Mia wakes up from her bed and finds herself in that strange and strange world again.

Overhead, drooping vines and twine are tied to fireflies, which is a unique way of lighting in the area.

Mia stepped out of the treehouse and pushed open the rough vines hanging from the doorway. Down there are layers of intertwined tree trunks, each of which can accommodate one or two people to walk. The children run and jump nimbly in the trees, and climb and fly nimbly like monkeys clinging to the vines.

There was a faint fishy smell in the air.

She looked up at the sky.

It was night, and the stars were shining in the sky, but they were dim and sparse, far less clear than those of the Resurrected Kingdom.

Mia looked down again. Under the magic tree where the people lived was a gray-black sea of fog, as if the ground was constantly burning with fire, and smoke was constantly rising.

This is the third time she's been to Daggs.

The first time, Mia thought she was in a dream and accidentally fell and broke her leg. The second time she entered, she read the few books and wooden inscriptions in the village, and asked the village elders about the world on the other side of the star.

"Sydney, are you awake?"

She was greeted by a smiling old woman, who looked to be about seventy or eighty years old. The old man was hunched on his back and holding a cane with a non-slip hook.

Mia said, "Just wake up, Granny Qiao." ”

In this world, Mia's body belongs to a girl named Sydney, who is a hunter.

"There are not enough dried fruits and water, and the leaves of the magic tree are not edible, and the children are very hungry. Can I ask you to go out hunting? ”

Granny Qiao said, "Although your injuries have not recovered, let you go out...... But there is not enough food in stockpiles. It's almost winter, and it's even harder to go out at that time. ”

"Okay."

Mia immediately agreed.

"Old Jello will go with you, be careful."

Mia nodded.

As the only four hunters in the village, every hunting trip is a life-or-death journey, and Tree Village requires two hunters to act together to take care of each other and rescue each other.

Back at the treehouse, Mia begins to pack her bags.

The hunter's tools include ropes, hooks, masks, hunting knives, and war bows.

The hook consists of a hook and a special rope that is tied to the hunter's arm and can be shot into the trunk of the tree at any time, allowing the hunter to grab the rope and swing to the next foothold.

The mask is composed of multiple layers of linen and herbs to reduce the inhalation of dead air.

Hunters need to enter the lower level of Tree Village for hunting. Near the ground, there is a dead atmosphere, which is full of monsters, and humans will have spasms, bleeding from the mouth and nose, and even coma and death if they stay in the area for a long time.

Because of this, people live higher and higher to stay away from the dead air that is constantly gushing and climbing from the ground.

Hunting knives are arm-long, with a thicker back and a curved hook at the tip. This structure makes it easy to chop and divide food and materials, as well as dig between soil and stones.

Mia's bow is elm. This is reserved for women, while men use ash trees.

These two types of wood can carry the power of Rune Runes.

According to the experience of generations, the most suitable for women is elm, and the most powerful for men is ash.

After taking inventory, Mia fastened her backpack for her prey and walked out of the treehouse.

Old Geralt was already waiting outside in full gear.

He was still forty years old, and the children of the tree village called him Old Geralt.

In this world called [Dags], people usually live less than fifty years old, and old Gero is indeed an old man. There are very few people who live such a long time, and the old people who are her contemporaries have died decades ago.

"Go and worship God first."

Geralt led Mia all the way to a wide area in the trees. Here is a huge tree branch, and in the center stands a statue of a god, and several old people are kneeling down to it, muttering words in their mouths.

Hunters worship the gods before going out to pray for good luck.

Mia is no stranger to this, as the Yao people also have such rituals and customs.

Everyone will worship Yao God first, and then pray to other gods according to different tendencies and areas.

Some worship the white god to pray for wealth, some believe in the king of Uji and hope to gain the favor of the earth, some pray to the god of the moment to obtain wisdom, some praise the king of light, some worship the marshal of the long horse, and some revere the billions of incarnations......

All the tree villages in Daggs worship the God of a Thousand Faces.

Mia stood in front of the idol and looked ahead.

