"America was just caught off guard this time. Never mind their influence around the world-what if we push them too far and they decide to trade mushroom clouds with me?
"Sure, that wouldn't pose much of a threat to me, but we had a perfectly good game of StarCraft going. Why roll everything back and start over in the Stone Age? That's just asking for trouble!" Nie Yun rolled his eyes at Er Mao.
"Also... we can't neglect a brat's education. I'll have the instructor add some moral education to your lessons when we get back. Hmm... let's start with the Three Character Classic!" Nie Yun added.
Er Mao's face immediately fell.
"Boss, this doesn't look like the way back to base?" Lao Da asked, glancing at their course in confusion.
"Heh! We haven't done what we actually came out here for. Why would we go back?" Nie Yun smiled faintly.
"What we actually came for? Weren't we here to set off fireworks?"
"That was just a detour. We haven't met our real target yet! If all I wanted was to set off fireworks, why would I bring you along?"
"Then where are we going now?"
"We're... heading north all the way!"
The Arctic.
A tiny black figure raced joyfully through the world of ice and snow, its obsidian color utterly out of place against the white landscape.
It was none other than Little Octopus. To escape Nie Yun, who gave it a sense of danger, it had headed north all the way to the northernmost reaches of Earth!
A polar bear noticed the unfamiliar visitor and studied it curiously.
This was Little Octopus's first time seeing snow. It ran and rolled around happily, soon coating itself in snow and turning into a little white ball. "Puff, puff, puff!"