Their commission was suspicious.

This means that the tutorial provided by Anti-Entropy for Himeko and her friends ends here; the remaining areas are for Himeko and her friends to explore.

Chapter 443 Screw your decryption! I don't understand anymore!

"This is... a huge stone door? Chen Luo, Fu Hua, what do you think?" Himeko asked, examining the door that resembled a massive stone block.

"My lord, I feel there must be something fishy about this," Chen Luo said after a moment of contemplation.

“…Baby…”

"This stone gate is man-made, and it's carved with the mythical dragon from ancient China. It seems we've found the right place this time." In the end, Fu Hua stepped forward and spoke into the command channel next to Chen Luo.

"Have you found the right place? Tell you all to step back a little, I'll use my sword to cleave this door open!" Himeko said, picking up her greatsword and addressing Mei and the others.

"Wait, Major Himeko, don't be impulsive. If you don't open the mechanism correctly, you might trigger a trap inside the cave," Fu Hua quickly stopped her.

“This Nine Netherworld looks like an ancient tomb or something… Himeko, have you ever heard of the Dragon-Slaying Stone? If you forcibly destroy the ancient tomb and break the mechanism, a huge rock made of soul steel might fall down and block your way out, and then you might just wait to die in the tomb,” Chen Luo interjected from the side.

“Then we can leave through the bar. Chen Luo, you haven’t even forgotten that, have you? You’re supposed to be a bar owner, for goodness’ sake.” Ji Zi chuckled.

"...You wait, I'll blacklist all four of you in a bit." Chen Luo said with a dark face, having completely forgotten about this.

"Alright, alright, stop arguing. I just saw a stone tablet next to the door. Judging from the pattern on the tablet, the switch to open the stone door is in the path on either side," Fu Hua quickly said.

Destiny's technology is many years ahead of ordinary society, so the images captured are very clear. Therefore, Fu Hua can easily achieve an immersive experience by relying on the video images transmitted by the Valkyrie who is looking around.

After splitting up, the two teams did indeed find two keys and then opened the stone door.

Beyond the stone gate lies another vast space…

"Aunt Himeko, come quick! There are some stone tablets here, and it looks like there are words carved on them. Let me take a look... Well, I can't understand them." Kiana decisively stated that she had no idea how to decipher the words on the stone tablets.

"How strange, this kind of script doesn't exist in Bronya's database either." Bronya tilted her head in confusion.

"Could Fu Hua help us identify what this script is?" Himeko asked.

"Wait, why didn't you ask me?" Chen Luo asked.

"..."

Although Himeko didn't say anything, it was as if she had said everything.

"Come on, I'll show you what I've got!" Chen Luo said, somewhat annoyed.

Whom do you look down on?

It's just some ancient script.

"Wow, Chen Luo, are you really capable? I didn't expect you to be so versatile." Kiana exclaimed in surprise.

"This is a script that has been passed down in ancient China. Let me decipher it in a moment. Oh, deciphered. [For those destined to live in the future, I am Lian Shan, the leader of the tribes of Shenzhou. My comrade-in-arms, Ji Lin, sealed the monster Chi You, who was threatening Shenzhou, here with her own life. The only thing I can do for her is to record her legend with these stone tablets, hoping that future generations will remember her sacrifice.]" Chen Luo recited the ancient script recorded on the stone tablet word by word.

"You actually did it! I'm really impressed with you." Himeko clapped her hands gently.

“That’s right.” Chen Luo said after placing the paper that Fu Hua had just written on aside.

"..." Fu Hua and Theresa watched Chen Luo from the side, their expressions extremely complicated.

"So this is indeed the Nine Netherworld. What's next?"

"The inscription on the stone tablet ends here; the rest should be on other stone tablets," Fu Hua couldn't help but say.

Although Himeko was concerned about why she was asking Chen Luo, Fu Hua would answer, but Kiana's words distracted Himeko.

"Himeko, look, there's another stone tablet over there. Let's hurry over there."

"Okay, we've found another stone tablet. I've sent you Chen Luo's image. Now, analyze the text on it."

[Ding! You have a new request!]

[Text Analysis]: This ancient text was successfully deciphered, and its meaning was explained to Himeko.

