Volume 4 Chapter 10: Journey into the Wilderness (1)
Ten days after the monsters attacked the city, I worked hard to level up, determined to make up for the three lost levels. In fact, I was close to level 49 before the event, and close to 46 after being downgraded. Phils was the same level as me, but his experience was slightly higher by a few percentage points. With this, he ascended to the throne of the first level. Only on the second day, he was caught up and surpassed by me, and I became the number one in the dream again.
After ten days of hard leveling, I not only recovered the three lost levels, but now I have broken through the 50 mark. The levels of various skills have also been improved, and my strength is even greater than before. I am confident that I can cope with all kinds of difficulties and dangers in the wild south and the dangerous mountains and waters. In addition, the Thunder , and the gang has developed steadily and become stronger day by day. Therefore, I have put it on the agenda to travel to the wilderness to pursue the crystal column artifact.
The so-called wilderness refers to the deep mountains and swamps in the southwest of the Cang Continent, far away from the activities of ordinary players, an area of hundreds of thousands of square kilometers occupied by barbarians. The climate there is warm and humid, there are many poisonous insects and beasts, swamps and miasma, and the mountains are high and the forests are dense. There are traps everywhere and dangers at every step. The dangerous places are even more dangerous than Kunlun. Only those who are highly skilled and brave can't explore in depth.
However, this uninhabited wilderness is rich in natural treasures, especially special raw materials needed for various professions, such as golden silk, star ore, poisonous dragon gall, and countless other rare treasures and exotic animals. Therefore, in the internal test, the wilderness attracted countless high-level players to explore, and many people found rare treasures here - if it was in the public beta, they would have made a fortune! Of course, more people died in the wilderness, and no one mentioned the loss of a lot of money and experience (dying in the wilderness, the experience loss is doubled! I am now a second-level player, and if I die in the wilderness once, I will lose 80% of my current level experience).
After I got together with my brothers, I told them that I was going to the wilderness to complete the crystal column artifact mission. Everyone immediately became lively. After a lot of discussion, they all asked to follow me to see the world. I quickly said that the important matters of the gang still need the brothers to take charge, how can I ignore the great cause? They looked down on me and said that as the leader of the alliance, I was not doing my job and was going to travel. In the end, it was the profiteer who presided over justice and let me go after extorting three big meals from Taibai Tower.
After making all the preparations, I teleported to Wenqu City in Tianxin, southwest of the continent. Without any delay, I rode out of the city and headed straight for the wilderness.
The wilderness is far from the city. Although the unicorn is majestic, I ran until nightfall before I stepped into the wilderness. The entrance is a valley, where there are some 30-40 level poisonous snakes and insects. I don't care about them. I waved the tiger soul in my hand and killed them all in seconds. I rushed through the valley quickly. However, once I got out of the valley, the atmosphere changed. I saw a small basin. The grass in the basin was blowing in the wind, as high as the horse's belly. There were countless phosphorescent lights flashing in the grass, which was mysterious. And I know that this phosphorescent light seems harmless, and most of them are indeed just the faint light emitted by fireflies, but there may be poisonous insects hidden, or even demons and monsters, waiting for an opportunity to attack. In the internal test, I don't know how many masters died from these hidden killers without any preparation. So once you enter the wilderness, you must be careful at every step and not miss any point.
The basin is surrounded by rolling mountains. Under the thick night, dark shadows of mountains are formed. An oppressive aura permeates the body. Coupled with the faint roars of tigers and cries of monkeys coming from afar, a timid person would probably have a heart attack. I sighed secretly. It seems that it is not a good idea to venture into the wilderness alone.
Actually, it's not that I don't want to bring a few brothers with me, but the problem is that the wilderness is more dangerous than the Imperial Tomb. People with lower levels and abilities would be a burden. What's more, I'm a professional player, and I spend almost all my time in the game every day. It's hard to find people to cooperate with me. This time is different from the Imperial Tomb mission. It may take a long time to find the high priest. I can't let him miss work and school, right? Considering all factors, I can only sing the love song of being single.
I'll make the best of it, I encouraged myself. Isn't it just that the atmosphere is a little bit more gloomy and scary? I'll get used to it. I survived the dark cave leveling the same way!
I rode my horse forward cautiously. The wilderness was vast and I didn't know where the so-called high priest was. However, I thought it would be a good idea to move towards the center. I would take one step at a time. As long as I could encounter a barbarian tribe, there would always be clues.
