Chapter 15: The Village
"What's wrong, what are you running away all of a sudden?" Zhan Ruyi looked at Lin Shuai puzzled and asked.
The moment the Kun turned into Peng and flew into the sky, Lin Shuai suddenly pulled her up and started running without saying a word, as if he saw what a terrible thing he saw, Zhan Ruyi didn't know what he was doing, he only felt that the starry sky after the clouds were torn apart by Peng was very beautiful.
"Ugh." Lin Shuai shook his head and was silent, looking at the huge figure in the sky that covered the sky and the sun, his eyes were deep.
He didn't have the slightest sense of mission, and was inexplicably forced to add a heavy responsibility, and the first thing he thought of was to dodge.
He just wants his wife and children to be hot on the kang, and he doesn't have a heart to sweep away the injustices in the world.
So Peng fell into the water with a bang, and the Zhenling Monument sank to the bottom of the sea again, and with a long sigh, he suppressed the resentment of hundreds of millions of living beings.
It's just that time is running out.
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The boring days passed day by day, and the home of the uninhabited island became more and more magnificent with the efforts of the two.
Level 6 homes, covering an area of 2,000 square meters.
Surrounded by layers of hard marble walls, it fends off the attacks of the Forest Hounds and Forest Hunters, and the high-level turrets mingle with the low-level turrets that glow brightly, taking away most of the monsters' health with every bombardment.
On the top floor of the castle that was beginning to take shape, Lin Shuai and Zhan Ruyi lay there leisurely, drinking tea made with honey, and in their spare time they controlled the terrifying war machine to deliver a fatal blow, and they could gain a lot of experience.
In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed.
At this time, the home is the result of the two of them in the past half a month, and the monsters outside are the siege monsters that Lin Shuai had guessed before.
However, they were not sent by the monster in the swamp, nor were they spawned by the system to increase the difficulty, but were infested by another lord.
Wilson, as a plot character, is a scientist who has spent an unknown number of years on an uninhabited island, and he has never given up looking for a way home.
Lin Shuai encountered him in the wild by chance, and Wilson, who only had the strength of a level 34 elite boss, was chased by the two.
After all, his special ability is not in combat, but in invention, and the two of them have a thulium armor with ridiculously high defense and attack power.
The level and strength of the characters in the plot are determined according to the object being attacked.
So Lin Shuai understands why Wes is so different from Wendy, because he was targeting NPCs at the beginning, and he has never done anything to Lin Shuai.
Wilson couldn't beat the two of them, and summoned a terrifying machine, but unfortunately the combat power comparable to Gundam had to be obediently turned into a children's toy under the rules of an uninhabited island.
The two of them took out the Gundam and revealed a blueprint of the mechanical golem, but Wilson disappeared.
The two of them traced the trail to his residence, which was a huge military base that had been developed for an unknown number of years, and there was no manpower, but the mechanical labor force was many grades better than the manpower.
A random turret outside the military base sent the two home, and Wilson's revenge continued uninterrupted.
However, due to the restrictions of uninhabited islands, Wilson could not send a large number of monster groups that exceeded the level of two people to attack his homeland, and the military force of an empty base could not be used, not to mention how aggrieved he was.
And here, because the two of them got the drawings of the mechanical puppets, they created a group of mechanical servants in the blink of an eye.
There are servants who automatically mine and cut wood in search of resources, and the development of the homeland can only be described as rapid.
Otherwise, just the level 6 home needs wood x10, stone x10, gold x8000, gear x1000, how can the two of them build it in just half a month, and they are about to be upgraded to level 7!
The mechanical servants can even help explore the map, and the two of them spend the days of raising an uncle, leisurely like fairies.
A wave of monster sieges was quickly wiped out, and the castle was enclosed with a soft glow, reverting to the confines of the safe zone, and dozens of mechanical servants began to move in and out to mend the damaged walls and machinery.
Lin Shuai drank all the tea in the cup in one go, got up and patted his buttocks, and said to Zhan Ruyi on the side: "Let's go, it's not like that all the time, you have to see what the way out is like." ”
Zhan Ruyi's expression darkened for a moment, and he didn't say anything and followed Lin Shuai down the castle.
