Chapter 5 Chapter 5 It's almost there
"You can have so much fun with this, you really don't mind getting dirty."
Huo Xin stepped forward and pulled away Yun Miao, who was still squatting there poking with a branch. He then looked at Granny Hua and said, "Granny, since these spiderlings have grown up to be so harmful, why not just burn them all?"
"good."
Granny Hua asked the others to stand further away, then swept her long knife across, and two arcs of flames landed beside the corpse, instantly forming a circle of fire on the grass, burning the corpse and the spiderling with crackling sounds, and a disgusting smell of burnt protein filled the air.
Then she took two steps forward and suddenly thrust the long knife in her hand into the dark hole. The red flames ignited the thick tree roots below.
bass!
The flames at the roots of the old tree suddenly rose higher as if alive, spiraling up along the thick trunk, and flames shot up into the sky.
There was also a restless crawling sound coming from the tree hole. The young spider inside could not stand the high temperature and tried to crawl out impatiently, but was burned to charcoal by the dancing flames the moment it crawled out.
The burning white cocoon fell to the ground with a bang. As the spider silk on the outside was burned, the corpse inside gradually appeared, but was immediately swallowed by the fire.
The fire was blazing, the smoke was billowing, and the burnt leaves kept turning into sparks and falling down, but the thin old man stood in the fire with his hand on the hilt of the knife, motionless, letting the ashes with sparks fall on his shoulders.
The black-faced man and the tall and thin man stood aside with longing in their eyes. This was exactly the reason why they traveled thousands of miles across mountains and rivers to come and knock on the door of immortality!
When the flames gradually died down, the old tree had been burned to charcoal, and ashes floated down. Yun Miao looked up at the scene of "snow falling all over the sky", marveling at the realism of this game world.
“It’s so beautiful.”
Huo Xin: "...These are ashes!"
Because the dilapidated temple was gone, it was impossible for everyone to find another place to stay in the dark at night, so they could only light a bonfire in the woods and plan to spend the night there.
While others were looking for firewood to start a fire, Yun Miao was crawling around, scanning the surroundings with sharp eyes, trying to collect some supplies.
Who knew that after searching around, I only saw...
【weed】
【Ant】
【weed】
Withered Weeds
【snails】
【Ant】
Good news: The player has suddenly learned to walk upright while crawling. It's a small step for her, but a giant leap for the crawling player!
The bad news: All I saw was a pile of garbage and I had no idea where to start.
Damn, this beginner map is so barren! Why isn't there even a single wildflower?
The noble player sat cross-legged on the ground, finally willing to use her noble brain.
According to the game routine, since the bodies of killed monsters will have flashing prompts, the collectible items will also be marked with flashing prompts. This creates an interesting phenomenon: players of this type of game are phototropic.
After realizing this, Yun Miao looked at the dim forest gloomily, but suddenly caught a glimpse of a bright red out of the corner of his eye.
She walked over quickly and saw two red mushrooms that looked like umbrellas growing at the base of a small tree. The umbrellas were bright red and the handles were white. Although there was no flashing light, they looked very beautiful.
Yun Miao admired it silently for a second, and suddenly an immature idea popped up in his mind...
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Huo Xin was looking for the strange girl with a set of clothes in his arms. When he turned around, he saw her squatting under a tree. The moonlight made her messy black hair glow with silver light, making it look furry.
Huo Xin raised the corner of her lips. Although this man was very strong, his behavior was really childish and far inferior to her maturity and stability. In this respect, she won.
She quickened her pace to see what this strange girl was doing. She had just seen her poking snails and ants with branches everywhere. She didn't know which poor little bug had fallen into her hands.
However, as she walked to the girl's side, she saw that the girl was neither poking the snail nor the ant, but was holding a bright red mushroom to her mouth.
Huo Xin was shocked: "Hey, you can't eat that!"
The girl didn't stop after hearing her warning. Instead, she sped up and stuffed the poisonous mushroom, which looked very ominous, into her mouth. With a few flutters of her cheeks, she swallowed it. Her hand speed was comparable to that of a toddler grabbing chicken shit from the ground and stuffing it into his mouth!
Huo Xin: ...
She stepped forward, grasped the girl's wrist, and began to feel her pulse. Seeing that her pulse was strong, she spoke dryly, "This is a poisonous mushroom. We can't... Never mind. How does it taste?"
"I ate it too quickly just now and couldn't taste it. Let me savor it carefully."
Yun Miao picked the last poisonous mushroom from the root of the tree and put it in his mouth, chewing it.
[You have been poisoned, health -5]
[Poison Resistance +0.01]
Yun Miao said seriously, "It has no taste and is not delicious."
It tastes bad and has no effect, and it wastes 10 of her health points. Bad review!
Huo Xin: ...You're still eating it so seriously even though it doesn't taste good? You really have a childish temper.
She reluctantly grabbed the girl's dirty hand. "Let's go."
Yun Miao followed obediently for a few steps before realizing what was happening and asking, "Where are we going?"
Huo Xin raised the clothes in his hand.
"Go to the stream over there. I'll watch over you. Go wash in the stream and wash these dirty clothes. They're my old clothes, but they're very clean. If you don't mind, then..."
