Chapter 97 Finale

As night fell, the moonlight shone on the vast snowy plain.

The cabin was quiet, with only the fire in the fireplace making a slight crackling sound.

Su Wudeng curled up in the soft quilt. The running around and tension in recent days made her sleep deeply.

But in her dream, she seemed to see a familiar figure.

…

At nine o'clock in the evening, she woke up in a daze.

"Hmm…" Rubbing her sleepy eyes, she stretched her back subconsciously.

This sleep was so comfortable that she felt relaxed for the whole afternoon.

The voices of her friends came from outside the window, and she turned on her computer and found that they were all urging messages.

"Manager, if you wake up, come quickly. The hot spring is ready and waiting for you."

"Oh my god, the hot spring here is super comfortable! Come quickly!"

"Soak in the hot spring and see the night view. It's so beautiful. If you don't come, you will miss the aurora!"

"Manager? Are you still sleeping?"

...

"Hot spring?" Su Wudeng thought that everyone knew how to enjoy themselves.

She turned on the light in the room and took out the swimsuit she had prepared from the suitcase.

But wait, she didn't know where the hot spring was!

Just as she was about to send a message to everyone to ask for directions, there was a light knock on the door.

"Knock, knock, knock."

Then came Brother Chu's voice: "I see the light in your room is on, you must be awake? Do you want to go to the hot spring? There are a lot of food prepared there. If you go now, you might even be able to see the aurora."

Su Wudeng's eyes lit up all of a sudden. There are food and aurora to see? Then you must go!

"Okay! I'll be right there!" She blurted out almost immediately.

She put on her clothes and opened the door. Brother Chu was standing outside.

The lights in the corridor outlined a soft outline behind Brother Chu. He lowered his head slightly and his eyes met hers.

At an arm's length away, she smelled the pine scent on him, mixed with the scent of snow outside.

She subconsciously took a half step back.

The distance was too close, so close that she could see the snowflakes on his eyelashes that had not yet melted, and so close that she could see the light dancing in his eyes.

Brother Chu seemed unaware, and he smiled slightly, "Let's go."

The two of them walked one after the other on the snowy path, and the hot spring area behind the wooden house gradually appeared in front of them.

In the middle were two large pools, and everyone was eating, drinking, and having a great time.

"Why don't you choose this pool on the side?" Brother Chu pointed to the slightly more remote hot spring pool, "Eat something first before you go over to play. You must be hungry after sleeping for an afternoon, right?"

Su Wudeng then noticed that the stone table beside the pool was full of food.

Steaming oden, fragrant grilled rice cakes, and various snacks.

Moreover, although this location is quiet, it can have a panoramic view of the beautiful scenery of the entire snow area, and it is slightly shielded from the main pool, so it will not be disturbed by other people.

When did he prepare these?

Su Wudeng's stomach made a slight sound at the right time, and she was suddenly a little embarrassed.

Brother Chu chuckled: "Go, I asked the kitchen to prepare stomach-warming food."

Su Wudeng no longer hesitated and went to change into her swimsuit.

The hot spring pool exuded wisps of water vapor, floating like a layer of gauze in the moonlight.

She carefully put her feet into the water, and the warm feeling instantly spread from her toes to her whole body.

She slowly slid into the water, and the heat immediately enveloped her whole body.

The water temperature was just right, as if every pore was stretching joyfully, and her whole body was immediately wrapped in the warm water.

She couldn't help but let out a sigh of satisfaction, and her whole body softened.

"It's so comfortable."

"This is what life is all about."

The aroma of food on the stone table wafted over, making her stomach growl again.

She reached out and grabbed a string of oden, and the moment the hot soup entered her mouth, her whole body was warm.

"Perfect match!"

After eating and drinking a large cup of hot tea, she sighed with satisfaction.

At this moment, she caught a glimpse of Brother Chu still standing in the corridor not far away.

He stood in the shadow of the moonlight, looking at the noisy crowd in the distance.

In the steam, his figure seemed a little blurry, and somehow, she suddenly had an idea.

"Brother Chu, how about you come down and play with us?"

