Chapter 392 : Chapter 392

Chapter 392: The Cold World, the Cold-Blooded Person

"I'm... alright..."

Qiu Ruxin subconsciously replied to me, her tone suggesting she didn't want to trouble me.

"Are you really?"

I didn't think she looked alright at the moment.

When I appeared earlier, I seemed to have seen figures like hooligans, which meant something had definitely happened just now.

Moreover, as she spoke, I noticed a problem: I still couldn't understand what she was saying, but the meaning she wanted to convey was transmitted through the Telepathic Communication Spell.

Therefore, Qiu Ruxin didn't need to speak to communicate with me at all.

But I wasn't in a hurry to point this out.

"Mhm. I need to... leave quickly..."

Qiu Ruxin struggled to get up.

She hadn't forgotten her predicament.

Even if those people were scared off and fled, what if she ran into other people?

Or what if those who fled called in reinforcements?

Therefore, this was not a place to linger.

"You look quite badly hurt."

I helped her stand up.

Her clothes were simple, even covered in dust, which was likely caused by the fight just now.

However, since she could stand up, her injuries shouldn't be severe enough to have broken bones or severely damaged tendons.

But I still used a Flesh and Blood Healing Spell on her.

Although this spell was for wounds, it was also very effective for muscle damage, bruises, and so on.

The pain relief effect was also good.

As for the consumption of one hundred points of magic power... I wasn't short on magic power now.

After acquiring Self-generating Magic Power, I didn't have to rely on the slow recovery method of the Magic Power Source anymore.

Furthermore... when I used the Illumination Spell just now, it made me fully realize that this world was truly not the Main World, because there was no coverage from the Great Weakening Spell.

Even the Illumination Spell was almost used as a flashbang by me just now.

As for the Curse of Misfortune I should have suffered upon arriving in another world... it was being resisted by the Destiny-Interfering Collar.

"Eh! You... this, what is this?"

Qiu Ruxin saw me touching her without explanation, until a force seemed to enter her body, easing her pain from the injuries and the blow to her back earlier...

"Ma... magic!"

Seeing such a method, Qiu Ruxin was nearly about to exclaim!

Of course, the concept of magic wasn't because this world had magicians, but because of fantasy story collections compiled out of a longing for magic.

But she hadn't expected to witness it firsthand one day!

Although she felt the method of my appearance also seemed to fall within the scope of magic.

"Magic? You can think of it that way," I said with a smile, trying to keep my tone gentle so as not to scare the girl in front of me.

"Are you... an Explorer?"

Qiu Ruxin asked cautiously after feeling that her body was completely fine.

"An Explorer? What is an Explorer?"

I asked, looking at the girl curiously.

"I'm a newcomer and don't understand many things yet. Could you briefly explain it to me?"

"You don't know?"

Hearing my words and seeing my genuine expression, Qiu Ruxin subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

"They are... the invaders of our world... I didn't expect you not to know. May I ask who you are? Are you an invader too?"

"Mhm, I really don't know about the Explorers. As for who I am, how should I put it... I suppose I came here in response to your wish."

I explained.

After all, the concept of Destiny was hard to explain, so it was better to use a different wording.

Since I was guided here by Destiny, it seemed to represent her wish.

"In... response to my wish?! Really?"

Qiu Ruxin asked excitedly.

Although she didn't believe in gifts from heaven, it didn't stop her from momentarily fantasizing.

But she didn't forget everything due to excitement.

After looking around and seeing no movement, she led me away, preparing to leave.

"Perhaps? But there's no free lunch in the world. My arrival here was originally an accident, and helping you was just a moment of kindness on my part. However... tracing it back to the source, my arrival is indeed related to you, so I will help you as much as possible until I figure everything out."

I followed her out of this troubled area, communicating with her through consciousness as we walked.

"I see... Regardless, thank you. If it weren't for you, I would have been..."

She wasn't discouraged.

After all, she hadn't held any expectations.

Being able to overcome the immediate crisis had made her very happy.

"It's nothing. The past is the past. There's no need to recall sad things and increase internal stress. Um... I don't know your name yet. My name is Yang Yuehan."

I comforted her.

I asked for her name because I wanted to understand her.

As a newcomer, I naturally needed a friendly or neutral character to learn about this world.

The girl in front of me was the perfect choice.

"Yang Yuehan? My name is Qiu Ruxin."

"Qiu Ruxin? A nice name."

I said casually, but I still memorized the pronunciation of her name that she had subconsciously repeated.

After all, I could only communicate with Qiu Ruxin through consciousness right now.

If I wanted to live more conveniently in this world, I might need to learn the language of this world.

But I had a psychological shadow about learning languages.

For example, my foreign language learning was terrible in my past life.

However, with my improved learning ability and the Memory Bookshelf Spellbook, I was somewhat confident that I could learn their language in a short period.

