webnovelfull Chapter 275 I’ve been waiting for you
Chapter 275 I’ve been waiting for you
Note: This chapter is a combination of two chapters into one, so there is only one update today~
Before leaving, I actually have a lot to say to Jay.
For example, do you really have no memory? Do you have any superficial psychological feelings? Do you have any impression of the number December 2018, 12?
In the end, I didn't ask.
Soon, Geto Xiayou will be leaving for one of the coldest regions in the world. As a special class, he will be traveling alone. I really don't want him to worry about the meaning of my words and why I asked these questions while he is on the road.
In addition, regarding the "end of humanity", I am absolutely sure that it has a lot to do with the fact that his memory only stops at the 24th.
He opened and closed his mouth several times, but couldn't say a word. It seemed that he was banned from speaking again.
After a nonsensical argument with Gojo Satoru, he was no longer so tough on putting me in jail.
Although I still mention it, at least I won't say anything nonsense.
........I never thought that one day my requirements would drop so low.
On the other hand, I became much more obedient and stayed in my two-meter-wide bed, watching him fly in the air.
It moves very quickly.
Probably not faster than the speed of light, but definitely much faster than the speed of sound.
Because I am not moving and visual sharing is on, I feel more like I am sitting on a high-speed train, watching the surrounding scenery pass by quickly.
Mountains, hills, streams, springs, forests, basins, mountains, canyons... After locking the longitude and latitude, we soon arrived at the North Pole.
The vast, distant and broad Arctic Ocean spreads out before us.
December 12 is the winter solstice, when the sun is directly above the Tropic of Capricorn. There is no sunlight at all, while the South Pole has polar day.
Eternal night is a feast for the Arctic in winter.
The sky is dotted with stars, gathering into a river of silver light. The brilliant cobalt blue aurora lights up and converges right above, illuminating the thick layers of icebergs and snow on the ground.
It is undoubtedly extremely beautiful. If I were in real life, I might never see it in my lifetime.
But when the perspective changed and looked back, a chill of death had quietly arrived.
In the cracked ice, the huge white whale opened its mouth, trying to make its last cry.
Starting from the tail fin, along with the icy sea water, it froze inch by inch.
Gojo Satoru stood on the ice at a distance of five centimeters, reaching out his hand to touch the dead whale's skin exposed to the air.
"Wu-chan, do you feel it?" he asked.
“.......Yeah.” I replied.
felt it.
The whale was not dead, but it was not alive either. To be more precise, its life was like a running clock whose battery was suddenly unplugged and it was forever frozen at this second.
There are more frozen plants and animals behind.
Gojo Satoru checked as he walked.
The tundra, the spruce and larch in the taiga, the running reindeer, the black ducks flying in the sky, the ravens and puffins, the Arctic wolves, the pike, and the schools of fish swimming along the shallow coast of the Arctic Ocean were all paused in an instant.
It's the same situation all over.
However, whether it really disappears or is in Schrödinger's intermediate state, it does not change the fact that the whole world is falling into a gradually bleak and desolate state.
Judging from Gojo Satoru's expression and actions, I feel that he hasn't found a corresponding solution either.
"Wu, let me out." I jumped off the bed and said, "I want to come out and take a look."
"It will be very cold." He didn't say yes or no, but just reminded, "Wu-chan, can you still be so shameless?"
Without waiting for my answer, he continued, "Well, if it really doesn't work, and you want to stick to me for warmth, I can reluctantly agree to it."
I:"........"
Tsk, sticking to you for warmth, what an abstract sentence.
Even if I, Suzuki Yuri, freeze to death, die outside, or jump from this big hole, I will not ask for a word from you.
"No need at all." I hit him angrily, "Don't bother with me, old man. I can do it myself."
Having said that, winters in the Arctic are indeed cold.
It is so cold that if you pour a basin of water in the air, ice flowers will form in an instant. It is so cold that if you exhale lightly, you can see the condensed water mist. It is so cold that your hands and feet are numb.
"Let's go." I turned away as if nothing had happened and walked towards the woods not far away.
"Wait for me, Wu-chan." He walked up to me in three or two steps, leaned against my shoulder, and smashed a frozen tree.
