Chapter 1 Lure

The lure, Jiang Xiao, transformed into a crow, flapped its wings and soared through the layers of snow forests, also seeing piles of fiercely fighting White Ghosts.

“Hiss… Roar!!!”

“Ahhh!” Giant White Ghosts, three meters tall, fought fiercely in a group, risking life and death. They glared with scarlet eyes, their sharp claws intertwined, blood splattering and flesh flying everywhere. The scene was extremely bloody.

"Caw~ Caw~" At this moment, a jet-black crow chirped softly, passing by unobtrusively.

Want to stop Jiang Xiao from talking nonsense? That's impossible!

Well... at most, he'll keep his voice down.

With his Perception Star Technique, Jiang Xiao easily found the huge cave at the foot of the mountain.

Good heavens, Jiang Xiao originally thought that the White Ghosts, three meters tall and as bulky as tanks, would block the cave entrance tightly. Now he knew that He Yun was right. This tunnel was probably twenty meters high. As long as the little crow flew close to the roof, even if the White Ghosts stacked themselves up, there wouldn't be much of a problem.

Oh yo~

I dodge~

The lure, Jiang Xiao, suddenly retracted its wings, and the little crow suddenly plummeted. A huge White Ghost, leaping high and trying to "catch a butterfly," swung its huge palm into empty air!

The White Ghost roared "wawa" in its mouth, its huge body forming a parabola, passing over the crow's body, then falling and smashing heavily onto another White Ghost.

The White Ghost that was hit was naturally unhappy, and the two Star Beasts immediately fought together...

Flap flap flap...

At this time, the crow once again passed by unobtrusively.

Oh yo~

I peck~

The lure, Jiang Xiao, ultimately failed to avoid the invasion of a White Ghost. Facing the huge body pouncing at it, the black crow's long, sharp beak was covered in azure light, pecking at the White Ghost's sharp fingernails.

Clang!

The White Ghost's huge body spun and flew back, crashing into a pile of White Ghosts, creating another bloody scene...

Flap flap flap...

At this time, a crow once again passed by unobtrusively.

Fighting with ghosts is endlessly fun!

As he delved deeper underground, the environment also darkened. Fortunately, the lure, Jiang Xiao, had a Perception Star Technique. Losing the light was actually advantageous for the lure, Jiang Xiao. The crow stuck to the top of the tunnel, flying freely in this complex underground tunnel.

After a morning of exploration, Jiang Xiao finally plunged into the depths of the earth and found a huge stone chamber.

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In the high sky above, a space gate stacked in layers was emitting a strange light outward. Although it wasn't enough to light up this dark stone chamber, it was enough to attract Jiang Xiao's attention.

Because it was relatively dark here, and the White Ghosts' eyes were too scarlet, Jiang Xiao could see pairs of red eyes falling from the high sky in the darkness. That scene... was very eerie.

"Caw~ Caw~" The crow's call attracted the attention of some White Ghosts, and in the tens of meters of the high sky above, azure light flowed from the crow's sharp beak, drilling and flying away from one White Ghost after another that surged out of the gate, rushing into the space gate in a puff of smoke.

The next moment, a gust of cold wind struck, and the black crow couldn't help but shiver.

"Caw~ Caw Caw~" The crow's cry echoed in the snowfield, and Jiang Xiao was about to cry!

How long had it been since he'd seen the morning sun?

This was too beautiful!

The crow spiraled upward, steadily landing on the top of a giant tree, its little feet gripping the branches, jumping left and right, its lonely eyes looking around.

That black little head shook back and forth like a rattle-drum, but it still couldn't figure anything out.

This was the Alien Planet?

Apart from the lower temperature, it didn't seem to be any different from the upper dimension's snowfield?

The crow's little head looked up, looking at the position of the sun.

Senior He Yun said that the Alien Planet was another Earth, with day and night, and the cycle of the seasons.

Judging from this, Jiang Xiao was currently in the Northern Hemisphere. Although it was morning, the sun's position should be southeast.

This way!

The crow flapped its wings and soared, curiously looking at this snowfield, seemingly searching for... Holy crap!?

The crow shuddered in fright, only seeing a huge pillar of holy light descending from the sky in the distant snow forest!

That pillar of light was so holy!

So holy that Jiang Xiao was a little scared even from a dozen kilometers away!

A Platinum-level White Ghost Witch?

If he got a dose of that *Jiu Xing Du Nai*, wouldn't he be done for?

......

Back on Earth, it was evening.

Jiang Xiao carried his small schoolbag, holding a map of the Northern Region, and came to the A-block administrative building, to the Western Frontier Army office, ready to begin his duty.

As soon as he opened the door, Jiang Xiao saw Instructor Jiang Hong's duty team. Jiang Xiao greeted him and came to his desk, pushing all the things on the table aside.

Hmm... the computer is a little troublesome.

Jiang Xiao scratched his head and simply lay on the ground, unfolding the large map and spreading it on the ground like a carpet.

Several instructors looked at Jiang Xiao curiously. The map's title read "Northern Region Topographic Map." They knew what Jiang Xiao was studying, but they didn't know why he was studying it.

Instructor Jiang Hong looked at the direction Jiang Xiao was kneeling and asked, "Are you studying the Bei Jiang topographic map?"

Jiang Xiao knelt on the map, looking for his possible location, and casually said, "I'm from Bei Jiang Province."

Instructor Jiang Hong looked at Jiang Xiao expressionlessly, still looking like Jiang Xiao owed him eight million, and said, "So what?"

Jiang Xiao lay on the ground, carefully looking at the Bei Jiang topography, and suddenly asked, "Why are my eyes always full of tears?"