Reward: 50 Primogems

Difficulty: One star

Upon seeing this, Chen Luo couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Why did Chen Luo steal Fu Hua's job? Wasn't it just to earn some pocket money?

"I understand. Oh, and by the way, each of you left a crystal here," Chen Luo said.

"Understood, translate quickly." The four Valkyries took out a crystal from the bag they were carrying and threw it on the ground.

After hearing what Himeko said, Fu Hua picked up a pen and paper and began to write.

"[A year ago, Ji Lin, carrying the Xuanyuan Sword, ventured alone into the Nine Netherworld to seal Chi You. I wanted to find her remains, but I couldn't find the Nine Netherworld in the vast ocean. Just when I was about to give up, the Red Iris Bird kept circling the sea. She was Ji Lin's beloved bird, and it is said that the name came from one of her former friends. In the end, she brought me here, but she left first.] This stone tablet ends here, and in the end, it only says that the Red Iris Bird guided the way forward."

Before Fu Hua could write more than a few words, Chen Luo had already expressed the whole meaning.

[Ding! Mission complete]

Regardless of Himeko's reaction, Fu Hua and Theresa both looked at Chen Luo with some surprise.

"What? You don't really think I can't read these words, do you?" Chen Luo tilted his head.

"Why do you think you can communicate with everyone else in the bar without any problems? Do you think the whole world speaks Chinese?"

Thanks to the bar's help, Chen Luo can understand any language that is widely spoken and understood by many people in the world.

However, Chen Luo couldn't understand those secret codes that only one or two people could understand.

However, it is clear that the inscription on the stone tablet is just ancient script, and it has not reached that outrageous level.

Specifically, this script is an ancient incantation used since ancient times to seal away evil in the land of China. However, because many people know about it, it is also considered one of the commonly used scripts.

Himeko and her companions soon found the third stone tablet.

The third stone tablet essentially states that when Lian Shan arrived, he couldn't find Ji Lin's body, and the only remaining item, the Xuanyuan Sword, was nowhere to be found. So he erected a stone tablet in Ji Lin's honor.

He also sculpted a statue of Ji Lin's favorite red kite.

After Chen Luo finished translating, he naturally received 50 Primogems.

"Wait, if the body is gone, then the holy marks on it must have disappeared too, right? Damn it, it was all for nothing in the end." Himeko said, somewhat disappointed and resentful.

Although Himeko is a seasoned warrior, she can still feel emotionally stirred when faced with such a situation.

“Alright, just because no body was found in Lianshan doesn’t mean there really isn’t one. Why don’t you continue exploring? And even if you don’t find anything, I have another excellent solution to your physical problem,” Chen Luo said.

The other solution Chen Luo mentioned refers to the newly acquired body of the Seventh Herrscher. Although the original body certainly cannot be used by Himeko, Chen Luo can simply replicate it.

Then it will be double the Herrscher of Flame, double the fun.

The ability to transfer consciousness is something that even Aponia and Mebius could accomplish, let alone Chen Luo.

Ahem, Chen Luo respects Himeko's choice. Anyway, there are several ways, and it's Himeko's business how she chooses. Chen Luo is just here to help.

Chen Luo didn't care; as long as Ji Zi was happy.

"That statue over there by Aunt Himeko is the Red Iris, right? Let's go investigate it."

"A statue?" Himeko looked up, lost in thought. Kiana.

"Didn't the stone tablet just say that the Red Kite is guiding the way forward? Maybe there's something there," Kiana said.

When Ji Zi and the others arrived near the Red Iris Bird, they discovered that the Red Iris Bird statue that Lian Shan had carved for Ji Lin was indeed enormous.

"The red kite is pointing the way forward. Could it be that there's some secret in the direction the red kite's head is pointing?" Kiana pondered.

"There's only a stone wall where the head is pointing. Could there be something hidden behind it? I'll go take a look." Himeko said, and then she took action.

"Nothing special about it," Himeko said after walking up and down the stone wall for a while.

"So you've finally come looking for me? You filthy humans. Ha..." A clear, ethereal voice rang out.

"What's that sound?" Himeko instantly looked around warily.

"The stone wall is glowing!" Raiden Mei exclaimed.

"The Honkai energy reflection suggests that the rising stone wall is reacting to the Honkai energy emanating from Major Himeko..."

