Arknights is too real, right?

The sky was filled with dense black clouds, bursts of thunder, blue lightning intertwined in the black clouds, and the air was filled with strong Origin Stone fluctuations.

boom!

As if the brewing storm had reached a critical point, dozens of lightning bolts as thick as giant trees fell from the sky, shaking the earth with flying sand and rocks.

Xia Feng stood quietly in the whirlpool of this storm.

Lightning kept falling around him, and the splash of sand and stones scratched his clothes, but even so, he did not move.

Because not far from him, stood a man holding a knife.

The sky was dark, with lightning and thunder, and accompanied by the violent and falling lightning, dark yellow Origin Stone clusters grew on the ground at a speed visible to the naked eye.

boom!

At this moment, a ten-meter-thick bolt of lightning fell between him and the man like a giant blue dragon.

Because the light was too strong, he couldn't see the man's face clearly. At the last moment, he only saw a cherry blossom sword breaking through the lightning. The next second, the blade had penetrated into his chest.

ah!

In the bedroom, Xia Feng suddenly woke up from his dream. This cry startled Bagpipe who was making breakfast in the kitchen.

Opening the door, Bagpipe poked his head in with a cooking shovel.

What's your ghost name?

Xia Feng was covered in cold sweat, sitting on the bed, his chest heaving violently.

I, I had a dream.

Bagpipe pouted.

You are so old, but you can still be scared by nightmares. It's really your fault. Get up quickly and get ready for breakfast.

oh.

Seeing Xia Feng's somewhat absent-minded look, Bagpipe finally asked softly even though he knew it was just a dream.

Um, what did you dream about?

Xia Feng's expression was a little dazed, and he just murmured back.

Act of God.

After waking up, the dream gradually faded away. Based on the fragmentary scene, it was indeed a natural disaster area in the dream.

But besides the natural disaster, there seems to be another person.

Since Ying Wuyun left, Xia Feng's life has returned to peace.

Of course, life on the West Coast has always been peaceful, but his previous life was not only peaceful but also poor, but now, he has money.

Sakurawu Yun spent 1 gold to buy a sandworm from him. Even though it was a small gold coin, it solved a big problem. It would not be an exaggeration to call it a huge sum of money.

After all, the supporting building materials he purchased to build this house only cost 1 gold.

However, ever since he learned about the upcoming dispute between Dongzhou and Xichuan from Ying Wuyun, he always felt uneasy in his heart.

To be fair, all rulers in history have relied on war to determine the winner. Everyone wants to be the boss, so it can't be rock-paper-scissors. Whoever is more ruthless must be the king.

With the development of the times, the three-legged alliance of Dongguo will be broken sooner or later. The dispute between Dongzhou and Xichuan is just a prologue.

This kind of thing had nothing to do with him as an outsider from Victoria. Unless the two families fought all the way to the south coast and trampled the seedlings in his vegetable garden in the process, he might be a little angry.

But he was just angry. To put it bluntly, he came to live in seclusion. If that day came, he would probably just leave. If he couldn't afford to offend him, he couldn't afford to hide.

Yes, this is his current mentality.

He is not an idler, Sister Ma, who has no time to get involved in all the disputes. He has happier things to do than being with Xini.

The southern coast of Nishikawa is naturally isolated from the world, and the reception of news is also very slow. Even many villagers in the village do not know the name of the head of the Nishimiya family until now.

Of course, everyone's life has not been affected. Coastal villages should fish, mountain villages should plant and hunt, without any delay.

Although the 1 gold given by Ying Wuyun was a lot, it would be spent sooner or later without getting in. In order to make a living, Xia Feng started selling sandworms in the town for a while.

At noon, when Xia Feng appeared in the town driving an ox cart, he immediately became the focus of everyone's attention.

Because they had tasted his goodness before, the stall owners passing by all greeted him familiarly.

Little boss, here we sell sandworms again.

Xia Feng smiled and nodded.

Well, here we go again.

We haven't seen you for a few days. We thought you weren't coming.

