Gacha games can't save this bizarre world.

Zhao Hao was worried that the fifth card would also be an equipment card, which would be terrible.

The result was worse than an equipment card; it was a [Black Iron Fragment Card]!

"grass!"

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Chapter 62 The Cave Heaven Within a Well

Zhao Hao never imagined that he would one day be troubled by having too many equipment cards.

The [Healing Orb] appears to be the least effective, as it only slightly increases recovery speed.

And when you really need to speed up the recovery, you can put it back on.

However, don't forget the environment Zhao Hao is in now.

He was in an unpredictable and bizarre situation!

If it's something that's fairly standard and not too dangerous, that's fine. But what if it's something extremely dangerous that requires risking your life?

Zhao Hao pondered for a moment, "Every bit of combat power is precious right now, not to mention that card fusion has a certain probability of upgrading cards. Let's fuse them! Let's get through this first!"

Moreover, Zhao Hao had an extra bit of confidence in this fusion card.

Because in League of Legends, there's a specific strategy behind using Healing Orb + Cloth Armor!

This is a good opportunity to give it a try and see if I can actually use the information I have to experiment with card fusion.

"Ding~"

Card fusion successful!

【Raptor Cloak】

Black Iron 2-Star Equipment Card

Equipment: +7 Armor.

Equipment: Significantly increases the speed of wound healing and stamina recovery.

Raptor Dash: Consumes a large amount of stamina for a rapid dash that lasts for 20 seconds. Cooldown: 2 hours.

Note: It cannot be said to be completely identical to the Raptor Cloak, but only basically the same.

"Oh~ it seems the crafting recipes in League of Legends actually work! But getting League of Legends items is all about luck. If only I had a Guardian Angel!"

The synthesis was a success. The healing ability of the [Healing Orb] was not wasted, and the armor value of the [Cloth Armor] was also increased. The card also became a 2-star Black Iron card.

Exactly six pieces of equipment, that's enough!

Zhao Hao surveyed his surroundings. The bamboo forest was utterly silent, devoid of any insects, birds, or even a wisp of wind. The entire forest was so dense that it blocked out the sun, yet it was deathly still.

Zhao Hao lingered for so long because he wanted to remain calm and observe whether there was anything strange about the bamboo forest.

However, the bamboo forest remained completely still.

Just then, Orange came running back.

"Come and take a look, there's a dead person."

Zhao Hao spurred the donkey forward.

Orange asked curiously, "Where did this donkey come from?" With that, she jumped onto the donkey's rump and sprawled out. Comfortable!

If you can sit, don't stand; if you can lie down, don't sit.

Orange, riding on the donkey's back, directed the search, and soon after leaving the forest path, they found the body.

The body was naked and appeared very fresh. It had likely been dead for no more than twenty-four hours. Lividity had just formed, and there was no stench of decay yet.

Moreover, Zhao Hao knows this person!

"Isn't this Mr. Louis? I thought you'd tricked me, but I didn't expect you to die so easily!"

It was Louis, the one who sold the painting to Zhao Hao, who appeared to have starved to death.

"It shouldn't be like this! From the time he disappeared until I came in, only a few days have passed. But this guy has already lost so much weight that he looks unrecognizable..."

Not only that, his whole body was covered in scratches and abrasions, and the soles of his bare feet were also covered in wounds and blisters, as if he had been surviving in the wild for a week.

No, even if Brother De went hungry for half a month, he wouldn't be this disheveled!

At this moment, Orange Tree stretched out its paw and nudged Zhao Hao: "Look..."

Zhao Hao looked back the way he came... Hmm? Nothing there!

Wait, isn't it strange that there's nothing here? Where are the hoofprints of my legendary donkey?

Zhao Hao jumped off the donkey and examined the ground carefully; indeed, there were no traces whatsoever. The hoofprints had vanished!

In this incredibly dense old bamboo forest, which looked as if no one had been there for decades, Zhao Hao suddenly felt completely disoriented.

Zhao Hao activated his demon-hunting senses and immediately spotted light yellow hoof prints on the ground.

Demon hunters' senses can detect subtle clues and even traces of psychic energy. These pale yellow hoof prints are both the tracks left by the Thousand-Mile Donkey and a sign of psychic activity.

Will this bamboo forest erase all traces of human activity?

Zhao Hao had an epiphany. He took out the Dragon Slayer Saber and slashed it across a bamboo stalk beside him, leaving a deep cut.

Then the person and the cat stared at it, and a minute passed, but the knife mark did not change at all.

The person and the cat exchanged a glance. Had they guessed wrong?

No, perhaps the conditions weren't right. We walked forward, and when we looked back, we found the tracks were gone.

