Interactive Fiction: The Right Choice After Unemployment

Chapter 281 God Fire
Option one 88.9%, option two 11.1%.

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【Option [-]】

【Go to the Eternal Flame in the Southwest】

……

Zheng Zhuo put his empty backpack on his back again, and walked towards the southwest.

There is a one-page spell book in the left pocket, and a small broken dagger pinned to the right belt.This is all of Zheng Zhuo's belongings.He was just surprised at the penniless young woman, but he himself was not much better.

He is on the road again.One foot deep and one shallow, slowly walking on the ground covered in black ash.

The girl followed slowly behind him.

Zheng Zhuo looked back at her.

Going slower than expected.He noticed that she had no shoes.

So he slowed down.

……

On the way to the young woman's house, Zheng Zhuo walked for three days.The return journey was much slower, and the destination was not clear, Zheng Zhuo didn't know how long it would take.

Zheng Zhuo is sure that there is no water or food in the shortest distance.Backtracking is too easy to fall down on the road.

So, he changed his path.

The two headed south first, into what had once been a forest where black, withered trunks stood, and then west.

Their direction was different from what Zheng Zhuo said, "go west, to find your brother", but the girl didn't have any objection, and just followed silently.

Zheng Zhuo didn't bother to explain.

He just moves forward.

There seems to be a power in this dark land.Zheng Zhuo realized that as he stayed here longer, he became more and more silent and reticent.

It was as if the life force was being absorbed by the world itself.

"(Is it because this is what this world is like?)" He had doubts about this, "(Or, is it because of the appearance of those voids that this place is no longer livable?)"

Livable.

Zheng Zhuo didn't even know if this word could be used to describe [subconscious world].

I don't know whether it is a good thing for a [subconscious world] to live.

……

Enchanted short swords stuck in those withered trees.The trees were cut open with a hoarse and crisp sound, and fell to the ground, splashing countless black dust.

Easy.It requires little effort.

But Zheng Zhuo frowned.

The trees are very fragile, indicating that there is not a drop of water in the middle.

"This one doesn't work either."

He goes to the next tree.

The blade sank into the trunk.With a little force, the thick and thin trunk of the bowl was broken like a piece of paper.

Another one.

This time, he finally felt a sense of obstruction in his hands.

Zheng Zhuo broke it, and the middle part was folded in half, revealing a little green core.

Okay.

Zheng Zhuo trimmed the surrounding burrs with a dagger, gouged out the little green core, and shaved it in half.

"Give you."

He threw half to the girl.The girl picked it up and slowly gnawed on it.

Zheng Zhuo also stuffed the other half into his mouth, looking for the next tree.

Zheng Zhuo knew that in the next period of time, the core of the trees would become their only source of water.

Most likely, and the only source of food.

"(It's better than nothing.)"

Not long ago, Zheng Zhuo thought twice and decided to slow down his progress.

Eating tree cores does not provide much energy.But they have to add a little more here.

Because the front is very likely, even the core of the tree is gone.

and……

"(!)"

Zheng Zhuo stopped the dagger in his hand.

Again.

Zheng Zhuo noticed the malicious gaze.He looked out to the side of the woods.

Eight or nine bodies away from the two of them, in the shadow of the woods.

There is a big bird about the height of a person staring at it.

That's not a cute bird.Its gray-black feathers were dirty and messy, and its body was covered with pus.If it weren't for the big gray and yellow cracked beak hanging down on the chest, with its wings forward and propped on the ground, it would look more like an orangutan than a bird.

... grunt...

The big bird's protruding eyes shone with an inorganic light.It turned, staring at Zheng Zhuo and the girl.

Zheng Zhuo faced him, raised his hand to block the girl behind him, and retreated slowly.

The girl is also aware of the danger.She didn't say a word.The two backed away slowly.

back.

until out of sight of the big bird.

……

Realizing that the other party did not catch up, Zheng Zhuo heaved a sigh of relief.

That kind of monster.If there was a real fight, he couldn't see the possibility that he could beat it at all.

