Chapter 164 "Since we will say goodbye in the summer, let's meet again in the fall."
February 2, morning, the corridor between carriages 4 and 5.
The sky was clear and the winter sea breeze, with a damp and cool breath, blew through the windows of the corridor, caressing the cheeks of the boys and girls and lightly wetting their clothes.
Five lazy figures passed through the corridor, two girls in front and three boys behind. Their target was carriage No. 3, where the sequence of events occurred.
Anson Lu put his hands behind his head and said with contempt: "Student Crybaby Long, can you remember better next time? Just because of your wrong words, we had to move all the fish in the aquarium carriage out of the water tank!"
"Isn't that a problem with your quality?" Asuka hugged her elbows and snorted coldly.
"It's better to say that there's something wrong with their thinking." Yuri also made a sharp comment. She didn't expect that just because Asuka said the wrong car where the sequence of events took place, the three people directly turned car No. 11 (the aquarium car) upside down.
"Just say they are mentally ill." Asuka sighed. She felt complicated when she thought of the mess in carriage No. 11: the fish tank that fell to the ground and the salmon jumping around on the ground.
The most outrageous thing is that in order to trigger a hidden event, Anson Deer summoned the floating fish in the tank and let it enter the reservoir to interact with those marine animals. The ending... ended with the floating fish in the tank evolving into a shark and biting all the fish in one bite!
"The brains of these three guys are simply out of line! Especially Chu Qimo, I thought he was the only normal boy in the union." Asuka whispered.
"Everyone is abnormal..." Yuri also responded in a low voice, "That's why we are a weird family."
"Okay, even you think so." Asuka held her forehead with her hand as she had a headache.
Urushihara Ritsu took a sip of coffee and said slowly, "Ms. Asuka, this is clearly your problem. If it wasn't for your mistake, we wouldn't have confirmed it to that extent."
Chu Qimo, carrying his sword bag, nodded and said, "At least after you found out you made a mistake, you should have contacted us earlier through the friend panel."
"I'm really sorry, the friend panel is disabled in the first stage of this copy." Asuka curled her lips.
"Okay, it's all over." Urushihara Ritsu threw the disposable beverage cup into the trash can in the aisle. "The key point is the sequence of events in car 3. Which of us is in which profession?"
"Car number three is the library car." Yuri was deeply impressed by this. It would be better to say that because of her hyperthymesia, she couldn't forget it even if she wanted to.
"The library car, of course, it must belong to the old chess players." President Lu was inexplicably confident.
"Lu Jun, I know you are anxious, but don't be anxious yet. The answer will be revealed soon."
"Raven, so how long have you been drinking this cup of coffee?"
“It’s not about the amount of coffee, but how long you drink it.”
"I drink a cup of coffee all morning, and I'll tell you if I'm sick."
Soon, they passed through carriage No. 4, which was decorated with national costumes from various countries, crossed the corridor where the sea breeze was blowing and white flags were fluttering, and arrived at carriage No. 3.
This carriage is fifty meters long, with an aisle in the middle and rows of bookshelves on both sides. Books from all over the world are gathered here. The classification of the bookshelves is very detailed and comprehensive, which can definitely be called gospel for book lovers.
Even for Ritsu Urushihara and Yuri, who read an astonishing amount of books, one can often find unfamiliar works on the bookshelf.
What’s important is that the player’s eyes have built-in language translation capabilities, so there is no need to worry about the translation at all - the game system will use the most advanced and contextually appropriate technology to translate the text in the book, and the effect is perfect.
"So." Anson narrowed his eyes, "Where is the sequence event you are talking about?"
Asuka Uesugi put her hand on her chin and looked around.
Soon, she walked to the fifth bookshelf on the right, stretched out her fair hand, and held the fifth book on the fifth row, a book in autumn yellow tones, with a pattern on the cover - dusk, fallen leaves, and two figures walking on a path in the woods.
Anson Lu looked carefully and saw that the title of the book was "Snowy Autumn Day".
"It should be this book. After I picked it up, it triggered the sequence of events." Asuka said lightly.
Yuri was looking around, observing the other books in the library carriage. She was not very interested in the sequence of events; Chu Qimo was putting on the sword bag he had just taken off. Since events happened in a place like this, there would probably be no need for fighting.
