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The frost crystals in the rift, far surpassing the bird-like silver-maned Iron Guard axe-bladed monsters, turned into ice debris all over the ground.

Just in a moment

Do not--

To be precise, it is the gorgeous slashing light and shadows composed of countless fatal blows that are so fast that they are invisible to the human eye.

The girl holding a sickle killed all the monsters on the mine bridge in seconds.

Fan Yu: "Butterfly..."

Chapter 13 "I Want to Sunbathe"

"That's the little girl next to Oleg."

The old miner took over the conversation, staring at the girl on the mine bridge with a dull look in his eyes.

It should be said that they had just experienced the danger of the mine, and now they were shocked to see the girl easily kill the monsters that almost buried them in the large mining area.

Even Fan Yu couldn't help but have a thought in his mind when he saw the gorgeous phantom, "If I could connect with her..." However, this thought was immediately brought back to reality by the out-of-control automatic robots that began to appear behind him.

He carried the old miner on his back and quickened his pace as he ran towards the mine bridge, with the monster following closely behind him.

When they reached the edge of the mine bridge, the girl also saw them, but her eyes were more focused on the monster chasing after them.

The girl, holding the sickle in her hand, transformed into a blue phantom and passed by Fan Yu. He only felt a gust of wind on his face, and his vision was briefly replaced by imaginary blue particles.

When he came to his senses, he heard the roar of the spider-type automatic robot self-destructing behind him, and the monster collapsed into a pile of ice debris.

The girl turned and stood in front of Fan Yu and the old miner again. The red in her azure eyes slowly faded as the battle progressed. She noticed the old miner Fan Yu was carrying on his back. "Bob? Were you affected too?"

The old miner said: "At least Brother Fanyu helped me escape."

The girl's gaze shifted to Fan Yu, her eyes filled with scrutiny.

Fan Yu was also observing her. The look in her eyes seemed to indicate that this was not the first time she saw him, and he also had some basic knowledge of this butterfly-like girl.

The leader of the "Underground Fire" organization, the girl codenamed "Butterfly" by the people of Panyan Town is actually this girl.

But in Fan Yu's eyes, her image was more like a girl he had seen playing the "Honkai Impact" series during his school years. Of course, there were also differences between that girl and the one before him.

When I saw the glare before, I saw blue hair under the blue light. Now, looking closely, I found that the other person's hair actually has a part of black highlights inside.

"My name is Xier. You may not have seen me, but I have seen you several times." The girl introduced herself to Fan Yu as soon as she came up.

She had seen him when she was with Oleg, when he was first found unconscious in Rivet Town.

While at Natasha's clinic, she and Natasha went to report, and the other person's face lying unconscious on the hospital bed appeared in her vision several times.

Later, Natasha's sister asked her to secretly observe the other party taking Hook's children to prevent any unnecessary accidents. Oh, and the report Natasha received from the clinic regarding the impression of "no combat" was also provided by her.

Just now...

Looking at the other person's blood-stained eyes, which were completely different from before, she might have to retract that opinion.

Fan Yu stretched out his hand: "Thank you for saving us..."

Xier glanced down at his outstretched hand and didn't shake it. "That's not the way we do things here. As for helping you, that's simply our duty and obligation as Earthfire. You don't need to thank me."

At this point, Xi'er asked the old miner again in a serious tone: "Bob, is there anyone else trapped in the mine over there?"

The old miner responded, "Fan Yu and I were the last two. The others had already retreated before the out-of-control automated soldiers appeared. Compared to all this, Xier, why did something like this happen in the mine..."

Xier tightened her blade in response to this. "Oleg says the rift deep within is spreading, and there's a giant creature inside. This is causing monsters to spread from all over the mines... Also, some wanderers took advantage of this opportunity to deliberately release the automatons, hoping to occupy the camp. Those damned guys are so stupid!"

"Isn't it really that simple?"

"You guys should take the elevator and leave the depths of the mine first. I'm going to go support the others." Xi'er didn't continue the conversation. Before leaving, she added to the old miner and Fan Yu, "Be careful of those wanderers on the road! I hope you don't have any connection with them."

