The Void Walker Starting from Xumi

Chapter 2, Oasis

Fugate's consciousness returned during the fourth night watch. It seemed that the thief had confirmed that Fugate had not received any training before, so the thief wanted to take Fugate's knife, but was killed by Fugate in a self-destructive state.

Mr. Thief did not intend to kill people to silence them at the beginning, but wanted to recruit Fuget and make him his younger brother so that they could do something big together. However, before recruiting, Fuget had to lose his ability to resist. However, Fuget, who was in a self-destructive state, didn't care about anything at all and killed him directly.

Of course, this was also due to the system, which reminded Fgate, who was in a self-destructing state, that someone was attacking him.

This thief is not good at using a knife, and judging by the way he holds the weapon, he must have received a considerable degree of dagger training.

Thanks to the blessing of living in the information age, although Fugate has never received any training in swordsmanship, he still has some understanding of it.

He even had several sets of systematic sword techniques collected in his home. Thanks to the system, he could now recall all of these things exactly as they were, which he had only glanced at and almost forgotten.

With these memories as a foundation, as well as his familiarity with the knife over the past few days, he was able to kill this thief who was much stronger than him.

After killing the thief, due to the desire to survive and the physiological nausea after killing his own kind, Fugate's consciousness returned to his body. With a grim look on his face, he packed up all of the thief's inheritance.

Then he left under the cover of night.

Fuget was not sure whether the farmer knew what happened tonight, but there was a high probability that he knew. The farmers in the Middle Ages were not simple. They were cunning and greedy, timid and bold. Fuget did not want to gamble on the farmer's character and humanity.

So the travel plan was re-planned. The consumption of travel resources in the past few days actually far exceeded Fugate's own expectations. This was mainly because Mr. Thief and Mr. Farmer obviously had no experience and knowledge of desert survival.

They actually traveled under the scorching sun. This is not the way to seek death.

Although Fugate, who was in a state of self-destruction, did not have this experience, he also had relevant knowledge. At least he knew that he could only travel in the early morning and evening. At worst, traveling at night was better than traveling under the sun.

Of course, traveling at night is not a good idea. Fugate simply built a small camp far away from the original camp.

Thanks to the convenience brought by the information age, Fuget was able to understand the key points of traveling in the desert.

Moreover, in the self-destructive state, it seems that because Fuget's brain is only functioning at the lowest level, Fuget's consumption of materials is much lower than that of Mr. Thief and Mr. Farmer.

Speaking of these two gentlemen, Mr. Thief is relatively better. He seems to have experience in surviving in the wild, so he consciously controls his consumption of supplies. But Mr. Farmer is different. According to Fugate's observation, the supplies he consumes far exceed his daily consumption.

If nothing unexpected happened, the farmer would not have enough water to support himself to reach the first oasis camp.

I just don't know when this farmer will be able to discover this problem. If he discovers it too late, even with the recyclable unknown liquid, it will not be enough for him to find the first oasis camp.

Fuget did not have such a need. His supplies were sufficient, and with the supplies from Mr. Thief, it was relatively easy to reach the First Oasis.

Fuget found a sheltered place and set up camp, then while he was still conscious he began to sort out his plan more carefully.

At the same time, you have to set instructions for yourself in the state of self-destruction, otherwise it would be too unfair if you die in the state of self-destruction.

However, this time the speed of the disappearance of consciousness was a little faster than expected. Not long after the camp was built and he had just chatted with the system for a few words, Forget fell into a state of self-destruction again.

···The dividing line for sleeping···
In the early morning of the second day, Fuget, who was in a self-destructive state, had already woken up. He stared blankly at the starry sky for a while, and then he began to pack up the camp.

The bonfire made of tumbleweeds and bushes last night had long been extinguished, but fortunately, Fgate's resistance to various abnormalities seemed to have increased in the self-extinguishing state, so he did not show any symptoms such as a fatal cold.

After sorting out the supplies, Fuget checked the swords under the cover of night.

Then he buried the sword he had snatched from the thief in the sand. After comparison, Fugate found that his sword was obviously more convenient to use than the opponent's sword. It must have been made by a qualified craftsman. Although the opponent's sword looked okay, the initial feel was not good, and the center of gravity of the sword also had problems. It must have been made by an apprentice.

So Fugate decided to use his own knife.

As for Mr. Thief's clothes, Fugate carried the clean clothes as a package, and the blood-stained one was made into leggings according to his plan last night, and tied around his legs, which could effectively prevent insects from biting his legs.

And it reduces leg stress on uphill sections.

Put the extra packages in the space provided by the system.

The spatial function of the system has not been fully repaired, but there are always more solutions than problems. After a few words between Fugate and the system last night, the temporary warehouse of the wishing function was borrowed.

