Volume 1 Despair and Dawn Chapter 1 The Pilgrims
The wind blew through the dry field, and the stone and sand it brought up hit the black stone walls, and also hit the long-dead trees, and the roar from afar added a little life and terror to the field.
"Hiss" Zhao Xi rubbed his temples, looked up at this strange scene, opened his mouth wide, and wanted to make a sound, but he could only open his mouth dryly.
He sat up, patted the dirt off his body, and looked around at the dry trees, the seemingly altar-like buildings in the distance, and the black earth as far as the eye could see.
"Where the hell is this," Zhao Xi muttered to himself, "I shouldn't be sitting at home playing a new game, right?"
"I won't cross over, right" Zhao Xi shook his head, but looking at the unfamiliar scenery around him, this most unscientific explanation was obviously affirmed.
Zhao Xi swallowed a mouthful of saliva and raised his head to determine the approximate time and direction, but there was no sun in the sky, and there were no stars and moons, only black clouds covering the sky.
He looked around again, and the obvious buildings around him were like the altar, and decided to go there to see what was there, to see if he could get some information to figure out where he was
He had barely taken a few steps when a roar that seemed to be from a human came from a distance
"Drink~~~~"
Frightened, he immediately stopped, quickly looked around him again, and only breathed a sigh of relief after making sure that there was no danger
"It should be far away from me, at least it's still safe around" Zhao Xi silently persuaded himself, and cautiously walked to the altar
As the distance between Zhao Xi and the altar indentated, the appearance of the altar was gradually revealed, different from the gray appearance in the distance, the entire altar was made of gray-black stones, with carved patterns on it, but most of it had been worn out by time, and only from the remaining points could we guess how exquisite it was at the beginning.
The altar was as high as a two-story building, and Zhao Xi couldn't see clearly on this side, but he could see the soft light emitted from the top of the altar.
Zhao Xi slowly walked around to the side with the stairs, but was startled by the scene in front of him.
I saw a man in a black robe kneeling on the ground, his hands combined and spread out on the ground with his palms facing up, and his head on the palms of his hands to show a kneeling posture, and the direction of kneeling was the altar, and the dried corpse-like skin that emerged from the robes showed that the master had been dead for a long time.
Zhao Xi looked up, and it was not by chance that he saw such a dry corpse, only to see that there were seven or eight such dried corpses on the steps leading to the altar, and they worshiped the top of the altar together.
"This .......," Zhao Xi's mind flashed one picture after another, "Isn't this the opening CG I saw before I fell unconscious!"
Zhao Xi remembered that he was at home when he had just finished watching such an opening CG, and then his eyes were dark and he regained consciousness again, when he appeared here.
"Did I travel into the game?" Zhao Xi had a headache
If that's the case, it's terrible, you must know that Zhao Xigang played this game is a real adventure game in another world, and the thousand-year war between demons and humans is the theme of this game. What can an ordinary Zhao Xi do in such a world? Maybe he will be trampled to death by a passing demon at any time.
Zhao Xi's head is getting more and more painful, although he has also fantasized about crossing into the other world to be a hero or something, but when it really comes to his head, he travels to the other world unarmed, which is really a big head.
He temporarily suppressed the many thoughts in his mind, and gradually ascended to the unknown altar.
As he continued to approach the top floor, Zhao Xi found that the wind that appeared from time to time had disappeared, and the surrounding environment, which was originally a little cold, began to gradually become warmer.
The closer he got to the top, the thoughts that had been suppressed in Zhao Xi's mind began to gradually become active, and pictures of Zhao Xi's various accidental deaths in another world surfaced in Zhao Xi's mind, sometimes interspersed with pictures that Zhao Xi was completely unfamiliar with.
The silver-white dragon roared at the sky, its huge wings spread out, enough to cover the sky, and the figure full of golden light in the sky waved hundreds of golden pillars of light, breaking the dragon's skin and flesh, and the silver-white scales were not as dazzling as they were at the beginning......
A black claw flowing with magma slapped at the giant city that emitted golden light in front of him, and the claw slapped the golden light that enveloped the city flickering, as if it was about to shatter, and the claw condensed a long whip burning with scorching flames in his hand, and pumped towards the giant city in front of him with an explosion......
The man in the white sacrificial costume looked at the constantly cracking sky, muttering something in his mouth, and constantly kneeling to the sky, and the blood and tears flowing from his eyes stained his entire face red, and also stained his sacrificial robe......
Pictures appeared in Zhao Xi's mind, and then disappeared at the speed of light, Zhao Xi's eyes were blank, and he walked to the top of the altar step by step.
When Zhao Xi was really standing on the top of the altar, the godless eyes began to be full of agility again, and what appeared in front of Zhao Xi was a ball of orange flames that kept beating and burning.