The god of a thousand faces sits on a tall throne with a broad-brimmed hat flanked by broad wings.

On each of His shoulders rested a large crow, beaks pointed toward His ears, as if whispering to the gods. At His feet lay two wolves, two beasts faithfully scanning the directions.

The god of a thousand faces, with a spear in his hand, looked down from his throne on earth, and his vague face could not tell whether it was contempt, majesty, or coldness.

Geralt knelt in front of the statue of the god: "O all-powerful god of a thousand faces, please bestow good fortune on us, may we harvest our prey this time and return safely." ”

Do as the Romans do.

Mia also prayed like an old hunter.

This God of a Thousand Faces is the only god of Daggs, but in local history, he has never appeared since the Cataclysm.

According to word of mouth and wooden records, people lived on the ground a long, long time ago, and there were magic wells in every large settlement. Residents can use the Bottle to fill it with magical energy to supply each household with heating and cooking, as well as to power the Rune Rune.

The two giant crows flew around the world every day, and then unreservedly reported what they saw and heard to the god of a thousand faces—the two birds on the idol's shoulder.

It was the most glorious golden age of [Dags], the gods were shrouded in the sky, and everything was full of life.

After an ordinary day, the crow disappeared into the sky, never to be seen again.

The gods didn't answer.

During the long and terrifying age of godlessness, people ushered in a cataclysm, and the blowout of the underground magic well caused the whole world to be filled with monsters, and the dead air covered the entire land.

In order to avoid the monsters and death, some people climb the trees that grow wildly in the flood of magic wells, while others burrow deep underground.

Even so, the people of Daggs still believe in this god with a thousand faces.

They thought that one day in the future, He would return like lightning. The departure of the God of a Thousand Faces was to test the bravery and tenacity of the people of Daggs, and when He returned, the whole world would be recast in glory and stronger than ever before.

In the past, the God of a Thousand Faces has shown kindness and love to this place, and the Rune Rune is a treasure from Him.

……

Mia follows the old hunter Jello along the way to jump with vines and hooks, and keep landing under the tree.

Originally, Mia was not good at running in the wild, she was a student at United Friendship University, mainly studying mathematics and astronomy, under the tutelage of the famous demon lecturer Yuan Qing.

The owner of this body, Sydney, although she is only fifteen or sixteen years old, has a very amazing physical fitness, both strength and flexibility, compared with those athletes who train in [Kuafu Chasing the Sun].

Whether it's walking or running, it's more about physical inertia, and Mia just needs to follow her body's muscle memory.

If there is a downside, it is that Sydney's mind is too slow.

In the past, Mia was able to calculate mathematical problems instantly, or various derivations based on conditions, which were particularly difficult to calculate with this body.

Sydney's talent is all in the body, and the hands are faster than the brain.

Old Geralt advised, "Sydney, you still have to be careful with your legs, although you have always recovered quickly. But try not to fight those monsters hand-to-hand, use a war bow, and don't get close. ”

Mia nodded: "I still don't feel very good in my body, you can shoot arrows later." ”

"It's fine."

According to Granny Qiao and others, Sydney is a cheerful, talkative and courageous hunter, and they are amazed at Sydney's reticence after being injured. The villagers could not have imagined that in this body was another person from a distant world.

The two hunters entered the hunting area, pulled up the masks around their necks, and found a hidden area to search for prey.

There was already a gray fog here, and visibility was much lower than before.

After waiting for a while, a shadow came not far away.

The two hunters didn't move.

From time to time, the visitor stopped to look left and right, and as it slowly approached, its face revealed.

It was a large lizard with gray cuticles, about two adults long, crawling on all fours, with a single horn curving upwards at the tip of its nose.

It's a horned lizard.

Good luck.

The horned lizard is a less dangerous prey, it is not afraid of toxins, has rough skin and thick meat, and is an irresistible natural enemy to most insect monsters. But for the hunters of Dags, as long as they can hit its eyes, they can get their prey.

Mia saw that Old Geralt had drawn his ash bow and aimed his sharpened arrows at the enemy.

