"Hey, I didn't expect that I would end up in this situation."
Walking among the ruins, Duan Qing lamented in distress.
After discovering this ruins before, based on the instinct of the game, several people decided to comprehensively search this place - this kind of place almost has "there are treasures here" written on their faces. It would be a shame not to conduct a blanket search. Several people have years of gaming experience.
After a brief discussion, they formed a unified opinion, then simply divided into groups and decided to explore the area separately. But before that, the first thing that needs to be done is to obtain the consent of the two great magician sisters.
If they don't agree, everything is in vain.
The two women with very different appearances but the same beauty looked at each other, and then nodded to allow these adventurers to explore. They also believed that division of labor and cooperation were the best way to explore at the moment. It's just that they asked everyone to regroup later and exchange various information with each other.
"We will continue to move forward and check the situation ahead. In the evening, let's meet at the small square near the ruins."
Christine left these words and left with her sister.
The subsequent grouping was also very fast. It is impossible for Duan Shanyue and Xue Ling Huan Bing to be together. Although they are already teammates, they belong to opposing guilds and do not like each other. Fortunately, both of them are high-level players, and each can ensure basic safety by bringing a newcomer, so Duan Shanyue chose Liu Qingniu - they had some similar interests before, while Xueling Huanbing chose the little sister Mengzhu, although There was some estrangement between the two women before, but after repairing some of the relationship, they were finally able to get along well. The most important thing is that both of them are female gamers.
What Duan Qing doesn't understand the most is why female gamers are born to get together. No matter in the past or now, Duan Qing has seen countless groups of female gamers like this. It seems that only when they are together can they have something in common. The language is the same...
No matter what, the final result is: the third group member, one person - Mo Shang Qingshan.
Of course Duan Qing himself protested, but with little effect. As a strong player among the players, Duan Shanyue felt inexplicably very relieved about this. Xue Ling Huan Bing also said sincerely that if you encounter danger, remember to hold on alone for a while, and remember to shout for help - the rest People will come to save you.
I am just a rookie player in the tenth level! And it’s just one person! one person! Not to mention how much you can do in such a search mission, if you really encounter something strange, you will probably die here... This is a place close to the center of the ruins!
Duan Qing angrily opened the door of a certain house with force. With the sound of wood breaking, the door fell to the ground with a very cooperative snap.
Looking at the "end of life" wooden door rather helplessly, Duan Qing looked into the room.
It is said to be inside the house, but in fact it is no different from the outside. Due to the erosion of time, the roof of this house has collapsed. With the light from outside, the situation inside is clearly visible. Duan Qing observed the layout of the room for a while, then walked towards the corner of the house - there were still some remains of wooden furniture left by humans.
After rummaging through the boxes for a while, I found almost nothing except the rubble left behind after being smashed by rocks from the roof. Duan Qing stood up helplessly and looked around - this should be a bedroom, and there should have been a bed in the middle, but now there are only traces of it surrounded by wood chips. The only remaining bedside table next to it is still standing, but it is also in a shaky state. Duan Qing had also looked through some wooden cabinets like this before. Some of them contained scraps of clothing, and some contained scraps similar to paper and sheepskin. It seemed that this ruin had existed for a long time, and even the sheepskins were gone. Did not persist in the long river of time.
Of course, not everything was destroyed. Duan Qing also found some small iron tools, but they were small tools like scissors and sewing needles, and were not of much use. When Duan Qing picked up those things, he could also see some simple instructions on the system.
【Rusty scissors】
[It is an ancient item from an unknown era, it is rusty and can no longer be used]
Most of the other things were described in this way. After this period of game experience, Duan Qing also understood that this system description actually hinted at the status of the item - it did not even mention the quality of the item.
Those are items with almost no effect. If used as weapons, they would probably break due to extreme decay.
After climbing through a large hole caused by the collapse of the wall again, Duan Qing came directly to another room. In addition to the rubble still everywhere, there are also some collapsed wooden shelves and wooden boxes.
Hey, treasure chest... Duan Qing sneered and said he wouldn't be fooled again.
The first time he saw a box like this, Duan Qing was a little excited. However, it turns out that in a game like Free World, it is impossible to place a treasure box somewhere that is obviously unrealistic. Duan Qing's hand slightly touched the box in front of him. It was like a pile of weathered sand. It shattered all over the ground.
