Chapter 004: Spring Sleep

At dawn, the cold morning breeze swept through the forest, and the air seemed to be able to see a floating light blue cold mist, and the thick and dense canopies of the black-shirted trees rubbed against the sound of rustling, as if the forest was slowly waking up.

In the forest where there are few people, a piece of rotten wood that has been dead for an unknown period of time lies across the thick humus, almost hollowed out.

In the silence, a faint point of light appeared out of thin air and landed on the rotten wood.

The rotten wood suddenly and silently turned into flying ashes, but the dust did not drift away with the wind, but converged towards the point of light, gradually transforming into a human form.

At first, it was just a humanoid silhouette made of a mass of ash, but soon, the gray became solidified, gradually turning into the color of the skin, and the facial features and hair quickly appeared, and finally turned into a man with deep eye sockets and a high nose bridge, a bird-like tattoo on his arm, and a rough cloth shirt and pants, dressed like a vagabond.

Zhou Jing was in a trance, and his consciousness had already descended on this body, and he suddenly stumbled and almost lost his balance.

He hurriedly held on to the tree next to him and swallowed a mouthful of saliva, unable to hide the shock in his eyes.

"Is this a material reorganization?"

Zhou Jing's consciousness has always remained awake, and on the way to shuttle, he saw the whole process of the generation of the Astral Apostle, as if decomposing a piece of rotten wood and turning into a human body.

Glancing at the bird-like tattoo on his arm, Zhou Jing's expression changed, and he suddenly bit the inner wall of his mouth ruthlessly, hissing softly in pain, and the saltiness of blood was suddenly captured by taste.

"It seems to be flesh and blood, not a wooden man."

Zhou Jing smacked his lips, his mouth full of blood.

The reorganization of matter...... Well, he didn't understand, but he was shocked.

It seems that this body is the Astral Apostle I created, a vehicle for walking in this world. ’

Suppressing the surprise in his heart, Zhou Jing took a deep breath, the cold air suddenly poured into his lungs, and all his senses were very fresh.

Manipulate the body of the Astral Apostle, without stagnation, no different from your own body.

Not...... It can't be said that there is no difference, this Star Sea Apostle's senses are more acute, and he feels an unprecedented sense of strength, as if his whole body is full of inexhaustible strength.

"This should be the Agility talent, as well as the effect of 9 stamina...... It's strong. ”

Zhou Jing moved his hands and feet, not only did he not have any stagnation, but even some muscle parts that had not been exercised by his body could feel and mobilize himself.

He shook his pectorals a few times in a novel way that he hadn't had before, and quickly remembered the panel, trying to call out in his consciousness.

Buzz –

The panel emerges, constantly fixed in a certain area of the line of sight, as if engraved on the retina. He turned his head, and the translucent panel followed, passing through even if it came into contact with the trees, as if it were a virtual projection.

"It's kind of like augmented reality, so no one else should be able to see it."

Zhou Jing blinked, tried to operate, and made the panel disappear in the retina, becoming only in his mind.

"It feels better this way, so that people don't watch me operate in front of the air......"

Zhou Jing breathed a sigh of relief.

After descending on the Apostle of the Astral Plane, he found that the interface of the panel had changed, and the previous pinching interface, projection interface, and map interface could not be opened, and only all the information of "Will Wood", the Apostle of the Star Sea, was displayed at this time.

Compared to the original file, there are two new items.

[Estimated length of stay: 5~7 days]

[Current Sync Rate: 10%]

"Is the synchronization rate starting at 10 percent, not zero?"

Zhou Jing took a second look at the profile of "Will Wood".

Suspicious and cautious, conservative style, position is orderly, moral, and the pursuit of strength and honor...... As long as your behavior meets these characteristics, try to play this 'Will Wood' as much as possible, and you can increase the synchronization rate.

It seems that for the time being, these traits should be adopted as their own rules of action...... Although I am not exactly this character, it feels very special to play a different character and look at things in a different way...... I'm just not sure if I can do it.

Zhou Jing carefully observed his surroundings.

Each of the nearby trees is more than ten or twenty meters tall, and the branches and foliage are luxuriant, only the faint sunlight can penetrate in, making the forest look a little dim. The ground is overgrown with grass and the terrain is gently sloped, so it should not be a rolling hilly area.

The line of sight stretches out, except for the woods or the woods, and it is impossible to distinguish the direction.

Zhou Jing suddenly discovered a big problem.

- Where am I?

He didn't know where he was, he didn't know which way to go, and the panels showed that he was going to stay for five to seven days, who knows if he would be able to get out of the forest...... No, it doesn't matter if you can survive in the woods.

