The red dragon really lived up to its bloodline.
In the dragon's nest, gold was piled up like a mountain, and there were even quite a few large gold bars weighing 12.5 kilograms.
Judging from the marks on the gold bricks, they were actually moved from the vault of a bank in the United States.
In this wasteland apocalypse, gold, silver and treasures are completely useless.
However, the red dragon's innate obsession with collecting treasures made it take the trouble to move all the gold it found into its nest.
Of course, all this gold is waste to Tsunade. A gold brick is not even worth a roasted chicken or a leg of lamb.
However, Ni Kun was not polite. He put all the gold into the mustard seed ring, intending to take it back to the world of The Two Heroes of the Tang Dynasty as a gift for his father and give it to Madam Dong Ming as military supplies for the conquest of Japan.
The Tang Dynasty was a bit chaotic, but it had not yet fallen to the point of becoming an apocalyptic wasteland, and gold and silver were still very useful.
Seeing Ni Kun enthusiastically collecting the worthless gold in this wasteland world, Tsunade pursed her lips and a hint of sadness flashed in her eyes.
But she didn't say much, and she was laughing and searching for other treasures with Ni Kun.
"Ni Kun, what do you think of this knife?"
Tsunade wielded a beautifully shaped short sword, which was wide in front and narrow in the back, and had a sharp blade with an elegant curve. With a light chop, she cut off a corner of a stone. The cut was as smooth as a mirror, and the blade was not damaged at all.
Ni Kun took the dagger and saw some strange letters and characters on the blade, which looked like an inscription or some kind of spell.
He placed the Reincarnation Watch against the blade, then clicked on the [Props] list and saw an extra item.
Beast Bite Sword: A weapon made by the elves of Gondolin. It can cut through iron like mud and is indestructible. It has a damage bonus against evil creatures such as orcs, and can cause tearing and continuous bleeding. It will glow to warn when evil creatures such as orcs approach. A two-star weapon. Exchange price...
It turns out to be a weapon that appeared in The Hobbit. It seems to have been used by the dwarf king Oakenshield?
How did I end up in this wasteland world?
Come to think of it, judging by the shape, it should be a knife, right?
For a dwarf, this knife is a normal "long knife", but in Ni Kun's hand it is only a short knife.
He swung the knife twice and threw it back to Tsunade:
"This knife is pretty good. It can glow to warn you when evil creatures are approaching. If you cut an evil creature, it can cause its wound to tear and expand, causing it to bleed. It is quite useful in this wasteland world full of evil monsters. Tsunade, you can keep it for use."
"Then I won't be polite!"
Tsunade took the Beast Bite Sword and searched around, but couldn't find a scabbard. She could only tie it up with a rope and carry it on her back, planning to make a scabbard herself when she returned.
In addition to the Beast Bite Sword, there are many weapons and armor in the Dragon's Lair, including some magical items.
Unfortunately, perhaps due to the age, lack of maintenance, or damage in battle, most of the magic items have been destroyed and turned into ordinary weapons and props.
The only thing of some use is a ruby ​​necklace, which can protect the wearer from fire damage to a certain extent - a trophy given to the red dragon by a warrior who tried to slay the dragon?
Ni Kun was immune to fire, so the necklace was useless to him, so naturally it was given to Tsunade.
"The necklace was given as a gift too casually, without any sense of ceremony..."
Tsunade muttered quietly as she took the ruby ​​necklace that Ni Kun had handed over after identifying it with the Samsara Watch.
The murmur was too quiet, so Ni Kun didn't hear it clearly, and asked casually, "What sense of ceremony?"
"nothing."
Tsunade chuckled and put the necklace around her neck swiftly without even asking Ni Kun for help.
The harvest in the dragon's nest was not small, but most of them were worldly treasures, and no treasures that could help Ni Kun improve his cultivation were found.
But it’s not too regrettable.
After all, the reward for killing the red dragon was already very good. At least it allowed Ni Kun to see the red origin crystal for the first time, so he gave him three at once.
After looting all the useful items in the dragon's nest, the two left the dragon's nest with a strong odor and found a dry and sheltered place to set up camp and rest.
