In the dark night, He Ao calmly stared at the girl's slightly blurred profile.
Her white skin was covered with a lot of mud and dust, making her look a bit unkempt, and her gray-white Combat Suit also had many damages.
She pulled He Ao to hide in dark corners, almost brushing against the edge of the giant Big Octopus's path.
It wasn't until the sky turned white and a fiery red sun popped up on the edge of the East skyline that they escaped from the octopus's territory in a thrilling manner.
"Hahu——"
The girl sat on the ground panting and wiped the sweat from her forehead.
Although the two of them had a thrilling ride last night, they only walked 20 to 30 kilometers. This amount of exercise was not too strong for He Ao.
According to He Ao and now Physical Quality, he can probably walk more than fifty kilometers an hour, and in extreme cases can even cover a hundred kilometers an hour.
Yesterday, he walked from the initial starting point to the territory of those octopuses, covering a distance of more than 400 kilometers in ten hours.
But even so, he still felt that he still had more than half the distance between him and the tower.
He raised his head and looked ahead. The dark tower pierced straight into the clouds.
He Ao When it started to set off, it pierced the clouds, and it still pierces the clouds now.
This tower is really high, but in addition to being tall, I'm afraid it also has some Transcendental power.
The radius of the dwarf planet Ruins is only about a thousand kilometers. He Ao, which has traveled more than 400 kilometers, is equivalent to almost walking half the radius of the planet.
Because the planet itself is a sphere, people standing on the earth are actually standing on an arc, and the straight line of sight is actually along the tangent direction of the spherical earth.
Therefore, although the straight line does not change when looking at it, the earth actually curves and changes little by little as the distance increases.
So for tall buildings in the distance, observers can only see their tops, but not the bottom.
And even this view of "high-rise buildings" actually has its limits. Not as long as the building is tall enough, it can be captured by the observer's sight.
Because the density of the atmosphere is different, the refractive index of light in the atmosphere is different.
When the distance between a building and the observer exceeds a certain limit, the observer's line of sight will be blocked by the sky, and the observer will no longer be able to see the building no matter how high it is.
In Main World, this limit distance is about more than 100 kilometers. Even with towering mountains and exceptionally clear Heavenly Qi, people cannot see beyond the limit distance of more than 100 kilometers.
This is still at Main World, where the planet's radius is more than six times that of Ruins.
In Ruins, the curvature of the planet's surface spanned by the same distance is larger, and the planet can capture less atmosphere.
Therefore, in Ruins, the limit distance of human vision cannot be further than that in Main World.
But He Ao saw the tower at least 800 kilometers away.
The tower itself may be an external manifestation of "Transcendental Miracle".
Its observation is the same as He Ao's retrieval of objects from the air, both of which do not follow common sense to a certain extent.
"So, why are you here?"
After resting for a while, the girl who regained some energy raised her head and looked at He Ao.
"How do you know the habits of those octopuses so clearly?"
He Ao did not answer her, but squatted beside her.
"Actually, if you look carefully, you will find that the field of vision of those wanderers is actually limited. As long as you do not actively observe them and stand outside their field of vision, they will not notice you even if you are face to face."
The girl took out a compressed biscuit from the backpack behind her and took a bite. "It's normal that you didn't notice it the first time we met. After all, you have the ability to kill those guys. I can only avoid them. As long as the time lasts longer, you will also be able to discover these patterns."
"The Newbie Zone you entered Ruins is near here?"
He Ao looked at her doubtfully.
"Yes, every time I enter Ruins, there are always a few lucky ones who appear directly near the big boss's lair."
The girl took out the kettle on her shoulder, opened the lid, took a sip of water, and swallowed the compressed biscuit with the water.
"So?" She looked at He Ao, "Why are you here? Your "Newbie Zone" is not around here, right?"
"I came over here,"
He Ao looked at the familiar face of the girl in front of him.
I only met him a few days ago, but I have a good relationship with him as a "classmate".
Liu Nan.
Liu Nan also entered Ruins.
It is possible that He Ao met another explorer after crossing more than 400 kilometers, and it is also possible that this explorer happened to be Liu Nan.
According to the wisdom of Liu Nan, it is reasonable to discover the laws of octopus group movement.
According to the friendship between Liu Nan and He Ao, as well as her character, when she found out that He Ao was in danger, she would definitely risk it and come out to help He Ao.
It all makes sense.
The girl in front of her did lead He Ao out of a dangerous situation.
Yeah, it all makes sense.
The rays of morning light shone on He Ao's face. He opened a cloth bag on his body, revealing the lizard meat inside.
It's time to have breakfast.
Liu Nan, who was eating compressed biscuits, watched blankly as He Ao started to set up the barbecue grill and took out a dazzling array of condiments.
Although... but...
Isn't this a bit too much?
As the barbecue made a sizzling sound on the grill, the rich smell of spices flew along the breeze to Liu Nan.
She glanced at the compressed biscuits in her hand, and then at the sizzling and oily barbecue baked by He Ao.
