Chapter 2 Task 1: Entering the County (Part I)
When Long Thirteen rolled down the dirt slope, he seemed to be hit by some sharp object in the middle of the way, and then a sharp pain came, causing his extremely weak body to lose consciousness again.
I don't know how long it took for him to wake up.
It was still the endless darkness that enveloped the gray world, and the box in front of him reappeared.
"Dragon thirteen, eighteen years old, height of 1.75 meters, weight of 59 pounds, force value 1, commander value 0, agility value 1, luck value 5, wisdom value 0, you just rolled down the dirt slope encountered two pairs of young child bones that were eaten by thieves, but they were not injured, but they were stung"
"Therefore the luck is given 5 points"
"Your task to enter Qingjian County has begun the countdown, twenty miles, the task completion time is less than twenty-four hours, four hours have passed now, and you still have twenty hours"
The box disappeared again.
Long Thirteen continued to lie down with a bitter smile, he had already consumed the last trace of his strength when he rolled down just now, and if he hadn't supported it now, it was estimated that he would have turned into a dry bone at this time, a dry bone without a trace of flesh in one fell swoop.
However, he knew that in the late Ming Dynasty, the world of northern Shaanxi with extreme drought and cold, there was often no grass or trees within a radius of dozens of miles, let alone a freshly dead body.
Twenty miles, hungry for seven days, single-clothed, frozen and swollen barefoot, and he didn't even see a wooden stick that could be pestled, he entered the county seat?
It's harder than climbing to the sky.
He could also choose not to go and starve to death, in which case there would be a high chance that another task would appear randomly, perhaps much easier.
But the simulator also said that his assignment will inherit the final appearance of the previous task no matter which task it is in.
"With this kind of assignment, it's not easy to complete the task in any task."
Thinking of this, he had to look hard at the distance.
River water!
Frozen river!
It's still more than ten meters away from him!
In addition to the loess, there were also stones along the way, and he could only climb over them slowly!
It was only a dozen meters, and it seemed to be the farthest ten meters in his life experience of Long Thirteen, his extremely weak body, the cold to the bone, and the pain caused by the collision of bones and stones when he climbed over the riverbed full of stones due to his extreme thinness tormented him all the time.
However, when the simulator box is displayed, the time is also displayed at the same time.
It's 4:50 a.m., which means that it will be light in an hour at most!
As soon as the day dawns, a large number of homeless people will appear on the road, and when they see his boneless body, they will not hesitate to eat it.
So, although every step he took was like suffering in purgatory, he had to endure and climb forward in order not to be eaten by the homeless.
I don't know how long it took, but Long Thirteen finally climbed to the edge of a puddle!
But at the same time, the sky is getting brighter!
However, just a few steps away, he just didn't have any strength left to climb into the puddle!
It's only October, and the ice in the puddle is obviously not very thick, as long as he can stick his head there, there is a good chance that he will break through the ice and drink the river water!
But he doesn't have any strength!
He smelled the river and vaguely heard a faint sound coming from the post road.
He also knew that as a being, he was only a moment away from disappearing for the first time.
"Could it be that you are going to be eaten just after coming to this simulator world at the end of the Ming Dynasty?"
The voices of the displaced people drew closer, and he seemed to see them also staggering, trembling in the north wind with sticks.
But so what?
People can at least walk, and it's easy to eat yourself!
The voices and figures of the homeless people were getting closer and closer, and Long Thirteen seemed to see the bright, hideous smiles they let out when they saw him, and a pair of colors that glowed red, like wild dogs on the African savannah in the animal world!
"Ahh
At this moment, Long Thirteen suddenly felt a tingling pain in his cheeks leaning against the riverbed!
This sting saved him, people, the potential is still endless, and when this sting hit, he was even able to slap it with a slap!
He sat up and looked at the object in his palm.
A scorpion that hasn't even gone into hibernation yet!
As he sat up, the few homeless people not far away also stopped, but their eyes also turned from him to the scorpion!
Demand immediate action!
His blow just now made the little scorpion faint, so he quickly grabbed the scorpion's thorny tail and bit its body into it!
It seemed that his body had gained a little more strength, and he quickly threw away the poisonous tail and hit his head on the ice of the puddle.
His entire face was buried in the water, and after a while of grunting, he felt his strength increase a little more.
He stood up!
Although the world was still spinning, he finally stood up!
At the same time, he had an extra sharp stone in his hand!
"Long Thirteen, there are still ten hours left for your task of entering Qingjian County, this place is still twenty miles away from Qingjian County, and the walking speed of normal people is ten miles per hour, your current situation is still quite far from normal people, and the post road is very dangerous."
The simulator box is duly displayed again.
After seeing Long Thirteen who stood up, those homeless people all retreated, and they could also see that although the person in front of them was weak, he was a very tall (1.75 meters at this time) descendant, and since he could stand up, it meant that he could walk like them.