As soon as she finished speaking, Xier's figure seemed to turn into a blue phantom, quickly moving away on the mine bridge.

Fan Yu stared at the other person's back in a daze...

The old miner on his back thought it was the young Mu Ai: "Xi'er is very beautiful, right?"

Fan Yu was stunned: "?"

"It's understandable that a young man would have some thoughts about the girl who saved him. But I still suggest you give up. The little girl from the Oleg family is obsessed with the cause of "Underground Fire."

"..." Fan Yu was speechless about the old miner's misunderstanding of his words.

He did have a certain desire, but that was simply to "get the opponent's instant kill power through connection."

After the battle, when Xier's figure completely disappeared, Fan Yu and the others did not stay there any longer.

They reached the middle of the mine bridge and began to descend in the elevator with the other miners.

After half an hour.

They arrived at the camp in the large mining area.

Many miners in work clothes sat on the ground temporarily covered with linen with injuries. The members of the underground fire team in the camp simply bandaged their wounds.

Fan Yu put the old miner aside.

After leaving the threat deep in the mining area, Fan Yu's tense nerves gradually relaxed.

Touching the dried blood on his head, he could hear the noisy sounds all around him. His mind was still ringing with the tinnitus of the explosion in the mine, and the echo of the blue phantom that Xier had revealed on the mine bridge at that moment.

The old miner was not far away. Seeing him looking into the distance as if he was very lonely, he couldn't help but move closer and patted his shoulder: "Don't worry, kid. Things like this only happen occasionally in the mining area. It won't last forever. At least we are back safely."

Fan Yu was stunned: "I'm not thinking about this."

The relaxed nerves and brain seemed to become tired, and auditory hallucinations appeared in my ears.

Whoohoo!

It was as if the water molecules in the atmosphere were vibrating and then freezing with a crackling sound.

He raised his head and looked at the sky above. Only the earth marrow ore crystals were flickering with a dim light.

After a month in this world, I seem to have gotten used to using this kind of earth marrow ore crystals to put into lamps, which light up the houses in Panyan Town 24 hours a day, making it difficult to distinguish between day and darkness.

Today, it was pulled back with just one explosion.

The old miner asked curiously, "So what are you thinking about? Go back and have a drink?"

"Foreman, I want to bask in the sun."

"Eh?"

Chapter 14 Ice Core

Panyan Town.

Natasha Clinic.

Two hours after the monster attack on the mining area, Oleg, the leader of the "Underground Fire" organization, came here with Xier and his group.

After Natasha treated the injuries of several members of the Earth Fire who were injured in the battle, she called Xier and Oleg to the alley behind the clinic.

Natasha changed her previous attitude as a female doctor and asked solemnly, "Oleg, what is the situation in the large mining area?"

Oleg said wearily, "The people stationed at the camp informed us as soon as the Rift monsters appeared. We finally cleared out all the monsters that had spread from the Rift into the mining area an hour ago."

"I'm sorry, I was the one who first proposed the creation of 'Underground Fire', but now I can't be with you." Natasha said ashamedly.

"That's not what you said..." Oleg shook his head.

Xier hummed, "Sister Natasha, as a doctor, is the most reassuring person at a time like this. Everyone at Dihuo believes that no matter what battle we encounter, you will heal us."

Natasha smiled helplessly. Without medicine and supplies, she had no other options. But she didn't dwell on the issue any further. Instead, she asked Oleg, "The Great Mining Area has always been stable, and the spread of the Rift has always originated in Rivet Town. Do you have any idea why this sudden incident has occurred?"

Oleg met Natasha's gaze, which was asking whether it was man-made.

He didn't hide anything, slowly explaining, "The spread of the Rift Creatures in the large mining area was caused by the movement of out-of-control automated robots, but judging by their routes, wanderers were deliberately directing them toward the mine veins in the mining area."