Brother Chu immediately showed a surprised expression, "Is it okay?"

"Will it not disturb you?"

"Of course not!" Su Wudeng said with a smile, who would refuse such a handsome guy!

Brother Chu immediately went to change his clothes, who knew that he would come back soon, and directly chose to be in the same pool with her.

He coughed lightly and explained: "I see they are having a great time, and your side... is quite quiet."

When he said this, his eyes looked particularly beautiful against the reflection of the water vapor, and his wet eyes looked straight at her.

Su Wudeng looked a little dazed, and the joyous sounds coming from afar seemed to be separated by a layer of gauze, making this small world seem even more quiet and private.

She subconsciously thought in her heart, it is indeed Brother Chu, who is still so considerate and caring for others.

In the mist, the water ripples gently, and Brother Chu sits diagonally opposite, at a perfect distance.

Su Wudeng couldn't help but take a look.

At this moment, a gorgeous light suddenly lit up in the sky.

The lavender light band danced in the night sky like silk, gradually fading into emerald green, and then slowly transitioning to a gentle pink.

The halo enveloped the entire snowfield, dyeing the sky into a dreamy color.

"Wow! Aurora!" The next pool suddenly became boiling.

"So beautiful! Oh my god, how can it be so beautiful!"

"Take a picture! Take another picture for me!"

"This color is too dreamy! It is indeed the work of nature!"

Cheers came one after another.

Su Wudeng also looked up at the flowing light. The water vapor condensed into tiny water droplets in the air, reflecting the color of the aurora, as if countless stars fell around.

"I'm a little thirsty..." Brother Chu's voice suddenly rang out.

Su Wudeng came to her senses and saw that there was still some grape juice on the stone table in front of her that she hadn't drunk.

She was about to reach out and push it over, but Brother Chu had already stood up.

Drops of water slid down his chest, and he walked towards her, with tiny ripples on the water behind him.

Su Wudeng's breathing stagnated.

Amid the mist, Brother Chu's figure was getting closer and closer, and she could even feel the water gently pushing her because of his movement.

She subconsciously wanted to move, but it was too sudden and she tripped Brother Chu instead.

At this moment, he didn't have time to react, and the whole person fell towards her.

"Be careful--"

There was no time to dodge, and his hand was supported on the wall of the pool on her side.

Su Wudeng raised her head, saw his eyelashes, and saw her own shadow reflected in his eyes.

The sound of water rippled gently in her ears, and she heard her own heartbeat, so fast that it seemed to burst out of her chest.

In the mist, Chu Ge's outline became soft and hazy, and water droplets slid down his jaw and dripped onto her collarbone, causing a shudder.

She suddenly felt her cheeks were very hot, and the lips in front of her seemed very kissable.

She felt that she must have been dizzy from the hot spring, otherwise how could...

But before her brain could make a decision, her body had already leaned forward slightly.

A light touch, the soft touch made her heart tremble.

Then it left as soon as it touched.

Chu Ge had beautiful eyes, and he looked at her in astonishment. She thought that she was a little hasty.

She was about to say something to explain, but suddenly she felt a warm palm holding the back of her head.

The next second, he lowered his head and kissed her.

The lips were soft, with the heat of hot springs.

Su Wudeng felt as if she was immersed in a mist, even her breathing became light.

The aurora gave everything a bright color, and time seemed to become blurry and unreal at this moment.

Maybe it was one second, maybe five seconds, before he left.

"Little liar," he said, "you clearly promised me that the next vacation would be just you and me."

Su Wudeng's brain froze instantly.

Wait...

these words...

"Brother Chu, you... you remembered?" She looked at him in shock.

But as soon as the words came out of her mouth, she was stunned.

No, if he remembered, then her actions just now would not have hindered Brother Chu, who was a general!

And it was so perfect to form this posture and distance?

Unless, Brother Chu did it on purpose!

She looked up in shock and met his smiling eyes.

Behind him was the aurora, the snowfield, and the whole world.

"When I re-established the contract with Chenchen, I remembered everything."

