1. Homesickness is a disease, but there is no medicine
In the evening, the sky was already dark, the remnant sun hung obliquely on the horizon, the red clouds were like fire, as if scorching the entire sky, and the earth was covered with a layer of red light.
On the other side of the horizon, a shallow crescent moon had already jumped out, standing above the sky like a silver hook.
At this moment, when the sun falls and the silver moon rises, there are always things that are difficult for ordinary people to understand between day and night.
Heaven and earth seem to be separated by two colors, and on one side is the afterglow of the sunset, with a blood-red light. On the other side is the silver ash brought up by the rising moon, and the snow white is full of forest.
The sun and the moon turned, and the control of the earth was returned to the silver moon from the great day.
The silver moon is ominous, this is the consensus of all people living in this ancient land.
Nine Creek Township.
It is surrounded by mountains, mountains, rivers, and countless woody forests. The town is not small, and there are more than 3,000 families gathered here, so it can be called a city in all seriousness.
The town was supported by a wall, with thirty-six pillars standing evenly around the walls, glowing with a faint light that lit up the moment the sun set.
There was also an extremely subtle glow on the city wall, and if you looked closely, you could see that there seemed to be a layer of the same material as the pillar on the outer layer of the city wall, and together with the thirty-six pillars, the moonlight was blocked.
In a small courtyard in the north of the town, the candlelight in the house was dim, Shen took her husband's hand and wept softly, and the two had a good relationship.
Qu Tao held his little sister Qu Chan in his arms, looked at the uncle who was paralyzed on the bed, and quietly didn't make a sound.
Uncle was very strong before he was injured, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the number one hunter in Jiuxi Town, the first person under the head of the town, and he is a powerful martial artist who has been tempered to the internal organs of the solid six realms, and the royal family of the big clan in the city has to give three points.
But now the uncle is paralyzed in bed, his legs are broken at the root, and he is often delirious, confused, eating, drinking, and lazing are all served by the Shen family day after day.
The head of the town said that he was injured by the mountain demon and needed to be treated with demon blood.
Every time Shen saw her husband paralyzed in bed, she couldn't help wiping her tears, originally a man who stood up to the sky, just became a half-dead waste, thinking that if her husband was sober, he knew that he was like this, and he would definitely not want to live anymore.
"Let's eat. ”
After a while, Shen sighed lightly and got up, and the three of them came to the outer room, Qu Tao glanced back, and Uncle Qu Sheng was lying quietly, except for his slightly undulating chest, he couldn't see any living person.
"I'll find the demon blood to cure my uncle. ”
Qu Tao's voice was not loud, but Shen Shi heard it sincerely, and his body was stunned when he heard the words, and then he nodded and said no more.
Qu Chan was very well-behaved, without making any fuss, snuggled tightly in her mother's arms, and the meal ended in silence.
At night, Qu Tao lay in bed and thought a lot.
Uncle's injuries can only be healed by finding demon blood, I heard that there may be monster activities in the depths of the mountains, but it is not a place where ordinary people can go at all, the depths of the mountains are full of dangers, there are groups of fierce beasts, and only strong people like the head of the town can walk around in it.
But I have to find the demon blood for my uncle, and I can't delay it.
The town has been locked down for more than half a month, but fortunately, the town leader ordered the blockade to be lifted in the evening, and tomorrow I have to go into the mountains early to find prey and make up for my uncle.
......
Early the next morning, when the morning sun was rising, Qu Tao had already left home, carrying the dough cake made by his aunt in his arms, and rushed all the way to the deep mountains.
As soon as the ban on the town was removed, there were more people who went out to beg for a living, and Qu Tao was not the only one who entered the mountain, but he followed the crowd into the mountain, but he opened in the middle of the road, and disappeared into the dense forest.
Jiuxi Town is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and there are countless living creatures, and the deeper you go, the more beasts there are. The moon barrier only feels to people, but beasts can not be affected in the moon barrier, just like a curse of heaven and earth on people.
It is rumored that in this deep mountain, there are even mountain demons haunting.
This area of mountains and forests is the place where Qu Tao used to have the most activities, with tall thick trees, lush greenery, and the sound of insects and birds from time to time, full of life.
The beast is hidden in the forest, the beast patrols in the depths of the forest, here is wild and primitive, but Qu Tao is like a fish swimming into the water, the feet are like the wind, flexible like a spirit monkey, scurrying and jumping in the forest.
He didn't go too deep, and after walking for most of the hour, he came to a stop after crossing a hill.
"That's it. ”
Standing on a big rock, Qu Tao looked around, into the eyes is the high mountains in the woods, the sun has risen, the morning glow is dense.
"The sunrise here is different from back home, and it seems like the sun is getting bigger. ”
He stared at the morning sun and couldn't help but think of his hometown, where the sky was gray and plastic bags were flying.
