Chapter 184 Twenty Years Ago
The village chief took the document, took out a pair of reading glasses from his chest pocket and started reading it.

After a while, he raised his head and said, "I see. You two must have made a long journey to our small village. You are willing to come here at such a young age to endure hardships and sacrifice. I thank you on behalf of the children in the village."

Anti said a few polite words with an expressionless face. The village chief put away the documents and turned his gaze to Zhang Ning and Jian Ai.

He looked at the hunter, and after the hunter gave him a look, the village chief nodded and said, "You are the tourists this morning."

Zhang Ning nodded quickly.

"Xuefeng Village is just a small village. Everyone just wants to live a peaceful life here. We don't mind receiving tourists, but please abide by the village rules. Once the heavy snow stops in the next few days, please leave as soon as possible." The village chief said with a frown.

Even the seemingly friendly village chief didn't seem to be very fond of the tourists who intruded.

After saying goodbye to Anti and the others, the village chief seemed to have something else to do, and left quickly with a brisk pace that was inconsistent with his age.

The hunter said, "I'll take you to the village school."

……

The village school only had one room and a yard. The yard was quite spacious, but when Anti and the others were brought there, it was a mess and it looked like it had not been properly cleaned for a long time.

In the thick snow, stones, branches and other debris were scattered everywhere, looking very messy.

"There is an empty room behind the house over there for you. You can choose whichever room you want. This is the school. Just stay here and teach and do your own things. Don't run around and nothing will happen. If you have any questions, ask the guy named Zheng."

After saying that, the hunter turned around and left, not wanting to stay with them any longer.

After they left, Zhang Ning muttered, "What kind of people are these? They turned a village into a base. My village was very casual in the beginning."

Jian Ai held the camera and looked around, while answering: "Poor mountains and bad waters produce unruly people. This is what I mean. I'm used to seeing this when I'm live streaming. The worst case scenario is that if they see an outsider who looks wrong, they will shout and kill him."

Anti walked straight into the yard, and soon a voice was heard from inside, followed by a figure walking out.

When the other party came closer and saw the figure's appearance, Anti couldn't help but open his eyes slightly in surprise.

Zhang Ning shouted directly: "Teacher Zheng!?"

The other party looked at Zhang Ning with some confusion: "Who are you?"

The person who came out was Zheng Zheng.

This was supposed to be Professor Frost Miracle of Qixi University, but in this dream of the Snow-covered Village 20 years ago, he actually appeared here.

It is not an outsider who enters the dream, but a fictional consciousness that exists in this dream.

Twenty years ago, Zheng Zheng was probably only around twenty years old.

Zheng Zheng was a genius in the early days of the Internet. Otherwise, with his talent, he would be discussed on forums every day if he were on Blue Star today.

Zhang Ning had some understanding of Zheng Zheng's impressive resume. After all, he had spent most of his college career pestering him to teach him the death-type ice miracle.

But I didn't expect that at such a young age, he actually had the ability and the desire to go to this deep mountain forest to teach? !
Zheng Zheng at this moment was exactly the same as the Zheng Zheng in An Ti and Zhang Ning's impression.

Comparing them in my mind, I can't see any traces of the twenty years left on each other.

This is somewhat exaggerated.

No matter how high the believer's level is, it will not change his life span. He needs to rely on relevant miracles to change his fate. Otherwise, even if he is a Mingshen or even a confused believer, he will still get old. At most, he can rely on body shaping in the mixed dream world to keep his body in the best condition and live close to the limit of human life span.

Zheng Zheng's appearance has not had a single wrinkle over the years. If it is simply said that he is gifted, then how exaggerated is his talent?

Anti was reminded of a deepening symbol of the miracle of ice - stillness.

This is a very powerful symbol, because according to Anti, there is an ice miracle called "time freeze".

Using the ice miracle to achieve the effect of pausing time is simply outrageous.

It turns out that the symbol of "stillness" can cover that level.

Zheng Zheng's problems made An Ti think of this.

Seeing Zheng Zheng's confusion, Zhang Ning also realized that this did not seem to be the teacher or professor Zheng he knew, but the person in his dream twenty years ago.

But, Teacher Zheng was actually in Xuefeng Village at the beginning?
He felt like he had discovered a shocking secret.

"Hello, this lady and I are a priest and a nun of the church. We are traveling around, honing ourselves and working hard to contribute to society." Anti's face looked calm as he walked up to Zheng Zheng and explained his purpose.

