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◎I once tried hard to convince myself to fall in love with this world◎

The news of Zhu Heng's return spread throughout the Ancestral Hall almost overnight, setting off a firework all over the world.

The Ancestors' Hall is a hometown group composed of all the human ancestors who woke up at the foot of the snow-capped mountains after sleeping for hundreds of thousands of years and scattered around the world.

"I'm not the first person to wake up under the snowy mountains, nor am I the only one." He Landao's fingers flew as he operated on the computer, successfully logging into an encrypted page. "The guild's website is only open to humans from the old universe. We're in an era where the level of civilization is too low, and our technology and equipment are limited. We can only build this kind of low-level firewall, but it's more than enough to keep out those Muggles, so we'll just make do with it."

A black web page jumped into Zhu Heng's field of vision, with only a sparkling blue planet in the center, slowly rotating.

Zhu Heng tried to click on the blue star with his mouse, but the webpage did not change at all.

How to unlock it? Before Zhu Heng could even ask, he suddenly heard a voice saying "Daddy".

Zhu Heng closed the computer with a snap, turned to look at He Landao with an angry look: "Why is it here?"

"The guild was founded by Augustus. He asked me to borrow his system so he could maintain the website in real time. I rebuilt it using the old code." He Landao turned on the computer again. He stood behind Zhu Heng, his arms resting on the table, just enough to hold him in his arms. "He's not as smart as before, but he's still okay. He's more than enough to manage a small website."

As soon as the computer was turned on and the system was exposed, he screamed, "I'm not stupid, Daddy! I'm not stupid! It's obviously because this crappy website is too small. I can't even use one tenth of my ability!"

Helanda ignored it and returned to the website of the Ancestral Hall. The system recognized his face and unlocked it directly. The webpage instantly jumped to a chat page.

"Really? Zhu Heng is really back? He's not dead?"

"Are we...going to witness history..."

"Who discovered it first? Where?"

"I don't know who it was, but the location should be near the snowy mountain where we are buried. I don't know if you still remember that the wormhole connecting to the old universe is in that area."

“…”

The chat page suddenly went silent for three seconds.

Three seconds later, the number of likes on this reply began to grow exponentially.

"Who wants to go back to the snowy mountains? Want to form a team?"

"Me! Take me with you!"

"I want one too! Add me, add me!"

“…”

At this moment, a somewhat abrupt reply popped up, dampening everyone's enthusiasm: "Why would you go all this way just to see someone?"

"Please! That's Zhu Heng."

"Who wouldn't be curious about a legendary existence?"

"I bet most of you here have never seen him. We've only heard bits and pieces of him from our parents and grandparents. If I could meet him, I'd be able to brag about him for the rest of my life."

Everyone was chatting animatedly when suddenly, no one could send any new messages.

It turned out that the entire chat room was shut down by the administrator, and all chat records were cleared with one click, replaced by a brand new, blank chat page.

The administrator's red message appeared at the top of the page: "Topics related to Zhu Heng have been discussed too frequently. To avoid a forum overload, all discussion related to Zhu Heng is prohibited from now on."

Helan Dao pinched Zhu Heng's earlobe and chuckled, "They've been discussing you for seven days and seven nights, and it hasn't stopped yet. Augustus' hands are sore from deleting chats these past few days, and he's really fed up now."

In fact, Augustus hadn't interfered much with the guild members' chats these days, only periodically clearing out old chat logs to avoid slowing down the website. It wasn't until he saw the conversation escalate to the point where someone was planning to form a group to go to the Snow Mountain to hunt Zhu Heng that he had to intervene.

Although Augustus urgently shut down the chat this time, many people still saw it, and everyone who needed to watch it had finished watching it.

"Old He!" Augustus called He Landao immediately after resetting the chat room. "Don't tell me I didn't try my best. Those idiots spread messages faster than my tadpole. You and Zhu Heng, pack your things right now and run! The people who are waiting for you might already be on their way."

"Where are you running to?" Helan Dao stared at Zhu Heng's red ears, as if he had discovered a new world, and moved closer to him and blew gently.