This place is the dragon's nest. Due to the dragon's might, there are no monsters around.
Even at night, except for the sound of the night wind, which sometimes blows fast and sometimes slows down, there is still silence between heaven and earth, giving people a sense of peace and tranquility.
To celebrate the successful dragon slaying, Ni Kun brought out a sumptuous meal and had a good meal with Tsunade, and even allowed her to drink two bottles of wine.
After eating and drinking, Ni Kun asked Tsunade:
"Where are we going tomorrow?"
Tsunade said, "As for the south, I have only been here. Two years ago, I came here and encountered this red dragon. After I escaped, I immediately turned back, so I don't know what I will encounter if I continue to go south."
Ni Kun calculated the time. This was already his fourth day in the wasteland world. He had not had time to charge his reincarnation watch during these four days, so he only had six days left.
It took two days to get here, and we are not sure what we will encounter if we continue to travel south. Besides, red dragons have a strong sense of territory. As a flying species, their territory is also extremely vast. As long as there are red dragons, there will be no particularly powerful monsters in a fairly large area around the dragon's nest.
So Ni Kun pondered for a while and made a decision:
"Then let's go home tomorrow."
Among the monsters Tsunade encountered, there were some like the "Insect Swarm" that made her flee at the sight of them, but they were just group monsters that won by relying on numbers.
The mass of each Zerg individual is about the same as that of the alien monsters in the Land of Silence. No matter how many you kill, you can only get reincarnation points, but no origin crystals.
If you can find a mother insect or a queen, you may be able to obtain the origin crystal, but the risk is too great and the reward is uncertain.
Since there are no more single monsters as powerful as the Red Dragon within Tsunade's exploration range, it would be better for her to return to the Hokage Rock and hunt for zombies in the abandoned city.
The abandoned city is so big that Tsunade has been exploring it for more than two years, but she has not been able to explore much of the area due to the obstruction of the sea of ​​zombies.
Maybe deep in the abandoned city there is a powerful monster of high value lurking?
Just like those two cannibals, didn’t they travel directly into the abandoned city?
Tsunade naturally expressed her strong approval of his decision.
Although she was fighting monsters, drinking, talking and laughing with Ni Kun, and was no longer as lonely, fearful, and depressed as she had been in the past three years, and was happy no matter where she was, Tsunade subconsciously still preferred to stay on the Hokage Rock with him.
There was at least a hint of the atmosphere of Konoha Village there, as well as the portraits of her grandfather and second grandfather.
The two chatted for a while, then Tsunade washed up and went back to the tent to rest.
Ni Kun didn't want to disturb her rest, so he didn't practice Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound. He only meditated and practiced Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra to charge the [Walking in All Realms] function of the Samsara Watch.
After being empowered to learn Tiger and Leopard Thunder Sound and gaining a certain level of cultivation, his physique was further strengthened. His energy recharging efficiency was very high now. With focused meditation, he could recharge a little in just six hours, thus extending his stay by one day.
Speaking of which, this is also a benefit after the main god lost contact.
If the main god is still there, the reincarnator must complete the task issued by the main god, and leave immediately after completing the task.
If you want to return to the reincarnation world you have visited in the future, you must first pay a considerable amount of reincarnation points and origin crystals to open the return channel.
After paying this money, you have to pay a certain amount of reincarnation points for every day you stay in the reincarnation world you have visited, and you can only stay for a maximum of 100 days. After 100 days, it is useless to spend money and you must return to the main temple.
Not like now?
As long as Ni Kun recharges at any time, he can stay as long as he likes.
Of course, charging is actually a waste of time for Ni Kun.
Because of the charging time, his cultivation will not improve at all.
Every time you charge a point, six hours are wasted.
This is undoubtedly an unacceptable waste for Ni Kun, who can clearly see the countdown of his life to the second.
He could accept using the fragmented time while traveling or resting to recharge himself intermittently.
He couldn't stand the constant waste of time concentrating on meditating and recharging his energy.
If it weren't for Tsunade's contribution in leading the way, her brave attack when fighting monsters, and her pitiful figure stranded alone in this apocalyptic wasteland, Ni Kun would never have used his precious evening practice time to charge his Samsara Watch.