But this still required someone to teach and help me start.

Self-study would definitely be difficult.

"Is that so? Thank you for the compliment..."

Qiu Ruxin was hearing someone compliment her name for the first time.

"It's nothing. By the way, is it... night now?"

I subconsciously looked at the sky.

Although I didn't know if the time of day here was the same as in the Main World or if there was a time difference, it didn't stop me from knowing it was night.

"Why are you outside? Isn't it better to sleep at home?"

"Home... I don't have a home anymore."

Her mood instantly dropped at this.

"Is it convenient to tell me more details? We can't keep wandering outside, right? There seem to be quite a few guys like those hooligans from earlier."

"My home... was destroyed by those people who call themselves Explorers... Not just my home, but the entire street block..."

As Qiu Ruxin spoke, she thought of sad things, and tears were nearly overflowing.

"Alright, I won't force you if you don't want to talk. Looking at you, you don't have a place to stay anymore, do you?"

I quickly stopped her.

"Mhm..."

"Then what were you planning to do originally?"

"I was planning... to find some random place to stay for the night, but then I ran into those guys... Ouch..."

She spoke pitifully, but before finishing, she tripped and fell to the ground.

"Hm? You're quite good at tripping on flat ground."

I subconsciously looked at the ground under her feet.

It was a slight elevation difference caused by a crack in the ground.

It seemed the roads here were dilapidated.

Although I said that, I still helped her up.

Then, a Cleaning Spell was cast, removing all the dirt from her clothes.

"Tha... thank you..."

"It's nothing. Be careful where you walk at night," I reminded her.

"It's fine. I'm used to it."

"Used to it?"

I keenly noticed the keyword.

Was this girl a clumsy idiot?

How could she be used to tripping on flat ground?

"Sorry, I meant I'm fine with the small injuries," Qiu Ruxin noticed the ambiguity in her statement and quickly corrected herself.

"Oh, alright then. By the way, do you know of any place nearby where we can spend the night?"

Judging by her walking posture, she was probably planning to barely get by in some abandoned building.

While I didn't mind, if there were better options, why not take them?

"There should be inns or hotels nearby for accommodation, but... I don't have any money..."

"No money..."

A very realistic reason.

"Then do you know how to make money quickly?"

I needed to settle down, learn about this world from Qiu Ruxin, and then find a way to go back.

I wonder how the Academy Head was handling this.

The Academy Head wouldn't just give up on me, would she?

"Making money quickly... probably only by robbing..."

Qiu Ruxin sighed.

"You're a genius!"

Hearing her despondent sigh, I immediately exclaimed.

She was right.

Robbing was indeed a quick way to make money.

"Eh! Wait! I was just saying that casually! You can't actually go robbing... You'll... you'll be troubled by the Investigative Squad!"

Qiu Ruxin quickly pulled my sleeve, trying to persuade me.

"Just troubled?"

"Well..."

"Those hooligans were quite rampant just now. Why didn't the Investigative Squad go after them?"

I asked curiously.

To determine how chaotic this society was, one only needed to look at the prevalence of these low-level hooligans.

"And we can just rob their money."

"But... if we try to rob them? Can we even win?"

Qiu Ruxin asked worriedly.

"Yes, we can definitely win."

Since Qiu Ruxin subconsciously asked if we could win instead of trying to stop me again, I figured this plan was viable.

Anyway... this wasn't my world.

I had means like the Disguise Technique and powerful strength.

Who dared to stop me?

Of course, before that, I had already decided to take care of those hooligans, solve the problem of accommodation for tonight, and then learn about the situation of this world, checking for any major figures or weapons I should avoid, such as nuclear weapons, firearms, and so on.

It wasn't that these weapons could kill me, but they could pose a threat to me.

I had many spells and means to deal with these weapons, but I couldn't be constantly on guard.

At this moment, to reassure her, a Fireball spell appeared in my hand.

"This! Is this Fireball Magic?"

Seeing this, her eyes widened instinctively.

"Something like that. This is just my ordinary, conventional method. So, my strength is very high. You don't need to worry. You just need to explain the general situation of your world to me. We can talk as we walk. How does that sound?"

"Mhm... alright."

Qiu Ruxin finally nodded in agreement.

Along the way, Qiu Ruxin roughly explained many things to me, and not just random details, but important common sense issues.

For example, the history of this world's development, which I wasn't very interested in, so I only listened briefly.

Then came the country divisions of this world.

The country we were currently in seemed to be called the Lanath Island, a peninsula country.

It wasn't very large on this world.

As for the total number of countries in this world, Qiu Ruxin wasn't sure of the exact number, but estimated it to be several hundred based on her common knowledge.

Moreover, these countries had never unified, and many still had their own languages, although there was a common language for the entire world.

Qiu Ruxin's language was one of the major languages, the World Common Language.

