Xie Xu looked up at the sky in silence, took a deep breath, and his expression returned to its usual calm state.

Forget it, I won’t bother with her.

The long knife was propped on the ground, his fingers gripping the handle.

"In the Threshold, in addition to the aliens, there is another type of creature. You can think of them as supernatural creatures. They don't like guns, so when facing them, all guns will fail."

Xie Xu paused to make sure Tu Ran understood, then continued: "When you encounter them, the only weapons you can use are cold weapons."

Tu Ran frowned, "Why can they make guns malfunction? Why are they called 'supernatural creatures'? Why haven't I encountered creatures like this before? Have you encountered them?"

Xie Xu answered her questions one by one.

"The world within the threshold is an inexplicable world. Most of the physical laws that apply to our world simply cannot be used normally in that world."

"It can be said that it is a magical world. Those unnatural creatures have special powers that humans cannot possess. You can regard them as gods or ghosts. As long as you stand in front of them, you must accept their rules."

Xie Xu spoke slowly and steadily, revealing to Tu Ran the secret of another world unknown to the world.

"There are very few unnatural creatures. Compared with various alien species, they are more like high-level rulers. The possibility of encountering them is very low. So far, the intelligence your pioneer team has brought back does not contain any information related to them."

"As for why I know this, it's because I encountered it. When I went to Threshold a year ago, I met a 'human'. His appearance was no different from that of a human, but his way of speaking and his movements were completely different from those of a human."

Xie Xu looked at the lights in the distance, recalling that inexplicable adventure.

"I judged it was not human, so I shot it, but the gun failed at that moment. I pointed the gun at other places, and it recovered. This happened several times. I knew that the thing I encountered could not be solved with a gun."

Tu Ran listened to his story carefully, her heart hanging in the air. There were so many strange creatures in the threshold, which was enough to scare her to death and she dared not go in. Now there was a mysterious thing that looked like a human and a ghost. She was not sure whether she could survive.

Xie Xu saw her anxiety and said, "You don't have to worry too much. They just have some ability to make guns fail. Other than that, they are not special. They are not even as good as a large alien species."

But it still sounds very weird, and Tu Ran is so worried.

Now in her understanding, the world in the threshold is no different from a haunted house. Once she pushes open the door and walks in, she doesn't know what kind of monsters will emerge from inside.

"Cheer up, I'm telling you this to give you motivation to learn swordsmanship, not to make you feel dejected." Xie Xu said coldly.

Tiran Tu Ran raised her eyes to glance at him, then lowered her head again.

This guy was like her homeroom teacher in high school, urging her to study hard so as to get into a good university.

In view of his good intentions, Tu Ran grasped the hilt of the knife with both hands and raised the knife.

When I was in training, a teacher taught me some tips on how to use cold weapons.

However, because the Federation did not attach importance to cold weapons, the cold weapon class was only taught for one month.

At this time, Tu Ran was not very skilled in holding the knife.

This time there was no muscle memory.

(End of this chapter)