Ryujusan ignored them and continued south along the riverbed—he had no trouble climbing the treacherous post road, he had to save it all up for walking.
As the simulator said, although he can stand up now, he still walks staggeringly, not to mention reaching the speed of a normal person, if he is placed in the next life, I am afraid that even a young child who has just entered kindergarten can't compare.
But he had to go again.
Every few hundred meters he walked had to rest, and then he drank in a puddle, and once, as luck would have it, he found a small fish in a small puddle, a small fish about an inch long, which he swallowed whole.
However, he knew that this good fortune would not always accompany him, and that the puddles would be turned over by the homeless during the day and re-frozen at night, and that the small fish was probably hidden in a crevice in the rocks, and he was lucky enough to find it.
In this way, he walked all the way, rested all the way, and relied on drinking water and the support of the little scorpion and small fish, and he persevered until noon.
"You are still twelve miles away from Qingjian County, and there are only five hours left."
"Five hours?" , a trace of bitterness appeared at the corner of his mouth, at his speed at this time, it was impossible to walk twelve miles in five hours.
However, he could not help but go, and if he stopped, he would become a starvation in the mouths of others, and he would soon be eaten up, and then he would become a dead skeleton in the wilderness.
Fearing that he was not even qualified to have a complete dry bone, he saw that some homeless people also had a bone in their hands, which seemed to be a large arm bone, most of which was used as a weapon.
Slowly moving along the riverbed, each step exerting a lot of energy, until you came to a river bend!
In that bay, there was a huge stone on the side near Long Thirteen, and on one side of the boulder was a large puddle, the puddle looked very deep, and there was water flowing out of it, he threw a stone into it, and look at the movement, it was at least two meters deep!
As a result, he could no longer walk in the river and had to return to the shore.
However, the slope on the side of the boulder was steeper than the one he had rolled down earlier, and he had to go back and find a slightly gentler slope to climb on.
As he was about to turn back, a faint sound came from near the boulder.
Long Thirteen froze in his heart, then hesitated for a moment, and finally walked to the place where the sound came from—it was a narrow gap between the boulder and the dirt slope, and there was a puff of dead grass outside, a puff of dry grass that could barely be swallowed—and everything green here was gone.
Dragon Thirteen pushed the withered grass away, and a figure was revealed!
A boy, about ten years old, was the same skinny as he was, dressed in single clothes and barefoot.
When I looked at it again, there was a post road on the top of the gap, and most of this person fell from the post road, and it was estimated that he knew the fate of not being able to continue walking, so he covered the gap with dry grass.
The man was obviously hungry too, and there was no movement at the sight of him, except for the hollow eyes.
There was extreme fear and panic in his eyes, and he probably thought about the possible consequences of the sound he shouldn't have made just now.
"Here's your chance"
At this point, the simulator box appears again.
"Kill him, then eat it, after that, your physical strength will return to half the level of ordinary people, and there is a 60% chance of arriving at the county seat on time"
If he was just an ordinary outcast, he would naturally eat it without hesitation, but he was not after all, although the image of this person changed into a different shape of food in front of his eyes for a while, and then returned to its original state for a while, he still held back.
Who called him a man from the Hereafter?
Sighing, he filled some water with the half broken bowl he had picked up on the way and fed him something to drink.
After drinking the water, the boy seemed to have some strength and was able to stagger to his feet.
Long 13 said to him: "I still have something to do, I am in a hurry to go to the county seat, I can't take care of you, you can do it yourself"
He also knew that, under his current conditions, it was impossible to carry an equally extremely weak child to the county seat within five hours, and there was no possibility.
And once he leaves, this son will only starve to death and be eaten by a group of displaced people, even so, Long Thirteen is not willing to eat him by himself.
"With ...... I'll go."
Unexpectedly, the boy would not give up on him, and when he saw that he was about to leave, he made a weak cry of plea.
"No", Long Thirteen didn't want to waste his energy by talking nonsense with him in vain, he had done this step by himself, although once he left, he would inevitably be eaten by others, but after all, he didn't do it himself, in such a world, he could be at ease.
"This ...... Here you go."
However, after the child searched for it in his arms, and then took out an object, Long Thirteen couldn't help but be stunned.
That's a short knife!
A black leather scabbard, a short knife with thick threads wrapped around the wooden handle!
It's just an ordinary short knife, but with this knife, you can walk generously from the post road to Qingjian County!
He knew that the homeless people who were staggering on the post road at this time generally only had a broken bowl and a wooden stick, and if anyone still had metal tools, it would be quite remarkable.
In a very weak situation, with this knife existing, almost no one dares to provoke you.
With another sigh, Long Thirteen took the knife and lifted the child up.