There are two magic horns at both ends of the bow, and the blades of the bow are engraved with the [Rune Rune] - "Uruznid Surizaz".

It's actually a three-paragraph phrase.

Uruz represents the male user and is the invocation of the rune rune.

Ned points to "bondage" and "oppression" to confirm the lasting effect of power.

Surizaz is the "thorn and thorn", which condenses the outward form of strength.

Together, it is to identify the male user, identify the strength trait as a way to entangle and bind the enemy, and spread it by piercing.

The magic horns at both ends of the chord groove are specially made energy storage containers. Obtain a certain amount of magic energy by sealing and soaking it in a magic bottle, which can then be used to push the rune rune.

When she saw this magical item for the first time, Mia was puzzled.

It's an incredibly powerful technology. But in this world, people can only use it for a few limited items such as war bows, hooks, and magic bottles. Whether it is the development of magic energy or rune runes, they are in a state of long-term stagnation, even worse than before the cataclysm.

Now, she understands.

Understanding and applying the 24 runes requires the synergy of various basics.

It includes the most basic linguistics, logic, theology, mathematics, casting and smelting, materials and engineering, etc. If it is placed in the Yao family, with the element theory and crystal structure technology as the theoretical experimental support, and then the [crystal structure phase dissociation cannon] is used for field testing, the decipherment and the development of new combinations can be gradually completed.

Mia also had the idea of learning the Rune Rune and bringing it back to the Yao civilization, so she was fully prepared this time.

But in today's Dags, there is simply no soil for further development of technology.

They can only use the old method passed down from their ancestors, using the simplest and most common combinations to use the rune runes.

At this time, the old hunter with the war bow turned white, and the whole person merged with the power of the rune rune.

Shout!

After the sound of breaking through the air, the horned lizard's head shuddered violently and let out a hissing roar.

It flicked its head as hard as it could when it had been shot by the arrow, its body twisting on the ground, and its mouth opening to roar in all directions, as if threatening its lurking foe.

Old Geralt just calmly and steadily drew his bow again, aiming at his target.

Shout!

The horned lizard's injured left eye was shot again, and it fluttered wildly on the ground.

Then Old Geralt and Mia each made up two arrows. Mia shoots the horned lizard in the nostril, and Old Geralt attacks the eye.

The horned lizard lay limply on the ground, just gasping for air.

"Let's go."

Old Geralt took Mia around behind the horned lizard. He pulled out his hunting knife and slashed at the horned lizard's tail, and Mia did the same. The two hunters quickly cut off a severed tail that was two arms long.

They picked up the tail and sped away the way they came.

If you have enough time and energy, you can kill the horned lizard. But there are likely to be other predators along the way, which is extremely dangerous for hunters.

The duty of a hunter is to capture the meat of his prey, not to kill it.

"Uruznid Surisaz" can not only pierce enemies, but also temporarily bind them.

It is much easier to cut off the tail of a horned lizard, and the tailbone, meat, and cuticle are all useful food and materials.

Not long after the two fled, the horned lizard was suddenly pulled into the ground by something, leaving only a small depression on the ground.

Mia and old Geralt didn't dare to come out.

After making sure that it was okay, the two began to look further for other food and ingredients.

When the mask turns black and drops particles, the two hunters immediately turn back. This is a sign of danger, and if you continue to stay, the dead air will break through the protection of the mask and enter the mouth and nose, causing bleeding and more serious damage to internal organs.

……

Mia and Gero Sr. each carry a bag and show off their prey in front of the idol.

The children gathered around the long, strong, and powerful tail. The horned lizard's long tail is still slowly shaking, and the section shows a bright red and tight fleshy texture and solid white bones.

"What a big lizard's tail! Sydney is still so powerful! ”

"I've got broth to drink this winter!"

"I want to eat it now......"

……

The old people weighed the meat, stored it, and then began to focus on other things.

Old Geralt's bag contained several common herbs, a pile of edible rhizomes, a few large firefly eggs, and some flint for lighting, sharp gravel for tools.

What Mia brought back was a different style.

"Sydney, what is this?" An old man pointed to the striking and heavy slate in the bag.