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Lin Shuai only guessed half correctly about the siege, the monster siege is not forced, and the lord can choose the battle time by himself.
The right of the safe zone is in the hands of the lord.,If you don't open the safe zone, the monster will never be able to attack.,The same can't attack the monster.。
It's just that if you don't attack the monster, the monster will always be stationed outside the home, and the two of them will be blocked from going out, so the first thing the two of them do every day is to open the safe zone to meet the enemy.
The drawings of the mechanical puppet were like opening a plug-in for the two of them again, and the two of them, who were just level 35, had already created a terrifying level 5 magic energy core.
An unlocked level 5 turret that can deal exaggerated damage of 5-10 in a single hit.
You must know that most of the level 35 monsters have this amount of blood, which makes the siege monster completely become an activity for two people to brush up on experience, but Wilson stomped his feet angrily but there was nothing he could do.
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The two of them came to a room in the castle, where a black door was placed, and the light in the door was in the shape of a black hole, and everything that touched it would be involved.
Maxwell's Gate was discovered and moved back a week ago.
Lin Shuai had long wanted to go on an adventure, but Zhan Ruyi said that his strength was not enough and he still needed to be upgraded, and Lin Shuai, who had already discovered something, did not break it, so he dragged it out until now.
Half a month has passed, the miraculous service has reached a full month, the currency exchange system has been opened, and the value of gold coins has rapidly depreciated from 1:10 to 1:0.8.
The store has been in operation for half a month, Lin Shuai feels that it is time for him to go out and see the changes in the outside world, he can't keep shrinking here as a soft meal, not to mention that there is a factor that makes him very uncomfortable here.
The two of them changed into the same service they wore when they came here, the durability had been repaired by the machine factory, and they were not allowed to carry anything from the two seas when they entered Maxwell's Gate, except for food.
Lin Shuai gave the castle an order to be permanently blocked, and until the two of them returned, the monsters outside would not be able to attack the safe zone even if they were piled up.
There was darkness outside the castle for no reason, Charlie's shadow and darkness merged into one, quietly looking at the two people in the castle, there were two familiar figures beside her, Wendy and Abigail.
The two people in the castle couldn't see this scene, and they reluctantly touched the walls of the castle, and Lin Shuai finally smiled at her, with an inexplicable meaning.
"Hint: Do you want to start Maxwell's trials? Failure to perform the trial will drop all non-binding items on the body, and Maxwell's Gate will disappear. ”
It's a very high price, and the "Lazy" Orb is an unbound item, and if it fails, it will even fall out.
Lin Shuai's eyes were solemn, he chose yes, stretched out his arm to the black hole, and the two suddenly disappeared into the castle.
"Hint: You're in Burning Purgatory, the air is filled with fiery fire elementals, hunger and thirst drop rate increases by 100%, and health per minute is -10."
As far as the eye can see, there are black rocks, and the dark red magma flows slowly, confirming that a terrible natural disaster has just occurred here, and the scenery is desolate everywhere.
The air was filled with volcanic ash, mixed with scorching gas, and Lin Shuai felt that every breath of air he breathed was burning with flames, and he was extremely uncomfortable.
Zhan Ruyi was not around, the two of them were teleported to different areas, Lin Shuai adapted to the spot for a while, and found the trial target prompted by the system.
"Hint: Find the Temple of Fire hidden in the depths of the volcano, pass the test of flames, and get the Source of Burning to reach another area."
Volcano, temple of fire. Lin Shuai remembered these two keywords, and looked into the distance, and there was a huge shadow standing faintly in the dust.
Thinking that it should be where the volcano is, Lin Shuai began to move there.
The minimap is gray and unavailable, meaning you could get lost at any time.
There is a lot of food and water resources in the belt, and it is not a problem to close it for a month, Lin Shuai is worried about Zhan Ruyi.
The backpacks of the two people in the world of the uninhabited island are not available, and the backpacks that enter the two realms of the sea here are not usable, Zhan Ruyi only has a belt of 10 spaces of space, and the storage of food is limited, Lin Shuai is afraid that she will starve to death.