Tears of disappointment flowed from the corners of his mouth.
He Ao also seemed to feel the gaze from Liu Nan. He raised his head and glanced at Liu Nan, while spreading cumin, he said softly,
Gu Chen
"You can't bear the pollution caused by this flesh. Only I can bear it."
Although the truth is this, this person is so arrogant.
Liu Nan gritted his silver teeth, turned his head away, and took a vicious bite of the compressed biscuit.
"By the way," He Ao started to collect the seasonings after roasting the meat, and asked casually, "Guess how much I paid for these seasonings?"
"Ah," Liu Nan was startled, turned around and looked into He Ao's eyes, and then asked with some confusion, "Didn't I give you these spices?"
"Oh,"
He Ao put away all the seasonings, reached out and took out the dagger, sterilized it, cut off a piece from the grill, and brought it to his mouth, "I remembered it wrong."
Liu Nan looked at him eating meat with big mouthfuls and glared at him fiercely, "Eat, eat, eat, and you won't be afraid of choking to death."
Then he turned around and continued to bite his compressed biscuits viciously.
He Ao smiled, did not speak, but continued to eat the barbecue.
Soon, He Ao finished the last piece of lizard meat. This piece was much larger than the previous two pieces. He Ao almost stuffed it in.
As these lizard meats enter the belly, the energy in He Ao's dantian is filled again.
He Ao compressed and converged them, and soon, a new qi appeared in his Dantian.
He clicked on the attribute panel. Although he spent the whole day fighting or dodging yesterday, it did not affect his practice.
His Physical Quality has grown from 201 to 213, an increase of only 12 points in eleven hours.
After exceeding two hundred, Physical Quality growth becomes increasingly difficult.
He Ao packed up his things, put out the flames, and looked at Liu Nan, "Where are you going next?"
"I don't have an exact destination, so let's explore around."
Liu Nan thought for a moment and looked at He Ao, "What about you?"
"I'm going to go take a look at that high tower."
He Ao looked at the tower in the distance that looked like Optimus Prime and said slowly.
"Then we may have to part ways,"
Liu Nan stood up slowly, "I'm going to return to a safer place near Newbie Zone. I'm not as capable as you and can't keep up with your speed."
"Let's go, together."
He Ao shook his head. The area around here is very dangerous. The novice protection time has passed at this moment. Newbie Zone has no safety guarantee.
Going back at this time, new Transcendental players like Liu Nan who have just arrived at Rank F and whose talents are not combat-related are more likely to die than to survive.
Although she is very smart, not all monsters have obvious and easily discovered weaknesses like those octopuses.
If you follow He Ao, you may encounter dangerous situations, but He Ao can still take care of her.
It's not like meeting a D-class and seeing him again in eighteen years.
"But I can't keep up with you..."
Liu Nan seemed a little hesitant, and she seemed to understand the situation.
However, her concern may be that Physical Quality is too bad. Together with He Ao, she may not be able to reach the tower when the exploration time is over.
"It's okay," He Ao shook his head, "Forget it if you can't get there, it's just exploration."
"Huh?"
Liu Nan was stunned. She looked into He Ao's eyes and paused. "If you encounter a safer area on the way, you can put me there."
——an hour later——
The two walked about ten kilometers under the fiery morning sun.
Liu Nan could no longer walk. The two of them rested on a hillside. Just after resting for a while, Liu Nan suddenly stood up and pointed into the distance.
"He Ao, look, that one over there."
He Ao looked up and saw a huge beetle with black and white stripes running quickly in the distance.
"That's Assault Beetle," Liu Nan said excitedly, "Research Institute's illustrated book says that this kind of beetle can be domesticated and used as a transportation tool. With it, we can reach the tower,"
But then she thought of something and became decadent, "But this kind of beetle is D-class, so we probably won't be able to catch it."
"Looks like we're in luck."
He Ao glanced at Liu Nan and smiled.
Then he jumped out and faced the giant beetle.
The way to tame a beetle is very simple, just knock it down.
After He Ao forcibly lifted the beetle and threw it to the ground more than a dozen times, the beetle finally chose to give up.
It bent down, bent its legs and gently rubbed He Ao's side.
——Ten minutes later——
Liu Nan carefully climbed onto the back of the beetle and looked at He Ao with some confusion, "Aren't you coming up?"
"No need."
He Ao shook his head, "I'll come up later if there's danger. I'll go ahead to clear the way. You follow me."
After that, he ran directly forward, leaving his back to Liu Nan.
With the help of the Beetle, the subsequent journey was much faster.
He Ao met many D-class Exotic Beast on the road, and they were all stabbed through by the sharpened Bone Sword that He Ao took from the octopus, and all the good flesh on their bodies was cut off by He Ao.
In the blink of an eye, it was noon, and He Ao found a deserted hillside and prepared to set up a barbecue.
Woo——
At this moment, a painful but oppressive whine suddenly sounded in his ears.