Ark Journey

Having lost her husband, she couldn't bear to lose her child again. If this man wanted... then she could only obey.

Hearing her voice, Xue Zhi sighed secretly.

He took out a tube of purifying water and handed it to her. The light golden crystal liquid flowed slowly in the test tube.

"Your child is infected. Give him this medicine and he will feel better in the future."

After putting down the potion, Xue Zhi walked towards the leader without looking back, leaving the woman staring at the potion in her hand in a daze. He took out ten more of the same potions, put them in a small box and handed them to the leader.

"There are some medicines that can suppress mineral sickness. You can try them. Also, if you plan to continue going south, there is a newly emerged settlement called Kazitun. It is developing there and you can join them."

After saying this, Xue Zhi did not stay here any longer, but went to build a house on the other side of the lake.

"Uncle, you said..."

"Shut up."

"Oh."

Xue Zhi, who had built a house on the other side of the lake, lay down on the bed.

......

When he woke up in the morning, he found that the Sarkaz had left, leaving only an extinguished campfire.

"Why are you in such a hurry to leave? It seems like you really think I'm a monster."

Smiling and shaking her head, Xue Zhi demolished the house and left.

This forest was not particularly large, and it took another three days for Xue Zhi to enter the new environment in the rising sun.

He never encountered any living people again, and there were not many predators. In the next few days, he encountered two that dared to attack him, but they were not particularly powerful.

Standing at the edge of the forest and looking at the endless desert in front of her, Xue Zhi frowned as her leather armor was quickly adapting to the color of the environment.

"I hope there are some living things in this wilderness, otherwise it would be really boring to run around."

Around noon, lead-black clouds began to gather in the originally bright sky. Xue Zhi, who had just lit a bonfire to roast spider legs, had to use a small matchbox.

Not long after, raindrops as big as beans fell from the sky.

Through the window, you can see that the rain is getting denser and denser, connecting the sky and the earth, forming a gray rain curtain.

But it was dry and warm inside the small matchbox.

In this silent environment with only the sound of rain, the door suddenly shook.

Xue Zhi, who was holding the roasted spider legs, stopped for a moment, but then he opened the door.

There was nothing outside the door.

"It's interesting."

After putting the spider legs into her bag, Xue Zhi, feeling very amused, stepped out of the small matchbox, not forgetting to close the door.

Instead of releasing his mental power, he planned to use his eyes to see what was causing the trouble.

The world of Arknights is relatively material, and the power level, at least on the surface, is not very high, so he didn't really care except for what happened just now.

A film of water appears on the surface of the body to prevent it from getting wet.

The dense rain seemed nothing in front of his eyes that were actively concentrating.

"Let me see what little creature is trying to rip at my door."

It didn't take long for Xue Zhi to find a wet gray beast nearby.

Chapter 3: Xue Zhi's Animal Friends (Part 1) (8/)

Xue Zhi took a closer look and saw that it was a skinny beast with green eyes and a bony body, and it looked like it had been hungry for a long time.

It lay motionless on the ground, probably because it didn't have the strength to run, but it still bared its teeth at Xue Zhi who was approaching.

However, Xue Zhi, who just thought it was cute, tried to call it over using the same method he used to call a dog. The fang beasts in Kazitun had not been tamed before he left, so he wanted to try to catch this one and tame it.

"Uh-huh-huh."

Unfortunately, the sound that could have called the dog over didn't work this time. After all, this thing was more like a wolf than a dog.

Although it is not as mysterious as what is said in Wolf Totem that it cannot be tamed, it is still more difficult to deal with.

Xue Zhi wanted to see if she could trick it into coming over and raising it so that it would have a companion on the road.

So he took out a piece of raw, bloody steak and held it in his hand. The sweet smell of blood instantly attracted the attention of the tooth beast even in the heavy rain.

"Hey, little puppy, come here and I'll give you something to eat. And you won't have to worry about food anymore."

It stood up slowly, and walked towards this side while still being very vigilant and keeping a distance from Xue Zhi.

“You can’t eat it from this far away.”

In order to increase the appeal, Xue Zhi shook the steak to allow it to release more flavor, and even cut off a small piece of meat and threw it over to the wolf to eat.

The wolf was startled by the piece of meat thrown at him, but after realizing what it was, he quickly swallowed the small piece of meat.

It licked its lips with its long tongue and took a few steps towards Xue Zhi, obviously not full, but it stopped after a few steps.

"now it's right."

Seeing that there was a chance, Xue Zhi also squatted down and kept herself at the same level with him.

However, the air flow behind him suddenly changed direction, making him stand up immediately, and then he dodged the attack of another gray wolf by turning sideways.

At the same time, he raised the steak in his hand high to avoid the movements of the gray wolf in front of him.

"You're playing with me through the wolf before you take a nap, right?"

Looking at the other slightly smaller gray wolf that suddenly appeared, Xue Zhi felt extremely happy. She could actually experience in person what she had read in books before.

The two gray wolves, seeing that their attack failed, had already begun to retreat and were now slowly moving backwards.

Seeing that there was no possibility of taming it, Xue Zhi gave up the idea.

He threw the meat in his hand at them, added another piece and left.

"Eat, it's fate that we meet."

In the next few days, Xue Zhi did not encounter any human beings while walking in the wilderness. He regretted not catching the two gray wolves to keep him company.

