39. Mechanism
At this moment, Xia Zuo was struggling to hug the middle of a tree, intending to continue to climb up, but no matter what, he could only move forward a little.
It is a tall tree called the "Blue Honey Tree", with a straight trunk and strong branches in every place, enough for adults to climb and tread.
"Quack~"
A beautiful frog call came from a place close overhead, but when Xia Zuo climbed and made a loud noise, the frog would stop calling vigilantly.
That is the goal of Xia Zuo's trip - the blue honey tree frog.
Before returning to this place, Xia Zuo wanted to go to the village chief's house to find most of the materials, but on the way, he found that there was one material in the list that was assigned to the wrong place, which should have been given to Rebecca to collect - fresh saliva from the blue honey tree frog.
No matter what, this unpopular material is impossible for the village chief's family to have, let alone be fresh.
But the points were all divided, and Rebecca didn't have it on her list, so Xia Zuo had to come by himself.
At that time, Xia Zuo had just moved away from the chickens wandering in the village, and just as he was staring at the list with a sad face, but he didn't look at the road, his body suddenly began to react automatically, and his legs took a big step forward, and Xia Zuo regained control.
The process was less than half a second, and Xia Zuo was suddenly frightened, thinking that an enemy was quietly attacking him.
When I looked back, I realized that there was a stone on the ground that was blocking the way, and I had just tripped over it, and the "achievement reward" saved me.
But similar to the previous cliff fall, Xia Zuo's body only avoided danger and did not launch a counterattack...... I still wonder why I didn't fight back against the stone, and I didn't fight back against the mountain when I fell off the cliff before.
Maybe there is some kind of judgment rule that Xia Zuo has not yet fully understood - counterattack is not inevitable, and counterattack will not act on objects that are not actively attacking him.
Just like the first time he activated this ability, it was because the goblin threw a bone club at him, and after dodging, the target of the counterattack was not the bone club, but the culprit goblin.
In addition, the counterattack is not inevitable, when he fought with Grim before, Xia Zuo used the most resistant will so far to hinder the counterattack, and did not ask for Grim's life.
And dodging is not necessarily dodging, Xia Zuo automatically pulled out his sword to pick away Grim's attack, this behavior is more like avoidance, making an automatic parry.
It seems that "Auto Dodge and Counterattack" is still quite smart and will not do some meaningless things, Xia Zuo smiled with relief, but remembered that when he first faced the Goblin Knight, why did he fight back against its slippery armor with his bare hands? …… Although it will not cause any serious consequences, it will appear embarrassing.
I didn't go far, there was a plum tree beside the road, and the green plum was not yet ripe, but there was not much left of it.
That tree is the same as the stone that will trip Xia Zuo just now, it is an obstacle, Xia Zuo thought to himself, if he doesn't dodge, his body will also avoid it when he walks there, what a convenient ability~
Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one not slack off.
There are still dangers and unknowns in the future, Xia Zuo felt the need to figure out his ability, so he simply quickened his pace to find out, five meters, three meters, and one meter away from the plum tree, and was about to respond automatically, Xia Zuo was convinced of this.
"Bang~!"
Suddenly, the leaves fell, scattering all over the ground.
Not far from the door of the house, after dinner, the little girl who sat on the wooden steps and took a nap covered her mouth with "qiqiqi" and smiled.
Look at the big brother who didn't hide when he saw the little tree, he didn't know what he was thinking, he had to bump into it, and now he was holding his red forehead and complaining.
It was rude to laugh at someone, and the little girl realized this, got up and ran back into the house, peeked through the door frame, and quietly observed...... As long as you laugh at others without being discovered, it's not rude, right?
Xia Zuo, who was dizzy, was even more confused at the moment, wondering why his body didn't turn on the automatic mode, was it the wrong posture of hitting the tree? There is unwillingness.
It can't be out of order, huh? He decided to try again, took a few steps back, and walked straight towards the plum tree.
Maybe the damage was not big enough last time to be slight and not dodge? Is it dangerous to almost trip over a stone just now?
Xia Zuo then trotted up, increasing the damage he felt.
"Bang~!"
A similar history appeared, and,
「hp-2」
The information displayed on the left side of the field of vision is a real damage.