Yes, he wasn't born and raised here, to be precise, he crossed over years ago and took over this body.
He misses his hometown and relatives, but he also knows that he can't go back.
It is said that homesickness is a disease, but there is no cure.
He pulled out an object from his bosom, a white card half the size of a palm, with a humanoid sketch on one side and a thin line of handwriting on the other.
"Active Skill: Hurry, temporarily increases the Swiftness attribute by 200%, lasts 0.5h, and can be used 3/3 of the times. ”
This is where he dares to go deep into the mountains.
took out the firewood knife on his waist, bent his fingers and flicked it on the edge of the blade, and suddenly there was a "ding" sound, and the dark color on the firewood knife instantly dissipated, becoming dense with silver light and shining with cold light.
There is a kind of sharpness of its own.
Looking at himself again, his body suddenly lost weight, his skin gradually turned from wheat to white, and in a moment he changed from a fierce young man to a white and weak scholar.
"For more than half a year, the solid six realms have been tempered to the muscles, and then they will go down to the tendons. ”
Feeling the changes in his body, Qu Tao nodded.
"Let's go find prey. ”
His eyes were shiny and radiant, and he had lost his previous restraint, and he looked resolute when he returned.
Qu Tao's eyes scanned back and forth, not letting go of any suspicious place, the movements under his feet were not fast, but they were extremely steady, and his body seemed very light.
"Whew!"
A cold light flashed, followed by a faint sound.
A worm that flew in front of Qu Tao's eyes was cut in two.
He stopped and looked at the unknown insect, and saw that the insect was dead, but there was a little gray light on its body, and then it turned into a gray card three inches long and two inches wide, one side was a human body sketch, and the other side had words.
Leaning over to pick up the card, Qu Tao's face remained unchanged, and he muttered: "Why is it a gray card again, it is still fast, but the attribute is permanently increased, and it is lucky." ”
I saw that the gray card read: Swift (Permanent) +0. 3。
He slapped the card directly on his body, and the gray card exploded after the gray light surged, and the gray light penetrated into his body and disappeared.
Qu Tao only felt a little warmth on his body, and then there was no change.
"The amount of rapid growth is too small, and this amount can only be accumulated slowly to have a noticeable effect. ”
Qu Tao moved forward again, and all the creatures that appeared in front of him along the way would be hacked to death by him, but so far they were all flying insects.
"Swift (3h)+0.7"
"Powerful (0.5h) +1 .4"
"Endurance (1.5h) +0.8"
He had already picked up seven gray attribute cards like this, but none of them permanently increased their attributes, and the highest lasted only three hours.
The permanent attribute card is not explosive, but he is not discouraged and seems to have long been used to it.
Finally, a wild boar appeared in his sight, a beast taller than him, and from a distance it looked like a boulder coiled under a thick log.
Sensing that someone was approaching, the boar looked up alertly, but its huge body was unexpectedly flexible.
"Shhh
Qu Tao couldn't help but snort after seeing the true face of the wild boar.
"This is a pig, the flesh is famous for its durability, and those who initiate madness are tempered to the tendons may not be able to deal with it here. ”
He carefully stopped his form and hid under a thick log, considering whether he should go up and cut the pig. Just now, I killed hundreds of bugs in a row, and I only picked up seven cards, and the explosion rate is very low.
Qu Tao felt that this kind of card was a little inexplicably familiar, like some settings in the games of his previous life.
After more than half a year of exploration, he has now figured out some rules, the more powerful the creature, the higher the explosion rate, and the stronger the cards that burst.
He remembered that when he hunted a green wolf in the mountains last month, he burst out a white swiftness card, which was a swift +3 card, and it was also a permanent attribute card, and the effect was immediate, and his own speed was so fast now, thanks to that white card.
The pigs seemed to sense the danger, and their boulder-like bodies crawled up, swaying and preparing to go deep into the mountains.
The beast had a strong premonition of the crisis, and Qu Tao had a little thought, and the piglet was aware of it, and with the movement between Qu Tao's jumps just now, the piggy immediately wanted to escape.
"Can't let it escape. ”
Qu Tao made up his mind and no longer hesitated, jumped out from behind the thick wood, his body was like an ape, and he came to the top of the piglet after a few jumps in the forest.
"Boom!"
The cold light flickered, reflecting the light of the light, and the wood knife slashed down like electricity, sinking straight into the back of the pig's neck three inches.
The pig hissed in pain, its huge body slammed, its head held high, and its five-foot fangs rose upward, as if to pierce Qu Tao.
Qu Tao's complexion changed, and he hurriedly put away the knife and twisted his body, the blade was horizontal in front of him, and it could withstand the fangs that were rapidly piercing in the lightning and flint, and flew out of the distance in the sound of the impact of gold and iron.
