An Zhe wondered how he hadn’t seen the ruins when he was flying in the sky. Then he thought again about how he rode on a bee while the colonel’s transportation was an airplane. It was natural for the colonel’s field of view to be wider. He heard Lu Feng ask him, “Can you go?”

“Yes.”

He wasn’t a mushroom scared of pain.

—Although it really did hurt a bit.

The colonel glanced at him before ordering, “Come here.”

In the end, An Zhe returned to Lu Feng’s back. He hugged Lu Feng’s neck and buried his head in Lu Feng’s shoulder. He could feel Lu Feng’s breathing and movement when walking. The undulating hilly are was actually only suitable for four-footed reptiles to move around. Once they stepped on it, the sand would slightly sink and this wasn’t suitable for the strength of the bones and muscles. It seemed that only feetless creatures could take to this environment like swimming in water. There were many places in the world that weren’t suitable for human activities. Walking here consumed extra physical strength and it took more effort to carry a person. However, Lu Feng didn’t seem to regret it. In An Zhe’s limited memory, the colonel never regretted anything except that he didn’t like to talk.

In the silence, An Zhe looked back and saw the endless dark sky. There was a line of deep footprints in the white sand that was like a profound symbol.

Suddenly, he remembered that day in the Garden of Eden. It was the day he passed by an empty corridor and several officers in white were gathered in an unoccupied room, chanting a beautiful rhyme and holding a silver cross. At that time, the geomagnetic field had disappeared and the power supply was interrupted. Everyone had been in a state of fear but these people had quiet expressions, as if they had obtained a force that could support them to move forward.

“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil.” He retold this poem to Lu Feng. “For you are with me, your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”

Lu Feng’s voice seemed to bring a hint of gentleness to the cold wind. “Is there anything else?”

An Zhe continued, “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.”

“I shall dwell in the house of the Lord, forever.”

“They believe in God.”

An Ze wondered, “God?”

He remembered the word ‘God’ or ‘gods’ appearing in the article An Ze had written for the base. Lu Feng made a light hum in response.

An Zhe asked him, “What about you?”

Lu Feng didn’t respond.