Originally, Zhang Xiaoman didn't care too much about what the driver looked like when he was riding in a car.
But now that he reminded me, I felt a bit familiar.
"Brother, there is not even a farmhouse in the barren mountains over there. What are you going to do?" the driver couldn't help but asked out of curiosity.
Zhang Xiaoman looked at him and replied casually: "I made an appointment with some friends to have a picnic there. I'm going home to get something this time."
The driver said oh, chatted with him for a few more words, and turned around and left after arriving at the destination.
Zhang Xiaoman followed the previous route to the vicinity of the space node. He was always vigilant along the way to prevent any emergencies.
After successfully arriving at the tree where he had inserted his steel sword, Zhang Xiaoman looked at the location of the space node in front of him. Sure enough, those insects had returned and were wandering aimlessly nearby.
"It seems that these things have a tendency towards energy, otherwise they wouldn't have come all the way back, right? But this will save me more trouble."
As he spoke, he looked at a certain place on the ground over there and found that the dead insect corpse was still on the ground, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, these things didn't have the habit of eating the corpses of their companions, otherwise he felt that he would have lost a lot of points this time.
After looking at the cooling time of the hearthstone, it was already an hour this time. Zhang Xiaoman stepped forward again after getting ready.
This time was different from before. Zhang Xiaoman found a locust tree in front of him that was easier to climb, and quietly climbed up from the back. After knowing that these bugs couldn't fly, he planned to launch a sneak attack from a high place!
He found the nearest unlucky bug, raised his palm and launched the spirit-absorbing technique on it without hesitation.
I saw bursts of energy flowing past, and the insect was sucked dry in just two or three breaths, just like the last time.
The remaining fat bugs also reacted immediately at this time. They immediately raised their upper bodies and opened their mouthparts full of sharp teeth to launch a series of mental attacks.
After Zhang Xiaoman absorbed the insect, he did not start rubbing the hearth stone immediately. Instead, he hugged the tree trunk with both hands to prevent him from falling off the tree during this strong mental attack.
Another tingling sensation came, and Zhang Xiaoman gritted his teeth to resist, but maybe because there was one less bug this time, he seemed to feel it was a little lighter than last time, not as close as before. Make people comatose.
After launching the mental attack, the insects formed into small balls as before, and rolled towards Zhang Xiaoman.
As soon as Zhang Xiaoman came back to his senses, he started rubbing the hearth stones. As he expected, these little guys all stopped after rolling under the tree, and some of them didn't even move. They accidentally bumped into a tree, and then they began to slowly crawl up the tree.
Zhang Xiaoman had a proud smile on his face, brushed his hand on the hearth stone, and disappeared into the tree.
At home, on the sofa, Zhang Xiaoman suddenly appeared again. This time he returned to the city in a sitting position, and it was not like he fell to the ground again like last time.
Jin Baogou was lying on the other side of the sofa, taking a nap, when he suddenly felt someone coming next to him, and he screamed in fright.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
"The enemy is attacking you!"
Zhang Xiaoman slapped the dog on the head and threw it aside.
Ignoring the resentful eyes of his dog, Zhang Xiaoman took off the earplugs in his ears and ran to the air conditioner to blow the cold air.
"These earplugs are completely useless against the mental attacks of insects. It seems that light can't block the sound."
Zhang Xiaoman blew the air conditioner and rubbed his eyebrows and said:
"I just don't know if the mental power attribute can reduce this kind of mental attack. How about I take off this cloak and feel it?"
Shaking his head again, Zhang Xiaoman decided that it would be better not to die. Now there are only six bugs left, and the mental attacks will become weaker and weaker. As long as he fights steadily, he can finally get the chicken... ...Oh no, eat the space node.
Now that another fat insect has been absorbed, Zhang Xiaoman's energy has increased by 4 points again, which is now overloaded to 16 points.
Based on past experience, and according to his current maximum mental load limit, he may be overloaded to a maximum of 30 points of energy before he can no longer bear it.
There are still 6 bugs, which means that he still needs to use 10 more points of energy.
But these are secondary. Zhang Xiaoman only needs to be mentally prepared. After all, it is much easier to consume energy than to obtain it.
After resting at home for a while, Zhang Xiaoman packed up and started again. However, when he came to the gate of the community and saw the online ride-hailing car he had just ordered, he suddenly felt speechless.
"Why is it this guy again?"
As he opened the door and got in, the slightly surprised voice of the driver in front sounded again.
"Brother, this is fate! Are you still going there? Did you forget to get something again?"
Zhang Xiaoman nodded bravely. He didn't expect that he would become a forgetful maniac today for no reason.
Along the way, this talkative driver used his wild imagination.
From Zhang Xiaoman's wine-stained cloak and the "Purple Sky Divine Sword" carried on his back, he boldly deduced that they were holding a unique cosplay wine barbecue party in the locust forest in the northern suburbs of the city.
Even the number of people was well guessed, and in the end he said with a longing and emotion expression, I really hope I can go back to those young and wild years!
In this regard, Zhang Xiaoman could only nod silently.
After bidding farewell to the driver brother again, Zhang Xiaoman stepped into this small forest for the third time today. Being familiar with the road, he quickly repeated the previous steps.
Kill the insects and return to the city; kill the insects and return to the city.
Zhang Xiaoman repeated this process several times, but what made him a little depressed was that every time he came here, he could find an online taxi driven by the old man.
Later, the way my brother looked at him changed a bit, and when it was over, he asked him if he was filming an endless loop reality show with an expression that said he had seen through everything.
Zhang Xiaoman was speechless and choked.
Although the pest control operation went smoothly, and as the number of bugs decreased, Zhang Xiaoman became more and more relaxed in resisting their mental attacks.
However, Hearthstone has the disadvantage of a one-hour cooling time, so after Zhang Xiaoman killed a few more bugs, he did not continue today.
After all, this place is not like being in the city. There are no lights around. It is still in a small forest. Basically, people can't see anything when they enter.
Considering the possibility of lurking monsters around, Zhang Xiaoman gave up his plan to eat this node in one go today and prepared to come back tomorrow to kill the remaining three bugs.
