Volume 1 The Wasteland Chapter 5 Fellow Travelers
The moonlight accompanied by the breeze, which should have been calming, but Mu Chen was even more anxious, the meeting with the King of the Wasteland made Jabek Chunyue a new focus, and after much thought, he still decided to take this stranger away.
He sat on the back of the giant scorpion, and before he knew it, he had arrived at the station of the Chake Division, the same as when he came, sparse tents, sporadic fires, the only difference was that there were no sentinels patrolling back and forth.
A short time after entering the garrison he came to the only hardened main road, and he was no longer as cautious as before, but looked around, anxious to find a fork in the road.
Although the action was reckless, the camp was very quiet at night, and the Chak tribe who had been busy all day rested in the tent, and occasionally encountered only focused on their own affairs, and no one paid attention to him.
After finding the junction, he quickly entered, crossed the tent, came to the cactus bush, and vaguely saw someone waiting there, so he motioned for the giant scorpion to stop, and instinctively looked around, confirming the surrounding situation.
Jabek Chunyue saw someone coming, and strode forward while waving his hand.
"Jabek Chunyue?" asked Mu Chen in surprise.
The girl in front of her has completely changed into a person, dressed in tawny striped animal skin, with short sleeves and shoulders on her upper body, animal hair at the mouth, revealing her entire arms, a leather skirt on her lower body that wraps her hips, only thirty or forty centimeters in length, and animal skin boots that reach to her calves on her feet, and the soles of the boots are made of strong and wearable animal bones.
"Why, I don't know you anymore when you change your clothes, Mu Chen. When she approached, Mu Chen was able to confirm it.
"It's too dark to see clearly, are you going to the Human Continent with me like this?" Mu Chen asked embarrassedly.
"In this way, I only brought simple luggage, and I took too many things for fear of being discovered by my clansmen. ”
"Wear it like this... Are you sure it's okay?"
"Of course, it's not cumbersome, and it's easy to move. ”
"How are we going to get out so late?"
"We can pretend to be a couple and say go out on a date if asked. ”
"Couples... Dating..."Mu Chen stammered and repeated, and then asked, "This... Will this work?"
"You sit in the front, I'll sit in the back, let's go. Seeing the embarrassment on Mu Chen's face, Jabek Chunyue quickly pushed him towards the giant scorpion, sat on the tail by himself, and waited for him to come up.
The two sat on the back of the giant scorpion, and along the way, Mu Chen always recalled the words of the Wasteland King, wanted to communicate tentatively with her, but didn't know where to start, looked back at her a few times, and couldn't discuss these things in her current state, so she dispelled the idea of dialogue.
Jabek Chunyue sat behind and looked around, the irrepressible pleasure on his face, and he also lowered his head and smiled from time to time, the whole person was enjoying the excitement, and there was no time to pay attention to Mu Chen. The two sat quietly like this, and neither of them took the initiative to speak.
The giant scorpion moved quickly according to the route it came, and when it arrived at the patrol post, Jabek Chunyue wrapped his hands around Mu Chen from his waist, and he immediately sat up straight and motionless as if he had been electrocuted.
"Why are you going so late, from which clan?" asked the patrolman.
"Get out... Get out... Hunt. Mu Chen stammered in his reply, and he didn't know if he was overwhelmed by Jabek Chunyue's hugging, or if he deliberately acted it out to deceive the patrol.
"It's a little bit of a hunting, you guys are dating. The patrol laughed and teased, and Jabek Chunyue hurriedly withdrew his hand, bowing his head shyly, pretending to be discovered.
"Let them pass, you said that the little couple came out on a date at this time, and they would be interrogated by us, what a disappointment. The patrol soldier on the side came forward to dissuade them, and then said to them: "Pay attention to safety, don't be carried away by love, find a place without magical beasts." ”
I thought I was here to solve the siege, but I didn't expect to come here to ridicule. The patrolmen laughed and made a gesture of approval.
The two looked at each other shyly and rode away quickly on a giant scorpion. It wasn't until the firelight of the patrol post disappeared into the darkness that Mu Chen got off his back, twisted his stiff body, and said, "Let's go for a walk, I'm tired of sitting." ”
"Okay. She immediately agreed, and jumped off the scorpion's back.
The two walked side by side on the sand dunes, and the giant scorpion gradually disappeared into the sand, only the tail hook was still swinging.
"Are all hunters in your clan?" Mu Chen broke the awkward atmosphere and took the initiative to ask.
"Hunters? No, we are a fighting race, we have all kinds of talents, and most of the coincidental people you saw that day are hunters, and I am not, I am a summoner. She pulled out a wand from behind her and proved her talent.
The wand was very short, only forty or fifty centimeters, metallic, carved with dragon patterns, and the top was inlaid with an egg-sized angular green spirit stone, which reflected the faint moonlight in the dark night.