Hearing that there were so many countries and languages in this world, I immediately got a headache.

My original idea of learning the language nearly vanished.

Then, I learned about this world's development.

Its direction also seemed to be on the technology side.

The strongest weapon was not the missiles and nuclear bombs I imagined.

In fact, they didn't even have the concept of those things in their world.

But I didn't believe it.

I asked her about their energy source, to see if they were burning coal.

But this inquiry was even more surprising: they weren't using coal or nuclear power plants, or even electricity.

Instead, it was a power source that originated underground.

Her description sounded somewhat like Earth Vein Energy, but it also felt slightly off.

This energy could be transmitted through plants, so... the fundamental technology developed in this world was a branch of biotechnology—plant technology...

Could you imagine cultivated plant roots spread throughout the world, but their purpose was only to act like electrical wires?

Their function was to transmit "Earth Energy" to supply every household.

However, I still couldn't confirm if this so-called "Earth Energy" was indeed Earth Vein Energy.

Regarding weapons, while this world didn't have the gunpowder-fired guns I knew, the concept of a gun still existed, but it was activated in a different way.

As for the principle, the other party wasn't very clear.

After all, a concept is a concept.

Language has countless ways to describe and define it.

This is evident in Telepathic Communication.

It is more efficient at information transfer than language.

The information conveyed by spoken language and text is simply too little, only sufficient for general communication or record-keeping.

When it comes to higher levels, it's common for things to be "unspeakable or indescribable."

At this moment, I had only learned this much information.

After all, conveying this much common knowledge was very time-consuming, and more importantly... we had arrived at the hooligans' "hideout."

On the way, I also learned why she was being cornered by the hooligans, but the answer was somewhat beyond my expectation.

It also showed me the chaos in this world.

But that was temporarily irrelevant to us.

Our first priority was to make money, or else we couldn't even afford accommodation.

Qiu Ruxin brought me to this abandoned factory.

She said the hooligans often hung out here, which truly surprised me.

After all... if they didn't even have a decent place to live, could they possibly have any money?

But I was already here.

Even if they were poor, could they be poorer than me, who didn't have a single coin?

After applying the Disguise Technique, I walked straight in.

Inside were indeed the hooligans I had scared away earlier.

They had fled back here and were still shaken, recounting their encounter to their companions.

But unfortunately, the very person they were talking about had come to their doorstep.

I didn't waste time talking to them.

None of these guys were good people.

Even though I only had the one-sided words I heard from Qiu Ruxin on the road, who in this life can claim to be wrongly accused?

Relying on simple Restraint Spells and the Silence Spell, I rounded them all up in one fell swoop.

After a quick search, they didn't have much money.

I learned from Qiu Ruxin earlier that this world didn't have electronic payment, so this money was likely their entire savings.

At this moment, Qiu Ruxin walked in.

"Hm? Didn't I ask you to wait outside?"

I asked.

"Sorry... I was a little worried... Um, is it solved?"

Qiu Ruxin peeked in, asking tentatively.

Before coming, I had told her to wait outside and not show her face, as she didn't have the Disguise Technique and could easily be recognized.

"Yes, it's solved. Never mind, you're already here."

I waved her over.

Receiving my confirmation, Qiu Ruxin cautiously approached.

Looking at the figures struggling on the ground, and recognizing a few of the "acquaintances" from earlier, a chilling glint flashed in her eyes.

But she also couldn't help but sigh in awe.

The girl in front of her, Yang Yuehan, had terrifying methods.

Was this magic?

Thinking this, she subconsciously swallowed.

That was the thirst for power.

"These guys really don't have much money, just as I thought. Paper currency and coins... um, not coins, what is this?"

I asked, picking up something that felt somewhat like wood.

"This is a Hardwood Coin," Qiu Ruxin explained promptly.

"A Hardwood Coin? What a magical thing."

I played with the Hardwood Coin.

It had a nice texture, different from ordinary metal coins.

It was smooth to handle, almost like a collectible object.

It was clearly circulated and used for a long time, even developing a slight patina.

"By the way, if a few hooligans disappeared from the world, would the so-called Investigative Squad care?"

I asked curiously.

"They wouldn't care," Qiu Ruxin was stunned for a moment, then glanced away, whispering.

"Then, if it were you, how would you deal with these guys?"

I asked, smiling and playing with the Hardwood Coin.

I mainly wanted to see what choice she would make, which would influence whether I needed to restrain myself in this world.

As the saying goes, speak to a person as a person, and to a ghost as a ghost.

In different worlds and different situations, I also needed a different attitude.

Just as my mentality was different when dealing with the Witch Academy, the Dream State Arena, and the Ninglan New City in the Main World.

"..."

Qiu Ruxin was suddenly silent.

She looked over the men, ignoring their terrified and pleading expressions and ugliness.

Finally, she spoke, feigning a resolute expression.

"Kill them..."