After Palan left, Shi Li and the others prepared to leave the town under the guidance of Xixi.
When we reached the edge of the town, we discovered that the terrain here was quite special.
It was not on the ground, but like a pavilion.
Walking down the thick vines and looking back, I could finally see the whole town.
The mud and stone platform supporting the town is 10 meters high, and the intricate tree roots are like pillars supporting the town.
“Is this the tree plate?”
Shi Li recalled the nouns he saw on the scene cards.
"Yes, our town is quite special. It is supported and protected by tree trunks."
"Its presence can protect residents from being harassed by other species."
"And it's exclusive, only us insect elves are allowed to get close."
Xixi introduced.
"magic."
Ah Qing held up the sign.
"In fact, in the past, we had a very harmonious relationship with the species around us."
“But since the emergence of the deterioration disease, many residents who are not strong enough dare not leave the town.”
"Because people who go out seem to be more susceptible to worsening diseases."
"And species in the wild that are infected with the exacerbation disease can become aggressive when the disease strikes."
Speaking of this, Xixi's expression was slightly depressed.
"Only someone as powerful as Uncle Tu would live alone outside."
"Uncle Tu?"
Shi Li seemed to have heard this name in Monopoly.
"Well, he's not from here either, and he likes to live alone."
"We can take a detour and take a look on our way to Swan Valley."
"I haven't visited him in a while and I'm a little worried."
Xixi was talking when she suddenly stopped.
"?" x3
Seeing that she didn't leave, the man, the mushroom and the green were stunned.
"Everyone be careful, something is approaching."
Xixi looked solemn.
Then she closed her eyes and sensed.
"Come with me."
She opened her eyes suddenly and ran to a big rock nearby.
Seeing this, Shi Li and the others quickly followed suit.
Shi Li was the most agile and jumped onto the boulder first.
Ah Qing was wearing a doll costume that was too heavy for him, so he could only climb up with difficulty by stepping on Mushroom's head as a stepping stone.
Mosaigo's legs were too short for him to even try to jump up, so Shi Li and A Qing pulled him up together.
【Squeak...】xN
As soon as they stood on the stone, they heard a burst of dense and thin cries.
Then, in the distance, a purple color was seen rushing towards us like a tide.
"Oh my god, there are so many hamsters in the wild here!"
When Mosaichu saw the appearance of those little animals, he was a little scared.
These guys look similar to hamsters, but are much larger, almost half the size of a pig.
His cheeks were puffy, and his fur had turned into the amethyst color of a worsening disease, even his eyes were amethyst.
"These rats used to be one of the most gentle species, but everything changed when the disease broke out. Alas."
Standing on the big rock, Xixi sighed.
Gradually, the rats came closer and closer.
They also have some tactics, surrounding them from all directions and leaving no room for them to escape.
“So many!”
Ah Qing held up the sign, his movements trembling a little.
"It's just a mouse."
Shi Li disagreed.
Buzz!
What followed was a beam of light shooting down onto the card table.
Shi Li took a look and found that the options on the scene card had changed.
This time there is only one.
[High Ground Advantage]: At the start of the game, your side has priority to act for an extra round
"Is this considered taking advantage of the terrain?"
He now understands a little.
Scenario cards are just that, scenario cards, and have a lot to do with the scenario they are in.
And now it seems that the PVE game in this copy requires a scene card.
"Look at this."
Mushroom showed off his own.
[Mushroom Advantage]: At the beginning of the game, your mushroom cards take priority and take an extra turn
This scene card became a bit useless after being infected by the mushroom virus.
There is no doubt that Ah Qing has to be used this time.
Its options are the same as Shili, but the card is one level higher.
【Highland advantage】
Scene, C
[High]: At the beginning of the game, your side has priority to act for an extra round
[Last attack]: When your card is directly attacked, the damage is -5
“It seems the increase is not small.”
"We need to make full use of this condition in this instance."
