Chapter 502 Ice Island
There was silence for a while, and then Wang Lin questioned Su Ming in an extremely serious tone:
"Wait! What do you mean? You don't want to bring your girlfriend to the lighthouse? Su Ming, aren't you going too far?"
"I can't leave her here." Su Ming said as a matter of course.
Then Su Ming heard the sound of bottles and jars being knocked over and things being tidied up coming from the opposite side. It seemed that Wang Lin adjusted his sitting position.
"Su Ming, we are the shuttlers between planes, but we cannot interfere with other people's lives at will! If you like her, you can ask the organization for a leave and stay with her until she grows old and rests in peace. The organization allows this situation... but you can't take her away! Have you asked her opinion?"
After listening to this, Su Ming turned to Xia Xiaoyu and said, "Xiaoyu, I may leave this world and go to other places in a few decades. Do you want to stay here or come with me?"
"Of course I'm going with you! Why should I stay here if you leave? Am I going to be a widow?" Xia Xiaoyu was full of surprise and didn't understand why Su Ming asked such a stupid question.
Su Ming nodded as expected, and answered Wang Lin in his mind: "She will definitely agree, just tell her if there is any way to take her away."
"You guys, you talk nonsense all day long, but now you do this kind of thing, it really... really leaves me speechless." Sitting in the warp spaceship, Wang Lin's face was full of disappointment, and he shook his head repeatedly, feeling speechless about his partner's words and actions.
As we all know, those who are qualified to join the Lighthouse and participate in the plane saving cause are all the best in a plane. Each of them has special talents and transcends the boundaries of spirit and body.
For people like them, lifespan is actually a false concept. There is no such thing as aging of the body. The only standard that exists is the state of being.
Whether it is Su Ming, Roland, Qin Yi, or Wang Lin himself, they are all immortals.
However, there is a tragic difference in life expectancy between an ordinary person like Xia Xiaoyu and Su Ming.
It is precisely because of this phenomenon that Su Ming, before he lost his memory, kept saying things like "lifespan theory", "resultless feelings", and "women will only affect your sword-drawing speed".
While the other Lighthouse members were extremely sad because a relationship had to end, only a heartless person like Su Ming was mocking them.
He looked so carefree and complacent at the time. Even Wang Lin, his partner, wanted to beat him up when he recalled it. And when he heard what he said back then -
"He actually fell in love with a woman from the target plane? It seems that this colleague still needs to improve his awareness! How can he save the world while in love? This is just wasting my time!"
"I can understand the sadness of some people. You should learn to be heartless like me... But it's hard to learn, right? Otherwise, how can I be the strongest?"
"Since you've chosen to travel everywhere, you should treat never seeing each other again as a normal thing. Why don't you say goodbye to your friends on the plane properly? Live a carefree life!"
Before he lost his memory, Su Ming was indeed free and easy. His uninhibited personality and ruthless and desireless theories had many fans.
The recordings of his classic sayings were still ringing in her ears. When she first heard them, Wang Lin felt that they made a lot of sense! She even thought that Su Ming was a true philosopher and a natural savior.
But looking at him now, the clown is actually himself.
The emotional connection that Su Ming once considered redundant and unnecessary now appears on him... Is this retribution?
She held her forehead and shook her head, thinking this was too funny.
It was clear that not long ago, this idiot Su Ming had mocked Qin Yi, but it turned out that he was no different from Qin Yi.
Wang Lin pondered for a long time before organizing his words and said, "Su Ming, your girlfriend will eventually die, unlike an immortal like you!"
"There must be a way to make her live longer, right? There are so many special objects in this world alone. The organization I used to work for should have more advanced things, right?" Su Ming replied.
Wang Lin held her forehead in pain. Whether rationally or emotionally, she felt that she was hurt.
She didn't want to say anything more.
"Let's not talk about this issue now. After the mission is completed, if you can still say these words after regaining your memory, I will help you think of a solution. You are like an idiot now! You are talking like an idiot too!" Wang Lin said viciously, and then ended the call unilaterally.