Anson Lu stared at the book in Asuka's hand and raised his eyebrows: "Huh? So what about the sequence of events?"
"you guess?"
"It seems so." Urushihara Ritsu shrugged and guessed, "We have to open it."
"Yes, I got you guessed it." Asuka said, "Are you ready?"
"I suggest you stop talking nonsense. Life is limited." Anson Deer yawned.
"oh."
Asuka Uesugi frowned slightly and opened the book "Snowy Autumn" in her hand.
The next moment, the system prompt sounded in the ears of the five people in the carriage. The cold sea breeze came suddenly, blowing their silhouettes greedily and cruelly, and the whole carriage became cold.
【Event name: Snowy autumn day.】
[Event description: Within three minutes, read the book specified by the event and accurately answer five questions about the content of the book. ]
[Event requirements: A player from a specific sequence is present (player presence detected, sequence name - Snow Country Walker).]
[Limited number of participants: two people]
[Note: During the event challenge, the two players will block out external sounds. In addition, the remaining players cannot enter the carriage and cannot interfere with the challenge in any way.]
[Number of challenges available: 0/1 (If you fail, you will not be able to perform the sequence again)]
"Lu Jun, it seems that both of us made the wrong bet." Urushihara Ritsu saw this and said calmly, "This sequence of events belongs to the 'Snow Country Walker'."
"However, others can also participate, they just need Yuri to be present." Anson Lu shrugged his shoulders and said nonchalantly: "Let's see what the reward is."
"Snow Country Traveler." Asuka Uesugi raised her eyebrows and looked at Yuri. "What it means is that Yuri must be one of the two players. It doesn't matter who the other person is."
Yuri had a blank expression on his face, as if he was not in the least bit emotional, he just stared at the event panel quietly.
[Event Reward: 10,000 experience points; randomly select a player who participates in the event to obtain the skill - Time is like falling leaves (the player obtains a certain degree of damage bonus, and the damage skills from any channel can take effect. The closer to May, the higher the bonus damage) (the skill disappears at the end of May). ]
As the "Event Reward" appeared on the panel, the five people were silent for a few seconds, and each of them had a thoughtful look on his face.
Anyone can obtain this reward, as long as they complete the event.
However, the content of the event is very demanding. One has to finish reading a book within three minutes and answer five questions correctly. In Anson Deer's opinion, there are only two people in the guild who can complete this event: Crow and Yuri.
Ritsu Urushihara has a short-term memory formed through extensive reading and deliberate practice - if he tries his luck, he might be able to finish reading the book in three minutes and answer the five questions correctly.
For Yuri, the situation is different - Anchache syndrome has given her supernormal ability and a photographic memory. She can finish reading a book in three minutes without any problem.
Anson Lu looked at the three words "Countdown" on the panel again. The sea breeze blew his hair, and the messy and black hair covered his eyes.
He opened his mouth slightly and remained silent for a moment.
"Sure enough, it's Yuri's incident." He said finally.
"Isn't this nonsense? The sequence names are all laid out." Asuka was speechless.
"This skill sounds very powerful, but the world boss will not arrive until June, and this skill will disappear in May, and it will be of no use at all by then." Chu Qimo commented lightly.
"Sure enough, the book can't be opened." Asuka Uesugi showed the book "Snowy Autumn Day" in her hand. "Unless you choose the right people to participate in the event, the book will be like glued and can't be opened at all."
"If you can't watch it in advance, there's no such thing as cheating," said Chu Qimo.
Urushihara Ritsu looked around at everyone, "So, who will participate in this event?"
Anson Deer raised his eyebrows and said without hesitation: "Crow, your short-term memory is comparable to Yuri's. Three minutes is too short. You two can work together."
"If you really want to say it, Miss Yuri can do it alone." Urushihara Ritsu shrugged and said calmly: "Logically speaking, this is not a chance for me to perform at all."
"That's true." Asuka put one hand on her waist, "It doesn't matter who does it. Yuri can complete this task alone."
"That's right." Chu Qimo nodded. "It doesn't matter who goes to the class, because there is only one book, and two people can't share it. Reading efficiency won't be improved. And in terms of memory, no one can compare to Miss Yuri."
