It's none of my business. I'm just a lunch box seller.

Manon emphasized in the communication: [No matter what, don’t fly high! Don’t fly high! Don’t fly high!]

Wendy and Zhongli, who were sitting in the co-pilot seat and the third (engineer) seat, stared at Boss Cheng who was mumbling to himself. Although they knew that Boss Cheng was talking to someone, they still thought that this kind of communication method, which seemed like a mental illness, was very strange. But what concerned the two people more was...

"Why don't we drive out in the floating truck, but take your new flying machine, boss? Didn't you say we can't fly high anymore?"

"Yes, I can't fly high." The boss smiled and continued, "So I decided to fly lower."

Boss Cheng really demonstrated the saying "It's not about driving too fast, but flying too low" to the fullest. The 30-meter-long Pelican was running at a speed of more than 800 kilometers per hour, only about 5 meters above the ground.

Zhongli, who had seen many storms, was also a madman. He actually pointed out the direction to Boss Cheng according to the hiking route. It was not until Boss Cheng took the initiative to ask if there was a route across the sea to Liyue that he nodded and pointed out the direction to Boss Cheng.

Only when they reached the sea did Boss Cheng dare to let the Pelican enter the supersonic cruise flight state. Yes, although the Pelican, which had been improved by the technical department, could not break through the atmosphere alone, it had the ability to supersonic cruise.

As for how to make this aerodynamic shape thing supersonic and maintain structural stability, the method given by the technical department is also very simple, just cover the surface of the aircraft with a protective force field that is better than nothing, which is enough to maintain the stability of the body structure in the atmosphere.

Of course, after entering combat mode, the energy supply of the protective force field can also be increased. It is no problem to block a machine gun with a caliber of less than 20 mm, or a small energy weapon. If the caliber is larger or the energy density is too high, then be prepared to make an emergency landing or jump out of the plane.

After flying for more than two hours and covering a distance of nearly 3000 kilometers, the plane finally arrived at the super-large meteorite crater named "Stratified Abyss" as Zhongli said.

But when the Pelican arrived at the entrance of the super crater, the huge metal weapon really scared the Thousand Rocks soldiers guarding the entrance of the crater. Fortunately, Zhongli was also well-known in Liyue, so when Zhongli jumped down from the rear hatch of the Pelican, the restless Thousand Rocks soldiers...

Still couldn't calm down.

This is not Zhongli's fault, but these soldiers were already in a state of high nervousness. Although Zhongli's appearance can ease their nervousness a little, the situation that caused the Qianyan Army to be nervous has not been resolved, so they should be nervous and they must continue to be nervous.

"What? There have been a lot of Hillilks entering the Layered Abyss these days? And Hillil Rangers escorting them? And only the Hillil Ranger returned to the surface alone?" Wendy scratched his head, "But why did the Hillilks go down to the bottom of the mine?"

The boss looked confused and asked Zhongli and Wendy: "What are the hillbillies and rangers you are talking about?"

Zhongli didn't say much, but pointed to a few masked beggars who were rushing towards them not far away.

"Beggar?" Zhongli asked in confusion.

"Although they are wearing tattered clothes and masks, you can't just say they are savages!"

Zhongli frowned, realizing the key point in Boss Cheng's words. He immediately asked the boss: "In your eyes, they are all normal people?"

"Yes." Boss Cheng shrugged and said, "Although they are all wrapped in black smoke, as if they were cursed. But in your eyes, they are no longer in human form, right?"

"In our eyes..." Zhongli told his boss truthfully: "They are all a group of humanoid monsters."

I don't know if the boss is skilled and brave, or if he just likes to do something stupid. After Zhongli told them how the hillbillies look like in their eyes, the boss actually walked towards the direction of the hillbillies.

You know, the boss's Berserker Armor is still being strengthened by the dwarves. Moreover, he is now empty-handed, posing as if he is defenseless and goes over to greet the Hill Ranger.

Then, Hill Ranger responded to Boss Cheng's greeting politely.

With the help of the translator, Boss Cheng also understood the purpose of the Hill Ranger's trip. Hill Ranger told Boss Cheng in a similar way to Brother Biao: "They are about to embark on their final journey. I have the obligation to send them to the only peaceful place."

Boss Cheng pointed in the direction of the crater and asked, "Is their peaceful place at the bottom of the crater?"

"Yes, yes. Being there... can reduce the pain of the curse. It makes us feel at peace, just like being with you."

"by my side?"

The tall Hill Ranger nodded.

"I want to go down too." Boss Cheng pointed in the direction of the pit again, "I have to find a good place to open the pit..."

"Have you also... embarked on the journey to the end?"

Boss Cheng quickly shook his head and told Hill Ranger: "Don't get me wrong, I'm not going down for the last leg of my journey, but to avoid disaster. Some people think that I'm too much of an eyesore when I'm wandering around on the ground, so I plan to find a place that's relatively less annoying to continue wandering. So, do you want a companion?"

