Chapter 1647

They merged side by side into the flow of people on Silver Cross Avenue on Wednesday evening. The bustling pedestrians each moved along their own life trajectories, and in the sky, under the sunset, was the gray mist shrouding the city.

This was another ordinary Tuesday, another ordinary day in spring. Xia De didn't know how long such peace could last, or perhaps, a new disaster would soon manifest around him again.

But at least through that indifferent emotion and empty heart, he had already understood himself, understood all the ties that he, an outsider, had in this world.

This matter would not change him, but it made Xia De cherish everything he possessed even more. He hoped that such days could last forever, and he hoped that, just as Hela Osenfort had blessed, all love could always be by his side.

"This seems a bit greedy."

Walking on the street, looking at the prosperous streetscape of the steam industrial era, Xia De sighed silently in his heart.

Suddenly, he turned his head again to look at Yin Yi Yi Lu Na's profile and asked softly:

"Yin Yi Yi Lu Na, if I said that I could pay any price to protect everything I cherish, do you think this is correct?"

Yin Yi Yi Lu Na also turned her head to look at him, looking at that face illuminated by the increasingly brilliant sunset. She narrowed her eyes slightly:

"Of course it's correct, because I think the same way."

Yin Yi Yi Lu Na said softly, the excitement in her heart making her blush a little. She knew that Xia De and she were essentially the same kind of person, and only they were the same kind of person:

"Mortals are too insignificant; being able to grasp the things around you is already happy enough."

This was also her answer to "what if," and she firmly believed that she was the one who grasped the balance.

When having dinner, the two did not talk about those sensitive topics. Because he was embarrassed to eat with Yin Yi Yi Lu Na while the bill was still on Lei Lei Qianya or Miss Jia Lin Na's account, Xia De did not choose to dine at a restaurant on Silver Cross Avenue this time—all the restaurants on that street assumed that Xia De wouldn't pay for himself.

He finally chose to dine at "Mary Antari Restaurant" located in the east of St. Deran Square; the name was the name of the restaurant owner's late wife. Although located in a prosperous position in the city center, in fact, more than thirty years ago, when it was first inherited by the current owner from his late elder, it was just a tavern and barbecue shop. It was only because of the excellent location that, over time, it gradually developed into a high-end restaurant, favored by celebrities and nobles.

The restaurant's signature dish is still the barbecue favored by Little Mia, especially the roast beef and roast lamb. Paired with herb sauce and vegetables, the delicious taste was praised even by Xia De, who didn't have high requirements for food.

"The decoration is very nice, with a rich classical style. Look, those portraits of celebrities actually have signatures!"

It was Yin Yi Yi Lu Na's first time dining here, and during dinner, she even discussed the decoration here with Xia De.

"Literary and artistic celebrities love to dine here; Miss Dorothy Louisa told me about this place. She said she often dines here with her writer friends. However, even Dorothy now doesn't have the qualifications to have her portrait hung on the wall... after all, she's just a popular novelist."

Xia De introduced, while Yin Yi Yi Lu Na looked around with great interest. With her salary and subsidies, it was of course no problem to eat here, but who she came with was the problem. Calculating the cost of this meal in her heart, she planned that when she had time, she could invite Xia De and Luweiya to dine here together again.

After dinner, Xia De originally wanted to go home with Yin Yi Yi Lu Na to talk about things. But Yin Yi Yi Lu Na heard that Xia De wanted to go to Mid-Hill Fort in a while to have a bottle of blood identified by the old witch, so she took the initiative to say she wanted to go with him:

"Anyway, I can also use those doors in your basement. And, walking alone at night on Sikar Mountain would be very boring, right?"

What she said also made sense, so Xia De brought Little Mia along too. Since it was a night walk, it was good to let the cat breathe some fresh air.

After walking out of the ruined tower in the mountains of Sikar Mountain, the two used the good moonlight in the mountains to cross the forest and find the main road down the mountain.

Their pace was fast. Yin Yi Yi Lu Na walked side by side with Xia De, looking at the scenery of Mid-Hill Fort at the foot of the mountain, and finally opened the conversation about the main business:

"New news from the church. In the last two or three months, abnormal spatial transfer phenomena have frequently appeared in the material world."

Her voice was very steady:

"This is the same type of phenomenon, specifically referring to an individual walking who suddenly appears in a distant location; its essence is the spatial chaos of the material world. Of course, this phenomenon has actually always existed, but it is very rare, quite rare. Therefore, it was only recently, when the frequency of events became abnormally high, that the report was submitted to the Holy See."

"Does this have anything to do with the Chosen One of Space?"

