After dinner, there is the usual physical exercise, in order to keep the muscles active at all times, and also to kill time and focus on the exercise, so as to ignore the terrifying howls outside.
Although it is a physical exercise, the time cannot be too long. The rest of the time is used for meditation, adjusting the breath, and exercising the spirit. When the time is almost up, I curl up on the sofa with a thin blanket and listen to the sound of the wind.
Fall asleep to the sound of blowing leaves and the howls of various creatures.
In the early morning of the next day, I don’t know the exact time, but I woke up from a dream. In the dream, I once again saw the woman who had frightened me so much that I could hardly sleep in the past few days. One woman claimed to be another woman.
my woman.
I dreamed of her again, but this time the dream was very blurry. It was different from the previous dreams that were extremely clear and as if they were in the real world. Whether it was being pierced through the heart or being decapitated in the dream, all of a sudden
Even after waking up, severe pain still lingered in my body.
However, this time, I could only vaguely see that person's figure and that bloodthirsty smile.
I don’t know what she is, but she scares me, because she seems to be invincible, extremely powerful, more decisive, more ruthless, and more belligerent than me, and will use whatever means to kill at any cost.
Kill the opponent.
Another important reason is that I feel that defeating her is not the end, but the beginning of another nightmare. It is a very bad premonition that maybe what I want to do is not defeating her, but something else.
I half-opened the curtains, and it was still dark outside. If it were in the past, I would have been ready to go out, but today I did not choose to do so.
There are too many unknown dangers in the jungle in the dark. Nocturnal predators have more time to forage during the night, which is longer than the day, which also means that the jungle becomes more dangerous.
To be honest, I didn't want to take this risk to shorten the time to enter Okork City by a few hours, so I continued to exercise in the house and wait for the time to pass until daylight fell.
Although the branches, leaves and crown of the jungle are dense and prosperous, they cannot completely block the penetration of light. After about a few hours, the visibility of the jungle became much clearer. Now I can finally set off. This visibility is enough for me to distinguish danger.
of creatures.
Breath sensing is a good skill when necessary. This skill has been fully honed in the mob gym on Cangdi Street. I can use this skill more skillfully and deeply, thanks to the meditation that Ahe selflessly shared with me.
Methods and tips for using breath sensing.
It allowed me to accumulate quite a lot of experience.
Okay, it's time to go.
I moved away the obstacle that was used to block the door last night, and with a creaking sound, I opened the slightly old wooden door covered with vines.
The cold wind also rushed into the house.
Goodbye cabin, and thank you for your willingness to host a stranger for the night.
This is a deserted countryside, and its paths may lead to many places, but one of them must be a road into the city.
As we move along the trail, the density of the woods gradually decreases. On the way, we can see other farms or pastures in the distance through the gaps in the woods. There are no lights, so no one should be there anymore. This place is quite close to the inner city.
When a disaster occurs, people leave here, and probably no one is willing to stay in such a dangerous place.
I'm not interested in exploring those farms either.
Investigate the huge creature that appeared in the report, find the source of the radiation, figure out what happened in this city, and then leave here, it's that simple.
Well, it's not simple at all.
But I should be optimistic and think about the generous rewards.
After trying many forked paths, I finally found my way to the city. Now I came to a road, not a highway, but an ordinary two-way carriageway.
It's incredible. Everywhere here is occupied by vines, moss, thin snow, etc. Many tree roots have penetrated the hard concrete road and spread to the road surface, as if they have experienced hundreds of years of baptism.
Regardless of these, you can already see the city buildings when you get here.
But as far as the eye can see, it is surrounded by thick fog. You can only vaguely see the outline of the building, and you can't see it at all further away. Although this scenery is beautiful, it is also prohibitive. No one knows what is happening in the thick fog.
What kind of danger is hidden?
Just keep going.
I was walking in the middle of the two-way carriageway. Such behavior would undoubtedly be equivalent to seeking death in a normal city, but here there would be no vehicles suddenly coming to knock you away. I could also see some people being killed on the road.
The vehicles abandoned here and parked everywhere are covered with vines just like the houses.
Without the help of navigation tools and virtual maps, I couldn't tell which direction to go to get deeper into the city. Maybe I should bring a paper map with me. Now I finally understand that many explorers are unwilling to give up the old times.
The reason for the paper map is that the instrument will be affected by interference, but the paper will not.
Many people think that it is unlikely that they will lose their way and they just need to keep moving forward. But basically this is just an illusion. The illusion makes you mistakenly think that you are moving forward. In fact, you have no idea that you have already deviated from the original route.
.
Now I am very close to this situation. To be honest, I doubt whether I am going deep into the city. It was not until I saw a rusty road sign that I confirmed that this was the right direction.
Thanks to the power of human civilization.
Now I just need to keep moving forward. The lanes extending in all directions are like the blood vessels of the city, which will take me deep into the city.
As I progressed further, more and more urban-style buildings appeared before my eyes. It was obvious that they all seemed to have gone through hundreds of years, with various vines, plants, moss, etc. covering their bodies.
This is very strange, and can be classified as an abnormal phenomenon, but it gives me a feeling of exploring the ruins of ancient civilizations, a sense of anticipation, and a surge of curiosity, just like an explorer, uh, okay,
I am an explorer.
I hope I won't encounter too much danger. In the battle some time ago, I lost the most lethal weapon, [Sheathless Blade], a nano-scale weapon. Now the only weapon I carry is a portable pistol.
, a few magazines, a few grenades, and the sharp half-arm-length bayonet that Little Alpha gave me when we parted, as well as the Gaia armored gauntlet.
To be honest, after experiencing so many battles, I no longer have high expectations for thermal weapons that are not very powerful.