"Do you feel that this situation is very similar to the situation in the Prison Gate Border?"
The shattered debris scattered randomly on the ice and soon dissipated like powder, leaving no trace.
"A little bit, indeed."
The skulls within the prison gate also shattered with a pinch, but a similar situation doesn't mean the cause is the same, right?
I absentmindedly kicked away the remaining branches and suddenly shifted my eyes to the grayish deathly aura floating in front of me.
"Enlightenment," I said without blinking, "It seems to be locking onto my position."
"Stand back a little." He took a step forward and stood in front of me.
His eyebrows wrinkled, and a black and red energy ball condensed from his index finger. He fired it out without hesitation, and a strong energy burst out instantly.
The vibrations caused by the impact broke the ice beneath their feet into spider-web-like cracks, and a strong wind blew, destroying the entire forest in front of them.
The dry branches and leaves turned into powder, like a blank piece of paper that had never seen any living thing.
It didn't work.
The white fog was still moving slowly, silently, and stealthily in this direction.
"It's very difficult." He curled his lips and smiled, saying lightly, "It seems that we have to use other means."
After taking off the blindfold, Gojo Satoru intertwined two fingers and held them upright in front of him, chanting the mantra: "Infinite Space."
With us at the center, the white world was covered by the surging black.
A pupil-like spherical object rose from behind and attacked the gray mist.
Unexpectedly, it did not disappear. Instead, it expanded rapidly like a sponge filled with water, emitting a strange light and swallowing up the entire area where Gojo Satoru and I were.
.......what happened?
The starry sky above my head began to spin endlessly, leaving a trail like a comet passing across the sky. The ice beneath my feet melted and then solidified, and the cracks spread and then repaired.
Animals turned into white bones and then grew flesh and blood again. Forests rose from the ground and quickly turned into powder. The sun rose and the moon set, and the moon darkened and the stars sank.
The tides receded, the oceans turned into continents, the seawater gushing out of the continents froze into an ice ocean, the polar night turned into polar day, and then quickly dimmed.
The environment around us is spinning at high speed.
Compared with the translation transformation brought by teleportation, it is more like arranging the development process of things in a dynamic form and in sequence before your eyes.
Gojo Satoru suddenly reached out and grasped my fingertips, with a coolness that brought a reassuring sense of strength.
I don't know how long this rotation lasted.
Until the sky returned to the starry night, the aurora changed from the most brilliant cobalt blue to a deep dark red.
He lowered his head and we looked at each other in this uneasy and dangerous light.
"What's going on..." I asked, "What just happened?"
It’s not like anything good happened, by any means.
He thought for a moment and seemed about to speak.
The cell phone rang suddenly, one after another, continuously.
This is a very strange thing because at this point in time, there is no signal coverage in the Arctic, which means that it is impossible to make calls.
I looked up at Gojo Satoru. He took out his cell phone, looked at it twice, and shook his head at me.
For some unknown reason, the battery, which was originally fully charged, was only 3% left, and the screen was already warning that the battery was too low.
I didn't have time to waste and quickly checked the missed calls.
There were probably dozens of calls coming in, and the time points were all shown as... December 12rd?
A lot of text messages were also sent in.
There are probably hundreds of them in total, including those from the technical high school, the Kyoto school, the general manager's office, Panxing Education, and... those from Glass and Jie.
I flipped through the pages twice and saw Glass's message first.
Glass:
Wujiang, have you been to the North Pole? [December 12, 19:5]
Similar situations have also occurred in China. Haven’t you finished your investigation yet? [December 12, 20:13]
Both Yuki and Otsutsuki have withdrawn. Jie is on the way. Where are you guys? [December 12, 22:18]
Wujiang, Jie just arrived at the technical college, why haven't you guys sent any news yet? [December 12, 23:19]
Jay said he would go find you guys and leave tonight. [December 12, 23:22]
杰：
Wujiang, it's very cold in Antarctica, but the aurora is very beautiful. I'm on my way back. We'll discuss the details after I get to the college. How's the situation over there? [December 12, 22:20]
No one responded to the text messages and phone calls I sent to Wu. Wu-chan, are you guys having any troubles over there, or did you lose your phone? [December 12, 23:13]
I can't contact you at Glass either. The principal said you'll be fine, but I'm still worried. Can you send me a text message? [December 12, 23:16]
Wujiang, I still haven't heard from you. I decided to go to the North Pole. Wait for me. [December 12, 23:23]
"........"