In addition to a pile of rubbish that was too broken to be recognized, there was only a piece of rag that seemed to be part of clothing, with some useful information left on it.
"Far...fa..." Duan Qing looked at the words written on the remains that looked like some kind of animal fur for a long time, and finally gave up on him. Talking about things that are too difficult: "It's all about law... Ah, never mind, let's do whatever it takes to love..."
From the layout in front of him, Duan Qing could roughly guess that this place was a storage room, but after such a long time, no matter how good the storage room was, it could no longer store any items. Duan Qing shook his head, walked to the scattered wooden shelf, and picked up the head of a spear... from the ground.
It seems that the barrels of these long guns were also made of wood in the past.
Duan Qing could not tell the material of the gun head, but he could guess that it was probably made of some kind of metal. The gun head is divided into four edges, but due to the corrosion of rain, three of the edges have been corroded together. This gun head has also lost its original function. If you want to use it as a means of attack, you can probably only use it as a throwable object...
"What a cheat!" Duan Qing threw it to the ground.
He raised his head, looked at the clear sky that was not blocked by the tree canopy due to the former village occupation, and silently questioned the sky.
After coming to the Emerald Forest for so long, they finally had a place where they could loot. Unexpectedly, in the end, they did not lose to the forerunners who first started playing the game, but they lost to time.
It seems that this ruin has been defeated by time, and nothing useful is left.
Duan Qing walked out of the ruins, kicked a fragment of the wheel away, and came to the road next to the river. The piece of wood fell into the river not far away with a plop. On the other side of the river bank, the sound of turning was heard at the same time. The originally not loud sound echoed in this quiet area, which seemed particularly noticeable. Duan Qing understood that it was probably the noise made by the other two groups of people when they were trying their best to search.
For some reason, Duan Qing suddenly felt depressed in his heart: probably nothing of value could be found here.
No wonder the two great magicians left so simply...
Duan Qing sighed, found a stone beside the river and sat down, looking at the river in the middle of the ruins. In front of the road he was on was the bend of the river. The road also turned with the river and continued to extend towards an unknown place. It seemed that the bend by the river was once built along the river. of. Not far ahead, there are some stones filling the edge of the creek, and some wood chips are floating at the end of the stones. It seems that it may have been a small pier built along the river, but it has now been lost. As a result, there were no traces of ships around.
Duan Qing thought for a moment, stood up, patted the soil, and walked over there.
When they found this river before, there was an idea in their mind that told him what use this river should have. Later, they found this ruined village based on this, and the use of this river was explained - if Let him choose a place as a human settlement, then a place with a water source should be the best choice.
However, seeing the wood chips floating on the road between the river, this small river may have had more functions in the past. For example, if the road made of stones in front was originally a dock, then it should be a good place to transport goods. In the past, people here might have loaded goods there and then transported them to the front. According to Duan Qing's observation, this section of the river should eventually flow to the foot of the tower. So, as a village, there are things that can be done here. Just more...
As he got closer, Duan Qing discovered that those stones were not ordinary stones, but stone pillars - the river here seemed to have become deeper, and the stone pillars had been submerged in the water, leaving only a little exposed, but they were still barely able to form a a road. Duan Qing followed the stone pillars to the end, and then looked around.
He saw some splinters of wood, a square sign supported by an iron pillar as tall as a person, and... a clear river flowing slowly.
The words on the sign were difficult to read - such an iron sign would probably not be effective no matter how corrosion-resistant it was when placed in a place with such heavy moisture. Duan Qing tried to find some clues related to this place from it, but it was indeed just a rust-red sign with no flowers visible no matter how hard he looked.
Duan Qing looked around. In addition to the broken sticks, wood chips or wooden boards on the ground, there were also a lot of stone chips and water plants, rusty iron nails and wires - there probably were some buildings here before. But now it's ruined. He looked into the creek again. The water was crystal clear, but he saw nothing - and he hoped so, because any living creature in this weird forest was dangerous.
Maybe find something to rub this sign and you can see something? Thinking of this, Duan Qing looked back and saw that there was still a well-maintained stone house, located side by side among the ruins composed of a row of collapsed houses. Duan Qing stopped and looked at the rather large house for a while, then walked there.
There was a loud crash of collapse in the distance, followed by A Niu's exclamation and the continuous roars of Broken Mountain: "Be careful, boy! Do you want to kill us..."
