Verse 09 It's all about survival
The weather on the Orc Plateau is always changing, especially in the rainy season, when it turns into torrential rain in the blink of an eye. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The rain covered the sky and the mountains in the distance.
The road under his feet was muddy and slippery, and the little donkey would sink deep into it with every step he took, and then pull it out hard.
"No more! The rain was too heavy. Chen Yin shouted behind him.
In the rain, his voice could not be heard far, and it was already a little indistinct a few meters away.
"What did you say?" Lancelot shouted similarly.
"I said, we should find a place to hide from the rain." Chen Yin repeated.
Lancelot looked around, and saw a huge plain and the sparkling water, and there was no place to hide from the rain without the eaves.
"......Over there," Chen Yin pointed to a small hill not far ahead, "Let's go and build a shed on a higher ground." ”
"Okay."
In the torrential rain, the group struggled to the small hill in front of them.
"Don't go up to the top, just find a flat spot in the middle." Chen Yin pointed to the sky, "It's easy to be struck by lightning at a high place." ”
"......" Lancelot looked at Chen Yin inexplicably, not knowing why Chen Yin said that high places are prone to lightning strikes, but this did not prevent him from understanding Chen Yin's words, turned around slightly, and found a rock half a person high exposed on the ground.
Chen Yin went over to check and found that the clearing under the rock was also rocky, and it was very clean washed by the rain.
"That's it." Chen Yin wiped the rain from his face and jumped off the back of the little donkey.
On this barren plateau, there are no resources other than tall grasses. Even if you build a shelter, you can only use these artemisia grass as building materials.
The men were mowing the grass, and the two ladies helped to break the cut grass into small bundles, which were piled up into a hill in a short time.
Chen Yin nailed a row of boulders with pitons, then took out an arrow and stuck it deep into the ground at the position of the pitons, pulled out a section of umbrella rope and put it on the pitons, tied the arrows around the ground at one end, and then pulled it back and put it on another pizen.
Just like this, the skeleton of the shelter has been built. Next, Chen Yin tied the straw bales one by one to the umbrella line, and from time to time used a bow and arrow to cross the straw horizontally through the straw bales to reinforce, and in less than half an hour, a simple shelter with left and right transparency was built.
After several people entered the shelter one after another, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Whew...... It's so embarrassing. Lancelot sighed.
Chen Yin looked at Angel, who was holding his knees in his hands, and then looked at Aunt Jiya, who was also trembling.
"It's old, it's not good." Aunt Jiya shrugged, "I want to ...... back then"
Chen Yin rolled her eyes, I don't know if it's an illusion, my aunt always likes to talk about things when she was young, it can be seen that she has a lot of good memories in that era, and she may not want to look so happy after the soul sea is broken.
"We should make a fire." Chen Yin said.
"Where can I find dry firewood on this rainy day?" Aunt Jiya shook her head.
At this time, it would be nice to have a dry distillation wood stove, and Chen Yin suddenly missed the clumsy handiwork thrown in his tent.
It's so hard to start a campfire in such a situation where everything is wet. In the case of incomplete tools, if it was the original Chen Yin, he would be helpless. But in this card world, it's not completely impossible.
Chen Yin got some leftover grass outside and brought it in, and took out an explosion trap to arrange at the entrance on the downwind side.
"Hey! What are you doing? Aunt Ji Ya looked at Chen Yin with an incredulous expression. It was clearly written on his face that you kid was going to die by himself, don't come and drag us.
"It's fine." Chen Yin laughed and gently flicked the mechanism of the explosion trap.
The crowd was shocked, but nothing happened.
Except for a small flame.
A small flame actually rose from the explosion trap! Everyone looked at Chen Yin in shock.
"How did you do that?" Aunt Jiya leaned over and saw it embarrassedly.
"......" Chen Yin didn't speak, staring intently at the explosion trap, and the green tendons on his hands burst out.
"Shhhhhhhh Angel grabbed Aunt Giya.
After a few minutes, the flames had stabilized, even bigger than expected, and the tongues of fire were almost licking up to the roof of the shed. Fortunately, the bales on the roof of the shed were wet, and there was no intention of being ignited at all.
Regaining control of the fire and making the flames smaller, Chen Yin breathed a sigh of relief and sat on the ground.
