Chapter 183 "Anywhere is fine, as long as you are here."
Rjukan, Norway.
This town is located on the mountain, and its location is very clever, right in the middle of a group of mountains. Therefore, from September to March of the following year, the residents of the town cannot see the sun at all.
This situation has lasted for more than a hundred years since the town was founded.
However, the situation of this small town cannot be entirely blamed on the surrounding mountains. One of the main reasons is that Norway is located at a relatively high latitude.
After a long period of time, the local residents could no longer tolerate days without the sun, so some of them built a cable car on the top of the mountain at their own expense, allowing people to take the cable car to bask in the sun on the mountain. This tradition has continued for decades.
With the advancement of technology, many citizens have proposed various plans, hoping that the whole town can enjoy the sunshine, for example: blasting a hill to create a fake sun...
However, these plans were shelved due to bad timing.
This situation did not change until 2013.
In this year, Hydro provided technical support and financial equipment to the town of Rjukan.
After a unanimous vote by the residents, they formally decided to erect a group of huge mirrors on the top of the mountain, and then use the principle of mirror reflection to project the "missed" sunlight onto the central square of the town.
In this way, Liukan Town has a place where the sun shines. Whenever the people in the town want to bask in the sun, they will gather in the square. Although the sun only covers a small area, it is enough to make them happy.
The project only started in 2013 and took two full years to complete, during which time an incalculable amount of money was spent.
By 2015, the town's "artificial sun" was successfully completed. Local people no longer needed to climb to the top of the mountain to bask in the sun. In order to commemorate the day with the "sun", they specially set up the "Sun Festival" to commemorate this great day.
Everything is moving in the right direction.
But it was destroyed in an instant by a big step taken by the world, and the beauty of the past no longer exists.
Two months ago, the first round of evolution dungeon in Liukan Town was declared a failure. All the players who participated in the dungeon and the local citizens living in Liukan Town died without exception.
From that point on, the town in Norway fell.
The monsters are showing their fangs and claws, wantonly playing with this small town shrouded by ice and snow.
Not only that, many major cities in Norway also suffered the disaster, so the Norwegian authorities had no time to manage this small town and simply ignored it, as if it had never existed.
It wasn't until February 6, 2026 that Anson Deer took over the city.
"There are so many weird things and the Norwegian government doesn't even bother to find someone to take care of it," he muttered, yawning.
It was only the monsters in the first round of copies, and it was very easy to deal with them. He summoned his most tacit old partner, the Queen Statue, and killed each monster with one sword. In just ten minutes, he solved the problem of all the monsters entrenched in the city.
As for the local boss, it is a huge snow wolf.
Anson Lu summoned out the Dark Light Dragon he got from Anson Lu to solve the problem. In front of this legendary chess piece, the boss of the first round of the copy was nothing, and was wiped out in the blink of an eye.
"roar--!!!"
The claws of the Darklight Dragon fell, and the huge snow wolf died and fell to the ground with a bang. Anson Deer exhaled a breath of hot air and happily high-fived the stone statue of the queen beside him.
The stone statue of the queen lowered its head and stared expressionlessly at its cold palm, on which there was still a trace of warmth from the boy's hand.
After a while, she raised her head and looked at the awe-inspiring Dark Light Dragon with her cold eyes. The blue flames in her eyes flickered in the snow.
Just one look and she would know how big the gap in strength was between herself and this dragon, so a layer of loneliness covered the queen's resolute and cold face.
"It's done. You can take a break now, everyone." Anson Lu said lazily.
The Queen statue nodded gently, put her hands behind her back, and waited quietly for Anson Deer to cancel the chess domain so that she could leave as a matter of course.
She also knew in her heart that the occasions when this person would need her would become fewer and fewer in the future.
The monsters in the copy are getting stronger and stronger, and the chess pieces around Anson Deer are also getting stronger and stronger. Originally, she was the most arrogant princess among the stone statues, but now she is just the most ordinary member of the chess library.
The proud and mighty captain, the destructive dark dragon, the blue bird that flies across time, in front of the boy’s new companions, she is nothing and will only be replaced more thoroughly in the future and buried in the dust of history.
Despite this, she would still secretly miss... the time she spent drinking afternoon tea with the young man on the Titanic; in his room, flipping through his favorite books, trying to understand the young master's emotions.
As if sensing what the queen was thinking, Anson Lu opened the guild chat panel and said, "Thank you for your care all along."
The stone statue of the queen was stunned for a moment, her eyes burning with blue flames narrowed slightly, and a barely visible smile flashed across them. Finally, she took Anson Deer's hand and gently kissed the back of his hand.
Anson Lu felt a cool touch from the back of his hand and exhaled a breath of white air.
The chess field was put away, and the Dark Light Dragon and the Queen's stone statue left one after another.
The young man looked around. Liukan Town was empty, as if the whole world was in cold tones, and everything was a depressing dark blue - dull sky, dull snow, dull mountains, dull trees, dull houses, and dull paths.
The mirror equipment that the townspeople had spent huge amounts of money to build had also been destroyed by the monster, and the sunlight could no longer pass through the mirror and shine into the square in the center of the town.