"It's a record slate. There are more than a dozen more near a col below. ”

Mia said, "According to the above drawing, there is a magic well not far from this magic tree, and a huge monster lives under the magic well. Although the depiction is simple, the general environment of the surrounding area is realistic, and the corresponding landmarks can be found. ”

She pointed to the slate.

A well is carved into the slab, and under the mouth of the well is a huge serpentine that seems to be sleeping.

"The magic well should have something to do with this monster, so the flooding and gushing of the magic well may also have something to do with it."

"Oh, I see."

Someone else asked, "This skin is really whole." ”

Mia carefully unfolded the hide, explaining, "The leather has been tanned, a tool that has been processed by man. It is made of a red pigment, which is supposed to be a powder made of some kind of stone and mixed with grease to make a simple ink. ”

The old people came together.

The skin depicts a group of small red men running around, while a large red snake that winds and entrenches is hunting them everywhere and swallowing them into their stomachs.

There's a strange rune painted underneath.

"Ivaz...... Destruction and creation. Granny Qiao squinted: "It seems to be asking for help." This should be a plea from someone underground, and I hope we can see it. ”

"Sure enough, they were attacked by monsters...... There is nowhere to hide on the ground, and there is only a dead end underground. ”

"Unfortunately, may their souls rest in peace."

One of the children looked at Mia: "Sydney, I feel like you've become different lately, you seem to be a lot smarter!" Did the last injury make you change so much? Have you been inspired by the gods? ”

Mia thought to herself that she had indeed received a revelation from the gods. It's just the god Yao, not the god here.

"I was just thinking that to survive better, I might have to hunt for more than just hunting," she said. ”

Granny Qiao looked at her: "So what to do?" ”

In the face of the elder's inquiry, Mia was not afraid at all: "This world is in danger, it may be destroyed at any time, we have to leave here if we want to live." ”

"Alas, everyone knows that no tree can be separated from the earth, no matter how tall it grows. The birds always come back to the ground, too. ”

"yes, it doesn't work."

The old people sighed.

Granny Qiao looked at Mia: "Go ahead and talk about what you think." ”

Mia was silent for a moment.

"I think we need a new god to lead us away."

Everyone looked at each other.

"Sydney, you ......"

Mia is ready to deal with all kinds of disasters and accusations.

But this step must be taken, otherwise the deteriorating dead air here will continue to rise, and the magic tree is being gnawed by all kinds of monsters, and its vines and roots are not protected from all the attackers. Sooner or later, one day, either the magic tree will fall, or the monsters below will completely climb the tree.

Granny Qiao's old gaze sharpened: "Do you know how to sacrifice to other gods?" ”

"Did any other gods come here?"

"Sydney, let's talk about it."

The old people gossip.

This...... It doesn't seem to be what I thought.

Everyone seems to accept the other gods in the same way.

"I have indeed been blessed and inspired by a great god who is the master of thousands of worlds, whose divine might is everywhere in the mountains and seas, to whom demons and the Lord God are allegiated, and to whom unstoppable calamities are prostrate. As long as you believe in Him and offer loyalty and humility to Him, you can be rescued by the Yao civilization......"

Mia talked about the miracles of Yao.

The old people and children in the tree village were very excited when they heard this!

"Let's build a statue of this great Yao! Gotta give it a try! ”

Mia knew in her heart.

In a desperate world, everyone's desire to survive can break all rules, and they will seize any glimmer of hope.

Mia used her knowledge of mathematics and geometry, plus the sketches required by the school, to sketch the construction drawings of the statue of Yaoshen.

Everyone began to get busy building the idols.

……

After being exhausted, Mia writes a journal on the bark at the bedside for Sydney to read when she returns.

She sat on her bed and looked out at the dark sky outside the tree hollow.

The stars are dim.

On the other side of the world, I don't know what the Sydney that occupies my body is doing now.

Today is the day of the report on the key issues...... My graduation assessment ......

Thinking of this, Mia only felt a tingling in her brain.

Let's hope she doesn't mess up too much.