"You adjusted the release speed?" Angel asked suddenly.
"Hmm...... Yes. Chen Yin nodded.
"......" Angel looked him up and down as if he had reacquainted Chen Yin.
"What's wrong?" Chen Yin glanced at Angel strangely.
"Nothing." Angel suddenly noticed that Chen Yin's gaze had become a little strange.
When I looked down, I saw that the clothes on my body had been beaten tightly by the rain, and at this time I was naturally curvy.
"Hey!" The silver-haired girl had a fierce expression.
"I'm sorry." Chen Yin turned his head to look outside.
The sky gradually became darker, but Chen Yin clearly remembered that it should still be morning. This shows that this rainstorm should not stop for a short time.
After drying their coats in turn, they took out dry food and put it on the fire to heat it.
At this time, Chen Yin's kettle came in handy. Remove the thermal cover, take off the aluminum lunch box on the outside of the polypropylene kettle and hang it on the fire, and then pour the water from the kettle into the lunch box.
A few minutes later, the water boiled and everyone was given a cup of hot boiling water.
"Gollum."
After swallowing a small mouthful, the heat quickly spread from the mouth and esophagus to the stomach, and suddenly the whole body became warm.
"Whew...... The boiling water was fantastic. Chen Yin sighed and sighed, holding a wooden cup, holding a barbecue jerky, roasting the soles of his feet with his bare feet, and then closing a sip of hot boiling water, there is simply no better enjoyment in this storm.
"It's a novel design, what kind of material is this? It's so light and strong, it doesn't look like an ordinary resin material. Angel sat very ladylikely, didn't stretch out her feet to bake the fire like those rough old men, just fiddled with Chen Yin's kettle.
"Polypropylene." Chen Yin took a sip of hot water, and suddenly noticed Angel's words, "Resin material? Do you have a similar polymer production here? ”
"Huh?" Angel was stunned.
Only then did Chen Yin realize that some of his words were not in the language here.
"You...... Why look for the Sage? Angel abruptly changed the subject.
"Who is the Sage? Prophet? ”
"Well, that's right."
"Oh, I want to go home." Chen Yin explained endlessly.
"I know you want to ask why." Chen Yin looked at Angel with a puzzled expression, "But this is a long story, do you want to hear it?" ”
"It's fine anyway." Angel tugged at a strand of silver hair and circled it around her fingertips.
"Yes. I'm from far away......"
It was also the first time that Lancelot and the others heard Chen Yin talk about his origin, so they stopped muttering and quieted down to listen to Chen Yin's talk about the past.
Since he came to this world, except for too many things involving the earth and crossing, he has talked about other experiences in detail, and when he talked about witches, Chen Yin obviously felt that Angel wanted to say something, but in the end she still didn't say it.
It was until Chen Yin wondered why Ivan had to leak the book from generation to generation, and finally because of this doubt, he even demolished the precious material that could be called an antique, and found the map that guided the Golden City in the cover.
“…… Say you're bold? Or do you have no heart or lungs? Aunt Ji Ya shook her head, "You didn't think about it in case the old emperor found out......"
"He won't know." Chen Yin shrugged, "Even if you know, what?" Anyway, he's not the emperor anymore, can he still hunt me down? Besides, we've been hunted down, okay? ”
"Also, with your current strength, it is still difficult for an emperor to trouble you......" Aunt Jiya shook her head.
She ...... Is that really what you say? Angel, who had been silent after listening, suddenly asked.
"Who?"
"Christian."
"Who's that?" Chen Yin had no impression of the name at all.
"Vittoria, the Book of the Covenant, Christian, the witch of your mouth."
"Oh yes, no wonder it sounds familiar." Chen Yin suddenly said that he had seen this name before, that is, when he was spying on the attributes of the witch, this name flashed, and then all the information became garbled.
"What did she say?"
"Let you go to the Tower of Knowledge to find clues to be summoned here." Angel seems to be struggling with the issue.
"Oh, that's not it. I remember...... She seemed to say that I should come to the library, but the library of the Holy Light Church is the tower of knowledge, and then ......" As she spoke, Chen Yin found that Angel's attention was no longer on him, and his eyes were staring at the fire blankly, obviously empty.
