Chapter 1 Infinite Ice Field, Wandering Newcomers

Rorschach didn't die in the end.

In fact, when he woke up, the severe wounds from the disembowelment, the fractured bones and heart, the mottled and dense bloodstains, and even the torn wounds on his shirt were all gone. The whole person seems to have had a long dream, except for some mental confusion, and the body has accumulated in a near-perfect state.

But what surprised him even more was his position.

A gentle breath brought out wisps of damp and hot white gas that would never appear in summer, and the cold taste of hard bang coming from under him lying flat almost reminded him of the experience of sleeping in a coffin when he was a child, but it seemed to be harder, almost stubborn, but permeated with a lingering chill.

This is by no means the Haishan City in the summer.

He unconsciously raised his head, looked around, and then froze.

It was a cramped wooden hut, and he seemed to lie reclining on the only hardwood bed, and beside the bed, within reach of his right hand, lay a three-meter-long wooden frame, on which a snow-white bearskin with bared teeth and skull hung from it; Farther away, in the center of the room, on the only round table, was a stack of parchments, a few stones, and an oil lamp with a curved spoon.

There were no airy windows in the room, not only that, but the gray and white brick walls on the inside were scattered with seven or eight thick wooden planks that prevented the penetration of air flow from the outside, and in the lower right corner of the bedside was a fireplace that only Western European countries were accustomed to using in Rorschach's impression, but only a small handful of scattered ashes remained on the bottom surface under the chimney.

Rorschach took a deep breath, a hint of foreboding in his heart, and then walked to the tethered door, slowly pulled the bolt open, and looked out.

"Whew--"

At a glance, to the endless end of the horizon, they were soaked in a vast gray-white, the cold wind carrying countless snow particles surging from all directions, with pure white wind and frost whistling, Rorschach ignored the fine snow slag that came from the beating, just barely raised his head, looked at the sky, and his heart was cold.

The night sky is as pure as water, surrounded by stars like broken diamonds, and two bright moons, one large and one small, one white and one blue, hang in the distance, reflecting each other.

……

When Rorschach figured out his general situation, there were a few faint rays of morning light in the distant sky.

I remember that in the middle of the night that day, I went to carry out a well-planned revenge, but I didn't expect that the middle-aged fat man who seemed to be old and clumsy had two female bodyguards with gorgeous looks and extraordinary skills to support him at all times, and he himself was a superpower who could remotely indulge others in communication, but in the end, he still calculated and successfully killed him with a gas explosion.

It's just that the next encounter seems to have taken a big turn from a second-rate urban tragicomedy, and suddenly collapsed to an unbelievable magical fantasy: the two female surnames who were originally just a little dull and dull directly transformed into zombie-like monsters to chase and kill themselves after the death of their masters, and what is even more strange is that they were not eaten by the corpse at the last moment, but woke up and went to another world.

Arrived at a place called the Desolate Plains.

According to the map found in the dilapidated hut that provided shelter for him, the nearby barren snowfield was more than a hundred miles away, and at the corner of the northernmost foothills of Howling Fjord, the last stretch of the road connected to Grizzly Hills.

What a ridiculous unfolding...... Just the blink of an eye, no lightning and thunder, no wormhole tearing, just like those protagonists in the novel, unbelievably traveled to another world.

Actually, Rorschach didn't mind that something like that would happen. For from the moment he decided to take revenge himself, he did not think that he would survive--if the plan went well and succeeded in killing the enemy, although he was to be happy, he did not think that he, a slightly clever high school student, could escape the careful pursuit of the authorities; As for the failure of the operation, it falls into the hands of the enemy who can be rampant enough to forcibly suppress the shocking bloodshed, and the end is needless to say.

Horizontal and vertical are a dead end, and probably only this kind of miracle outside of common sense can bring him a glimmer of life.

It's a pity that just when Rorschach was consciously favored by the heavens and was ready to follow the example of a certain dragon surnamed predecessor and use his more or less modern knowledge to lay down a piece of the world in this vast and splendid different time and space, he was stunned to find that things were far from so simple.

What jumped out to alert him was a phantom called the "Book of Reincarnation".

The reason why a book is called a phantom is because after several attempts, this thick book with a thirty-two delicate cover seems to be really like its content narrative, just the product of a certain power combined with his own mental projection, which can appear out of thin air and be read at any time, but it cannot interfere with any substance, although it has a touch in his hand, it is actually an illusion-like effect.

And according to the prompt of this sudden book, his sudden magical experience was not an accidental accident, but some inevitable result.

The reason for the matter has to start with Bai Wu, who died in the hands of Rorschach.

And through the relevant content recorded in this book, Rorschach also has a general understanding of Bai Wu's strange power.

It's not an innate superpower, it's an acquired result of a long adventure and the completion of a mission in a bizarre place called "Infinite Space".

No one knows exactly how the so-called "infinite space" came into being and what its essence is, but it is a collection of many fantasy worlds that seem to be based on various stories, movies, games, and anime in reality, and then born based on them.

