Chapter 14

What is it again?

This time, Zheng Chen was really getting annoyed. Once or twice would be fine, after all, they were all past events, at most just something to reminisce about, and there was no way to experience them again... But this repeated trouble, was he a disaster magnet?

The rumbling didn't last long. Suddenly, Zheng Chen pulled the blue-haired girl standing at the door to one side. The tightly closed warehouse door burst open from the outside, and the shockwave blew the blue-haired girl's long hair, which hit Zheng Chen's face.

He tilted his head back to avoid the long hair that was fluttering, even though it carried a faint scent... Compared to smelling this scent, he was more concerned about what was happening outside.

"Huh? There's a young couple here?" A frivolous voice sounded from outside, "Don't worry, don't worry, we are air pirates, but we only seek wealth, not harm. The condition is that you pretend you didn't see us, okay?"

A man with a headscarf, exposing his arms, broke in, speaking while waving to the people behind him, "We don't have much time, move all the valuable things away!!"

Zheng Chen noticed that some of the air pirates looked a bit surprised at them, as if the treasure room was locked from the outside when they came in...

The leader clearly noticed this but didn't point it out, so they couldn't say anything.

"Let's go."

Zheng Chen pulled the blue-haired girl behind him and calmly walked out of the warehouse door under the air pirates' watchful eyes. After they left, one of the air pirates couldn't help but ask the headscarf man, "Is it okay to let them go like this?"

The headscarf man slapped the back of the air pirate's head, "What are you thinking? We just want wealth. Even if they are our peers, how much can they take? Hurry up and move everything away, don't leave a single thing!"

"Yes!!" The other air pirates, seeing the valuable items piled up in the treasure room, couldn't help but shout excitedly and started to act with great enthusiasm.

"… Who are you!? Are you also air pirates?!" When leaving, several bodyguards in black suits saw Zheng Chen and the blue-haired girl and were slightly taken aback, then rushed over. The air pirates they had encountered before were always in groups, but this time they only met a young man who didn't look strong and a frail girl.

There were only two of them!!!

"Uh… Ah!!" A few short cries of pain, ignoring the bodyguards lying on the ground, Zheng Chen pulled the blue-haired girl and quickly left the passage. The blue-haired girl, following Zheng Chen, stopped when she saw a hatch and freed herself from Zheng Chen's not very tight grip.

She reached out and opened the hatch. The incoming airflow easily swept her out. Just as she was about to fall to the ground, a hand pulled her back, and the open hatch was closed again.

"Are you tired of living?"

The blue-haired girl, lying on the ground in an ORZ position, slowly recovered and shook her head, "I just wanted to go out. It turns out we are really in the sky… such a large thing can actually fly…"

"Let's go." After helping the blue-haired girl up, Zheng Chen didn't say anything more.

After following Zheng Chen for a while, the blue-haired girl suddenly said, "Someone once told me not to trust humans."

"Oh, that's good." Zheng Chen said without turning his head, as if the girl appearing in the wasteland would definitely run into trouble within five minutes if noticed.

"Can you… never mind." After finding a control room, Zheng Chen looked at the flying boat parked there and asked the girl behind him. Seeing the curiosity and confusion in her eyes, he immediately changed his words.

After a brief search, Zheng Chen found a large dust cover used to protect these small flying boats. The metal in his fingers shaped into an incredibly thin blade. Any metal absorbed by the patterns could be reshaped as he wished when expelled.

Still limited to metal… and the metal before complete shaping was very soft, with almost no offensive power.

However, these refined metals were generally very heavy, and a small dagger could weigh several dozen pounds.

He quickly cut the dust cover, and the cut pieces were threaded together with metal wires, forming a rather crude glider.

"What is this?" The blue-haired girl asked curiously.

Zheng Chen pulled the metal wires connected to the glider. Even in thread form, the metal wires were still very strong, easily supporting his weight. The quality of the dust cover was also good, and it wouldn't tear easily.

"A glider." Zheng Chen answered, glancing at the blue-haired girl and adding, "I saw it in a book."

"Can it fly?"

"It can help someone land safely from a height."

"Is this your first time making it?"

"… Yes, you can choose to stay."

Zheng Chen balled up the crude glider and walked out.

"Wait, I'll go with you."