Shi Li nodded and made note of this.
The enemy this time should be very different from the [Degraded Ant-Man], so we have to take it a little more seriously.
So Shi Li took the ownership of the first row and put the [Giant Funeral Monster] on it.
With the passive skill [Muscle Armor] and the scene card [Presentation], it is quite tough.
Combined with Mosaichu's [Come on Mushroom] and Ah Qing's one-wind-listening healing card, it is enough to maintain the blood line.
As for the output task, it is left to them.
He can only put a sheep or rabbit in the ace position to deal damage.
Whoosh! x N
After the cards were laid out, the monster cards turned into streams of light and fell onto the table.
This time the table is 3+1x3, against the opponent's 4x3.
The number of card grids is the same.
The faces of the monster cards on the opposite side are the same in each row, and there are four types in total.
【Deterioration of the hamster】
Wisdom, Attack 5, 30/30, 1/1
[Full Cheeks - 1 Energy]: The Deteriorated Hamster eats the stored food and gains 15 [Healing]
【Two deteriorating hamsters】
Wisdom, Attack 10, 60/60, 2/2
[Full Cheeks - 1 Energy]: The Deteriorated Hamster eats the stored food and gains 30 [Healing] points.
The last two rows are [Four Deteriorated Giant Hamsters] and [Eight Deteriorated Giant Hamsters], which are the same data and pure superposition.
They were thankful that there were only 4 rows of tablets across the street.
Otherwise, if there were two more lines of [Sixteen Deteriorated Giant Hamsters] and [Thirty-two Deteriorated Giant Hamsters], the game would be over.
Similar to the previous fight against the zombie herd, each time 12 cards are completely cleared, they will be replenished.
There was no need for Shi Li to do anything in this game. He just had to press [Defense] and control the sheep and rabbit.
Compared with Mosaichou and Ah Qing, his workload is very small.
So it's quite boring.
So in this process, he found that he could actually chat with Xixi.
However, perhaps due to the table rules, Xixi could only reply to him with one sentence in one round, and he could only reply with one sentence.
It's a bit like the voice chat in a messaging tool, but she's clearly right in front of you, so the experience is quite strange.
Shi Li: "Judging from everyone's reactions, is Swan Valley very dangerous?"
Xixi: [Uh...how should I put this?]
Shi Li: "Take your time, there's no rush."
Xixi: [You will know when you get there]
Shi Li: "It's the same as saying nothing."
Xixi: [Oh, can you please fight properly? You always distract me! ]
In fact, we didn't come to any conclusion from the discussion.
Finally, after more than ten waves of reinforcements, they finally completely solved the problem of these deteriorating hamsters.
There are 60 in a wave, which means their number exceeds a thousand.
Fortunately, the [Giant Zombie] was powerful and held on forever.
So the four of them continued on their way.
According to Xixi's introduction, Swan Valley is some distance away from the town, and it takes .
On the way, they encountered some deteriorating monsters and defeated them all, some easily and some without any danger.
They marched until late at night before they finally found a forest to set up camp.
"This kind of journey is really exhausting . It would be great if I could bring an equipment card. Wouldn't it be easier to just rush forward instead of walking?"
Shi Li sat down under a big tree to rest, feeling quite tired.
As for Mosagu and Ah Qing, they were simply exhausted.
There is no need to explain why the mushroom is tired. For every step others take, it has to take two or three steps to make up for it.
Moreover, its player level is the lowest, and coupled with the natural racial disadvantage, its physical strength is relatively the worst.
Logically speaking, Ah Qing is the highest level player on the field and should have the best physical strength.
However, according to Shi Li's observation, it is about the same as himself at level 6.
The key point is that with the same physical strength, it still has to carry such a large doll costume, how can it not be tired?
In fact, Shi Li also admired this guy very much. Even though he was so tired, he was unwilling to take off his doll costume.
Having said that, he also got to know Ah Qing better along the way.