NPC gives away clothes for free?
"I don't mind! I don't mind!"
Yun Miao prepared to take it without waiting for Huo Xin to finish speaking.
Huo Xin quickly avoided her dirty hands: "Your hands are covered in mud, wash them first."
Yun Miao responded obediently: "Oh."
A moment later, the two came to a stream, the water shone with winding silver ripples in the moonlight.
"Here it is." Huo Xin paused, and suddenly a question occurred to him: "By the way... you can wash yourself, right?"
Yun Miao was shocked: "I'm not a fool, of course I know how to take a bath!"
Realizing that her legs and feet were much more flexible today, she immediately demonstrated the skills of an upright ape to the NPC.
"Look, I can still walk, run, and jump!"
She is a college student from a key university. Her eyes are shining with wisdom. When she is covered with hair, she is smarter than a monkey!
Huo Xin: ...
She hadn't originally suspected that the girl was a fool, but now... she felt it necessary to doubt it.
However, Huo Xin was considerate enough not to say it out loud, but quietly changed the subject: "We've both been through life and death, but I still don't know your name. My last name is Huo, and my given name is Xin. Xin means joyful and excited."
Yun Miao: "My last name is Yun, and my given name is Miao. Miao means ethereal and vague!"
In the following time, no other unexpected situations occurred except that Yun Miao, who was bathing in the stream, suddenly raised her index finger that was pinched by a small crab and cheered to Huo Xin on the shore in surprise that she had caught a crab.
When Huo Xin and Yun Miao returned, the dark-faced man and the tall and thin man sitting by the campfire were discussing the night watch with Grandma Hua.
The dark-faced man and the tall and thin man felt that they, two grown men, could not always take advantage of others, so they decided that one of them would guard the first half of the night and the other the second half, and the elderly and children could just rest.
Huo Xin stepped forward quickly upon hearing this and said, "Let me keep watch."
After putting on new clothes, Yun Miao had a very good impression of Huo Xin, and immediately patted his chest to express that he could also keep watch.
Granny Hua just shook her head and sat cross-legged by the campfire like a steady old pine tree.
"When you get old, it's easy to have trouble sleeping if you have too many things on your mind. You guys go to sleep, I'll just sit there and enjoy the moon."
Black-faced man: "But..."
Granny Hua: "Don't be so stubborn. You still have a long way to go in life, and there will be many times in the future when you will need to be strong. Now, get as much sleep as you can. Get enough rest, because you have to get up early tomorrow to rush to Black Dragon Ridge."
As he said this, the old man looked into the night sky, his hoarse voice soft and slow, and I wonder what he was thinking about.
Huo Xin, who was about to say something, became gloomy. She touched her right arm under her sleeve, then walked to the tree beside the campfire with a cold face and lay down with her clothes on.
The dark-faced man and the tall and thin man looked at each other, and then quietly found a place to sleep in their clothes.
Yun Miao called up the system panel and checked the real time, and found that it was already 11 o'clock in the evening.
So she looked around by the campfire as if she was patrolling her territory, then decisively lay down next to Huo Xin, closed her eyes and clicked to log off.
The long-lost human body temperature made Huo Xin's body stiffen. She opened her eyes, but there was no sleepiness in them. She just silently watched the twinkling stars in the night sky, without sleeping all night.
*
In reality, Yun Miao, who was sitting on the sofa, took off his holographic helmet, washed up simply, and went to bed.
She fell asleep quickly tonight, her consciousness quickly sinking into a deep and sweet dream. A huge bronze sundial kept spinning in her dream...
*
The next day, a red sun rose slowly from the depths of the mountains, gradually dispelling the fog in the mountains.
As soon as the sky turned light, everyone was walking among the steep mountains. The towering trees around them blocked out the sun. The ground was covered with vines, shrubs and fallen dead trees. Under the rotten leaves was fertile and moist black soil.
Huo Xin held Yun Miao's hand and walked behind Grandma Hua to prevent the noisy guy from running away again. The terrain they were on was very high, and if they were not careful and stepped on empty air, they would be smashed into pieces.
However, Yun Miao did not find any shiny collectible items along the way, so he could only follow the plot with resigned hope.
But the player's patience is really a mystery. She can resurrect dozens of times just to gain some poison resistance, but she is unwilling to spend a little time in this beautiful mountain landscape, howling every once in a while.
"Lao Guan, how long will it take?"
After last night's interaction, Yun Miao already knew the names of the other two NPCs. The dark-faced man was called Guan Dahai, and the tall and thin one was called Gao Zhu.
Guan Dahai always responded with full energy: "Almost there!"
Yun Miao: "How long will it take?"
Guan Dahai: “It’s almost there!”
An hour later.
Yun Miao shouted loudly: "Lao Guan, how much longer will it take~"
Guan Dahai also shouted loudly: "It's almost there, almost there~"
The two people's voices echoed in the mountains, startling a few flying birds.
Yun Miao: ...
The author has something to say:
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Yun Miao: I encountered a poisonous mushroom on the road. I fought desperately but couldn’t defeat it. So I ate it in one bite!
Huo Xin: ...Then you are very greedy.
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