After going into the sea, I met the witch lady

Chapter 192 Gray Erosion and [Soul Particles]
As Ryan's choice fell, the page depicting the "Undead Settlement" in the [Canggu Freedom Book] emitted a dazzling light, and then, a slowly rotating space door was formed on the side.

At the same time, an illusory dry fire appeared on the ground not far away.

Ryan's heart moved and he came to the fire.

As a cluster of sparks dripped from his palm, the color of the dry fire suddenly changed from transparent to bright. The sparks swirled and danced outward, and warm waves swept through his body.

[You have discovered a place where spirituality gathers—Canggu Freedom Temple. 】

[You can set up a "bonfire" here to achieve rapid teleportation to the "starting point". 】

[When you are in the "Bonfire", you can use other functions except "Return". 】

[——Whether you are a navigator, a hunter, or an angel, adequate rest is a very important thing. 】

Familiar reminders jumped out in front of my eyes. Apart from the place name, the only difference was the last title.

In the past, there were only navigators and hunters, but now, there is an additional "god envoy".

Looking at the tall buildings and old trees faintly silhouetted in the gray mist in the distance, Ryan let out a breath and raised his hand on the bonfire.

The gravity coefficient of a world affects all aspects.

But things can’t be seen that way.

Ryan looked solemn.

Hunter is Ryan's nickname in the "Monster Hunting World", and it is also his main profession.

[Lighted [Bonfire Point-Undead Settlement Entrance]]

Before he could observe his surroundings, Ryan felt his body sink suddenly.

The coefficient of gravity here is three times that of the main world and the monster hunting world!
Under this level of gravity, if ordinary people from the original world come here, even if they do nothing, it will be extremely difficult to just stay standing. Compared with muscles and bones, the pressure on the internal organs will be much greater, and the internal organs may be broken. Severe bleeding.

Ryan made an estimate.

Of course, this is not the point. What caught Ryan's attention were a few skinny figures kneeling on the ground in front of the city gate, seemingly praying.

The terrifying gravity, which far exceeds the world where the body is located and the world of monster hunting, acts on every cell in his body.

The first thing that caught his eye was the gray sky without a trace of sunlight. The entire sky seemed to be covered by a thick layer of haze, resulting in pitifully low visibility a hundred meters away.

A high gravity coefficient means that the mass of this world is very large, and high gravity will also cause all materials in this world that can maintain their form to have a higher density than in a low-gravity world.

All the way down, not long after, a huge city gate came into view in the thick gray fog.

This is also the only road currently. In other directions, there are either mist-shrouded cliffs or cracked city walls.

Monsters born in this kind of world must be very powerful. Even ordinary people have physical qualities that are beyond ordinary humans in other lower worlds.

Breathing a sigh of relief, Ryan stepped forward and walked along the stairs leading down from the broken city wall.

He did not reject this either.

Such an abnormality shocked him. His perception expanded, but he did not find any strange energy or force field fluctuations.

In the distant sky, there were faint cries of crows, but before Ryan could listen carefully, the "quacking" sound suddenly became sharp, as if there was some kind of attack on the crows in the sky.

The appearance of a new campfire spot made Ryan feel more relaxed.

The location where Ryan stood was exactly the uncollapsed half of the broken city wall. In front of him, there was a semi-illusory dry bonfire.

Compared with aimlessly searching for "anchors" and powerful monsters throughout the world, having the guidance of the "Cang Ancient Book of Freedom" is much more convenient for Ryan.

Half of the ground that should have been paved with regular stone bricks has collapsed, and large stubborn weeds have grown out of the corners and cracks. It is obvious that no one has been there for a long time, making it appear desolate and lonely.

The particularity of the initial waypoint in this world means that if he wants to explore the world and obtain an "anchor point", he must trade with the [Canggu Freedom Book].

At the same time, high gravity also causes Ryan to expend more effort when using heavy weapons such as the sword, slow down his movement speed, reduce his jumping height, etc.

He raised his eyes and looked around, and the sight he saw made Ryan look a little ugly.