Its player talent is called [Travel Frog], which can indeed increase the copy load, and it is used by it to carry the doll costume.
Although he felt that this way of utilization was a waste, it was other people's freedom to use their poker talents as they wished, so he didn't say anything.
However, along the way, at the card table, one person, one mushroom and one green took the opportunity to be isolated from Xixi to chat about their respective views.
First of all, Mosaicuo expressed the hope that everyone could give it more opportunities to operate. It wanted to practice PVE skills well and also asked Shi Li for guidance.
Shi Li had already known about this guy's obsession with PVE, but it was mainly to express himself and had nothing to do with the theme of this copy.
Ah Qing said that if you want to get 10 chances to draw cards, you should probably start from two aspects.
The first is to find the source of the worsening disease, and the second is to find effective ways to fight the worsening disease.
After listening to Ah Qing's expression, Shi Li had some guesses.
I don't know if it's because of "good luck", but apart from the current copy, I also passed the previous four copies: [City of Miserable Beasts], [Ancient Palace Prison], [Isolated Outpost], and [Demon Hunter].
There are two world turmoil in it, both of which have the shadow of right-wingers.
And this notorious organization itself is well-known for its love of causing trouble in Zuo Xin's original world.
So his opinion is that if there is a chance, it might be easier to find the right-wing members.
Ah Qing agrees with this view to a certain extent.
As a LV12 card player, it has played many more copies than Shili, although not every copy has the background of a turbulent world.
But I also encountered one confirmed right-wing faction and one suspected right-wing faction.
An unexplained deteriorating disease suddenly appeared in this world, and the right-wing faction is indeed a suspect.
It just seems difficult to find traces of the Right Heart Faction in such a big world. I can only take it one step at a time.
While Mosagu and Ah Qing were lying dead, Shi Li and Xixi went to collect firewood and lit a fire.
Because the temperature difference between day and night is quite large here, if I don’t light a fire, my face will be crooked when I wake up in the morning.
"You guys can sleep well, I'll keep watch."
Xixi saw that Yigu and Yiqing were also tired, and said that they could have a good rest.
After spending most of the day together, through her introduction, Shi Li and the others had a better understanding of these insect elves.
Although they are basically human-shaped, each insect elf retains some related insect characteristics depending on their differences.
For example, Xixi only eats meat and not vegetables.
Vegetarian food cannot be digested, and the same thing as what you eat comes out.
Also, she slept with her eyes open, and she had slept very well along the way, so Shi Li and the others hardly noticed.
Of course, Shi Li didn't know which type of insect it was that had the habit of sleeping while walking.
Anyway, since others have said it, just believe it.
After a while, Mosaichou and Ah Qing fell into a deep sleep.
Shi Li, however, couldn't sleep much.
One reason is that he is not that tired and is more energetic.
The second reason is that these two guys were snoring in the PK, which was very noisy.
At this time, he and Xixi were sitting by the fire, watching the flames dancing slightly and the sparks jumping.
"Oh, I really miss the days when I could live in harmony with nature. Since the emergence of the disease, those cute little animals are no longer cute. The time when I rode a tiger and chased a bear was so happy."
After a long silence, Xixi spoke out with emotion.
"...Are you sure those are cute animals?"
Shi Li looked a little speechless, and then he said, "By the way, can you tell me more about the worsening disease here?"
Now their characters are adventurers who drifted down the river, so it is understandable that they don’t understand the situation.
"Yeah, no problem."
"In fact, the first patient with deteriorating condition can be traced back to half a year ago."
"No, it's not a person, or even an animal, to be exact."
"It's... a tree."
Xixi paused here.
"Didn't you say before that plants can't get the deterioration disease?"
Shi Li raised questions at the right time.
"Yes, except for that tree."
"And I heard that it was a tree that no one had ever seen before and no one knew the species."
Xixi said.
"So, it is the source of the deterioration?"
Shi Li felt that this was a clue.