After meditating for six hours, he finally regained some energy. Seeing that Tsunade had almost rested, he took out a jade bottle, drank a sip of the heavenly bead honey liquid, and began to practice Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound.
breathe!
As he breathed in and out, Ni Kun's muscles and bones vibrated, his chest and abdomen expanded and contracted, and he made tiger and leopard roars and dull thunderous sounds.
The Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound, carrying the spiritual power of the Yuanpin Dzi Bead, vibrated and washed his internal organs, causing their strength to continuously increase, and their structure to continuously adjust and evolve in the most efficient and perfect direction.
Lei Yin also vibrated the spiritual power of the Yuanpin Tianzhu into his bones, tempering his bones like forging iron, and constantly purifying and strengthening his bone marrow.
He practiced for two hours in a row. When he finished, it was already dawn. Tsunade was sitting on a big rock, facing the rising sun, staring at him quietly.
Ni Kun smiled at her and said, "Is it not disturbing you?"
Tsunade smiled sweetly: "No, when I heard the sound of you practicing, I had already slept enough, and after I got up, I practiced for a while."
"That's good." Ni Kun stood up and did some chest expansion exercises. "Let's clean up and have breakfast, then we'll go back."
"Okay!" Tsunade jumped off the stone and went to pack up the tent happily.
After packing up and having breakfast, Ni Kun summoned the Nightmare Horse and rode on it with Tsunade, starting their return journey.
…
At the same time.
Thousands of miles south of Dragon's Nest, in a rocky valley.
A strange figure in tattered clothes, skinny as a stick, with a belly as big as a drum, was sitting on a big rock, holding a piece of raw meat with a skin as black as charcoal, gnawing on it with big mouthfuls, and blood was dripping from the corners of his mouth.
The man had unkempt hair and a beard like wild grass, and his original features were almost unrecognizable. Only his pair of blood-red eyes appeared particularly clear and distinct.
The ten fingernails on his hands were all about an inch long, pitch black, sharp as daggers, and the gaps between his nails were full of mud and blood.
Look at this man, he looks like a beggar, a mushroom drinking blood, just like the "wasteland madman" that Tsunade described, who has been tortured by the end of the world to the point of mental breakdown and complete madness, and who eats both monsters and humans.
Just under the big rock where this man was sitting, there lay a mutilated human-shaped corpse.
He had long silver hair, black skin, a handsome face, and a pair of dark red eyes that were wide open as if he was dying. He was actually a drow elf from the Underdark.
The raw meat that the wasteland madman was gnawing on was exactly the arm of the drow elf.
Just when he was eating with gusto.
Suddenly, this wasteland madman seemed to sense something and raised his left hand abruptly. On his skinny left wrist, he was wearing a reincarnation watch that was shining with a cold metallic light.
The only difference is that the color of his watch is different from the pure black of Ni Kun’s watch. Instead, it is a color that is a mixture of red and black, in a messy and mottled pattern.
And covering his black watch, the glaring red marks, like blood stains, kept wriggling as if they had life, looking extremely evil.
The "Wasteland Madman" stared at the watch with his scarlet eyes. Seeing that the watch had no reaction, a fierce look flashed in his eyes. He stretched out his inch-long nails covered with black mud and dirt and poked the LCD screen of the watch hard.
Under the prodding, the mottled red marks on the watch began to wriggle more actively, moving quickly across the dial, leaving traces of erosion.
The LCD screen of the Samsara Watch finally lit up. After a line of meaningless blood-red garbled code flashed by, a blood-red holographic map popped up.
In the north of the holographic map, a light blue dot appears and disappears from time to time.
Hehehehe…
The wasteland madman laughed strangely, with a few pieces of meat falling from the corners of his mouth and a stream of dirty bloody saliva flowing down.
"Twenty years... a full twenty years!"
The madman muttered to himself in some strange language, his scarlet eyes full of fanaticism and excitement:
"After waiting for twenty years, I finally got the hope of leaving! Hahahaha..."
Just as he was shaking with excitement, he suddenly saw a light blue dot that appeared and disappeared in the holographic map. It moved to the north at a very fast speed and soon disappeared from the holographic map.
