Chapter 117: Struggling between transcendence and ordinariness
The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the broken ship has three thousand nails.
This proverb is applied to Zhao Wenrui, a doppelganger of human nature, which means that he is deteriorating and deteriorating, and it will not be achieved overnight, but an accelerated process from slow to fast.
Now, it's clearly still in its infancy.
With the warning of the old witch who was suspected of being the doppelganger of the Lady of Death, Zhao Wenrui failed to come out of the decadence.
He still didn't want to get down to business, but wanted to live a few days of wandering.
However, his foundation is good, and his vigilance and rationality are not so easy to wear off, so the old witch's warning inevitably makes him feel like a fish in his throat.
Now that the Holden area has been under full martial law, it is almost impossible for him to say that it is a strong wall. Then he had to consider the ordinary contact, he didn't eat the meat, and he was embarrassed.
As for cosplaying, with the experience in RiverCity City, he didn't plan to do it again, aggrieved.
For him now, grievance is a big problem, he wants to let loose the wreckage, that is, to ask for an unrestrained and free will, which is the opposite of grievance.
After thinking about it, Zhao Wenrui decided to go back to the old town first.
Where are all his belongings?
He plans to leave the Holden area directly and drill into the core area of the Katyn Kingdom, where the city has a large floating population and is more convenient for him to integrate.
Transformed into a ghost wolf and hurried between the shadow plane and reality, returning to the old town, it was already night.
When I was far away, I found that the atmosphere was a little weird.
Like Kane, he trusts his instincts.
There are all kinds of indescribable gloom and trickery here, and they have not explored and conquered at the beginning, and they left willfully.
Leaving his belongings here, he originally hoped that the dangerous abilities here would deter those strong people and not ask for trouble, but as for not being able to detect the sinister Xiaoxiao here, the bone beasts and the like he arranged were enough to deal with it.
If you look at it now, you will find that it was really taken for granted. In fact, the biggest threat to leaving his belongings here is the danger itself, after all, he has not found out what kind of force is behind it.
Now I have to bite the bullet.
Having lost his belongings, at least 70% of the accumulation over the past year or so has been lost. Re-purchased, even if he has that heart, he may not be able to do it. Some belongings are obtained by chance, not by being willing to work hard.
As a result, after careful investigation, I found that there was something wrong with the bone beast, more than half of it had been destroyed and collapsed, and nearly a third had been eroded by the strange force, and the eyes were full of orange light, which reminded me of the devil, which was quite evil.
Several skullbeasts pounced, stressing his former master.
Thanks to the death hand ban set up at the beginning, it can still be triggered by direct contact, otherwise with the tenacity of the bone beast, under the hard fight to the death, it is not good that he will be torn apart in the end.
Killing the bone beast, facing the disfigured convoy that had been destroyed, Zhao Wenrui felt sad and annoyed in his heart.
But he didn't dare to stay long.
The movement caused by the battle was a little big, he was injured again, he bled a little, and the consumption of spells and physical strength was also a lot, and if there was any powerful strange monster at this time, it was impossible for him to escape.
After picking up the most important and usable things, he pieced together the two skullbeasts and repaired the least damaged cart, and then left the old town in a panic and in a daze.
After escaping dozens of kilometers, I chose a place to settle in the mountains and forests, and as soon as I spread out, there was a magic falcon flying in the air.
Soon after the old witch's warning, Zhao Wenrui noticed this kind of flying bird.
After a little association, you can know that most of his previous actions have annoyed some people, and even the operation of the wall is clear, and it is not bad to invest in some spirit birds and hounds or something.
Now, although the magic falcon only flew by and did not hover overhead, he still repacked and escaped into the shadows for the sake of insurance.
As a result, as soon as he cleaned up the traces and entered the shadow gap, a demon dog came to parade, which made him break out in a cold sweat.
The name of the demon dog, which he learned when he was playing role-playing in Riverbetween, is an evil creature with the characteristics of this world commonly used by spellcasters mainly powerful people, and there is a certain evil god behind it, and this evil god is famous for doing various dark business with humans, including renting and selling demon dogs.