[Package]: Clean clothes as the outer layer of the package, with 1 water bag, 14 dry food, 1 pocket watch, 10 Mora bags (2w)
Fugate did not do anything else except putting his own Mora bag in.

Zimiefuget took out his water bag and dry food from his bag, ate and drank at the same time, and quickly finished his breakfast. Then he packed up everything and started heading towards the oasis.

Soon Fuget paid the price for traveling alone. He encountered the unique monsters of Teyvat - the Hilichurls.

A hillock man with a stick and two hillock men without weapons appeared in front of Fugate.

However, Zimiefuget was obviously a wolf-mite. He rushed forward without even putting down the package.

This did scare the Hillil people, but they did not react afterwards, because after a few flashes of swords, the Hillil people left the materials behind and turned into black gas and returned to the earth veins.

In the state of self-destruction, Fugate is like a cold-blooded killing machine, and his instinct tells him how the terrifying upright ape should kill most efficiently.

[On the left is the reaction of the raw stone you mentioned] the system prompted.

But unfortunately, Fgate, who was in a self-destructive state, did not react to this. He just glanced over there, where there was a tattered-looking wooden box.

From memory, it seemed to be some ordinary treasure chest.

In the self-destructive state, Fuget tilted his head to glance at the box, then left.

【！ ！ ！】The system was speechless.

It was his system's bad luck to have such a host. The system cursed and directly put the ordinary treasure chest into the wishing pool space.

The system is prepared to let the host set up an order to search all treasure chests after Fuget recovers.

However, nothing happened to Fuget afterwards. He successfully reached the oasis one morning when only one tenth of the clean water was left.

Although this is just a small oasis, it is still quite busy. There are three groups of people resting here. One group is mercenaries, one group is the Chamber of Commerce + guards, and the other group is a tribe that is out purchasing.

Two of them were heading deep into the desert, while the mercenary group was on the same route as Fugate, also heading to Aru Village.

However, unlike Fuget who had just arrived at the oasis, the mercenary group had already rested here for two days and were preparing to leave this evening.

Fugate, who was in a state of self-destruction, had just begun to rest. He planned to rest here for three days, first to replenish water and food, second to clean and recover his body, and third to continue to familiarize himself with the weapons.

And not only that, he also needs to follow the instructions set by his consciousness and familiarize himself with the swordsmanship here, preferably to the point where it becomes instinct.

This may be a bit exaggerated for ordinary people, but it is still very simple for Fuget, who is in a state of self-destruction, because all his actions now rely on instinct.

···The dividing line for practicing swordsmanship···

"Captain, the new guy looks dangerous." A mercenary muttered to himself, "He doesn't look strong, but his sword skills are scary."

Several members of the mercenary group were standing under the shade of a tree in the oasis, watching Fuget practicing swordsmanship under the shade of another tree.

This is a small mercenary group with only a dozen members.

Most of the members are ordinary people who have just left the tribe, only the leader and a few cadres are veteran mercenaries.

"This guy's swordsmanship is mostly aimed at killing people." The team leader observed carefully and said in amazement, "Try to put yourself in your opponent's perspective and see."

Several novice mercenaries suddenly felt a chill and couldn't help but touch their necks, chests and other parts.

"Of course, the most important thing is that the opponent's swordsmanship seems to be a complete set." The captain still has some vision. "This swordsmanship is no longer a swordsmanship for killing people, but a swordsmanship for training yourself."

"Tsk~ I feel a little itchy after watching this."

Although he was suspected of stealing knowledge, the mercenary leader did not feel ashamed at all. Besides, the other party did not forbid him to watch.

Unfortunately, Fuget only performed each set of sword techniques three or five times, and the mercenaries did not have detailed explanations of the corresponding movements, so not much was recorded. However, this was enough for these self-taught mercenary groups.

After confirming that the other party was a tough guy, the mercenary group tacitly did not disturb him. When they left, they even gave Fuget some extra dry food such as dried animal meat.

Zimiefuget was a little confused about this, but he accepted it without any emotion. This saved him time to replenish his dry food. Although there was enough dry food in the package, he still needed to collect enough dry food as much as possible according to the instructions of his consciousness.

They rested according to the schedule. The tribe's purchasing staff and mercenary group left at about the same time, while the caravan and Fugate continued to rest.

The guards and mercenaries on the caravan made similar judgments, so they were not prepared to come into contact with Fuget.

Fugate needs to restore his body to the state it was before coming to the desert, or even better.

The next step is to reach Aru Village. There are only two temporary resting places along the way, but they are for large caravans to rest. It is better for individuals to find some small places to rest by themselves.

On the second day after Fuget rested, another purchasing team from the tribe came here. They were not coming from the same direction as Fuget. Fuget inquired about the information from them and found out that they needed to go to Kawanyi to purchase supplies.

They also need to pass through Aru Village, but they do not welcome Fugate to join them.