Seeing this scene, the Wasteland Madman suddenly jumped up, stamped his feet and jumped:
"Don't go! You can't go! How dare you leave?"
When he was furious, a blood-colored wave burst out from his body and rushed out .
In the bloody air wave, there were traces of scarlet light flickering and pulverizing wherever it passed, whether it was rocks, corpses, or bones, they were all crushed into dust. The ground looked more like it had been slashed by an invisible blade, leaving countless messy cut marks.
After venting for a while, this "wasteland madman" who seemed to have some abnormal brain suddenly came to his senses. His figure flashed and turned into a fishy wind, flying towards the north.
A distance of a thousand miles doesn't seem too far for this wasteland madman.
In just half a day, he arrived at the dragon's nest.
However, there was no one in sight at this time, only the blood and flesh of the red dragon scattered across the mountains and fields, emitting a strong smell of blood and sulfur.
"Where the hell did it go?"
The wasteland madman searched the whole mountain for a while, but found nothing. He couldn't help but get furious again. He vented his anger for a while, then raised his wrist to look at the red and black mottled reincarnation watch.
The watch stopped responding again. No matter how the Wasteland Madman poked it with his fingernails, there was no response.
After struggling for a while, the Wasteland Madman couldn't help but roar to the sky, and with a wave of his hand, a scarlet light rushed out and flew a hundred meters away, grinding a piece of hard stone into powder. Then he randomly chose a direction, turned into scarlet wind, and rolled away.
…
Since leaving the Dragon's Nest and on the way back, Ni Kun did not fight any monsters. He just crushed to death some monsters that were blocking his way without knowing the consequences.
The Nightmare Horse is not restricted by the terrain and can run in the air for a short period of time. It can choose the shortest route and go straight to the Hokage Rock. Galloping at a speed of 120 kilometers per hour, it takes only one day to return after taking two days of long journey here. It sets off in the early morning and returns to the foot of the Hokage Rock before midnight.
After a whole day of galloping on horseback, even having lunch on horseback , Ni Kun and Tsunade were a little tired, so they returned to their underground nest to rest well for the night.
The next morning, Ni Kun, under the guidance of Tsunade, entered the abandoned city again. While killing monsters to earn reincarnation points, he also honed his combat skills and developed his bloodline abilities.
However, with Tsunade by his side, Ni Kun's monster-killing career went astray from the very beginning.
In a shopping mall.
Tsunade wielded the Beast Bite Sword, chopped down a few zombies, shook off the dirty blood on the blade, and waved to Ni Kun:
"Ni Kun, come here quickly!"
Ni Kun whipped a few zombies and smashed their heads. Then he ran over excitedly: "What did you find? Are there any powerful monsters?"
Tsunade chuckled, "Come and try this windbreaker on. I think it suits you well."
"..."Ni Kun's eyes twitched slightly and he was speechless.
"Ni Kun Ni Kun, come here and try on these pants..."
"Ni Kun, this shirt..."
"Ah, this belt is nice..."
Ni Kun said helplessly: "Tsunade, can you please be quiet? Many of these clothes are rotten. They look intact, but they will fall apart if you pull them a little bit..."
Tsunade stuck out her tongue and said, "Then let's remember the styles first and look for them in the warehouse later. If the storage conditions in the warehouse are good, they should not have decayed yet. All my clothes were found in the warehouse."
"But I want to fight monsters..."
"Oh, there are monsters everywhere in the city. There's no need to look for them. Just shout and the zombies will pounce on you like mad dogs. It won't take much time to find clothes..."
…
"Ni Kun, come here quickly!"
"What happened again?"
"I found a set of silverware just right for a family of four. What do you think of it?"
"Yeah, it's good."
"Hey, then please help me put it away."
“…”
…
"Ni Kun, help me guard the door and keep out these zombies. Let me try on this skirt."
"Don't try it. This skirt doesn't look right to you."
"Why?"
"Are you asking why? You should know better. This is obviously for airports!"
"Ah? It seems so... What a pity, such a beautiful skirt..."
"Don't feel bad, the zombie sea is coming, we have to get out of here quickly!"
…
"Ni Kun, come quickly, this looks like a bank vault!"