"You're asking me? Don't you go out every year and travel around the world?" Augustus cursed on the other end of the phone.

Zhu Heng gave Helan Dao a glare, and he finally gave up. He smiled even more brightly and said to the phone, "Yeah, I'm here to look for you again. Come out and pick us up."

"Splash-splash-splash-" the waves hit the hull and the reefs, as if this was the only sound left in the world.

Zhu Heng rested his chin on the side of the boat, staring at the clear blue sea in a trance. The sun was shining on his head, and sleepiness slowly crept onto his eyelids.

This is a small island in the Mediterranean Sea south of Italy. According to Helandao, this is Augustus's private resort.

This was their third stop. Their first stop was in Suzhou, China, where they visited Dr. Xu and Xu Wenjun. They lived in an old-style garden and found tranquility amidst the hustle and bustle.

Since waking from the ice, Dr. Xu has been confined to a wheelchair to recuperate. Her health is not good, but that's only normal for a Level 3 civilization. For Earthlings, who are currently less than a Level 1 civilization, her health is nothing short of miraculous.

Of course, in the eyes of first-level civilized humans, third-level civilized humans who possess the ultimate cosmic energy are themselves god-like beings.

Dr. Xu had a light taste for food, and Xu Wenjun, who cared for her mother daily and learned cooking skills from the locals, prepared a table of Suzhou-style dishes and hosted a banquet for old friends in the hexagonal pavilion by the water.

Dr. Xu was extremely happy about Zhu Heng's return. Xu Wenjun and Helandao were both prepared for a long talk all night long. However, Dr. Xu only had a brief chat with Zhu Heng. She didn't seem to be curious at all about what Zhu Heng had seen in the high-dimensional space or what he had done in the wormhole for hundreds of thousands of years.

Only Zhu Heng understood that these established past events had already been deduced and calculated thousands of times in Dr. Xu's brain.

She didn't need to ask.

Just like his first words after reuniting with Helan Dao, it was just, you are finally back.

Apart from this, nothing else matters.

As long as he comes back, it's fine.

They stayed in Suzhou for three days. After bidding farewell to the Xu family mother and daughter, they went to an ancient castle in England to meet Liu Qiaoer.

Liu Qiaoer made a living by fortune-telling, using her expertise. Due to her exceptional accuracy and her mysterious oriental appearance, she gradually became famous in this foreign land. Countless customers came to her for fortune-telling every day, and it was said that the appointment list was already filled until next year.

So when Helan Dao and Zhu Heng, who had not made an appointment in advance, arrived, the gate of the castle was tightly closed and refused to open to them.

At this time, Liu Qiaoer had just seen off the previous guest and was about to put the crystal ball back into the wooden box, but her hand slipped without warning and the crystal ball fell to the ground and shattered.

She hurried to get a broom, but when she passed the fireplace, the corner of her black cloak was caught by sparks and almost caused a fire.

After she hurriedly cleaned up and returned to the big pot where the herbs were boiling, she almost knocked over the pot again. Although she stopped the disaster in time, the boiling hot liquid still splashed onto the back of her hand, instantly burning her fair skin red.

Liu Qiaoer frowned and finally realized that something was wrong.

Her eyelids twitched, and in confusion, she switched to her left hand.

"Oh my gosh! My God is back!" Liu Qiao'er rolled and crawled, rushing to open the door for her only God at the speed of light as if she was rushing to be reincarnated. For a moment, she even forgot that there were guests who had made an appointment behind her.

It was not until the unfortunate guest was clamoring at the door to complain that Liu Qiaoer, who was wholeheartedly entertaining her one and only true God, remembered this.

Fortunately, Zhu Heng was a considerate god and offered to help predict the guest's future.

While biting her handkerchief and praising her god for his kindness, Liu Qiao'er became jealous of the guest - since the beginning of historical records, her god had only made two prophecies, one of which was the destruction of the universe, and the other was right now.