"Yes, after counting the number of accidents, it was found that if all events are connected together, it will actually form a large web centered on the Green Lake area. Because the sample data is very large, such a conclusion can be trusted—the center of the abnormal spatial phenomenon is the Green Lake area."

"I've only heard that Randall Valley is the center of the earth in mysticism, but I've never heard that Green Lake is the center of space."

"There is indeed no such saying, but it is clear that some kind of abnormality has appeared in the Green Lake area, which in turn has affected the entire material world. This is not necessarily man-made, and it may also be another damn natural phenomenon."

Xia De then recounted his joint investigation with the witch in the Green Lake area yesterday, which was Monday. When recounting the great battle on the lake at night, the seventeen-year-old girl frowned deeply:

"That witch is really useless, actually letting you face such great danger... Central Island and the Invisible Island? It's only been a day since the incident, the Tobesk diocese only heard that something happened there, but hasn't received more news, but there will definitely be accurate intelligence tomorrow."

"What will the spatial anomalies of the material world surrounding the Green Lake area lead to?"

Xia De put the cat, which was squinting and dozing, on his shoulder instead of continuing to hold it. Although Mia wasn't very heavy, it was troublesome to hold it all the time.

"Weakening the stability of the material world's space, thereby loosening those ancient subspace seals. A more serious problem is that such constant piercing and connecting of originally stable space will cause larger-scale spatial anomaly accidents, forming chaotic spatial areas that humans cannot set foot in, further compressing the material world, the areas where intelligent life can survive, until the collapse of the entire world."

Yin Yi Yi Lu Na said, and Xia De sighed:

"The problems are really getting more serious one after another, it's hard to imagine what will be waiting for us in the end."

Yin Yi Yi Lu Na wanted to make a small joke, but looking at Xia De beside her, and on this mountain road under the spring moonlit night, she suddenly grabbed his hand. And in Xia De's view, the relationship between the two had long surpassed friendship, so he was not very surprised by this, while Yin Yi Yi Lu Na suppressed the excited pounding of her heart and said with a smile:

"When the Chosen One of Chaos and the Witch appears, will the disaster be that all life is transformed into females, thereby ending all civilization within a generation?"

"That's too scary, let's not tell such ghost stories so late at night."

Xia De also laughed. He found that although Yin Yi Yi Lu Na was not very old, being with her always gave people a sense of peace. Her face was immature, but she was always very rational and did things very steadily.

This was also Yin Yi Yi Lu Na's view of Xia De and Luweiya.

As for the alchemical item provided by Yin Yi Yi Lu Na to Xia De for keeping warm in the snow mountains during the upcoming "Seven-Day Journey," it was a pure gold bracelet with complex carvings.

The bracelet was carved with religious symbols commonly used by the Church of the Sun, and only by looking closely could one find some runes representing "earth." And at the four opposite positions of the bracelet, there were complete sun patterns in different forms.

The bracelet was carefully taken out by Yin Yi Yi Lu Na and handed to Xia De. Xia De could feel the warmth on the bracelet; he couldn't even tell whether it was Yin Yi Yi Lu Na's body temperature or the temperature of this powerful alchemical item itself.

"Similar to my 'Sunlight Gun Brooch,' I made this using the same method. Wearing it, you can use a weakened version of 'Earth Power: Earth Energy Cannon' once. Even if you don't use it to keep warm, it can help you experience the feeling of huge energy output."

Yin Yi Yi Lu Na explained in a very good mood:

"However, the difficulty of making this is much greater than the Sunlight Gun Brooch, and the power is not comparable to the sorcery I use myself. But the basic functions are complete. Except for one-time use, if you put the bracelet in your palm and then light a fire in your palm, you can form a tiny cluster of flames. That is the flame from the sun and the earth, no matter the situation, it can provide you with temperature."

"Meow~"

The restless cat opened its eyes, climbed down along Xia De's arm, and lay on his arm, sniffing the bracelet he was holding, looking very interested.

It was just that when Xia De smiled and wanted to put the bracelet on its little paw, the cat avoided it with great disdain.

"Don't go, come over and try lighting it."

Xia De temporarily let go of Yin Yi Yi Lu Na's hand, holding the bracelet in one hand and grabbing Little Mia's scruff with the other. He aimed the cat's head at the bracelet and then shook it gently a few times. The reluctant cat understood Xia De's meaning, so it opened its mouth and "meowed," and sure enough, a few sparks appeared.

Under normal circumstances, those sparks would struggle to light a pile of dead leaves, but after touching the bracelet in Xia De's palm, golden flames that made people feel happy immediately jumped up inside the ring of the bracelet.

Warm, relaxing, comfortable, the just-right warmth dispelled the slight chill of the mountain night in spring, even more comfortable than lying in front of the fireplace reading a book in winter.