What kind of girl would travel to another world?

Chapter 157 Wei Qingping's Adventure - Abandoned Dungeon 6: She and Her Cat...

As mentioned in the previous chapter, after escaping the "Spider's Nest," Wei Qingping and the Sword King continued their journey deeper into the abandoned underground city. Their path was fraught with peril; calling it an "adventure" would certainly be an understatement.

After walking through a long passage, they arrived at an even more incredible place.

The place was just as spacious as before, and as soon as you came out of the passage, you could see light shining through a huge crack in the ceiling.

Under the sunlight, there is a lush green landscape. There are no towering trees here, but thanks to the sunshine and frequent rain, there are various small trees and green grass.

There is a small pond in the central area of ​​this place, which shows that the heavy rain a few days ago has replenished the area with a lot of fresh water.

The tranquil and harmonious environment here allowed the two of them to relax their tired bodies and minds.

After extinguishing the torch in his hand, the Sword King involuntarily took a deep breath, instantly feeling refreshed and forgetting all his previous fear.

Wei Qingping was stunned by the sight of the surroundings. She spun around, looking at the place, and said, "Wow... there's such a bright green place. It seems that the underground city isn't so... scary after all." As she spoke, she extinguished the torch in her hand.

Wei Qingping's incoherent words confused even the Sword King, who couldn't understand what she was trying to say.

After trying his best to understand Wei Qingping's meaning, the Sword King said to Wei Qingping: "It's not scary if there are no monsters, but it's different if there are monsters."

Wei Qingping said to the Sword King, "How could there be monsters in such a wonderful place?"

King Swordsman suddenly wanted to joke around, so he said to Wei Qingping, "Who said that? Then... do you see that tree over there? What if it's a tree spirit?" As he spoke, he pointed to a not-too-tall tree in front of him.

Wei Qingping immediately tensed up and quickly stood back behind the Sword King, saying, "Ah? Is that so?" As she spoke, she stared nervously at the tree in front of her.

The Sword King shook his head slightly, thinking to himself, "It was obviously a joke, how could she take it seriously?" With that thought, he casually called Wei Qingping a "coward."

Then, Wei Qingping took out an iron ingot from her bag and was about to throw it at the tree.

The Sword King quickly stopped her and asked Wei Qingping, "Hey, what are you doing?"

Wei Qingping said to the Sword King, "Let's give it a try. Otherwise, how will we know if it's true or not?"

After hearing this, the Sword King thought about it and decided it didn't matter, so he didn't stop him.

Before the Sword King could even speak, Wei Qingping had already thrown the iron ingot in her hand. And surprisingly, she threw it quite accurately! The ingot landed squarely on the trunk of the tree.

What followed was that the tree began to vibrate after being hit, and under the vibration, needle-like objects suddenly started falling continuously from the top of the tree!

Upon seeing this, the Swordsman King quickly took a step back and exclaimed, "Wow! Even if it's not a tree spirit, it's still a very dangerous tree!"

Once the "needle-like objects" stopped falling, the Sword King approached and saw that all of them were embedded straight into the ground. He randomly pulled one out, examined it closely, and said to Wei Qingping, "It's a good thing you threw something away first, otherwise we might have been hit..."

After looking at the "needle" in the Sword King's hand, Wei Qingping exclaimed, "Wow! Such a long needle!? What kind of tree is this!?" As she spoke, she took out a magnet from her bag to try and attract the "needle," but it wouldn't stick.

The Sword King looked at the "needle," then looked up at the treetop. He shook his head and said to Wei Qingping, "I've never seen a tree like this before." He then tried to bend the "needle" in his hand. Upon bending it, he discovered that the "needle" was both quite hard and resilient.

Wei Qingping asked King Jianhao, "You haven't seen the trees in your country before?" After saying that, she used a magnet to attract the iron ingot she had just thrown out.

The Sword King told Wei Qingping, "I've never seen anything like it! Would I make a fortune lying to you? But these 'needles' might come in handy later." After saying that, he quickly took out the "green strip of cloth" that he had found in the "treasure chest" earlier from his backpack.

The Sword King had already begun collecting the "needles" on the ground and threading them one by one onto the "green cloth strips".

These "needles" and "green strips of cloth" are all green, just in different shades. The Swordsman King put them together, and they looked quite fitting.

After the Swordsman King collected all the "needles," he counted them. After counting, he looked up at the tree and exclaimed, "My goodness! Seventy-seven needles! Where on the tree did they shoot out? How painful it would be if they pricked someone..."

Wei Qingping put the iron ingots and magnets back into her bag, then said to the Sword King, "Are these needles really useful? Won't the things that grow on trees just burn away in a fire?"