This was the last text message he sent me.
The battery level of the phone jumped twice and then slowly dropped back to 2%.
I clenched my fists, turned on the clock on the screen, and refreshed it twice.
The time above stops at 12:24 on December 24 and has not moved at all.
.......My heart sank to the bottom.
I suddenly raised my eyes to look at Gojo Satoru. He was standing quietly in front of me, also reading the text message sent by Jie.
"Something must have happened." My heart was pounding, slowly and heavily. I had a very bad premonition, always feeling that...
"Let's go back." He stretched out his hand and said to me, "I'll take you back."
I walked over to him and grabbed his sleeve.
This time the speed of teleportation was even faster than the time we came here. It only took us a few breaths to get back to the school gate from the North Pole.
At first glance, I almost didn't recognize the place.
Crystal clear snow covers the sky and the earth.
Teaching buildings, dormitories, playgrounds, vending machines, corridors, park benches, gravel roads... I subconsciously let go of Gojo Satoru's hand and ran forward regardless.
There were many people standing on the road from the entrance to the central axis of the back mountain.
They were assistant supervisors and sorcerers. Their heads and bodies had solidified, and they stood around like ice sculptures, with the expressions they had when they saw the last scene still on their faces.
They are probably elite troops drawn from various places to help. I don’t know them very well.
While running, I accidentally bumped into one of the tall sorcerers because I was too anxious.
He just brushed past my shoulder lightly, and from the point of collision, he suddenly turned into ashes and floated away in front of me.
“.......” I opened my eyes wide and stood there in a daze.
"Kiri-chan!" Gojo Satoru's voice came from behind him. Before he spoke, he had already seen everything in front of him.
After that sorcerer, all the people I saw were people I knew.
Kujukuyuki, Otsutsuki, Maki, Panda, Gomaki... They all remained motionless, as if they were originally statues.
Glass... Glass is among them.
How could this happen....what on earth happened? !
I walked cautiously to Nozomi. She was holding a cigarette in her hand and seemed ready to light it, but the flame on the lighter was frozen as well.
My whole body went cold.
I pressed my forehead and let out a small, uncontrollable scream.
Why...why on earth? Why did this happen?
…I tried hard to suppress the urge to collapse, and used my six eyes at full power, looking around for anyone who might have survived.
No, no no no no....not one.
Nobara is here, Nanami is here, Principal Yorugata, Ijichi, Kusakabe, Fushiguro Megumi, Fushiguro Shinobu, Tsumiki...even Tsumiki is here.
Japanese knotweed....What about Japanese knotweed?
Tiger stick is not here!
And Jay, I didn’t see Jay either, maybe they are both still alive.
The cold air filled my lungs, my brain felt like it was exploding, and there seemed to be a loud shouting voice behind me...
I walked around the crowd and followed the clues provided by Six Eyes, taking steps with all my might. My heavy legs and feet were almost uncontrollable.
Stay in an open space in front of the back mountain.
Geto Xiayou was wearing a five-stripe cassock, and the black color was particularly eye-catching in the snow.
He stood in front of the dense forest, staring calmly ahead, as if looking for something.
Jie is still alive, Xiayou Jie is still alive....Great, he is still alive.
"Jay." I jumped up and shouted to him, "Jay, I'm here!"
He turned his head and looked at him, with the corners of his lips slightly raised, as if he was about to smile.
I saw his mouth opening and closing.
Before he could get close enough, a gray mist suddenly floated out of the dense forest and rushed towards his body with bared fangs and claws, like an evil ghost.
"Jie!" Xia Youjie maintained the posture of turning around and looking at me. Frost slowly condensed from his legs upwards, inch by inch.
"Mist-chan."
"Jay, I'm back." The body was still running, trying hard to get closer to him.
Almost there. I was thinking, just a little bit, I could reach him.
Xia Youjie's eyes were raised with a smile in them, his long black hair was draped in front of him, and his hands were stretched forward, like a jade statue.
I only had time to hear his last words.
"......I've been waiting for you."