Stepping on the rugged volcanic rocks, Lin Shuai needs to be mentally up, these newly solidified rocks have many sharp edges and corners, as well as violent high temperatures, and accidentally stepping on them will cause high damage, and it will be very painful.
The pain system does not weaken the pain caused by nature.
The volcanic rock is inhabited by many monsters that can adapt to the heat, the most common of which is the lava monster, which is made up of several large rocks and flowing lava.
A level 40 monster with 15 HP.
Although Lin Shuai's level is high, the equipment is still the same as when he was at level 20, and the magic attack is only 1335 points now, and the blood volume is not as high as the magic attack, so it is a little difficult to deal with.
Fortunately, in the past half a month, Lin Shuai has promoted all his skills to mutation skills, with the strange ability of "Linglong Illusory World", and even the most difficult to upgrade "Bright Breath" has been upgraded to level 3 to complete the mutation.
Shield of Radiance.
Lin Shuai waved his hand and put on a magic shield with a level 3 durability of up to 2, which lasted for 1 minute, and only after 1 minute would it start to consume mana.
The fireball of the lava monster fell on the light shield, smashing out a thumping sound, the damage was only 2000+, Lin Shuai simply did not dodge or dodge, the durability of the shield of light was enough for it to fight for a while, and there was a time CD was slowed down.
Breath of Light - Mutation Lv1.
Increases Light Attribute Damage by an additional 30%, and the Holy Light covers the surface of the Radiant Shield, faintly forming a protective shield covered in spikes.
After the Bright Breath mutation, you can choose to gain 30%-50% defense or 20% anti-damage effect.
Defense becomes more difficult to stack at higher levels, for example, 700 defense points are required to reach 50% damage immunity at level 35, and a perfect set of level 30 equipment generally can't add that much.
And some equipment has basic attributes such as increasing mana regeneration or health regeneration, so the defense buff is still very useful.
It's just that the anti-injury is also a group effect, and Lin Shuai naturally chose this development direction because of his magic shield skills.
Every time the lava monster hits Lin Shuai, it will receive 400+ attacks of counter-damage damage, the damage is a light attribute, if the other party is an evil monster, this damage can be doubled, which is considerable.
Holy Flame.
The milky white flame fell on the lava monster's body, and a layer of "vulnerable" debuff immediately appeared on its head, which stacked every two seconds, and the skill damage of "Holy Flame-Mutation" level 3 should not be underestimated.
Lava cubes' health starts to slowly decrease.
Lin Shuai threw himself a holy hand skill, killing monsters is not the main thing, in his eyes, rushing is the first place, the holy hand will randomly increase the movement speed by 10%, which is very useful for him.
The blood volume of each monster was worn out, and Lin Shuai was not at ease to kill it, and after a while, dozens of lava monsters were followed behind him.
Their speed was very slow, but they chased after each other, and after Lin Shuai tried to close the combat distance to no avail, he didn't dare to attract monsters anymore and began to kill the monsters behind him little by little.
In the gloomy world, Lin Shuai had already seen a restless volcano, the crater was billowing smoke, Lin Shuai doubted that he would climb halfway to the volcano and suddenly erupt, then he really couldn't run.
Not long after approaching the volcano, Lin Shuai was looking for a way to climb the mountain, and a second monster appeared in the magma.
Flame Lizard, level 40, action speed is very fast, Lin Shuai's progress is much slower.
There has been no suitable climbing spot, Lin Shuai can only circle around the towering volcano, and after walking for an unknown amount of time, the scene in front of him made Lin Shuai stunned, and then his face was full of incredulity.
On one side of the volcano is an endless barren area, and behind it, there is actually a beautiful landscape! Even the sky was split in two by some strange force, and it was incomparably blue.
The sun that has not been seen for a long time is high in the sky, and Lin Shuai can even hear the noise of children in the village at the foot of the mountain!
Lin Shuai looked back at the mountain in a daze, it was a volcano, but a tortuous plank road was built, and there was no trace of eruption, as if disaster and destruction only existed on the other side of the mountain.
Lin Shuai took a step back, his eyes were shrouded in gloom again, and he took a step forward and suddenly opened up.
I have to sigh from the bottom of my heart the magic of this world.
