Chapter 15: The Companions
Every night was quiet and scary, but Xing Zeyuan was used to it. People tend to lose themselves easily when there is no one to accompany them, but people who have goals and are determined will become stronger when no one is around.
Today is May 23, 2016, and he has been away from Arbor City for four days, and he has walked a long way. Xing Zeyuan followed the map he had drawn a red line, and the road led to the Great Mercenary City of Heishui Prefecture and along the Longquan Mountain Stream. This is the route that Xi He planned with him, and it is also a path that he can make himself stronger.
There are fewer towns and cities on this road, so Xing Zeyuan looks a little dirty, and the weather is getting hotter, but he has nowhere to take a hot shower.
Along the way there are woods, and the occasional bare piece of land is a rarity.
"Anyone?"
Xing Zeyuan didn't follow the main road, so he hadn't seen a few people all the time, and now he was about fifty meters in front of him. A man squatted on the ground and lit a fire, as if preparing lunch.
When he was about to make a detour, the man also looked at him, the adult man was tall, even though there was a distance of fifty meters, Xing Zeyuan could judge that he was one meter eight tall. Walking over, the man was carrying something that proved that he was a hiker.
"Hello brother!"
The man wiped a handful of dust from his face, rubbed his hands, and wanted to shake hands with Xing Zeyuan.
"Hello!"
"A mercenary?"
A good fire is lit, and the man roasts bloody game. Don't forget to turn your head to look at Xing Zeyuan.
"Hmm!"
Xing Zeyuan's answer was very simple, he was very vigilant, and he initially judged that this honest-looking man did not look like the kind of person who did bad things.
"Sit down, it's noon, it's hot!"
This sentence pierced Xing Zeyuan's heart, Xing Zeyuan sat on his backpack, took out water and cakes, and some dried meat with only salty taste.
"Eat something hot!"
Pointing to his barbecue, the man introduced himself:
"I'm Tiff, I'm going to Blackwater, what about you?"
"Xing Zeyuan, go find a few scattered partners!"
"Oh, you don't see how old you are, and you still have to find scattered companions? Why, they are also mercenaries? What a hero!"
This man looked thirty years away, gulping down water, extremely bold.
"Yes, they're all mercenaries, we're from a regiment. ”
Xing Zeyuan smiled at the corner of his mouth, and there was a lot of longing in his eyes. He did go to find his scattered companions, and some things were arranged by the heavens, such as his encounter with his companions. It's just that what he's saying now is for self-defense.
"Hello mercenary, I'm also a mercenary, but I haven't formed a group yet!"
The man didn't continue to ask Xing Zeyuan if it was the mercenary group, and he pulled up Xing Zeyuan's caution even more. The first time he went out, Xing Zeyuan felt that the people who approached him were all people with intentions.
Rubbing his sore shoulders, Xing Zeyuan rested on his backpack for a while, his eyes swept over the man from time to time.
"Taste a little!"
handed over some barbecued meat, which made Xing Zeyuan swallow a mouthful of saliva.
"No need!"
If it was poisonous, his trip would be over.
"You're welcome, it's not poisonous!"
took a bite of barbecue, as if he was deliberately showing Xing Zeyuan.
The man insisted again and again, and Xing Zeyuan took it. For a few days, he had not encountered any wild meat, and in May no wild fruit had grown, so he ate his own dry cakes and dried meat every day, and now he had all the food he had prepared. Eating dry cakes for several days in a row made his stomach feel a little unbearable, and the hot barbecue in front of him was an irresistible thing for him.
The barbecue sprinkled with seasonings was delicious, and Xing Zeyuan felt energetic after eating the barbecue.
"It seems that there are still more good people than bad people in the world. ”
The man handed over a small piece of barbecue meat in his hand, and Xing Zeyuan took it.
"Rely on relatives at home, rely on friends outside! Xing Zeyuan, we may be able to walk together for a while!"
Tiff grinned and smiled innocently.
"Okay!"
"How are you going to go?"
After eating some more cakes, Tiff habitually handed some of his good-tasting cakes to Xing Zeyuan, and Xing Zeyuan went from refusing at the beginning to slowly taking it, and his actions became more and more relaxed.
There is servility in the blood of people, and most people are used to being led by others because they can't make decisions.
"From here, go to Roland Rona, then rely on the Longquan Mountain Stream to rely on the source state, and then pass through the Naoshan state, which is the Heishui state. ”
Pointing at the map without any page markers, Tiff glanced at Xing Zeyuan with slanted eyes.
"We're on a similar route, so it would be nice if we could go together!"
"We are all mercenaries, according to the rules of the mercenary world, I will give you my identity card, and you will also give me your identity card, we will believe in each other. The mercenaries have a hard road, and they can only go further by relying on each other. ”
"That's a philosophical statement. ”
Xing Zeyuan glanced at the identity card handed over by Steve, this hard card is too important, you need an identity card to go out of the state and stay in a hotel. They are little people who are not famous, and they are not enough to let others remember their appearance.