When Zheng Zheng learned that An Ti and his friends were also here to teach, he was quite surprised: "There are actually other people willing to come to this broken place? I didn't receive any news before."

Zheng Zheng's tone was lighter than his mature appearance now, but he seemed to still speak directly. "It's snowing heavily recently, so communication is not very convenient." An Ti said.

Zheng Zheng nodded, but he did not show any further doubt: "Yes, I haven't been down the mountain for a long time, and I have not been in contact with the outside world for a long time. Please come in, the snow is about to get heavy."

At this time, snowflakes were still floating slowly in the sky, but they were indeed a little bigger than when Anti had just crawled out of the snow.

Zheng Zheng brought a few people into the house. In the meantime, he learned the identities of Zhang Ning and others, and expressed sympathy and some concern.

There was a fire in the simple stove in the house. Zheng Zheng entered the house and threw some firewood into it. The fire burned vigorously and it was very warm.

"How long will you teach here?" Zheng Zheng sat down on a wooden chair. The desk next to him was filled with various teaching materials. The volunteer teachers in places like this are all responsible for all subjects. It is completely enough to teach those children, but it is still hard work.

"Not sure, it depends on the specific situation." Anti replied.

Zheng Zheng nodded slightly. "The conditions here are very bad. The adults in the village are very xenophobic. The children are very innocent, but they are influenced by what they see and hear. Even if they may be friendly at first out of curiosity, they may become naughty gradually."

“I can feel it.”

"My personal advice to newcomers is to run away. But since you're here, it wouldn't be bad to experience it for a while. My teaching mission will end this year and may end at the beginning of next year, so you can take over for a while, and I won't have to worry too much." Zheng Zheng has facial paralysis at a young age, and his expression doesn't change much while he speaks. It seems that he is the same type as An Ti.

"How long have you been here?" An asked.

"Not long, two years." Zheng Zheng said casually.

"It's amazing that we can stay in this environment for a week." Jian Ai muttered.

"Is there anything strange here?" An asked.

"A strange place? What do you mean?" Zheng Zheng looked at An Ti.

"For example, are there any strange activities of those villagers? I heard that such things are very common in the deep mountains and old forests." Anti asked with a calm expression.

"...Well, I think most of their activities are not as strange as your clothes, Father." Zheng Zheng answered after thinking for a while.

"Haha." Jian Ai and Zhang Ning couldn't help laughing out loud.

Anti shrugged.

"The villagers don't like me running around. The area on the east side of the village from this school to the village entrance is my maximum range of activities. If I leave this area, they may drive me away directly once they find me." Zheng Zheng answered seriously.

"They still dare to attack? Can't you perform miracles?" Zhang Ning said subconsciously.

Zheng Zheng looked at him suddenly: "How do you know?"

Zhang Ning realized that he had said the wrong thing.

There were no miracle-related textbooks on Zheng Zheng's desk. Twenty years ago, miracle basic education was far less developed than it is today, and such a mountain village did not need miracle education at all.

This was also the first time they met Zheng Zheng, but he revealed the foundation of Zheng Zheng's miracle in one sentence.

Zheng Zheng looked at Zhang Ning with a frown, wondering what he was thinking about.

"We are both believers. He has a keen sense of perception and should have sensed your active sensitivity." An Ti came forward and said.

After hearing what An Ti said, Zheng Zheng's brows relaxed quickly: "So that's how it is. Yes, it's true that traveling here in the snow is not something that ordinary people can do."

This matter was passed over.

Afterwards, everyone chatted with Zheng Zheng for a while longer.

Zhang Ning and Jian Ai didn't dare to talk much, for fear of saying something wrong. It was mainly An Ti and Zheng Zheng who communicated.

After getting a little understanding of the village and chatting for a long time, Zhang Ning and Jian Ai prepared to return to their small house to meet up with the other two.

Anti and Iris went along on the pretext of accompanying them along the way.

Zheng Zheng said: "Be careful in the next few days in the village. Although you are believers, believers are no different from ordinary people without miracles. Most of the villagers here are equipped with guns in their homes."

Everyone looked at Zheng Zheng. Zheng Zheng stood at the gate of the courtyard and looked at them quietly.

I always feel like there's something else implied in his words.

In the end, we can only say goodbye and separate temporarily.

(End of this chapter)