"I'm sorry." Angel, who came back to his senses, said softly, but did not mean to explain.
"When I'm done, let's talk about you. Why are you looking for prophets...... Oh no, what about the footsteps of the Sage? ”
“…… Ending the cycle of our fate. Angel's words made Chen Yin stunned.
"Reincarnation of fate?"
"Hmm."
"Uh......" Seeing that the girl didn't mean to explain, Chen Yin turned his gaze to Aunt Jiya. Among all the people here, in addition to the silver-haired girl, the highest status belongs to Aunt Jiya, after all, there is a big position, and she is also the "high-level" of the golden robe, so she must know more things.
"Don't look at me." Aunt Jiya shook her head, "This kind of thing is a secret of our Holy Light Church, and the Holy Maiden can say it but I can't say anything. ”
"Okay." Chen Yin held his head in his hands, "It's mysterious, don't talk about it......"
The crowd fell silent.
A few minutes later, Angel, who had been looking down and thinking about things, suddenly looked at Chen Yin and asked, "What do you think of the Holy Light Church?" ”
"Ah, this ......" Chen Yin scratched his head.
"Just think the truest thoughts." Angel said with a serious face.
"Tell me the truth?"
"Tell me the truth."
"You're not going to be angry, are you? There are 4 of you...... I can't beat you......" Chen Yin made a very frightened expression.
“…… Do you want to know the secrets of the Church? Angel looked at Chen Yin's clumsy acting skills with a funny face.
"Oh?" Chen Yin's eyes lit up, "If I tell you the truth, you will tell me?" ”
"Of course, that's the premise."
"Okay." Chen Yin pondered for a while, trying to pick out some less sensitive words: "Generally speaking, the church has a high level of technical ability and a high level of knowledge, and it is precisely because of this that the trade between the church and the kingdom is mainly based on the kingdom's losses, coupled with financial control, I think what little Pound said should not be groundless." ”
"Well, anything else?"
"And ......," Chen Yin gritted his teeth and decided to say something more vigorous, "and the church is too domineering, and many times it acts a little unscrupulous, especially when it comes to civilians. ”
As he spoke, Chen Yin glared at Lancelot.
He will never forget that empty village, and he will never forget that young man with empty eyes and a different head.
When Lancelot was chasing the witch, he once recruited a large number of ordinary people as cannon fodder to consume the witch's soul crystal.
"You're right, there's a more cruel side to the Church even in places you can't see, especially when the Inquisition deals with other ancient forces." Angel said calmly.
"Everything is real, and the purpose is not noble, just to live, that's all. Everything about the Church of Light, the management, the exploitation, and all the other things, is just for us to live. Angel said calmly.
"Live?" Chen Yin was stunned for a moment, "Don't be kidding, I've seen how powerful the church is...... That airship is simply black technology...... Ahem, that airship alone can destroy a few countries, right? With such a strong force, there will be an existential crisis? I've seen the Grey Orc troops, and a single airship can slaughter the Orc Plateau, right? ”
Chen Yin didn't understand Angel's statement.
"Your Highness, are you talking too much......" Aunt Ji Ya asked weakly.
"It's okay, you're all members of the Holy Light Church, and Chen ...... He can know. Angel looked at Chen Yin and continued:
"First of all, what you are touching is nothing more than a slender tentacle of the gray orcs reaching out to the human kingdom. The true strength of the Grey Orcs is no less than that of the Church of Light. ”
“…… Even if it is an orc swordmaster, it is ...... under the blow of the airship"
Without waiting for Chen Yin to finish speaking, Angel shook his head and said, "The role of the airship is not to fight against the Sword Saint of the Gray Orcs, but to deal with the floating ships of the Orcs. ”
"Huh?"
"Do you think the Grey Orcs will just rush at you with their axes?" Angel laughed.
"Uh......" Don't say it, Chen Yin really thinks so.
"As a race that rivals humans, the Grey Orcs are far from what you can imagine now, and of course what the Church has shown you is only the tip of the iceberg. But that's not what I'm talking about. ”
The silver-haired girl paused, and softly said something that shocked Chen Yin.
"Neither we, nor the Grey Orcs, are just a bunch of prisoners imprisoned on this planet. It's like a captive livestock! ”
(To be continued.) )