Chapter 11 Lose some and gain some
Leo took a deep breath and forcibly calmed his mind.
In times of crisis, the most useless emotion is restlessness, which takes up a lot of time for thinking and leads the mind to the middle of nowhere.
After thinking about his current situation for a while, Leo gradually had an idea, and he first asked Omoni questions.
"How much more food do we have?"
"About three days, and you can eat for five days if you save a little food. ”
"Okay, then let's set up a camp here first, I'll go out to find food and landmarks that can be used as references, and you can try your best to figure out how we can get out." Will any of you see a doctor?"
Ente raised his hand.
"I know a little bit, and the church members have to learn something about healing. ”
Leo breathed a sigh of relief.
"Nanana and little Paul will be handed over to you. ”
"Don't worry, I won't put their lives at risk. Ente promised.
Leo looked at Isenas again and said solemnly: "Isenas, my friend, if you can rely on anyone to get out of the current predicament, I will only believe you. If we are unable to crack the current situation at the level of knowledge, then we can only seek shortcuts in wisdom to continue our adventure. And of all the people I know, no one is more thoughtful than you, and no one is quicker than you. ”
This feeling of being entrusted with a burden made Isenas feel familiar and nostalgic.
Although he felt strange in his heart, Isenas did not miss a single thing on the surface.
Esenas glanced at Leo and pushed back impatiently: "If you have a little eyesight, you should see that I have been thinking about how to get out since I just now." You should obediently go out and explore your way now. ”
Full of enthusiasm, trust in his companions at a critical juncture, and the tragedy of self-help.
At least that's how Leo understood their situation and state of mind.
It's a pity that the momentum that stirred up was extinguished head-on by Isenas.
Leo walked outside dejectedly.
He had just taken two or three steps, but was stopped by Isenas again.
"If you get lost outside again, how do you get back?"
This is a big problem. And the odds are quite high.
"Old Mo, come out with a roll of rope, I remember we bought a roll of nautical rope. Shaking his head, Esenas said to Omoni.
This is also a blessing in misfortune, there is a mage accompanying him, carrying more than several times the supplies of ordinary trips, and there are many kinds of variety.
In the rising starlight, Leo carried a roll of nautical rope the size of him and walked into the distance.
After walking for a while, Leo suddenly said to himself, "I always feel that there is an easier way to determine my position than such a large coil of rope, such as... Let Lao Mo put a tracer spell?"
There is no doubt that he was teased a little by Isennas.
Although Leo thinks that he has superior intelligence, adventure experience, and extensive knowledge, he is always led by him in front of Isennas, and he teases him silently.
"That's a good thing, too," Leo grinned. "Such a wise companion is not yet available to others. And how could Isenas harm us?"
Leo looked back at the camp in the distance, and pondered.
"If taking the straight is going in circles, what if I take a detour?"
Leo tried to tilt the angle of his distance a little bit. In this way, another two or three hundred meters of rope were placed, and by the time Leo turned around, the camp was still faintly visible behind him.
The powerhouse of the Holy Domain has an extremely accurate grasp of himself, and the way forward is that he can clearly feel that in addition to ruling out his own problems, it can only be that there is a problem in this space.
Leo sighed, gave up his clever intentions, and honestly walked into the distance to see if there was anything to eat.
In the camp, Ente, who was standing next to the two fever officers, watched curiously as Isenas walked around a little further away from the camp with a rope, measuring and calculating something from time to time.
Omoni asked Isenas.
"What are you doing now?"
"Measuring the error of actual data and visual observation. Isenus replied without looking back.
What, what?
The two of them looked confused.
"The actual spatial distance is constant, and the size of the matter does not change arbitrarily. Since our eyes can't see accurately, let's measure it with something. The length of the rope placed on the ground does not change, nor does my height, and the actual distance from my eyes to the target position can be calculated based on these values. With this data, it is possible to proceed..."
Entre and the knight looked at each other and smiled wryly.
You talk a lot, so you're right.
"What are you doing? Entre asked Omoni again.
"I'm running out of magic. Omoni looked a little tired.
"Exhausted?" Ent, a little surprised. "I didn't see any spells you cast. ”
"Unleashing spells is not the only way to consume mana. If mana is immersed in the depths of matter, it is possible to probe the structure of matter to decipher the matter. Of course, such an approach is not very efficient. I've been expusing my mana to explore the structure of this space. ”
"How did it turn out?"
"Not much progress. ”
The moon slipped silently across the middle of the sky, and Leo came back one foot deeper and one foot shallow along the rope.
As soon as he stepped into the camp, Esenas immediately asked, "How is it, can you find food around?"
"There is not a single fruit except flowers and flowers. ”
"That's bad. Isenus frowned tightly.
"What's wrong?"
"The spatial rules of this space are not distorted, but reconstructed. It takes a lot of time to figure out the rules of action in this space, and without enough food, the best chance is that we will starve to death here before we find the right path. ”
"What's the difference between distorting and refactoring?" Leo heard, and the culprit that led them to go around in circles here was the word "reconstructed."
"Distortion is just a longer spatial distance, and going left will become walking to the right, and a distance of one meter requires two meters, but it still does not deviate from the concept of directions such as front and back, up and down, left and right. ”
"But the meaning of reconstruction is that our past perception of space has been erased, and the rule of action is no longer 'one step forward' to get the result of 'one step forward', and even if we take a step in place, our foothold is unpredictable. The sun is so far away from us, so this frame of reference is inherently wrong, and it's no wonder you've been going around in circles before. I'm starting to wonder, is such a space really the grandeur of life?"