Therefore, these demon dogs often have dual identities, they are the pawns of the evil gods, and they are also the tools of the powerful.
Once targeted by the Demon Dog, it will first alarm the evil god, and the evil god will also be happy to temporarily strengthen the demon dog to make it stronger, get more information, and then sell the crop trade.
Of course, the evil gods who are not usually worthy of the target do this, but Zhao Wenrui believes that the price of his bounty will not be too low.
This was the main reason why he was sweating profusely. Once targeted by the evil gods, it is really a maggot of tarsal bones.
Zhao Wenrui escaped for dozens of miles, and seeing that the sky was about to dawn, he used the druid's talent for exploring geography such as palm prints, and found a stone cave with only some air holes and no entrances and exits to the outside world.
By this time he was very tired and hungry, but he lay down and tossed and turned, unable to sleep.
Several times, I simply got up to check the loss, and waited for the excitement to pass, and then took advantage of the sleepiness to sleep.
As a result, it was found that at least a third of the content, including some precious seeds, seemed to be cursed.
May whom?
It can only be wishing for oneself.
At the same time, I also saw the terrible side of the world.
This kind of spiritually oriented transcendent pollution is everywhere. Artificial souls of golems are particularly damaging. Especially the trick of taking advantage of the void is even more perfect.
He was lazy and wasted, and the result was what he is now.
Even the last two skullbeasts had to piece together a complete one due to a problem with one of their limbs, leaving the other temporarily paralyzed.
In short, when the final combing is completed, the original ten percent of the belongings are now only a little more than one percent, not to mention more trouble.
In fact, the losses don't stop there.
As the saying goes, the industry is good at diligence and frolic, and three days of fishing and two days of drying nets are taboos in any industry, including extraordinary combat positions.
Since he left the old town, he has either been rash and hibernate unprepared, or he has been living a mess and not caring about anything, and his art industry has been much wasted, and even his connection with the Sacred Tree of the Sacred Tree in the Far Dead Wasteland has been much weaker.
Cultivation is like sailing against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat. Not to mention that this world is full of malice, if you are not careful, it will be corroded, most of the strange monsters in the world actually come this way, even if it is a dead person, there is no peace.
Zhao Wenrui now combed through it carefully, only to find that it had been less than two months since the war post and related things were thrown away, and even the foundation of his life had been shaken. I really want to cry without tears.
C Kane watched all this in secret, and pouted with some jealousy.
Zhao Wenrui's luck has always been good, and this time it is the same, a blow to the head can be regarded as sobering up, and he can cheer up for a long time.
It wasn't what he wanted to see, although it seemed impersonal to say so.
However, he didn't think that Zhao Wenrui could go long on the positive road, because Zhao Wenrui did not find a reliable way to relieve and express the pressure, and the previous venting was not completely released, and it was a matter of time before the solid germination occurred. He believes that he will be able to see it after a while.
This is 11 months.
It's another cold winter, and the world seems to have entered a new ice age, which was cold last year and even colder this year. And the arrival of the harsh winter is almost half a month earlier than last year.
And it is this half-month advance that makes the abundance of products fall by at least one or five percent compared with previous years, and then it is intuitively reflected in the rise in prices, more people are hungry and difficult to survive the cold winter.
Zhao Wenrui's situation is not bad.
As a person with a golden finger, every effort he makes will be rewarded, and it can be reflected intuitively. Just this is much better than those ordinary people who work hard and don't necessarily get results.
Not to mention that in terms of ability, his position is much higher than most people in this world, as long as he doesn't do it himself, he may not be able to survive in the face of the catastrophe of the world.
After nearly a year of hard work, his belongings can barely be regarded as regaining their old outlook.
The reason why it is still a little worse is mainly because in the past 11 months, he has worked hard in a down-to-earth manner, and has not started the adventure mode, so he lacks the windfall like last year's Qiu Zhai and Magic Crystal Mine.