The road was extremely difficult to walk on after it had just rained. Xue Zhi had been floating in the sky for several days. Fortunately, the sun quickly evaporated the excess water, returning the wilderness to its original appearance.

A clear river that was not narrow appeared in sight, and it was about seven or eight meters wide.

However, there were no wild animals drinking water on both sides of the river. It might be because it had just rained and the animals had enough to drink.

Thinking of this, Xue Zhi, who was not very wary of wild beasts, planned to take off and cross the river directly.

However, a tentacle stretched out from the river and instantly wrapped around his ankle as he stood by the river.

After confirming that she could easily break free from the tentacle, Xue Zhi applied a layer of water film shield on her body and smiled as she let it pull her into the water.

The dim underwater vision was now extremely bright in Xue Zhi's eyes, and he could see clearly the owner of the tentacle.

It looked like a creature made up of the upper body of a fish and the lower body of an octopus. Its adult-sized body was dotted with Originium crystals.

There are a considerable number of sharp teeth in its mouth, and it is obvious that it is not a vegetarian.

Moreover, there were some strange feelings coming from the place where the tentacles touched his skin. This strange fish should be able to release electricity-related Originium skills or have the ability to secrete venom.

Even Xue Zhi, who had seen many strange Sarkaz in Kazdel, felt that her spirit was shocked.

[“Todai swear words”, what on earth is this thing, could it be a stitched monster that escaped from that laboratory? ]

It did not immediately enjoy Xue Zhi who did not resist, but pulled him down to dive.

Soon, the man and the beast reached the riverbed. Xue Zhi looked up and the water surface was still in sight.

[It doesn’t seem very deep. ]

There are a large number of animal bones of various kinds on the riverbed.

The monster was waving its other empty tentacles in the water, and no one knew what it was doing.

But Xue Zhi soon found out.

Several small stitched monsters that looked like the monster but were only the size of a human head jumped out from under the rocks on the riverbed and headed straight for Xue Zhi.

[There is a cub, but I didn't see the other one. Could it be a hermaphrodite? ]

Xue Zhi let them bite on her rune shield. Having had enough fun, she just used a little force and directly pulled off the tentacle.

The light-colored fluid that overflowed from the broken tentacles permeated the clear river water. At the same time, Xue Zhi also smelled a strange smell like gasoline.

[Body fluids could be hydrocarbons? What if I start a fire?]

Xue Zhi kept her word and reached out to pinch the monster's bloody mouth.

The iron-like palm could not be freed no matter how it swung its body. The sharp teeth and flexible tentacles were unable to do anything to the prey in front of it.

And after the fluid started to flow, Xue Zhi could no longer feel the electricity from its tentacles.

【Electricity? Safety lock?】

After ensuring that the rune shield had sufficient capacity, a thin but bright lightning bolt was released from the palm of his hand.

After piercing through the skin of the strange fish, the lightning with huge energy rushed into its body.

Then, light appeared in front of Xue Zhi's eyes.

boom!

A low explosion sounded from the bottom of the river, and a huge column of water leaped high into the air, then slammed heavily into the surface of the river.

Soon, Xue Zhi walked out of the water without any harm, not even her clothes were wet.

He looked back at the turbulent river and scratched his hair.

"Damn, they played too big and didn't keep the small ones. What a pity."

However, the body fluids of that strange fish are indeed hydrocarbons, and they are short-chain hydrocarbons that are flammable and explosive.

This thing was probably developed to produce hydrocarbons, but I really don't know why it looks so scary.

But Xue Zhi, who had already had fun, was still very happy.

After crossing the river where the strange fish lived, Xue Zhi continued walking north.

Although he didn't see many people along the way, he still saw the extremely magnificent scenery.

The campsite that day was on the top of a fairly tall mountain, and it happened to be a good day. Xue Zhi did not go to sleep directly, but lay on the bed and thought about many things, and then she saw the spectacular scene.

There were some dark clouds at the beginning of the night, but the wind blew away the clouds in the early morning, revealing the true face of the moon.

The huge white jade plate was suspended high in the air, yet was pressed down very low.

The silver moonlight sprinkled down, and bathing in the moonlight, Xue Zhi felt the long-lost tranquility.

At this moment, even the roars of wild beasts coming from outside from time to time seemed very pleasant.

Traveling alone made him a little restless.

And tonight, he will calm his heart under the moonlight.

Chapter 4: Delicious, my friend! (2/8)

In the second half of the night, Xue Zhi, who was not sleepy, started to hurry on his way. He felt much better than during the day. The evening breeze was cooler, and the darkness would not affect his vision in any way.

What's more, there are so many active beasts, and these are all points.

【+71】【+92】【+56】【+85】......

This evening I also encountered a large shipment.

It was a giant crab that had undergone an extremely severe mutation.

When she was still in the mercenary group, Xue Zhi heard some old mercenaries talk about this creature that had nothing to do with its appearance before the mutation.

At that time, the old mercenary team received a commission to clean up a mutant crab that always attacked the ranch at night and stole livestock.

So they brought enough explosives to deal with the thick shell of this thing, but they still lost one person while dealing with it.

The unlucky guy died because of negligence and was cut in half by the crab's desperate attack with its pincers.

The old mercenary described the scene vividly, saying that the intestines and internal organs were all over the floor and there was no way to save him.