After leaving the hotel, stepping on his regular brown ostrich, Zuo Ci immediately embarked on the journey to the Iron Fortress.
Although Qi reminded earlier that it only takes one day and one night to reach the destination quickly, Zuo Ci knew that this trip would not end so quickly. The main reason is that Qi also mentioned that the flying ship needs a price of gold, but he only has 390 silver in his body, which is far from it. In addition to hunting monsters to collect some trophies and sell them for money, he has to think of other ways to make money... In addition, Zuo Ci also needs to improve his level. The desire to become stronger in this brave continent has risen to another level.
So, Zuo Ci traveled to the wild area not long after walking on the main road, and let the ostrich mount run while observing the surrounding environment, looking for suitable wild monsters. Once he found the target, he stopped the ostrich, launched a sneak approach, and used a series of killer moves to hunt and kill.
Walking around like this, passing through the shrubbery area, Zuo Ci came to a stone forest area that resembled the karst landform in the real world, and the rocks that formed the Optimus Column were also very similar to the carbonate rock in reality. Perhaps this land boundary was also a coastal area in ancient times. Countless limestone and dolomite were accumulated, and they were uplifted into land by later crustal movements. The combination of stone pillars is presented in front of the adventurers in an astonishing form.
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At this time, just after noon, in order to avoid the scorching sun, Zuo Ci found a mushroom-shaped rock where no monsters wandered around, and hid in the shadow under it for a short rest.
When one stops, one cannot avoid thinking. Zuo Ci leaned his entire back straight on the stone pillar, looking through the boundary of the mushroom cap carved out of limestone, looking at the cloudless and clear sky, constantly sorting out the various experiences that happened in the past few days in his mind.
What bothered him the most, of course, was the prophetic words that Shura said when he left him in a massacre of remains—[When the next full moon comes, there will be no chance to return from hell? ]—Is this rhetoric that changes the fundamental gameplay of the entire game true or false? Shura's tone at that time did not seem to be joking, even if he wanted to threaten a little, there was no need to achieve his goal by telling such lies. If it is true... Then when the full moon is in full bloom on the 15th of next month, you must not lose your life in this extremely dangerous world. This life, which is firmly bound to the original consciousness of reality, will be lost if it is damaged , one death and actual death.
Another thing that caught his special attention was the epic task of "obtaining the "Molten Fire Collection"" and the mysterious black-clothed swordsman who didn't even leave his name.
What kind of book is "The Collection of Molten Fire"? He will know the details if he successfully steals it in the future, but he still has doubts about why he encountered this task that came to him. Could this be the plot design of the game? Or, is this a professional task for thieves? Why is there only one simple sentence for this epic task, without more explanation? … After staying in the Brave Continent for not too long, Zuo Ci has already begun to feel a little confused. Too many designs of this game do not conform to common sense and are too unexpected. However, the key to the mission of "obtaining the "Molten Collection"" should be attributed to the mysterious black-clothed swordsman—[the mission came from him, and all the hints were obtained from him, perhaps unlocking his identity, the whole Will the truth of the matter emerge? ]——Thinking about this, Zuo Ci took out from behind his back the conch used for communication that the swordsman in black gave him, held it in front of his eyes with one hand, and let it cover the scorching sun for observation.
The palm-sized conch is mainly milky white, covered with spots, and looks no different from the conch in the real world.
[In the future, if you encounter danger, you can ask me for help at the conch. ] — Zuo Ci remembered that the black-clothed swordsman had indeed said so in his confession, and had fully shown him how to use conch shells, but he hadn’t tried it himself yet... Although in a game world, what a wonderful and weird It might just be the result of compiling a few lines of code. He is still curious about the conch's ability to summon.
[Is it really possible to summon a conch by talking to it? ] Zuo Ci held the mentality of trying, put the mouth of the conch to his lips, and said softly: "Hey, are you there? Come out and chat."
After the words fell, there were occasional calls from stone gulls in the surrounding silence, but nothing happened other than that.
A little embarrassed by the silence, Zuo Ci glanced at the conch in his hand, and smiled helplessly and self-deprecatingly.
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At this moment, the sound of an ostrich walking could be heard from behind a stone pillar far away on one side. Zuo Ci got up to avoid the passers-by, but when he reached out to grab the reins of his own ostrich, it aroused a cry. Ming. Then, several passers-by on the other side of the stone pillar quickly appeared in the field of vision 50 meters away. There were two people in their party, a man and a woman, both of medium height and thin body, and the equipment was also light soft leather suits. It looks ordinary, but the weapons are sophisticated and eye-catching. The man is carrying a sharp ax half the height of a person, while the woman is wearing two twin guns with silver lights pinned to her waist on both sides.
