Chapter 165 "Friends, family, lovers, no matter what form it takes."
Almost every carriage of the sea train is equipped with a corresponding carriage task, and the carriage task can only be triggered once.
The goal of Anson Lu and the other five people today is to explore all the carriages separately and take all the rewards they can so as not to miss any missions.
So, after lunch, they dispersed and each looked for the carriage they were interested in, triggering the task and getting the reward.
If two people form a team, the reward for the carriage mission will naturally be divided equally for the sake of fairness.
However, even if you complete all the tasks, the reward in the end will not be much, because these carriages are for players to kill time.
Yuri found Anson Deer and the two of them wandered around the carriage aimlessly.
This sea train is nearly 1,500 meters long, three times the length of an ordinary passenger train. It can be seen that the conductor's compartment is so spacious that it is unimaginable.
Walking in the aisle of the carriage, Anson Lu opened the character panel and took a look at the data.
[Your current level: Lv22 (25,700/44,000 experience points)]
Just now, in the sequence of events in the library carriage, he gained 10,000 experience points, but he was still a long way from level 23.
[Health value: 3000 (100 is the title bonus)]
[Physical Strength: 30 (4 points for equipment bonus)]
[Strength: 26]
[Agility: 26]
[Spirit: 58 (3 points of title bonus) (4 points of sequence bonus) (4 points of equipment bonus)]
[Luck: 7 (1 point is the title bonus)]
His spiritual attribute is almost reaching 60 points. When it reaches level 23, his sequence skill - Chess Soul will be able to provide a full 6 points of bonus to the chess type.
However, Anson Deer generally does not use this trick on Future Bluebird.
After all, in addition to increasing attribute values, "chess soul" can also provide the chess type with immunity from control and damage - in an important battle, don't mention how critical this move is for protecting the main C chess piece.
In the battle with the Ten Thousand Knights Statue, if Anson Deer had not used the "Chess Soul" and Xiao V's two "Revolutionary Guards" to save the Floating Shark, the outcome of this boss battle would definitely have been different.
At least half of the people will die.
At this time, in carriage No. 4, which is the carriage selling clothing with characteristics of various countries, Anson Lu and Yuri were selecting clothes that would fit them, with the aim of completing the carriage task - trying on more than five pieces of clothing in the carriage.
The two of them can just wear five pieces together, it's not that troublesome.
"You choose, I'll just forget about it." Anson Lu shrugged.
"Okay." Yuri put his hand on his chin and observed the clothes motionlessly. Finally, he reached out his hand, picked out five suitable clothes, and changed in the locker room.
The sea tide gently lapped against the tracks. A soothing piano piece was playing in the carriage, Bach's "Aria on the G String". Anson Lu sat on the chair and observed her unconsciously out of the corner of his eye.
Under the lights, Yuri's figure was reflected on the locker room curtain.
Anson Deer raised his chin.
In my ears, beautiful notes are playing in the carriage.
In my eyes, the white dress slowly peeled off the girl's slender body and gently fell to the ground. The lines and contours of the shadow were so beautiful, like a doll made according to the golden ratio.
Soon, she changed into a tight white cheongsam and walked out of the dressing room.
Yuri pushed the hair by her ears back, revealing her snow-white earlobes, and looked at Anson Deer. She was like a little deer wading across the river, walking slowly to Anson Deer's side with light steps.
"It looks great." Anson Lu applauded. "Come to think of it, we haven't taken a photo together yet."
“…Group photo?”
"Yes, how about we take a group photo, just as a record." Anson Lu smiled.
Upon hearing this, Yuri took out her cell phone. She rested one hand on her chin and operated the phone with the other hand, awkwardly searching for the camera function.
Even if this Icelandic girl was an idiot with common sense, there was no need to teach her such a simple thing - with this thought in mind, Anson Deer tilted his cheek and glanced at her mobile phone screen.
It can be seen that she accidentally opened the album, and there were only one or two photos and videos in the album - the photos were of polar bears and some sentences on book pages; the video was taken at a ski resort, where Anson Deer was wearing a cheap ski suit and skis, stumbling on a white slope.
At that time, Yuri seemed to want to record his movements and teach him how to ski correctly. Of course, it is also possible that he just wanted to record his clumsy side.
After flipping through the pages, the girl pressed the Home button again and returned to the home page.
Her phone is very simple in style, with only a reading app and a map app. There is not even a wallpaper set on the desktop, and it is still the system wallpaper.
After some effort, she gently pulled Anson Deer's arm, turned on the camera, got close to his face, and pressed the shutter.