Zhao Hao picked up the orange chair and turned around, then suddenly remembered something and turned the donkey's head back: "What are you looking at? Try looking again!"

Thirty seconds later, I turned around again, and sure enough! The knife mark had disappeared!

At this moment, Zhao Hao looked around again. The bamboo forest was dense and silent, with shadowy figures everywhere. A chill ran through him.

"Alright, let's get going. We can't stay here any longer! Let's go back and follow the path. Let's do it the proper way..."

Louis was really unlucky; for some reason, he strayed from the path and got lost in this seemingly endless bamboo forest. In fact, he was less than ten meters from the bamboo grove. If he could find his way back, he might have a chance to continue along the path.

In any case, it's much better than being trapped here to die!

As they walked, Ju Zuo quietly nudged Zhao Hao from behind the donkey. Zhao Hao silently hummed in response.

"Come here!" Zhao Hao suddenly turned around and reached out, his mage hand, fifty centimeters in diameter, stretched out more than five meters and pulled out a figure from the bamboo forest!

It was actually Louis, who had been dead for a long time!

At this moment, the corpse stared with its eyes devoid of pupils, its claws outstretched, as the mage's hand gripped its neck and lifted it into the air!

Orange suddenly leaped up, a bright silver streak flashing between its claws as the corpse's head was severed!

"Run! Giddy up!" Zhao Hao slapped the donkey's rump hard, making a loud slapping sound. The donkey, riding a thousand miles, brayed and galloped away.

Suddenly, the silent bamboo forest began to rustle, as if a chaotic, disordered wind was surging through it. The ground beneath our feet began to tremble!

Fortunately, Zhao Hao was not far from the edge of the bamboo forest and could already see the light at the entrance to the path!

"Charge!"

The Thousand-Mile Donkey lived up to the name Zhao Hao gave it; it really put in the effort at the crucial moment, leaping out of the bamboo forest in a flash.

After running for several dozen meters, Zhao Hao finally dared to look back.

"Whoa~" Zhao Hao tightened the reins and stopped the Thousand-Mile Donkey, which was already panting heavily.

After examining Louis's body, I don't know why, I disturbed it. The body has been following me.

Both Ju Zuo and Zhao Hao possessed strong perception abilities and discovered it. They thought that simply killing it would solve the problem, but they never expected that using their spiritual energy would alarm the entire bamboo forest!

Something was lurking in the bamboo forest, but the massive surge of spiritual energy that erupted in that instant was like a tsunami. A person and a cat wouldn't stand a chance; they probably wouldn't even be a finger's width against it.

I almost got killed by a zombie!

Orange panicked, "Don't stop, run!"

At this moment, Zhao Hao pointed behind him: "Look."

At this moment, Juzu was sprawled out on the donkey's rump, and when he turned his head, he realized that there was no bamboo forest behind him at all. It was clearly a country dirt road.

"What happened?" Tachibana asked in surprise.

Zhao Hao ignored it, because he noticed that the Destiny Card System had added two more pieces of information.

"Quest complete: First Steps into the Mysterious Realm. +40 Fate Points."

"Check-in location discovered: Mysterious Realm - Cave in the Well, check-in is available..."

Zhao Hao silently dismounted from the donkey, stood in the middle of the dirt road, and struck a one-legged JOJO pose!

"Successfully completed the Mysterious Realm: Cave in the Well, and obtained the equipment card [Moon in the Well]".

The Moon in the Well

Black Iron 3-Star Equipment Card

Equipment: +1 Agility, +2 Spirit.

Characteristics: Calm Well, Moon Reflection in the Well, Blade of Afterimages.

Note: The moon in the well, the flower in the water.

Still Well: Holding the Moon in the Well increases resistance to mental abnormalities.

Moon Reflection in the Well: There is a chance to trigger a detached blade aura when attacking an enemy.

Phantom Blade: When attacking an enemy, two phantom blades will attack.

This is a curved sword with a very large curvature on the blade.

Zhao Hao felt a little awkward holding the crescent-shaped scimitar. Could this thing be considered a strange weapon? He felt it would be more in line with the style of using it while riding a camel!

The stranger the weapon, the faster you die.

Zhao Hao changed into the [Well Moon] and tested the knife in the woods by the roadside.

The knife was excellent, incredibly sharp, and also very good at transmitting spiritual energy. However, due to its shape, Zhao Hao found it somewhat awkward to use.

He already knew the effect of the Phantom Blade: when you slash, two afterimages will appear. These afterimages have attack power, about one-tenth of the force of the slash.

It feels a bit of a double-edged sword. After all, if one strike can kill, the two extra afterimages don't make much difference. And if the first strike is blocked, the two afterimages are unlikely to be of much use either.