Chapter 5, the journey
Before Fugate's consciousness re-entered the self-destruction state, he gave himself in the self-destruction state a reference, taking the route of Kavanyi-Jhana Garden-Xumi City.
How should I put it? After checking the map of Kavanyi, Fugate found that it could only be used as a reference.
The real Sumeru is not just a few towns.
In fact, as one of the Seven Kingdoms, in its rainforest area alone, there are dozens of towns comparable to prosperous places like Kavanyi.
There are also two or three super prosperous cities second only to Port of Ormos and Xumi City.
Of course, the most prosperous city is Xumi City. After all, no matter how three-dimensional other cities are, they cannot reach the level of Xumi City.
You must know that there are not only six major colleges in Xumi City, but also several bustling commercial streets, several residential areas, a large hospital, a port, and even several villages in the suburbs of Shugen.
Although I haven't seen Xumi City yet, just by hearing Fugate's description, I can already imagine how spectacular the real Xumi City is.
Of course, as conceivable as you can imagine, Fugate still didn't have any emotions and was just walking dully on the road in the rain forest alone.
The road in the middle of the rainforest does not look very obvious, because the vegetation inside it grows too fast, and Fugate needs to recheck every time he walks to see if he has gone astray.
By the way, Fugate also tried the four-leaf seal, a unique way of traveling of the Sumeru people, which was a very magical feeling.
But unfortunately, there are not many such four-leaf seals, and they are very difficult to find, and many of them are located in dangerous mid-air. Unless you have the Wings of Wind, using them hastily may cause accidental casualties.
When Fugate used the four-leaf seal, he watched a passing ranger use it, and then completed an attempt with the help of the ranger.
This thing requires elemental power to be used freely, but rangers and some adventurers can also use it after using elemental potions and the like. However, according to the rangers, even if they master this method, most of the time they Still running on the ground.
But then Fugate and the ranger were separated again. After all, the traveling routes of the two parties did not overlap. After the separation, Fugate encountered his first crisis not long after entering the rainforest. The crisis did not come from robbers or Monsters or something.
Instead, it comes from a beast that lives in the rainforest area, the long-maned tiger. A single long-maned tiger is not dangerous, but a beast like the long-maned tiger that should theoretically walk alone can only survive in Teyvat by staying together.
Therefore, the tiger with sideburns Fugate encountered was not one, but a group of tigers with sideburns, and it also came with another entry - hungry, and the opponent's stomach was very deflated that could be seen with the naked eye.
"Ahem~ It's really embarrassing." Fugate's desire to survive once again awakened his consciousness.
As soon as he returned to consciousness, he quickly ate NZT-48, and then Fugate picked up a knife and killed a group of tigers with long sideburns. Two of them were dead, that is, one-third of them were dead before they retreated.
Of course, these were not the only injuries caused by Fugate. There were also three tigers with long sideburns that were injured by the knife, otherwise these beasts would not be able to retreat so easily.
Fugate was also slightly injured, but not seriously. He took out the prepared wound medicine and treated the wound, and then left quickly. The smell of blood in the rain forest would not only attract beasts, but also It may attract monsters.
Before Fugate left, he saw a large group of crown-crocodiles heading in that direction.
Different from the three pieces of animal meat in the game, real crown-crocodiles are more difficult to deal with. Their leather is very strong and is the main source of leather armor materials for mercenaries in rain forests and desert areas.
Then Fugate saw a group of Qiuqiu people again. It was estimated that only the Qiuqiu people in the entire rain forest would be so bold and arrogant in holding torches. Fugate was thinking about some things that were not there, and he quickly understood. The knowledge recorded in one's own mind.
Soon Fugate, a bound volume of brain science books, understood.
Subsequently, the two-star ability: Photographic Memory, the two-star ability: Memory Palace, the two-star ability: Lucid Dreaming, and the one-star ability: Meditation have all been mastered by Fugate.
And by analyzing the language of the scholars, Fugate also initially learned to listen and read the Xumi language (rainforest area). At least some daily communication should be no problem. Next, he only needs to learn the glyphs and writing. I have almost completely mastered the Sumeru language.
[There is a treasure chest and there is no danger around. 】The system prompts that there are treasure chests around Fugate.
"I know. If I had known earlier, I would have bought some rough stones from Kavanyi." Fugate was still in the mood to complain about his own planning.
It's a pity that Fugate, who is in a state of self-destruction, has no flexibility at all and his mind is too rigid.
Fugate sensed that it was consistent with the route he was walking on, so he quickly went to check it out.
After getting a rough stone, Fugate nodded and let the system absorb it.
[It would be better to pool the efforts of the public to acquire the rough stones. 】The system also agreed with Fugate's idea. If you fight alone to collect rough stones, you will probably be exhausted.
Fugate took the time to check his panel and found that the power of prayer seemed to be more than expected.
The system seemed to be aware of it, and said.
[In addition to absorbing these ownerless wishes lodged in the original stone, the power of prayer can also absorb the beliefs and beliefs entangled around the host to convert them. 】
"Yes, there is indeed such a thing." Fugate nodded and pushed aside the leaves above his head, opened another treasure box, and took away all the contents.