At this point, Oleg felt a headache and held up his forehead. "We caught one of the wanderers and asked him the reason, and he confessed everything."

Natasha: "What is their purpose?"

"There's no purpose. That idiot simply wants to sever the only connection between the lower and upper districts, preventing us from supplying the upper district's needs."

Xi'er whispered beside him, "The mastermind behind this is hoping to cut us off from the Silver Mane Guards, or even start a war with them.

However, this will happen sooner or later.

Most people work from dawn to dusk to dig out the crystals, but the vast majority are taken away by the upper districts to feed those who blockaded us. It's not just the wanderers who feel dissatisfied, but also many people in the lower districts.

If it weren't for that guy today, someone else would have done something so unfair!"

Oleg looked at his adopted daughter and frowned: "Xier, do you think so too?"

"Of course I'm dissatisfied, but I also understand what you said, Oleg, that the town needs all the supplies from the upper districts... But, I still can't agree. They blockaded us and controlled the things we need to survive, forcing us to work for them.

Why can those high-ranking people sit at home with tea and enjoy the fruits of our hard work? How long are we going to endure this?!"

Oleg said seriously: "Xier!"

"Oleg, maybe Xier's mood is what most people in the lower district feel." Natasha sighed.

Xier lowered her head: "Sorry, Sister Natasha."

Natasha felt a headache and took a deep breath. "Right now, we still need to consider the current problem. Oleg, how long can the earth marrow ore resources last?"

Oleg replied: "We have only half of the supply to the upper district left to go, but there is only one month left."

"Then the survival resources we can get from them next month will be cut in half. We don't have much medicine, food, or tools left." Natasha held her chin and her thoughts began to turn: "How about this, you ask Antonina to gather some more people.

Luca also discussed it with several townspeople. As for the rest, they just had to find people familiar with Rivet Town to search for supplies that had not yet been swallowed by the Rift.

And Sambo, his intelligence sources are also needed at this time."

Oleg hummed: "This is the only way."

Xier frowned secretly. She actually had some more radical plans, but Oleg and Sister Natasha probably would not agree.

After finishing the business, Oleg thought of another thing.

"By the way, Chief, when I passed by the Goethe Hotel just now, Bob (the old miner) told me something about that young man."

Natasha was startled: "Fan Yu?"

Under normal circumstances, she would be happy to test the other person's bottom line and enjoy the fun of gradually uncovering their secrets. But now Natasha has been driven to distraction by these people.

Oleg hummed. "They were also attacked in the mines, and it was that young man who single-handedly wiped out a group of automatons and monsters."

"Well, I also saw him carrying Bob out of the mine on the bridge before." Xier, the first person at the scene of the incident, was very surprised.

Natasha pondered and asked, "Come to think of it, Xier initially judged him to be inexperienced in combat, right? He's only been in the mines for less than a month, and he managed to escape unscathed from the Rift Creatures?"

Oleg: "From what I heard from Bob, it seems that the young man was overly stressed, but he quickly got the hang of it."

At this moment, the voice of Joshua, the underground fire recorder, suddenly came from outside the alley.

He hurried to the leader of the organization and said strangely, "Boss, the guy I rescued last month is looking for you at the clinic door with blood all over his face. He said he wants to join the "Earth Fire!"

Natasha & Oleg: "Huh?"

A few minutes later.

The back alley of Natasha's clinic.

Fan Yu, who returned to Panyan Town from the mine, had taken off his safety helmet and appeared in front of Oleg, Natasha and Xier.

"So, you don't plan to mine anymore?" Natasha looked at the young man with golden eyes in front of her subtly.

It’s different, his demeanor is completely different…

"I have returned the pick and helmet to Miss Antonina."

Fan Yu shook his hands and said, "This is what I gained when I came back."

The slender, blood-stained right hand tightened its grip.

The feeling of freezing came over him again, and as the [Cold Resistance] obtained from Hook offset some of it, his palm regained its movement.

It was the same color as the frost crystal that had dried up before, and a faint chilling air seeped between the fingers.

Crack!