kingnovel Chapter 456 You Do Not Belong Here
Chapter 456 You Do Not Belong Here
Kong gave Jinwu a word of advice from behind, but Jinwu awkwardly shrugged.
"I don't have the key."
Paimon asked in surprise, "You want us to eliminate the monster, but you don't even have the key to open the door?"
Jinwu smiled wryly, "The miners were only concerned with escaping for their lives back then, how could they remember where they lost the key..."
Xu Ning, who was standing in front, tapped on the wooden fence with her finger. "It's alright, it can still be opened. It's just that you'll have to stay further away, Sister Jinwu."
After Jinwu walked away into the distance, Xu Ning snapped his fingers to light a fire, the flame of which emanated from his palm. He smiled at Kong and said, "That door is already somewhat damaged. Let's work together. You use Purple Shadow; you should be able to blow it open in one go."
Kong nodded knowingly, understanding that Xu Ning could continuously generate flames using the smell of alcohol and draw his longsword.
"Brother Xu, you go first, I'll make my move later."
Xu Ning unleashed a powerful punch, and a fiery dragon shot out from his hand, crashing into the wooden gate.
Then, three purple figures appeared.
Amidst the thunder and lightning, three explosions occurred almost simultaneously on the wooden gate, shattering the portal that had trapped the monster into pieces.
Such a commotion undoubtedly alerted the demons inside. An ice arrow suddenly struck the burning fragments of the portal and exploded, covering the burning wood with a layer of frost.
"They can actually use elemental power?" Kong asked in surprise.
"Hmm, but I couldn't figure out how they communicated with elemental forces. Perhaps it's another of Kanria's advanced technologies."
While Xu Ning was talking to Kong, he finally got a clear look at the Black Serpent Knight who came out of there.
The black serpent knight, holding a longbow bearing a black sun totem, slowly stepped out of the cave and looked at the two.
He said, 'Do not go any further, stranger... lest you disturb the slumbering Sky Stone...'
Xu Ning turned his head and saw that Katarina had somehow gotten up and was now standing next to Jin Wu in the distance.
It seems that she had secretly followed them when they arrived.
But it came at just the right time, otherwise I really wouldn't know how to teach her.
Xu Ning turned to the Black Serpent Knight and smiled, "Ah, you're a bit late. We've already bothered you all."
The black serpent knight, holding a longbow, fell silent after uttering a single sentence, and began to conjure cold arrows in his hand.
Kong's combat senses are now extremely sharp, and he can engage in this kind of battle almost without thinking, simply drawing his sword and pressing against the opponent.
By the time Xu Ning walked over to Kong while drinking, the battle was already over.
"You... do not belong here..."
Upon hearing Katarina's translation, Kong looked at Xu Ning beside him in surprise.
The Black Serpent Knight's words can actually be understood in two ways.
One interpretation is that the underground world does not belong to the people of Teyvat; we do not belong here and should not have come here.
Another meaning is that neither he nor Xu Ning belong to the continent of Teyvat.
I am merely a passerby in this world, and naturally do not belong here. But what about Brother Xu? He is not a native of Teyvat either?
Xu Ning, who was being questioned, turned his head to Katarina.
"Are you sure you didn't translate it wrong? Are you sure he wasn't just talking to Kong? What do you mean by 'we don't belong here'? He's the one who doesn't belong here..."
When Katarina heard Xu Ning question her again, she snorted and turned her head away in annoyance.
Jinwu walked up and praised Kong repeatedly, saying that he shouldn't have doubted Kong's strength just because he was young. Kong was embarrassed by the praise and then took the initiative to protect Jinwu as he went inside to retrieve the original documents.
"He immediately transforms into a wage earner after receiving a few compliments; this guy still has a lot to learn."
Xu Ning shook his head, rummaged through the scattered armor on the ground for a while, and unsurprisingly found a purple bead and an engraved image.
Katarina took the engraving and softly read the name on it, "The Prophet of the Mirrors, Skold."
Xu Ning stroked the beads in his hand. "Four now. I don't know how many people there are, and I don't know what these beads are for. Originally, there was someone who might know these ancient secrets, but he just disappeared at this time."
Katarina was initially curious about who possessed such extensive knowledge, but just then Jinwu came out carrying a large stack of documents, so she stopped asking further.
"This is all the data collected and organized by the excavation team. Unfortunately, some of it was damaged. However, according to the records, most of it has been handed over to the Secretariat of Yujingtai for filing, so the loss should not be significant."
Jinwu said with a serious expression, "There is one sentence in this book that I am very concerned about. At the end of the last diary, it is written in messy handwriting, '...purplish-black soil...below...a person...something came out of the crack in the door...' I think what he saw last was the Black Serpent Knight, but the Black Serpent Knight came in from outside the door, and we don't know what is under the mud."
Xu Ning took a sip of wine. "No need to worry about it. There are people down there. Once this matter is settled, I will report it to Yujingtai. Just like I said, don't easily get involved with those scoundrels."
"Furthermore, let's say it was my idea to include 'Thousand Winds Wine' in the consumables of the safety equipment. Anyone involved in the work in the Abyss must drink it periodically to eliminate the negative effects of the black mud in the Abyss on the human body..."
Paimon exclaimed in surprise, "Wow! Now I finally understand how you, you big drunkard, made so much Mora. You actually turned alcohol into safety equipment consumables, and then forced everyone to drink it. No wonder the Mora is flooding in like a tidal wave..."
Kong interrupted Paimon, "Brother Xu's wine is practically the nemesis of the abyss's aura. It's all for the good of the staff. Paimon, don't talk nonsense."
Xu Ning wasn't angry at the little white-haired boy who liked to undermine him; he just threatened, "If you dare to talk nonsense again, I won't invite you to the next big meal."
It was already late, so Xu Ning sent everyone to rest and then returned to Chenyin Cave.
The cave was quiet and peaceful. Everyone, big and small, was asleep. The furry children had all found their favorite spots and were snoring softly. Occasionally, one of them would hear Xu Ning's footsteps, but it would not move and would fall asleep again peacefully.
Xu Ning, however, was not sleepy at all.
The words spoken by that so-called prophet, "You do not belong here..." struck a chord deep within him.