He admitted frankly.

"So..."

He did everything on purpose.

The water rippled gently, and he sat down next to Su Wudeng, reached out and clasped her hand, interlocking their fingers.

"So, Miss Su Wudeng, are you willing to be with me?"

The aurora cast colorful colors on the water, and she felt the warmth from her palms and the lines on his palms.

The regret that she thought she had missed in another time line was finally fulfilled at this moment.

She turned to look at him, and her shadow was reflected in his eyes, gentle and calm.

"Although you are a little cunning, but..."

She said, "I am willing."

...

The nightclub in the snowfield is very long. Su Wudeng leaned on Brother Chu's shoulder and sat together.

The warm water was rippling gently, and she felt that such a night would never end.

"By the way," Brother Chu suddenly said, "after recovering my memory, I remembered one thing."

"I have been to the old site of the five major families, and the underground there... seems to be something wrong."

"Wrong?" Su Wudeng immediately sat up straight.

Brother Chu nodded: "I can't tell, but I always feel that there is something hidden there. It's just that the situation was urgent at the time, and I didn't have time to check it carefully."

He turned to look at Su Wudeng: "Do you want to go and have a look?"

Su Wudeng's heart skipped a beat.

Although the laboratory issue has been resolved, the origin of the system and why she appeared here still have no answers.

Maybe... this is the key to unlocking the truth?

"Okay, let's go and see together."

...

Three days later.

The weather in the capital was unusually clear, and the sun shone on the former sites of the five major families, casting a bleak picture.

The once magnificent buildings are now nothing, leaving only a piece of unused ruins.

She walked through the ruins, and Brother Chu walked behind her.

The ground was covered with thick dust, indicating that no one had been here for a long time.

At this moment, she suddenly felt a strange force pulling her.

She stopped and found that the golden feather she carried with her was emitting a faint light.

It was the endless feathers of the experimental subject, and now, it was actually glowing!

Brother Chu also noticed the anomaly, turned around and asked, "What is this?"

"This is... endless feathers." Su Wudeng looked at the increasingly bright light in shock, "When I destroyed the laboratory, it just floated into my hand." The

golden light flashed.

Suddenly, the golden feathers slowly rose up and gently floated in the air.

The soft golden light was like a ribbon, extending into the distance.

"It seems to be guiding us." Su Wudeng held his breath.

Brother Chu nodded: "Follow it."

The two followed the golden light closely, passing through the weed-covered courtyard and bypassing the collapsed wall.

The sunlight was gradually obscured by the shadows of the trees, and a faint scent of sandalwood floated in the air.

After walking for about half an hour, the scenery in front of us suddenly opened up.

"This is..." Su Wudeng looked at the scene in front of him and was shocked and speechless.

An ancient temple stood quietly on the mountainside, and a faint mist lingered between the halls.

On the vermilion lintel, the three ancient characters "Longming Temple" were faintly visible.

The temple looked very old, but there was no sense of dilapidation.

There were a few leaves on the bluestone steps, and no one had cleaned them.

"It's so strange, I've never heard of a temple here." Brother Chu frowned.

The light of the golden feathers became brighter and brighter, and it flew straight to the temple gate.

"Since we are already here, let's go in and see what is going on."

Su Wudeng said as she took a step forward. However, the moment she stepped over the threshold, a strange feeling swept over her body.

It was as if she had passed through something.

At this moment, she suddenly found that Brother Chu beside her was gone.

"Brother Chu?" Her heart suddenly tightened.

She immediately turned around, and the moment she rushed out of the temple gate, Brother Chu's figure appeared in front of her again.

He was still standing on the steps. When he saw her coming out, he immediately asked, "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine," Su Wudeng breathed a sigh of relief, "But Brother Chu, why can't you get in?"

Brother Chu frowned, "I found that I couldn't get in. Every time I tried to cross the threshold, it was like hitting an invisible wall."

He thought thoughtfully, "I guess there should be some kind of restriction here, and... it seems that only you can get in."

Su Wudeng didn't expect it to be like this. Could it really be related to the system?

