Chapter 44

In order to clear "Baldur's Gate 3", Mali set off a few days later than the original plan.

However, he finally completed all the preparations before setting off, stepped on the pedal, and climbed into the driver's seat that was taller than himself.

Mali felt that the sitting posture was quite high when driving the G300p before, but that was compared with the sedan. Getting on the truck was like the game directly switching to the top-down view, and the field of vision became incomparably open.

Unlike what many people imagine, the driving experience of a truck is actually quite good, at least it is quite comfortable to drive on the highway.

The suspension seat that comes with the original car has first-class shock absorption, and the rearview mirrors on both sides are wide. It's just that you need to pay attention to the tail of the car when turning, because the ultra-long body brings an ultra-large turning radius, and then it's not as easy to brake as a small car.

There is no way to do this, it belongs to the physical level of restrictions.

After entering the canyon, the road Mali built with great effort came in handy.

Even if it is just an intermittent gravel and sand roadbed, it is much more comfortable to drive. There is no need to stare at the road surface in front at all times, worrying about where the car will be trapped and where to detour.

Mali set off at three o'clock in the afternoon. If he wanted, he could drive out of the canyon at about one o'clock in the morning.

However, this was only the first day of going out, and he didn't want to stay up so early, so he parked and rested at 10 o'clock.

It must be said that having a box body is really much more convenient. You don't even need to set up a tent to sleep. You can sleep directly in the carriage. The metal body with armor coating brings full sense of security. It's just that Mali occasionally misses the independent bedroom he dismantled when he sleeps on the floor.

But fortunately, the shower room and bathroom were still retained.

Mali took a hot bath before going to bed. As for the water and energy consumed, there is no need to worry. First, he added photovoltaic panels on the roof of the car. When he leaves the Red Mist and goes outside, he can charge with the help of sunlight.

Second, as a by-product of road building, Mali also set up quite a few supply points in the canyon, where water, oil, and food were piled up.

This can ensure that he is in a full state every time he leaves the Red Mist, and as long as the remaining diesel is enough for him to drive into the Red Mist, he can get supplies on the spot immediately.

He even parked an off-road vehicle at the end of the Red Mist, just in case the heavy truck broke down halfway and needed to walk through the canyon to return to the city.

After reading a few more chapters of "Breaking a Big Case at the Beginning", Mali turned off the lights and went to sleep.

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Early the next morning, when the sky was just bright, Xia'er opened her eyes, quickly put on her clothes, wiped her face in the water basin, and came to the small dirt slope under the cherry tree, standing on tiptoe and looking toward the forest.

This had almost become her daily compulsory course, but today she still couldn't see that small train spitting black smoke.

A voice came from behind the half-elf girl. "He won't come back."

The speaker was Melissa. Village Chief Daimengde found a piece of space in the granary for Huodun and Weier to sleep, while Melissa lived in Xia'er's cabin.

After getting along for this period of time, the two had become friends.

Melissa liked the half-elf girl's careless and enthusiastic personality, which was like an energetic golden retriever.

Even if it caused trouble sometimes, as long as it raised its head, stuck out its tongue, and gave you a furry smile, all your dissatisfaction with it would melt away by that smile.

Precisely because of this, Melissa felt that she had to tell Xia'er the truth.

"You have lived here all the time, you should know better than me how dangerous that Red Mist is. No one can live in it at all. Besides, winter is about to pass, and it has already exceeded the two or three months he promised before."

Melissa paused and repeated, "He won't come back."

The snow on the ground made Xia'er's face shine brightly. She bit her lip and retorted, "No, Master Mali will come back. He promised me."

"You have lived in this small village for too long, Xia'er. In the outside world, people are always deceiving each other." Melissa rubbed her hands, and the hot air she exhaled soon dissipated in the air.

"Especially men, don't expect them to keep their promises."

The half-elf girl couldn't beat her, but still insisted, "He will come back!"

Melissa was almost going crazy. In her eyes, Xia'er was simply more like a puppy than Huodun, even inheriting their stubbornness.

She felt that she had said enough reasonably, but the facts proved that people and dogs couldn't reason.

"Whatever you want." She gave up the last attempt. "Anyway, Weier and I will leave tomorrow. His arm is already healed, and we still have a lot of things to do, so we can't waste time here endlessly."

Hearing this, Xia'er nodded, said nothing, and turned back to the house.

When she came out, she first threw the belt full of small knives to Melissa, then grabbed a round wooden shield with one hand and pulled out the short sword at her waist with the other.

"What for?" Melissa grabbed the belt and asked suspiciously.

"Let's fight again, before you leave." The half-elf girl was eager to try.

"You guy, don't you understand what I said? He won't come back, why are you still training so hard?" Melissa's anger also came up.

"Want to teach me a lesson? Then do it." Xia'er was full of fighting spirit.

Melissa really wanted to repair this stupid half-elf. Hearing this, she didn't talk nonsense anymore, untied her cloak, and tied the belt on her body.

"Give up, even if you practice for another ten years, you won't catch up with me."

Although she said so, in fact, she had seen Xia'er's progress in this short time, and she was secretly a bit shocked.

When the two first practiced, Melissa could easily take down Xia'er.

After a few months, the gap was narrowing rapidly.

You know, Melissa and Weier started practicing martial arts since childhood, and Melissa's teacher was not an ordinary person. In contrast, Xia'er was just a village girl in a small village. She lost her mother early, and her father was just a low-level adventurer.

Doesn't this mean that if the two received the same training, Xia'er's performance would be better than hers?

Melissa didn't want to accept this possibility. She shouted "Look at the move!" and then raised her hand to throw two flying knives!

The whistling flying knife was blocked by the half-elf girl with a wooden shield, but Melissa took advantage of the moment when the wooden shield blocked Xia'er's vision, opened a pair of long legs, and quietly circled behind her opponent.

A small knife, like a venomous snake spitting out its tongue, quickly wrapped around Xia'er's neck!

This move was Melissa's ultimate move. She had never used it in front of Xia'er before, but considering that the two were about to say goodbye, she didn't hold back anymore, intending to give this stubborn golden retriever a lesson.

However, just as she was about to succeed, the small knife was blocked.

Xia'er didn't know when she had already retracted the short sword in her hand, blocked this knife in time, and she took advantage of Melissa's moment of being stunned, twisted her waist and sank her shoulders, and slammed into the latter's chest.