pjbooks Chapter 245 Once a month!
Chapter 245 Once a month!
It's very windy.
Nie Qingcheng put on the windproof jacket tied around her waist, zipping it up to her chin.
Then she walked to the edge of the platform and looked down.
The entire coastline of Jinghai is spread out before your eyes.
The distant Pacific Ocean shimmered with fragmented silver light under the sunlight, and the cranes in the port looked as small as matchsticks.
Further away, the horizon and the sea merge into one.
"It's so high."
Her voice sounded a little faint as the wind blew it away.
Zhang Yan walked to her side and stood upwind of her.
The wind was cut through his body and went around him.
The wind around Nie Qingcheng subsided by half.
She didn't look at him, but the corners of her mouth curved into a smile.
The white tiger lay quietly by a rock not far away, resting its head on its front paws.
The brightness of the electronic eye is set to the lowest level.
From a distance, if you ignore the shoulders that are over two meters high and the silver-white metal armor—
It really does look a bit like a big cat sunbathing on a mountaintop.
Nie Qingcheng leaned on Zhang Yan's shoulder.
"after."
"Um?"
"We come once a month."
"where?"
"Anywhere," she said. "It doesn't have to be this high, or this far, just somewhere where there's no one around."
"and then?"
"And then do nothing."
She turned to look at him.
"Just sit down."
Zhang Yan thought about it seriously for a second.
"it is good."
Just as the two were sitting on the summit enjoying the breeze.
On the hiking trail on the south slope of Yuntai Mountain.
An eight-person hiking group is struggling to climb.
The team leader was a burly man in his early thirties with extensive outdoor experience. He was well-known in the Jinghai hiking community and was known online as "Laoyan".
"Attention everyone, there's a cliff ahead, we need to detour—"
He didn't finish his sentence.
A girl carrying a camera in the group suddenly tugged at his sleeve.
"Brother, look! On the ridge!"
Old Yan looked up and followed the direction she pointed.
On the ridgeline.
A huge, silvery-white, four-legged creature was moving rapidly along the spine.
The silhouette is that of a feline.
Its size is comparable to that of a small truck.
Sunlight hits its surface, reflecting a metallic sheen.
"What is that...?"
People in the line all took out their phones.
"Is it a dog?"
"That's huge! What kind of dog is that? It's a tiger!"
A white tiger?? There's a white tiger in Jinghai??
"No, that thing is metal... Look, it's reflecting light!"
"Robots? Drones?"
"That drone, with that size, must be at least military-grade..."
Old Yan's hand trembled slightly.
He held the binoculars up to his eyes.
Through the magnification of the telescope, he could clearly see that two people were sitting on the back of the "white tiger".
One male and one female.
The woman hugged the man from behind.
Her long hair was blown by the wind like a flag.
Then, the thing jumped in front of the cliff.
A vertical drop of forty meters.
He jumped up in one step.
So quiet that no sound came through.
Old Yan put down his binoculars.
His expression was priceless.
"...Whose cat is that?"
The girl behind me had started to tremble.
"I got it! I got it!! This has to be posted on Bilibili!! It'll get at least a million views!!"
Old Yan remained silent for three seconds.
"Send it."
He glanced at the silver-white figure that had disappeared into the distance at the edge of the ridgeline.
"No one would believe me anyway."
……
The second day of the holiday.
When Nie Qingcheng woke up, Zhang Yan was already on the balcony.
Wearing a white T-shirt and shorts, he leaned back in a wicker chair, holding a cup of coffee, and stared blankly at the sea.
The sunlight outlined his silhouette with a golden edge.
Nie Qingcheng stood behind the floor-to-ceiling window and looked for more than ten seconds.
Then push the door open and go out.
I walked barefoot on the marble floor of the balcony.
She wrapped her arms around his neck from behind, resting her chin on the top of his head.
"What are you thinking about?"
I want to take you somewhere.
"where?"
"seabed."
Nie Qingcheng paused for a second.
The last time I went to the seabed, it was to dive into the Mo family ruins to retrieve the fragments of the Heart of Heavenly Craftsmanship.
I almost didn't make it back that time.
"...We're not going to fight monsters, are we?"
"No." Zhang Yan put down his coffee, looked up at her, and said, "Just sightseeing."
His eyes were very serious.
"I promised you, you're in charge for these three days."
Nie Qingcheng stared into his eyes for three seconds.
It was confirmed that there was no element of "I went to deal with an S-level threat while I was at it" in the content.
"Are you really just here to enjoy the scenery?"
"real."
"Why not blow up a few warships while you're at it?"
"Don't blow it up."
"Why not also subdue that ancient mechanical beast from 30,000 years ago while we're at it?"
"..."
"Zhang Yan".
"I will not subdue them."
Nie Qingcheng released her grip, walked around to face him, and sat cross-legged on the rattan chair opposite him.
"Which sea to go to?"
"The East China Sea," Zhang Yan said. "In the section where the warm current passes, there is a natural coral reef system on the seabed. The water depth is 80 to 120 meters. The observation window of the Sea Devouring Shark can provide a 360-degree field of vision."
He paused for a moment.
"It will be beautiful."
Nie Qingcheng tilted her head and looked at him.
"When did you survey this route?"
"On the way here."
"You're driving a shark while looking for romantic scenery?"
"By the way."
Nie Qingcheng kicked him.
"You do way too many things 'incidentally'."
Bring your swimsuit.
"Who are you trying to impress by wearing a swimsuit in the sea?"
"Show me."
Nie Qingcheng stood up.
"We'll be departing in ten minutes."
She walked to the door and then turned back.
"Wear swimming trunks."
"Who is it for?"
"Show me. You're not allowed to wear anything else."
The door closed.
Zhang Yan took a sip of the cold coffee.
Fine.
……
One hour later.
Eastern waters of Jinghai.
Thirty kilometers from the coastline, a black shark fin silently sliced through the water before slowly sinking back into the sea.
The sea-devouring shark cruises at a depth of 20 meters underwater.
The cockpit lights were dimmed to their lowest setting.
Because no light is needed—it's bright enough to observe the world outside the window.
Sunlight pierced through the sea, refracting into countless golden beams of light in the water.
Plankton floated in the beam of light, like dust in liquid.
Nie Qingcheng sat in the passenger seat.
She changed into a white two-piece swimsuit, with Zhang Yan's windproof jacket draped over it, and walked barefoot on the metal floor of the cockpit.
Her hair was down, draped over her shoulders.
Her gaze was fixed on the observation window.
A school of silver sardines, numbering in the thousands, darted past the window, forming a flowing silver ribbon in the water.
As the angle changed, the band of light transformed into a mirror wall.
Then it changed again, scattering into countless tiny diamonds.
"It looks good." Her voice was very soft.
Zhang Yan adjusted the course, and the Devouring Shark slowly descended.
Forty meters. Sixty meters. Eighty meters.
The light is dimming, but the blue of the sea is deepening.
From light blue to royal blue, and then to a deep indigo.
Then—the seabed appeared.
珊瑚礁。
Vast, continuous coral reefs, their colors so vibrant they seem unreal.
The red staghorn coral resembles a tree growing on the seabed, with its branches spreading out.
The surface of the purple brain coral is covered with grooves, like miniature mountains.
The pale yellow coral petals swayed gently in the ocean currents, like an underwater flower field.