Martial Arts: Start by Obtaining the Wild World

Chapter 20 0020 Finding the "End"

He accepted the task of collecting wolf skins and red ores.

These two tasks have no time limit, do not occupy the task number, and can also reduce the number of task bars and replace them with new tasks.

As for ginseng, I ignored it for now and will deal with it in two days.

If I can’t gather enough points to buy the skills in these two or three days, it’s not too late to sell it later.

Calling up his own task bar, three tasks were listed.

As he checked, the wolf skin and red ore illustrations also appeared, which made it easier for him to identify the red ore.

He quickly packed his things, took his weapons including his ironwood bow and arrows, and left the market hut carrying his backpack.

As for the corpse of the black panther next to it, he ignored it.

Standing at the door, Cheng Zongyang looked around and found many animal footprints on the ground.

"It seems that this animal can get close to the market hut. It just can't get into the hut. Anti-worm medicine is still necessary."

"Yesterday we explored the east side, which was relatively safe. We also saw sika deer. Today we will explore the east area, which will also make it easier to draw a map."

Having made the decision, Cheng Zongyang no longer hesitated and went straight east.

Based on his previous experience, this time he followed the marked points all the way and drew maps one by one.

At the same time, in order to get points, he didn't care about anything else. Although the mosquito is small, it is also meat.

Therefore, he would not let go of any animal that could crawl, run or jump.

Not to mention snakes, insects, rats and ants, he would kill squirrels, birds, chameleons and other creatures in the trees as soon as he saw them, regardless of whether they were valid points or not.

Little by little, some were 0.5 points, some were 1 point. Slowly, when he came to the stream where he had killed the brown bear, half an hour had passed.

Likewise, Cheng Zongyang had already earned 18.5 points. His backpack was also filled with various small prey.

"The biological richness of this forest is beyond my imagination."

I felt quite emotional and gained more confidence in the points I would get today to purchase the skills.

When he came to the stream, Cheng Zongyang looked at the fast-flowing water, which indicated that the terrain difference and water volume upstream were quite large, but the fact that the brown bear could stand in it and catch fish meant that the water was not deep.

He observed and found many different animal footprints on the banks of the stream.

"It seems that many creatures nearby come here to drink water." Cheng Zongyang murmured in his heart, slowly squatted down, and prepared to wash his hands.

As a result, as soon as his hand touched the water of the stream, he suddenly pulled it back with a look of surprise on his face.

"Ice water?"

He never imagined that in this primeval forest, in such summer weather, the water in the stream would be icy.

"Is there a snow mountain or something like that nearby?" Cheng Zongyang guessed in his heart.

Only the melted snow on the snow-capped mountains can have such a temperature, and the snow-capped mountains are not too far away.

"Or am I at the midpoint of the snowy mountain? Or at the foot of the snowy mountain?"

He glanced around and saw no signs of other animals, so he gave the water source no further thought.

However, just as he was about to leave, a gray wolf suddenly appeared on the other side of the stream.

It came out of nowhere!
This frightened Cheng Zongyang, and he stood alert with the hatchet in hand.

The gray wolf was obviously frightened by Cheng Zongyang. It suddenly stopped, turned around and "disappeared".

"Are you so timid?" This thought popped up in Cheng Zongyang's mind!
But the next moment, the scene of the gray wolf disappearing just now made him think of a possibility - the other side of the stream is the current partition of the forest area.

That is the "end" of the area where he can move.

To test his idea, he looked at the stream, and finally cut a branch of a dead tree, probed the ground, and then waded across the stream.

The stream was only four or five meters wide, and he could reach the other side in a few steps. But after walking less than two meters, he was blocked by an invisible "wall".

Although it looked like a forest over there, there were no active creatures to be seen.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been frightened by the sudden appearance of the gray wolf.

"I can't go out, but animals can come in. Then I don't have to worry about the situation where I have killed all the prey and there is no prey to kill before the area expands."

For safety, he retreated to the other side and started to go upstream.

Based on the difference in terrain between the north and the south, as well as the direction of the stream, he had guessed that the market hut was located in a big mountain.

This was very necessary for him to understand the structure of the map. Going around the partition all the way, Cheng Zongyang slowly discovered that this was the partition surrounding the mountain.

Eighty percent chance!
It's like a bowl upside down in a mountain.

But here comes the problem…

How big is a mountain that occupies an area of ​​five square kilometers? Although I am not sure whether it is on the mountainside or at the foot of the mountain.

Facts also verified Cheng Zongyang's guess. He explored, surrounded and hunted all the way.

When it was past noon, they finally returned to the place where they had hunted the brown bear.

There was no danger except for some steep cliffs, and no powerful wild beasts were encountered.

Returning to the market hut, Cheng Zongyang placed his body and a large stretcher at the door, gasping for breath and taking a good rest.

He was exhausted from dragging six or seven hundred kilograms of stuff along the way.

About a quarter of an hour later, he took out a tinder, lit a fire, and prepared to grill the meat.

So hungry!
He threw four snakes weighing three or four pounds into the fire, then used a knife to carve out two wooden sticks, impaled two snow rabbits that had also been skinned by the stream, and roasted them by the fire.

Snow rabbits are not small, and after skinning, each weighs four or five pounds. The snake meat and rabbit meat are enough to satisfy his consumption.

Next, he began to process the prey he had obtained in the morning.

Five black grouse; one wild boar; two sika deer.

This was the prey he had to bring back.

In addition, there were eight snakes, four pheasants, and some valuable medicinal herbs.

As for the small things like little squirrels, he didn't want them, mainly because there were too many of them and he couldn't bring them back.

He moved the black grouse, wild boar and sika deer into the cabin and put them all in the cupboard for sale.

Points +11.

These prey were all targets of the market hut, so he naturally would not waste them.

There are so many prey in this mountain. If some of them he couldn't catch up with and some escaped into the wall, he would have more points!

Then he took out a fist-sized piece of red ore from the backpack.

He saw a stone similar to the one in the mission illustration next to a cliff.

I'm just not sure whether it is, and I don't have any detection skills, so I can only pick out a scattered and large one to identify.

Place it on the cabinet and choose to complete the ore task.

As a result, a prompt box appears -

[The red ore is not heavy enough, so the mission cannot be completed. ]

"It's true!" Cheng Zongyang's eyes lit up.

Although it was near the cliff, there were a lot of scattered ores. Even if you went to dig, it wouldn't take much effort.

Now, there is a stable source of points income!

Then he called out his own panel.

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Name: Cheng Zongyang
Age: 15 years old

Points: 339
Equipment: Ironwood Bow;

Skills: Archery (Expertise)
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Seeing the score reaching 339 points, Cheng Zongyang was excited!

"I have the points to buy some skills and anthelmintics."

Take back the ore and look at the sales cabinet.

　In the new year, I think any blessing is empty, it is better to just wish you all to make a lot of money, get rich, and have a lot of money in the new year...

　　Seeking free follow-up reading, collection, tickets...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)