Replenishing some food and water, Lin Shuai slowly walked towards the smoke-shrouded place.
The system would definitely not brush out a village for no reason, Lin Shuai suspected that even if he reached the top of the mountain, he would not find any trace of the Fire Temple, this village must have its reason for existence.
A gentle path leads to the village, and on the road are patches of farmland, Lin Shuai unconsciously remembered the fields in his home, which was the only thing that the two of them needed to manage manually.
There were busy villagers in the farmland, and they also looked at Lin Shuai, an uninvited guest, Lin Shuai could not see vigilance in their eyes, only curiosity and kindness.
So his vigilance became even stronger.
This is the world of trials, not for him to travel and vacation, the friendliness of the villagers is the most abnormal situation, if they all raise their farm tools to pounce on themselves, Lin Shuai thinks that is the normal situation.
I have to say that the brain circuits of people with "persecution paranoia" are so novel.
"Young man, did you come from the other side of the mountain?"
Soon, someone was greeted from the village and asked with a look of surprise.
Lin Shuai saw that he was a friendly unit with a green name, and nodded, "That's right." ”
The middle-aged man was overjoyed and shouted to the people behind him: "Go and inform the village chief, and say that the prophet has arrived, and our village is saved!" ”
Lin Shuai was then surrounded by everyone into the village.
In the village at the foot of the volcano, Lin Shuai was warmly greeted by several villagers to the reception room, and the village chief was on his way, and after a while, the table was full of colorful fruits.
Lin Shuai was flattered, secretly looked at the expressions of these people, and found that the excitement did not seem to be pretended, and he couldn't help but be suspicious.
What to say about the children of prophecy? And what do they mean by "saved", is there some calamity hidden in this seemingly harmonious world?
Lin Shuai didn't touch the fruits and the tea they prepared, even if he picked a weed on the side of the road, he could see the attributes, and he didn't dare to eat these unknown things.
I don't know if death means failure, in short, Lin Shuai didn't want to try it.
The man who had spoken to Lin Shuai earlier was called Yan Li, and everyone here was surnamed Yan, and the name of the village was Yan Village.
The man's face was impatiently happy, and he always kept adding tea and handing fruits to Lin Shuai, and he kept muttering about what God has eyes, God blessed, as if he regarded himself as a messenger of the gods.
Lin Shuai could only face it with an embarrassed but elegant smile in this atmosphere, and he didn't know what to ask for a while, until their village chief arrived.
A young man helped an old man into the room, and several people suddenly fell silent.
The appearance of the village chief is very distinctive, whether it is hair, eyebrows and beard, it is red, like a flame, but the skin is contrastingly fair, red-haired and childish? … This caused Lin Shuai to look awkward, and he really didn't look like a village chief.
"Prophet, welcome to you."
The village chief waved his hand to let the other people retreat, leaving only Yan Li, and then respectfully saluted Lin Shuai.
The sound seems familiar.
But he didn't think too much, Lin Shuai didn't think that he could still meet acquaintances in this world that didn't know how to leave the Miracle Continent, so he got up and saluted, "Hello, my name is Yuluo, and I came from the other side of the mountain." ”
Iwayama smiled and said with a sigh: "The one who can come from that world is the son of prophecy that Zu Xun said, this will never be wrong, we have been waiting for you for a long time." ”
Iwayama motioned for Lin Shuai to sit down, and then sat down by himself, and Iwali hurriedly poured water for the two.
Iwayama's eyes glanced at the things on the table, Lin Shuai didn't move, and his eyes flashed for a moment.
Lin Shuai said: "What does the son of prophecy mean?" And Zu Xun? How are you... Have you always lived here? ”
Feeling that it was inappropriate to ask directly, Lin Shuai changed his words, after all, they may not know that they live in a closed world.
"Eh...," Iwayama smiled and waved his hand, "There's no hurry, I've already had a meal ready when I came, so we might as well talk while eating." You must have suffered a lot from the Fire Domain, since we have a request for others, how can we snub you......"
"I'm not going to hide it, I'm still in a hurry." Lin Shuai interrupted sincerely, looking at the village chief with his eyes.