"Quack...quack..."

The style of the city gate is very old. It is a mesh structure made of heavy solid wood wrapped with metal, and a hinge structure is used to control the opening and closing of the city gate.

"It's gravity...gravity is different..."

Now, does the appearance of the title of divine envoy also have the same meaning?
After lighting the bonfire, Ryan came to the portal and walked in without much hesitation.

As Ryan walked into the teleportation gate, the vision in front of him began to twist. After the steep teleportation bumps, the world in front of him returned to normal.

Ryan moved his body and adapted to the sudden change in gravity.

Ryan's current [Physique] is close to 500. Although this gravity has an impact on him, it is nothing.

In layman's terms, at the same level, the physical strength of creatures in a high-gravity world will be far greater than that of creatures in a low-gravity world. This is also true for the hardness of other materials, such as metals and rocks, etc.

"call……"

And where he is now is a dilapidated city wall that rises abruptly and far exceeds the surrounding terrain.

As the sparks dripped, the illusion turned into reality, and a bonfire burned brightly.

Changes in the world's gravity are not something he can control. How to accept, adapt and make use of them is what he needs to do.

Although it can be teleported through the [Canggu Freedom Book], that thing is the divine book left by the God of Wind after all. If you can teleport by yourself, it is better not to use this book frequently for teleportation.

Maybe there are hidden dangers in [The Book of Canggu Freedom]. After all, it is a divine thing left by the seventh-level gods, but for now, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

They were wearing tattered gray old clothes. Their exposed arms, necks and other parts were like dead branches, with black blood vessels clinging to their bodies. Some of them made hugging gestures with their hands towards the sky, and some made hugging gestures. It was like a prayer, silently, giving people a creepy feeling.

"Are they civilians here? Or... monsters?"

Ryan was cautious and did not look down upon them because of their "unremarkable appearance". He stepped lightly and approached from behind cautiously.

However, just when Ryan was about to reach the end of the steps of the city wall and was about thirty to forty meters away from these skinny figures, the sour "crunching" sound of hinges suddenly sounded.

The closed city gate rose under the pull of the hinges, and several figures lying on the ground suddenly jumped out.

Their speed was astonishingly fast, like gray-white shadows. In just a few seconds, they threw a dozen skinny figures in front of the city gate to the ground and gnawed them wantonly.

And these skinny figures did not show any intention of resisting. They hugged the sky and continued praying. It seemed that to them, their own lives were far less important than maintaining these actions.

They look like hounds, but all their hair has fallen out, revealing smooth gray skin.

One of the "grey hounds" rushed farther away and was closer to the front. It seemed to smell something from a distance of tens of meters. It turned its eyes in the direction of Ryan and let out a "hoarse" bark.

"Woof! Woof! Woof woof woof!"

Attracted by the sound, the other gray hounds that had pounced on the skinny figure stopped nibbling and rushed over together.

At the end of the city wall stairs, Ryan frowned.

The existence of gray fog caused the visibility to be very low, and the smell of these weird gray hounds seemed to be specialized and very powerful. They could easily smell his scent from such a long distance.

Looking at the five gray hounds rushing towards him, Ryan raised his hand and grasped the hilt of the sword behind him.

"Boo! Hah! Hah!"

The gray hounds sprinted with all their strength at an astonishing speed. In an instant, they arrived near Ryan, and they also consciously dispersed their positions to double-team from different directions.

The three gray hounds in the front are the "main attackers", while the other three, one on the left and one behind, attack from the side and rear.

As for why there is no right side, it is because there is a towering city wall on the right side.

When the three gray hounds directly ahead came three meters in front of him, Ryan's still body suddenly moved.

"Qiang——!"

The green light exploded, forming a perfect half-moon arc in front of Ryan. Three gray hounds flew towards him with a "bang" sound, and exploded into three masses of blood mist under the sweep of the big sword.

The blood of gray hounds is not bright red, but a strange gray-black color.

Such a shocking force frightened the other three gray hounds on the right and rear to shrink their tails, and they wanted to make an emergency brake and escape. However, they were too close, and during the "emergency braking" process, they were hit by a large force. The swords exploded in the head one by one.

