I really don't want to date a girl addicted to the internet!

Miriam originally planned to arrange for Nagasaki Asuna to sleep in first class, but she refused, saying, "Everyone is in economy class, so let's not."

At this moment, the sweet girl was wearing earplugs and covered with a blanket, her eyes slightly closed, her head resting on Ye Shuang next to her. Her fair skin and slightly chubby baby face were breathing evenly, exuding a pure and innocent aura that made people reluctant to disturb her. Miriam on the other side stared at her, her eyes filled with tears as she bit her fingers.

"Professor Shen, we'll be flying for two days straight, then taking a ship. Including rest and layover time, we won't officially land on the Antarctic Peninsula until the third day," Cheng Fei confirmed the itinerary again.

Even so, this is already the result of a British lesbian cutting back on her schedule regardless of cost.

In order to have ample time for activities after landing, Miriam and Lin Xuanqi also put pressure on the principal to extend the school trip for the three classes by a few days.

"Understood." The aloof girl nodded expressionlessly.

The boy looked at the tense little face that didn't seem to relax much after indulging himself last night (using Nagasaki Asuna), shook his head and sighed. He casually reached into Lin Xuanqi's pocket, pulled out a lollipop, tore it open, and pressed it against the cool girl's tightly closed pink lips.

During this time, the arrogant girl whose pocket was being touched paused for a moment, then her eyes darted around with a strange sense of shyness.

The aloof girl, instinctively recoiling from the attack, cautiously assessed what was in front of her and raised her voice in displeasure, "Trash! What are you doing all of a sudden?"

"Teacher Shen, eating candy can help you relax." The boy continued to bring the lollipop to her lips, with a doting yet uncompromising tone.

"Then don't come any closer, I can eat by myself!" The aloof girl continued to hide by the porthole, her small face showing indescribable disgust as if what was being offered to her mouth was something extremely disgusting.

"Then you take it." The boy stopped and looked at her.

"Trash, forcing me again." The aloof girl gritted her teeth with resentment, reluctantly taking the lollipop. She first frowned slightly and observed it for two seconds before slowly putting it into her mouth as an experiment.

"Little cutie, you're exaggerating. Anyone who didn't know better would think I actually made you eat something." The boy shook his head, shifting his attention away from her face.

Just then, another lollipop was offered to the boy's lips, as if in a similar manner, "Honey, you have one too, ah~"

Lin Xuanqi's charming face had a slight smile on her lips.

The boy first glanced at the aloof girl with a lollipop in her mouth, her eyes slightly narrowed and her face showing displeasure, and only after confirming that she didn't seem to care did he reluctantly accept the lollipop from Lin Xuanqi and put it in his mouth.

Then he sensed something was wrong.

In short, this lollipop seems to have been eaten, with a faint, lingering fragrance.

He turned his head expressionlessly and met the gaze of the arrogant girl next to him.

Lin Xuanqi raised her chin, her small face facing him without fear, with a smug feeling after successfully pulling off a prank.

After a few seconds of silent eye contact, the boy turned his head back, as if nothing had happened, and said, "Teacher Shen, it's about time you can quietly lean against me and go to sleep."

The aloof girl, with a lollipop in her mouth, didn't say a word, only glancing at him out of the corner of her eye, her disdain written all over her face.

As a result, after a while, probably because she had been playing (Nagasaki Asuna) until very late last night, she unconsciously closed her eyes slightly and quietly nestled against the boy's shoulder, her breathing becoming even.

The boy spent some time admiring the beautiful little face that had lost its coldness and become completely unguarded after falling asleep, counting her thick, trembling eyelashes. After thinking for a moment, he closed his eyes as well.

When Cheng Fei opened his eyes again, he was still sitting in the same seat, but the Yinghua students in the cabin were gone.

He looked up and saw the petite Shen Xi sitting on the back of the seat in front of him, looking down at him with a blank expression.

Since the economy class seats weren't spacious, the little doll's slender legs, encased in black over-the-knee socks, dangled in front of him. Even the rounded ankles and spotless uniform shoes were exactly the same as Shen Xi's, only scaled down.

The boy realized that perhaps because they had left too early in the morning, the petite Shen Xi had not appeared.

So if there's no time in the morning, do I have to make up for it at noon? He couldn't help but think to himself.

"Shall we exchange?"

A dialog box appears above the little doll's head.

"No need, thank you," the boy replied in his mind.

"strength"

The little doll remained motionless, and the dialogue that appeared on its own had a stubborn feel to it.

How did this turn into an exchange of power? So you have other businesses too?