The Sword King said to Wei Qingping, "What are you talking about? What can't be burned to ashes? Enough of this, let's quickly find out if there's anything edible nearby."

Wei Qingping then realized that it was quite possible to find some food in such a place. She said to the Sword King, "Yes! There might be fruit trees or something here." After saying that, she happily put her baggage aside and prepared to go look for food.

When the Sword King saw Wei Qingping set off in high spirits, he quickly added a word of caution: "Be careful! What if there are trees like that again... Sigh, I was just worrying for no reason. I forgot you can be resurrected."

Wei Qingping was startled, thinking, "Even if I can be resurrected, I can't withstand being pierced by ten thousand needles!" With that thought, she quickly took out the "Seven Star Sword" from her bag to "protect herself" before setting off to find food.

The original idiom was "a thousand arrows piercing the heart," but Wei Qingping haphazardly changed it to "a thousand needles piercing the heart."

After a while, Wei Qingping returned with a bunch of small fruits.

By this time, the Sword King had already started a campfire. He had begun gathering materials to prepare for the fire even before Wei Qingping returned.

Upon seeing the campfire, Wei Qingping was filled with questions. She asked the Sword King, "Why is there a campfire? Aren't you planning to go out today?"

King Swordsman told Wei Qingping, "No. Whatever food you find, it must be thoroughly cooked before eating. If we all avoid eating raw food, we can minimize the risk of poisoning."

The Sword King's actions made sense; high temperatures could break down most of the toxins and kill most of the germs.

Wei Qingping said to the Sword King, "Why didn't you say so sooner! I've already tried it!"

Seeing that Wei Qingping did not show any signs of poisoning, the Sword King asked her, "What did you eat?"

Wei Qingping placed all the small fruits on the grass and told King Jianhao, "Look! These are the fruits."

The Swordsman King then asked Wei Qingping, "How does it taste?"

Wei Qingping told the Sword King, "I don't really taste anything. It's not sweet, bitter, or sour; it doesn't really have much flavor. It's just quite crunchy and very juicy, which is very thirst-quenching." As she spoke, she handed one to the Sword King and said, "Try it!"

The Sword King gently pushed her away and said to Wei Qingping, "Hey! No rush. You eat first, I'll eat when you're alright."

Wei Qingping looked unhappy after hearing this and said to the Sword King, "Although I can be resurrected, it still feels strange that you used me as a 'test subject'..."

The swordsman king looked at the small yellow fruits on the ground, only a dozen or so, and they were quite small, not much bigger than the cherry tomatoes we usually see in our lives. He picked one up and examined it, but couldn't tell what kind of fruit it was; he had never seen it before. He thought to himself that perhaps it was a plant unique to another world.

The Sword King asked Wei Qingping, "Is that all?" After saying that, he threw the small fruit back.

Wei Qingping pointed in the direction they had gone to look for food and told King Jianhao, "There are still many there, but I can't bring that many at once. We can pick more when we're about to set off." As she spoke, she ate another one.

Just after finishing their meal, Wei Qingping said to the Sword King, "Oh dear! I forgot that it had to be cooked before eating."

King Jianhao told Wei Qingping, "Then you forgot, we don't have a pot. We can't just roast fruit, can we? If we roast it until all the moisture dries out, it won't be edible."

Wei Qingping thought for a moment, then suddenly said, "Huh? Raisins..."

Before Wei Qingping could finish speaking, the Sword King immediately interrupted her, saying, "Those are dried!"

Wei Qingping said to the Sword King, "Wasn't that just a waste of time making a fire? Why didn't you go find some food?"

The Sword King said to Wei Qingping, "It's not like I did nothing but start a fire. I just went to fill the water bags with water. Didn't you see the small pond in the middle of this place? The water there is quite clean and the water quality is pretty good."

Wei Qingping said to the Sword King, "Even water alone isn't enough to fill you up..."

Before Wei Qingping could finish speaking, the Sword King was rummaging through his backpack for his "storage," which was the fat meat from the "Iron Hoof Beast."

The Sword King said to Wei Qingping, "That's why I only left the fatty meat uneaten. It can still be eaten after being roasted, and fatty meat is more filling."

Wei Qingping looked disgusted and said to the Sword King, "It's too fatty, I don't think I can eat it..."

As the Swordsman King rummaged through his backpack for suitable fatty meat, he said to Wei Qingping, "Hey! Don't say that. Some people just like fatty meat." Then, he picked up a small fruit from the ground and said, "Besides, there's fruit to cleanse the palate." With that, he tossed the fruit back.

