Chapter 312: Encounter

Due to the randomness of astral transmission, Gao De had early guesses and psychological preparations for the "birth point" he might randomly reach.

And primitive mountain ranges, among the many situations he envisioned, happened to be among the worst.

His main purpose for leaving the northern realm through astral transmission was to contact outsiders, establish connections, and thereby complete the resource exchange between the northern realm and the outside world, becoming a happy reseller.

Starting from this point, the best situation is definitely to be transmitted near a town, so that he can start his plan as soon as possible—it is not good to be transmitted directly into the town, after all, suddenly having an extra person in full view, even if it can be understood as a spell, it is too ostentatious.

As for primitive mountain ranges, that is too bad.

First of all, it is well known that after the ley-line convergence, in this world, all primitive mountain ranges that have not been developed are basically occupied by various ley-line creatures.

And the larger the primitive mountain range, the more powerful the existing ley-line creatures, and the risk factor is too high.

Another thing is that primitive mountain ranges are too large, with vast and boundless regions.

Gao De was randomly transmitted here, so he didn't know at all what mountain range this was or what it was called.

Not to mention knowing the detailed path planning, maps and the like are completely wishful thinking.

Therefore, to walk out of this mountain range, the only feasible method Gao De can think of at the moment is to select a direction through 【Direction Sense】 and walk blindly.

The problem is that if one is unlucky, it is very likely that one will not be able to walk out of this mountain range for three or four months.

However, since things have come to this, if one has to dig out some advantages from this terrible situation, it is not completely impossible.

Looking around, there are towering trees that reach the clouds, and the lush branches and leaves are layered, cutting the sky into fine light spots.

These are all large trees.

Where there are trees, there are seeds.

In a place where trees are so dense, aren't all kinds of tree seeds visible everywhere, and can be collected at will?

If he really can't walk out of this primitive mountain range in the end, then just collect a large batch of tree seeds and transmit them back, which can be considered not to have made this trip in vain, and at least half of the established goals have been completed.

Anyway, Yujia Te Xila can accumulate enough energy for one astral transmission every two months.

At worst, wait four months later, when it completes two more astral transmission charges, and come for another astral travel.

Isn't it just four months? He is not in a hurry at all, just worried about how to use his 190-year lifespan!

After a bit of self-comforting Ah Q spirit, Gao De quickly adjusted his mentality.

The most important thing at the moment is not to walk out of this primitive mountain range, but to raise his spirit to 120,000 points, be careful and more careful, and never let himself fall into danger.

Although astral transmission is incredibly magical, it is not instantaneous and requires about ten seconds of startup time.

So if he really encounters immediate danger, it cannot be used as the final escape card.

Gao De unfolded his Mandra Magic Eye, and at the same time, a faint light flashed in his eyes.

【Detect Magic+】.

Under the dual blessing, he slowly turned his body, looking around with burning eyes, and conducted a preliminary environmental investigation.

After a while, Gao De confirmed that there were no wild beasts or ley-line creatures hiding around him, and no magic spiritual light appeared.

He then exhaled lightly, turned off the Mandra Magic Eye, ended the release of 【Detect Magic+】, sat on the ground directly in place, and rested.

After all, the discomfort brought by astral transmission still entangled him like bone-attached gangrene.

After a short while, the dizziness from his head finally receded completely, and Gao De stood up slowly, preparing to take action.

His expression was calm, and he silently induced the spell model in his heart.

In an instant, accompanied by a slight and imperceptible surge of magic power, a small and exquisite compass-like light shadow appeared out of thin air in front of him.

After the pointer on the compass swung rapidly, it pointed steadily in one direction.

North.

【Direction Sense】.

With the north, the remaining three directions of east, south, and west are naturally known.

He definitely cannot walk north; he came from the northern realm, the northernmost part of this plane.

Gao De thought for a moment, and finally recognized the south direction, which was the exact opposite of the north, and took a step.

And the Mandra Magic Eye had already unfolded silently.

Of course, it only enabled the most basic long-distance vision ability, which can ensure that danger is discovered in advance from a distance, and there is basically no consumption of magic power—for mages, distance is often damage, so advance quantity is very important.

A towering tree rose from the ground, standing majestically, its trunk was incomparably thick, and a few people could hardly measure it.

At the bottom of the tree, there was a huge tree hole, like a naturally formed dark cave, exuding a mysterious and unpredictable atmosphere, which had already become the residence of a monster—a wild boar monster with six sharp pig teeth, covered with coarse and messy black hair, was currently active at the entrance of the tree hole, arching back and forth on the ground covered with corrosive fallen leaves with its fat nose.

It rummaged for tender roots hidden under the fallen leaves and soil, panting heavily.

Suddenly, it seemed to have discovered something, and raised its head slightly confused.

