My Avatar is Becoming the Ultimate BOSS-Chapter 834 - 412: The Final Lullaby

"All these years we haven't seen each other, yet he saved my life again."

"'Saved you again'?" Zhuge Hui caught onto the words, curiously asking, "What do you mean by that?"

Lin Xingshi was taken aback.

"Ah… this." She murmured.

Zhuge Hui silently closed the folded fan, pointing it at Lin Xingshi with a serious expression.

After a moment of silence, Lin Xingshi began to speak, calmly, "Ten years ago, if I hadn't met the Little Nian Beast, I might have already died."

"Why?"

"At that time, when I boarded the smuggler's ship, I thought I might as well jump into the sea and be eaten by a demon, that way I could get back at my family, for how they all treated me."

At this, she suddenly curved her lips slightly, "Then, as I was looking around in the cabin, only seeing the faces of some riffraff, just when I was getting bored and about to pry open a window, I suddenly saw a somewhat silly-looking child."

"Was that child the Child of the Year Beast?"

"Yes." Lin Xingshi nodded, "At that moment I thought, if I jumped off that ship, there would be no one to protect him. After he disembarked, he would certainly be abducted by those traffickers, so I went over to talk to him."

"Isn't it ironic, even if you hadn't intervened, the Child of the Year Beast could have turned those villains into persimmons, right?"

"I didn't know back then that Little Nian was a demon, I just knew he was someone who needed my protection."

"The captain is just too kind-hearted." Zhuge Hui said.

Lin Xingshi lowered her eyes, speaking nonchalantly, "After that, in a muddle, we ended up living in Li Jing together, idly spending days, if not watching TV in the air-conditioned room, then sneaking by the school to listen to classes from outside the window. Gradually, I didn't think about dying anymore."

Saying this, she turned her head to look at Zhuge Hui and smiled softly.

"Doesn't it sound childish?"

"What's childish about that?" Zhuge Hui sighed, "To a ten-year-old child, sometimes the tiniest thing can seem like the sky is falling. Back then, we all thought you had been eaten by the Child of the Year Beast."

"The Great Monarch thought I killed Little Nian, and you thought Little Nian ate me... It's so funny." Lin Xingshi shrugged.

"Yes, when you came back later, you weren't willing to tell the truth, not mentioning the Child of the Year Beast at all." Zhuge Hui said, "That's why this matter confused us for so many years."

"Some people are just meant to be kept in one's heart." Lin Xingshi said softly, "Besides, at the time I was just a child. If I had spoken about those things, I don't know what a storm it would have caused in the family, and whether I could bear their scolding."

"Time passes so quickly, back then we were just a bunch of little kids." Zhuge Hui shook his head, saying with emotion, "I always thought we would grow old just like that, and then pass on Lake Hunting to newcomers, but alas… Jiuya left us first."

"Anyway, let's rest first. We'll talk about anything tomorrow."

After saying this, Lin Xingshi rose from her seat and walked alone toward the door of the train compartment.

"You say rest, but where are you going?" Zhuge Hui asked, puzzled.

"I'm going for a walk outside."

Lin Xingshi said softly, taking down her braided hair, her fiery red long hair rising like seaweed in the night wind.

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At the same time, in another corner of Reykjavik.

On the winding snowy mountain path, a Blue Dragon lay in the snow, carrying a young man in a black hoodie and a palm-sized mouse on its back.

"Finally reached this ghost place called Iceland, ah… it wasn't easy." The Rat Demon stroked its mustache, supporting its waist with a sigh.

"Today we'll stay on the snowy mountain," said Little Nian Beast, yawning.

He reached out to pat the Blue Dragon's back beneath him, turning his head to look at the other 'passengers' on the dragon's back.

At this moment, there sat what seemed like little stuffed figures, shrunken by the Rat Demon's powers, the Zodiac Team including the Mad Bull, Spirit Monkey, Rainbow Horse, and Spirit Rabbit.

Now, Little Nian Beast could easily lift them with one hand, like miniature toy dolls easy to bully.

"Since we're here, turn me back," the Mad Bull Demon said coldly, folding his arms.

"Bad stuff, turn me back quickly, or how can I eat peaches?" the Spiritual Monkey Demon also said.

Faced with the demons' urging, the Rat Demon puffed out its chest, snorted coldly, "What's all this noise… you noisy bunch, stay like this for now, it's less noticeable and carrying such a big form, what do you plan to do? We haven't started fighting yet, only drawbacks."

Saying this, the Rat Demon lowered its head, looking down at the Zodiac puffballs on the dragon's back, thinking to itself this was the first time it felt its body was very tall.

Little Nian Beast couldn't be bothered with them, patting the dust off his hoodie, he dismounted the dragon, stepping onto the soft, snowy ground.

"By the way, boss, I just saw a human mansion over there," the Rat Demon suddenly said, "Should we go take a look?"

"Oh, that's my friend's place, don't go near there," Little Nian Beast said.

He thought, Xia Pingzhou still lives there, and running into Bai Tanlang and the others now would surely be awkward?

"Friends?" the Rat Demon asked, puzzled.

"Yes, back then they helped us hold back many from Lake Hunting, or the Zodiac Team would have suffered more casualties," Little Nian Beast said, "So just don't go near, we'll find a cave to settle down and try not to stir up trouble during this time."

"Got it, at your command," the Rat Demon raised its hand in a salute.

Little Nian Beast turned away, not looking at it anymore.

He stood alone at the edge of the snowy mountain, gazing at the distant, brightly lit city.

In Reykjavik, the Pearl Building shone with daylight-like luminescence under the night sky, an aurora gliding across the heavens. The world was so noisy, yet it seemed so far away.

Voices of all kinds submerged in the bustling market, unrelated to him, yet someone was coming just for him.

From a great distance, his eyes met a figure at the harbor, then stepping step by step away from the snowy mountain edge, toward Reykjavik.