Wilderness Survivor Suika / The Strange Little Town

Secondly, I'm still eating here. It's inconvenient for me to leave since I'm unfamiliar with the area.

Suika finished speaking, John awkwardly scratched his head.

He wasn't unaware of what the other person was saying; he was simply too excited to accept the "Istina" and became somewhat carried away.

Suika's words calmed him down.

"You're right, I'll resign after this," John said, sitting across from Suika and thanking her.

"I was just afraid of you. You might get excited and blurt things out, then regret it after calming down. Acting impulsively is no good!" After finishing the last sip of her hot milk, Suika stood up and patted her belly.

Chapter 504 Wilderness Survivor Suika

After Suika finished eating, the two walked out together.

"Miss Suika, what are your plans next? If you want to study the post- Catastrophe environment here, I can help you clear out an empty room in the north."

John looked at Suika.

Suika, who had thought she would have to stay here to continue her research on Catastrophe, shook her head.

"Let's leave these matters to our colleagues. George will definitely be willing to study the situation after this Catastrophe."

I won't compete for this research topic.

After speaking, Suika looked south.

"My path is to the south, I'll be leaving soon!"

"South, you mean Iberia?" John frowned.

Everyone knows that there is another country to the south, but no one has ever set foot there.

The glory days of Iberia are still etched in everyone's memory.

Everyone in Rim Billiton knows that Iberia has considered conquering Rim Billiton.

However, they were unfamiliar with this land and were driven back by Catastrophe.

If they leave Rim Billiton and are no longer protected by the Catastrophe, the Rim Billiton people's strength will be insignificant in the Terra kingdoms.

So John was somewhat worried when he heard that Suika was going south.

"Don't worry, I'm pretty good. Even if I can't beat you, I can still escape."

Besides, my goal is to travel around Terra, not to make enemies everywhere.

"No matter how unreasonable the Iberia are, they couldn't possibly chase an ordinary person like me to the ends of the earth, could they?"

Suika smiled and then adjusted her small crossbody bag.

"Wait a minute!" Seeing that Suika was about to leave, John called out to her and then ran to a room not far away.

He quickly ran back to Suika with a very old map in his hand.

"This map is a topographical map of Iberia drawn by my grandfather and his family before the disaster happened there."

Although a long time has passed, this should still be of some help to you.

Suika took the map and compared it with the one Rhodes Island had given her; this map was indeed much more detailed.

However, as he said, due to time constraints, there are some errors in the labeling in some places.

However, this has little impact on Suika.

On the contrary, this map, which predates the Great Silence, is indeed of great reference value.

For example, on this map, Suika saw a sign for a church on the Laterano - Iberia border, and she had a feeling that this church was the target of the commission she had accepted.

After thanking John, Suika left the town and continued south.

The border between Iberia and Rim Billiton is ambiguous, with a sizable buffer zone in between.

The reason for this buffer zone is simple: these areas were the territory of Iberia during its most glorious period. Although the terrain was less favorable and more prone to Catastrophe, the powerful Iberia did not care about such losses.

However, after the Great Silence, the Iberia abandoned this place because, with the country beset by internal and external troubles Iberia simply didn't have the time to manage this impoverished and desolate land.

Rim Billiton, on the other hand, dared not retake it, fearing that Iberia might one day regain its former glory and use that as an excuse to attack again.

From the perspective of the Rim Billiton, that place wasn't a good place either; the mineral resources were poor, and taking it back would offend a powerful nation—it seemed like a losing proposition.

Thus, this buffer zone, where neither side takes a stand, was formed.

Before coming here, Suika had assumed this place would be a criminal's paradise, like those in novels.

After all, Siracusa is not far away, and gangs are rampant there.

But in reality, the desolation and remoteness of the place made Suika think she had come to a no-man's land.

Apart from mosquitoes, Needle Flea, and various tenacious wild animals, there is absolutely no sign of human habitation here.

Suika walked into a completely abandoned village with disdain. Although it was less than sixty years since the Great Silence of Iberia (which occurred in 1038), the desolation here looked as if it had been eroded for hundreds of years.