Wei Qingping complained a little, saying to the Sword King, "Are you going to eat this fruit or not? You picked it up and then threw it away..."

The Sword King didn't answer or say anything more; he simply began preparing to roast the fatty meat.

As the Sword King took out a piece of fatty meat that he had previously stored in his backpack, he said to Wei Qingping, "This backpack is really useful. It even has compartments inside, otherwise it would be difficult to store this fatty meat with other things."

Wei Qingping said to the Sword King, "You bought this backpack in the previous village. The shopkeeper said it was on sale. I saw that I had just enough money, so I bought it."

The Swordsman King said to Wei Qingping, "Speaking of money, we haven't had a chance to spend it along the way. But when we get to another country, it might not be enough." As he spoke, he stuffed the money bag that he had been wearing around his waist into his backpack.

Wei Qingping said to the Sword King, "Why don't you just sell all those animal hides?"

The Swordsman King nodded in agreement, saying, "That's right! We'll definitely make a lot of money selling them then."

Then, the Sword King took out the package that had previously contained the mountaineering tools and other miscellaneous items, as well as the "spiral cone" that had been found in the "treasure chest," from his backpack and handed them to Wei Qingping.

Wei Qingping looked at the pile of things in the Sword King's hands, completely bewildered. She asked the Sword King, "What does this mean?"

The Sword King told Wei Qingping, "Put these in your bag; you have plenty of space there. As for this backpack, I'll use it to store food from now on."

After taking the items, Wei Qingping put them into her own bag. She noticed a small package in the Sword King's backpack and asked, "What's in that small package?"

The Sword King told Wei Qingping, "This is filled with lime, which is used for preservation. It's obvious you lack common sense in this area."

Wei Qingping thought to herself, "Lime? Where did he get it?"

Actually, the Swordsman King had already prepared the lime the night before the barbecue. After all, he was an adventurer with many experiences, so he had some expertise in this area.

The Swordsman King finished his meal simply by eating roasted fatty meat and drinking water. Afterward, he asked Wei Qingping, "I've noticed that you really don't seem to need to eat. Even if the gods gave you this ability, you can't just use it recklessly, can you?"

While munching on a small fruit, Wei Qingping told the Sword King, "I didn't use it recklessly; I genuinely didn't feel hungry. It's just that this other world is indeed quite strange; no wonder it's called 'another world.'"

Wei Qingping's train of thought jumped around completely. What she said at the beginning was a normal conversation, but what she said later didn't connect with what the Sword King had said.

Just then, a "little guy" quietly approached the two of them.

The Sword King had actually noticed it long ago, and just as the "little guy" got close enough, he suddenly pounced on it to grab it!

Before the Sword King could even grab it with his first strike, the "little guy" leaped up. His second reaction was equally quick; like a goalkeeper making a save, he caught the "little guy" while it was still in mid-air.

The Swordsman King caught it and took a closer look, only then realizing it was a "cat," and quite handsome at that. He glanced at Wei Qingping in surprise, then blurted out, "Wow! A cat..." and began to pet it.

The swordsman king hadn't seen a cat in so long that his playful mood suddenly kicked in. After all, in this other world, no one kept cats or dogs as pets, and the people here had never even seen a dog before.

Wei Qingping was eating some fruit when she saw the "cat" and became curious. With an innocent look, she asked the "cat," "Are you here to eat fruit?" Then she took a small fruit and handed it to the "cat."

The "cat" simply turned its head away, refusing to even look at Wei Qingping.

Seeing that the "cat" seemed uninterested in "vegetarian food," King Jianhao said to Wei Qingping, "How could a cat eat that kind of thing? Cats eat mice."

Wei Qingping said to the Sword King, "You can't fool me! Cats eat cat food too!"

Although Wei Qingping said she had never owned a cat, it didn't mean she hadn't seen others do. However, the small fruit she was holding certainly didn't interest this "cat" at all.

The Swordsman King said to Wei Qingping, "I was referring to cats in ancient times. Cats in ancient times ate mice. There was no cat food back then..."

Wei Qingping thought for a moment and said to the Sword King, "Oh...that's true."

The Sword King was just spouting nonsense, and Wei Qingping believed him. Without thinking much, she reached out to touch the "cat."

As soon as it saw Wei Qingping approaching, the "cat" suddenly bared its teeth and hissed at her. It seemed to be trying to intimidate Wei Qingping and force her back.

Seeing how fierce the "cat" was to her, Wei Qingping was somewhat displeased. She retorted fiercely, saying menacingly, "You're being so mean to me. Confess! Did you bite me?" As she spoke, she pointed her index finger, adorned with a gold ring, at the "lynx."