Archer's Adventure Manual

"Handbook, are there any materials nearby that can be used to make herbs?"

Survival Guide: You can find yarrow, dandelion, hemagglutinin, mint... within 3 kilometers of you.

After mastering the ability of 'basic herbal crafting', Loran began to conceive recipes for making certain medicines.

However, before that, Loran moved Linwen, Brian, and Noah to the underside of a large tree. It was raining, and being in a state of hypothermia for an extended period of time was very dangerous.

After doing all that, Loran began searching for herbs around her, carefully identifying the characteristics of various medicinal plants. With the ability to make herbs, identifying these plants became much easier.

Dandelion clears heat and detoxifies, and can relieve inflammation; yarrow stops bleeding and reduces inflammation; *Heliotropium indicum* has the best hemostatic effect; and peppermint relieves pain...

Furthermore, these herbs can be combined to work synergistically.

"Survival Guide: You have gathered yarrow, Adventure Points +1"

"Survival Guide: You have collected dandelions, Adventure Points +1"

"Survival Guide: You have gathered Bloodcloth Herb, Adventure Points +1"

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There weren't many of these plants, and searching for them over a wide area still took Loran quite a bit of effort.

When Loran had almost finished collecting the plants, she spotted a slender, swaying plant that looked moist and beautiful as it gently swayed in the rain.

"What...is this?"

Loran had no knowledge of this plant, but his intuition told him that it was no ordinary plant.

"Manual, what is this plant in front of me?" Loran asked inwardly.

"Survival Guide: Do you want to spend 3 Adventure Points to actively acquire the Survival Guide?"

"Survival Guide: This is the plant 'Rain Fairy Grass,' which only sprouts during rainy days. It has a mild and healing effect and can be used as an ingredient in basic healing potions."

Unexpectedly, she was quite lucky to come across such a plant, and without further ado, Loran chose to pick it.

After collecting the plants, Loran began to concoct healing medicines based on her "basic herbal crafting" skills.

Each of the two people and the dog received treatment of varying degrees, and for Noah, whose injuries were the most severe, Loran naturally used the freshly picked Rain Fairy Grass.

"Survival Guide: You have successfully completed a healing operation, Adventure Points +2; perhaps you could become a good doctor. | Unlocks the talent 'Skillful Hands'"

Talent - Dexterity Lv.1: You are always dexterous when healing others, gaining a 5% increase in healing effectiveness.

After doing all this, Loran quietly gazed at the rainy sky, just like the rainy days before. He remained completely oblivious...

Only now can he slowly sort out his fragmented thoughts.

The mutated boar's attack, the headless monster's assistance, the miraculous blow, and the monster's words, "Friends of the Numbered World," kept flooding his mind.

What exactly is that monster?

Is he really helping me? Does it know all about me?

Perhaps... from beginning to end, it was all a scheme orchestrated by that monster.

It had countless opportunities to take his life, but it simply watched silently and let him live.

This kind of merciful survival is more suffocating than death.

It's like being sentenced to death with a reprieve; you know the end is death, but you don't even know the countdown.

Sometimes he really felt that his time travel might just be a dream, a relatively real dream...

Lorraine gently stroked Brian's warm body.

All struggles are futile. Since he can't escape this dead end, why should he keep agonizing over it?

He looked at the unconscious Lin Wen and the weak Noah, having spent only a few days, or even less than a day, with them.

But they were all willing to risk their lives to protect them.

The bond with his companions is the only thing he can grasp on this unknown journey home... a real thing.

Perhaps his time travel was a joke, but in the eyes of his companions, Loran was a true adventurer who fought alongside them!

At this moment, Lorraine may have felt relieved.

"Everyone dies of old age anyway, I'll just die a little earlier, it's all the same!"

"The journey isn't about the outcome; the adventure itself is the most precious thing. Since we're here, let's embark on a fantastic adventure!"

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The rain lessened a bit, and Loran began collecting tree bark. He planned to use the same method he had used to drag Brian to Fall Creek Village for treatment by the local doctor.

This kind of work is something that Lorraine is very experienced in.

To Loran's surprise, Brian woke up while he was working.

The white hunting dog, seemingly possessing a titanium alloy physique, was the first to wake up after being crushed by Mount Tai; its physical abilities were simply too exaggerated.

The first thing Brian did upon waking was to run to Loran's side, wagging his tail and licking the back of Loran's hand. He looked very energetic and didn't seem like he had just experienced a great battle.

Loran patted Brian's head, gave him a meaningful look, and said, "Brian, you...you're really amazing!"

Having understood the significance of the bond between partners, Loran no longer intended to hide anything and directly granted Brian the "Language Proficiency" skill.

"Survival Guide: You have successfully spent 10 Adventure Points to subtly grant your companion 'Brian' the skill 'Language Proficiency'!"

He understood that Brian's survival this time was probably not due to good luck or Brian's cleverness.

Rather, it was the accident that occurred at Thompson's antique shop, the accident involving "runes," that caused some kind of change in Brian's body...

Or perhaps, when injured, Brian inadvertently used the power of the runes, allowing him to survive being crushed by the boar.

He needed to find out exactly what Brian had gone through, and what Brian, who was seriously injured a few days ago, had seen.

Speaking of runes, we can't help but mention the headless monster picking up Loran's adventure manual.

After flipping through the adventure manual, the guy simply mentioned a little trick about runes and then threw the manual away.

In this way, the Adventure Handbook may also be closely related to runes. What kind of magic do runes have?

Brian, who was given fluent language skills, did not immediately master this skill, but would gradually acquire it through future interactions.

He is still a harmless little dog.

Loran collected tree bark and wrapped Linwen and Noah up like dumplings, then used vines to pull them together and started walking towards the village.

Just then, Brian woke up, and this guy was able to help a lot. With a vine in his mouth, he pulled forward with all his might, full of energy.

As he passed by the carcass of the mountain boar, Loran merely glanced at it. He didn't have the strength to move it any further. Just as he was about to leave, he had a vague intuition, the intuition of an adventurer.

He opened the adventure manual.

"Survival Guide: There is a 'Beast Core' nearby, which is a very valuable item."

"A beast core?" Loran raised an eyebrow, enduring the stench as he approached the corpse.

On the severed body of the wild boar, beneath a layer of flesh, a yellow crystal shimmered.

Slowly remove the flesh with a knife, and the yellow, round crystal is taken out; presumably, this is the beast core.

Loran carefully put away the beast core and continued on his way.

They were dragged along until Loran could vaguely see the village in the distance. His pupils contracted; the village of Luoxi in the distance seemed to have suffered a lot of damage.

The potholes and uprooted wooden stakes along the way seemed to tell a story.

"Could it be... that even the village isn't safe anymore?" This thought crossed Loran's mind.

But soon he discovered human habitation; in the center of the village, a group of people of all ages had gathered, seemingly carrying out repairs on the village.

"What has happened during this time?" Loran frowned; he understood this world less and less.

It's fair to say that the hunting experiences Loran had in her memories are completely different from the hunting experiences Loran is currently experiencing...

One is full of adventure, excitement, and fun; the other is full of life, death, and the bizarre.

However, Loran didn't care about any of that.