"Click." The photo is generated.
Yuri raised her hands in a scissors gesture, the sunlight shone in from the window, a faint light and shadow covered half of her cheek, her snow-white eyelashes were dyed golden, and the photo was frozen at this moment.
"It's not a good photo." She looked at the photo.
Anson Lu's expression was a little sudden. He forced out a stiff smile at the last second, and you could see that the tips of his ears were a little red.
"It's okay, it's good like this." Anson Lu stared at the photo.
He really wanted to ask, what do you want to do with your expressionless face? Are you pretending to be a normal human? It really looks very incongruous.
But in reality... well, it's actually quite cute.
In the following time, at Yuri's request, Anson Lu also chose a set of clothes to change into. He changed into Sherlock Holmes' classic windbreaker, the kind that only appeared in TV dramas, in a rather funny way, with a cigarette in his mouth.
Yuri looked at him and raised the corners of his mouth slightly, as if he thought Anson Deer looked a little funny.
Anson Lu knew that Yuri seldom smiled, and couldn't even feel the emotion of "happy", but she would occasionally reveal that faint smile, as if she felt that she should do so in this situation.
He held the pipe in his mouth, frowned, and pretended to be very serious.
Yuri took a deep breath and took a lot of photos of him with her phone. Anson Lu made three rules with her: she was not allowed to send these photos to other members of the union, otherwise President Lu would be laughed at for more than half a year! Yuri nodded. She didn't want to share the photos with others. These were memories and time that belonged to her and Anson Lu.
However, Urushihara Ritsu happened to pass by this carriage. He was holding a cup of coffee and looking at the funny Anson Deer with a smile, without saying a word. Silence is the greatest weapon of destruction.
"What are you looking at? Haven't you read Sherlock Holmes?!" Anson Deer took down his pipe and asked viciously.
Urushihara Ritsu just patted his shoulder meaningfully, gave him a perfunctory idiotic look, and then walked away indifferently.
Yuri enjoyed it very much. She even adjusted his detective hat and took a few more photos from various angles. Anson Deer was very cooperative and patient, just like taking care of a child who didn't know the world, and tried his best to meet her requirements.
Later, Yuri also changed into a light blue kimono, a British-style black princess dress, and a Russian military uniform.
When she puts on a kimono, she looks like a gentle yet arrogant princess of the Warring States Period; when she puts on a British-style black dress, she looks like a flower of the British royal family; when she puts on a Russian military uniform and carries a shotgun, she looks like a well-trained military girl.
No matter what kind of clothes she wears, they will shine against her flawless figure, as if it is not her who chooses the clothes, but the clothes that choose her, such a perfect individual.
Anson Lu took many photos with her. In every photo, the Icelandic girl had almost no expression on her face. In the later photos, a faint smile gradually appeared on her cheeks.
[The clothing compartment mission has been completed, and the two players will share the reward of 3000 evolution coins and 2000 experience points. ]
[Your current balance: 93,500 Evolution Coins]
[Your current level: Lv22 (26,700/44,000 experience points)]
"Okay, the carriage mission is also completed. If others knew that we wasted two hours here, they would definitely use this matter to talk about it for half a year." Anson Lu shrugged.
"Ignore them," the Icelandic girl said calmly.
"Uh," Anson Deer scratched his cheek and said with a smile, "That's fine."
They left the clothing car and came to the food car.
The mission of this carriage is to taste a variety of desserts. Unfortunately, Asuka has already completed the mission of this carriage.
So after lunch, the two of them went to the video game car. The mission of this car was to complete Contra without dying. Anson Lu was excited and wanted to show off his superb gaming skills in front of Yuri.
But that can't really be considered a skill, he just relies on his 'super intuition' to bully others. Whenever he encounters danger in the game, this intuition will always warn him in advance and avoid all risks.
Therefore, for Anson Lu, he only needs to proceed step by step, and he will be able to complete the game without dying.
Yuri couldn't help but raise her eyebrows. She really suspected that Anson Deer had played this game thousands of times to have such a proficiency that was almost like predicting the future, but Anson Deer just shrugged his shoulders and told her that it was his first time playing.
Before this, the challenge records of the carriage mission were Asuka and Chu Qimo. It seems that both of them ended in failure, and Anson Lu was lucky enough to receive the reward for this mission.
[The game carriage mission has been completed, and the two players will share the reward of 3000 evolution coins and 2000 experience points. ]
[Your current balance: 95,000 Evolution Coins]
[Your current level: Lv22 (27,700/44,000 experience points)]
Afterwards, the two said goodbye to the video game car and came to the library car again. The task of this car was to read books for half an hour. No one else was in the mood, so they gave this task to the two of them.
