Early Morning

early morning.

Lu Ban saw the stars dim and the sky turn golden. This gradient from pitch black to golden surpassed all landscapes on Earth and could be called a magnificent sight.

He decided to pretend that what happened last night never happened.

Actually, Lu Ban didn't really want to learn magic.

Since it's said that you can conjure a fireball if you stay single until you're thirty, Lu Ban felt he still had a few years left and didn't need to rush.

In the latter half of the night, Xiya was basically studying using her Reading Spell, like a statue that would occasionally move.

Lu Ban felt that this spell was extremely useful.

Xiya could simply go to sleep on her own and let the books learn on their own, thus gaining both knowledge and rest.

This is something so many people have dreamed of!

At the same time, Lu Ban also gleaned some details from Xiya's words.

For example, the magic of the Night Country is essentially "knowledge" obtained after praying to the gods. This knowledge is like Lu Ban's technique of using a crowbar when he wields the [Physics Holy Sword], like a spider web wrapped around the cerebral cortex, which can be pulled away at any time.

In the Silent Land lands of the unknown, knowledge is synonymous with pollution.

Therefore, it is conceivable that before the founder of the Gray Tower developed the magic network, the mages of the Night Country were probably people who had mastered this knowledge themselves. In other words, their minds were probably mostly corrupted, and their mental state became abnormal.

As for ordinary people, it's even less likely that they would master magic.

Therefore, the founder's development of the magic network system, which turned magic into a gift from the gods, was a truly remarkable move.

No wonder Xiya respects that person so much.

From this perspective, the Night Country has indeed developed a way to utilize the knowledge of the Silent Land without driving the entire world into madness.

As for the leak of forbidden knowledge in Drywater Town, the Sea Clan must have been corrupted by the Black Mother's knowledge and transformed into fish-men, which explains why they had to hide.

If the magic network is a prayer to the gods, then who are these gods of the Night Country who generously bestow magic upon humans without significantly influencing their will?

Lu Ban wasn't quite sure.

As he was thinking about these things, he saw three indigenous people wake up and start making breakfast over a campfire.

Breakfast was, of course, insects.

"I actually have some better-tasting food here."

He pointed to his backpack.

"Really?"

After a night's rest, Flame Heart, who was dressed in a short outfit, was in much better spirits. It seemed that his Crystal Core Disease was the most severe, and he appeared very tired every time he used his ability. Of course, this also meant that his power was the strongest.

Lu Ban took out a few pieces of compressed dry food from his bag.

"This is... this is a treasure from the Old Era!"

Giant Arm recognized what Lu Ban was holding at first glance.

"Let me tell you, hey, I once went to some ruins and opened a warehouse that might have been sealed for hundreds of years. Guess what I found?"

He didn't wait for anyone else to answer and continued speaking on his own.

"It's wine!"

Upon hearing this word, the other two, Flame Heart and Old Dream, both showed expressions of longing.

"Although it has lost its flavor, it was still wine! A gift from a hundred years ago!"

The Giant Arm seemed quite proud.

"Of course, there's still this food in the warehouse. I can't taste anything, but it's definitely better than insects."

He took a bite of the worm meat skewered on a stick.

Some of the insect meat was cut into strips and air-dried last night. This morning it had lost its moisture and turned into hard, sticky strips of meat, looking like a reserve food.

After observing for a night, Lu Ban discovered that these people seemed to eat mostly insects.

The insects in the desert hide under the sand and need to be lured out by certain means. After the three people kill them, they can obtain insect meat full of juice and protein.

Chicken flavor, crunchy?

Lu Ban, who had eaten insects, didn't think so.

"You can eat it."

Lu Ban tore open one of the packages, and as soon as he opened the packaging, the unique smell of oil and starch from the compressed rations filled their noses.

"This smells so good!"

The Giant Arm reached out and took Lu Ban's compressed rations.

"Is it really safe to eat?"

"Certainly."

Lu Ban finished distributing the compressed rations and watched them eat them carefully.

The expressions on the faces of all three of them turned happy.

"The last time I tasted this flavor was when I had just left home."

"I shouldn't have eaten this. How am I supposed to keep eating bugs after eating this?!"

"Tasty."

After finishing his meal, the usually taciturn Old Dream licked his palm.

Looking at their appearance, Lu Ban suddenly felt a pang of emotion.

In one's own world, at least one doesn't have to worry about food and drink, but in a post-apocalyptic wasteland like this, even compressed rations have become a luxury.

The differences between different places are simply too great.

"Hmm? If I could get to the city in the wasteland, could I use these compressed rations to exchange for many precious things in this world?"

He thought of some scenes from novels and movies, where the protagonist travels between ordinary cities and post-apocalyptic worlds, exchanging ordinary food for various high-tech items in the post-apocalyptic world.

"I have some energy bars here, they taste pretty good, you can keep them."

He then gave everyone an energy bar, a nut and chocolate-based food that tasted much better than compressed rations.

"I absolutely must keep it."

Instead of opening the Giant Arm, he stuffed it deep inside his backpack, much like a kindergarten child who saves the best snack for last.

"What you're doing is generally called setting a flag, and you're very likely to suffer misfortune later."

Lu Ban muttered a complaint to himself, then saw Flame Heart immediately open the energy bar and quickly eat it.

"This is so delicious!"

He licked the packaging bag clean, leaving no crumbs untouched.

This person seems to be the type who lives for the moment, enjoying life to the fullest, and will eat anything delicious as soon as possible.

After tidying up the campsite, the group boarded camels.

Although this creature is called a camel, it is actually not the same as the camel that Lu Ban knows. In terms of appearance, it looks more like a hybrid of some kind of lizard and camel, with slippery scales and a distinctive hump.

"We must get there as soon as possible, and hopefully there are no other competitors."

Riding on a camel, the Giant Arm took out a tattered piece of paper.

"Where to?"

Lu Ban asked directly from behind.

"A ruin. I got this map from a team of Wasteland Hunter were wiped out. They were obviously on their way to that ruin, but unfortunately they ran into an accident and by the time I found them, they had turned into mummies."

"I'm not saying anything special, "the Giant Arm said casually.

"Following the direction of the sun, we could see that ruin on the edge of the wasteland in as little as a day."

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