The sunlight that shines on this small town is all swallowed up by the surrounding mountains. Everything is so dead silent, yet so desolate and peaceful, as if it is an isolated haven.
Anson Lu put his hands in his pockets and said softly, "Anyway, although it's a bit deserted, it's quite suitable for seclusion."
After dealing with a series of matters, he used the union panel to call the four people from Hell Lighthouse.
Before arriving in Liukan Town alone, Anson Lu had already made an appointment with them - they were responsible for bringing all the necessary furniture for the move, and he was responsible for clearing out the local monsters.
Compared to the former, Anson Lu felt that the latter was much easier.
Soon, Asuka Uesugi, Chu Qimo, Yuri, and Urushihara Ritsu came to Liukan Town one after another with travel coupons. Not only that, even Yuliu flew over from Chicago.
"What do you mean?" Anson Lu exhaled hot air into his hands and rubbed his palms. "Are you all satisfied? If not, it will be difficult to find a new base."
"It's freezing and snowy..." Asuka Uesugi held her forehead and sighed, "Besides, there's not even a bit of sunshine in this geographical environment. You're really good at finding a place, my Deer President."
"I don't think it's a big problem." Yuliu said expressionlessly.
"Really?" Anson Deer tilted his eyebrows.
Chu Qimo held up the notebook and raised an objection: "President, Yuliu's opinion does not count. After all, he is wandering around the United States all day long and does not need to live with us."
"That's true." Anson Lu curled his lips.
"Whatever happens, how about trying to live here for a while?" Urushihara Ritsu smiled. "If it doesn't work, we can go to Chicago to join Yuliu later."
"What a joke! When the rankings are updated, the number one in Chicago will definitely be 'Old Chess Player'. Where can you hide then? The official people will find you immediately." Yuliu said with a sneer.
"So, I can only choose a place like this where no one lives. No matter which city I go to, I will definitely be the strongest. When the whole city announces my name, what can I do?"
"Even though it's true, why does it sound so infuriating?" Asuka's eyes twitched.
"Right, you all admit that this is reality, without any narcissism or exaggeration, okay?"
"Okay, I won't be picky anymore." Uesugi Asuka let out a long sigh and said slowly, "First, find a house to live in, clean it up, and then put out the daily necessities."
At this moment, Yuri was looking around with clear eyes.
She was born in a dock village in Iceland, which is also covered with ice and snow most of the year, not much different from the town of Rjukan.
Chu Qimo had traveled around the world with his master since he was young, and he had been to places with colder climates. Urushihara Ritsu didn't need to say much, as the world's number one gambler, he had connections all over the world, so he had naturally seen all kinds of scenes.
But it's different for Asuka Uesugi and Lu Anson: one of them grew up in the United States and Japan, and the other grew up in the eastern region of China. They have rarely lived in an environment with such a harsh climate and so few people.
Anson Deer approached the silent white-haired girl and asked for her opinion.
"Do you like it here?"
“I don’t like it, but I don’t hate it either.”
"Does it remind you of your hometown?" Anson Lu asked in a low voice.
"It doesn't matter."
"It would be better if it were related." Anson Lu sighed and ruffled her soft white hair. "We will have to live here for a long time."
“Anywhere…” the Icelandic girl whispered.
At this point, she covered the lower half of her face with a book and added, "It's good that you're here."
Her voice was so soft that it was almost drowned out by the howling wind and snow, but it was clearly heard by Anson Lu.
Anson Deer was stunned for a moment, nodded, and said incoherently: "Ah, me too, um, that's good."
“Can we ski here?”
"That should be possible. I'll help you find a ski resort later?" Anson pinched his chin with his deer hand and said seriously, "Or...we can just ski on the mountain. I'll ask the Darklight Dragon to help open a ski trail?"
Yuri put his hand on his chin, thought for a moment, and nodded slightly. He seemed to think it was quite interesting. It was his first time to open up a ski trail by himself.
"Anyway, it's a rare occasion to move, so be happy." Anson Lu said thoughtfully, "It's not good to stay at Shangshi all the time, it will remind me of the people I hate."
After the principal left, he was somewhat reluctant to stay in Shangshi High School, because this familiar school had changed for him and he could never go back to the way it was before.
Anson Lu often thinks of the person who, upon seeing him, would pat his shoulder and force him to go to the principal's office to drink tea and play chess. That person is no longer with us, but he seems to be connected to that scene and cannot be separated from it.
So, for a long time, he would rather go back to his shabby apartment to rest alone every day than stay in the school dormitory to sleep.
"President, can you please find a house to live in first before coming here to talk about love?" Chu Qimo's voice sounded faintly in Ansenlu's ears.
The tips of Yuri's ears turned red and he was speechless for a moment.
Ansen Lu's face also turned red. He retorted with a curse: "Where is the love story?! Teacher Chu, can you please stop slandering me? Are you going to write this fantasy in your diary?"
"So, what are you doing?!" From a distance, Asuka, who was already looking at the house, shouted at them.
"Lu Jun, there are a lot of houses here." Urushihara Ritsu reminded, "If you keep dragging your feet, the place you like might be picked up by us first."
"Here we come, here we come!" Anson Deer took Yuri's hand and ran towards the three people in the snow.
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