After Yao Shu left, Ji Xinghe quickly put the piece of cloth back in her backpack.
Then she stood up, first moving out of sight of the people nearby before slowly making her way toward the green dot on the route map.
Two thousand meters, one thousand meters, five hundred meters, three hundred meters—Ji Xinghe was getting closer and closer to the mission target.
Mountains surrounded her on all sides. Ji Xinghe searched the area again and again, but never saw anyone.
Then she zoomed in on the route map. Only when she was almost on top of the green dot did she stop.
She looked around, then suddenly remembered how the guards had stomped hard on the ground earlier.
She abruptly lowered her head and used her sword to part the dense grass beside her.
She lightly stamped the ground, her eyes dawning with understanding. This place really was hollow underneath.
So your enemy really does know you best, huh?
Without immediately digging open the underground cave, Ji Xinghe first looked around, then told Xiao Xi to keep watch.
After making sure no one was around, she spoke softly. "Is the person below Lan Xi? Hello, I'm an adventurer traveling through the area. I took a mission to escort you safely to Yunqi Wu."
There was still no response from below.
Seeing that, Ji Xinghe took a shovel from her backpack and assumed a defensive stance as she began digging.
After all, the person had been hiding there just fine. What she was doing certainly wasn't something a good person would do.
But what could she do? The mission was right there, and she had to complete it.
If she had to, she'd use force. Of course, that was the worst-case scenario.
If they could talk things out,