"Then let Miss Yuri decide who will come." As Ritsu Urushihara said this, he took out a bottle of drink from somewhere. It was a bottle of Nestle coffee.
The taste was average, but at least it satisfied his caffeine addiction.
Yuri heard their words and put down the book he was reading.
"What?" she asked in a deadpan voice.
"Choose someone to be your teammate." Asuka said.
Yuri was silent for a moment after hearing this. She turned her face away and stared at Anson Deer with her clear eyes without blinking.
Anson Lu didn't say anything, just put his hands in his pockets and pouted.
"As expected." The crow smiled.
"Then let's go outside and wait." Chu Qimo said, "During the event, other players cannot enter the carriage."
Asuka Uesugi was the first to walk out of the carriage. She handed the book "Snowy Autumn" to Yuri and said without turning her head:
"come on."
Soon, three people walked out of the car.
Anson Deer shrugged and asked, "Why choose me?"
"When you are by my side, I can calm down."
"Okay, then you can read the book. I won't disturb you. Try to read faster. The system only gives you three minutes."
"good."
Yuri raised his snow-white hand and reached out to touch the event panel; Anson Lu also reached out and touched the panel, and their hands were close to each other.
[Number of players: 1/2]
[Number of players: 2/2]
[The players who have been confirmed to participate in the event are Anson Lu (former chess player) and Yuri (Snow Country Traveler). The sequence of events has officially begun, and the permission to open "Snowy Autumn" has been unlocked. ]
[Please read within three minutes. After three minutes, questions will begin and the book will disappear.]
Anson Deer and Yuri stood against the wall of the carriage. Yuri opened a book and lowered his head to read; Anson Deer stared at the ceiling quietly, occasionally glancing at Yuri out of the corner of her eye. Her snow-white hair obscured her profile, making it impossible to see her expression.
But she must be serious.
Anson Lu estimated based on the thickness of the book - the book has about 200 pages. According to the system's requirements, 200 pages should be flipped through in three minutes, which means more than one page should be read per second.
Yuri moved her clear eyes, and every time she looked at a page, she stretched out her white fingers and quickly turned to the next page. Later on, she turned the pages faster and faster, turning the page after just a glance.
Anson Lu heard her say that she didn't like reading like this. Even though she had a photographic memory, she hoped that she could immerse herself in the process of putting every line of text into her mind, rather than reading one page at a time, thus filling her brain with undigested knowledge.
[Reading countdown: 2 minutes and 33 seconds...]
[Reading countdown: 2 minutes and 20 seconds...]
[Reading countdown: 1 minute 10 seconds...]
Anson Deer said nothing and didn't want to disturb her. There was only one chance to challenge the sequence event, and if you failed, it was over. Yuri was very competitive and didn't like losing a game that he couldn't play again.
[Reading countdown: 55 seconds...]
In a state of high concentration, she did not say a word, but just quietly flipped through the book. The sea tide slowly lapped against the train tracks, and the cries of seagulls lingered in her ears.
[Reading countdown: 20 seconds...]
So far, Yuri's reading progress has almost come to an end. She has read more than 180 pages, and there are only more than 10 pages left for her to finish.
However, her fingers suddenly paused. This was a page near the end. The girl's eyes, as beautiful as the Icelandic aurora, were staring quietly at a line of text.
Anson Deer turned his head and wanted to ask her what was wrong, but then he thought better of it.
Following her gaze, he also saw the line of text - [We have walked through winter, spring, and summer together, but autumn is always something that I cannot touch.]
[Reading countdown: 9 seconds...]
[Reading countdown: 8 seconds...]
Time was still passing, and Anson Lu was about to open his mouth to remind her, but Yuri took the lead. She opened her lips slightly and said in an emotionless voice: "It's okay."
Then, she turned to the next page and read the remaining pages at a very fast speed.
At the same time, the countdown has come to an end.
[Reading countdown: 0 seconds...]
【Next, we will start the question-answering session. 】
The five questions raised by the system are: 1. When did the boy and girl in the book meet? 2. Where did the boy and girl go skiing for the first time? 3. What did the boy say when they were looking at the Mediterranean Sea in Nice, France? 4. Why did the girl give up her skiing plan in Norway? 5. What was the ending at the end of the book?
