Chapter 167 Another Email from the Principal

Asuka also handled the situation easily. She and Yuri cleared the bloody sharks that invaded the carriage with lightning speed, and their number of kills was almost the same in the end.

At this time, in the restaurant car, five people were sitting at the dining table, eating dessert after dinner.

"Fortunately, the sleeping and dining carriages were not ruined by them." Asuka Uesugi breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yes, it's time to go to bed." Anson Lu yawned, "I'm a little sleepy."

At this moment, his mobile phone screen suddenly lit up. He looked at the screen and saw that he had received a scheduled email. The sender's ID was very familiar to him.

Anson Deer stared at the ID, his pupils contracted for a moment, he was stunned for two full seconds, and then quickly regained his composure.

"Mr. Lu, what's wrong?" Urushihara Ritsu observed the change in Anson Lu's expression.

"Nothing." Anson Lu shrugged and turned off his phone. "I'm going to sleep first."

Without saying hello, he walked slowly to carriage 23, turned on his mobile phone screen, and stared at the text of the email quietly.

The train once again passed through an offshore tunnel. The moonlight was swallowed up by the dark tunnel walls. The incandescent lights flickered, and only the mobile phone screen emitted a dim light.

[Principal: I suddenly remembered something. If we are lucky, you and I might fight each other during this period. Don’t be too surprised. However, that is not me now, but the “me” who is in the fifth round of the copy. It is better to say that it is a similar existence to me at that time. ]

Anson Lu repeatedly looked at the meaningless text and cursed, "What's wrong with you? What do you mean, old principal? You can't speak unless you are a riddle teller, right?"

He continued to look down.

[Given your personality, I'm sure you've already called me sick when you see this.]

Anson Lu was silent for a moment. He touched his nose which felt a little sore and laughed softly for some reason.

“Very self-aware,” he said.

[This concept is related to the parallel world. According to my research and observation, the game system will arrange a plot for the top player in the current world during the fifth round of the dungeon.]

[No matter which copy you choose, this plot will most likely appear. ]

[This part is——to fight against the "strongest self" in the parallel world. 】

[That's right, the Evolution Game is being played in multiple parallel worlds at the same time. The god who controls the game wants to select the strongest humans from several parallel worlds, so the game system is arranged in this way.]

Anson Deer's pupils shrank slightly and he continued to look down.

[At that time, I entered an arena, and in that arena, I fought a tie with myself from a parallel world. My style was very similar to his. It would be better to say that he and I were almost the same person - whether in personality, playing style, or chess type, we were 99% similar, so we were evenly matched.]

[But you are different. You are the "Anson Deer Never Seen Before" created by me. ]

[So, this time, you should be able to compete with that person, instead of just ending up in a tie like me.]

【I hope you don't lose to him, because that means you lose to me. 】

Anson put his hand on his chin and stared at the text of the email with his brown eyes. The train was running in the dark tunnel, like a giant black snake crawling forward, making a hissing sound of steam rushing.

He thought for a long time. "When I entered the dungeon, it seemed that the dungeon introduction mentioned the Colosseum. It should be the last part of this dungeon?"

The scheduled sending time was two months ago.

The principal sent this email earlier than the previous one.

Maybe the old man really did think of this matter suddenly, but due to the rules, he couldn't tell Anson Lu about it in person, nor could he let him know about it in advance.

Therefore, he sent a scheduled email, scheduled for the night two days after the fifth round of the dungeon began.

"Fighting against the strongest self in a parallel world?" Anson Lu murmured, "The principal also experienced the same thing as me. At that time, he fought Anson Lu from a parallel world and ended up in a tie. That person's style was similar to the principal's."

Thinking of this, Anson Lu's mood, which had rarely fluctuated, gradually cooled down - according to this line of thinking, he was not actually fighting with the principal, the other party was just a person similar to the principal.

That person was not the principal, but he looked very similar to the principal from decades ago.

Anson Lu didn't know what kind of mood he should be in when he entered the arena and faced this so-called "strongest self in the parallel world."

What kind of chess set will the opponent use?

The principal said that the chess set of the person he met was very similar to his. So the chess type used by the upcoming opponent must be the same type that the principal had used before...

"When you're asleep, you'll just post some boring stuff to fool me. When you die, just be a good corpse, okay?" Anson Lu yawned, tears of sleepiness in his eyes.

He chose to put the email matter aside for the time being. The Colosseum was most likely the third stage of the dungeon. After the train arrived at Hawaii Island, he had to deal with the second stage of the dungeon first before considering the third stage.

The second part is related to the word "sacred tree". Anson Lu couldn't imagine what it would be...

He climbed up the ladder to the third berth on the top floor.

Lie down with your head on the pillow, turn off the incandescent lights in the carriage, the world falls into silence, the train pulls out of the tunnel, and the undulating sea brings the gentle sound of the tide, which is perfect to accompany you to sleep.

Anson Deer turned his head and looked out the window. The moonlight shrouded the quiet sea, and the waves rose and fell.