"Summoner, I really didn't see it, I always thought you were a hunter. How could a summoner clean up the corpse of a lizardman, and he was so skilled with a razor. ”
"This kind of trivial thing is known to our people, we hunt demonic beasts, and then use corpses as raw materials to process and make food, clothing, weapons and armor, and so on. ”
"Well, that's right, there's nothing but demonic beasts here, you deal with corpses all day long, and after a long time, you will naturally become familiar with it. But I'm curious, don't the corpses disappear? The monsters I killed in the wasteland usually disappear after a few hours, and only the items they carry will remain in place. ”
"The corpse of the monster will not disappear as long as it is disposed of, such as long-distance transportation, dismemberment, etc., have you never touched the corpse?"
"I only take useful equipment and special items on them as trophies, and the corpses are rarely touched. ”
"Yes, you don't dispose of corpses, so what do you eat? Don't humans eat monsters?" Junyue thought it was a little incredible.
"Ah, in the mainland where humans live, no one wants to deal with Warcraft, humans live by planting, gathering, animal husbandry, fishing and hunting, invention and manufacturing, division of labor and cooperation, and it has nothing to do with Warcraft, if there is no Warcraft, it may be better to live. ”
"It's... This is completely different from the wasteland, if there were no demonic beasts in this world, we wasteland people really don't know how to live. Jabek Chunyue's face was full of surprise, although he couldn't imagine it, he still believed what Mu Chen said.
"It was only after I came to the wasteland that I found that there are so many differences between us, even if humans rarely communicate with the people of the wasteland, but after all, they still live on the same land, and even there are so many cognitive differences in terms of food, so what is the world behind the wasteland, how curious. "The exploration of the unknown, or the question of the known, has always been the goal of Mu Chen's pursuit.
"I'm also curious, thank you for taking me out of the wasteland to the human continent, Mu Chen. She smiled and thanked Mu Chen again.
"No thanks, you helped me sneak into the palace and leave the Chake Department smoothly, so take it as a thank you, Jabek Chunyue. Mu Chen was a little embarrassed, turned his head and smiled shyly.
"Just call me Junyue. By the way, did you meet the King of the Wasteland going well?" "Chunyue was not surprised at all that Mu Chen went to see the King of the Wasteland last night, she already knew Mu Chen's purpose when they separated.
Mu Chen was silent for a moment and said, "It's okay, it's nothing more than telling him that I will come back, so that he is ready to be defeated by me." He didn't know if it was appropriate to tell Chunyue the whole truth, so he had to deal with it casually.
"Just for this, you took such a big risk to infiltrate our tribe? Junyue asked half-jokingly.
"I've been to the Wasteland King's palace many times, and I've never seen anyone else, how can I say that he is also the overlord of the wasteland, don't you deal with him?" Mu Chen changed the subject.
"It's the overlord of the wasteland, but he basically doesn't see anyone, the leaders of the major tribes have clear rules that they are not allowed to approach the palace, our tribe is the one of the three major tribes who specialize in protecting the palace, and they are not allowed to approach, let alone other tribes. I don't know exactly why. ”
"I said that he has a perverse personality, has no relatives or friends, is under house arrest in the wasteland, and does not even have a name, so you don't know him either. ”
"It seems that only the leaders of the tribes have seen him, but he never mentions it to us, and no one talks about him in the wasteland, if you hadn't always challenged him in the past two years, I really didn't have any curiosity about him. ”
"Then have you ever heard why the King of the Wasteland is stationed there, and is he really guarding the world behind him?"
"I don't know this, but it's the first time I've heard of the world behind him. ”
"Didn't anyone mention it? Didn't your tribal leader say anything?"
"No, I'm not a core member of the tribe, and I don't have many opportunities to meet the leader. Junzuki's cheeks flushed as if she had done something wrong.
"We were born to be assigned to various tribes, and our tribe is located in the deepest part of the wasteland, I have heard of the Infinity City from the merchants of the Bakery Department, I have heard that the city is magnificent, prosperous and busy, and human life is varied, and in my eyes the human world is the world behind the king of the wasteland in your mouth. But what's behind the wasteland, I really don't know, I'm sorry I didn't help you. Chunyue tried her best to explain.
"I... I didn't mean it that way, I just thought you were a wasteland and might have heard about it. Hearing her say this, Mu Chen's compelling question really seemed to be questioning.
"Okay, let's not talk about this, don't worry, I will definitely take you to the human continent, take you to the Infinite City, and take you to experience the life of human beings. Mu Chen apologized with a promise.
"Okay, Mu Chen. We actually have the same idea, but in different directions, you want to see the world behind the Wasteland King, and I want to see your life, although I can't be satisfied at the same time now, but I still hope to be your fellow travelers, you are responsible for showing the way, I can follow you, haha. Chunyue felt a little numb after speaking, and laughed unconsciously.
"Fellow traveler, okay, fellow traveler Jabek Chunyue, hehe. Mu Chen also laughed.
He was moved by Chunyue's cheerful personality, and he no longer responded astringently, and the two of them talked and laughed and set off towards the gate boundary map of the wasteland.