What Year is It Today

Lin Feng travelled south all the way, wanting to directly return to Lance City to spend the winter.

They were all wearing short sleeves now. Even with the Magic Sword keeping them warm, when the wind blew, they would still sneeze from the cold.

The three beast-eared girls were fine, exceptionally strong and fearless of the cold, jumping up and down very cheerfully.

But it was no good for the Red Scale. Now she didn't move at all, just hugging him to sleep, not drinking water or eating food, seeming to have already entered hibernation, he was really afraid that she would suddenly die like this.

He hadn't put her into his sack yet, she couldn't die!

But he also blamed the silly dragon. When the Magic Sword was pulled out, it triggered a spell trap, causing everyone's time to be swallowed up by several months.

When they came, it was still summer, but when they came out, the snow had started falling.

Being messed around like this, the plan to take his wife to see the sea would have to be delayed again.

But now there was the silly dragon. As long as she transformed, everyone could sit on her and she could fly into the sky, travel and the like would become very convenient.

The journey that originally took a week on foot, she might finish flying in just an afternoon.

Thinking of this, Lin Feng glanced at the Red Scale in his arms.

She was sleeping exceptionally soundly. Her steady snores could easily arouse drowsiness in people after listening for a while.

Her thick dragon tail swayed from time to time, but most of the time it was pressed against Lin Feng’s hips.

Yuna spread her arms towards Lin Feng with a flushed little face, "Master, let me hold her, your strength is not as great as mine, and I am soft and fluffy, Red Scale is willing to snuggle with me."

As for why she was blushing.

Lin Feng felt there were two possibilities:

1. She was frozen.

2. Winter had arrived, it was the most embarrassing time of year for mature Silver Wolf Tribe females.

Lin Feng leaned more towards the latter.

But in principle, it should not conform to common sense to have two instances in such a short period of time.

"Come here for a second."

"Hmm?" She leaned her wolf ears over.

When she heard Lin Feng's words, she silently nodded her head.

At the same time, her face turned even redder.

"So you don't have any physical discomfort?"

"Apart from always thinking about weird stuff in my brain, there is no discomfort." Yuna’s tail swayed left and right, eventually leaning to the side.

Lin Feng knew that serious Silver Wolf Tribe girl would be gone for a while.

Just as the two were flirting with each other, Rosa Linda jumped onto a rock and gazed thoughtfully into the distance.

"Strange, did we walk that fast? I can already see the city."

Lin Feng lightly patted her shoulder and gently said, "Are you having hallucinations from fatigue? We've only been walking for three days. Snowy roads are hard to walk. It will probably take another two days to arrive."

"Really, look!" Rosa Linda grabbed Lin Feng’s hand and pointed ahead.

But the snow was too heavy, Lin Feng's eyes were not as good as hers, he couldn’t see anything clearly.

Emily also squeezed up and squinted to observe what lay ahead, "It is! Which city is this?"

Were there other cities around?

Lin Feng had lived here for so many years, how could he not know if there was another city near Lance City!

But the judgment in the two girls' eyes made Lin Feng lose confidence. He decisively took out the map he carried with him and looked through it again.

Then he confidently handed the map to the two girls.

"You must have seen wrong. The map shows that there is nothing here but boundless grassland."

Rosa Linda flipped the map back and forth, and her face flashed with wisdom, "We can't understand the map, but I do remember there was nothing here when we came."

Lin Feng breathed a sigh of relief.

Since that was the case, then they must have seen wrong.

Emily still refused to give up, gesturing vigorously at the front, "Dear, look! That's the outline of the city wall, those are the wooden houses outside..."

"I don't believe it. My eyes are the ruler. If I say there's nothing then there's nothing!" Lin Feng closed his eyes tightly.

But after continuing to walk forward for a while, Lin Feng saw the towering city walls with his own eyes.

There were some wooden houses outside the walls with thick smoke billowing from the chimneys.

It seemed the bunny ears were not lying.

But he clearly remembered that this place was a desolate wilderness, how could a city appear from thin air?

Was it built suddenly over the past few months?

That was unlikely.

These city walls had a familiar feeling about them...

The soldier on duty on the city wall saw someone approaching and opened the half-closed city gate. He was still muttering complaints: "It's almost the depths of winter, and there are still people wandering outside... Very strong body, still wearing short sleeves at this time. Identification!"

Lin Feng rummaged through his pockets before finally finding his ID.

The guard on duty looked at this ID in surprise, flipped through a few pages, then raised his head to look at Lin Feng's face.

"How long have you had this ID for? It should be renewed. It won't be usable in another two or three years."

???

Lin Feng was dumbfounded by these words.

He had only gotten this a year ago, how was it already unusable?

"I just got this made."

"Nonsense! That old ID was discontinued years ago." The guard threw the ID back to Lin Feng, then gestured towards the few beast-eared girls, "And theirs too."

Lin Feng was even more confused.

"What do you mean theirs?"

"IDs!"

"Since when do slaves need IDs to enter the city? I've never heard that slaves need to have IDs!"

"Come on, they need them too. At other cities don't the guards check them?" The guard made a gesture of driving them away, "No IDs, no entry!"

The beast-eared girls looked at each other in dismay.

Previously as long as they followed behind Lin Feng they could come and go freely. No one had ever asked them for any kind of ID.

Even if they were stopped by the guards on their own, as long as they reported Lin Feng's name and stuffed some money into the guards hands, they would be allowed to pass.

But now they were required to have IDs?

"When did checking start?" Lin Feng handed his ID over again, but this time he slipped several silver coins inside.

This scene was witnessed by Rosa Linda. She remembered when she had come to Lance City in the winter, she directly climbed the city wall and snuck in without paying a single coin.

The guard grinned slyly, furtively looked all around, then stuffed the money into his pocket.

"It started years ago! You're only finding out now? Could it be you've been living in the wilderness all these years? These IDs are from a long time ago." A gust of cold wind blew past and he shivered.

"So this is Lance City?"

"Of course it's Lance City! Don't talk nonsense!" The guard sized up Lin Feng, suspecting he had mental problems. "Alright, your IDs are very complete, you can pass through, hurry up and go!"

"Okay."

Since it was Lance City, and checking had already begun years ago, how did he not know at all?

Lin Feng felt a little speechless.

And this Lance City was also very different from his memory.

There were only a few wooden houses within the city.

What was going on here?

He had only been swallowed by the maze for several months, not several years...

Wait a minute!

Lin Feng swallowed his saliva and called out to the guard who was preparing to return to his post.

"What now? Hurry up and go!"

"Just asking, what year is it this year?"