However, not all stories can form a world, and it seems to meet two basic premises: first, they must be widely known, and they must be popular for a while; As for the second, it is necessary to conform to the basic logical surname, and it is definitely impossible for a child's unbounded comic book like "Alalei" to split the earth with his bare hands.

As for the mechanics it operates, it is even more simple and straightforward, in simple terms, it is to constantly select some unexpectedly dead people from the real world, give them a second chance at life, and then put them in various worlds to complete the task.

The reason why it is called "Second Life Chance" instead of "Direct Resurrection" is because the resurrected adventurer seems to have some kind of flaw, and needs to constantly use a currency called "survival points" to survive, and only by completing a different world adventure every once in a while can he ensure that he will not be obliterated.

In this process, the Book of Reincarnation brought by all adventurers has become their only credential to the world. Although this book cannot be directly used as a brick to smash people or block attacks, it records the general course of each of the reincarnators, and directly issues various bizarre missions, and most of the adventurers' rewards and survival points basically come from this.

As for the deeper information, it was not something that a newcomer like Rorschach could know, but he had more of a headache at this time than those distant questions.

He took advantage of the time when the wind and snow broke during the day and explored the distance of more than ten miles around, but until his physical strength was exhausted, he was almost lost in the vast snowfield, and still could not find the way forward.

To put it simply, he was trapped in this vast snowfield, unable to leave.

Originally, in general, rookie adventurers would not have such an embarrassing situation. Because as they wake up, there are more or less always a few veterans. Their first task is actually to familiarize themselves with the general process with the help of senior people, as long as they don't have the luxury of trying to challenge tasks beyond their own ability, to ensure that their safety will not be too much of a problem......

For some reason, though, Rorschach woke up with an empty makeshift shelter, and he couldn't find a single mouse after rummaging through the entire hut, let alone any other intelligent beings with whom he could communicate.

"Have you been abandoned while you are sleeping...... It's not right, I remember that the Book of Reincarnation says that if the newcomer survives until the end of the mission, the veteran will receive a reward, and if he loses his life, he will have to calculate the degree and give a certain punishment...... Even if you meet a former enemy, you should meet and torture me before leaving, right? ”

With a little wood gleaned from the white sky to relight the fireplace, Rorschach sat on the bench in front of the table, puzzled.

After thinking to no avail, he sighed, stretched out his hand and summoned the thick book with a black cover, and turned the page again, staring at the lines of pale blue handwriting on the open page.

World: WAR3 - The Frozen Throne (Magic/Epic)

Current difficulty: Lower Bronze

Honkai: None

Task:

One: Survive for twenty days.

Reward: 1,000 Survival Points.

Two: Find the camp "Valgard" and join the army of the Prince of Arthas.

Reward: 500 Survival Points, Newcomer Reward*1.

Three: Make sure that the Prince of Arthas's squad continues north after defeat until they successfully reach the Frostmourn Cave.

Reward: 3,000 points for a bronze card.

(Defeat Condition: Death of either Arthas, Muradin's Copperbeard, or failure to join the Sword Squad.) )

Failure Penalty: 1500 Survival Points. (Note: For newcomers' first mission, the penalty is reduced to 1/3)

Strictly speaking, the reward and punishment mechanism of these tasks can be said to take care of the situation of newcomers, and the difficulty is not too high. When Rorschach woke up, he found a simple identification and a letter of recommendation on the table, the content of the letter was roughly a veteran who had participated in the Second Orc War, wandered to Northrend after the war and settled down, and suddenly heard that the late prince came to the Northern Expedition, because he was too old and weak to participate in the regret, so he asked his disciples to come to help Yunyun.

With this interspersed identity that I don't know if it's true or not, it directly saves Rorschach the trouble of forging his own false and leaky statements, and once he joins the army of the Prince of Alsace, he doesn't have to work hard alone, and his safety will be guaranteed to a certain extent. As for the third escort mission, according to the development of the original story, in fact, he doesn't need to interfere, and he can complete the task by letting the trajectory of history run, even if he takes a step back, the task fails due to some factors, and the pre-rewards of the first two tasks can just help him pay off the punishment, and there is even a "newcomer reward" with unknown meaning to be retained.

This kind of interlocking arrangement is probably to avoid newcomers who are afraid of danger from staying in a place far away from the development of the plot from beginning to end. Basically, as long as you take a step, you can survive empty-handed at the worst, but it's just ...... I'm afraid that even the vast number of people behind the scenes of the possible supernatural powers may not have imagined that there will be an embarrassing start for a lonely newcomer like Rorschach who is harassed by the wind and snow and is so trapped that he can't move forward.

"Anyway...... I finally have a chance to survive, but I have to persevere as much as I can. With this thought in mind, Rorschach read the contents of the book of reincarnation repeatedly, trying to find some solution from it.

Originally, Rorschach didn't have much hope, but after a while, he actually found something abnormal.