Zuo Ci still jumped on the mount as he thought, and prepared to change the direction to run to avoid the two of them, and disappeared into the heavy cover of the stone forest. The passers-by who were able to come had completely different plans, and the two of them ran straight towards Zuo Ci at full speed. When he turned his ostrich head and wanted to turn towards the left hand, the girl with two guns was already alone. Flying and jumping, it landed in front of him, blocking his way.
"Look, this man is a running dog of the Lion Guild!" The man who was running towards Zuo Ci with the lion tattoo on his left arm stopped his mount two meters away from him. bad.
"Oh, that's really blocking the right person! Although this shabby outfit looks like a newcomer kid, but the money on him should be enough for dinner for the two of us, right?" The female gunman raised her eyebrows and laughed twice. Without hesitation, he drew the silver gun from his waist—
The sound of gunfire resounded over the stone forest, accompanied by the screams of ostriches, which aroused the stone gulls resting in the gaps between the high rocks and rocks to fly away in panic.
Zuo Ci turned over from his mount in time and jumped to one side of the ground, narrowly avoiding the first burst of bullets, but this wave of attacks had already frightened his brown ostrich beyond restraint, and he left his master and hid in the Behind a sword-shaped stone pillar not far away, half of his head was weakly exposed to observe the battle situation, his appearance was very pitiful.
Zuo Ci had already drawn out the dagger at his waist, and while observing the gunman's movement to one side, he did not take lightly the other side's axeman who had already stepped off the bird's back. However, he also knew that the consequences of fighting to the death would definitely end in disastrous defeat. After a little observation, he could see that the combat power of the two was higher than his own, not to mention that they were still facing the enemy. Therefore, at this time, the only right strategy Zuo Ci can think of is to run away... If he can escape the ultimate move of the two of them by chance, I wonder if he can launch a stealth and run to the unsatisfactory ostrich at the moment when they calm down, so as to get rid of it. Birds run at top speed...
Of course, it would be even more difficult to implement the best tactic of this fantasy. If the characters in this game really had to fight, if there was a huge difference in level, after a burst of killing moves, the one with the lower level would inevitably die. After all, the level is related to combat power. If the level is low, not only your basic attack power and defense power are no match, but also the speed and attack radiation range are also problems.
Soon, the stalemate was broken again by the gunman, and with a cry—"Extreme Shooting!!!"—the girl's body glowed slightly red, and her shooting frequency and speed obviously doubled. Zuo Ci leaned over and rolled over. Although he escaped the rain of bullets aimed at his vitals, he was still hit by several shots on his right arm and the side of his waist. The blood instantly dripped red on the rocky ground where he finally stayed, but he didn't care. Instead, he diverted his attention to the knife-axe who hadn't made a move on the other side, but... the knife-axe disappeared in an instant.
[Where? ] - Losing track of the opponent made Zuo Ci feel a little more anxious... He originally suspected that this situation was because the axeman's stunts concealed his figure, but he found strangely that the female gunman on the other side seemed to be Looking around for the figure of your companion
Just when he was wondering, a black shadow flashed from the corner of his eyes, Zuo Ci reflexively turned his face away for a second, but found nothing. However, when he moved his gaze back to the position where the female gunman should have been standing, the opponent holding two guns had disappeared without a trace...
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Slightly frowning and thinking, a slightly hoarse voice came from the sky above his head - "Hehehe... rookie little thief, are you looking for me?"
It seems to know who is coming. Zuo Ci looked up at the sky, but only saw the boundless towering stone pillars and the scorching sun shining so hard that he couldn't open his eyes.
Suddenly, there seemed to be a black shadow flying down from the sky. When Zuo Ci came back to his senses and turned his face, the mysterious black-clothed swordsman who hadn't even left his name appeared in front of him.
"I'm sorry, I seem to be a step late, and you're injured and still bleeding." The swordsman wore the same creepy smile on his face, which looked even more intense under the strong sunlight in the early afternoon. To put it bluntly, "When you called me, I was lying down to calm my nerves. My head was a little swollen and I was a little sleepy, so I came a step late. But don't worry, I have hung those two people on the top of different stone pillars for a while. I won't be able to come down anymore... You should clean up the wound first."
"I'm fine." Zuo Ci endured the pain, and took out a small bottle of healing medicine called a blood bottle from his backpack, which he found at the grocery store in Yaxue Village. After drinking the potion, the whole person's condition improved in an instant.