Interactive Fiction: The Right Choice After Unemployment

Chapter 164 The Stranger in the Bush
Option 7.1 64.3%, Option 28.6 [-]%, Option [-] [-]%.

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【Option [-]】

[To the northwest: five days, with thorns and wild beasts]

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Zheng Zhuo and Xiang Renjie bid farewell to Orion.Zheng Zhuo and Xiang Renjie said that they could keep up, and it was okay to take a shortcut, so they headed northwest.

Two days later, the terrain became steeper and the canyon became deeper and longer.The two carefully entered the valley along the side of the mountain.The bottom of the valley is full of jagged rocks and dense tall grass, making it extremely difficult to settle down.Among the long grass, there are many thorns, and Zheng Zhuo often walks in it without paying attention, and there is a wound on his foot, bleeding.

He has no external skills, and he doesn't know any subtle light exercises, so he walks very slowly.Fortunately, there is at least a pair of double hooks, which can move forward through grass, and avoid stepping on a long snake poisonous insect.

Xiang Renjie is walking on the ground.Zheng Zhuo walked too slowly, he didn't have the patience to wait, he often walked ahead to open the way, climbed to a high place to observe, or simply fell asleep on a rare flat rock.

Zheng Zhuo was naturally sleepy and tired.But thinking that there were wolves at night, Xiang Renjie had to rely on Xiang Renjie to resist, and it was difficult for him to propose taking turns to rest.

Just supporting it all the way, another two days passed.

In the mountain, the composition of black obsidian is slowly increasing.

"Luo Ling is coming."

Xiang Renjie looked towards the misty canyon ahead and said.

We are almost at our destination.this is a good news.But Zheng Zhuo did not expect that the road on the last day would be the most difficult.

The two need to pass through a depression, and then climb up a short distance, entering the higher-lying Luoling from the canyon they are in now.

And because of the low terrain, this depression is dark and humid all year round, and thorns grow wildly inside.

"... through here."

Zheng Zhuo looked at those thorns that were as thick as little fingers, with reddish green at the top, and felt his scalp go numb.

He was starting to regret that his self four days earlier had rashly agreed to a quicker, more excruciating solution.

"(No, faster is better! It's the right choice...)"

probably.

Seeing that Xiang Renjie used his external strength [golden bell cover], tightened the skin around his body, and strode inward, Zheng Zhuo also tensed up.

What is tight is the scalp.

He bit the bullet and squeezed in, following behind Xiang Renjie.

Needless to say the result.Even though Xiang Renjie had opened a passage for him, making it much easier for him to walk - if Xiang Renjie hadn't opened the way, he wouldn't even be able to squeeze in - he was still scratched all over his body.

This torture-like torture lasted all day, and in the evening, the two finally passed through the thorny area.They camped and rested on the gentle slope away from the thorny area, planning to enter Luoling early the next morning.

Zheng Zhuo tried his best to collect some herbs that could heal trauma, but he didn't dare to go too far, so he didn't get much.At night, the wounds all over his body began to ooze pus, numb and itchy, making him toss and turn, making it difficult to sleep.

He opened his eyes wide, watching the night getting darker and darker.

"(Could you have to stay up all night to enter Luoling... please forgive me.)"

Just when Zheng Zhuodi thought so desperately for countless times.

rustle.

"Ok?"

Not far away, the long grass shook slightly.

Zheng Zhuo looked there subconsciously.

next second.

He just felt a "buzz" in his head explode.

Under the cold moonlight, a black shadow stood in the long grass.

Definitely not wolves.The black shadow stood upright with its feet upright.

It looked like a person.

How can there be people in this barren mountain! ?

Zheng Zhuo's back broke out in a cold sweat.

rustle.

The wind stirred the long grass.Grass pushes over and covers back.

The shadow was gone.

Zheng Zhuo looked around with his eyes wide open.However, there are strange shadows everywhere, no matter how you look at it, you can't see any similar people.

……

Zheng Zhuo couldn't remember when he fell asleep.At dawn, he was woken up by Xiang Renjie.

It's time to go into the mountains.

Zheng Zhuo yawned, packed his luggage, followed Xiang Renjie, and walked towards the Luoling Mountains.

"(Could it be a dream yesterday?)"

He really couldn't tell whether it was what he really saw, or a strange dream that he accidentally fell asleep, so he didn't talk about it with Xiang Renjie.

The two walked in silence for half an hour.They climbed over the higher ground and entered the next valley.

At this point, it is considered to have officially entered Luoling.

"Before I met you, I left something at the bottom of the valley near here." Xiang Renjie pointed to a high place obliquely ahead, and said, "I probably dropped it from that place. It's a book, I think Let it fall to the bottom of the valley, but it can still be blown anywhere by the wind."

"You search with me, the progress will be faster." He added, "You start here, and I will go to the end of the canyon to search back. In the evening, I will come back to find you."

After Xiang Renjie finished speaking, he took some water and dry food, raised his energy and started the light kung fu [God Walking Step], and he went far away in just two or three leaps.

Xiang Renjie's arrangement was exactly in line with Zheng Zhuo's wishes.

"Search separately, just to create opportunities." Zheng Zhuo pondered, "If I find [Gui Yi Jing] first, I can take the opportunity to learn it."

He didn't say much at the moment, and searched carefully.

……

Time passed bit by bit, and the sun rose to the top of the head unconsciously.

Zheng Zhuo originally thought that he had [Appraisal], so he could see the location of the items very well, and he would definitely be able to find the whereabouts of the scriptures immediately—after all, although he was not moving fast, the advantage was that he did not need to search by hand, and his efficiency was more than a hundred times higher.

But it's strange, he traveled a long distance, but he didn't see [Return to the First Scripture] in [Appraisal].

"Could it be thrown further away?"

Zheng Zhuo was puzzled, but not worried.He thought to himself that he could see the objects at a glance, and it was only a matter of time before he found the scriptures.

In the afternoon, Zheng Zhuo came to a relatively flat open space in the valley.Here he sat down, ate something, and slept a little longer.

After several days of rushing on the road, his physical strength has really reached its limit.

The breeze blows through the valley, blowing the grass and trees.

In a haze, Zheng Zhuo always felt that something was wrong.

The wind carried a faint animal smell.Maybe it was because his senses became sharper after practicing martial arts, and he still felt that someone was staring at him.

what happened?

Zheng Zhuo suddenly opened his eyes.

He was looking in the direction he had come from.

The grass shadow swayed.

This time, the sky was bright, and Zheng Zhuo could really see it clearly.

Among the grass and trees, stood a thin man with unkempt hair and ragged clothes!
In Luoling, there are indeed other people!
Zheng Zhuo was so frightened that he lost all sleepiness.

"who!"

He roared.

The man ran away.

"stop!"

Even if he has learned a few exercises, Zheng Zhuo's strength is by no means strong in the martial arts world.But now that the man was afraid of running away, Zheng Zhuo no longer worried about the enemy's strength.He turned over and subconsciously wanted to chase——

and many more.

He suddenly remembered something and looked towards the sun.

It's about the time when I just entered the application.There is still an hour until the meeting time agreed with Xiang Renjie.

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【problem】

[Suspicious homeless man found!To chase or not to chase? 】

【Option [-]】

[Leave a mark on the spot and chase the suspicious tramp by yourself]

【Option [-]】

[Wait for Xiang Renjie at the same place, and act after gathering]

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