On the icy ground, the two looked at each other, their faces blank.

......

"Now, please wait a moment, players. The entire match will be recorded and uploaded to the official data for the [Medium-sized Match]!"

"The prizes for the top three finishers in the competition will be personally awarded by [Azure Domain - King of the Distant Mountains]!"

The loudspeaker's sound continued to echo.

At the finish line of the relay race, Zhou Yuanshan arrived without anyone noticing.

Beside him, several staff members from [Shipping Union] were standing in front of their respective tables, each holding a corresponding reward box.

"Let's welcome the winner of this competition!"

"Zheng Hao, son of the Cloud Dragon King!"

As a seasoned veteran, Zhou Yuanshan's face remained impassive. He looked towards the direction of the now-vanished "Disaster," where Zheng Hao was leading Bai Huanhuan and the belatedly arriving Mo Yurou toward the podium.

The award ceremony podium for the [Azure Domain Relay Race] was also made of ice and snow.

After climbing onto the first-place award stage, Zheng Hao remained calm, while Mo Yurou stood behind him, her face flushed, occasionally daring to look around.

Bai Huanhuan, however, seemed to be seeing such a scene for the first time, and was so frightened that she lowered her head and hid behind the two of them.

"Zheng Hao! Zheng Hao! Zheng Hao!"

"【The Devil】!"

"[Disaster]!"

"First place! First place!"

"......"

Cheers and encouragement filled the air, and the area was soon packed with people.

The sound of cameras clicking, people's smiling faces, the glorious moment of first place—nothing could be more wonderful than this!

"Zheng Hao...it's number one again..."

Mo Yurou unconsciously hugged Zheng Hao's arm. Zheng Hao glanced at Bai Huanhuan hiding behind him, then pulled her to the front: "Calm down. There will be many more situations like this in the future..."

"Oh~"

"oh..."

Frightened, Bai Huanhuan raised her head and looked down, her face flushed, and saw the "light" once again.

This time, the light belongs to glory, the light of first place.

"Tap tap tap~"

Footsteps echoed across the snow, and Zhou Yuanshan found himself standing beneath the first-place award podium without even realizing it.

He had to tilt his head back to see the boy's confident chin.

"......"

He hesitated to give away the Magic Point Box in his hand, not because he was looking at Zheng Hao, but because he was looking at his past self.

The spirit of youth is something that cannot be regenerated.

Seeing Zheng Hao standing on the awards stage, looking triumphant with two "Boat Girls" in his arms, he smiled for a while before handing over the "Magic Point Box" to Zheng Hao.

"Now, the prize for first place will be awarded!"

"50 Magic Points Box!"

"Zheng Hao, who came in first place, do you have anything to say to everyone?"

He handed the Magic Point Box to Zheng Hao, then looked down at Zhou Yuanshan and smiled smugly: "Nothing to say... If I really had to say something, there's only one sentence!"

"I... Zheng Hao!"

"Sooner or later, I will lead my [Ship Girl] to stand on the [World Championship] stage and usher in a new chapter for the [Cloud Dragon King]!!!"

The rain has stopped and the sky is clear.

At this moment, sunlight fell upon the faces of the navigator and the ship girl. The golden winds of their youth... drifted across every inch of the Azure Domain, the scorching heat... burning through the bitter cold!