Cannon Fodder Counterattack System (XII)

“Rustle—”

A piece of snow fell from the sky, carrying a nearly pitch-black dead branch, and landed at Cui Lan's feet.

The leaves on the branches were all covered with white translucent ice crystals, which broke into several pieces when they hit the ground.

Shang Li sat on Cui Lan's shoulder and raised his head to look.

Countless straight trees stood in an orderly manner in the thick snow. Among them, there was a giant tree that was so thick that it required three adults to hug it.

The snow-covered treetops stood out alone, at the highest point in the entire forest, making other trees that would be considered tall when viewed individually seem dwarfed.

The sky was a gloomy gray, and the whole thing looked like a painting drawn only with ink on paper.

The pixel man instinctively turned his head to look at Cui Lan, but he didn't expect to meet a pair of silver eyes that turned the same way.

Cui Lan has extremely pale eyes. When he was a child, he was led by Shang Li for walking outside, and people often mistakenly thought he was blind.

Shang Li does not agree with this.

He looked at those eyes that did not reflect his own figure, and thought:

But these are not a pair of eyes that humans can grow naturally.

It is said that the eyes are the windows to the soul. Although this sentence describes emotions, it can also be applied to supernatural powers.

Superpowers are the essence of the soul. In some cases, superpowers will affect appearance, such as his red data and red pupils, and Cui Lan's silver sword light and silver pupils.

Thinking of this, Shang Li checked his memory and confirmed that he already had such a pair of eyes since he picked up Cui Lan that year.

Rather than when the supernatural powers awaken many years later.

"What are you staring at me for?"

The fluttering snowflakes swayed and fell on Cui Lan's raised eyelashes.

He blinked his eyelids lightly, shaking off the snowflakes. "Even if you're mentally ill, you can still stare at me in a daze?"

His long raven hair and shoulders were dotted with white. If it weren't for the bright red scarf around his neck, his entire body would have blended perfectly into the snowy scene.

Shang Li shook his head, "I was just thinking that you should be familiar with this place."

Cui Lan raised her eyelids and looked around, then nodded, "Indeed."

There is no doubt that this is the place where Shang Li found himself.

Before they moved to the urban area of ​​Yan City, Shang Li would drag him for a walk in the woods almost every year on that day, and then take a shortcut to the town to buy cakes.

It is euphemistically called the anniversary of "Xiao Cui becoming a member of the family."

Cui Lan actually had no interest in running around in the snow that was thick enough to cover his calves in such a cold weather, but Shang Li always looked very excited, so he couldn't help but follow him.

But Shang Li was a naughty and playful person at that time, and he always liked to hide suddenly for him to find.

"Really? What if I can't find you?"

The young Cui Lan waved his short arms wrapped in thick clothes, panting and pushing away a snowman's head, and said to Shang Li, who was squatting in the snow and wrapped like a ball, "Are you going to stay in the snow and not come out?!"

"How could that be? You will definitely find it~"

Shang Li groaned twice and domineeringly asked Cui Lan to pull him up.

This time he made preparations in advance and piled up many identical snowmen everywhere in the forest.

He brought Cui Lan to the front of the snowman, then suddenly slipped away. After Cui Lan left, he quietly returned to the original place, slipped into the original one, and squatted there motionless for more than half an hour.

I almost squatted to death.

However, the person who was almost killed stretched out his two hands nonchalantly and dispersed the white air that was constantly exhaled by the person in front of him as if playing a game.

Seeing this, Cui Lan angrily slapped his flailing claws away, "I'm talking to you seriously, do you know that you almost killed yourself?!"

"I'm obviously talking to you seriously."

Shang Li's eyelids drooped immediately when he heard this.

He grabbed Cui Lan's hand and shook it left and right, "I just have super, super much confidence in you."

"How could you not find me?"

Cui Lan: "Do you really have to make me worry so much?"

"You should also have some confidence in yourself, Xiao Cui." Shang Li replied with a grin.

“…”

Cui Lan felt like her head was about to explode.

This situation of being teased in different ways continued until that incident happened.

Perhaps knowing that he had been hit, Shang Li replaced the routine game of hide-and-seek with a walk in the snow.

Although it was said to be a place for sightseeing, Cui Lan had no idea what was so beautiful about it. It was not as good as the crooked plum blossom in the yard next door.

However, thanks to Shang Li, even after so many years, he can still know where he is with his eyes closed.

[I am familiar with it too! ]

The pixel man made another mechanical sound, which was 031.

Its mechanical voice carried an unconcealed excitement, [Host! This is where I landed!]

Shang Li was startled, remembering that 031 originally intended to use Xiao Jiang as the host.

"So Xiao Jiang is here too?"

Cui Lan asked.

"I have no idea."

Shang Li answered.

His voice came directly into his mind through the wind and snow. His originally warm and gentle voice seemed to be coated with a layer of ice along with the environment, becoming stiff and cold.

"As you said before, I spent very little time with Xiao Jiang, and I didn't have time to make up my mind about him."

Cui Lan: “…”

"What about the previous position?"

“The system told me.”

Cui Lan raised his eyebrows and was about to say something when 031 continued speaking.

