The snow fell quickly, and the temperature dropped just as fast. Before long, the entirety of Totto Land was a country covered in white.
Snowy days were supposed to be quiet, but today, Totto Land was exceptionally lively. Humans, giants, fish-men, and all sorts of other races...
...all gathered together. The children were having a snowball fight, while the young ladies were trying to build a beautiful snow maiden.
The strong men were rolling snowballs, competing to see whose was the biggest.
This was the first day of the snowfall. No one was in a hurry to complete any sculptures; instead, they all had a good, hearty play session.
"Take this!" Milim launched a surprise attack, and a snowball hit Linlin right on the forehead.
"Milim!" A vein popped on Charlotte Linlin's forehead. She casually grabbed a handful of snow from the ground and threw it at Milim.
Milim tilted her head and dodged. The snowball flew straight and hit the fish-man El, who was bundled up in a down jacket.
El immediately hid in a corner, shivering.
"That's all you've got, Linlin? You can't even hit me from this close!" The smile on Milim's face was extremely taunting. Linlin could no longer hold back and frantically grabbed snowballs from the ground, throwing them at Milim!
And as Linlin's assistant, Ryuka continuously made snowballs from the ground, replenishing Linlin's ammunition.
For a moment, Milim was pinned down, unable to show her head. She hid behind a wall and shouted for help from Vegapunk, "Vegapunk, hurry up and use that genius brain of yours to think of something!"
In that instant, Linlin's gaze locked onto Vegapunk. A few dozen snowballs hit him directly, knocking him down. Vegapunk struggled to crawl over to Milim's side.
"What does this have to do with me? I'm a scientist! I didn't want to participate in this kind of activity," Vegapunk cried out in grievance.
"Heehee!" Seeing Vegapunk in such a miserable state, Milim's mood instantly brightened.
"It can't be helped, Vegapunk. We're on the same team now. Hurry up and take out your genius inventions to attack them!"
"Damn it! Is this the only way?" With a serious expression, Vegapunk pulled out a weapon from somewhere. It had a vacuum cleaner-like tail and a gun-like head.
"Did you think I hadn't considered this? You underestimate my brilliant mind." A wise smile appeared on Vegapunk's face.
"I had already invented a snowball machine back when I was preparing to create the Snow Maker." As Vegapunk peeked out and pulled the trigger...
The vacuum cleaner at the back immediately activated, sucking in a large amount of snow. Perfectly formed snowballs then shot out from the barrel.
In an instant, a barrage of snowballs hit Linlin.
Under attack, Linlin had no choice but to hide behind a wall, saying unwillingly, "Damn it, how dare you cheat with props."
"Hahahaha! This is the wisdom of science!" Vegapunk had a wild smile on his face!
As the snowball fight expanded, everyone in Totto Land joined in. Even Bullet, who had just recovered from his injuries, ran out happily to participate.
Today, everyone had a joyful smile on their face.
And so, a happy day passed. The snow in the sky was still falling.
But Totto Land had fallen into silence. Only a few occasional lights proved that some people were still staying up late.
Milim, Charlotte Linlin, Ryuka, Vegapunk, El, and Milim's newly remembered disciple, Bullet.
They had wanted to invite the giant uncle, but the room wasn't big enough, so they didn't.
Today, everyone had played to their heart's content. Now, they were all gathered around a hot pot, eating.
Bullet was still a little nervous. He would take a bite of food and then look at the reactions of Milim and the others. Only when he saw that no one was looking at him did he relax and start eating heartily.
Everyone was sitting together, eating hot pot, except for Milim, who had long since run to the sofa to lie down, holding a game console, giggling and playing.
"What's wrong with her?" Linlin ate some grilled meat and poked the engrossed Milim with her chopsticks.
Vegapunk picked up the small wine cup in front of him, took a light sip of baijiu, and replied in a calm tone, "That's a game console, something I invented a while ago. Although I don't find it very fun, Milim seems to like it."
"I haven't seen the boss this interested in a long time. The last time was with cake," El said, taking a swig of his drink.
"Can this thing be mass-produced?" Seeing how engrossed Milim was, an idea suddenly popped into Linlin's head.
"The production of the game console doesn't require much, and the cost isn't high. It can be easily mass-produced," Vegapunk said after a moment of thought.
"Seeing how obsessed Milim is, this should be a good project to make money," Linlin nodded, confirming her idea!
"And it can also create more jobs. I was originally thinking that Totto Land's job positions were about to be filled and that we would have to reduce the number of refugees we take in!"
"Indeed. As long as we follow the assembly line process that Milim mentioned, the benefits in terms of both quality and efficiency will be substantial," El chimed in.
As they ate, they discussed the future development of Totto Land.
As they were talking, Linlin's gaze suddenly fell on Bullet.
Bullet, who was eating, was startled. He immediately put down his chopsticks and looked at Charlotte Linlin with some unease.
But Linlin quickly looked away and didn't say anything to him.
Instead, she started talking to the others about something else.
"Totto Land has now entered a stable period. The most important thing next is talent," Charlotte Linlin said very seriously.
"It's not enough to rely solely on us to discover talent. So, we need to establish a school, a school that can cultivate talent."
Hearing Charlotte Linlin's words, Vegapunk's eyes lit up, and he immediately agreed, "I agree. The development of science needs to be passed down. If more talented people who love science appear, I believe the scientific level of Totto Land will advance even faster."
"I also agree with establishing a school," El replied, but then hesitated slightly. "But we don't have a mature method for cultivating talent."
"We can take our time with that. After all, we're all still young. We still have a lot of time." Charlotte Linlin raised her wine cup and took a gulp. The others also took a drink.
That's right, they were all still very young. Charlotte Linlin was not even 20 years old yet. Her body was still developing rapidly, getting stronger and stronger.
Vegapunk was also very young now. There was still a lot of knowledge he hadn't learned, and many technologies he hadn't developed. His youthful thirst for knowledge was endless.
El was already trying to contact the fish-men of Fish-Man Island. Occasionally, he could even rescue his own kind from slave ships and bring them back to Totto Land.
They were young and didn't need to feel lost about the future, because they were the ones who were about to create it.
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