Zhu Heng glanced at the guest and directly told him what he needed to pay attention to in the future. He spoke for a full three minutes, shocking the guest. At the end, he added: "When you go back, remember to bring money to repair the castle gate that you broke, otherwise there will be bloodshed."

The guest said "sure, sure" and left happily.

Liu Qiaoer was so anxious that she scratched her head and asked her god: "What kind of bloody disaster is this?"

Before Zhu Heng could say anything, Helan Daoxian gave her a puzzled look: "It's okay if he was deceived, but why were you deceived too?"

Liu Qiaoer: "Ah?"

Zhu Heng said, "I've fixed the gate for you. Consider it our apology for interrupting your work by coming here so hastily. I came in a hurry this time and didn't prepare any gifts. I'll make it up to you next time. See you later."

After leaving the British castle, the couple's third stop was Augustus's private island.

"I've only been to Augustus Island once before. I happened to be traveling near Italy at the time and thought I'd stop by to see an old friend. That's when I realized how much this guy enjoyed himself." Helan Dao gently stroked Zhu Heng's head, like tickling a kitten's belly, making him sleepier. "Are you sleepy? How are we going to get out of here once we get ashore?"

Zhu Heng's eyelids began to twitch, and he muttered, "...Then just hug me."

He Landao didn't hear clearly, so he leaned over and asked: "What are you talking about?"

Zhu Heng nudged his palm with his head, then leaned in Helan Dao's arms without moving.

Helan Dao was stunned. His fingers fell on Zhu Heng's neck, feeling the fragile pulse beating under the thin and transparent white skin. For a moment, he felt a little distracted.

Augustus was stunned for a full minute after hanging up the phone.

When he realized what was happening, he immediately logged out of his administrator account, switched to a secondary account, and ran to the chat room, shouting, "I have the latest clues about Zhu Heng! Whoever wants it, I'll bid on it!"

Helan Dao and Zhu Heng were still in the dark. The island had prepared a grand banquet for them. During the banquet, Augustus, who had previously disliked Zhu Heng, became extremely attentive, fearing that Zhu Heng would be dissatisfied and leave early.

Augustus saw that Zhu Heng had little interest in other things, so he catered to his interests and took the initiative to tell him about the past twenty years that Helan Dao had spent alone on Earth.

"After raising his human daughter, he's been traveling around the world on his own for the past few years, visiting every place he can and can't go..."

Zhu Heng was indeed interested. He put down his knife and fork and asked Helan, "Is there anything fun?"

When Augustus saw Zhu Heng's action, the nerves in his scalp tensed up instantly - was he going to finish eating?

He subconsciously glanced outside, and Helan Dao saw everything.

Helandao did not answer this question. He grabbed Zhu Heng and glanced at Augustus, who happened to turn around and meet his eyes.

In a flash, Helan Dao suddenly shouted, "Run!"

Without saying anything, he pulled Zhu Heng up and ran directly towards the speedboat anchored on the island shore. Behind him, Augustus was calling their names, and then it seemed that another group of people's shouts were heard.

They looked back and saw that the group of people who had been hiding in various corners of the island, just waiting for a chance to catch a glimpse of Zhu Heng, were now following Augustus and chasing after Zhu Heng and the others.

Helan Dao pulled Zhu Heng all the way without stopping, and ran all the way to the speedboat. Only when the speedboat started did Helan Dao brush his hair, and facing the bright Mediterranean sun, he tilted his head and smiled at Zhu Heng.

Zhu Heng didn't even look at the group of people who had already caught up to him. He looked back at Helan Dao, breathing a little breathlessly: "Can you answer my question now?"

Helan Dao chuckled and looked up at the group of stunned people on the shore. He reached out and pinched Zhu Heng's chin, then lowered his head and placed a kiss on his lips that lasted longer than an Italian summer.

He held Zhu Heng's face in his hands, cherishing it, and said in a voice only they could hear, "During the years you were away, I traveled to many places, wanting to see what was so wonderful about this world you fought so hard to preserve. I tried to convince myself to fall in love with this world, but all failed... It wasn't until today that I realized that this new home for humanity is actually very good, but it's only missing you."

【Author’s words】