A beautifully crafted altar that has been around for an unknown number of years sits on a lifeless black field, the steps of the altar are filled with the remains of pilgrims, the sacred worship and the death of the pilgrim himself, and the mysterious flame at the top of the altar that has burned out of thin air for an unknown number of years.
Strange scenes continue to fill Zhao Xi's mind, if this is a scene in the game, Zhao Xi is estimated to be able to happily praise the intentions of the production team, and try it everywhere with the ancestral hands of the immortals, after all, you can start over when you die, but now the feeling of the body tells you that this must be the real world, and the hands that touch each other must be dead.
Before Zhao Xi could finish thinking about it, his body did involuntarily walk towards the mysterious flame, and his hands stretched out, wanting to hold the mysterious flame in the palm of his hand.
"Do you think it's a game CG! It's going to be a cheap person! It's going to be dead if you find out a payroll incarnation!" Zhao Xi complained frantically in his heart, and wanted to control his body and prevent the next action, but no matter how Zhao Xi resisted in his heart, it was useless
When Zhao Xi picked up the flame, his brain, which could still think freely, became blank, and then the whole person was wrapped in infinite pressure as if he was in the depths of the sea, and it was also accompanied by a strong sense of suffocation.
When Zhao Xi regained consciousness, he only saw that his vision was completely different, the left was his physical state, the right was various attributes, and the bottom was a variety of function bars and skill bars.
However, the skill bar was not bare, there was a small sword icon that was shining, and after Zhao Xi's attention was on this icon, a string of information appeared in Zhao Xi's mind.
Basic Swordsmanship - Level (Beginner)
Introduction: The basic swordsmanship that can be seen everywhere, with it may make your next journey safer, probably?
"Other people's systems are all up for free lottery, or there are newbie gift packages, hey! I don't talk about gift packages, I don't even have a whiteboard stick! What about the artifact chicken leg that the useless person next door gave back!, you quickly apologize to all the systems in the world!" Zhao Xi complained frantically
Spit and complain, Zhao Xi still has a sense of security in his heart, although the system is a little pitted, at least he has given a basic swordsmanship, and having a golden finger is better than nothing.
At this moment, a gust of wind blew, and I saw that the corpses of all the pilgrims on the stairs slowly dissipated with this gust of wind, and when the gust of wind passed, all the corpses also disappeared, as if these pilgrims had not appeared at all.
Zhao Xi suddenly noticed that there seemed to be something left on the position of the pilgrim closest to the altar just now, and as soon as Zhao Xi reached out to pick it up, a string of information automatically appeared in his mind
Ceremonial Sword (Broken) - White Gear
Introduction: The long sword used in the unknown ritual has gained some spirituality because of repeated use, but with the erosion of time, this spirituality has long disappeared, so the entire long sword has been preserved, and it seems that it can still be used normally, and it is a good partner for your next journey
"Damn! I want a tabula rasa, I'll give it to a tabula rasa!" Zhao Xi took out the long sword while complaining, weighed it in his hand, played with two sword flowers, and inserted the long sword into the scabbard
When he was holding the long sword just now, Zhao Xi unconsciously played with two sword flowers, without a trace of jerkiness, and felt the ability of basic swordsmanship, Zhao Xi was a little relieved.
Zhao Xi stood on the altar and looked into the distance, the scene in the distance was still the same as when he came just now, it seemed that there was no time flowing in this place at all, maybe after ten or a hundred years, this place would still be the same as now, the same darkness, the same lifeless.
"I can't wait here, this place doesn't even have anything to eat, instead of starving to death, it's better to go to the distance and see what is here, are there normal people or are they all monsters" Zhao Xi walked off the altar with a muttering to himself, and continued to walk forward, his body tensed, and his eyes were constantly observing the surrounding situation.
"The roar I heard when I first woke up is obviously not a sound that a normal person can make, who knows what kind of monster it will be, if it's an ordinary one, it's fine, if it's a monster like a licker, even if I have a long sword and swordsmanship, I'm sure I'll die" Zhao Xi thought as he slowly walked forward
After walking for a while, Zhao Xi found that there seemed to be a figure in front of him shaking, and when he looked closer, he saw a person in tattered linen clothes walking hobbly, and his blue-gray skin also revealed that this guy in front of Zhao Xi was not a normal person at all
Lost Villagers - White Ordinary Monsters
Strength: 10
Dexterity: 4
Physique: 9
Spirit: 1
Perception: 3
Introduction: Ordinary humans who have been eroded by the chaos outside the order, the organs on the body have long lost their proper functions, and they don't know why they can act normally like humans, but there is nothing to be afraid of except for being stronger and harder.