The body senses of the Astral Apostle are exactly the same as the main body, and they also have to eat and rest, and think about survival.

A gust of cold wind blew, freezing to the bone, and Zhou Jing shivered slightly.

- Judging from the current situation, it is really good that "Cold Death" defeated "Death of Hunger" and "Death of Thirst" by an overwhelming margin, and ascended to the throne of the most likely way to die at present.

"The most important thing is to find the people first. In other words, the race of this Astral Apostle is shown to be Terra, which should mean that there are living people in this world, but the problem is that I don't understand the language here, how can I communicate with each other......"

Zhou Jing was pondering, and suddenly noticed a light spot flickering in the lower right corner of the panel.

He focused his consciousness there, and suddenly several messages popped up from the bottom right corner.

[Trigger achievement [First Shuttle]!] ]

[Earn 300 Boundary Points!] ]

[Trigger achievement [First Arrival]!] ]

[Earn 100 Boundary Points!] [Auxiliary Tools-Language Quick Parsing (Skill Edition)] x1]

[Accessibility - Quick Language Parsing (Skill Edition)]

[Function: Quickly parse a language]

[How to use: When you learn a language through a book, or when you communicate with an object, you can consume this tool to quickly parse the relevant language, perform language transformation in daily use, and generate skills]

Zhou Jing's eyes lit up.

He learned from the panel information that when the Astral Apostle was walking on the plane, certain actions could trigger "achievements" and obtain benefits, most of the time it was a star point, and occasionally he would receive different types of achievement rewards.

The completion conditions of these two achievements, [First Shuttle] is the first plane shuttle, which is a unique achievement. The term "Newcomer" is a repeatable achievement that triggers every time you enter a new astral plane.

The types of achievements are divided into unique and repetitive, and the panel can open the [Achievement List] to query the completion conditions of many achievements and complete them in a targeted manner. At the same time, there are also some hidden achievements, which cannot be directly queried to complete the achievement, and will only be prompted to trigger when the requirements are met unexpectedly.

The different types of achievement rewards outside the Astral Boundary Point can not take effect immediately, but are stored in the achievement repository and waiting to be used.

"It seems that the panel doesn't directly solve all communication problems, but fortunately there is this achievement reward...... Anyway, this achievement says that every new plane can be triggered once, and it should be a benefit to solve the communication problems of each new world? ”

Zhou Jing secretly speculated.

He was worried just now that if he didn't understand the language, others would be able to understand his bells and whistles, but now he was relieved.

I don't know my own life, and I have no information about the current astral plane, so it is imperative to find someone to communicate and understand the situation.

Zhou Jing settled down, picked and chose on the ground, found a worthy dry branch to make a crutch, chose a direction, and moved forward cautiously.

He has no experience in surviving in the wild, and he has no bottom in his heart, so he can only believe in himself and a little luck.

Fortunately, this body has 9 physical attributes, is very strong, has a lot of physical strength, and has a stronger ability to deal with danger if it encounters it.

'I'm an ordinary interstellar civilian, and I was suddenly pulled to the set of survival in the wild...... Although the death of the Astral Apostle will not affect the main body, it is better to try to keep yourself alive before returning to be on the safe side. ’

Zhou Jing rubbed his arms vigorously, as if this could rub off the biting cold.

……

After about three or four hours of walking on and off, the temperature in the forest gradually warmed up, and it was not as cold as at dawn.

When Zhou Jing trekked in the forest for a long time, his nose was red from the cold, and he kept letting out white mist when he was wheezing.

"It's good to have a set of clothes and pants with me, otherwise I'm afraid I would have frozen......"

The style of the clothes and pants is very simple, only single clothes and single pants, the fabric is very rough, and the shoulders and necks are rubbed out of red traces, itchy and prickly, and then blown by the cold wind, it feels really sour.

He lives in the interstellar age, although he is not pampered, but the living materials he uses are all modern industrial products, and he has never had the experience of surviving in the wild wearing a single coat, and he has never suffered this crime.

Zhou Jing gritted his teeth and endured it, trying not to think about modern comfort, and trying to adapt - he was mentally prepared before entering, and now he is not in the scope of retreating at all.

It's all here, and it's done!

Stopping and stopping along the way, Zhou Jing tried to identify traces in the wild and look for traces of people.

He had not learned to scout in the field, and could only judge by his senses, but it seemed that his [astute] talent was at work, and he could occasionally notice some subtle traces.