Harm, something happened. I will come here often from now on. I have no choice but to live.

This time, Xia Feng was really serious about doing business for the sake of living. Accordingly, the price of sandworms was no longer unattainable, but became much more affordable to the people.

Sandworms are no longer sold whole, but will be broken down into many pieces like selling pork, such as sandworm heads, sandworm tails, and sandworm legs.

An adult sandworm can be broken down into about 10 parts, and the price of each part is about 1 silver. From this point of view, compared with the previous price of 1 gold per piece, it is 10 times cheaper.

Of course, this price is still very expensive for the villagers, but it is barely acceptable to the extent that they can grit their teeth.

To put it bluntly, who doesn’t make dumplings during the Chinese New Year?

It's autumn now, and the weather will get cooler soon. Xia Feng speculates that the activity of cold-blooded creatures like sandworms will definitely slow down in winter. If they are only caught on the coast by then, the number will definitely be very small, and it may take a few days. Only then can I catch one.

Therefore, he does not ask for good business, after all, the supply of goods is insufficient.

A sandworm was brought to the town and broken down into seven, seven or eight pieces. As long as he could sell them all, he would have an income of close to 10 silver. This level was already considered a small tycoon in the surrounding area of ​​Nanwan Town.

My wallet gradually bulged, and my life got better and better.

Time passes day by day, autumn is getting stronger and the weather is getting cooler.

At Bagpipe's request, Xia Feng bought materials for a vegetable greenhouse in the town, called Xiao Hui and Sorata, and everyone worked together to build a piece of land.

As time goes by, life becomes more and more regular.

People can't live without dreams, even if it is a very tasteless dream, there must always be a goal.

Xia Feng, who now has no worries about food and clothing, has a dream.

On his free days, he would always go to Sandworm Bay to look for sandworms. Whenever he found nothing, he would sit in front of the altar built by the ancestors of Nanye Village and look at the sandworm island in the distance of the sea.

Whenever this happens, Xia Feng will think about it.

It would be great if he could kill that big guy in the sea. In that case, he would no longer have to sneak around looking for sandworms. Instead, he could row a boat to the island and smile openly at the sandworms all over the mountains and plains.

The deep sea monster was too big. Although Bagpipe was very strong, he was not sure of victory, so he did not dare to let Bagpipe take risks.

Among the people he knew, they seemed to be almost uninteresting, such as Red Knife, Lapland, the Three Wolf Brothers, etc. Ifrit was even beaten to death by Daike.

If the frost star comes, it may be possible to freeze the sea surface, but in that case, the sea monster may dive into the deep sea. As long as it cannot kill with one blow, it is still useless.

Looking at the Sandworm Island looming in the sea fog, Xia Feng still felt depressed because of the feeling of not being able to see it.

People are animals that are afraid of loneliness. Although he is not lonely now, sometimes he still can't help but miss those familiar faces.

He who claims to pursue peace is like this, and the bagpipe who has been living with him must be even more so.

One day.

After taking care of the vegetables in the garden, Bagpipe suddenly came to Xia Feng and said.

Xia Feng, I want to discuss something with you.

Xia Feng sat in the pergola, wearing a red scarf because the weather was getting colder.

Putting down the tea cup, he raised his head and looked at the bagpipe.

What's going on so serious?

Well... I want to go out for a walk.

Going for a walk? Going to town?

No, somewhere further away.

Farther away? Like?

Dragon Gate.

Xia Feng was stunned and asked a little confused.

Longmen? Why are you going to Longmen?

Bagpipe sighed, his voice twisted.

I miss Chen Chen. After we graduated from the Guards College, we agreed to meet once a year. Either she would come to me or I would go to her. But since the tension in Victoria began, we have never met again. We met, and now that I have finally calmed down, I think, I want to go see her.”

Speaking of this, Xia Feng remembered.

Bagpipe had said at the beginning that Police Officer Chen Huijie from Longmen was her classmate when she was at the Guards Academy. The two of them talked about everything and were very good friends.