The boy paused, surprised.

Before he could get a reply, a rustling sound entered his ears.

Cheng Fei suddenly opened his eyes and saw a flight attendant pushing a trolley to a stop in the aisle, placing what was probably lunch on the small tables in front of each person.

The students in the front row who had received their items first were already chatting and opening their packages, making the cabin atmosphere as noisy as a cafeteria.

This caused the girls, who were leaning on the boy's shoulders from either side, to slowly open their eyes.

Not only Shen Xi, but Lin Xuanqi also fell asleep nestled against the boy at some point, causing him to vaguely feel pressure coming from both sides in his sleep.

Under the boy's undisguised warning gaze, Lin Xuanqi covered her mouth and yawned, then slowly sat up straight.

Fortunately, the aloof girl on the other side was still a little sleepy and did not notice the abnormality next to her.

……

The rest of the journey became tedious.

The first leg of the flight alone will take more than 30 hours, with a layover in Auckland, but passengers cannot disembark until they arrive in Buenos Aires, a South American city.

During this time, the students could only entertain themselves with various activities on the plane.

Shen Xi then asked Lin Xuanqi to play a game, this time poker. The aloof girl acted as the dealer, repeatedly testing her abilities in various ways.

With the middle boy involved, Lin Xuanqi cooperated well, but Shen Xi frowned, as if troubled by her ability.

A day and a half later, they landed in South America, but this was only the first leg of their journey. They then transferred to Arenas at the southern tip of the South American continent, attended a mandatory briefing, and boarded a chartered plane from Miriam’s relatives’ travel agency to fly across the Drake Passage and land on King George Island on the edge of Antarctica.

This area is actually within the Antarctic region, with numerous research stations stationed here. After changing into winter clothes and getting off the plane, you can breathe in the cool yet mild Antarctic air of summer and gaze at the volcanic rocks covered with glaciers in the distance.

It is said that the students from Yinghua who came to Antarctica for their last study trip stayed here for two days, and it is also the final stop for most tourists.

But that wasn't their destination. After getting off the plane, they boarded a small boat and took an expedition cruise ship belonging to a travel agency, heading towards Paradise Bay on the Antarctic Peninsula.

By this time, the sea had unknowingly turned into an extremely deep blue, and the sky had become pure and flawless.

As the students excitedly took photos on the ship's side, a cool, aloof girl with long, dark hair stood beside them, her eyes slightly narrowed as she gazed at the glacier faintly visible ahead of the course.

"Teacher Shen, who gave you this adorable hat?" The boy walked up behind her, patted her head lightly, and stroked her chin, looking her over with an air of seriousness.

Shen Xi wore a milky white fluffy fisherman's hat, her delicate face hidden under the warm brim, like a small animal hiding in a cave.

"Cheng Feiyu is so incredibly boring." The aloof girl didn't even look at him, continuing to stare at the horizon where the sea met the sky.

Beside her, Nagasaki Asuna, clutching the creamy-white scarf around her neck, made a happy sound, "Hehehe, I'm wearing the scarf that Cheng Fei gave me too?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the boy's expression became subtle. He glanced at the aloof girl and then looked away.

Shen Xi stared at the two of them, then realized something, gritted her teeth and attacked him with her winter boots, "I knew there was something wrong with this scarf of yours, you vixen. It was indeed a gift from you, you fickle piece of trash."

"Teacher Shen, let's not talk about the past. Anyway, I love you all." The boy shook his head and sighed.

"Shut up, you shameless Cheng Feiyu." The aloof girl was even more displeased and continued her attack on him.

"Since things have come to this, let's take a picture as a memento?" The boy took out his phone.

"No, I don't want to take pictures with ocean trash." The aloof girl turned her face away without hesitation.

"Teacher Shen, don't be so withdrawn. We've come all this way, and everyone's taking pictures. Please cooperate." The boy put his arm around her shoulder, bent down slightly to get closer to her, and pointed the camera at the two of them.

"Nana wants some too." Nagasaki Asuna quickly walked around to the other side, put her head on the boy's shoulder, and winked and made a peace sign at the camera.

As the notification sound rang out, the cool and aloof girl's brows furrowed, and her beautiful face, filled with reluctance, was captured in the photo.

"Teacher Shen, can we take another one?" The boy smacked his lips as he looked at the photo.

"What else do you want?" Shen Xi glared at him, and this time she simply took a step to create distance.

"Do we really want to keep this sour face in our youthful memories? Although it's kind of cute."

What did you say?