It was only these discoveries that made him nervous, and on some trees, he found old paw prints, and it was obvious that there were unknown beasts in this forest, and his situation was even more dangerous.

However, what surprised him was that the physical fitness of this body was even better than he expected, and after walking for three or four hours, he was only slightly tired, and still maintained sufficient physical strength. And after staying in the cold environment for so long, only the joints of the body are slightly stiff, and they are already very frost-resistant.

Turning a big tree, Zhou Jing suddenly paused, his eyes locked on the ground not far away, and there were several human footprints, extending all the way.

"I've finally seen a trace!"

Zhou Jing was overjoyed at first, and then quickly calmed down.

The owner of these strings of footprints does not know whether they are good or bad.

It's just that humans are the only ones in the wild forest who can communicate, and they need to be contacted as appropriate, otherwise they will not know anything without intelligence, and it will be difficult to get out of the forest.

It was the first time for Zhou Jing to experience this kind of thing, but he weighed the pros and cons on the road, and the forest encountered either beasts or people, and the latter was better than the former after all.

He secretly raised his guard, followed the footprints, and cautiously groped his way forward.

The spirit is highly tense, paying attention to the wind and grass around you, and always ready to deal with possible accidents.

After walking for about half an hour, suddenly a sharp sound of breaking wind sounded.

Zhou Jing reacted quickly and quickly dodged and hid behind the nearest tree.

Duh!

An arrow stuck in the ground a few steps ahead.

At the same time, a man's shouting suddenly sounded in the forest ahead.

“%*%*#%!”

- As expected, I really didn't understand.

Zhou Jing clenched the dead branch in his hand, and looked out from behind the tree, only to see that in the forest in front of him, five figures turned out from behind the tree, all holding bows and arrows, aiming at the tree where he was hiding.

These people were of different heights, short, fat and thin, but they were dressed in the same way, with shawls and hoods on their heads, thick cloth coats, simple leather armor on their heads, quivers on their backs, longbows in their hands, leather belts tied around their waists, hunting knives and daggers, and long boots on their feet, and they looked like they were either rangers or hunters.

'This style of dress and weapons...... Middle Ages? Or is the world at a similar stage of development? ’

Zhou Jing's heart moved, and from the clothing styles of these people, he thought of a certain historical stage of the home star era recorded in the history books, but he was silent on the surface.

At the same time, the panel flashes and a new message pops up.

[If an unknown language is discovered, does it cost 50 Star Boundary Points to activate [Auxiliary Tools-Language Quick Parsing (Temporary Version)]? ]

[Accessibility - Quick Language Parsing (Temporary Version): When someone communicates with you in that language, you will understand what they are saying. The meaning you want to express will be automatically translated into that language when you export it. (Note: but does not mean that you have mastered the language)]

[Tip: Only works for one language, if you encounter a new unknown language, you need to activate the temporary aid again, each time it costs 50 Boundary Points, and so on]

[Hint: Temporary support cannot form skills, cannot be inherited, after switching to the Astral Apostle, you need to activate it repeatedly]

"If you don't have a skill parsing language, you can only spend points to turn on the temporary communication function, and if you repeat it, it's a waste...... There's no need for this, so I'll use the previous achievement rewards first. ”

Zhou Jing realized, he didn't hesitate, opened the achievement warehouse in the mind panel, and used up the previous special achievement rewards.

[Discover unknown languages, use [Auxiliary Tools - Language Quick Parsing (Skill Edition)]! ]

[You gain the skill [Terra Di Chinese Dialect Version]! ] ]

[Current Mastery: Lv2- (Proficient)]

[The name of this skill can be customized, is it possible to change it?] ]

"No, you don't." Zhou Jing refused in his mind.

At this time, the five hunters saw that Zhou Jing did not answer, and among them, the burly hunter who seemed to be the leader, opened his mouth again and asked, but this time he could understand.

"Who are you?!"

Zhou Jing didn't feel any language knowledge floating in his mind, and when he opened his mouth, he found that he almost instinctively spoke a language that he had not learned, fluently and naturally:

"I'm just a lost person."

"Lost?"

The burly hunter frowned, and shouted, "Get out of behind the tree!" ”

Zhou Jing stretched out his hands, signaled that he had no weapons, walked out from behind the tree, and stood still one meter away.

The burly hunter looked Zhou Jing up and down carefully, and when he saw that he was dressed like a vagabond, he couldn't help but wonder: "Why did you come here?" What are you doing? ”

"I got lost in the forest, and I finally saw the footprints, so I followed them...... Who are you? ”

Zhou Jing was cautious and tentative, when he was in a hurry before, he guessed the possibility of several encounters, and thought about how others would interrogate him.

