"Whew...... Whew......"

On the wasteland, Lin Tuo was wearing a single coat, leaning forward slightly, still maintaining a fighting posture.

In the pores of the body, there are dense beads of sweat oozing out, blown by the cold wind, frozen into a cold mist.

In front of him, the body of the wasteland storm bear was still twitching, the blood stained the ground red, and the body was rapidly cooling.

After confirming that the other party had been killed, Lin Tuo's highly tense nerves eased, and his fast-beating heart slowly returned to normal.

The battle just now seemed extremely simple, with only one round, but this simple action was really a lot of pressure on Lin Tuo's body.

Arguably the strongest blow he could do right now.

He didn't choose to fight hard, not because he didn't have confidence in his strength, but because Lin Tuo felt that his defense was far inferior to this wasteland creature.

In contrast, using combat skills to make kills is the most effective.

Of course, this is also due to the low intelligence of the other party, if Lin Tuo was facing a human with rich combat experience, he would never win so easily.

"During the battle, my body's absorption of the aether has really increased."

Exhaling deeply, feeling the unprecedented active state of the cells in his body, as well as the tingling sensation of the ether penetrating into the muscles and bones, Lin Tuo's eyes became brighter.

Parking to fight the creatures of the wasteland isn't a fight, nor is it a pure hunt.

Rather, it serves another purpose.

During this time, although Lin Tuo still exercised every day and "quenched", he found that the efficiency was obviously decreasing.

Initially, climbing the "ladder" once could digest 5 points, and later, it was 4 or 3 points...... Later, it took two days to digest a little.

Not surprisingly, the further life evolves, the more difficult it becomes.

Lin Tuo thought that he had encountered a "bottleneck" and was unable to break through.

Until before, when Mine Town fought Huaxi, he clearly felt the activity of the Aether, and now, killing the Wasteland Storm Bear confirmed this:

"Life and death can greatly speed up the progress of quenching!"

Not unexpected.

Previously, Lin Tuo was just boiling his body, and it was difficult to activate his whole body, but in the real battle, the person's spirit was highly concentrated, and the cells of the whole body were forced to wake up.

A few seconds of fighting at a time has a much greater degree of "activation" on the body than days of fighting.

Only by pushing yourself to the limit and tapping out your potential can you quench your body to the greatest extent.

Moreover, Lin Tuo also realized that although his own strength was not weak, he seriously lacked combat experience, and he could make up for this shortcoming by hunting wasteland creatures.

"I didn't expect that there would be a windfall, it seems that I can stay here for a few more days."

Lin Tuo muttered to himself in his heart.

……

After resting in place for a while, and the flow of qi and blood returned to normal, Lin Tuo suddenly felt a cold, hurriedly walked back to the col, and put on his down jacket, gloves and other clothes again.

As for Huaxi, it was only at this time that she finally came back to her senses, her little face was red from the cold, her expression was extremely complicated, and there was palpitation and curiosity in her eyes.

didn't speak, just stared at Lin Tuo in a daze, as if he wanted to see the flowers from his face.

"Look at what I'm doing." After changing his clothes, Lin Tuo frowned.

"Oh no...... I...... It's just ......" Huaxi was incoherent for a while, and her tone was a lot weaker.

If before, she still had the idea of waiting to recover her strength and wait for an opportunity to escape, but now, it is completely gone.

She knew very well that with the combat power shown by this mysterious person, it was really not too simple to catch herself.

But in addition to fear, curiosity is also heavier.

She even felt that perhaps, it would be good to follow this person, at least safety was guaranteed...... Uh, provided that the other side does not have the vice of mistreating the captives.

"Where are we now?" Lin Tuo glanced at the girl suspiciously, and always felt that there was some strange thought in the other party's head.

But he didn't bother to think about it, so he simply asked.

"Huh?" When Huaxi heard this, he was stunned, then turned his head and carefully identified the surroundings, mainly the outlines of the mountains in the distance, and hesitated, "It's not good to say the specific location."

But as I recall, this was supposed to be the northwest of the mine town.

If memory serves, if you're not mistaken, heading due north, is Black Rock City. It's a city controlled by the Burning Company, defended by an army, but with your strength...... Be careful, you shouldn't have to worry about it. ”

After a pause, seeing that Lin Tuo had a straight face and did not speak, she continued:

"To the south, it's the central mountain range, and it's almost impossible to drive, so you can only walk, and it's very barren."

"The east and west directions are pretty much the same, but the east side is safer, and there are slightly more human gathering points, and to the west, there are more mutated beasts.

It's more dangerous, but it's also more likely to run into the ruins of the old era. ”

After listening to Huaxi's narration, Lin Tuo lowered his head and did not immediately express his position, but switched his consciousness back to the ontology, and used the "full-picture vision" to roughly scan his eyes.

Although I can't see the details, the general terrain is not much different from what Huaxi said.

"Then go to the west." Switching his consciousness back to the clone, Lin Tuo, who was sitting in the driver's seat, said.

"Huh? Why? Huaxi didn't understand.

"Pay attention to your identity." Lin Tuo didn't explain, he quickly started the car, restarted, and headed west.

Huaxi was stunned for two seconds before hurriedly saying:

"It's okay to go, cut that storm bear and take it with you, you can sell it for money......"

However, only the indomitable roar of the vehicle responded to her.

……

……

After confirming that the battle could speed up the progress of quenching, Lin Tuo was a little reluctant to leave here.