"Brother Chu, then you wait for me outside." She took a deep breath. Now that things have come to this, she might be able to find the answer by going in.

Stepping back into the temple, everything was very quiet.

In the courtyard, ancient trees are towering, tree shadows are swaying, and the ground is covered with thick fallen leaves.

"It seems like no one has been here for a long time." Su Wudeng murmured.

Passing through the corridor, the bluestone road meandered forward, dotted on both sides with a few unknown plants, exuding a faint fragrance.

Finally, she came to the main hall.

But, the main hall was a bit strange.

Various lifelike auspicious beasts were entwined on the huge stone pillars on both sides.

She looked carefully and identified dragons, phoenixes, unicorns, white tigers, black tortoises, red birds... and so on.

And each one was carved exquisitely, as if it would come to life in the next moment.

Wait, she suddenly discovered that these carvings of auspicious beasts seemed to be moving?

At this moment, something strange happened!

More obvious shadows swayed, rippling like ripples.

Then, those lifelike carvings slowly broke away from the stone pillars and condensed into entities in front of her.

But in the end, only two figures appeared.

It was a dragon and a phoenix!

Su Wudeng was shocked. No, the legendary beast actually existed? !

The golden light dissipated, and a dragon and a phoenix were suspended in the air.

The dragon was covered with shining golden scales, with five sharp claws and a bright light in its eyes.

The phoenix was fiery red, with its tail feathers stretching elegantly like flowing clouds, and a faint golden flame lingering around its body.

"You are finally here." Feng spoke, her voice was gentle and ethereal, "Thank you for saving the world."

Su Wudeng was a little confused by this sudden thank you, and countless questions flashed through her mind.

"Wait, you are all mythical pets?"

"No, how do you know what I did?"

"And... why are you here?"

"Don't mythical pets have the most powerful power?"

She had a series of questions, but what puzzled her more was that since mythical beasts existed, why did she need to save the world?

The phoenix flapped its wings gently, "Don't worry, you will know all the answers."

It landed gracefully on the steps in front of the temple and slowly explained:

"We have lived in seclusion since ancient times. When we discovered that the world had changed, it was too late."

"The things created by humans have made the world inevitably go to destruction."

"At that time, we can only choose to dedicate all the power of the beasts to find a ray of hope."

"And we are trapped here, becoming the source of power and can never leave."

Su Wudeng was still a little confused, "Then why don't you just destroy the evil laboratory?"

She thought, if she was a member of the beast clan, she would hate humans for destroying the world like this, right? She

would definitely destroy all the laboratories.

And they also won't be nice to humans.

But why didn't they do that? Why did they

choose to pin their hopes on a human like her?

The dragon, who had been silent all this time, suddenly snorted coldly: "Hey, can I catch your nuclear bomb with my bare hands? Who can beat you humans?"

Su Wudeng was speechless for a moment.

Well, it seems that the divine beasts have considered the plan to destroy humans, but humans have a restart button in their hands, so they chose her.

Their ultimate goal is to protect this world, not to force humans to destroy it.

Compared with direct confrontation, choosing humans like her as hope is the safest way.

The dragon swung its tail, and its scales made a crisp collision sound: "Do you think we want to hide here and watch the world go to destruction?"

Although the tone is still arrogant, the voice reveals a hint of helplessness.

Su Wudeng was silent.

"But now that the laboratory has been destroyed, will you still be trapped here?"

Feng shook his head gently: "Everything is conserved."

"Only by standing outside the timeline can we manipulate time, so we... can't go back."

"In a sense, we are trapped in this world."

"If you didn't have the feathers of the experimental subject as a medium, you couldn't get in."

Su Wudeng looked at these beasts, feeling both moved and guilty: "Thank you for giving so much to this world..."

"Do you have anything else I can help you with?"

"Or did you call me here just to answer the questions in my heart?"

The air suddenly became quiet.

The dragon suddenly turned his head, and the golden scales shone in the sun.

It swung its tail awkwardly, as if it was struggling with something: "Well... although we are trapped here, the us in the previous timeline have not disappeared."