I was preoccupied with things and was not concentrating for a moment. Suddenly, I heard a roar in my ear. A black shadow flashed in the bushes and a monster pounced on me. When I came to my senses, the monster was within three feet of me. The Tiger Soul was a long weapon and it was difficult to turn. I could not use it to resist the enemy at this distance. I had to turn my head to avoid the vital parts and took the monster's blow. Although I had the Tiger King suit to protect me, I still felt a slight pain in my waist and shoulders, but the damage was not too great. The monster retreated after one blow, but I could not let it go easily. The knife flashed, blood splattered three feet, and the monster fell to the ground and rolled, pretending to escape.
I was slightly stunned when I saw that I failed to kill the monster instantly. This would have been a good opportunity for the monster to escape, but unfortunately the monster seemed to be seriously injured, and it was limping as it ran. I caught up with it on horseback and cut it in half with a single blow.
Before I could catch my breath, four fluorescent spots shot out from the bushes, two of them hit me directly in the face, one hit my chest, and one bounced towards my calf!
I shouted loudly, and the Tiger Soul in my hand spun like a windmill, forming a sword and shield. The three fluorescent lights that hit my upper body were blocked by the sword and shield and crushed into pieces, but the one that hit my calf was missed. I felt a slight pain in my knee joint, as if bitten by a mosquito, and then my left calf became numb and sore. The part below the knee was out of control, and the numbness and soreness spread up along the thigh. If it weren't for my superb riding skills, I would have almost fallen off the horse!
However, the crisis was not over yet. A cold wind blew from behind, making me feel cold to the bone. I suddenly heard the sound of ghosts in my ears, and my limbs seemed to be tied up with ropes suddenly, and I couldn't move!
"Damn it! Where did this lonely ghost come from!"
I was furious. This feeling was that I was hit by the "Soul Binding" skill of monsters like ghosts and undead. However, at my level, there was no way such low-level monsters could control me!
The wild land was indeed full of strangeness, so I dared not neglect it. Although the soul binding could not hold a person for too long, in this dangerous place, a few seconds were enough to decide life or death! Apart from anything else, if there were a few more of those fluorescent lights, I would not be able to fight back at this moment and could only endure it. I would not be able to bear it!
In desperation, I activated the special skill of the Tiger King suit: Tiger Power!
An invisible pressure penetrated my body. This trick was indeed effective. After a ghostly cry, the restraints on my body suddenly disappeared without a trace. The dots of fluorescence in the grass suddenly disappeared by half. I broke out in a cold sweat. I thought that these fluorescent dots had been preparing to attack suddenly, but were scared away by my might.
The crisis was temporarily resolved, but my legs were still numb and sore. I looked down and saw a fluorescent spot still on my left knee. I angrily hit my knee with the tiger's soul. With a crisp "pop" sound, I raised the knife and saw a golden beetle the size of a ping-pong ball stuck to the knife. Its shell and legs were broken by me, and green fluorescent juice was flowing out of the insect's body. It was so disgusting.
I swung my knife to get rid of the insect corpse. In the wilderness, all insect monsters are poisonous. I just used my gaze to look at this thing. It's called the Golden Armor Poison Bug, level 42. Although the level is not high, its toxicity is not weak. In just a short while, my entire left leg was paralyzed, and the poison was still spreading to my upper body. My health was also decreasing at a rate of 30 points per second! I quickly drank a bottle of antidote. Fortunately, I had enough space and load, and the tiger soul had a double absorption attribute. I didn't need to bring too many red and blue medicines. I knew that the wilderness was dangerous, so I brought a lot of various auxiliary potions.
Looking at the monster that attacked me at the beginning, it turned out to be a mountain cat. However, ordinary mountain cats are only level 39, but this one is called the Mutated Cat Demon, a level 59 monster. No wonder it could break my defense!
It seems that because of the many miasma and poisonous gas in the wilderness, most of the species here have mutated , and the ecological system is unique. The monsters are much more powerful than those outside. No wonder the ghost just now was able to control me, and no wonder countless masters have died in the wilderness.
Although this series of battles lasted less than a minute, the thrills were no less than the fight with Xiao Yi against the Tiger King. If I had reacted a little slower, I would have returned to the city for free. And the monsters I faced were even lower level than me! I couldn't help but be more cautious.
After taking a short rest, mainly to calm myself down, I slowly moved forward, carefully observing the situation around me, ready to deal with any unexpected events .
In the next two hours, I was attacked more than ten times. The monsters that attacked me were varied and the number was more or less. The common point was that most of these monsters were special products of the wilderness and their attack methods were very strange. Fortunately, the monsters were not too high in level. With my careful precautions, they could only harass me at most and did not pose a threat. Finally, I crossed the basin and came to the foot of a rocky mountain. There was a stream here, and its water veins flowed out from the deep mountains. I decided to camp here, log off and rest, and wait until dawn (in the game) before going upstream along the stream.
Tomorrow, I will officially begin exploring this mysterious and dangerous wilderness.