In a strange environment, even if the immortal Lin Shuai suddenly appeared, he couldn't raise his respect, let alone look at the extremely awkward old village chief, it would be good if Lin Shuai didn't slaughter him as a red-haired monster.
Perhaps this may be a matter of faith, Lin Shuai has always only believed in himself.
And Zhan Ruyi is still suffering, and he ran to eat the wind banquet by himself? Because of some things, I already felt sorry for her, how could Lin Shuai let that crack wider.
What's more, Lin Shuai really didn't dare to eat "three nos".
"Oh?" Yan Shan's expression was slightly stunned, and he immediately smiled awkwardly, obviously he didn't expect Lin Shuai to be so faceless, "Well, this matter actually started a long, long time ago..."
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"Once upon a time there was a mountain, and there was a temple in the mountain, and there was an old abbot in the temple with colorful lanterns..."
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With such an explanation, Lin Shuai roughly understood what was happening here.
The people of the village know that they are in a predicament, because it seems that the mountains and rivers are in the distance, and when you get closer, you will find that it is actually a cliff, and under the cliff is an endless void.
Who their ancestors were, how they came here is no longer known, I don't know how many years have passed, and dozens or even hundreds of generations of people have changed.
The source of the calamity is that there is an extremely cruel rule in this world, and whenever the number of people in the village reaches 1,000, the heavens will send down heavenly punishment.
Heavenly Punishment is the volcano behind it, and once it gets angry, it can't be filled by a few thousand people.
Therefore, in order to keep it above that limit and maintain the injection of fresh blood in the village, every year when a few babies are born, a few old people will take the initiative to jump into the void or enter the fire area to find life.
Of course, the result is death without exception.
The ancestral teachings were handed down by the oldest generation, and they clearly recorded the tragic situation of the disaster and everything about this place, and one of the prophecies explained.
If someone can make it out of that fire area alive, he will definitely be able to lead the villagers out of here.
The truth or falsehood is unknown, maybe it is just the guess of the ancestors, but now this is the hope of the whole village, so they will treat him like a savior when they see Lin Shuai.
"Ang, then your ancestor didn't say how I should save you?" Lin Shuai brushed his thoughts, his brows furrowed imperceptibly, the story is actually really simple.
However, the old village chief seemed to have two catties of in his mouth, and what he said was in the clouds, grinding and chirping, and he couldn't say anything.
Usually the dialogue is fine, but once you enter the narrative mode, it's like a virus system, and Iwatachi is uncomfortable listening to it, and I can't wait to grab the conversation from him.
Yan Shan drank saliva to moisten his throat, he was actually very embarrassed, he could see Lin Shuai's impatience, but there was no way.
Just like some people are born with a stutter but sing extremely smoothly, they are not naturally suitable for storytelling, and they are still the same after practicing it many times.
"It's not recorded in the ancestral training..."Iwayama said embarrassedly, and then looked at Lin Shuai expectantly, hoping that he could come up with some good ideas.
Lin Shuai also went to the Tao, pondered for a moment when he heard the words, and then said his purpose, "You have built a mountain road on the mountain, but you usually worship that volcano. Is there anyone or legend that there is a temple in that mountain? I am here for this, and perhaps it is the opportunity for your ancestors to prophesy. ”
"Temple?!" Yan Shan's voice suddenly raised a few tones, and then glanced at Yan Li, Yan Li's mind immediately retreated, and only Lin Shuai and Yan Shan were left in the room.
Lin Shuai picked up the teacup and pretended to take a sip of water, but in fact, he drank pure water hidden in the storage space, which made his lips moist.
The teacup had a lid tightly covered, and Iwayama didn't notice this detail, only when Lin Shuai really drank the water.
Lin Shuai's expression was different, and when he just picked up the teacup, he vaguely smelled a faint familiar smell.
It's so familiar that it can't be familiar, it's the smell of the Heavenly Demon Flower.
What he did when he fought Nirvana's wind for the first time was also one of the important factors in obtaining the "Blessing of *** Special".
The Heavenly Demon Flower grew in the dark water, but it did not have a rancid smell, but a light aroma, and Lin Shuai was sure that he would not be mistaken.
For only that fragrance can make a man see the illusion of death.