With a shake of his wrist, the remaining gray and black blood on the sword was dispersed. Looking at the corpse on the ground, Ryan's face did not show much joy after victory, but instead he frowned.

These gray hounds are extremely fast and slightly weaker, but not bad. By comparison, they are almost as strong as a low-level two-star special species!
It’s hard to imagine that there are just a few hounds with such physical fitness...

"As expected of a world where true gods exist, the intensity is really not low."

Ryan sighed in his heart and took a brief glance around. After seeing nothing of note, he wanted to walk towards the open city gate. Along the way, a skinny figure who was not completely dead fell to the ground and kept hissing: "Pilgrimage...Pilgrimage..."

It was obviously a language he had never heard before, but Ryan could understand its meaning.

Perhaps, this is the "knowledge of all languages" brought by the [Unknown Ship Sculpture]?
Ryan's heart moved slightly as he came to the side of the skinny figure.

Most of the skinny figures died under the bite of the gray hound, and this lucky skinny figure was bitten on the shoulder. His neck was not completely bitten off, but most of it was torn open. , at this moment, there is no air coming in and no air coming out.

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[Gray Corpse]: A humanoid monster transformed from human civilians infected with "Gray Erosion Disease". The upper and lower limits of strength fluctuate greatly, depending on the physical fitness before the disease.

The skin of humans infected with "grey erosion" will gradually turn gray, from the surface to the inside. In the end, their internal organs and blood will completely turn gray, and they will die completely. In this process, "grey erosion" The patient is in a strange state of neither life nor death, gradually losing his memory, and is also known as the "immortal".

Most of the "grey corpses" move slowly, in the posture of praying or embracing the sky, as if they are longing for something.

"Gray rot" is a large-scale plague that suddenly broke out hundreds of years ago. The source is unknown. To this day, there is still no cure.

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[Greyhound]: A powerful hound infected with the "Gray Erosion Disease". Its speed and strength have been explosively improved, but its vitality is relatively fragile.

Greyhounds are mostly raised by villagers in "undead settlements" to drive away "grey corpses" and assist in hunting.

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For the skinny figure and the gray hound, the panels give specific introductions.

By reading this information, Ryan's eyes filled with contemplation.

"Gray erosion...the undead..."

Both gray corpses and gray dogs are closely related to the plague called "grey rot".

"Is the source of gray rot the source of the 'disaster aftermath' in this area?"

Ryan was thinking in his mind, and at this moment, a gray-white dim light caught his eye.

During the time he was thinking, the gray corpse in front of him was completely dead, and on its corpse, a gray-white thing shaped like a silent burning flame was emitting a faint light.

Ryan looked down.

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[The broken soul of the gray corpse]: The soul that remains in the gray corpse and is about to disappear can obtain some [soul particles] after use.

The ownerless [soul particles] can be exchanged for other things at "specific places", or they can be crushed and converted into "experience points".

It is said that the ownerless souls are the source of power for those "ashes" who rise from the "Sleeping Cemetery" and are hungry for souls. They greedily collect souls just to complete their supreme mission.

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"Soul...experience value..."

Ryan looked at the introduction of the gray thing in front of him with interest.

"Experience points" are a must-have for his traveling clones to improve their levels.

In the world of monster hunting, he accumulates "experience points" by defeating monsters, but he has not explored much about the nature of "experience points".

In the world of monster hunting, "experience points" should be related to the "vitality" of monsters.

In the introduction of [The Shattered Soul of the Gray Corpse], it was vaguely revealed that the source of the "experience value" in this world is related to the "soul".

From this perspective, the composition of "experience value" is not singular, but is related to the system of mainstream forces in the world.

Ryan leaned over and picked up the [Grey Corpse's Broken Soul]. It seemed intangible, but it was something that could be touched.

—The soul of the entity.

This word suddenly appeared in Ryan's mind.

He clenched his palm fiercely, and [the broken soul of the gray corpse] dissipated and turned into a gray crystal the size of gravel.