"Hey, it really is a vault!"
"You step aside first, I'll break the door!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
"What a pity, there are no gold bricks."
"Not every bank has gold bars in reserve. Well, although we didn't find any gold bars, you have done your best. I will give you a frozen pear tonight as a reward."
"Oh, oh! There are fruits to eat. I'm so excited!"
…
"Ni Kun, you've been fighting for two hours, you're almost dead, why don't you take a break first? Don't be too tense."
"Well, let's find a rooftop to rest."
"Ni Kun, let's play cards."
"How do you play?"
"Draw three cards and compare the size. Hehe, we need to add some prizes. How about betting on clothes?"
"I don't care, but aren't you afraid of losing your underwear?"
"How could I lose? My grandfather is the best card player in the world. I have learned all his skills and I am invincible at the gambling table! Look at my card shuffling skills..."
The cards were flying, so dazzling, it was just like the shuffling skills of the God of Gamblers.
However……
"Sorry Tsunade, I win again this time."
"Impossible! Why do you always win? You can't even do a fancy shuffle!"
"Tsunade, playing cards is all about luck. I don't need to explain much about your luck or my luck. You know who is better, right? So unless you cheat, you can't beat me."
"Impossible, my grandfather is invincible..."
"Your grandpa is invincible in fighting, but he's always the worst at playing cards, right?"
"Uh, how did you know that?"
"You have such a strong gambling luck... Take my advice, stay away from gambling and cherish your life."
"Bullshit...if you're not convinced, come again!"
"If you do this again, you'll really lose even your underwear."
“I still have socks!”
“…”
…
"Ni Kun, what are we having for dinner today?"
“Salted fish.”
"Eating salted fish again..."
"What's the meaning of your listless look? Don't push your luck. After a few days of good life, have you forgotten what you ate before? It's good enough to have salted fish to eat!"
"oh……"
"Rice is the staple food."
"Okay! I want to eat seaweed rice balls!"
“No seaweed.”
"What about eel sushi?"
"Find me an eel!"
"Huh... why is there nothing here?"
"Hey, you praised me for being able to make anything happen before! Now you're not satisfied again? Fine, then you'll eat dried beef all day tomorrow."
"I'm sorry [bows, puts his hands together, raises them above his head], it's my fault, please don't let me eat that tough old beef..."
…
The happy time of fighting monsters passed day by day.
Unconsciously, Ni Kun has reached a certain "boundary" that he set for himself.
evening.
The top of the Hokage Rock.
Ni Kun sat on the edge of the cliff and took a look at the reincarnation watch.
Reincarnation points: 15000.
Origin crystal: red × 3, white × 2, gray × 9.
These days, while killing zombies in the abandoned city, although I didn’t encounter any monsters as powerful as the red dragon, I did encounter two mutant zombies that were quite powerful.
One was a giant zombie dragging a big axe like in Resident Evil, and the other was a dog-like mutant zombie. After killing them, they brought Ni Kun two origin crystals, one white and one gray.
The limit that Ni Kun originally set for himself was to accumulate 15,000 reincarnation points.
Now that he had accumulated enough reincarnation points and obtained two extra origin crystals, Ni Kun decided to leave and no longer wanted to spend six hours every night focusing on charging.
If he does not recharge tonight, his stay will end completely tomorrow morning, and he will return to the world of The Two Heroes of the Tang Dynasty.
Looking at Tsunade who was admiring the sunset and the fiery clouds that dyed half the sky red, and who was pointing at a strangely shaped cloud from time to time and talking to him, Ni Kun responded casually while muttering to himself.
Even if he wasted a few more nights, recharged his reincarnation watch a few points, and stayed a few more days, he still had to leave in the end.
How would Tsunade react then?
Gained hope, then lost hope.
Once again, I was alone, facing this wild and crazy doomsday wasteland...
Even if Tsunade is strong, she will probably have a mental breakdown, right?
To be honest, Ni Kun had a great time spending time with Tsunade these days.
Although sometimes he was annoyed that she always paid attention to inexplicable things and interfered with his monster hunting, but now that he thought about it carefully...
When she saw herself enjoying killing, there was always a hint of worry in her eyes.
