Chapter 8: Loneliness and Madness
Lindsay: "Anyone?" Can someone chat with me? ”
Lindsay's Air Friend: "Am I not here?" You're not alone. ”
Lindsay: "But you're not real, you're just a product of my imagination." ”
Lindsay's Air Friend: "Maybe I'm not real, but isn't it important that my presence gives you comfort?" ”
Lindsay: "Maybe you're the squirrel I just ate and screaming in my stomach?" ”
Lindsay's Air Friend: "Or maybe it's the coyote you ate last week?" ”
"Or last week's coyote, or ......"
Lindsey:
"Enough!"
"Whatever you want, talk to me!"
In the deserted wilderness, Lindsay was talking to herself, and then he held his head and shouted hysterically.
Shouting is followed by running.
Lindsey gallops through the wilderness, like a fire in a furnace, waving her hands wantonly and rhythmlessly, completely liberating her nature.
Half an hour later.
He tossed the garland of dryads on his head into the air, his eyes fixed on the trajectory of the pink azalea falling in the air.
At the right time, Lindsey jumped high and bit down on the garland of treads.
Then the whole person lay on the ground, feeling the taste of the petals in his mouth, and counting the clouds in the sky.
"Hmm...... How long have I been on my way? ”
"4 months, or 5 months?"
Lindsay pulled open her backpack and looked at it, and there was an icon in the item slot that was an off-white stone with a stack of 137.
"137 days."
Lindsey pine blossomed a ring, took out a stone, stuck out her tongue and licked it.
After he set out, every day before he went to bed, he would pick up a rock from around and put it in as a timer.
This also means that he has been traveling alone for four and a half months.
Even the will attribute has been improved a little in this torture.
For the first two weeks, he crossed a plain; Then I encountered a huge lake convergence area, and it took a month to detour through it; This was followed by a rugged road connecting the basin with a mountain range; Finally, through a swamp, you will find the wasteland in front of you.
Along the way, Lindsay did not encounter any danger, and ordinary demonic beasts were not his opponents at all.
Perhaps it should be put another way.
In a world where the temperature is seriously affected by altitude, Warcraft will also choose a suitable altitude in order to live more comfortably.
Like Lindsay, who crosses all the way, completely ignoring the terrain interference.
It does reduce the chance of encountering some dangerous monsters.
With that, there is a strong loneliness.
Lindsay also had the experience of living alone and not having much contact with the outside world. But as a modern person, he can play games, communicate directly with other friends through social platforms, and there is always a way to pass the time and feel lonely.
Now he is on the road alone in the true sense of the word.
As a social creature, the torment of loneliness for months on end is really unbearable.
He even wanted to catch himself a grouse or a rabbit as a companion.
But the wild animals of this world also refer to the habits of Warcraft, except for the foraging coyotes that he encountered by chance, Lindsay did not even have the opportunity to have a pet for the time being.
"Ahh Uh-oh——! ”
Lindsay's mouth came with an indecipherable sound.
A soft white cloud, at this time, drifted through the sky, blocking the sun and casting shadows on Lindsay.
With a wave of his hand, he called back the snow wolf that had let him wind in the distance, and rubbed the summon's head vigorously.
Although this minion has no intelligence.
But the touch from her hands still made Lindsay feel reassured.
Wriggling like an earthworm on the ground for a while, Lindsay picked herself up and began to prepare her lunch.
The squirrel he met yesterday was eaten by him in one meal.
Today's barbecue is still the coyote breast left over from last week.
After more than four months away from the hidden frontier, he has consumed only 12 meat crackers. In the presence of food, he will definitely not use this reserve resource.
A quarter of an hour later, Lindsay finished her lunch.
The perfect roast coyote meat enhanced his attributes, and he stood up energetically and clapped his hands with his non-existent air friend.
Then while opening the map, continue to drive east.
Lindsay didn't have much trouble with geography now, and when he left the hidden frontier, one of the books he took with him was the record of the expedition.
Plus the help of the sun in the sky and a compass.
Lindsay was pretty sure she was on the right path.
"Passing through this wasteland, there is a low-lying basin in front of it, and after the past, it is the rift zone of the Black Mountain world, and the road will be very difficult to walk. Then there's Montenegro, the largest mountain in the world, with endless mountains in the middle of the world, and the occasional other terrain can be found in the gaps of the mountains......"
Thinking about the terrain she was about to face, Lindsay moved on.
There seemed to be something wrong around him, and his subconscious was reminding him not to make the same mistakes as before.
“……”
Lindsay stood abruptly.
The snow wolf beside him also followed his master's movements, staying beside him, and guarding it majestically.
Lindsay's gaze swept around.
Every inch of the wasteland is filled with loneliness and desolation.
The sun shines on the earth, but it is like a long-term sick patient barely showing a smile.
The sparse vegetation occasionally shows a little bit of vibrant green, but when it flutters in the wind, it seems to tell some kind of helplessness, making the only white noise in the wilderness......
"Wind!"
"By the way, what about the sandstorm?"
Lindsay's expression changed.
The altitude of his current location is low, and the temperature should be high.
A few days ago, when I was on the road, whenever the wind blew, no matter how big or small, a thin layer of wind and sand would roll up on the ground.
Now that the wind is there, what about the sand?
Lindsay crouched down and pressed her fingers on the ground, and the soil she dug out was dry, but not so rough that it could be crushed with a finger, and it was sticky and darker.
Lindsay suddenly realized.
Hurriedly took off the cold and heat resistance equipment on his body.
"Here, the temperature has dropped?"
Lindsay's brow furrowed.
The terrain of this wasteland is relatively flat, and there is even a tendency to decrease.
Along the way, the elevation difference in the terrain is absolutely impossible to cause such a significant difference in temperature.
There are two possible causes of anomalies.
He was walking in an area with unusual temperatures;
Or maybe it's quite close to the recorded swamp, so the water vapor in the swamp eases the temperature and soil conditions a little.
"Let's see what's going on?"
Lindsay, who was walking alone, was quite cautious.
He canceled the summoning of the snow wolf, replaced it with a bat flying ahead to reconnoiter the situation, and took out his binoculars to look at it.
The telescope did not detect any further information, and the change had no effect on the short distance.
Fortunately, it was not long before the bat flew back from the sky.
It reported to Lindsay with special sound waves:
"Cold, icy, plain!"
(End of chapter)