Then he glanced at the long-whiskered tigers who were napping in the tree and left quickly. The long-whisbanded tigers here were obviously living a much better life than the group of people they met before, and all of them had bulging bellies.
While their aggressiveness has become lower, the attack power of these guys has obviously become stronger, and Fugate doesn't want to provoke them.
[The quality of these beliefs, beliefs, etc. is not very high, and the quantity is not large, so the increase is very limited. 】
"I feel like I'm a little off the road." Fugate complained while camping.
[No, look at the back, it’s a decaying street sign. 】
On it is written the words Shuitian Conglin in Xumi language.
"It seems that we are heading in the right direction, and we should be able to reach the first foothold soon." Fugate said.
[How did you hold on for so long this time?] The system asked curiously.
"On the one hand, it's because of the influence of the general environment, and on the other hand, the knowledge I learned plays a certain role." Fugate said, "But even so, I can't persist for long."
A few days later, Fugate's consciousness persisted for a few more days with the help of his strong desire to survive.
Fugate also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the light appearing in front of him. His tense nerves were instantly relieved, and then he switched to the self-destruction state almost instantly. He walked towards the village with an expressionless face like a zombie.
Lights in the rainforest generally represent human gathering places in the rainforest area.
The lights here are not electric lights as Fugate thought. In the rainforest, there are two kinds of street lights that are relatively common. One is conventional street lights. Scholars have improved the structure of street lights to make it easier to add lamp oil. , this kind of street lamp is called the light of sleeping dew.
The other is a hanging street lamp coated with natural plant fluorescent substances, called the Light of Dicui.
Because its fluorescent substances are concentrated, it emits much brighter light than ordinary fluorescent plants.
The light Fugate saw was emitted by this kind of street lamp called the Dicui Light.
The self-destructive Fugate was much faster than the conscious Fugate, and he soon arrived at the outskirts of the village.
An arrow was stuck at Fugate's foot. Fugate had noticed the arrow a long time ago, but because the opponent had no aim, Fugate was too lazy to dodge.
"Who are you?" said a man dressed as a gilded brigade.
Although he was dressed as a member of the Gilded Brigade, this man was obviously a rainforest man.
Behind him is a sturdy villager holding a crossbow.
"I am a scholar from Kanria. This time I am going to Xumi City to study. This is my letter of recommendation." Fugate handed the letter of recommendation from the Eromini scholar to the person dressed in the Gilded Brigade.
The man glanced at it a few times before returning the letter of recommendation to Fugate.
"It doesn't look fake. What are you doing here? But you still need to let the village chief take a look later."
"When we rushed from Kawanyi to Sumeru City, we took the route of Channa Garden, so we naturally passed by it." Fugate said after putting away the letter of recommendation. "Then you ran a little too far." The mercenary put away his bow and arrows, and then motioned to the villagers to put away their crossbows. "This place is still quite far away from the main trade road. Very few caravans take this road. ”
After the mercenary's explanation, Fugate realized that he seemed to have deviated from his original route due to visual differences.
Originally, the village on that route was called An Ning, but now this small village is called Qudiao. This place can be regarded as the interior of Shuitian Jungle.
The original route passed by the edge of the Water and Sky Jungle.
"Village Chief, someone is here." The mercenary said while standing in front of a tree house.
"Who is it?" A strong voice came from inside the tree house.
"Passing travelers," the mercenary said.
"So traveler, what do you want?" the village chief looked at Fugate and asked.
"Just a place to rest." Fugate has been sleeping in the wild for several days.
"There are still a few vacant rooms in the village, I hope you won't mind."
"How about 1k mola? I only have one night's rest. In addition, I need you to provide me with some clean water and dry food. The dry food is priced separately." Fugate lost part of his dry food in the battle with the Changshanhu. However, Fugate is not ready to eat the dry food they provided. Who knows if there will be any problems.
The village chief nodded and said: "No problem, this price is enough to stay in the village for one night."
There was nothing to say all night. In the early morning of the next day, Fugate re-bandaged the wounds and other things, changed the dressings, ate a hot breakfast, packed up and prepared to leave.
"Did you get up so early?" the mercenary watching the night asked in surprise.
"Yes, I can't wait to acquire new knowledge." Fugate said expressionlessly, and the mercenary shuddered, this kid is too evil.
"Then walk slowly." The mercenary watched Fugate leave.
In fact, the consciousness has also thought about whether Fugate, who is in a state of self-destruction, should pretend to be more like a normal person.
But it is a pity that the state of self-destructive eyes cannot be disguised at all.
And careful people will not give up observing the eyes, so basically they can't hide it at all. Since it can't be hidden, then just don't hide it at all.
Fugate's consciousness was programmed. If anyone asked, then this situation was an accident caused by an experiment of his that went out of control.
The next journey will be easier. It took Fugate a week to return to the main road according to the mercenary's words. Fortunately, he did not encounter any danger this week.
Perhaps the most dangerous thing is to encounter a group of passing mushrooms?