Instructor Jiang Hong: ???

Jiang Xiao murmured softly, "Because I love this land so deeply."

Instructor Jiang Hong: "......"

"Hahahaha..." The other two instructors couldn't help but laugh. They rarely saw Instructor Jiang Hong embarrassed. With Jiang Hong's powerful strength, probably only the Jiu Xing Du Nai King could joke with him.

After a while, Han Jiangxue walked in with a handbag. Behind her was Gu Shi'an, carrying food. Although the food was taken from the school cafeteria, this was dinner prepared by the Western Frontier Army using the school's valuable land, very nutritious.

The two people who came in one after another were also stunned, seeing the Jiu Xing Du Nai King there "loving deeply." Han Jiangxue noticed something, but didn't say anything. Gu Shi'an was even less surprised by Jiang Xiao's actions. Well... he was used to it.

Gu Shi'an just thought that Jiang Xiao was particularly interested in geography. Last semester, he was drawing, and although it was incredibly ugly, he was indeed drawing. Now, he was studying the map of the Northern Region again.

The world champion's hobby, hmm... a little strange.

The trio finished handing over with the previous duty shift. As several instructors left, the duty room also became quiet.

"Xiao Pi, it's time to eat." Han Jiangxue held the lunchbox and walked over.

Jiang Xiao suddenly raised his hand and waved, without even lifting his head, and said, "Don't disturb my love for my hometown."

Han Jiangxue: "......"

Jiang Xiao poked Han Jiangxue's Doc Martens with his finger and said, "Shoes! Shoes! Don't ruin the land of the Russian Federation!"

"Oh." Han Jiangxue took a step back, placed the lunchbox on the table, and squatted down, whispering, "Don't you even have time to eat?"

"Huh?" Jiang Xiao was stunned and looked up at Han Jiangxue.

Wow, Miss Sister.

Who could resist being so gentle?

Han Jiangxue whispered, "Study it after you eat."

"Okay..." Jiang Xiao scratched his head, stood up, took the lunchbox, and also dragged over a swivel chair, eating while looking at the topographic map.

At this time, there was only one question in Jiang Xiao's heart:

Where the hell am I?

"This river... seems like a good choice!?" Jiang Xiao pondered to himself, put down the lunchbox, picked up the pencil clipped to his ear, and lay on the map again.

In the upper dimension, the crow spiraled upward, flapping its wings and soaring. The higher it flew, the clearer it could see the river's course.

"This is..." Jiang Xiao took the pencil and smoothed out the river on the map, combined with the plains topography... what river was this? Why couldn't he find a suitable one on the map?

Click.

The door of the duty room opened, and a girl with a large sword on her back, majestic, heroic, and valiant, strode in.

As soon as she entered the door, before Xia Yan could greet Han Jiangxue, she saw a small butt kneeling on the ground, sticking up.

Xia Yan quickly took two steps and directly kicked!

"Wow! Comfortable!" Xia Yan excitedly clenched her fist. This was definitely a brand new version she had never experienced...

Jiang Xiao really didn't have time to pay attention to Xia Yan, as he was kicked to the ground.

Jiang Xiao turned around and looked at the person who came, "You're late. Why did you only return to school now? Just learned swordsmanship and already putting it to use?"

Xia Yan didn't hear the hidden meaning in Jiang Xiao's words. She just curiously looked at the large map spread out on the ground and asked, "What are you doing here?"

Jiang Xiao curled his lips: "I'm studying the Songhua River, you kicked me to the Siberian Plateau."

Xia Yan: "What are you studying the Songhua River for?"

Jiang Xiao rubbed his butt, took off his shoes directly, sat cross-legged on the map, and casually said, "Doesn't the Songhua River produce Songhua eggs? I'm seeing where it's best to fish for them."

Xia Yan: ???

"Come here." Han Jiangxue beckoned to Xia Yan, diverting Xia Yan and preventing Xia Shiqi from disturbing Jiang Xiao again.

"Did you miss me?" Xia Yan walked over with a grin.

After a while, Gu Shi'an also joined the discussion. Jiang Xiao faintly heard that Qin Wangchuan was going to arrange a great two-handed sword master for Xia Yan, focusing on teaching her two-handed sword skills.

Wait!

Jiang Xiao's eyes suddenly widened!

The hell? That's not the Songhua River? That's the Ussuri River! That southwestward trend...

"Gulp." Jiang Xiao's Adam's apple wriggled, and he looked up at Han Jiangxue.

Although Han Jiangxue was chatting with Xia Yan, her mind had been on Jiang Xiao's side. Seeing him look over, Han Jiangxue asked with concern, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Xiao didn't respond, just stood up, turned around and walked out the door.

Han Jiangxue frowned slightly, nodded slightly to Xia Yan and Gu Shi'an, and followed out.

When Han Jiangxue walked out the door, she found Jiang Xiao waiting for her at the small administrative building door on the west side. She quickly walked over.

Jiang Xiao walked out with her and came to the private place where he had last talked with Qin Wangchuan.

Jiang Xiao whispered, "I've roughly found my location in the upper dimension. I can now follow the Ussuri River all the way southwest. On Earth, that's the border area between China and the Russian Federation."

Han Jiangxue: "Hmm?"

Jiang Xiao said: "I'm flying southwest along this river, and sooner or later I'll pass through Fincheng. On Earth, the Dragon Cave is in that area. On the Alien Planet, the Dragon Cave should also be there."

Han Jiangxue's breathing stagnated, and she quickly grabbed Jiang Xiao's arm, saying, "Don't go!"