Chapter 341: Relationship introduction and sudden situation

Xia Nan needed to go on a long journey.

If it were the modern world with advanced technology before the crossing, as long as one knew how to use some related tools and channels, this would not be a difficult thing.

To some extent, if you were really too lazy to be troublesome, you could even not prepare any plans in advance, and even the destination was decided on the day of departure; with sufficient funds, you could bring a mobile phone and some cash, and you could have a domestic trip that you could leave whenever you wanted.

Highly developed tourism industry, transportation tools fully covering sea, land, and air, the internet era of information explosion... with the huge population base of the country where he lived in his previous life, the information left on the internet over many years, even the most remote and unknown corners, if searched carefully on the internet, might all be able to find the logs and related precautions left by some unknown traveler many years ago.

In many cases, for people living in his world, going on a long journey, the only limitation was the trade-off between work and funds, and whether they were willing to step out of their comfort zone during precious holidays, get up from that warm bed, and push open the door to walk outside.

But right now, it was completely different.

Perhaps the Purgatory of the Nine Hells outside the material plane in the rumors had already formed a huge industrial system, capable of producing massive amounts of weapons for the multiverse in a way similar to assembly lines;

Perhaps the Floating City, where magic creations were highly developed in the mouths of passing adventurers, already had a developed urban structure, and the convenience of magic penetrated into the daily life of every resident inside.

But for the vast majority of living beings inhabiting the Aifala Continent, their living environment was still at the level of the Middle Ages in his previous life.

The existence of supernatural power did not make them live happier.

The great gods they devoutly believed in, because of the struggle for faith, caused irreconcilable contradictions between races, and between kingdoms and regions.

Isolation of differences, conspiracy wars...

This vast and boundless continent was like a huge palette, where the color blocks seemed to be integrated, but in reality, they were separated and independent under the guidance of various forces.

Take a simple example.

A member of the clergy in the church of the Goddess of Agriculture "Chauntia," after many years of research, discovered a special wheat seed with a yield far higher than before.

If this kind of wheat could be widely spread to the whole world, it might be able to feed seven-digit more civilians.

For the vast majority of ordinary people, this was undoubtedly a good thing.

But could things really develop so smoothly?

Not necessarily.

After all, the spread of this kind of special wheat seed, to some extent, also meant the spread of the faith of the Goddess "Chauntia."

And faith itself was produced by all living things, possessing an upper limit that was invisible and intangible, but indeed existed.

You changed from a pan-believer who believed in multiple gods at the same time to a devout fanatic of a certain god, then the faith received by several other great existences decreased accordingly.

You prayed in the church of the Goddess of Agriculture "Chauntia" for a whole day for the harvest of crops, then the prayer time that should have been left for the Goddess of the Forest "Mei Li Kai," the God of Earth "Gu Lan Ba," and other gods could only be shortened, or even canceled.

Gods were not wish-answering machines without emotions; they had their own personalities, different positions, and different styles of conduct.

Even if they were so-called close allies, when the other party's limb touched their territory and tried to spread and harvest faith among their believers, how many would sit idly by?

Therefore, no matter how developed the civilization of a certain area was, even if it had entered the stage of industrialization in advance, possessing railways and huge machines that spewed steam.

It did not affect the poor residents of a remote village around it, who carried heavy taxes and worked day and night in the fields, just to survive the coming winter and not starve to death in the cold wind and snow.

For this trip, Xia Nan needed to make detailed and thorough preparations.

First, regarding the supply consumption needed in the middle of the journey.

Equipment naturally didn't need to be mentioned.

Armed to the teeth, all sets of enchanted equipment were worn on the body, raising his own combat power to the highest, to deal with the dangers that might be encountered on the journey.

But spare leather boots, change of clothes, cloaks and rain capes for waterproofing, flint, ropes, camping tools... all needed to be prepared in advance.

That was, 【Tears of Spring Breath】 was on his body, and he could use "Lesser Restoration" three times every day, which was enough to deal with most minor injuries.

Otherwise, Xia Nan feared he would still have to stuff many medical supplies such as bandages and splints into his backpack.

Food also needed to be prepared.

Going on a long journey, although hunting and the like were not difficult for him, he didn't want to survive in the wilderness while rushing on the road.

Therefore, before setting out, he also had to replenish a sufficient amount of food that was easy to carry and not easy to spoil.

Similar to dried meat, smoked fish, hard cheese, and black bread.

But after all, there were no storage-type props on his body; no matter how strong his physique was, there was only so much he could carry, and the backpack couldn't be used entirely to store food; he also needed to place items in other aspects.

Eating sparingly, combined with wild hunting, these foods could last for half a month at most.

So the planning of the route became the top priority.

Reality was not a game; it wasn't that you flicked the mouse and pointed at the screen, and the character "whoosh" flew over.

From Hegu Town to Shoal Bay in the Nanfang Qundao, nearly fifty days, Xia Nan had to stop and prepare in multiple towns in the middle, used to replenish supplies.

In the middle, he might even have to take a boat for a few sections of the waterway.

The journey was long and distant.

Under such circumstances, how to formulate a safe, stable, and convenient route became another problem.

Fortunately, Hegu Town was an adventurer hub, gathering a large number of adventurers from all over the place, and information about the surrounding areas converged here, among which there was no lack of people who had traveled in the Nanfang Qundao.

Spending a little money, inviting them to drink a few glasses of wine, could also get some detailed and subtle matters that one wouldn't even realize if not mentioned actively.

For example, local customs, residents' living habits, taboos, and weather...

At the same time, also because of the special nature of Hegu Town, Xia Nan bought a map marked with Hegu Town and Shoal Bay; just in case, he also specially bought a copy, used to mark and annotate various information he inquired about on it.

And when it reached here, the preparation was far from over.

Planning a route required considering many things.

Whether the border relationship of the noble territory passed by was tense, whether any area was occupied by dangerous monsters, needing to take a detour, the difference between the main road and the small path to the same destination, whether the villages passed by welcomed outsiders, whether there were taboos that needed attention...

Even if he encountered extreme situations, whether he could temporarily change the route, or even return the same way...

Having prepared in Hegu Town for three full days, Xia Nan felt his head was about to explode.

Every night after finishing training, he locked himself in the room, frowning at the map that had been filled with various remarks, preparing three spare routes, and there were a large number of branch nodes for stops on the road.

That was, he had received complete and systematic education in his previous life, and later had been tempered in the workplace for a few years, having a certain ability in information summary and analysis; otherwise, he really might not have been able to handle it.

Until today, the preliminary planning was finally completed, and Xia Nan decided to reward himself well.

At the classic corner position in the lobby of the White Tit Tavern, he ordered a whole table of delicious food. ===== CHAPTER 342 =====