Su Ming tried to call Wang Lin again, but was rejected.
He felt a slight vibration from his flying feet and knew that the airship had reached the shore.
Su Ming followed Liu Lingshan off the boat and left Xia Xiaoyu on board. She could not play a role in the battle against the other members of the Mysterious Eye. Moreover, there were so many wounded members of the Mysterious Eye on the airship that someone was needed to look after them. Xia Xiaoyu was the most suitable target.
As soon as I stepped out of the airship, the cold winter wind blew in my face, scraping my face like a knife.
In the flying snow, the outline of this magnificent city is clearly visible. The nearest buildings are built of tightly sealed square stones, like an ancient fortress. All the buildings that Su Ming sees do not have modern features. When the outside world has entered a new era, this place seems to be still in the distant Middle Ages.
"The climate on Ice Island is even worse and more extreme than that on Furnace Island, and it gets more extreme every year. I didn't feel it was this cold when I came here a few years ago. I think... no one will live here in a while." Liu Lingshan murmured.
"Did they come here because there is no Alliance base here?"
"Well, that should be the case. Besides, the black market here is very powerful. They may come here to get something useful."
"Black market? There is a black market in a place like this?" Su Ming showed doubt. The temperature in this place was unreasonably low, perhaps even colder than the North and South Poles. This place should not be suitable for conducting commercial activities. The population here seemed to be pitifully small.
"Yes, anyway, let's go around and ask people, maybe we can get some news."
Liu Lingshan put on a thick down jacket, blinked, and tiny ice crystals fell from her eyelashes. She jumped to the snow below, waved to Su Ming, and Su Ming jumped down as well.
The two of them walked one after the other on the deserted street. Along the way, Su Ming saw that the doors of the houses on both sides were frozen in ice, and he couldn't help but frown.
"Isn't there someone here who shovels snow regularly? Otherwise the house will be buried in the snow."
"Some people do shovel snow, but most people only shovel the snow in front of their houses. You don't have to worry about the snow piling up here. The climate on this island is very strange. The snow and ice will never stop blowing. The snow that falls on the ground will sublimate by itself, just like a perpetual motion machine."
"Then why didn't the Alliance come here to collect energy?"
"There are so many perpetual motion machines in the world? Why did you come to such a crappy place?"
Su Ming saw many pointed domes in the distance. Those were churches. There seemed to be a lot of churches on this ice island. There were too many. They had only crossed two streets when they saw two cathedrals.
He also carefully discovered that the church door was not frozen and the snow at the door was flattened.
As if noticing Su Ming's gaze, Liu Lingshan took the initiative to explain: "The religion here is a variant of Christianity. You can replace the Holy Father, the Holy Mother and the Holy Son with the Ice God, the Ice Queen and the Son of Snow. The Son of Snow is Jesus in Christ, who was also crucified and resurrected. However, the key factors are all related to ice and snow.
This religion appeared about 150 years ago. Unfortunately, I didn't pay much attention to it at that time, so I don't know which talented person invented it. Frankly speaking, it feels too stupid. Seeing these people believe in the Ice God feels like they are believing in some careless fan fiction... The sense of substitution is too poor. "
Liu Lingshan shook his head and expressed his regret.
Su Ming asked, "Why are there so many religions here?"
“Religion has a great influence on the Ice Island because it is not just self-consolation, but it actually has a special power.
Fifty years ago, the temperature here was not so low, only about minus five or six degrees Celsius. The beliefs here did improve the local climate, but later something happened. An alien criminal with superpowers settled here, and he also madly believed in the Ice God and was a complete pervert.
He believed that those devout nuns were the purest human beings, so in order to purify his sins, he captured all the nuns and did unspeakable things to them. He thought that by using this method to connect with these pure angels he could purify his soul.
That guy was not weak and had great power, so the clergy here suffered great persecution at that time.