I don't know anything about the world, I definitely can't make up a history, and it's easy to show my feet when I talk nonsense, so I just say that I'm lost and try to ask for help.

Hearing this, a tall and thin hunter next to him said in a vigilant tone: "If your eyes are fine, you should be able to see that we are hunters." ”

Zhou Jing's eyes narrowed, and without waiting for the other party to continue the interrogation, he quickly took over the conversation and slowed down his tone:

"I'm just confirming...... Kind hunters, I am lost in this forest, and I hope to find someone to take me away, can you take me with kindness. ”

"We're not interested, you'd better get out right away!" The tall and thin hunter does not mince words.

Zhou Jing gritted his teeth, but instead of retreating, he took another step forward:

"Look at me...... With such thin clothes and no food to eat, I have no choice but to ask for your help. Everyone has times when they are in trouble, and everyone finally meets in the wild, supports each other, and kindness will be rewarded. ”

He made up his mind on the way, if others did not attack without a word, showing that there was room for negotiation, then he would not follow others.

There's no way around it, it's hard to catch a group of people who can communicate, and you can't let them slip away.

If it was placed in the main world, Zhou Jing felt that he couldn't do such a thing, he was a little mildly afraid of society, and rarely took the initiative to meet strangers.

But at present, this situation seems to be unable to tolerate thin skin, and he has to make changes, so he decided to grit his teeth to overcome the discomfort in his heart and put all his face behind.

Speaking of which, when I came to another world with a different face, no one knew me, as if my face was thicker all of a sudden, as if I suddenly had no burden and no psychological baggage.

Hearing this, the burly hunter in the lead hesitated for a moment, put down his bow and arrows, and hesitated.

Seeing this, the tall and thin hunter from before couldn't help but remind his companion: "Hey, this person is too suspicious, who would run into the black-shirted forest wearing only a single coat?" Let him follow the risk, drive him away! ”

The burly hunter shook his head and said, "I think he may really be in trouble, it will take two or three days to get out of the forest from here, and if we drive him away, then he will almost die, and he can't be saved by seeing death." ”

The tall and thin hunter looked at the burly hunter and said in a somewhat anxious tone: "Put away your overflowing kindness, don't forget that we don't have that much time to spend here." ”

The burly hunter turned his head to look at the tall and thin hunter, and was about to respond, when his expression suddenly changed.

"It's coming!"

Suddenly, there was a dense rustling sound in the grass not far away, as if a group of creatures were walking through the grass, rapidly approaching.

Brush Brush Brush –

More than a dozen black-gray beasts sprang out of the grass, on all fours, like wolfdogs, as high as a person's knees, with sparse fur, knotted muscles, and messy and sharp fangs covering the beast's mouth, like an irregular saw, and a sticky saliva dragging on the edge of the mouth, very vicious.

"Withdraw, lead them to the trap!"

Several hunters whistled and immediately fled in the other direction, trying to attract the beasts.

The burly hunter was about to follow, but when he caught a glimpse of Zhou Jing's figure, he gritted his teeth sharply, and the escape route immediately turned a corner, went straight to Zhou Jing, and grabbed his arm.

"Follow me!"

The burly hunter grabbed Zhou Jing's arm and ran up.

He hadn't forgotten to piggyback on the lost fellow, for if he had left the guy who had popped out of nowhere, his plan to lure the beast into the trap would fail, and the stranger would have been killed.

Although carrying a drag oil bottle will slow him down and fall to the end of the line, it is difficult for him to die without help.

However, after only a few steps, the burly hunter noticed that something was wrong.

Zhou Jing, who was originally dragged by him to run, jumped in front of him in two or three steps, running faster than him.

Not only that, but the guy in turn grabbed his arm and dragged him to the front of the group under the bewildered eyes of several other fellow hunters.

Ride the dust and let others eat exhaust.

The sight of the sight quickly receeded, and the burly hunter was a little confused.

What happened?

Didn't I pull him to run, why did he suddenly turn around?

Zhou Jing walked like flying, and his physical fitness at 9 points was fully exerted, like a lightning speed.

He even glanced back, and had the strength to urge:

"Don't be stunned, I don't know the way, which direction is your trap, show the way!"

The burly hunter subconsciously pointed in a direction, and suddenly there was a burst of strength from his arm, and he was directly dragged by Zhou Jing and rushed over.

He staggered to keep up, and was almost dragged to the ground, his face full of surprise.

This man's body is strong, he can't be a blood warrior like the captain, right?!