Chapter 1067

Just at that moment, an accident occurred.

A silver wolf, carrying two people, appeared out of nowhere, breaking the balance in an instant and turning the situation around, according to the recollections afterward of the merchant caravan's manager and the bandit gang's leader.

Merchant caravan manager: "I'll never forget that scene for the rest of my life. The accident came so fast, just like a tornado. My first reaction at the time was to ask the silver wolf's master for help, but unfortunately they were too fast—whoosh, just like that, they were already past, and I didn't even have time to shout. Only later did I learn that the silver wolf master's target was those bandits!"

Merchant caravan manager: "My lord, you absolutely must help me find that silver wolf master. I want to thank them in person. If it weren't for them, I'm afraid my caravan and my two-hundred-jin daughter would have fallen victim to those damned bandits."

Bandit gang leader: "I completely agree with the merchant caravan manager's words, but my men and I are absolutely decent people—we are decent bandits! We only rob wealth, never molest women; that's our basic professional ethics… Speaking of which, that silver wolf was really too fast—whoosh, just like that! The silver wolf slammed straight into my men and sent them flying. If it weren't for this… I wouldn't have lost, and I wouldn't be stuck here!"

Bandit gang leader: "I didn't lose! I just had bad luck, running into the silver wolf and its master, that's all!"

Jailer: "Alright, alright, you didn't lose, you didn't lose, happy now? … Stay put and squat down! My lord will interrogate you personally later."

However, at the time, Lin Cheng and Miss Qianhui, before encountering this caravan that had been targeted by bandits, had already been drowsy because of the weather. In the end, Lin Cheng couldn't resist the sleepiness and simply told the mechanical wolf to keep running along the road.

With the mechanical wolf's rudimentary intelligence, it could understand this much, so it loyally kept running.

As for Miss Qianhui and Lin Cheng, they just took a nap along the way. They had seatbelts on, so the mechanical wolf wouldn't throw them off.

Then the previous scene unfolded: when they ran into the caravan being robbed by bandits, the two sides were fighting fiercely, and the mechanical wolf, executing Lin Cheng's order, kept running. As for whether there were a few petty thieves blocking the road along the way, they were simply sent flying by the mechanical wolf.

With the mechanical wolf's rudimentary intelligence, since its master hadn't given it any other command, when encountering any obstacle, it would either jump over it or smash through it.

There were hardly any large obstacles on the imperial highway, so the mechanical wolf simply chose to smash through.

Speaking of which, this group of bandits was also unlucky—they happened to be standing in a row, right on the mechanical wolf's path, so they were all taken out in one go by the mechanical wolf.

The bandit members who were sent flying were fortunate to all be martial artists with strong physiques; otherwise, being rammed by the high-speed mechanical wolf might well have killed them on the spot.

Even afterward, Lin Cheng had no idea that his mechanical wolf had saved a caravan along the road. By the time they groggily woke up, the sky was already approaching dusk, and they urgently needed to find a place to spend the night.

He opened the mini-map to check if there was any place near a water source nearby.

Soon, Lin Cheng found a pool and directed the mechanical wolf to run there. The place was quite remote; it took over ten minutes of running to reach the pool's edge. However, both Lin Cheng and Miss Qianhui were quite satisfied with the pool's environment—secluded and quiet, no one would disturb them.

The pool was not small, roughly half the size of a basketball court. The water was very clear, and the pool had abundant aquatic plants, though not dense, as if someone regularly tidied them. Fish also lived peacefully within, their numbers neither too many nor too few—just enough to live in the pool........ Beside it was a giant boulder leaning against a small hill, with a stream of river water continuously flowing down from the boulder; presumably this was also the reason for the pool's formation.

Abundant groundwater surged upward, forming this pool, but as for the fish and aquatic plants in the water, that was somewhat abnormal. If no one was managing it, shouldn't the fish and shrimp be overrunning, or the aquatic plants overrunning?

From what Lin Cheng observed, the number of fish, shrimp, and aquatic plants in the pool was exactly in a balanced state, which was very abnormal.

This place might not be as secluded as it seemed. He suddenly realized this, and his puzzled brow slightly furrowed.

"What are you looking at? Come help already!" Miss Qianhui's voice, as she set up the tent, suddenly came from behind.

"Coming!"

Lin Cheng shook his head, turned around to help Miss Qianhui set up the tent. Maybe he was overthinking it—did the wonders of nature really need him to say more? Perhaps the plants and creatures in this pool were just right.

They were only staying one night at this pool; he must have been overthinking it.

After that, they rested early, the two of them in one tent.

Miss Qianhui, blushing as usual, began letting her imagination run wild, but each of them had their own sleeping bag.

"Rest early, stop overthinking." Lin Cheng said to her with deep earnestness.

How would he dare—even if he had thoughts, the impression of Miss Qianhui subduing him in one move had already seeped into his soul. He didn't want to be tied to a tree for another night.

"Hmph, you coward with intentions but no guts."

Lin Cheng didn't take Miss Qianhui's contempt to heart.