"This is [soul particle]."

After thinking about it, Ryan crushed it directly.

[Soul Particles] can be exchanged for other things in a "specific place", but for Ryan, the so-called "specific place" is not yet known. Rather than caring about this invisible thing, it is better to use it first and try it. , to see how much "experience value" [soul particles] can bring.

What's more, even weak gray zombies can drop this kind of "entity soul". Ryan can foresee that in the subsequent exploration process, there will definitely be many similar and better "entity souls".

After the [soul particles] were broken, they flowed into Ryan's body from his palm and turned into a force as warm as fire.

Ryan glanced at the panel.

As expected, the "experience value" progress bar behind [Level] only jumped slightly, and when displayed as data, it didn't even have "0.01%".

The strength of the gray corpse is too weak, and the experience value converted from the condensed entity soul is really insignificant compared to Ryan's current massive experience bar.

Ryan was not surprised by this.

After raising his eyebrows, he took steps towards the city gate.

Gray corpses, gray dogs, gray erosion, souls...

Judging from the information he has come across so far, it seems that the "undead settlement" hides some kind of huge secret, and this secret is most likely related to the "source of the aftermath of the disaster". Without a deeper understanding, it is impossible to rely solely on guessing. To no avail.

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After entering the city gate, what caught Ryan's eyes were rows of well-organized wooden buildings.

Withered, gray old trees were planted on both sides of the main road. Their bare branches made them look like weird people with snarling teeth and claws from a distance.

The main road was paved with stone bricks of uniform specifications. Ryan moved forward cautiously. Not long after walking forward, a tall and thin figure holding a rake slowly walked out of a wooden house next to the main road.

It was wearing shabby clothes and trousers similar to those of the Gray Corpse, and the rake in its hand was mostly rusty due to lack of maintenance.

This tall and thin figure moved silently, without any fluctuations that life should have, so that at such a close distance, Ryan's perception could not detect its existence.

The distance between the two parties was less than twenty meters, so the tall and thin figure discovered Ryan's presence the moment he went out.

It was originally moving slowly, but suddenly it broke out with terrifying speed. The rake in its hand was raised high, and the rusty rake tip pierced Ryan's chest.

"clang--!"

The big sword swept across, and the rusty rake suddenly became curved, and hit the tall and thin figure's chest, causing its chest to collapse.

The terrifying force pushed the tall and thin figure's body, causing it to fly backwards and directly smash the wooden house behind it.

Ryan raised his eyebrows slightly.

At the moment of the collision, he saw the prompt on the panel. The name of the tall and thin figure was [Gray Corpse - Resident of Undead Town]. Compared with the nameless gray corpses wandering outside the city gate, its physical fitness was much stronger. , close to the level of the "lower two-star" special species.

Of course, for Ryan, there is not much difference between "lower one star" and "lower two star". They are both weak things that can be killed in one blow.

The big noise of the wooden house collapsing caused many tall and thin figures to come out of other wooden houses on both sides of the main road.

And a little further away, a strange figure that looked "bloated and huge" also rushed over in large strides.

Ryan didn't care much about the ordinary [Grey Corpses - Residents of Undead Town]. He stepped on his feet and his body disappeared instantly. When he reappeared, he had arrived at the roof of a wooden house not far in front of the "bloated" figure. .

Even if the stronger gravity caused his speed to slow down, that was still relative.

Compared to Gray Corpse, Ryan's speed is still as fast as a phantom. Although he can no longer break through the sound barrier, there is still no problem in reaching subsonic speed.

From a high position, he could clearly see the "bloated and huge figure".

It has a fat body, wearing a metal mask and armor made of brass on its face and body. It holds a book emitting gray-black light in one hand, and the other hand holds a metal power that is close to its height. stick.

An aura far superior to that of the gray corpse emanated from it.

That is the difference between elites and soldiers.

——[Brass Missionary]!
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(Thanks to the boss for the reward of "brother, let me see your limits"!)
(Please give me a monthly ticket~)

(End of this chapter)