These tribes still have the usual xenophobic mentality, especially since the other party is not like ordinary people (they speak expressionlessly, their eyes are empty, they basically talk in silence, and there is a faint smell of blood on their bodies).

However, Fugate still found out the specific information. This place is not too far from Aru Village, but it is indeed time-consuming to walk there, and it will take about a month.

Moreover, this section of the road is not peaceful. Not only does it pass through three or five monster gathering areas, but bandits also often appear on the road.

This road is the route that a quarter of the desert tribes use to replenish necessary supplies from the rainforest, so it is relatively prosperous. The prosperity naturally brings bandits. The monsters know that there are sufficient supplies here, so they will naturally gather around here.

There were bandits and monsters in the oasis originally, but there were often caravans stationed here. When they were resting, they would clean up the area around the oasis. Over time, monsters and bandits could not develop here at all.

So it’s a relatively safe place.

It was another fulfilling day. In the evening, the caravan left in an unfamiliar direction.

On the third day of rest, Fugate prepared to set off in the evening. He learned from the big caravans. If these big teams were not in a hurry, they would choose to set off in the evening.

This time period allows him to travel better. This is not an instruction from Fuget's consciousness, but a judgment made by Fuget himself.

In the morning, a caravan appeared on the way Fugate came. Fugate found a familiar knife on the body of a caravan guard. It belonged to Mr. Farmer, and it seemed that the gentleman was dead.

There were no damage or blood stains on the knife. It looked like Mr. Farmer had died of starvation or thirst, but Fugate still showed no emotion.

I went about my business as usual, and took a nap under the shade of a date palm tree at noon when the sun was at its hottest.

In the afternoon, he took out some clean water and dry food to eat. When the first breeze of the evening began to blow, Fuget had finished packing and set off for Aru Village.

The evening sun was still quite powerful, but Fuget had become adept at enduring it, and he felt more and more comfortable along the way until it became completely dark and the wind got a little stronger. Fuget glanced at the moon and began to look for tumbleweeds and dry bushes, and by the way, he began to look for a temporary campsite that could sustain him for the night.

Fortunately, Fuget found everything he needed, or were there quite a lot of tumbleweeds in the desert? Then, there was no conversation that night, and Fuget opened his eyes automatically in the early morning.

In the self-destructive state, Fuget can easily enter a deep sleep and get a good rest in a short time.

After simply tidying up the camp, Fuget used the residual heat from the fire to process the remaining dry food. Although the dry food was well preserved, it was very difficult to eat due to the long time it had been stored.

The same goes for the dried meat given by the mercenaries. This dried meat is even more difficult to eat and needs to be cooked with water before it can be eaten.

Water is an even more precious resource for Fuget. Although there are places to replenish water along the way, Fuget still dares not use water on a large scale, because he is different from those mercenaries. He is alone and has no means of transportation, and the water he can carry is very limited.

Therefore, when he was in the oasis before, Fuget's main food was actually dried meat. On the one hand, there was abundant water in the oasis, and on the other hand, he needed to supplement nutrition to practice swordsmanship.

More than two days was enough time for Fugate, who was in a state of self-destruction, to become a little more capable.

We traveled quietly along the way, and we could clearly feel that the number of monsters on the road was increasing, and the number of treasure chests derived from the corresponding veins was also increasing.

Although the system cursed every time, it still collected all the treasure chests obediently.

There are thirteen treasure chests in total. Except for seven that were snatched from monsters, the remaining six were buried in the sand. However, even if buried in the sand, these treasure chests still could not escape the system's detection.

They encountered robbers twice along the way, but Fuget did not look like he had much money (the package was very small, which meant there was no merchandise), and he was carrying a knife (which meant the robbers were able to resist), which made the robbers not interested in Fuget. Both sides basically just warned each other and then went about their own business.

Fuget's pace was faster than expected, so in the early morning of the twenty-eighth day after leaving the oasis, Fuget, who was in a self-destructive state, had already seen Aru Village.

In fact, his consciousness returned once during this period. This time, it was because he was awakened by a giant scorpion that was unique to the Sumeru Desert while he was sleeping.

However, this time the return of consciousness was even shorter, and he only had time to set a secondary instruction for the self-destructing Fget to search for a treasure chest under the guidance of the system.

By the way, the system's intelligent hosting system was also turned on, which allowed the system to open the treasure chests stored in the wishing pool, and to convert the raw stones in the treasure chests into power that the system could use and store them.

The time it takes for Fuget's consciousness to return is getting shorter and shorter, which means that Fuget's consciousness is being eroded by nothingness. When Fuget's consciousness can no longer return, Fuget will be completely dead.

The excitement between life and death could make Fuget's desire to survive pull Fuget's consciousness out of the state of self-destruction, but this is obviously too dangerous. He might die before his consciousness is restored.

(End of this chapter)