Chapter 113 The fun of exploration!

Chapter 113 The fun of exploration!

Which way to go?

"Men are on the left and women are on the right, so of course Erxiao chooses to go to the left!"

"What's there to worry about? No matter which way you go, there will definitely be a way to come back in the end. That's the case with Ori."

"It's over for being reckless! Go, go, go!"

The barrage was right. Erxiao nodded slightly, and then decisively chose the right side.

Going down the platform on the right, I saw a new little bug, which was round and oval in shape and looked quite cute.

The monster was very weak and was killed with only three swords, but it still bravely bumped into the little knight, causing him a little damage.

But after attacking three times, he successfully accumulated enough soul points to restore one level of blood. Overall, he gained neither loss nor gain.

For now, Erxiao still doesn't feel the difficulty of this game.

Using the platform, he jumped up to the right. In the background of an unusually empty large room, a strange semicircular building that looked like the head of an insect appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

"Are the three mask patterns on this door exactly the same as the seals in the opening CG?"

"Erxiao, come in and have a look."

As he walked into this building, the words "Black Egg Temple" appeared in the lower right corner of the screen.

In the center of the room, a seal with three masks on it, exactly like the one in CG, came into view.

Next to this seal, the little knight also met the second NPC, Quiro.

This is a slender insect with a sword on his left waist.

He claims to be a traveler, and he especially likes unknown places. The seal in front of him is called "Stone Egg" in his mouth, and it is the biggest mystery of this kingdom.

The conversation with Quirrel did not reveal many secrets of Hallownest, but instead heightened our doubts.

"Why are there so many NPCs here as Riddlers? I still don't know what the Little Knight is going to do."

"Yes, can't you explain more clearly what this stone egg is?"

"The plot of Ori is quite clear. We knew from the beginning that Ori was trying to save the increasingly dilapidated Nepalese mountains."

After the NPC had no new dialogue, Erxiao still explored the inside of the Black Egg Temple. After finding nothing, she reluctantly withdrew.

Continuing to the right, Erxiao finally encountered the first difficulty in this game.

A giant insect holding a huge weapon like a mammoth tusk in one hand.

At the beginning, Erxiao didn't know whether he was alive or not, and he went up and slashed at the big insect. But as the giant fang hit the little knight's head hard, two of the five masks disappeared in an instant. Only then did Erxiao panic.

"Damn it! Brothers, this monster's attack power is so high!"

Erxiao hurriedly backed away, trying to distance himself and restore his blood volume.

But as the big bug sat back hard, a huge white shock wave suddenly hit Erxiao, who was recovering his blood volume, and was hit directly, and a mask was deducted again.

The less blood he had, the more panic he felt. Erxiao was heartbroken and rushed over and waved the weapon in his hand again, hoping to kill the big bug in front of him with direct damage.

The reality is that the weapon in Erxiao's hand is like scratching an itch. While the big insect remained motionless, as he slashed hard, the little knight who was hit died suddenly!

As the black substance in the body continued to spit out, a dark soul emerged from the knight's body.

The scene turned and the Little Knight appeared on the bench in Ditmouth.

"Dish!"

"It's so funny that Erxiao stood there like a pig's nose and was beaten violently, hahaha."

"You just stand there and let others hit you? Can't you just hide behind you?"

Seeing the barrage all over the screen talking about his own dishes, Erxiao waved his hand and said calmly:

"It's not a big problem, okay? I already know how to fight the monster just now. Who doesn't die a few times when playing games?"

But then, Erxiao seemed to have discovered something.

"Damn it! Brothers! Where is my money? And why is my soul tank broken?"

Isn't it? The more than 100 yuan that Er Xiao originally had on his body has now disappeared directly. The soul slot in the upper left corner that could restore the health of three masks is now limited to two masks.

There were also different opinions on the barrage.

"No way... you lose all your money when you die, and the more you die, the heavier the punishment?"

"My original intention was to play a very new thing. I really don't think that the permanent death in Dark Dungeon is a good design, right?

Are you confused about the sales gap between Ori and Darkest Dungeon? ”

"After he died, I remembered that the little knight had a dark soul floating out. Erxiao would go back and have a look."