The anxious Aniu probably collapsed somewhere. It seems they couldn't find anything valuable...or did they encounter some monster? No, that doesn't seem right... They haven't encountered any wild monsters since entering this basin. Maybe they migrated en masse? Or is there some kind of protection in this place to prevent the invasion of monsters? Or is there some kind of demon BOSS that scares away all other wild monsters?
Without any clues, Duan Qing could only make wild guesses. Although he himself didn't know what clues he would need to find to be useful, other than finding out what information he needed to support his logic, he had no idea. What other way?
By the way, if it's a system...
Duan Qing opened the system menu and skillfully found his adventure notes. As a result, he saw this content on the map: "Emerald Forest - around the Emerald Tower, ruins area."
Although there are four more words, it still doesn't tell me where this is. Even Phil's tree house has the name Phil... Duan Qing shook his head and pushed away rotten wooden door.
This place was indeed much larger than the ruins he had been to before - this was the feeling Duan Qing felt in his heart the moment he walked into the house opposite. Then, he was attracted by the counter in front of him.
It's kind of like a real world... bank counter.
Although there is a lot of decay, the place in front of you still preserves the original structure. Although there is a lack of blocking glass and door panels, Duan Qing can still tell from the remaining remains that this place should have been divided into several window counters, which were probably used to work and handle affairs separately.
Finally I found a more important place...
Kicking open the half-barred door hanging in the air, Duan Qing walked around the counter. The place was still in a state of decay, and it was difficult to find anything useful. Duan Qing searched carefully for a while, and finally dug out an iron plate from the rubble of the wall that had fallen behind.
That should be a sign, or badge.
The badge is round in shape, about the size of a palm, with a circle of lace carved around it. Duan Qing can see from these patterns that this logo should have been designed very beautifully. But the pattern in the middle is very simple - there are several large blank spaces, as if many stones are piled together, or the white wood is placed randomly.
Because of its age, the iron plate is highly rusted, but Duan Qing can still distinguish the original composition of the pattern from the yellow-brown background. Because of this, Duan Qing couldn't see what this simple pattern meant.
Is this carved on stone? Or wood? Because they live among huge trees, do they use such a simple and atmospheric pattern as a logo?
Based on the current clues, these inferences are just random conjectures. Duan Qing shook his head and put away the iron badge, preparing to show it to Christine later. Maybe with the knowledge of the great magician, he could tell the meaning of the pattern of the badge.
There was another muffled sound, and the sound of collapse came from the other side of the river. Duan Qing thought that another group of people had accidentally collapsed a house. However, the next moment, the scream belonging to Mengzhu rang out. stand up.
Duan Qing rushed out and immediately saw what was happening there.
Across the river bank, on the opposite side is the direction where Mengzhu and Xueling Huanbing went before. At this time, the little girl was standing on the bank of the river, with her back to herself, looking at a house behind her, and the tip of her ponytail trembling slightly, showing her restlessness. Duan Qing was about to ask loudly what happened, when a figure suddenly appeared in the house in front of the little girl.
To be precise, that figure rolled out.
Although the distance was far away, Duan Qing could not clearly see the person's appearance, but from the black cloak, he could be sure that the person was Xue Ling Huan Bing. She climbed up from the ground in embarrassment, and placed the sword across her chest again, as if to warn of something, but her head kept shaking slightly from side to side, as if she was not sure of the direction in which the enemy would appear.
Is the idea so tricky? Duan Qing stopped shouting to avoid distracting his teammates, and instead tried to find a way to get over first. With the strength of Xue Ling Huan Bing, there should be no problem in holding on for a while and a half. A Niu and the two on the other side should have arrived in time when they heard the movement here...
But in this way, the previous conjecture was overturned so quickly. There are actually monsters here...
The sound of arrows stabbing was heard, Duan Qing turned his head suddenly, and the situation there finally changed.
The black cloak billowed on the ground again. Where she originally stood, several slender things were stuck there, as if someone was using the legendary crossbow arrows to attack.
"It's a vine!" Before Duan Qing could figure out the meaning of the scene just now, a shout belonging to Broken Mountain rang out from the other side of the river.
As soon as he finished speaking, a house in front of Mengzhu and Xueling Huanbing suddenly collapsed. Under the sunlight, a sudden green color emerged from the chaotic gravel in such a disharmonious manner.
That's a section of a vine.