Just then, Zhou Han pulled Ruan Jingyi along, running over energetically, "Cheng Fei, Cheng Fei! Let's take a picture together too?"

Soon, watching the boy being pulled away, the cool girl took a deep breath, her face showing an indescribable annoyance.

"Looks like I'll really have to keep that sour face in my memories?" Nagasaki Asuna stood beside her, shaking her head and sighing.

The aloof girl narrowed her eyes and launched an attack with her ankle boots.

"Ugh..." The sweet girl trembled unexpectedly and protested, "Shen Xi is really too much!"

"Wasn't that vixen dealt with enough at the meeting the other day?!"

"I don't want Shen Xi to clean up..."

In this atmosphere, no one noticed that in the distance, above the Antarctic Peninsula, an unusually thick cloud was covering the earth, rolling rapidly as if it were alive.

1003. The one who lost in the accommodation allocation was...

While the students of Sakura Academy enjoyed a leisurely cruise on an adventure ship, an expedition team of more than a dozen snowmobiles traveled across the vast white ice plains.

The roar of engines shattered the silence of this secluded place, and the heavy tracks rolled over the hard snow crust of the glacier, leaving a winding trail that resembled the abstract, intersecting lines of an artist's brush.

The radio broadcast was accompanied by a muffled hissing sound.

"You've gotten close to the signal source, what's the situation...?"

"Everything looks normal, it's just that it's windy and the weather isn't very good..."

"Satellite cloud imagery shows a convective vortex forming ahead. The meteorological team predicts a small-scale snowstorm. Please be careful..."

"learn……"

Suddenly, the bright and sunny sky was covered by thick, dark clouds. A sudden, biting wind, carrying snowflakes, howled in, as if to drag this land, which had just entered summer, back into a deadly winter.

A thin white veil seemed to rise from the distant ice field, drifting slowly and aimlessly.

The expedition team sped forward in the cold wind, and the ice beneath their tracks quietly turned into an almost transparent deep blue, its surface so smooth it didn't seem natural, like a perfectly polished giant gemstone.

That's blue ice, an ancient ice layer formed over millions of years of snow and ice accumulation.

At the leader's signal, the expedition team gradually slowed down and finally stopped at the edge of an inconspicuous, rugged terrain.

Here, at the junction of blue ice and rock, a sloping fissure leading underground appears, and one can almost glimpse the distant past buried deep within through the transparent ice surface.

At this moment, the thin veil that had been in the distance was now close by, turning into a howling blizzard. Ice crystals, carried by the surging air currents, washed over their equipment and penetrated their cold-weather masks, sending a chill down their spines.

The sky grew darker and darker, as if we were falling into the polar night.

The expedition members linked together with ropes and approached the ice cave. Even the flashlight beams were swallowed up by the blizzard, and they could only see a few meters ahead.

As the expedition team entered the ice cave, they all breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the whistling sound of the air currents scraping against the ground.

"Successfully entered the target point, search can begin..." the team leader reported over the radio.

However, apart from the background noise, there was no response this time.

"Tsk, communications are down. It must be due to the snowstorm. Get ready, we're going down." The team leader raised his voice.

"Where did he go?!" A panicked shout suddenly came from the back of the line.

"Who? Who's missing?"

"The last person, the rope broke!"

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the member at the back of the line raised the half of the knotted rope attached to his waist.

The purpose of the rope is to connect everyone together, so that if someone accidentally falls into a crevasse, the others can act as human anchors to pull their companion back.

At that moment, the rope woven from composite materials abruptly broke off at the end, the cut surface as neat and smooth as if it had been sliced ​​off with a knife.

But how could a knotted rope, which is inherently flexible and durable, break like that without anyone noticing?

The team leader strode forward, grabbed the section of rope, removed his goggles to examine the cross-section, and stared wide-eyed, revealing a visible shock.

He slowly raised his head and looked out at the outside of the ice cave shrouded in blizzard.

The sound of the airflow was high-pitched and continuous, like some indescribable monster lurking in the darkness, or like the screams of the missing team member.

Some people looked around, swallowed, and felt a stinging pain in their throats from the cold air.

Ahead of them lay the dark depths of an ice cave, and behind them, a raging blizzard. In this isolated place, a strong sense of unease quietly rose in everyone's heart.

Just then, indistinct footsteps sounded in the dark blizzard outside the ice cave.

The footsteps were mixed in with the airflow, barely perceptible, yet clearly audible.

The footsteps were heavy and slow, like someone struggling through a blizzard, and the blurry figure gradually emerged.