No sooner had Bronya finished speaking than Himeko was suddenly sucked into the stone wall, which was generating a tremendous suction force.

"If people with Honkai energy can be sucked in if they touch the stone wall, then we can go in too! Hurry and chase after them!" Kiana, who had just seen Himeko disappear, seemed to have thought of something and rushed towards the stone wall.

After the stone wall began to glow faintly, Kiana's figure disappeared.

Bronya and Mei exchanged a glance, and fearing something might happen to Kiana, they quickly followed her inside.

"Kiana is quite clever," Chen Luo said to Fu Hua and Theresa.

"Kiana is very smart, but she just doesn't like studying. However, her talent is exceptional," Fu Hua commented fairly and objectively.

While the phrase "smart but not serious about learning" might be used by kindergarten or elementary school teachers to appease parents, it's a perfect description of Kiana.

A quick path to becoming a Void Sword God—who can withstand that?

Chen Luo was almost crying with envy.

“Of course, she doesn’t even know whose niece she is,” Theresa said, arms crossed.

"Kiana is a fake idiot, you're the real idiot," Chen Luo retorted.

"What did you say?!!"

"Oh, right, didn't Durandal say she was coming to Nine Netherworlds with us? Where is she?" Chen Luo suddenly asked.

"Isn't it all because of you?" Although Chen Luo wasn't very good at changing the subject, Theresa still fell for it.

"What did I do this time? What did I do?" Chen Luo was truly innocent this time.

“Durandal was originally supposed to come, so she even took yesterday off. But since you said you'd postpone it for another day, we moved the departure date to today. The problem is, Durandal's vacation time is limited, so she can't take another day off today,” Theresa said irritably.

"Oh, well, it's definitely my fault."

While Chen Luo and the others were discussing, Kiana and the others were also moving forward. After passing through the stone wall, Kiana and the others arrived in a fairly vast space.

Strangely, although the time difference between their entry was only about six or seven seconds, when Kiana and the others followed, they could no longer see Himeko, and the detectors did not react.

After entering the huge cavity behind the stone wall, Kiana and her companions circled around several times without finding any way out. Moreover, the terrain was extremely complicated, which made them quite frustrated.

A full hour passed like this.

During that hour, Kiana and the others would frequently ask Himeko if she had returned to the bar through the bar's main entrance, and Chen Luo would always give a negative answer, which was one of the reasons why Mei and the others kept searching.

"Kiana, during the hour you've been going around in circles, I've observed the data you've transmitted. The terrain here seems to be arranged according to the Bagua (Eight Trigrams)." Just as the group was getting increasingly anxious, Fu Hua's voice came through the communicator.

"Gossip? What's that?" Kiana asked, puzzled.

“It’s an ancient Chinese sealing formation. Sure enough, there’s something deep inside this cave… Kiana, head southwest; that’s the exit,” Fu Hua said.

Upon hearing this, Chen Luo glanced at Fu Hua.

As expected, Fu Hua really has forgotten everything.

Or perhaps they've forgotten most of the things.

Following Fu Hua's instructions, Kiana and her companions successfully found the exit from the maze.

However, there was still a maze outside the maze. Kiana was so clever that she immediately knew to continue heading southwest.

Then Kiana messed up.

The Eight Trigrams are quite complex; the auspiciousness or inauspiciousness represented by the eight gates in different palaces varies.

Kiana's mishap occurred at the ominous door...

Then comes the time to escape after the floor collapses.

"Sigh, finally escaped. Gossiping is so hard," Kiana said with a distressed expression.

"Indeed, I hate the sealing formations of the East because they are too troublesome to break."

If it weren't for the difficulty in breaking the seal, Chen Luo would have taken matters into his own hands.

"Look over there, there's a golden sword."

"So this is the Xuanyuan Sword. It does look slightly different from the other Keys of Control," Chen Luo suddenly said.

"Wow, Alo, how did you suddenly appear next to us?" Kiana sensed the difference in Chen Luo's voice; it didn't sound like it was coming from a communicator. She turned her head and was startled to find a grown man suddenly standing next to her.

"Of course I'm here to help you," Chen Luo said, as several talismans appeared in his hand.

"Oh, right, you can fly, right? Quickly take down the Xuanyuan Sword that's flying in the sky," Kiana said suddenly.