Because of the extremely high death penalty of Dark Dungeon, for a while, many netizens in the live broadcast room also suffered from PTSD.

To be fair, Ori's death penalty was quite well designed at the time. What are you trying to learn in vain but not in Dark Dungeon?

"Don't worry, don't worry, brothers, I'll go back and see what's going on."

Erxiao was afraid that the rhythm would be stirred up by some people again, so without saying a word, he went straight down the well and walked toward you.

Because he already knew the distribution of the monsters on the right, Er Xiao was also very skilled. Without saying anything, he slashed with explosive force and arrived at the room of the big bug in just one minute.

At this time, a soul that looked exactly like us, except that it was completely black, floated in mid-air in the room.

The moment it saw us, it flew towards us.

"What is this?"

Erxiao controlled the little knight to actively want to collide with this soul. The moment the two parties came into contact, along with the familiar injury effects, the mask in the upper left corner was directly scratched off.

"Why is my soul still attacking me?"

Erxiao looked puzzled, but his movements did not stop.

With just two swords, the black soul was killed by the little knight and turned into a ball of black substance, poured into the little knight's body.

At this time, in the upper right corner of the interface, the Knight's originally damaged soul tank was repaired, and the lost more than 100 yuan was restored.

"It turns out that this is the design. After death, a legacy will be left. As long as you can go back and pick up your soul, there will be no punishment."

"Then the question is, what if you die again without picking up your soul after death?"

"It is recommended to try."

The audience in the live broadcast room was still discussing fiercely, but Erxiao had already waved his weapon and rushed towards the big bug that killed him before.

It is bound to be avenged!

One minute later.

"Ah!"

Following Erxiao's scream, she was beaten to death by Big Tusk again.

Although the screen is almost full of dishes, there are still water friends who understand and give useful suggestions:

"Pig-nosed! I can see it clearly. The attack method of this big bug is very simple. If it hits you, just walk back. When it shoots a shock wave, you can jump up and avoid it.

Don't be greedy, just hit it every time and you'll be fine. ”

Erxiao's eyes lit up, he was full of confidence, and he immediately decided to fight again!

Run the map, pick up souls, get killed, and so on.

But every time, Erxiao left more wounds on the big insect's body than before.

Finally, when Erxiao died for the fourth time, as Erxiao jumped high to avoid the earthquake wave caused by the big insect, the moment he swung his knife on the insect!

The big bug fell heavily to the ground!

Immediately, there were coins flying all over the sky!

"Wuhu!"

Erxiao jumped up from his seat excitedly, his face filled with endless excitement,

"Brothers, do you think I'm a dick?"

"Shut up, you don't have that thing?" "You died three times by beating such a simple monster. I don't agree with it very much."

"GKD!"

Erxiao didn't care if she didn't get the praise she wanted, because defeating a powerful enemy had already brought her an indescribable sense of satisfaction.

After a strong enemy, there must be treasure.

A green caterpillar enclosed in a purple jar is making some cute little noises.

The little knight broke the jar without saying a word, but the expected thank you did not appear. The little bug just chirped and then disappeared into the ground.

Erxiao didn't take it seriously and continued to explore the map below.

Beneath the room of the big monster that killed her three times, a landscape completely different from the Forgotten Crossroad came into view - it was the purple color that represented crystal.

Here, Erxiao met an insect girl named Mira who liked to hum songs while mining.

She claimed that she came here for the ore and the wealth.

But after that, the little knight had no useful information when talking to her. She was silent in her own world, concentrating on digging for purple crystals.

Erxiao continued to go up, and soon, there was no road ahead.

But when the little knight steps on it, the rock wall is constantly trembling, telling everyone that this is a "puzzle" that needs to be broken to continue downwards, just like Ori.

"A dead end, this should be explored later."

Erxiao explained, but there was a vague feeling of relief in his heart.

For a road-crazy like her, finding a dead end gives her an inexplicable sense of security.

It's probably a kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder that says, "Since it's a dead end, I didn't miss anything."

The little knight emerged from the mine again. At this time, the road led all the way to the left, and the monsters on the road were not particularly powerful.

This situation of going all the way to the left continues until the little knight comes to a room that goes up and down and has dense platforms on it.