Anson Deer didn't say anything, nor did he look at Yuri. He just observed her out of the corner of his eye. He knew Yuri quite well. If she wasn't sure, she would just put her hand on her chin and start thinking.
Yuri closed the book and hid it and his hands behind his back.
She lowered her eyes, her snow-white hair swaying gently in the sea breeze, and the sound of her answers was as soft as a mosquito buzzing in her ears.
"December."
"Hokkaido."
"You can cover my eyes so that I can't see, and maybe I won't be sad."
“Skiing has become boring because that person is no longer around.”
"In the autumn, in the snowy forest, on the elevated corridor, they held hands and talked."
She answered the five questions one by one, very fluently, but her voice was so low that Anson Lu could hardly hear what she was saying, and it seemed that she did not want him to hear.
[Sequence event: Snowy autumn day has been completed.]
[Event evaluation: SSS level (flawless)]
[Two players who participated in the event have gained 10,000 experience points; in addition, the sequence player "Snow Country Traveler" obtains the time-limited skill - "Time is like falling leaves." ]
After a few seconds, Anson Deer shrugged his shoulders and gave a thumbs up to the Icelandic girl next to him: "Perfect, worthy of being the hyperthymesia girl in our weird family, she really finished reading a book in three minutes!"
Yuri didn't say anything. The book she had hidden behind her slowly disappeared, like falling snow, melting into her palm. She didn't look at it, but she felt a chill on her palm, which was gone in a flash.
"What's wrong? Is the book so good and unforgettable?" Anson Lu asked.
Yuri still didn't say anything, just lowered his head. The train passed an island and entered a tunnel. The world suddenly became dark, and all the light was swallowed up by the tunnel.
Only the rumbling sound of the car still echoes in my ears.
The dim light from the tunnel wall cast a shadow on the faces of the boy and girl. Time seemed to pass very slowly. Anson Lu stood quietly beside her without saying a word.
As the train approached the end of the tunnel, a beam of light from the sky shone in, as if piercing through the dead silence of the world.
The sea breeze blew up the girl's snow-white hair.
Yuri's little face was shrouded in a faint halo.
A line of tears slid down from the corners of her red eyes imperceptibly. She stretched out her pale hand from behind and gently stroked the tear marks on her cheek. Her expression was a little puzzled, but generally still expressionless.
Anson Lu stared at her in a daze.
Is this, tears?
Will a person who lacks emotion cry?
During the ten years recorded in the Icelandic document, no matter how depressing her life was, she never shed a single tear from beginning to end.
Never cried once.
"Autumn." Yuri said softly, her clear eyes seemed to be covered by a layer of mist.
"What?" Anson Deer asked stupidly.
"I will walk with you through winter and spring, and when summer comes, I will say goodbye to you." She said, "Autumn is something untouchable to me."
Anson Lu was stunned for a long time, unable to speak, as if her throat was stuck by something. The sudden sea breeze faded away, and the snow-white hair fell down, covering her eyes.
But tears were still flowing from the corners of the Icelandic girl's eyes, and her snow-white skin was soaked by water.
Anson Lu knew he should say something, but his thoughts were really confused. The Yuri in front of him was so strange - a person who could not feel sadness, but shed tears.
He lowered his brown eyes, his hair was messy due to the wind, and the two of them were silent in the quiet carriage. No matter how loud the roar of the running train was, it could not cover up their silent thoughts.
After a long silence, Anson Lu raised his head and said incoherently:
“Saying goodbye is actually not something to be afraid of.”
Yuri still lowered her head with her hands behind her back. She stood there like an ice sculpture, her snow-white hair swaying in the wind, gently tickling her snow-white ears.
"Yuri, since we are going to say goodbye in the summer, then..." After a pause, Anson Deer took a deep breath and said softly, "Let's meet again in the fall."
At this moment, the train left the tunnel and drove into the sea again. The surging tide hit the tunnel violently, the roar of the engine seemed to tear people's eardrums, the bright sunshine burned the sea, and flocks of sea birds flew through the sky, scattering white feathers.
Under the snow-white hair, a glimmer of light flashed through the girl's misty eyes.
"Okay," she said, "see you again in the fall."
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