This is the first time that Xia Duo has sensed such a magical thing. If he hadn't deliberately looked for anomalies, he would have ignored it normally.
This is simply a conceptual innovation.
Before today, Xia Duo had never felt that conceptual things could be truly perceived. The words "like" and "hate" that people often talked about were just descriptions.
There is not really any concrete thing like "like" or "hate".
But now "flow" and "moistening" are really something specific. For a moment, Xia Duo was a little messy. All kinds of pictures flashed through his mind like lightning, and finally became a mess.
Xia Duo shook his head and stopped thinking about those super-class things for the time being.
The only thing that can be determined now is that there is indeed something abnormal about this "road", and this "road" has always pointed to the so-called Old Neil treasure.
So is this "treasure" still the "treasure" he thought of?
A big question mark appeared in Xia Duo's heart, but no matter what, Xia Duo decided to continue walking. After all, he was in his own territory and had to take a look.
Moreover, there are concepts that exist. If you don’t take a look at them, you won’t be willing to accept them.
With all kinds of thoughts, Xia Duo quickened his pace, dashing along the way, slashing continuously with his adamantine sword, cutting off anything that stood in his way.
"Um?"
Xia Duo suddenly stopped. Unknowingly, he was only a hundred meters beyond the location of the treasure.
But being able to surpass it subconsciously is enough to show that no abnormalities were found along the way. Xia Duo carefully felt the existence of the concept of "flow" and "moisture", and it became more and more blurred here.
Even if you are careful and focused on perception, there is still something there, and it seems that it is over here.
And here is near the so-called treasure!
Shado took out Old Neil's map and the spell map copied from Lord Savile, and compared it with reality. However, any point on Old Neil's map corresponded to a large area in reality.
It's at least as big as two basketball courts.
The so-called standard position is still a rather thick and large dot.
Xia Duo first walked around the perimeter, cutting marks on the trees, and then carefully searched for any tree, any piece of grass, or any stone.
Until it was getting dark, there was still no discovery, not to mention the treasure, not even a trace of man-made traces other than him!
Xia Duo couldn't help but be a little disappointed. Before coming, even if he was reminded repeatedly by reason, he still had more or less expectations.
But now nothing has been found. Although nearly half of the area has not been searched, Xia Duo's expectations have been extremely low.
The reason that made him want to continue searching was that Old Neil would not leave the map behind for no reason, and the conceptual existence of what he had discovered before.
This is certainly not an ordinary place.
It was getting dark, so Xia Duo decided to come back tomorrow.
…
As soon as he approached the landing site, Xia Duo smelled the smell of scorched earth. The basketball court-sized land that had been opened up in the morning had been completely burned.
In the middle of the land, two tents, one large and one small, have been erected, with wooden boxes of supplies piled on one side of the tents.
Seeing Sha Duo return, Gibb and Simon immediately came over to report.
"My lord, everything goes well today," Gibb said.
"Very good, but I still can't relax." Xia Duo nodded. He was still relieved about Gibb, and then asked Simon: "What's the situation here?"
"Sir, the situation here is pretty good, except that two people were bitten by poisonous insects, but after taking the medicine, they are no longer affected."
Simon was in a bit of a situation, but it was as expected by Sha Duo. Although these people had been adventurers, they were not as experienced as Gibb and others who had been hanging out in the wild all year round.
After a few words of comfort, Gibb and Simon told everyone to rest. Developing territory is a long-term plan, and it is not about fighting for this little time.
There is no need to exploit these people too much in the early stage. The number of people is too small and they cannot squeeze out many working hours. Of course, if there are more people, it will be another matter.
…
The large tent in the open space is shared by others, while the small tent is used by Xia Duo alone.
Entering the tent, there was nothing inside except two simple wooden boxes, but the floor was covered with a layer of wooden boards.
The two wooden boxes were put together and covered with blankets to form a bed. After Xia Duo made the bed, he summoned a ball of light and ate bread while studying his spell notes.
Not long after, he heard Gibb calling him from outside the curtain at the door, "Sir, can I come in?"
Xia Duo didn't think too much and said casually, "Come in."
After receiving the order, Gibb opened the door curtain and trotted over, "Sir, this is what I prepared for you."
As he said that, he handed over the things in his hands.
“Where did the barbecue come from?”
Xia Duo frowned as he looked at the dark thing Jibu brought with a dagger on it.
There is indeed meat in the supplies, but it is prepared bacon jerky, which can be used to make soup or chewed, but it has nothing to do with barbecue.
As if to prove that he had not left his post without permission, Gibb quickly explained, "A silly rabbit happened to bump into my leg in the afternoon, so I caught it."
Such a coincidence? Xia Duo was a little skeptical, but he didn't delve into it. He believed that Gibb could still distinguish the important from the important, but he still firmly rejected the dark barbecue:
"Take this roasted hare and share it with others."
"grown ups!"
"Needless to say, take it back and distribute it to others. Don't forget Simon's team."
"This-" Gibb hesitated for a moment, but still took the barbecue and left.
Then Gibb's voice sounded outside the camp, "Your Majesty ordered me to share the barbecue with everyone!"
Then there was a burst of cheers, "Thank you, Lord!"
Inside the camp, Xia Duo shook his head and smiled bitterly. He didn't know how much sincerity there was, but from the outside, the situation was looking good.
…
The next day, Chateau arranged for Simon and others to start from the temporary camp and continue to expand outward, while Gibb and others were still on guard. They would serve as a cordon until the second batch of people arrived.
Patrolling day and night in case of recovery.
After making arrangements for the temporary camp, Xia Duo went treasure hunting alone as he did yesterday afternoon, and nearly half of the treasure spots on the map were not searched!
Following the path opened yesterday, Xia Duo moved forward much faster.
It was almost a little more than a mile from the temporary camp to the "treasure". Xia Duo didn't stop all the way and soon arrived here.
What he had to do was to continue searching along the location of the traces left yesterday.
Xia Duo looked at the trees one by one. The traces he left were very obvious and could not be found. He quickly found the progress of yesterday.
But he soon discovered something was wrong.
Question: How to ensure that every tree, every piece of turf, and every stone is searched without missing anything?
Of course, you need to plan. The simplest way is to go one by one like a chessboard, and eventually you will search all the places.
This is what Xia Duo did, simple and crude, but effective.
Then the traces he left yesterday will definitely be in a straight line, and there will be no omissions, but here comes the problem -
Xia Duo discovered that there was no trace of him left in one "square", but it existed on both sides. It was as if Xia Duo had been drunk yesterday and missed this "square" alone.