Chapter 90: The Growth of Strange Things

Kalimantan Island, formerly known as Borneo, is located in the middle of the Malay Archipelago, bordering Sumatra Island in the west, Java Island in the south, and Sulawesi Island in the east, with an area of more than 700,000 square kilometers, about one and a half times that of California, and the third largest island in the world.

The southern part of the island is owned by Indonesia and is divided into five provinces: Northern, Eastern, Southern, Central and West Kalimantan;

The northern territory belongs to the Malaysian states of Sarawak and Sabah, between which once existed a country called 'Brunei', which was later destroyed and annexed by Sarawak during the great chaos at the beginning of the new era.

At this time, Zhang Longchu was located in Sarawak's largest city and on the outskirts of Kuching City, its capital.

Although Zhang Longchu did not have enough knowledge of world geography to understand his location in detail, he had heard of 'Malaysia', a country that is still somewhat famous in Asia.

I probably know that the place I wandered to is not much different from my original destination, Thailand, which is a Southeast Asian country that belongs to the sphere of influence of China, but retains a lot of autonomy.

And hearing the term 'Federated States of Malaysia', combined with the fact that Sarawak has both the name of the country and the so-called state of Sarawak, it is judged that Malaysia must be like Milicon, and the local government has a fairly independent status.

And it is obviously not as developed as the civilization of the United States, and it is difficult to create a strong central government, so it is likely that there is a hidden danger of local power separation;

In addition, judging from the fact that many people around you speak English, it is likely that Kalimantan was one of the colonies of English-speaking countries in the 18th and 19th centuries and even in the middle of the 20th century, just like most of Asia.

After independence. Although there is a native government, because of the backwardness of the indigenous civilization, it is still unable to compete with the strong Western civilization. Therefore, in the following centuries, English as the language used by the colonizers became more popular. It has become a kind of everyday language.

This kind of thought flashed through Zhang Longchu's mind, which made him have a basic judgment of his situation.

"Thank you for your help, I've remembered, thank you so much." A satisfied smile vaguely appeared on his face, and Zhang Longchu clasped his hands together and thanked the couple who were under his stall.

"Have you recovered your memory, it's really Buddha's blessing." Hearing this, the girl in the couple showed a relieved expression and said happily.

"yes. It's really the blessing of the Buddha," Zhang Longchu did not believe in any religion, so he was not taboo against all kinds of gods, said with a smile, and then waved his hand, "Then goodbye." Continue in the direction of the city.

He had only taken a few steps when suddenly a male voice came from behind him, "Please wait. ”

Zhang Longchu had a twist in his heart. With a gloomy face, he stopped, quietly clenched his fists, and slowly turned around, and saw the young man in the couple who was blocked by himself. Strode up to himself and took off his plastic slippers, "Sir." Your shoes fell into the sea.

It's still a long way from the city, and you strangers are not like us Sarawakians who have been running in the fields since childhood. Don't be afraid to go barefoot, please put my shoes on. ”

"This. This is what to do," Hearing that the young man actually stopped him for this kind of thing, Zhang Longchu's originally gloomy face suddenly turned into an embarrassed look, and he waved his hand again and again.

But before he could push again, he saw the young man clasp his hands together and say, "May the Buddha bless you with all the best." Then he turned around and took his lover's hand and went away barefoot.

Looking at the disappearing backs of the two, Zhang Longchu was stunned for a while, shrugged his shoulders and said to himself: "Wow, it seems that I am really lucky to block a pair of pious and kind Buddhists asking for directions, this kind of good people's good intentions cannot be disappointed...", put on the slippers on the ground, turned around happily in his heart and continued to walk in the direction of the city.

The Immutable Wolf only has the physical strength and speed similar to that of an ordinary teenager, so he walked around and rested until it was completely dark and his good mood was clean, and he finally stepped into Kuching City.

Kuching, located in the western part of Sarawak, the Sarawak River runs through the city, where 30% of the residents are Chinese, 50% Malay and 20% Sarawak Aboriginal live on both sides of the river.

On the north bank of the river is the city center of today, with many modern buildings, not inferior to the bustling heart of Los Angeles.

When Zhang Long first entered the city on the south bank, he saw all the low wooden buildings, dimly lit street lamps, narrow streets, and pedestrians walking leisurely in their unscrupulous clothes.

It looks backward and comfortable, but it is very suitable for a person with secrets, to live in seclusion and integrate into the local society, so he is very satisfied, and calculates his advantages and disadvantages, "I am originally of Asian race, and after so many days of exposure to the sea, I look similar to the swarthy aborigines on the island, so at least on the surface, I don't look unusual."