"We think you are okay, so..."

It hesitated and couldn't say anything. Feng chuckled and took over the conversation: "So we want to ask you for a favor, go and save our childhood."

"Humph!" Long raised his head and said arrogantly, "The fate of other pets can be changed, so there is no reason why ours can't be changed?" But

its tail swung back and forth unconsciously, obviously looking forward to it.

Kind of cute.

Su Wudeng couldn't help laughing and said, "Okay, but you have to tell me the specific information."

"After I find you, I will definitely let you live a happy childhood."

As soon as these words came out, the other auspicious beasts were excited.

"Really?" The most beauty-loving white tiger jumped out first, "Well... I accidentally scratched a scar on my claws when I was a child. You must help me avoid this! Look,"

it stretched out its claws, "this scar has affected me for thousands of years! It's so ugly!"

"And me, and me!"

Qilin also came over: "When I was a child, my friends tricked me into eating chili peppers. It was so spicy that I sneezed for three days. I was so embarrassed, and they laughed at me for a long time..."

Xuanwu said slowly: "When I was young, I was sleepy and missed a meteor shower. I still regret it..."

Even the dragon who had been holding himself up couldn't help it: "When I was learning to fly, I hit a cloud and my horns were knocked a little crooked..."

Su Wudeng didn't know whether to laugh or cry. It turned out that these divine beasts wanted to find her to avoid the dark history of her childhood.

"Okay, okay, don't worry, I'll take care of it!"

"Don't worry, I'll register slowly!"

The sunlight shone through the glazed tiles on the roof of the temple. The beasts lined up obediently, carefully recalling the dark history information of their childhood. Su Wudeng confirmed the time, location and other details one by one.

After a long time, she finally finished registering.

"Okay," she clapped her hands, "Next, you just wait!"

The beasts were satisfied, and Su Wudeng breathed a sigh of relief.

However...

she looked at Long Feng and whispered the last question: "I have another question... Why did you choose me?"

Long Feng looked at each other and did not answer immediately.

Instead, a warm golden light was injected into her brow.

The world suddenly became blurry. The scene in front of me was like glass washed by rain, gradually twisting and reorganizing...

It was a memory from a previous life.

It was raining heavily.

The cold rain poured down, turning the busy subway station into a mess.

The gray sky was very low, and the crowd surged like a tide, accompanied by the sound of umbrellas colliding and hurried footsteps.

No one noticed that a puppy was curled up next to a trash can not far away.

Or maybe they didn't have the time to pay attention. People were too busy, working and going to school...

It was soaked, and its fur was knotted into dirty lumps. The rain flowed down its body and gathered into a small puddle of muddy water on the ground.

The puppy was looking at passers-by timidly with its big wet eyes.

It was sobbing.

No one stopped.

The

despair in the eyes made her heart clench.

But the subway was about to start in five minutes. If she saved the puppy, she would not be able to catch the subway, let alone take the puppy to work.

"No, I don't have time," Su Wudeng forced herself to turn around and held the umbrella handle tightly.

She thought back to the rainy night five years ago.

She had just graduated from college at that time, and it was on such a rainy night that she met a wounded stray cat.

That time, she chose to rescue without hesitation, and missed an important interview opportunity.

Now, history seems to be repeating itself.

She smiled bitterly: "God, you really are kidding me."

Maybe it was one minute, maybe it was five minutes, Su Wudeng, who said she was leaving, didn't move.

She turned around abruptly, walked quickly towards the puppy, then squatted down, held the umbrella at an angle, trying to block the falling rain.

She stretched out her hand -

"Come on, little guy,"

The puppy shrank back, but soon rubbed her hand with its wet nose.

It raised its head and looked at Su Wudeng with its big wet eyes.

There was fear and vigilance in those eyes, but more of it was tears.

"So good."

She gently stroked the puppy's wet head, and even in the cold rain she felt a warm current flowing through her body.

Su Wudeng took off her coat and carefully wrapped the puppy.

A faint tremor and a clear heartbeat came from her arms.

"Let's go, I'll take you home."

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