Anson Lu had a rare chance to calm down, so he opened a book of Icelandic "Saga" literature.
He had no interest in Iceland before. He just thought that as the name suggested, it should be a very cold and remote place... Until the girl came to him. She was flipping through the pages of a book in the sunset, her little face shrouded in a faint halo.
She was so beautiful that people were interested in her past, but when Anson Lu thought of Yuri's past, he felt complicated.
In fact, he understood.
This Icelandic girl is obviously indifferent to everyone, so why does she treat him specially?
Just because he took her out of that hospital, introduced her to many friends, took her to Shinjuku in Tokyo, took her to the ski resorts in Hokkaido, and took her to see the sea.
You showed her the world.
Her world is wider because of you, so to her, you are the center of this world.
It was also the first time for Anson Lu himself to travel so far, to Hokkaido, the Atlantic Ocean, Paris, London, Seoul, and the Pacific Ocean. At the beginning, he also felt the loneliness of his cousin being alone in the United States.
But he was also quite fortunate to have this Icelandic girl, that gambler from Tokyo, an extremely gossipy swordsman, and a domineering Little Dragon Girl by his side.
Anson Deer turned his head.
Coincidentally, Yuri also looked up and met his gaze.
"What's wrong?"
"It's okay, just keep watching."
The two shared a quiet time together, with Aoi Teshima's cover of "Young and Beautiful" playing in the car.
Accompanied by the sound of the tide, the song becomes even more charming, like a noble lady whispering softly in your ear, telling the ruthlessness of time in an intoxicating tone.
I've seen the world, done it all.
I have seen the prosperity of the world.
Had my cake now.
It all comes together.
Diamonds, brilliant, and Bel Air now.
Diamonds, fame, mansions.
Hot summer nights, mid-July.
It was a midsummer night in mid-July.
When you and I were forever wild.
You and I are desperate.
The crazy days, city lights.
Party all day and watch the lights of thousands of homes.
The way you'd play with me like a child.
Play like children.
Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful?
When I am no longer young, will you still love me?
Will you still love me when I got nothing but my aching soul?
When I have nothing left but a broken soul, will you still love me?
Time passed quietly, the setting sun gradually sank below the horizon, taking away the light of the sea, and the last afterglow sprinkled on the sea and illuminated the carriage.
Anson Deer put away the book and looked out the window.
As night falls, incandescent lights light up in each carriage.
The dim sea is illuminated by the train, rising and falling under the sunset. Looking into the distance, you can see a lonely lighthouse with flocks of birds flying around it.
"Now, I think I understand." The young man spoke, breaking the silence of the evening.
"What?" Yuri looked up from the book.
"You told me at that time," Anson Lu looked at the sea surface dyed red by the afterglow and whispered, "It would be great if time could stop. I understand the meaning of this sentence now."
“.”
"It's just that time won't stop. We should all move forward and face what needs to be faced." Anson Lu paused and said, "But I will always be by your side."
"As a friend?" Yuri asked softly.
In the past, Anson Deer had said something similar, but he added "as a friend" at the end.
"Friends? I don't know either." Anson Lu's face suddenly turned red. He took a deep breath and said, "I say, Yuri, if this evolution game is over, I think maybe we can be more than just friends."
"family?"
"Maybe, there are others?"
Yuri's clear eyes stared at him. She put her hand on her chin and it took her a long time to react. She stood there, unable to say a word.
"Forget it, we're family. We're a big family of weirdos. If not family, what are we?" Seeing that Yuri didn't respond for a long time, Anson Lu opened his mouth and hung his head.
Yuri still didn't speak. She lowered her head slightly, turned her cheek and looked at the sea. Her snow-white hair covered her profile.
All you could see was a slight blush on the tips of her ears.
Anson Deer lowered his head and said, "Well, we should gather in the restaurant car."
"Outside of family," the girl murmured.
"What?"
“It can be someone other than family,” Yuri said.
In the setting sun, her eyes looked directly at Anson Deer through her snow-white hair.
Anson Deer raised his head and met Yuri's gaze.
"However, whether you are friends, family, or lovers." The light in Yuri's eyes has never been so bright: "I hope I can always be with you, no matter in which form."
Anson Lu was stunned for a long time, then slightly raised the corners of his mouth.
At this moment, the train rumbled across the sea, and the night covered the boy's face like a curtain. Yuri couldn't see his expression, but could only hear a chuckle.
"Me too," he said, "Let's go together from now on."
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