This time, Erxiao chose to go up.

According to Ori's map design, all parts of the map must be connected and not linear.

She had chosen to go right at the mouth of the well just now, and now she had gone so far to the left that she might reach the place where she went down to the well.

Erxiao didn't waste any time and controlled the little knight to climb up carefully.

The results naturally corroborated Erxiao's speculation.

When the little knight stood on the platform on the left side of the well and looked at the passage leading to Dirtmouth, everyone became excited.

"That's right! It should be designed like this. There are many route choices, but in the end we will reach the same destination by different routes!"

"So, in fact, there is no difference whether we turn left or right in the end. As we explore, we will eventually see the entire scenery."

"To be honest, I have played a lot of Ori-like games on the market. The only person who can make the graphics so comfortable is the original intention and only Mr. Luo!"

Erxiao did not return to Dirtmouth. She turned to the left, but was surprised to see the final resting place of the little bug she had just saved.

A hill made of countless stone eggs with a small hole in them stood there.

The little bug we just rescued made its home in a certain stone egg. On the top of the mountain, an old bug with a white beard stood there, looking very depressed.

But before we got closer, he suddenly waved his hand and threw coins at us as a reward for us saving this little bug.

"Old guy, I exploded the gold coins hard!"

"He is so old and loves to throw coins. Why don't we just call him Lao Sa coins."

"It's okay to throw money away, hahaha."

"This should be the collection element in the game. There must be many bugs hidden on the map waiting for our rescue."

"But what's the use of money? Now Erxiao has saved three hundred yuan."

What is the use of money? You'll know right away.

When the little knight went all the way down from the room that connected up and down, he finally met one of the most useful NPCs in the game - the Cartographer.

This is a big mosquito among the scrolls, wearing thick glasses and having a bloated body.

However, in the conversation with the cartographer, there was a sentence that made Erxiao deeply moved:

"My nature is to explore, and the joy of finding the right path again after getting lost is incomparable; you and I are very lucky."

When you spend 30 yuan, you can buy a map of Ditmouth and Forgotten Cross Road from the cartographer.

But when Erxiao pressed the map button on the handle...

"Is this a map? It's too abstract, it's just some simple dotted lines, and I don't even know where I am."

"You get what you pay for, it's only thirty yuan, what else do you want, hahaha."

"This big mosquito's photo should be where we are. To be honest, the painting is quite accurate.

From this map, I was able to identify Hallownest, the Black Egg, which we had just passed. ”

As we continue our conversation with Mosquito, he also tells us that his wife Iselda has a small shop in Dirtmouth, and you only need to buy a compass from her to find your position on the map. .

Just because he was afraid that he would encounter some difficult and powerful enemies on the road and lose all his money, Erxiao did not continue to explore downwards, but turned upwards and returned to Dirtmouth.

The main thing is to be cautious.

By this time, a small store had opened in Dirtmouth.

A thin female mosquito stood behind the counter, complaining harshly about her unfashionable husband who liked to run around, which made people smile.

When she opened her shop, among the many items, there were two very useful items.

"The Wayward Compass", "Quill".

The former can indicate our position on the map and sells for 220, while the latter can complete the unfinished map of the mosquito and sells for 120.

Because I cut a lot of money piles on the road and died a few times, I had just enough money.

And as the little knight sat on the chair again.

[Mapping in progress]

Immediately, we were also equipped with the first talisman in the game, "The Wayward Compass". And in the equipment and items interface bar, we see our weapons and abilities.

Old bone nails, gathered souls.

Further left.

A new, more detailed map appeared on the screen.

With the compass equipped, a photo of the Little Knight appears at Dirtmouth, which is extremely intuitive.

"It's much more convenient to have a map. It's clear at a glance which places you have been to and which places you haven't been to."

"I should have come to the left first just now."

"Actually, there is no difference. Even if the person who comes first takes the map from the left, he can still go to the right to look at it later."

A wonderful world, interesting bugs, NPCs with different professions, powerful monsters, malicious traps, and collectibles scattered everywhere on the map...

Although the journey is only half an hour, Erxiao and all the players in the live broadcast room are already deeply immersed in this wonderful and magnificent world in front of them.

(End of chapter)