There was no dodge!
Also because the impact was too strong, Xia Zuo fell backwards due to the reaction force, and was about to fall to the ground with his back.
Xia Zuo was frightened for a while, and suddenly, uncontrollably, he automatically reached back to support the ground, making his body "skillfully" turn over, and his feet landed safely, and Xia Zuo could move on his own again.
He looked at his body in amazement.
The little girl who was observing behind the door also covered her mouth in surprise, and then unconsciously patted her little hand without making a sound, in order to show her uncontrollable admiration.
What just happened? The body got up automatically again, Xia Zuo thought quickly, why he didn't stop himself when he hit the tree, but when he overturned, he automatically dodged but responded.
To summarize the difference between the two behaviors, hitting the tree is your own initiative, and falling is unintentional or resistant. Maybe...... When the latter condition is met, the body will automatically react, after all, he was not willing to accept the goblin's attack before, nor was he willing to accept Grim's attack
"I see," he touched his chin, "but it's just speculation, and it needs to be tested again." ”
Xia Zuo took a few steps back from the plum tree, this time he saw its position, closed his eyes, and began to walk forward quickly.
He didn't fall because he was afraid of falling before, but now, Xia Zuo adjusted his mentality and was ready to hit the tree, but he didn't know when he would hit the tree, just like when he faced the enemy for the first time, he didn't know when he would throw his weapon.
The HP of one or two percent of the damage is not a serious consequence, and the information area has already transmitted the information of automatic HP+1, and the HP recovery speed is much faster after reaching level 5.
The little girl by the door began to stop hiding, curious to see what the big brother was going to do in particular.
When Xia Zuo's fast pace ran out of the fifth stroke, his body was out of control, and when he opened his eyes, he found that he had rubbed with the plum tree sideways, and the safety brake was not far away, and he could regain control of his body.
Seeing that Xia Zuo's movements were not as cool as the last somersault, the little girl pursed her mouth in frustration.
"And so it was!" Xia Zuo said excitedly, "For "unwanted" and "unknown", the body will make an automatic dodge, as for the counterattack, it depends on the specific situation, just now I took the initiative to hit the tree, the tree is not the culprit, there is no reason to fight back against the tree, and the counterattack can also be curbed by my efforts......"
"Big brother, what the hell are you doing?"
Xia Zuo, who was concentrating on the analysis, found that a little girl came to the side at some point, only as tall as her own legs, with a ponytail, very well-behaved.
"I'm studying something..."Xia Zuo replied helplessly.
"Do you want to study how to knock the plums off my tree?" The little girl pointed to the green bumps on the tree and said.
Xia Zuo shook his head violently, "How come, and there is nothing delicious about the green plums that are not yet ripe." ”
Hearing Xia Zuo say that the fruit on her plum tree would not be delicious, the little girl puffed up her face, "Nonsense, it's obviously delicious, I'll pick one for you to taste, don't say it's not delicious~!" ”
After that, the little girl was about to climb a tree, but was stopped by Xia Zuo.
"Eh, then there's no need to..."Xia Zuo felt that since the mechanism had been initially figured out, more details would be discussed in the future, and it was better not to make such a striking embarrassing move now, the villagers were almost over dinner, "By the way, Liya, have you heard of the Blue Honey Tree?" ”
"I know that, the petals are very sweet~" The little girl crossed her waist and said proudly.
"Uh-huh, yes." Xia Zuo recalled the illustrated book of the blue honey tree, as well as the introduction of the petals of the blue honey tree, all said that it was very sweet.
"There's it over there~" The little girl pointed to the trees in the village to the north, which was a small hill with steep terrain and no houses.
Then the wind blew a blue petal, which was caught by Xia Zuo, and the season had passed, and it was a little withered, but it was still a beautiful sky blue.
"Sweet taste..."Before putting it in his mouth, Xia Zuo smelled a sweet smell from it, and looked up at the bushes.
"By the way, big brother, how do you know that my name is Liya~?" The little girl touched her lips with her fingers, and looked up at Xia Zuo with a pair of big eyes full of doubts.
Leaked mouth... Xia Zuo, who realized it, blamed himself a little and lowered his face.