A series of hurried footsteps came from behind. The blue-haired girl, who had stayed behind, caught up, opened the hatch in the passage, and waited for the airflow to subside. Zheng Chen looked at the blue-haired girl, "I'm going down."

"Oh." The blue-haired girl stayed in place.

"… Are you going to stay again?"

The blue-haired girl quickly walked over, looking at the pull ring in Zheng Chen's hand, "What should I do?"

"Just stand still and don't move."

With that, Zheng Chen's free left hand circled the blue-haired girl's waist, kicked the crude glider out of the hatch, and jumped out himself. The balled-up glider quickly inflated under the tension of the metal wires, and the suddenly taut metal wires pulled the metal ring in Zheng Chen's hand with great force.

Zheng Chen immediately took action, a stream of metal emerged from his right sleeve, quickly connecting to the pull ring. The completely shaped metal spiral tightly clamped onto his arm, firmly securing the ring that was almost slipping out.

With a moment to breathe, he gradually reinforced the metal spiral on his arm, expanding its range to cover his upper body, distributing the sudden increase in pressure from the glider.

As they got closer to the ground, the strong wind from the high altitude decreased, and the glider gradually stabilized, descending towards the ground. Below was a forest, and upon touching the treetops, the crude glider got caught.

Zheng Chen retracted all the metal, glanced at the blue-haired girl curiously looking around, and slightly pulled up his sleeve. The intense pulling had damaged his right arm, with the skin around the torn area swollen and red, affecting his arm's movement.

He touched the small bag he was carrying, planning to apply medicine later. In such a place, he probably wouldn't encounter any more trouble, right?

"Why are you following me?"

After walking for a while in a certain direction, Zheng Chen stopped and asked the blue-haired girl following him. She slightly tilted her head to one side and gently brushed her long hair, "… Just coincidentally going the same way."

"Where are you going?"

"Edel Garden." The blue-haired girl said.

Zheng Chen, with a serious expression, said, "Then you're going the wrong way."

"Is that so? Thanks."

The blue-haired girl didn't think much about it and turned around, walking back alone.

"…"

After walking for a while, the blue-haired girl stopped and turned to look at Zheng Chen, repeating his earlier action, "Why are you following me?"

Zheng Chen's face showed no embarrassment, "Just coincidentally going the same way."

"Are you also going to Edel Garden?" The blue-haired girl asked curiously.

"Where I go doesn't matter."

By a small stream, a faint trail of blood quickly mixed with the water and was carried away by the current. Zheng Chen applied the golden wound medicine given to him by Ping Shizhi to the swollen area on his arm.

After doing this, he quickly wrapped the area with a bandage, tied a knot, and put his arm back into his sleeve.

"Is there something?" He asked the blue-haired girl standing beside him, who had her hand half-raised.

"… Nothing."

Boom—

An explosion sounded downstream. Zheng Chen stared at the calm water surface, which rippled due to the shock, and suddenly stood up, "No rest, let's go."

When he heard the explosion, Zheng Chen had a bad feeling. Without waiting for the blue-haired girl to say anything, he pulled her and quickly left. However, trouble seemed to always come when least expected.

"Ugh!! Why is this happening? It's all your fault, definitely your fault!"

"Don't slander here, we are also victims, okay? If we hadn't saved you, you would have fallen to your death!!" A noisy commotion quickly approached Zheng Chen.

His eyes involuntarily twitched, and he turned to the girl behind him, "Can you run?"

"I'm a bit tired."

"Hey? There's a reaction from a Holy War Angel ahead, it must be related to our target, hurry up and follow… Hey! You brat, stop纠缠 us!!"

In the blue-haired girl's slight resistance, Zheng Chen simply carried her in his arms and sped up, increasing the distance from the pursuers.

Noticing Zheng Chen, the pursuers also got excited, "Hey, the one in front, if you don't want to die, stop now!! Hand over the money and the girl!!"

The one shouting was a short-haired girl in a cloak with a red round hat. She ran very fast, and… she was a robber!

He shifted the blue-haired girl to his back, slowed down a bit, and with his free hand, his fingers slightly curled, forming two iron spikes connected by a very thin metal wire…

Seeing Zheng Chen slow down, the short-haired girl's face was already filled with a maniacal laugh, "You can run fast! Let's see how long you can run!!"

Her already fast speed increased even more.

"Senior, be careful!!!"