0307 The most miraculous thing this year

"Wanwan sister, you've got it figured out. This meteorite crater is larger than the mines in Bayan Obo and Fushun combined!" Boss Cheng said with emotion as he walked down the mine tunnel in the abyss of rock.

As he was walking, the boss's popular electronic watch on Alibaba worth 19.9 yuan suddenly beeped. The boss raised the watch with the silicone strap number "019" and saw that the number on the LCD screen had jumped to 18:15.

Even Wendy and Zhongli, who were following the boss, realized that according to the time in the boss's shop, the evening dining peak was about to begin. The two of them also looked at the same electronic watch without a number and found that the watch, which they had worn for almost 10 days, was not off by even a second.

"Hey, take a break first, don't leave." The boss called the Hill Ranger and a few Hill People who looked listless. He said to them: "It's time for dinner. I think the open space in front is good. Let's stop and solve the problem of dinner."

"But... our food has... run out."

"Tsk, that's really interesting. Traveling with a wilderness survival expert, do you still need to worry about food?"

Wendy, who was already a little hungry, immediately jumped to the boss's side and asked, "Boss, did you prepare instant noodles or bread and biscuits in advance?"

However, the boss looked puzzled and asked Wendy: "Why should I bring that thing?"

"If you don't want instant noodles, you can just eat self-heating rice."

"Sorry, I never mess around when it comes to dinner. So I only like to eat it fresh out of the pot."

"Just out of the pot?" Wendy pointed to the ground and asked, "Here?"

But before Wendy could get an answer, Boss Cheng had already taken out a commercial electric stove and steamer from the battle warehouse, just like he had done in hell. He then took out a workbench with refrigeration and freezing functions, as well as a cutting board for raw and cooked food, a kitchen knife, a sink, and pots and pans.

Boss Cheng's series of actions obviously shocked everyone present. After all, this was the first time they met someone who wanted to bring a modern kitchen with him.

"Boss, you often..."

"Yes, I often take these things with me when I travel far away."

"Why?"

"This is called preparing for a rainy day and preventing trouble before it happens."

Zhongli also came over and asked the boss in a concise manner: "If we are trapped, how long can we hold out?"

"Based on the standard of three meals a day, it can probably last about a month." Boss Cheng pointed at the Hill Ranger and the others, "I mean the share with them. If you don't count them, it should last 1 to 7 months. Of course, once the food starts to run short, I will find a way to collect some locally."

Wendy:!!!∑(?Д?ノ)ノ

Zhongli: (;?＿?)

Although Wendy didn't know much about the boss's past, he had heard from a big mouth that the boss cut up demon meat as emergency food. Zhongli also learned the boss's story from the bard Wendy.

And in the exaggerated narration of that big mouth, many powerful demon lords were regarded as high-quality spare ingredients by the boss. And Barbatos and Morax, as demon gods, if understood from a simple perspective, are super demons that are more powerful than demon lords.

But even the most powerful demon is still a demon, not to mention that the big mouth said that the boss was born to be the nemesis of demons and alien monsters. So guess what these two people thought when the boss said "collect on the spot"?

Regardless of what the two people thought, or rather, without waiting for them to think, Boss Cheng had already ordered two people to help wash the rice and vegetables. The hill people, who were feeling better than ever before, also arranged the tables, chairs and benches piled on the side under the command of the hill ranger, and then fetched clean water to simply rinse the plates that would be used to hold the rice and vegetables.

After a while, the huge cave was filled with the sound of spatulas colliding with each other and the unique "rustling" sound of cooking.

After the attack, Wendy and Zhongli noticed that although the hillbillies who had been staying beside Boss Cheng had not changed in their body shape and appearance, their every move was becoming more and more like that of normal humans.

They sat around the dining table in an orderly manner, talking about topics that no one else could understand in the language of the Hillock people. The Hillock Ranger squatted beside Boss Cheng, curiously watching Boss Cheng "beat" the food in the iron pot in various ways.

"How do you usually live?" Boss Cheng asked Qiuqiu Ranger while cooking: "Do you always wander around?"

"They all have... their own tribes." The Hill Ranger, who spoke more and more fluently, told his boss: "But rangers must... wander. Rangers need to help... the Hill people who are in trouble... and ensure that the Hill people who want to live a peaceful life... are not... bullied."

"Then you, the ranger, can really call yourself a 'knight'."

"What is Xia?"

"Hero!" Boss Cheng told him while weighing the spoon: "A hero must have abilities superior to those of ordinary people, the courage to suppress the strong and help the weak, and the character to sacrifice oneself to help others."

"Xia! So awesome!"