Anyway, at least he had a lot of fun in the first part of the copy - wandering aimlessly on the train with Yuri, taking many photos with her, touching her cold hands, looking at her expressionless little face, and feeling her unambiguous gaze.

For the first time, Anson Lu felt as if he was connected with this world.

No longer wandering outside the world, no longer blindly watching the train moving forward on the endless track, no longer being pushed by the world.

The principal just pushed him, causing him to start facing himself and the various aspects of this world - cruelty, beauty, and began to feel the emotions that were wiped out in the car accident - pain and happiness.

He seemed to begin to reach out to the world, and at first he was trembling, covered with bruises, and extremely timid, like a hedgehog or a porcupine who was afraid of being hurt, so he covered himself with thorns.

At this moment, the person who actually took over his hand was the Icelandic girl whom he had not met for more than ten years.

"Go to bed."

Anson Lu muttered to himself while stretching out his bony left hand, silently opened the friend list, found Yuri's name, thought about it, and decided to give up and close the list.

"bite."

The cell phone notification sound came from his pocket, and the boy's messy and scattered messages were cut off. He took out the phone from his coat pocket and opened the message bubble that popped up on the screen.

It was a message from her.

【Yuri: (Picture) (Picture) (Picture) (Picture). 】

There are many pictures, but the signal on the train is too poor and they cannot be loaded for a while.

Anson Lu opened the pictures. The network loaded them in circles, and the pictures gradually appeared. Looking at them one by one, they were the pictures that Yuri took in the clothing car during the day.

When he clicked on the first photo, he sighed and smiled helplessly - it was him wearing that Sherlock Holmes cosplay costume, holding a pipe in his mouth, looking funny. Anson Lu thought he looked stupid, but Yuri seemed to be so happy rarely.

Would she really feel happy? When Anson Lu thought of this, he recalled the sequence mission in the library carriage. Yuri hid the book "Snowy Autumn Day" behind her, her light white hair covering her face, and there was a trace of tears in the corners of her red eyes.

It seemed that she was no longer the same as before. She looked like a puppet, without any emotion. When you approached her, all you could feel was a sense of distance and alienation.

At that time, Anson Deer relied on this sense of distance.

He liked that feeling. It made him feel safe. He didn't have to worry about the relationship breaking up. He didn't have to worry about the other person getting too close and discovering his hideous face hidden under his playful smile and his unexpressable loneliness.

But now it's different, he doesn't know how to describe his feelings.

No matter what, they seem to be becoming whole and experiencing things that they have never experienced in the past decade or so - growing up with friends, changing together, and traveling together.

That's enough.

Anson Lu was in a good mood and continued to flip through the pages until he saw the group photo.

Yuri was wearing a cheongsam, with half of her face shrouded in faint light and shadow. Her eyelashes were dyed golden, and her snow-white hair swayed gently. Her slender hand was holding Anson Lu's arm, and her serious little face was only a few feet away from him, almost touching him.

The Anson deer in the photo has its mouth slightly open, its ears and face a little red, and a dull look in its brown eyes.

Although Anson Lu felt that he was photographed in a way that was unbearable to look at and half of Yuri's face was not clear, he still saved the photo in his album.

He stared at the photo for a moment, and suddenly remembered Yuri's words - "It can be someone other than family members."

Anson Lu shrugged his shoulders, his face still a little hot. He was thinking that he and this Icelandic girl should have the same idea, right? Besides friends and family, isn't there only a lover?

Of course, or maybe this common sense idiot from Iceland was thinking of words like aliens?

In any case, that will happen after the evolution game is over.

That was their agreement.

By the way, if the principal knew that the so-called "unprecedented Anson Deer" that he had spent so much effort to cultivate was only thinking about these things, he would probably be so angry that he would vomit blood, right?

When Anson Lu thought of this, he turned over in bed happily. Now thinking back to the old man, he was not so sad. Although he said goodbye to the principal, there were still new people around him.

As long as this evolution game ends completely and the world returns to normal operation.

From now on, they can stay together all the time. Maybe he can open a bookstore and live out his days in Shangshi City. During holidays, he can go skiing in Tokyo with Yuri. He can also visit Teacher Chu's kendo hall - Chu Qimo said that he would open a kendo hall in the future. With his ability, it would be no problem for him to support himself by teaching kendo.

What about Asuka?

Anson Lu had no idea how the Uesugi family would arrange her future, but it didn't matter. As long as they could safely get through this crisis, there was still a long time in the future. They were only seventeen or eighteen years old, and their lives had just begun.

He stretched out his fingers and typed using the phone's input method.

[Anson Deer: Okay, then I will mercifully accept these photos. ]

After more than ten seconds, Yuri replied.

【Yuri: I’m sleepy. Good night.】

【Anson Deer: Okay, good night. 】

After sending the message, Anson Lu put his phone next to his pillow and glanced at the empty sleeper car.

It's only eight o'clock in the evening, and Urushihara Ryu and Chu Qimo haven't returned to the carriage yet.

At this moment, the two of them are probably still drinking and chatting in the restaurant carriage.

