Lorraine's injury was not severe. After a few days of rest, it's almost completely healed and she could get back to work.
If we said that Chen Sha and Consul were fighting for the Federation on a smoking battlefield, then Chu Mo and Feng Lin were fighting for the Federation on a smokeless battlefield. It didn't look like they had to face any life threatening, but they had failed countless times in countless boring experimental days and nights, looking for a little hope in despair. They needed no less courage or persistence than those soldiers who fight with their lives.
Lorraine put her hand on her heart and clearly felt her thunderous strong heartbeat.
All of a moment, she suddenly found that many things had changed without knowing.
Ten years ago, she chose genetic research career just all for her own tangible benefits. Ten years later, she fell in love with her job. She liked Feng Lin. She liked Chu Mo. She liked all of the colleagues who had work hard together. She liked every trivial discovery in the research.
Ten years before, she wanted to be an excellent gene repairer because she wanted to have an ability to get a better life. Ten years later, she wanted to be more excellent gene repairer not just only for her better life, but she also wanted to cure Qian Xu's illness so that Qian Xu can live better.
Lorraine returned to her office, sat in a chair and looked at the three-dimensional photo frame on the table, silently lost in her thought.
It was a three-dimensional sunrise photo taken when she and Qian Xu went to climb Yilar Mountain, the highest peak of Alicata.
Since she and Qian Xu went to Adventurer Paradise Park, she had always wanted to go to the real Yilar Mountain.
When she strived to reach her strength to level D, Qian Xu promised to give her a reward, and she suggested to go climbing the highest peak of the Yilar Mountain Range.
With her current strength level to challenge the highest peak of the planet was actually not easy, but Lorraine really wanted to fulfill this wish so much. All of her wishes were like an impossible task. Climbing to the highest peak of Alicata was actually the easiest.
Qian Xu did not ask her why she made such a senseless decision and did not say that there would be long future awaited. He advised her to work hard to reach level C strength before go climbing, and he promised.
He made thorough preparations: purchased the best equipment, trained her survival skills, planned climbing routes, and rehearsed various dangers situations...
Even with well-prepared preparations, the climbing operation was still very dangerous. And because of one of her mistake, the two of them almost fell off the cliff.
In the end, he finally saved her life, but not only did they lose most of their equipment, their climbing route was out of their planned track.
The night came. The strong wind blew. It snowed heavily and the whole world was pitched black. Apart from snow was all ice, like a land of death that would swallow all life.
Lorraine was desperate. She really wanted to slap herself a few times. Why didn't she just live a simple life but took Qian Xu out to die?
However, Qian Xu did not blame her.
His voice was as same as always, gentle and calm, "This truly was the most wonderful and attractive place for climbing. Like people's life, there's no way to plan for the best. Everything will change in an unexpected way unexpectedly. Changes don't always mean difficulties, but also mean unique sceneries. Climbing on this different route because of these changes will make people always be in awe of life and look forward to the next moment."
"What if there is still blizzard in the next moment?"
"Then we continue to wait for the next moment."
The next moment, wind and snow didn't stop.
Moment after moment, two days later, blizzard stopped.
Lorraine was shocked to see thick snow forming in various strange shapes due to the wind and terrain. The whole world was snowflake sculpted as white jade crafted, extraordinary as if done by spirits, beyond human power. At that time, sunlight broke through the clouds. Rainbow rays expanded over the horizontal clouds and snow field, so beautiful as if not in the human world.
Lorraine excitedly rushed into the world of snowy flower field and white jade forest. She stood under the rainbow and looked back at Qian Xu.
Qian Xu stood calmly behind her and looked at her with a smile.
Lorraine suddenly felt her chest was full of unrelenting courage. No matter what would happen in the future, she wanted her heart of hope to move insistently forward. Because misfortune were not only about difficulties, as long as we kept going, it could be unexpectedly beautiful.
Three days later, Lorraine and Qian Xu went through hardships and climbed a different route to the top of the mountain.
On the snow-capped mountains and saw the sun rising from under her feet, when radiant sprinkled all over the rolling majestic mountains, she felt that all the suffering was not in vain.
Right in front thousand mountain and rising sun, she took this photo and said to herself with great pride: The first wish accomplished!
Lorraine sent a message to Qian Xu: "Are you free tonight? I would like to invite you to the Everest restaurant for dinner."
"What's the special occasion?" Qian Xu immediately caught the point.
"One is to thank you for saving my life a few days ago. Two is the question you asked me ten years ago, I have the answer now."
"I still have some work on my hand. It will be completed in half an hour."
"See you at the restaurant in an hour?"
"Sure."
After Lorraine made a reservation, she contacted Chen Sha via video chat.
The image showed Chen Sha full of sweat on the training ground. Behind him was Consul who was wearing a combat uniform, covering his whole body.
Chen Sha's gaze stayed at Lorraine's glasses: "What's the matter?"
"I'm going out to have dinner with a friend this evening. I will probably go back home late."
"Colleague?"
"No, it's Qian Xu. Last time he saved me, I want to treat him dinner to show my gratitude."
"Got it." Chen Sha cut off the video immediately.
Lorraine stroked her personal terminal, thinking about what she just saw.
Chen Sha and Consul were in maneuver training. It seemed that Chen Sha was being beat. Was it that Consul's strength better than Chen Sha?
But, it's not possible that Consul would be effortless. That must be because it's hard to see him clearly and assumed that he took it easy.
Sure enough, masked guys are the most putting on an act!