"You can say that, or you can not say that."
“Because the second case that appeared at that time was a resident of a small town thousands of miles away.”
"After the incident, the town's security team specifically investigated the resident's movements and found that he had not left the 10-kilometer radius of the town for at least a year."
Xixi said this.
"We can't find the source, and we don't know the principle of infection. And the symptoms keep appearing. It's really hard to know where to start..."
Shi Li felt that he still had no clue.
Perhaps I should follow Ah Qing's advice and focus more on curing the disease rather than looking for the source?
"Hmm? It seems like someone is approaching."
At this moment, Xixi suddenly turned her head and looked to the side.
The insect elves' hearing was indeed sharp. After a long while, Shi Li finally heard the rustling sound of plants rubbing against each other coming from that direction.
"Wow! There's light here!"
After a while, a white figure emerged from the bushes.
He originally thought it was a deteriorated monster, but when he saw its appearance clearly, Shi Li immediately breathed a sigh of relief and was no longer so vigilant.
I saw that the guy in front of me looked like a dwarf and was about the same height as a mushroom.
Its entire body is almost snow-white, but it has a pair of black insect compound eyes.
There is a circle of white hair around his neck and wrists.
The most obvious feature is the pair of moth-like wings and a large insect abdomen connected to the lower back.
This guy should be a moth elf.
Like a moth to a flame.
The first thing that Shi Li thought of was these four words.
"There are still people here, hello!"
Sure enough, the moth elf stood in front of the fire, talking and dancing, looking quite excited.
But when he spoke, he was not looking at them, but staring at the flames.
"Hello, what town are you from?"
But while asking the question, Xixi secretly touched Shi Li with her hand.
As far as she knew, there were no other population centers in this direction of Shupan Town.
Therefore, the more likely possibility is that this guy is a roving bandit.
A vagrant bandit is a lawless criminal who roams the wild and lives in the open air.
They have no fixed residence, and in order to evade capture, they often commit crimes wherever they go.
Before the emergence of the degenerative disease, these guys were the biggest threat in the wild.
Although this guy seems harmless, who knows.
When Shi Li got the hint, he knew something might be going on, so he became alert again.
The hands that were placed behind his back to support his body were secretly reaching for Ah Qing who was closer to him.
However, it is definitely impossible to wake the other person up so easily through the doll costume.
So he could only feel his way according to his memory and put his fingers into the hole of the doll's costume.
If I remember correctly, that should be the nostril of the doll costume.
Swish!
Before Shi Li realized what he had touched, Ah Qing suddenly sat up from the bed of leaves: "?!"
"You ask me where I'm from?"
At this time, the Mothman finally looked at Xixi.
He suddenly turned to Shi Li again and smiled strangely: "I'm from the right."
Xixi didn't understand this answer, but it made Shi Li's pupils shrink.
Isn’t it such a coincidence?
Poker player?
Right-minded?
After meeting his source player last time, Shi Li went back and studied the rules carefully.
When other players meet, it is sometimes easier to recognize each other's identity.
The method is very simple, that is to see with the naked eyes.
The hypnotic effect of the power of the copy rules is only effective on the natives and does not exist between the players.
In other words, if this moth man is a card player, then in his eyes, Shi Li is a human being, not an insect elf.
As for why he couldn't see any flaws in the other party.
Is it possible... that this guy's original form was a Moth Man?
Thinking of this, Shi Li stood up immediately.
"Come out, little ones!"
At this time, the Moth Man raised his arms and shouted, and suddenly two figures jumped down from the tree.
These two guys also look like Mothmen.
But he is a different Mothman, with the height of an ordinary person and the head of a moth.
Bang!
Immediately afterwards, the dwarf mothman took out an unidentified object and smashed it to the ground.
A burst of white mist exploded, choking Shi Li and Xixi and causing them to cough repeatedly.
"Cough, cough, cough!"
“Ahhhhh…Ahhhh!”