That's a terrible answer.
"Is this just on the level of knowledge? Is there any other way to get around this knowledge limit?" asked Leo unwillingly.
"If you can make this sea of flowers speak. ”
It means that there is no way.
"How much time will it take you to sort out the basic rules of action?" asked Leo again after pacing back and forth.
"It takes at least 10 days. ”
"Good" Leo decided. "Except for Nana and little Paul, the three of us halved our food and tried to keep all the food for Isenas. ”
Esenus shook his head.
"What about you? Ten days is just the time for me to figure out the rules of action, we don't know how far away from the edge of this sea of flowers, the food is left for me, and you may not have the strength to go out then. ”
"Being able to go out one is one. ”
Esenas silently. Turn around and fight the ropes again.
Leo overwhelmed a cluster of flowers, lying on the ground looking up at the endless starry sky, surrounded by endless flowers.
A sprig of flowers.
A flower.
Endless flowers.
The world of flowers, the ocean of flowers.
Cold, desperate, and does not accept the flower of other life.
It turns out that something absolutely singular only destroys everything but it.
In his thoughts, Leo fell asleep in a daze.
Time passes slowly in silence and the disgusting scent of flowers.
The only good news was that Nana and little Paul woke up the next evening. Ente's medical skills worked very well, and he used the few herbs in Omoni's space bag to make use of them, and although the herbal soup was pungent, the effect was outstanding.
When they woke up, both Nana and little Paul understood their current situation.
Little Paul never imagined that the first time he felt the threat of death, it was not because some extremely terrifying monster or dragon wanted to tear him to pieces, but because he would become nourishment in the beautiful and quiet sea of flowers.
When little Paul was a little desperate, Nana spoke.
"You mean, we're missing a rope-like thing that we can use as a reference, right?"
"That's right. Esenas nodded.
"Can we use floral scents as a reference?"
"Floral?" Isenus froze. "Can you elaborate on that?"
"I can tell how strong the floral fragrance is around, which of the dozens of floral scents is more, for example, now I can smell a lot of nightshade here, which is completely different from the scent of Liri Red when we came in. Maybe we can move forward with this?"
Isenus began to think wildly, the only way he had heard in so many days to distinguish his surroundings.
Nana was born with a loss of sight, but she made up for it in terms of smell.
Lose a part, make up a part.
And Isenas got his sight, but fell into a blind spot in this regard.
After thinking about it for a long time, Isenus determined that this was the only way to bypass the rules of this space, and that Nana's role was irreplaceable. Finally, he nodded heavily.
"Yes, we'll follow you. ”
"Wait. Leo stopped Nana from trying to lead the way.
"Do you mean you need to smell to determine our course of action?"
"Yes. ”
"Have you forgotten that this sea of flowers is poisonous?" Leo's expression became serious. "I don't think it's right to sacrifice one person to save the team. Are you right?
Leo was sure that Isenus had thought of this, but he didn't say it at all, not even the slightest hint of danger.
"The contract we signed is still in Omoni's pocket, have you forgotten what it says?
Isenus shook his head.
"First of all, this is not an absolute danger, the reason why Nana was attacked by the poisonous incense so quickly should be that she fanned a lot of flower incense into her mouth and nose. Secondly, if you know the contract by heart, you should remember that there is a promise to trust your companion. Why, aren't Nana and I your companions? ”
Leo finally realized the flaw in the contract.
There are many contradictions in the first rule, and under the conditions of no framing and mutual trust, many actions can be covered up with contradictions, so that the spirit of speech loses the clear purpose of the oath, and thus becomes less effective. Now, Esenas is exploiting the loophole.
Leo gave Esenus a deep look.
"Since you've chosen to play with the rules of language, I have nothing to say. But I advise you not to cross the bottom line of this contract. ”
Although Leo was a little annoyed by Isennas's calculations, he also knew that he was for the good of the team, and even did not hesitate to carry the black pot on his back, so he was not so resentful of him, but more dissatisfied with his silent layout.
After sighing from the bottom of his heart, Leo said to Nana solemnly: "Nana, I hope you will consider carefully whether or not to lead the way. ”
Unexpectedly, Nana shook her head firmly.
"Since I'm also a member of the party, I can't live under your protection forever. Now that I have a place to play, how can I retreat from the battle? Is it called an adventure for you, but a trip for me? I can't be a good-looking and useless mascot, I'm a member of the adventure group!"
Leo looked at Nana in silence, took a deep breath, and spit out a long breath.
"Okay, since you choose to insist, then we will all follow your arrangement. ”
Now that the decision has been made, everyone follows Nana, and it is Isenus who suggests that everyone hold hands so that no one is lost due to accidents.
Leo stared at Isenas again, then took Nana's hand, separating her from Isenas.
Isenus walked at the back of the line indifferently.
After Nana led the way, the shape of the sea of flowers finally changed drastically, and the color began to change from red and white to purple, and then the color began to change again.
For the past two days, Leo has been paying attention to Nana's expression, and although Ente has been feeding her some herbs, Nana's face still can't help but turn red.
Just when Leo couldn't help but want to stop Nana's movements, they finally saw the first living creature in this sea of flowers.
A bee.