake, and took a long breath.

During the walk, Lu Zhenghe told him that God's tears have special functions in folklore and can bless those who have touched them.

Ruan Xi said, is it so bad? The things that people cry out are used to make wishes.

Lu Zhenghe lowered his eyes, seeing blue waves in his eyes, and said that every move of God will represent hope, which is also a kind of beautiful sustenance.

After thinking about it, Ruan Xi also felt that it made sense.

Another little soldier ran over hummingly, and reported: "Young master, Bo Yang, please come over! He said that he is inconvenient to move, so he has to trouble you..."

"Okay, it's okay." Lu Zhenghe doesn't like to make any obvious distinction between superiors and subordinates, and they are all comrades-in-arms on the battlefield.

After he finished speaking, he turned around and told Wen Kai: "Wen Kai, look at Ruan Xi, I'll be back in ten minutes."

"Oh, you're going to be so nervous even if you're going for 10 minutes..." Wen Kai smiled, but teased him, "Go! Come back and get your God-blessed omega."

"Take care of me, I will punish you to walk back to the snow mountain if something happens."

When the weather is good, people feel relaxed, Lu Zhenghe smiled, turned his head and looked at it.

Lu Zhenghe was wearing a training uniform, with a military badge on his broad shoulders, and the metal buckle on his waist belt was baked brightly by the sun.

Whenever the sky is sunny, at this time, in Ruan Xi's eyes, he is someone who can stand under the sun forever.

After Lu Zhenghe left, Wen Kai rolled up his sleeves, squatted down, and gently swirled the lake surface with his fingers, creating a small circle of ripples.

He first pulled up his golden bangs, washed his face, dragged Ruan Xi to squat down, and said, "Come and wash your hands."

Ruan Xi squatted down bewilderedly, and asked, "Will you be blessed after washing?"

"It's just a way of saying..." Wen Kai whispered, "But I think it's quite useful."

Ruan Xi became interested when she heard about the dream come true, and asked, "How do you say it?"

"The year before last, Li Shen and I also passed by here on a mission. When we washed our hands together, we said that we wanted to drink the top sapphire gin at night. I said that I wanted to make a lot of money at night! He laughed at me, Said that I would definitely sneak out and sell ass behind the League's back."

"and then?"

"Then he threw up like a fool and I won a lot of money playing poker with him."

Ruan Xi smiled: "Did he hit you when he was drunk?"

Wen Kai also narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Yes."

Ruan Xi didn't put her hand into the lake for a long time, and gave a thumbs up, "It's really yours."

"Actually, the water in this lake is not entirely good..." Wen Kai rubbed his chin, and water droplets dripped from his neck into the inside of the suit, "If it is refined, it can be used as a 'Gu'."

"Gu? Is it witchcraft?"

"Well, there is this kind of witchcraft in the north, and the wizards who can use it live at the foot of the volcano, because it needs to be tempered by lake water and lava. This kind of witchcraft has been carefully cultivated over many years, and it can make a specific person within a certain period of time people do certain things.”

Ruan Xi thought of Gu Zirong.

"Wen Kai, I suspect that Gu Zirong has fallen into this kind of Gu," Ruan Xi said, "When I was in Huocheng, he once led me to meet Wei Hong."

Wen Kai paused, not seeming surprised by this, thought for a while, and said, "He's always been weird. When he was working in the control tower, he was a very brave and powerful fighter, so We'll bring him on the tour. But when the tour starts, he'll cringe sometimes, not like a Confederate guy."

After pondering for a few seconds, Wen Kai, who has always known supernatural powers, also had a frowning face, and continued: "Forget it... let's observe him and adapt accordingly."

"Ah."

Ruan Xi nodded, the straight bridge of the nose was shaded by the sun, lightly sprinkled on her cheeks, "You said, this lake can bless people, but can it bless things?"

"Can you... what's the matter?"

As soon as Wen Kai finished speaking, Ruan Xi turned his arm back to the side, swiftly, and pulled out the blood-stained Xiaoyan Lingdao against the wind.

The blade was unsheathed, and the cold light reflected the sunlight, almost blinding Wen Kai's eyes.

A pinch of clear water was spilled on Xiaoyanling Saber.

Ruan Xi stroked the Xiaoyan Lingdao lightly with her fingers, and dipped the front end of the blade into the lake, where the hardness was wrapped in softness.

God, bless it invincible—

I will use it to protect the people I love the most.

Uranus·94 Lu Zhenghe became bad when he grew up.