Was she worried that he would become addicted to killing, and his mentality would be distorted by the bloody and cruel apocalypse, becoming like those "alien lunatics" she had met before, so she used those actions to distract his attention and prevent him from sinking into killing?
And Tsunade had actually already seen some clues, and she probably knew in her heart that he would leave sooner or later.
But she always pretended not to know and lived happily every day.
Were those funny actions an effort to create better, more interesting memories so that she could persevere after he left?
Ni Kun pondered for a long time, thinking:
"If I had never come... Tsunade, who has always been hopeless, wouldn't have cared about gaining and losing. Although she would be a little lonely, she could hold on longer...
“But now that I’m here, letting her gain and then lose, if she has a mental breakdown because of this… then it really is my fault.
"Come to think of it, there are four reincarnation watches in my secret treasure trove?"
He didn't know when he would be able to enter his dream again and take out a reincarnation watch.
But since the watch is there, it will be taken out sooner or later.
As for whether Tsunade can wear the Samsara Watch...
Ni Kun silently asked this question in his heart.
The rigid electronic sound of Bingban rang in my mind:
"The main god has lost contact, and the secondary and lower levels of authority have no response. The authority has been delegated to the reserve reincarnation number 001.
"Reserve Reincarnator No. 001 can invite the natives of the Reincarnation World to recruit team members. After the natives accept the invitation, they can also wear the Reincarnation Watch, but they need to complete a trial task before they can activate the official function of the watch and become a team member under the jurisdiction of Reserve Reincarnator 001 and enjoy the treatment of Reserve Reincarnators."
Listening to the feedback from the reincarnation watch, Ni Kun couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth slightly.
It seems that the natives of each reincarnation world are also qualified to become reincarnators.
You just need a reincarnation who owns the ownerless reincarnation watch to initiate an invitation before you can put on the watch and do the trial mission.
What a pity for the Moon Worshiper.
He just didn't meet a reincarnationist, so he had a secret treasure trove in vain, but couldn't even see a reincarnation watch. As a result, he was driven crazy by the "reality of the world".
Seeing the hope of taking Tsunade away from this wasteland, Ni Kun felt very happy.
At this time, Tsunade turned her head and wanted to say something to him. Seeing the smile on his face, she couldn't help but ask:
"What's so happy about? Well, you're smiling at me... Have I become more beautiful?"
"..." Ni Kun's eyes twitched slightly: "Don't be narcissistic, I just thought of something happy."
Tsunade chuckled: "What's the happy news? Tell us and share it."
"I'll tell you tomorrow..."
As he was speaking, a cold electronic voice suddenly sounded in Ni Kun's mind:
“Warning! A reincarnation from the enemy camp is approaching…Warning! A reincarnation from the enemy camp is approaching…”
Hearing this electronic sound, Ni Kun was startled:
Reincarnationists from the enemy camp? What's going on?
In this apocalyptic wasteland, besides me, there are actually other reincarnations?
And isn’t the main god missing?
There is no main god issuing tasks, so why are there still hostile camps among the reincarnations?
The reaction of the Samsara watch was also strange.
Before, unless he asked actively, the electronic sound of the reincarnation watch would never sound on its own.
Why did you proactively issue a warning today?
And it also reminded him that "there are samsaras from the hostile camp approaching"...
Even if the main god is still here and issues missions for faction confrontation, and reincarnationists from different factions fight against each other, the Reincarnation Watch shouldn't favor any side, right?
Otherwise, how can there be fairness in team battles?
Although he found it difficult to understand the reaction of the Samsara Watch, Ni Kun still became alert at the first moment. He suddenly stood up, grabbed Tsunade, and retreated to a deep rock ditch on the top of the rock to hide.
Tsunade was confused by his actions: "What's wrong?"
"There may be enemies approaching." Ni Kun said in a deep voice: "Use illusion to cover us first."
After hearing what he said, Tsunade didn't ask any further questions. She just formed hand seals and cast an illusion to conceal him and Ni Kun.
At the same time.
Under the Hokage Rock.
A gust of wind blew by, revealing a ragged, skinny, and beggar-like figure with a big belly.