"Yes!" Boss Cheng suddenly poked Hill Ranger with a finger, "You escorted them all the way here, you are awesome!"

After saying that, Boss Cheng put the food in the wok into a small stainless steel bowl and asked Hill Ranger to bring it to the table.

"Keep an eye on them, don't let them steal food." The boss smiled and told the ranger: "I think I may need to entertain more than just you guys tonight."

Ten minutes later, the fried three fresh vegetables and sweet and sour pork were served on the table. The super authentic mapo tofu that I just learned from Shaoan also entered the seasoning stage. The vegetarian stew on the other stove also began to bubble.

And when Boss Cheng brought a small bowl of Mapo Tofu to the table, a team of guys wearing all kinds of strange armor, but all of them were starving, but still had the spirit and stubbornness of a soldier, came over when they smelled the aroma of the food.

"Captain, are we hallucinating from hunger?"

"It must be an illusion. How could someone set up a snack stand in the Layered Abyss?"

"But Captain, this hallucination smells so good. I seem to smell the aroma of fried potatoes from my hometown."

"I smell it too, it smells so good!"

"If all this is real and not just our hallucination..."

"Then wash your hands before you starve to death!" Boss Cheng shouted at several people, "The rice is about to be steamed. The Meihe Komachi rice from the Northeast is so fragrant when it is steamed! It was used by unscrupulous businessmen to deceive the rich people in Shanghai. They deceived them for two or three years before they were discovered!"

Zhongli didn't care whether the people who just came here were Fatui or starving ghosts. Instead, he asked the boss curiously with a cold face: "Why were you discovered?"

"Because some people discovered that real Akita rice wasn't as delicious as the fake Akita Komachi they were eating."

Wendy: (′⊙ω⊙`)

Zhongli: (⊙_⊙)?

Ranger: (￣□￣;)

Then the three "people" burst into thunderous laughter.

Boss Cheng planned to cook a dish before the rice came out of the steamer, but before he started cooking, he asked Wendy and Zhongli if they knew where these people came from. Wendy said that these guys called "Faints" came from the Kingdom of Winter in the far north. And in the past one or two years, Mondstadt and Liyue had serious conflicts with Winter.

The boss ignored their conflict and asked, "Winter Country? Is it very cold?"

"It's very cold." Zhongli answered for his boss, "The Kingdom of Winter is covered with ice and snow all year round. It is said that its people like to drink strong liquor and cannot live without meat. The staple food is potatoes and bread."

"That's just the old man!"

"Russians?" Zhongli tilted his head and asked.

"It's okay, I'll go ask them."

Then Boss Cheng walked over to the Ninth Company of the Fatui and asked their captain Anton: "Beef and potatoes, slightly sweet, do you like it?"

The few people who had just washed their hands were stunned at first, and then nodded desperately.

However, the captain, who was still fighting against hunger and keeping his sanity, said, "But we have nothing to pay for the meal."

"No, this meal is on my table. I'm a chef. Do you know what chefs hate to see the most?"

Anton thought about it and answered honestly: "Are you afraid of not making money?"

"They're afraid that some people will be hungry but won't dare to go into a restaurant to eat! It makes the food the chef prepares look like it's poisonous!"

"Oh." Anton nodded and asked, "What should we do?"

"Just wait for your meal and don't get into any conflicts with anyone. And after dinner, you'll be responsible for washing the dishes, okay?"

Anton nodded on behalf of his team members.

"We promise!"

Boss Cheng nodded and pointed to a table that had just been set up and said, "You guys go sit over there. When the food is ready, use the plates to get the food and eat separately."

After a truly full meal, the members of the Ninth Company of the Fatui all lay on their backs, "paralyzed" on the ground. They looked at the top of the cave, their eyes dull and they sighed:

“It’s great to be alive!”

“It’s great to be able to eat enough!”

“It’s great to be alive and well fed.”

One of the Fatui who was lying down to digest his food patted the captain, asked him to look at the hill people, and asked: "Captain, do those hill people look more like humans than the ones we saw before we ate?"

"Nonsense, they are human beings, but..."

Captain Anton only said half of his words, because he found that the "more human-like" mentioned by the team members was no longer referring to the behavior of the hill people. Instead, these hill people, who were originally less than 1 bit tall, actually grew to the height of 1 panzi!

(1 bit is approximately equal to 150 centimeters, and 1 panzi is equal to 160 height.)

However, the Hilliard Ranger has "shrunk" from a size roughly equal to that of an Astarte to a height almost the same as that of Boss Makoto!

"This is the most miraculous thing I have encountered on the continent of Teyvat this year!"

Anton, captain of the 9th Company of Fatui, said so after leaving the meteorite crater.

0308 This way, sir!

Layered Rock Chasm, near the nameless ruins.

"Wow, why is the gravity so messed up here!"

"Maybe you're the only one who's messing around, boss."