After making some preparations, he returned to the old town without giving up, trying to grow old and make up for the losses of the past.
But in the end, he failed to get back anything but gold and silver, which he valued the most. Even the gems were all discarded because they were more likely to be the medium of transcendent powers.
He simply destroyed all of them, and there was a little bit of happiness in his heart to scatter his family wealth, and he also saved any related incidents in the future.
The two surviving bone beasts, the cart, were finally destroyed by his own hands.
He is suspicious, and instead of keeping the hair in his heart and responding to the diaphragm from time to time, it is better to completely rebuild and seek comfort. Anyway, the big head has been lost, and now there is an accumulation, which is not worse than this.
In addition, by cultivating hard and pleasing nature, he was promoted to another level.
There aren't too many highlights for a level 16 druid, and the transformation element is considered one.
According to Zhao Wenrui's situation, it is natural to transform into a shadow element. This is extremely useful for fighting in the Shadow Plane and performing spells involving the power of Shadow. However, there is only one chance per day. It's separate from the Wild Transformation.
On the other hand, the shadow druid, as a hero template, gives much more talent.
Perhaps due to the influence of depravity and blackening, the talent given this time is biased towards the necromantic system, called the Soul of Pain.
This talent allows Zhao Wenrui to enslave the yin spirits, evil spirits, and powerful souls that are still in the world after death due to negative emotions like a necromancer.
Among them, the enslavement of the soul of pain is the most handy, the more miserable and miserable in life, the more powerful it can exert in his hands after death.
Correspondingly, Zhao Wenrui harnesses the Soul of Pain, and will automatically get a Torture Curse profit and loss buff. The curse has the effect of increasing the pain level of everything that causes the target pain by 30%.
There is no doubt that this is a new talent that C Kane has involved specifically for Zhao Wenrui.
He has already thought about it, and the future upgrade talents will be according to this standard, giving and punishing at the same time, so that the human doppelganger can fully feel the two heavens of ice and fire.
At the same time, the talents are also dark-oriented.
This is indeed suspected of cheating, but the range is within the prescribed range, and it is not considered madness. After all, the shadow is suspected of taking the gray route and playing the edge ball.
It can be turned into light gray by leaning towards light, or it can be turned into dark gray by turning into dark gray, then it is dark gray, in short, it is to accelerate its degeneration.
Zhao Wenrui is naturally very happy to get a new hero talent. Because the soul of pain is very compatible with the shadow demon, the combination of the two can raise the strength of the shadow demon by a notch, and there is no shortcoming of ordinary artificial souls.
But soon, he realized the terrible cost of running this talent.
The strength of the shadow demon has increased, and the key value is reflected in the battle.
However, fighting is not the norm, especially for a farming faction like him who is in an embarrassing position, as powerful as a legend, a saint and the like, he will either be very hurt, or simply can't be scared, and the level below him, such as a senior spellcaster or something, the value of the shadow demon is not enough to reflect it well.
Theoretically, he is now suitable for beating those high-end people above the archmage and under the legend, relying on his heroic and extraordinary combat position, relying on his group beating flow, he can kill the enemy beyond the level, which is both cost-effective and fulfilling.
But the reason why high-end people are high-end people is not only because they are strong enough, but also because they have matching connections and social status.
With his simple lifestyle, it is difficult to form a deep grudge with these people, so that he can kill them quickly.
On the other hand, the bad things he caused in the past have not stopped until now, but have become more and more serious.
In other words, if he shows up openly, the possibility of being beaten by a group of strong people is extremely high.
Speaking of this pot, it can't be regarded as his, and he didn't expect that it was a bunch of stalker-type demons and monsters who endorsed Goldfinger.
But all the things he sacrificed, the mounds, the magic crystal mines, and the lower city of Hejian City have now become famous black pits. In the past year, the number of transcendents with the rank of senior mage or above who have been lost in it has exceeded 100, and even the legend has died in double digits.