【I, I, I, I'll answer! 】

[In fact, I felt the guidance from somewhere, so I secretly told the host to go this way! ]

031 The voice was aggrieved, [I just subjectively thought that was the positioning that the host had made before. 】

[Don't blame the host! ]

Cui Lan: “…”

He stared at the pixel man and said silently:

Is this the system you taught?

The pixel figures are in a state of unstoppable movement, like humanoid robots.

Well, maybe it was originally man and machine.

Cui Lan exhaled a long breath of white air and began to walk in a certain direction.

“I’ve been wanting to ask this for a long time.”

Cui Lan used a long knife to clear the snow in front of her while pulling at the scarf around her neck. "Why does the tone of this system sound so similar to yours?"

[Of course the host and I have a tacit understanding and are like brothers and sisters. We are super destined to be together! ]

031Hehe smile.

Shang Li: “…”

"Oh, it's great that we got along so well in just two months."

Cui Lan said calmly: "As expected, we have to share the same interests."

“…”

"I must state that you always come first in Shang Li's heart."

The pixel man said the sweet words calmly, "Besides, I'm not familiar with 031. He became like this most likely because he was affected by my data."

"Why are you in such a hurry to explain?"

Cui Lan couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth, "Isn't there something wrong with the emotional function?"

After being together for so many years, he has long been immune to the sour words of love, and he can even respond without blushing or heartbeat.

Shang Li: “…”

The pixel man sat on his shoulder and said steadily, "This is how a normal system should work."

After saying this, he pushed out 568, which had been curled up in his body.

"Bang."

Little blue balls popped out from the pixel man.

[I, I am the plot correction system 568! ]

It trembled and walked around in front of Cui Lan, introduced itself, and then quickly shrank back into the body of the pixel man, as if it was afraid that Cui Lan would eat it.

Plot corrections.

Cui Lan remembered that Shang Li once casually mentioned that they should act according to the plot of this system.

"What about 031?"

[I am the host's direct descendant! ]

031 Hum twice.

"Its existence is very special, and I don't know what's going on yet."

Business left the road.

“Crackle, crackle—”

A slight vibration suddenly sounded in the distance and caught the attention of both of them.

The sound was fleeting, as if it was just an illusion.

"Anyone?"

Shang Li quickly left his shoulder and floated to the top of a tree high up, carefully capturing every movement in the forest.

Soon, he saw a figure running away with difficulty on the snow.

"Eleven o'clock."

The ghost pointed his finger, and Cui Lan immediately rushed out like a sturdy black panther.

Since it would affect his movement on the snow, he would just step on the tree trunks and jump between the trees.

In just two breaths, Cui Lan saw the prey after positioning himself.

The man was short and thin, and in such cold weather, he was only wearing two thin cotton coats.

Shang Li set up a shield without being reminded, so the thin man didn't notice that two people were following him.

He lowered his head and muttered to himself, "Fuck, this Jiang kid is going to die!"

Last name Jiang?

Hearing the familiar words, Cui Lan threw the sheathed long sword directly and hit the man's back of the head accurately.

“Bang!”

With a muffled sound, the thin man immediately fell to the ground in the snow and stopped moving.

Cui Lan quickly reached him, turned him over, and saw the baby in his arms.

The baby looked less than one year old. He was only as long as the chopsticks used in hot pot restaurants. Half of his body was exposed, his face was purple and red, and he didn't say a word.

Upon seeing this, Cui Lan quickly wrapped the baby in her scarf and held him in her arms to keep him warm.

"Can you look up this child's information?"

He asked Shang Li.

"No need."

The pixelated man slowly floated down with the snowflakes and sat back on his shoulder. "He is Xiao Jiang."

Then he looked around and said, "That's where I found you."

[Host, host, I was born into this child back then! ]

031 suddenly started to scream, "I remember it clearly! The host at that time scolded me because I didn't want to start the mission from a baby!"

[I was wondering how I could have traveled through time and space to the wrong person! ]

After hearing this, the two of them paused for two seconds.

"Were you the system in Xiao Jiang's body?" Cui Lan frowned.

[Yes, yes, because my mission is to save the current host. ]

031The sound became quieter.

"Then why did it happen to me?" Shang Li asked.

[I forgot…]

031 The voice became smaller, [I remember that before the host left the snow, I fell into hibernation, and then woke up at sea, and became your system. ]

"Xiao Jiang is just seven years younger than us."

Shang Li lay beside the scarf and looked at the child who was beginning to recover his anger. He suddenly mentioned their ages, "Cui Lan, when I met you, it was exactly the year Xiao Jiang was born."

"You once said that you couldn't remember anything before the age of seven, and you collapsed in the snow for no apparent reason. This is probably related to this incident."

“…”

Upon hearing this, Cui Lan rubbed his brows with a headache.

Tsk.

He held the baby Xiao Jiang in one hand and lifted the thin man's upper body with the other.

Shang Li cooperated and used his special powers to distort his senses and slapped the man twice to wake him up.

"What date is today?" Cui Lan asked coldly.

The thin man answered dazedly, "Yes, it was the 22nd of the month of Ramadan."

It happened to be the day I took Cui Lan home.

Shang Li thought.

"What year is it?"

"Uh...2001."

The year is correct too.

Shang Li made the thin man faint, then looked up at the gloomy sky again.

It’s probably not time for me to go to the snow yet.

Cui Lan, who is only seven years old...where will she appear from?