After [Pure White World] collapsed, his panel could not be adjusted.And those [abilities] seemed to be taken away with the disappearance of the panel.He noticed this when Zheng Zhuo used [Fireball Technique] to knock down She Shu's head.

Because it's obvious.

His [Quick Cast] is gone.

Since then, Zheng Zhuo has also made many attempts. [Identification], [Transformation], [Alchemy].None of them responded.

But Zheng Zhuo is still alive here.

During these days in the woods, he had encountered the big bird more than once, and often more than one.

But he can always take the girl away in time.

It wasn't that the big birds weren't aggressive...he could feel them hungry.

But at the same time, he could probably feel the moment of the other party's vigilance and hesitation.

This is a little weird.

Zheng Zhuo thought.

In the subconscious world, the abilities he should have are [identification], [fast casting], [transformation] and [alchemy], as well as several combinations of them.

None of them can act as a warning.

But he once possessed the [ability] of vigilance.

It is [Beast Intuition].

This is his [reality ability]: [Spiritual Resistance: Crazy Ineffective], [Professional Mastery Speed*10], [Black Hand], [Backlash], [Persuasion], [Grab], [Driving Skill Group], [One Eye and Ten Lines ] and [Beast Intuition].

"(……what happened?)"

Zheng Zhuo faintly felt something was wrong.

In fact, when he was able to accurately recall the falling direction of the young woman he had only seen once, and was able to move forward without any hesitation during the three-day journey, he felt that his memory had become too strong .

[One eye and ten lines].

And his uncanny calmness...

"(My [Reality Ability] seems to be activated.)"

he thinks.

"(Why? Has reality and subconsciousness started to merge? Or...)"

"(My spirit is dying?)"

……

Of course, it is impossible for Zheng Zhuo to discuss this matter with the current young women.Because this young woman is just a child who knows nothing.

With doubts like this, he walked all the way to the west.

Another day.

The woods end here.Zheng Zhuo saw the flames in the distance.

It's not a crater, but a very ordinary, very ordinary plain.

In the plain, a big hole suddenly appeared.

A fire mass larger than the castle blazed in the hole.Only less than one-third of it is exposed to the ground, but it still emits strong light and heat.

"...you stand here."

Zheng Zhuo said to the girl.He left the girl at the edge of the forest and walked slowly towards the big hole.

Getting closer and closer.

Zheng Zhuo saw the lower part of the fireball.

Fire burns in the void.Except for the fire, there was only darkness there.

This feeling……

It was very similar to the channel opened by the light spot he saw before falling into this world.

"(what happened……)"

Zheng Zhuo moved closer.He could smell the burnt smell of his own hair.

He saw the flickering light of the fire, dimly illuminating certain scenes.

That is……

"(!)"

Those fires also reflected images.

It's men and women.They fend off energy, monsters, and an assortment of weapons in cramped rooms.

What Zheng Zhuo saw was the scene outside!
Zheng Zhuo unconsciously moved closer.He almost stuck to the fireball.

No, that's not like an image.They are so close, it's as if you can touch them by reaching out through the fireball...especially those monsters and weapons...

Zheng Zhuo held out his hand.

suddenly.

"Wow-wow-"

The hoarse and strange screams moved from far to near in an instant, the sky turned dark, and a bloody wind hit the face.

Zheng Zhuo turned his head abruptly.He saw a big bird flying towards him!It approached Zheng Zhuo in the blink of an eye, and then...

With great strength, he fell to the edge of the fireball.The flame lit the corner of Zheng Zhuo's clothes.

"cough!"

Zheng Zhuo spat out a mouthful of blood.The big bird's long beak hit him hard on the shoulder.

Zheng Zhuo's eyes met with Big Bird's.

At this moment, he was sure.

It went berserk.It wants to kill him.

The flame is burning.

……

【problem】

[Suddenly attacked by a big bird!How to act? 】

【Option [-]】

【Let the fire temper yourself】: Change your body constitution
【Option [-]】

[Light the spell book with fire]: Acquire new spells
【Option [-]】

[Put the dagger into the fire]: Increase enchantment
【Option [-]】

[Pull out the weapon from the fire]: get a new weapon

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