Of course, there is also considerable damage on the side of the demons and monsters, and there are legendary powerhouses who have shown the heads or emblems of the demons they have hunted, claiming to kill more demons.
He is also inclined to demons and monsters, and there is indeed a certain amount of loss.
But that's not the point.
The key point is that it seems that all the sacrificial points have been reduced to a gateway to a sinister place, and behind the sacrificial points is likely to be a world full of demons.
This makes the whole kingdom feel a pain, no matter how strong the Katyn Kingdom is, its extraordinary combat power can't be compared to a world, right?
The Orthodox Church organized three conquests, two of which were with the magnates, and it can be said that it gathered one-third of the kingdom's elite.
The result?
It is said that it is a great success.
He thinks it's the opposite. For the place of sacrifice has not been erased, but still stands. This alone shows that the main purpose of the coalition forces has not been achieved. No matter how much you win, you will lose from a strategic point of view.
What's more, the more he loses, the more he has to praise a few heroes to divert people's attention, this kind of political trick he can still imagine.
Therefore, as soon as the magnates and the church knew that the battle between the rivers and the city was blown afterwards, even he, a reclusive in the mountains, could hear about it, and knew that most of the coalition forces had suffered a big loss. It is estimated that the benefits are not as great as those wild roads.
Besides, it's hard to say what kind of benefits you can get from killing demons. Even if there is research value, it must be researched. Just having more information about the opponent is of limited value, after all, behind the sacrificial point is a whole world, and God knows how many species.
In general, the three sacrificial points have become an unhealable wound in the Katyn Kingdom, and even led to the instability of the border passes.
After all, more than 100 transcendent units above level 10 are not a small number for the Katyn Kingdom. Although together with the hidden power of the church and the free transcendents that can be hired, the kingdom can make up more than 1300 transcendents above level 10, but this is life and death, smashing family property can only be drawn, it is really normal, can respond, and can fight on the field, he estimates that it is not even 400.
The catty here is mainly due to the complex internal intertwined relationships and the lack of money.
To put it bluntly, the Kingdom of Katyn can't afford to spend on a super-luxury spellcaster team. Every day's depletion is equivalent to selling a county in the essence of the kingdom, this kind of throw, the magnates led by the king will also be painful to unite, even if the Zhenglian Church also has the heart to help, it is just to last a few more days, after all, the combat power of the church system is not caught in the wind, and it is also saved up little by little, and people should also be considered.
Therefore, the loss of more than 100 people has already made the neighboring countries, which are already not on good terms, ready to move.
To make matters worse, in order to prevent the expansion of the sacrificial sites and the emergence of more sacrificial sites, the Kingdom and the Church had to set up a task force to follow up on the matter, which was a significant expense.
In addition, this year's cold winter arrived early, and the crops were signed, and he was worried about the magnates and the bigwigs of the church.
It's hard to have a good time above, and it's naturally harder to get down there.
The piggyback, up and down, hated him very much.
Because he is the culprit who caused this series of troubles, and there is a possibility of creating more sacrificial points.
This is also a big reason why he has been obedient to Gou An for nearly a year, the Katyn Kingdom hates him, and he feels a strong malice from various details.
As far as he knew, up to now, dozens of unlucky people suspected of being him had been sentenced to death by Ning mistakenly killed, and if he was exposed, most of them would have to be stripped of their skins if they were not killed.
Therefore, he has decided to take advantage of the cold weather and the sharp reduction of outdoor activities, and completely leave this kingdom and change the country to live.
This, he reckoned, was what the people of the Katyn Kingdom were looking forward to. Although he was suspected of losing by doing so, he finally decided not to fight for that name, he didn't want to fight with anyone now, but wanted to breathe a few breaths of free air and live a few days of peace and comfort.
In C Kane's view, this is a call born of the old state, and Zhao Wenrui can't help it because he has a little 'little money'. It's like an alcoholic, after getting better for a while, I can't help it. To be specific, it often starts with a small indulgence like 'a few drinks are nothing'.