SFS Chapter 443 A Place No One Knows
Chapter 443 A Place No One Knows
Kagerou, who had been idly swinging his gleaming blade around with his tail for a while, turned around in a rage.
I was stopped by Xu Ning just now, but I didn't get a chance to teach that big guy with the pointed hat a lesson.
And now there's someone even more impolite?
Before Xu Ning could speak, Shadow Wolf had already flicked the blade to its mouth with its tail, caught the short sword in its jaws, and with a flick of the blade, launched a cross slash at the big guy in front of it.
Although Anton and the others were starving, they all knew firsthand what Shadow Wolf's sudden attack had meant. When they saw their comrade-in-arms recklessly provoking the ferocious dog again, they quickly spoke up to stop him.
"Wovka, my good brother, please don't do anything!"
"Stop! They're here to help us!"
"Just surrender, Wolfka, you can't beat that dog anyway!"
Anton glared at Timor, who seemed to enjoy stirring up trouble, and was about to remind his colleague to be careful again when he turned around and found that the battle had ended in an instant.
Although Corporal Mashkov, who was known in his company for his temper and bravery, was indeed quite capable, he, like himself, had been starving for many days and was not much strength left.
Even so, the dog's knife skills were indeed terrifying. Even if he was in good condition, Anton wouldn't dare say that he could definitely win if he went head-to-head with the dog.
Kageroumaru didn't kill the starving guys, but after knocking their weapons away, he stood upright and walked back and forth among the fallen men, the blade coiled on his tail flashing in front of each of their faces as a threat.
However, judging from the gazes of the several burly men on the ground, they all seemed to be staring intently at Shadow Wolf's bulging little penis, as if afraid that it would mark them when it faced them.
"These are also my colleagues. They have bad tempers and have been starving for so many days, they..."
Anton really wanted to defend them, but the way they acted just now was completely unrelated to the phrase "no malicious intent".
Fortunately, Xu Ning did not criticize these people too much. He took out some more food and gave it to Anton to give to those people.
"After you've eaten, I'll hand you over to the Thousand Rock Army stationed in the Layered Rock Abyss. Then someone will arrange for you to return home. As for whether you'll be friend or foe in the future, given your military ranks, I doubt you'll have much say in it. We'll see what fate brings!"
Anton nodded his thanks to Xu Ning and then handed the food to the group of people who had just arrived.
Seeing that the matter was over, the girl tightened her backpack and turned to walk inside.
Xu Ning immediately reached out and stopped her, "Where are you going?"
The girl pointed towards the pool as if it were the most natural thing in the world, "Let's explore over there and draw some maps while we're at it!"
Xu Ning said helplessly, "So you really are Zhiqiong, right? Sister Jinwu has been worried sick over there in the mine tunnel for a long time. She told me to make sure you go back to her first when I find you."
Zhiqiong nodded casually and said, "I'll go back immediately after I finish testing here."
Seeing that she clearly hadn't listened to what he had just said, and since the Fools would need to rest for a while to recover anyway, Xu Ning said goodbye to Shen He, leaving Yinglangmaru to guard the Fools, and they simply followed Zhiqiong as if taking a leisurely stroll.
Zhiqiong was also carefree, showing no regard for Xu Ning's identity. As for Jinwu's instructions to her, she had probably long forgotten them.
She crossed the pool and walked to a huge pit, cautiously sticking her head out to look down.
Then he reached into his backpack, pulled out a notebook, and started writing and drawing on it.
"Well, it needs a name, so let's call it... let's call it the Underground Watershed!"
Xu Ning shook his head slightly; this guy's naming skills weren't that great either.
Despite shaking his head, when Xu Ning saw this guy carefully clinging to the cliff face, about to climb down, he immediately reached out and grabbed him.
"If we're talking about drawing, it should be clear from here, so why go down down?"
Zhiqiong struggled twice but couldn't break free. Helplessly, she explained, "Look at this swamp. Although it seems to be naturally formed, if you look closely at the surrounding cliffs, it looks like there's a spiral passage that leads directly to the lowest part."
"So I want to go down and see who deliberately set up these stairs. Maybe I can find a magnificent treasure chest at the bottom."
Xu Ning pointed to the narrow path on the right, "If we follow your theory, then the top of this staircase must also lead to some place, right? This way is closer, do you want to go and take a look first?"
Seeing that Xu Ning seemed to disagree with her theory, Zhiqiong turned around and started walking uphill with her bag on her back.
"Aren't you afraid to draw in a place like this all by yourself?"
As Xu Ning drank his wine, he casually asked Zhiqiong a question.
Zhiqiong laughed and said, "What's this? I grew up in the mining area of Mingyun Town. The mine tunnels there were my playground since I was a child. Although the underground mine tunnels here are deeper, larger, quieter and emptier, to me, it's just like a re-enactment of the scenes from my childhood."
Xu Ning shook his head slightly. "That's not what I wanted to ask. What I mean is, why are you so keen on taking risks? Why do you insist on realizing your value in such a desolate place?"
"Huh? Adventures, aren't they all in desolate places? But I haven't even thought about realizing my value yet. Although I have completed some adventurers' requests independently and surveyed some terrains on my own, I am still far behind those great adventurers!"
"But I've always thought, just like the great adventurer Alice once said, perhaps this place, the Abyss of Laminaria, might just become my Rubicon River!"
Xu Ning was taken aback. "What Rubicon River?"
Zhiqiong laughed and said, "I don't know what it is either. It should be one of the places that Senior Alice has been to. Although I have never seen this place name before, I guess what Senior Alice meant was that if I cross this river, I can find the meaning of my life!"
Xu Ning remained silent.
What Zhiqiong said was roughly correct, and there really was such a place as the Rubicon River. Although she had never been there herself, she had heard of it.
Hearing this name only in Teyvat is a rather chilling thing.
The Rubicon River is a river in a certain country in the world I lived in in my previous life.
There was once an emperor who broke the taboo against crossing that river and achieved an unprecedented victory.
This should be a place that no one but myself should know about.