Chapter 42: The Caravan
The sound of horses' hooves accompanied by the crisp swing of the wind spirit slowly spread on the Gobi Desert, like playing a beautiful nocturne.
"What's that?" Jun Ziyang stood on the slope and looked in the direction of the sound.
It seemed to be a caravan, with a long line of dilapidated carriages, beside which there were many people dressed as merchants, and some heavily armed guards followed by them.
The things on the carriage were packed in wooden boxes, and it was impossible to see what they were, and there were dozens of carts, and there must be at least one or two hundred boxes of those boxes.
They came out of nowhere Junzi Yang didn't pay attention at all, as if he had quietly come out of the end of the night.
That's the first difference between the virtual space and the real space, and it's the kind of obvious difference. Jun Ziyang planned to go over and ask, the appearance of this caravan should be a plot need in the game.
When I got closer, I saw that these merchants and guards were all tired, covered in wind and sand, and the dark circles under their eyes were quite heavy.
The horses pulling the cart drooped their heads, listless.
"Who?" One of the guards found Jun Ziyang, immediately raised the long knife in his hand, snorted coldly, and put on a defensive posture.
"That...... I'm lost, where are you going, can you take me? Jun Ziyang casually made an excuse.
"Oh, I met another lost person, so I said, this place doesn't have a map to guide the way, and even my old horses don't know the way. Young man, why did you enter this Gobi desert alone? Didn't you also attend the Queen's dinner? A chubby businessman glanced up and down at Jun Ziyang and smiled.
Her Majesty's dinner party?
"Well, are you the same?" Jun Ziyang nodded, following the fat merchant's words. What the Queen's dinner, he didn't know.
"Yes, the long journey has made me tired, and I have lost a lot of weight. You're alone, and you don't even have a horse? Although this desert Gobi is not a complete desert terrain, if you walk on foot, isn't it too child's play? The fat merchant asked, a little confused.
"There was a strong wind last night, and I found a stone house to hide in, and when the wind subsided, I found that the horses, the grain and the map were all swept away by the wind." Jun Ziyang showed a helpless expression.
"Look, look, I'll just say that the last time I came, I also encountered a strong wind and sand, you still don't believe it? There are often strong winds in this place, and the wind and sand in the sky roll up huge stones and fly in the air, and the stones must weigh thousands of pounds, right? The wind was blown like a piece of paper, fluttering, and it was scary to look at. The fat merchant gestured to the people next to him very exaggeratedly.
"Young man, since you are on the way, then you follow us, helping others is my life creed, come here." The fat merchant beckoned to Jun Ziyang.
"Thank you very much." Jun Ziyang said gratefully.
The fat merchant asked Jun Ziyang to sit in the same carriage with him.
After chatting a few words, I learned that the fat merchant's surname was Yang, he was the leader of the caravan, this person had a gentle personality and treated people kindly, and everyone called him Lao Yang.
"What's in the boxes in this carriage?" Jun Ziyang asked, pointing to a wooden box behind him.
"It's all gifts for the Queen, and you have to bring a lot of them to every dinner, some precious ingredients, beautiful jewelry, and some of the Queen's favorite gadgets, which are very miscellaneous, and our Queen has a wide range of interests and hobbies, and we also do what she likes, try to find something new to send over." Lao Yang said.
Jun Ziyang really wanted to ask who this queen was, but he couldn't ask, because he had said before that he was going to attend the queen's dinner, so he couldn't even know who the people were, right?
Isn't it revealing if you ask?
"I also have some collected gadgets in my hand, but I don't know if the queen will like it." Jun Ziyang smiled.
"Oh? I saw that you were empty-handed, and I thought you were going to participate in the Queen's martial arts competition, but I actually looked away? Old Yang patted his forehead in annoyance.
"Of course, I also want to participate in the competition, but it is also my intention to give the queen two small gifts, this is not a conflict, right?" Jun Ziyang followed Lao Yang's words and made it up vigorously.
"Haha, I'll just say I didn't look away, I see that you are so young, and you are also a tiger when you walk, you have to be a practitioner, right? It would be great if he could come out on top in the Queen's martial arts selection. ”
"I heard that the reward of the Martial Arts Queen this time is a virtual gem, that thing, very mysterious, although I don't know what it is for, but it is not too much." Lao Yang said.
Virtual gems? Is this something that can be used to collide with space? There is the word virtual, and this is a virtual space, so you can't go wrong.
It seems that if Jun Ziyang wants to break this virtual space, he wants to participate in the selection of this queen's martial arts competition, and he wants to win the first place.
Let's not talk about whether this task is difficult to do, now that we have a clear idea of how to do it, this makes Jun Ziyang feel a little more at ease.
"Lao Yang, do you know who are the people who participated in the selection of the competition this time? Or who are the most likely to win? "Jun Ziyang wants to inquire about the news from Lao Yang.
"I don't know much about this, there has been no martial arts selection for many years, I remember the last time it was 9 years ago, right? Nine years have passed, and I don't know why the queen started this martial arts selection activity again this year. Lao Yang shook his head and said.
"What is the selection of the competition? Is it just an event for the dinner? Jun Ziyang asked. It's been 9 years, and it's been so long before I got another martial arts selection, so it's normal for Junziyang not to know what the selection is, this question can be asked.
"It's said that he wants to take a position next to the queen or something, but no one knows what the exact position is. Hehe, young man, if you can be a position next to the Queen, it will be amazing, this is something that many people can't envy. ”
"Have you seen the Queen?" Lao Yang raised his short eyebrows, and his eyes showed the kind of look that men understand.
"No, what's wrong?" Jun Ziyang asked.
"She is very beautiful, known as the first beauty in ancient times, think about it, even if you are a sweeper by the queen's side, it is a wonderful thing to see her every day." Lao Yang had a yearning look.
"It's a pity, I'm just a local businessman, and I can't do anything, so I can watch the excitement of this selection, or I want to go up and show my heroism." Lao Yang sighed.
"Then this selection should be full of masters." Jun Ziyang began to feel that this task was not easy to do.
"Definitely, this kind of beauty and this kind of honor, then everyone will break their heads and rush up, Xiaojun, if you go to the competition, you have to be careful." Lao Yang reminded.
"Well, I know. Lao Yang, how long will it take to arrive? ”
"It'll be there before dawn, so you can sleep for a while and recuperate. Don't worry, the dinner won't start until tomorrow night. ”
"Then I'll squint for a moment."
Leaning on the rickety carriage, Jun Ziyang gradually fell asleep.
Judging from the tasks given by Jun Ziyang's virtual space, the way to crack the space should not be to simply fight monsters, but to do the plot and do tasks, in this way, it is a good thing for everyone in the team.
Doing story missions is less dangerous, but it takes a long time.
The dinner party will not start until tomorrow night, which means that if Jun Ziyang wants to get the virtual gem, it will take at least one day.
I'm not in a hurry.,I hope that the others have also successfully received the story mission.。