Chapter 467: Remember What You Said
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Su Ying was wearing night-vision goggles, so she wasn’t affected by the light. After exiting the cave, the stream turned into a small waterfall. Thankfully, it wasn’t very high, and the two of them fell into the plunge pool below.
Su Ying held her breath and dragged Zhou Qing to the shore. After confirming that Zhou Qing was fine, she collapsed on one side in a sitting position to catch her breath.
“Are you alright, Your Imperial Highness?” Zhou Qing had been floating on the surface of the water while Su Ying led her the entire time. She hadn’t expended much energy, and she recovered after a short while.
Su Ying wiped the water off her face and nodded her head. “I’m fine.”
After taking a moment to catch her breath, Su Ying stood up and observed her surroundings. This mountain forest didn’t seem to lack water, but she didn’t know how far this place was from the foot of those mountains in Luo City. “Zhou Qing, go get some firewood and dry your clothes first so that you don’t fall sick.”
Zhou Qing didn’t suspect anything and turned around to gather firewood. Su Ying entered her interspatial store and took out the drone from the shelf. She flew the drone into the air. The controller screen in her hands showed the surrounding terrain, but the drone’s height was not high enough. She continued to let the drone rise until the drone was above the trees before directing the drone forward.
After the drone moved forward for a while, Su Ying continued to fly the drone higher until she saw a small path appear on the screen. She manipulated the control panel in her hands and directed the drone toward that small path.
The drone flew along the path. On her screen, Su Ying seemed to see someone coming in her direction.
Su Ying quickly directed the drone to hide in the woods and waited for those people to pass by. She wanted to know where this path led to.
She flew the drone all over the place to look for road signs in order to find out where this path led.
Soon, the drone captured a road sign. The road sign showed “Luo City.” This was the path leading to Luo City.
Su Ying calculated the distance between them and the path when she directed the drone back.
“Your Imperial Highness?”
Su Ying turned around and saw Zhou Qing standing under a tree with a bundle of firewood in her arms.
Su Ying hid the remote control when she heard her. “Go and gather some more.
111 think of a way to start a friction fire with sticks.”
“Sure. I will go now.”
After putting away the drone that had flown back, Su Ying jumped off the tree and took out a lighter to light the firewood.
When Zhou Qing returned, she found that Su Ying had already dried her own clothes.
“Come over and warm yourself up by the fire first.”
“Yes, Your Imperial Highness.”
Zhou Qing pulled her clothes off and placed them above the fire to dry. In the blink of an eye, Su Ying pulled out a pack of dried meat from her clothes as if she was performing a magic trick.
Seemingly sensing her doubts, Su Ying skewered the dried meat on a tree branch to roast before saying, “When you fell into the water, I grabbed the bag. The dry food was washed away, but the dried meat was saved.”
Zhou Qing felt that this explanation was reasonable, so she didn’t think too much about it.
Your Imperial Highness, what should we do next? Are we walking back?” Su Ymg shook her head. “Let’s continue walking forward. There’s a water source here. I want to know how far it is from here to Luo City.” When they entered the cave, Su Ying told the people waiting outside that if they didn’t come out after three days, they were to return to Luo City first. After eating, Su Ying extinguished the fire and led Zhou Qing in the direction the drone had flown previously.
The trees in this forest were very dense. It was completely different from the environment when they first entered.
There were more small animals in this forest, probably because there was a water source.
Zhou Qing was actually very baffled by why Su Ying wanted to come here. There were too many unknown dangers in this place, and the mother of a kingdom shouldn’t be coming here to risk her life.
Not long after she walked out, Zhou Qing felt her head growing heavy and her limbs getting weak. Even the sight of Su Ying in front of her became blurry.
Zhou Qing thought to herself, “Oh no. Am I going to fall sick again?” After all, she had just fallen into the water and come into contact with freezing cold. She just couldn’t understand why her body had become so weak that she would fall sick without warning.
Zhou Qing called out to Su Ying, telling her to go ahead first and not to worry about her, but before she could say anything, she collapsed.
The moment she fell, Su Ying’s figure had already rushed up to hold her up. As she looked at Zhou Qing who had already fallen into a deep sleep, Su Ying could only apologize in a low voice. She needed to get a clear understanding and rush back to Luo City as soon as possible. She was worried that something unexpected might happen in Luo City.
After placing Zhou Qing into her interspatial store, Su Ying pulled out the air-powered motorcycle and continued her way forward on the motorcycle.
The mountain slope was relatively flat, and her speed was not fast. She would make markings on some special landmarks along the way. In order to make sure that the direction was correct, she took out the drone and used it to lead the way.
Meanwhile, Xiao Jin followed Wei Zhongming and his men up the mountain.
However, before long, the sky darkened. Night was falling soon.
Wei Zhongming felt very miserable. He didn’t understand why Xiao Jin couldn’t wait in the city. Was he afraid that the impostor would run away?
“Ouch!” Wei Zhongming staggered and fell down flat on his face. It was so painful that tears oozed out of his eyes.
“My Lord, why don’t we find a place to rest tonight? I… I really can’t walk anymore.”
Xiao Jin turned around and glanced at him icily. “Which one of you know where they are now?”
An official stepped forward and said, “My Lord, I received news that they have already gone to the South River. They should be there now.”
“Do you know the way?”
“Yes, yes. I know.”
Xiao Jin gestured for the official to walk to the front. “Then you lead the way.”
“Yes, yes.”
“Wei Zhongming.”
“Yes, my Lord.”
“Return to the city to monitor the plague and cut off the source of infection as soon as possible. Don’t harm the lives of the people. If I find out that you dare to commit evil deeds, you can just wait to be executed along with your entire clan.”
The intimidation encompassed in these words was terrifying enough!
Wei Zhongming did not dare to act rashly. “Don’t worry, my Lord. It was all a misunderstanding previously. I will definitely not ignore the well-being of the people.”
“Remember what you said. Go back now.”
“Yes, yes. I will take my leave.”
Wei Zhongming scrambled and stumbled away as he was helped down the mountain by two officials while the other two officials continued to walk up the mountain with Xiao Jin.
After the sky had completely darkened, Su Ying found a place to rest. It was dark, and she couldn’t see the surrounding terrain clearly. This would affect the accuracy of the markings, so she didn’t plan to continue traveling at night.
Su Ying found an open space with a relatively wide view and gathered some firewood to start a campfire.
Then, she entered the interspatial store and picked out a fish that she had bought in the Jin State.
This fish was a deep-sea fish. After she used a dagger to slice off the flesh from the fish, she threw the fish bones and head into the pot to make soup.
The sashimi without any seasoning was particularly delicious. The texture that melted in the mouth was simply amazing.
A fish that was longer than her arm was quickly gobbled down into her stomach. After finishing the fish meat, the fish soup was also ready.
Su Ying held the bowl and took a sip. It was so refreshing and delicious!
After eating and drinking her fill, she brought out the wolf cubs she had picked up in the desert and played with them.
The wolf cubs were probably hungry. One of them bared its tiny fangs and bit Su Ying’s hand at once..