Asuka is also a night owl. During holidays, she often plays console games until midnight, and gets up early the next day to use her travel coupon to go to the beach to surf. She is simply the epitome of "energy", but Anson Lu admires this aspect of her very much.

But after all, looking at the current momentum: we will arrive in Hawaii Island at the earliest tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow at the latest. By then, we may not be able to eat as well or have as much fun as we do on the train.

They should enjoy themselves for a while longer before the first stage is over.

A night in silence.

On the morning of February 3, the sky was clear and the sea and sky were one color.

This 1,500-meter-long train is like an indestructible icebreaker, pushing aside the floating ice and speeding across the sea bathed in the sunshine. The end of the track is about to be seen.

Soon, the sea train ended its two-day and two-night journey, drove along the track into a prosperous island, and stopped on a spectacular black sand beach.

When Anson Deer opened his eyes, the train had already arrived at Hawaii Island.

He yawned, turned his head and looked out the window. What came into view was the black sand beach, the rolling waves, a vast forest in the distance, and above that a volcano with a mixture of gray, black and scarlet colors.

What is even more visually shocking is a dark fortress built on the crater of a volcano. When Anson Deer's eyes fell on this giant, his pupils contracted and he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

This is a giant black tree that is large enough to penetrate the sky.

This giant tree is rooted in the mountains and absorbs magma from the volcano. Only the middle part of the tree is exposed outside the clouds, and the upper part is completely obscured by the storm-like clouds.

At first, Anson Deer couldn't tell that it was a tree at all. Instead, he thought it was a huge fortress built on the crater, or some other magnificent building.

He estimated with his eyes that the giant tree must be at least 2,000 meters tall.

Moreover, this is the most conservative estimate. As for the exact height of this towering tree, it depends on the upper part covered by the storm clouds...

What is even more incredible than the giant tree itself is that, looking from afar, you can see a giant dark dragon with its wings folded, perched in the middle of the giant black tree.

The black dragon raised its head high and gazed at the sky with aloofness and pride.

"Oh wow, the dragons are out." Anson Lu stared at the pitch-black dragon about 600 meters above the giant tree and murmured in surprise: "It seems that this second stage will definitely not be easy."

dragon?

A black dragon living on a sacred tree?

There is no need to guess at all, Anson Deer can clearly come to the conclusion that this dragon is most likely the boss of the second stage.

Climb up the sacred tree and defeat the dragon.

This is roughly the tone of the second part of the copy.

Although the height of this giant tree is incredible, climbing up the tree is not a problem at all for the people in the Hell Lighthouse.

After all, Ritsu Urushihara, Asuka, Yuri, and Anshin himself, all have powerful flying abilities - Ritsu Urushihara can control crows; Asuka can transform into a red dragon; Yuri can create ice; and Anshin has a Christmas sleigh.

In the guild, only Yuliu and Chu Qimo do not have the skill of flying, but we cannot jump to conclusions about Yuliu. After all, it is not surprising for him to develop any skills based on his sequence.

As for Teacher Chu, just find someone to take him up.

"Mr. Lu, it's time to go." A lazy voice came from the lower bunk.

Anson Lu moved his head out from the railing of the upper bunk and glanced at Urushihara Ritsu - Crow had just woken up, yawned, and lifted the painting book covering his face, revealing a face with feminine features.

"Are all the others awake?" Anson Deer asked disdainfully.

"Everyone should have reached the restaurant car. The train has been stopped for almost an hour." Ritsu Urushihara got up from the bed.

"Let's go, wash up and have dinner." Anson Lu looked out the window again and said thoughtfully, "It seems that this instance is much more difficult than we thought."

At this moment, a dragon roar that resounded through the sky suddenly came from the giant tree standing in the crater. The entire Hawaiian Island was trembling, and hundreds of birds in the forest flew away in fear.

"From what we can see so far, the difficulty is not low." Urushihara Ritsu moved his deep eyes and also looked out the window.

"Crow, what do you think of that dragon's level?"

"No matter what level it is, since it appears in the form of a dragon, it seems that there is room for us to play." Urushihara Ritsu raised the corners of his mouth and said in a flat voice.

"After all, the world boss is a snow dragon." Anson Deer shrugged and said calmly, "However, dragons are not necessarily the top species in the evolution game. For example, look at that crybaby named Uesugi. Doesn't your impression of dragons collapse immediately?"

"That's true."

"Huh?" A clear voice came from the next car, "Who are you talking about, surnamed Uesugi?"

It seems that Asuka has woken up. She walked in impatiently and looked at Anson Lu unhappily: "President Lu, you just got up so early in the morning and you're saying bad things about me, right? It's rare that I want to come and invite you to dinner."

"Okay, okay, time to eat." Anson Lu jumped off the bed, put on his shoes, and washed up in the bathroom.

Soon, the system prompt sounded in the ears of the five people.

[The first stage of the triple-structured dungeon "Sea Train, Sacred Tree and Arena" has ended. Crew members, please log in to Hawaii Island as soon as possible, enter the nearest resort, and start the second stage of the dungeon]

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