Just now, its peripheral vision seemed to see a human figure between the staggered trunks? But when it looked in the direction of the figure, what came into view was a silver-blue electric light.

This electric light was as thin as silk, and its speed was as fast as lightning, obviously extremely bright and dazzling in the slightly dim forest.

The instant the wild boar monster saw it, the silver-white electric light had already arrived across the sky.

It was also at this time that the wild boar monster realized that it looked like an electric light, but it was not.

Because along with the light, there was also a bone-chilling chill that made all the pores on its body stand up, just like the coldest winter wind.

Chi! With a muffled sound, the electric light was incomparably sharp, breaking through like bamboo, and directly pierced into the seemingly rough and tough skin of the wild boar monster.

But before the warm blood could splash out, accompanied by a slight sound of ice crystal bursting, a violent cold air had already erupted at the point of contact.

The rapid cold current directly froze the blood it wanted to spray out, and spread rapidly.

Crystal-bright ice rays appeared in the air.

And the wild boar monster, as the center of the cold current, was covered with a layer of frost.

The cold current followed the wound, directly invaded its blood, and then eroded its internal organs.

The fragile internal organs could not withstand this stimulation and damage, and instantly lost their operating ability.

Therefore, this seemingly ferocious wild boar monster couldn't even let out an angry roar to show its strength and ferocity, and had already turned into an ice sculpture and died completely.

"I seem to have underestimated the power of the Ice-Sealing Blade."

Gao De walked out of the dense forest, looking at the wild boar monster corpse that was as big as a small calf, and couldn't help but sigh.

Although he knew the specific value of the attack power of the Ice-Sealing Blade very well, it was only theoretical and he hadn't felt its damage personally.

Therefore, after seeing this wild boar monster from a distance through the Mandra Magic Eye and unfolding the 【Insight】 ability to confirm that the energy fluctuation on its body was not strong, Gao De took action decisively, directly offering his only first-circle attack spell 【Ice-Sealing Blade+】 to test the sword.

But he didn't expect it to be so fierce, killing the wild boar monster in seconds with just one spell.

Gao De focused his attention and looked at the wind spirit moon shadow.

Origin: 1st circle--【Black-maned Hog】.

Yes, this wild boar monster was actually a first-circle ley-line creature, and it was so vulnerable in front of 【Ice-Sealing Blade+】.

Although it was also because Gao De built the model of this Black-maned Hog through the 【Insight】 ability of the third-rank Mandra Magic Eye and observed the weakest point of its body energy flow, hitting the vital point, the power of 【Ice-Sealing Blade+】 itself is still unquestionable. 15 degrees of piercing damage and 32 degrees of cold damage, that's no joke.

Gao De cast 【Detect Poison】 to confirm that the flesh of the Black-maned Hog was non-toxic, and then cut off the plum blossom meat on its shoulder blade casually.

This piece of meat has a delicate texture and even fat distribution, and it tastes best if roasted.

With limited weight, Gao De only took this piece of meat, and didn't even have the heart to take off its six fangs—the energy flow contained in them is very high, obviously the supernatural material on the Black-maned Hog, which can be sold for a high price in the outside world.

While painfully giving up this valuable supernatural material, Gao De observed the towering tree where the Black-maned Hog lived.

Verifying the power of 【Ice-Sealing Blade+】 is secondary; this towering tree is the main reason he took action.

Moss spread along the trunk like a velvet blanket, and wispy vines were like its drooping long hair, winding down from a high place, some still hanging with crystal dew.

But what Gao De really cared about was that on the branches, there were actually fruits that looked like walnuts.

It's just that compared to ordinary walnuts, their size was outrageously large, as big as a person's fist, hanging heavily on the branches.

Although he didn't know what kind of tree this was, Gao De could almost be sure that this fruit should be edible.

His heart moved, and he cast Mage Hand, and had already picked a fruit between the branches and leaves.

In the version with no errors!

Peeling off the hard shell, one could see the round fruit kernel inside.

For safety's sake, he still confirmed that the kernel was non-toxic through 【Detect Poison】, and then Gao De tried to break off a small piece and put it into his mouth.

—At this time, Gao De missed Fu Luo La very much.

If Fu Luo La were here, where would he need to pretend to be Shennong tasting herbs here.

It's just that this time for astral travel, Gao De didn't bring Fu Luo La, but let her stay in Phoenix.

In Phoenix, whether it is the continued cultivation of Northwest Barley No. 1 or the great cause of tree planting, she needs to be there to hold the fort.

And Fu Luo La herself doesn't have combat power, so following him doesn't help much.

Considering these two points, Gao De finally chose to set off alone.