Returning the confirmed identity card, Xing Zeyuan said:
"No, this thing is too important, put it away!"
"Hmm!"
"Ready to go?"
"Good!"
Carrying a big bag, he was a little unaccustomed to it at first, but after a long time, Xing Zeyuan gradually got used to the feeling of having a person around him.
"There is a person around me who is just different, and I don't feel tired after an afternoon of walking. ”
Tiff said, picking his teeth with a small wooden stick and looking at the stars in the sky.
There are generally many days in the Star World throughout the year that are full of stars, because outside the world, there are hundreds of millions of star gods. Their brilliance is like that of otherworldly fairies, standing among the vulgar and rough rouge vulgar women, and the pride of the crowd makes them seldom conceal their brilliance.
"The peers are indeed very good!"
Xing Zeyuan and Tiff are a little different in age, but Tiff is like an ordinary man who doesn't know anything. He determined Xing Zeyuan's identity through his words and deeds, and went out to prevent fraud, which is the consensus of everyone!
"Why do you want to be a mercenary when you're so young?"
"Dreams!"
"Dreams?"
Tiff smiled.
"When I was younger, I dared to tell people that I had dreams. ”
"Why don't you dare to say it now?"
"Because I don't have that ability, I feel weak when I say that I want to become a big person!
"What was your previous dream?"
"Quite a mercenary group leader, but after going around in circles, he is still alone!"
"A mercenary group requires at least three or more people to form it. ”
There was a twinkle in Steve's eyes, he didn't know this. It's just that sometimes you desperately want to do something, but God just doesn't want you to succeed, I don't know if it's a test for you or a problem for you.
"You're careful when you're out and about!"
No matter how much Tiff says that he is older than Xing Zeyuan, he should know very well how he should be outside, and he must pay attention to it at a glance!
"You too! We've been observing each other for so long, and it's not short to say that it's not short, but we can support each other a little. ”
For the afternoon, they both focused on each other, but they were satisfied, and they finally had someone by their side who could go with them.
"Well, go to bed early, and continue on your way tomorrow, and you're going to find your companions?"
"I'll tell you the truth, that's my nonsense, I'm thinking about where to find my companion now!"
With a sigh, Xing Zeyuan couldn't help but be lonely, but he was really curious. What kind of person is the person who is waiting for you?
"You'll find it someday. ”
This way of comfort is not new, but Xing Zeyuan is still very moved.
"Thank you!"
"Sleep!"
After looking at the sky quietly for a long time, the stars in the sky were like a long galaxy, and a small star cluster in Xing Zeyuan's chest was slowly thumping.
Many people can't become "teachers" because they don't understand how the human body feels the power of the star god, but Xing Zeyuan knows that that feeling is like you standing in place and a girl you like walking over. Even with your eyes closed, you will be thrilled by the fragrance, and that feeling may be the best description of feeling the star cluster.
The next morning, they began to hurry again, which also had the advantage of exercising their physical fitness.
Xing Zeyuan's body is getting stronger and stronger day by day, and his sixty-kilogram body contains the strength of a beast, and every trace of muscle is precipitated with extremely strong explosive power. The one-meter-high backpack on his back is no joke, and Xing Zeyuan's shoulders have been strangled with several red marks, and the upper layer of skin is worn out.
The soft armor on his body is also very heavy, compared to Xing Zeyuan, Tiff looks much more relaxed in short clothes, but if he encounters danger, he only has a meter-long knife on his waist to use, and a small dagger tied to his big arm.
"After walking for so long, it seems that we are still in Caranrona. ”
Xing Zeyuan glanced at the map that he could take out of the leather bag on the side of the backpack.
"It's only been a few days, how can we get out of the state so quickly? And we still walked on the border mountain range of Caranrona, where the terrain is rugged, and it is normal to walk slowly. Walk a little further, and when you reach Roland Rona you will go a little faster, and there is a plain. ”
"Hmm!"
Xing Zeyuan gradually discovered that the theories he usually learned in the academy were useless, even if he could recite the world map, only by experiencing it himself, could he experience a little bit of enlightenment.
The mountainous terrain is rugged, and the higher the terrain, the more mountain ecosystems there are, and from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, different animals are roughly distributed in different places. But these mountains are not very high, so the only beasts often gather together.
"There's water up ahead!"
Xing Zeyuan sighed.
"It's a pity that this is a mountainous area, where there is water, there will definitely be wild beasts. Let's take a detour!"
Pulling out a meter-long quick knife from his waist, Tiff carefully held the slightly thicker handle and followed behind Xing Zeyuan. This kid who doesn't look like an adult yet, gives him the feeling of a mercenary veteran who is used to walking on the tip of a knife.