Unfortunately, there is no identification, and although English is also one of the lingua franca here, it is not as applicable as the indigenous language, and it is still easy for people to discover the identity of outsiders when they come into contact, so you should keep your distance from the locals for the time being.

In this case, I can't expect to go to the heterotopic plane to explore and make a lot of money, and I can't count on a temporary cameo as a robber, and it's too easy to make mistakes when the environment is not familiar, so it's better to sell these pieces of jewelry according to my original plan and settle down temporarily..."

While thinking, Zhang Longchu shuttled through the streets of the southern city of 'Kuching', and as the time got later and later, he found that the passers-by around him were becoming scarce, and he knew that it would be futile to go any further, so he walked outside the gate of a vaulted temple that did not know that the god was enshrined, and many homeless people;

Together with the poor people who came to the capital from all over Kalimantan to make a wish, they leaned on the stone pillars and entered their dreams.

The temperature on tropical and subtropical islands is like summer all year round, and the temperature at night is at least 18 degrees Celsius or more, and the kind monks also light a medicated cake mixed with wormwood and mint outside the temple to ward off mosquitoes, so sleeping in the open is not particularly hard.

After a sweet night's sleep, at dawn, the deafening bell woke Zhang Longchu up, looking at the morning sun that dyed half of the sky red, he yawned, stood up and walked to the pool in a small square in front of the temple, lined up to wash his face and rinse his mouth with nausea, and then resumed his wandering that had not been completed yesterday.

After about an hour or two, Zhang Longchu, who had traveled more than a dozen blocks, finally found a morning market similar to the rice flea market, although most of the stalls sold fresh fruits and vegetables such as greens and fruits, or daily necessities such as towels and soaps, but there were also some small merchants with cheap clothes and accessories in front of them.

Compared with their goods, the exquisite pieces of jewelry that Zhang Longchu selected from the suitcase of the crashed plane can be called works of art, and they attracted the attention of many young girls as soon as they were taken out.

Although most people who can visit this traditional market will not be from the wealthy class, but good things are good things after all, and Zhang Longchu, who does not know the value of the Malaysian currency at all, but still knows how to sell it with his experience in selling cannabis, deliberately guided the bidding, several items were sold for a high price of RM3,200.

As the official currency of Malaysia, the ratio of the ringgit to the meter dollar is about 4:1, and when converted, Zhang Longchu walked into the market destitute and walked out of the market with the equivalent of 800 meters of local currency.

In the inexpensive southern city of Kuching, this is about the equivalent of a month's living expenses for a family of five.

With this money as a guarantee, Zhang Longchu settled down a lot, but after casually buying some pancakes and mixed juice with dried shrimp and fruit cubes on the skin on the road to fill his stomach, he still kept wandering the streets, but this time the target of attention has changed from a flea market to a gas station with a large amount of high-energy fuel.

Because of the sluggish economy in the southern district of Kuching, Zhang Longchu did not find anything until the afternoon, when he walked to the neighborhood adjacent to the Sarawak River Bridge, he finally saw a gas station that met his heart.

In this way, after completing the two goals perfectly, Zhang Longchu successfully settled down in Kuching City, and used the RM3,200 as capital during the day to learn the local language in the traditional market under the pretext of selling goods;

At night, he transforms into a giant wolf and excavates a tunnel from the center of the huge flower bed near the gas station to the underground tank of the gas station.

After a week of digging through the tunnel, he used his ability to control the ice element and his sharp claws to destroy the canister's outer shell, allowing the high-energy fuel contained inside to flow out and absorb the heat emitted by the fuel.

Time passed slowly, and before I knew it, a month had passed, and after this long period of accumulation, the amount of heat energy absorbed by Zhang Longchu's body finally reached the threshold.

One evening, when he opened a room in a small hotel where he could stay without any identification, and after lying on the bed and entering the world of strange things, five huge golden dice fell from the sky, and rolled out of the sky 5, 12, 1, 16, 19, a total of 53 points.

At the same time, Zhang Longchu felt that the height of his body in the world of strange things began to rise, and the length of the land under his feet that was dispelled with black fog increased from 40 kilometers to 50 kilometers, and the area expanded from 1,600 square meters to 2,500 square kilometers.

Such a vast land is enough for the Chulong clan to live in it, and then expand a few new cities.

It's just that in a large canyon lined with green bamboo in the newly emerged land, there is an omnivorous monster that looks like a panda, the fur is black and white, but the body is larger, with a shoulder height of more than 2 meters and a body length of more than 4 meters. (To be continued.) )