With a creak, the fruit kernel was fragrant and crispy in the mouth, and a little milky fragrance rose, perfectly blending with the rich and mellow fruit wood fragrance.

Gao De's eyes brightened instantly, and he didn't hesitate anymore, casting Mage Hand again, and the invisible ghost palm shuttled between the branches and leaves.

In an instant, he picked seven or eight more fruits that were full in size and had no obvious damage or diseases or pests.

Of course, he picked these fruits this time not to satisfy his appetite, but to keep them as tree seeds, preparing to take them back to Jianwan for sowing.

The significance of large trees that can bear edible fruits is not just to provide some growth gains for Yujia Te Xila, but to be suitable for large-scale planting and enrich the food composition of Phoenix.

It's just that these fruits were really too big, and Gao De couldn't carry too many, so in the end, he only picked seven or eight of the best-looking fruits.

Thinking this way, Gao De had already opened his backpack and put these seven or eight fruits, which were both seeds and fruits, into it.

In his bag, there were already fifty or sixty tree seeds of different sizes and shapes piled up.

These seeds are relatively small and are the results of Gao De's recent period.

And it had been less than an hour since he came here, and he already had such a harvest.

"The variety of trees here is really too rich, you can encounter an unknown tree species just by walking two steps." Gao De couldn't help but sigh, his tone filled with surprise.

His thirst for new tree species is endless.

After all, Gao De and Yujia Te Xila are firmly bound together.

Yujia Te Xila is powerful, which means he is powerful.

So along the way, whenever he saw a big tree he hadn't seen before, Gao De would stop without hesitation and collect a certain number of tree seeds, preparing to take them back to Jianwan for sowing later.

But there were too many unknown tree species, and Gao De was a bit overwhelmed.

"I always feel like something is a bit wrong..." Vaguely, he also discovered some problems.

Along the way, the ley-line creatures and wild beasts he saw were really too few.

According to common sense, in such a vast and boundless primitive mountain forest, not to mention seeing all kinds of ferocious alien beasts everywhere, at least he should have encountered a few waves from time to time.

But now, this first-circle Black-maned Hog was even the first beast Gao De had seen in such a long time.

"This environment doesn't look like a primitive forest..." he muttered.

Hu! Hu! Hu! Bade panted heavily, running desperately and quickly in the mountain forest.

He completely ignored the horizontal vines and the weeds that reached his knees, every step was messy and urgent, full of the embarrassment of fleeing in a panic.

The look of horror on his face was almost overflowing, and his eyes were filled with extreme fear and panic.

Not far behind him was a huge walking spider with a faint green light radiating from its body.

Its body size was as big as a carriage, its eight furry long legs were like thick iron pillars, and its two fist-sized eyeballs flashed with fierce and greedy light, locking onto Bade who was fleeing in front.

"How could I encounter a ley-line creature? The sentry adults in the town clearly patrolled it half a month ago!"

Bade couldn't help but scream wildly in his heart.

He came into the mountains to pick mushrooms.

This season is the growth season for oak mushrooms.

Compared to ordinary fungi, oak mushrooms have a growth cycle of five or six years, so the number produced each year is extremely limited and supply is scarce.

And the oak mushroom itself has a natural, indescribable rich umami taste, which is very popular with nobles in the city and can be sold for a high price.

However, the growth conditions for oak mushrooms are extremely harsh, and they only grow under old oak trees that are over a hundred years old.

In order to pick oak mushrooms, Bade could only risk entering the deep mountains and old forests.

But the reason he dared to do so was because he had something to rely on—the sentry adults in the town would regularly patrol this mountain area, and if they found ley-line creatures, they would exterminate them.

So under normal circumstances, entering the mountain forest within a month after the sentry patrol is finished will not encounter any danger.

This is Bade's experience. For the past two years, he has been picking oak mushrooms by pinching this time point, and he has been safe and made a small profit.

This made him more and more lucky. Who would have thought that this year his luck would not be there, and he would encounter such a terrifying magic spider.

Feeling his physical strength fading away rapidly, Bade felt more and more desperate in his heart.

Suddenly!

In the instant he hadn't reacted, a living person jumped out from the gap between the staggered trees in front of him.

"Who?!"

Bade was almost scared out of his wits. The breath that had been tense and maintained his wild run was hit hard by this sudden scene, and it leaked out completely. He only felt his legs go soft, almost collapsing to the ground, his mind was blank, and only one thought was echoing wildly: "It's over, it's over, this time it's over."

When he was convinced that he was going to die here, Bade's gaze had subconsciously fallen on the living person in front of him.

It was a very young boy.

Strangely, in the boy's eyes looking at him, there was no panic at seeing a ley-line monster, but instead, there was inexplicable surprise?! That look was so bright as if he had discovered some treasure? Where is the treasure? It couldn't be me, right?

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