The so-called "city" is nothing more than an enlarged version of the mine town.

In contrast, practicing marksmanship unscrupulously in the wilderness, occasionally getting out of the car to fight, is more appealing.

Although Huaxi's heart was full of whispers, as a prisoner, she couldn't say anything, so she had to shrink in the car and doze off.

Before you know it, the morning has passed, and the sky is still dark, but it is also the brightest time of the day.

"Sneer......"

Found a leeward col, twisted the key, turned off the fire, Lin Tuo touched his nose that was red from the cold, and felt a little tired.

Driving aimlessly for the whole morning is too physically exhausting after all.

In particular, hunger pangs are surging, and it is even more difficult.

"Hmm, why did it stop?" In the back seat of the car, Huaxi, who was sleeping in a daze, opened her eyelids and asked blankly.

Lin Tuo pushed the car door, thought about it, took her whole person out, fell on the snow, and said, "Lunch break." ”

"Huh?" Huaxi was stunned for a moment before a spirit reacted, "It's time to eat, right?" ”

"Oh, I thought you had forgotten about this stubble when you slept." Lin Tuo leaned against the car door and quipped.

Huaxi sat on the ground without any image, wrinkled her nose, probably because she was familiar with Lin Tuo's temperament along the way, she was not so nervous, and said calmly:

"I'm already hungry, my stomach is deflated, and you don't talk about eating, can I just sleep to reduce my physical exertion?"

"Tsk, you seem pretty experienced."

"That is, we wilderness hunters, who are in the wild all year round, have bad luck, can't catch prey, and don't eat a meal for a day or two.

I had the highest record, I didn't eat for nine days in a row, and when I was hungry, I grabbed some snow to eat, and I came over. ”

Speaking of which, Huaxi seems to be quite proud.

Lin Tuo was silent, glanced at the little girl more, and then said:

"Alright, don't show off your glorious deeds to me, at least I won't starve the captive and lose that person." Lin Tuo said lightly.

Huaxi was overjoyed when she heard this, and then said:

"Then we have to hurry up and shoot some prey, hey, you have killed so many in front, even if you carry one or two in the car, you can eat a few meals."

In fact, she still had some worries about the jerky and honey found in the room in the mining town, but unfortunately, the situation was urgent at that time, and she didn't have time to take it, which was a pity.

"Those things are full of parasites, and I don't want to eat them." Lin Tuo shook his head, he hadn't thought about eating mutant beasts at all.

"What then? Dig up wild vegetables to eat? There doesn't seem to be anything nearby. Huaxi frowned and couldn't help but analyze.

Lin Tuo said lightly: "I have my own way, you wait for me here for a while, heh, of course, if you want to run, I won't stop you." ”

After speaking, Lin Tuo didn't bring anything, and walked slowly towards a nearby wood.

……

The woods are not big, but they are very dense, and these trees are also mutated varieties, extremely hardy, and in this cold winter, they also grow branches and leaves, but they look weird and scary.

In some areas of the forest, some edible wild vegetables will also grow, but Lin Tuo obviously doesn't like these.

Confirming the safety of his surroundings, Lin Tuo's eyes blurred and switched his consciousness back to his body.

……

Leaving the mountain martial arts hall, in the study.

Lin Tuo opened his eyes and looked at the time, outside the sandbox, it was still late at night, about two or three o'clock in the morning.

At this point, takeout is not good, but in Yangcheng City, there are still many restaurants open.

Lin Tuo immediately retracted the clone, switched the derivative sand table to "observation mode", and put the clone into a food street in the city.

I found a restaurant and asked for rice and stir-fry, thought about it, and ordered a large portion of barbecue, after all, this meat is more...... Waiting for the cooking effort.

I went to the 24-hour supermarket across the street and bought canned food, beer and snacks, as well as a case of mineral water.

When I finished buying these, both hands were full.

Only then did he find a secluded place, and re-use the main body to bring the clone and the pile of food out of the sand table.

After that, the "creative mode" was switched again, and even people and materials were put in.

The item is first shrunk, then enlarged, and enters the wasteland, which is the normal size, and there is no such thing as a grain of rice being bigger than a house.

This is also Lin Tuo's exploration and use of the rules of the sand table.

The whole process took 20 minutes in total.

……

When Lin Tuo reappeared in the wasteland forest with a large pile of food, he couldn't help but look in the direction of the vehicle and muttered:

"I don't know if you ran away, well, if you really run, then you can only blame you for not having this mouthful."

Thinking of this, Lin Tuo walked quickly out of the woods and flew towards the place where the col was.

Soon, I saw my car and Huaxi who was honestly sitting on the snow.

The little girl was looking around boredly, and when she saw him return, she was visibly relieved, bounced up from the ground, suddenly sniffed, and her eyes widened:

"What are you...... What is it? ”

"Eat."

Lin Tuo explained lightly, ripped off a rainproof cloth from the car, put it on the ground as a dining cloth, and then threw a bunch of things on it.

After thinking about it, he untied the rope on Huaxi's body, and then stuffed a hot boxed lunch into the little girl's hand, urging:

"Hurry up and eat, there are skewers here, this temperature, it won't taste good when it's cold."

After speaking, he sat down and took the lead in moving his chopsticks.

And Huaxi, who sat down opposite him, looked at the stir-fried vegetables and rice in his hand, and felt the indescribable aroma, and his whole brain fell into a state of downtime.