As faith has declined, it has become increasingly cold here. Now, there is only one benefit of believing in the Ice God, which is to greatly improve one's ability to withstand cold. As for improving the climate, that is no longer possible."
"Master, you know so much."
"Hahaha! Of course, all these years have not been lived in vain."
"What about that pervert later?"
"He died. He froze to death one day." Liu Lingshan stopped and pushed open the door of the church. "Come in and pray. It will make you feel better."
Su Ming followed Liu Lingshan into the church. The heavy wooden door behind them blocked out the cold temperature, and the church was warm.
On neat rows of benches sat ragged people, with their hands clasped together and eyes closed, praying to the sculpture on the platform at the end of the church. It was a man nailed to an ice cross. The sculpture was lifelike, with many icicles hanging from the man's body, allowing the people praying to feel the extreme low temperature endured by the son of snow.
"Just be sincere and pray to the Ice God to protect you from the cold."
Liu Lingshan gave an instruction, then clasped his hands together, closed his eyes and prayed silently.
Su Ming followed the other person's example and began to pray earnestly.
"Okay, let's go."
After just five minutes of prayer, Liu Lingshan led Su Ming to the street outside again. At this time, Su Ming clearly felt that the extremely cold wind was not so cold anymore.
Ever since he set foot on this island, he has been using the enchanted fire to heat the air around him to prevent himself from freezing. Now, even if he uses the enchanted fire, he will not freeze to death. The current low temperature is completely within the tolerable range.
“It’s amazing.”
No wonder those people inside wear so little but can live in this extremely cold place. It turns out it’s all thanks to this magical belief.
"The effect of prayers from people like us can only last for one or two hours, but the locals can pray for most of the day, and the prayers of the older ones can even keep the warmth for several days. But if they are so devout, they will definitely come every day."
"So shall we go to the black market now?" Su Ming asked.
Although he received clues that many of those traitorous people with special abilities were on this island, the island was so big that Su Ming didn't know where to start looking for the time being.
"Let's go to the black market. There are very few native population on Ice Island, and outsiders are basically customers. The merchants here are very sensitive to strangers. As long as that group of people are not deliberately hiding, there will definitely be clues." Liu Lingshan said.
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"They are coming."
"Do you think they will find our clues?"
"Of course...of course. We showed up on purpose. How could they not find us?"
"I say... are we really going to ambush Liu Lingshan and Su Ming here? Liu Lingshan is known as the strongest reborn person!"
"Have you ever thought about what you said? Even if we don't ambush them, they will come to us anyway! Can you hide forever?!"
"No, you didn't understand. What I meant was why should we take action first? Why not someone else?"
In the warm hotel, twenty-five people gathered around the heating pipes, discussing how to deal with Su Ming and Liu Lingshan who had arrived at the Ice Island.
They received orders from their superiors to ambush Liu Lingshan and Su Ming here.
There were twenty-five of them, all of them were A-class psychics, some of them were almost S-class, there were five generals, twenty brigadier generals, and they controlled forty dangerous objects.
It can be said that the combat effectiveness of these people is now comparable to that of an army of superpowers. If the person who comes is not an S-level specialist like Liu Lingshan, everyone of them has the courage to fight. Even if Liu Lingshan comes, they will not panic.
Because there are generals among them, and generals have the ability to sever cause and effect. After activating this ability, they can attack unilaterally without being detected or counterattacked.
However, Liu Lingshan was accompanied by a freak who was immune to unknown forces!
Originally, being immune to the unknown power was strange enough, but they also received news that this freak seemed to be very powerful.
"I really don't want to go up." A man complained.
Another person said, "But Ding Yao said that we have a great chance of winning. People who share power cannot hurt each other, so he can't use us as cannon fodder. He said that we have a great chance of winning, so the chances of winning must be quite high."
"You're right. Although the situation is serious, we can't be too timid. We have more than 30 usable containment items on hand. Any one of them can have great destructive power. Shouldn't we take action even with these containment items?" Another person in the crowd spoke.
Everyone fell silent.