As long as you don't disturb them or get too close to them, these fungi are basically not in any danger.
However, Fugate was attacked by monsters soon after entering the main road.
After dealing with these annoying Qiuqiu people, Fugate can get back on the road.
"Do I look so easy to bully?" Fugate once again dodged the incoming Qiuqiu thugs with a speechless expression.
The machete was sent smoothly into the head of the Qiuqiu thug. Fugate withdrew from the fighting circle, bypassed several trees, and disappeared among the Qiuqiu people.
After leaving danger, Fugate soon fell into a state of self-destruction.
Since the situation was not very urgent this time, Fugate did not knock NZT-48 and relied on his own wisdom to escape from the siege of the Qiuqiu people.
Fugate was very unlucky after entering the main road, and often encountered Qiuqiu people blocking the road and robbing.
Perhaps it was because Fugate was easier to rob when he was alone, so people from Qiuqiu always came to Fugate in groups.
There were also several times when Fugate met multiple Qiuqiu people alone. Among the multiple Qiuqiu people, there were often two types of relatively powerful Qiuqiu people, namely shamans and thugs.
Among them, the shaman was okay. As long as he was not allowed to recite incantations and perform rituals, there was basically no danger.
But the thugs are different. Fugate can still deal with some Qiuqiu thugs who have just become thugs, but some Qiuqiu thugs who have been thugs for a long time and have rich combat experience cannot even be dealt with by Fugate. Able to retreat in an emergency.
When Qiuqiu Shaman and Qiuqiu thugs appeared together, Fugate ran away without looking back.
To deal with a Qiuqiu team of this size often requires a whole team of fully armed Gilded Brigade mercenaries. If you want to do it alone, you must at least have the strength of the backbone mercenaries, that is, the elite mercenaries with broken Erling weapons. .
Fugate's consciousness drove the system to identify the backbone of these mercenaries when he was in Kavanyi.
Even if they don't use Erling weapons, they still have a level of LV40+. After using Erling weapons, they will get extremely powerful reinforcements. According to the system's estimation, they can probably have LV50+. According to the local classification, they can break through an entire level. At a high level, taking into account the elemental power's blessing of damage, the damage caused can even be compared to that of a LV60 expert.
Of course, understanding the impact and cost caused by Feng Erling is also huge. The system's description of those people's lives is like a candle in the wind.
Although they look strong, the source of life has been over-consumed. Those who use broken Erling weapons are fine, but the lives of those who use complete Erling weapons have already been completely controlled by Erling weapons.
More than a month passed by in a flash, and Fugate, who was in a suicidal state, came to the Zen Garden with a gloomy look on his face.
Fugate encountered countless monsters along the way, and of course it was not without gains. He obtained a total of more than forty treasure chests along the way, most of which were ordinary treasure chests, and some were exquisite treasure chests.
What's a pity is that there are many treasure chests on the road that are locked by those monsters. If those monsters are not removed, the magic locks on the treasure chests cannot be opened.
Fugate was a little thin and out of shape, mainly because he had eaten all the dry food in the past few days and had not caught any prey.
So he had no choice but to push on and go on his way. In the last few days, Fugate ate food collected from Mr. Thief.
This is mainly because Mr. Fugate's recent food intake is not of the same order of magnitude as his previous food intake. A lot of exercise, sports and frequent injuries require recovery. Fugate wants to ensure that he can survive well in the rainforest area. Then you can't be stingy with such a small amount of dry food.
Fugate's current appetite is a little more than twice as much as before, so the dry food that was originally sufficient became a bit lacking in the end.
Especially at the last few resting places, the villages there did not have extra rations to distribute to Fugate.
It's not that the villages are indifferent, but that the crops they grow in those villages are not their own, and their own food rations have been a little tight recently.
Except for a small part of the crops they grew, most of the crops were actually used by the scholars in the Jhana Garden for breeding and experimentation.
The surrounding beasts and most of the monsters were also eliminated by the mercenaries of the thirty-man group and other rangers.
So Fugate couldn't even supplement his food supply by hunting.
Fortunately, Fugate was not far from Zena Garden at that time. In addition to being Amiliduo's botanical garden, Zena Garden was also a small town for exchanging supplies. A large number of scholars, caravans and mercenaries gathered here.
But the town was built around the jhana garden.
(The meditative garden, Zena Garden, is relatively quiet inside, with mercenaries patrolling, students and scholars, and the botanical garden in the middle)
Only Amilita's scholars can enter the botanical garden of Zen Garden, and others have a tacit understanding not to disturb these scholars.
"Purchasing dry food." Fugate said in a hoarse voice.
After completing the purchase of dry food, Fugate came to the small stall next to him and said, "Bring some peaches, a gold-plated pot and a pocket cake."
Fugate, who was in a self-destructive state, chose a few of the most cost-effective meals and fruits, and then ate them quickly. The sugar and peaches made Fugate recover quickly.
Then Fugate went to recuperate. According to conscious speculation, if possible, Fugate could catch a team of scholars here and go to Xumi City, which would be much easier.
(End of chapter)