He only felt a huge force coming from the firewood knife in his hand, and the firewood knife almost got out of his hand, and his mouth was extremely sore, and half of his arm was a little weak.
"It's so strong, I hurt my arm in one fell swoop. ”
You can't be beaten, you can only outwit it.
Qu Tao's body twisted in mid-air, and he ran forward without looking back after landing on the ground.
The pig in the back was stimulated by the pain in the neck and went crazy, at this time there was no longer the alert touch just now, and after seeing Qu Tao who was fleeing, he chased after him with a roar.
The body is huge, but the speed is not slow at all, Qu Tao felt the fierceness behind him, and the rumbling movement, but he was not in a hurry at all, and took it through the forest.
He expected this thing to be explosive, but the endurance would definitely not be too good, after all, with such a large body, it was a little unrealistic to run for a long time.
The difference between the two is only two or three zhang, and the pig seems to be able to catch up with Qu Tao with one acceleration, but whenever the pig accelerates, Qu Tao will jump forward for a distance, and always hang it at this distance.
After half a burnt incense, the two have run out of four or five miles one after the other, and the slightly thinner trees along the way are all tragically poisoned, and many stout ancient trees have been knocked down by the pigs, and the pigs at this time are already panting, with rough breath in their nostrils.
Qu Tao was okay, endurance was his strong point, he hung the pig in a circle, and did not go deep into the mountains and forests.
Hearing the heavy gasping of the pigs behind him, he felt that the latter's speed had slowed down significantly, so he slowed down as well.
In front of you is a large boulder, half of which is hidden in the mountain, and the exposed part is also covered with moss and weeds, blending in with the surrounding environment.
Qu Tao saw that his face was overjoyed, and he stepped directly to the big stone, and then turned around and stood still.
He stared intently at the swift rush towards him, time seemed to slow down at this moment, and the two fangs of the pig, which were mottled with blood, and a mouth full of sharp teeth, all indicated that this thing was an extremely difficult beast.
It's close!
At this moment, he seemed to be able to smell the stench coming out of the pig's mouth.
Suddenly, his expression was grim.
At this moment, the piglet was in front of him, as if a boulder was rolling down towards him, and the oppressive force was huge.
Bucktooth!
Only three feet away from him, he could even see tiny cracks on it.
Suddenly, his body was short, and the whole person went to the ground, and the tip of his nose rubbed against the thick fangs, avoiding the fatal blow in a few millimeters.
"Bang!"
A dull thud was followed by a terrible howl.
Qu Tao fell on his back and slapped on the ground, and his body flew diagonally out of the body of the pig, just out of the range of the pig's huge body, and then rolled on the ground and stood up.
Looking at the pig again, at this time, the beast hit the big rock with the momentum of the rolling stone, and the big stone was suddenly torn apart, and the small pieces flew away, which was also mixed with a thick long fang.
The pigs were miserable at this time, one of the fangs was broken, the mouth and nose were crooked, the broken teeth poured out with the blood, and the whole head was shortened by more than ten inches out of thin air.
It tried to stand up, but the violent impact just now made it faint, and the pain was everywhere, so that it could only lie limply on the ground.
Seeing the right time, Qu Tao did not hesitate for a moment, turned the firewood knife in his hand, jumped on the back of the pig, and stabbed directly along the previous incision.
"Whew!"
The pig's pain was extreme, the two-foot-long firewood knife went directly to the handle, Qu Tao had rich hunting experience, how could he hesitate at this time, and directly turned the stab to sharpen, and the wound was expanded several times at once.
There was a strong force under his feet, and the pig stood up and jumped on the spot as if it had returned to the light.
Qu Tao was jolting like a small sampan in a huge wave at this moment, grasping the bristles of the pig with one hand, and without pausing with the other, half of his body was about to poke into the wound.
The pain was intensifying, and the pig was already going berserk, and at this time he just wanted to shake off the little thing on his back.
But Qu Tao seemed to have taken root on its back, and no matter how it jumped, his hands didn't loosen at all.
"Drink!"
Qu Tao's hand holding the firewood knife suddenly exerted force, and most of his body reached into the wound, cutting off the bones in his back directly along the crack of the pig's bone.
"Whew!"
The pig's scream shook all around, and its body stiffened suddenly, and then it softened.
"Bang!"
The pig's massive body slammed to the ground, causing a puff of smoke and dust, and Qu Tao slid off it, covered in blood, and the arm holding the knife trembled slightly.
"Finally died. ”
He breathed a sigh of relief, if he hadn't used his brain, if he had fought hard, the chances of winning would be slim.
At this time, the pig swallowed, and the blood flowed from its mouth and nose, and after a while, the ground was stained red.
White light floated from the pig's body, and then gradually condensed into a white card.
"White card!"
Qu Tao's face was overjoyed, and he got up and took the white card in his hand.
"Hard value (permanent) / Muscle strength +4.5. ”
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