The walls and roof were covered with all kinds of vines, and the rotten branches and dead leaves on the ground were teeming with tiny insects.

Every step you take makes a "crunch, crunch" sound.

At first, Suika tried to "measure the earth" with her feet, but later she couldn't stand the disgust of being swarmed by mosquitoes with every step, so she switched to flying.

Flying in mid-air, she was still quite annoyed by the various flying insects. Finally, in a fit of anger, she increased her density, creating a ring of high temperatures around her to kill mosquitoes, thus resolving her predicament.

"This damned place, I doubt even the pioneers of Columbia would want to come here."

She landed on a relatively clean, rocky beach, and after casually crushing a few stray Needle Flea that crawled out from the side, Suika started preparing her dinner.

Her dinner consisted of the leg meat of these Needle Flea.

It's worth noting that grilled Needle Flea legs are a specialty dish of Terra.

After finishing her meal, Suika sat on a large rock.

Sparks flashed all around, coming from mindless mosquitoes that sensed a living being on top of the rock and recklessly charged up, only to be burned to ashes.

She yawned, then took out an eye mask, put it on, and lay down on the rock to fall asleep.

The next morning, she was woken up by Shanghai.

When I woke up, I saw Shanghai pointing anxiously into the distance.

She looked over and saw a Rift Beast lying by the riverbank not far away.

Judging from the blood all over its head, the creature with the wildly imaginative mind was probably already dead.

And this wound is clearly from the cavalry charge in Shanghai.

At this moment, several other cautious Fang Beast remained around the Rift Beast.

Drawn by the smell of blood, they were trying to approach the Rift Beast to confirm its death so it could become their meal for the day.

In an instant, Suika understood what Shanghai meant.

She leaped high into the air and landed right in the middle of the Fang Beast.

"You worthless beast, how dare you steal my food!"

Upon seeing Suika suddenly appear, the Fang Beast were initially frightened and scattered in all directions.

Upon discovering that the creatures that appeared to be about their own height, the Fang Beast, with expressions of insult, howled and pounced on Suika.

"Well, you dare to fight back!"

Suika shook her head, and the thin chain binding her head fell off, transforming into two five-meter-long iron chains.

She grabbed one in each hand and lashed it out at the Fang Beast.

With that piercing sound of wind being torn apart, the Fang Beast it encountered were instantly ripped to shreds.

Just like the saying used to describe the Golden Cudgel

"A direct hit is fatal, a mere glancing blow is injure."

In less than a minute, all of the more than ten Fang Beasts were strangled to death by the iron chains.

Suika satisfiedly retrieved the chains, then walked towards the Rift Beast, swallowing hard.

"Hehe, it's been so long since I've had roasted Rift Beast feet..."

Chapter 505 The Strange Town

Suika glanced at her small handbag and frowned.

The spices needed to make the roasted Rift Beast paw she was looking for were quite numerous.

She did have some in her handbag, but it wasn't enough.

She took out a small notebook from the side, which contained her notes on the appearance of various spices and their production environments.

I don't know if they have it here, but I can only try my luck.

After severing the four legs of the Rift Beast and quickly washing them in a nearby river to remove the odor, Suika carried the four limbs of the Rift Beast and headed southwest.

Three hours later, just as Suika was about to give up and decide to just eat the Rift Beast leg anyway, she suddenly saw wisps of smoke rising from distant chimneys.

For a moment, tears welled up in her eyes, and a feeling of "after passing through mountains and rivers and finding a way out" washed over her.

The presence of smoke indicates that there are people living there, and if there are people living there, even if there are only one or two households, there must be a village nearby.

After all, unless you have the strength of Big Bob, you can't survive alone in the wilderness of Terra.

Humming a little tune, I skipped and hopped my way to a high place.

Suika looked down and discovered that it was actually a small mountain village.

The village is surrounded by high mountains on the east, west, and south sides, while the north side, where I came from, is relatively flat.

There is a sizable lake at the confluence of three mountains, and the village is built next to this lake.

After surveying the terrain, Suika's eyes flashed with surprise.

However, all she wanted to do right now was stir-fry some spices. Iberia had plenty of problems, so she didn't want to get involved and couldn't get involved anyway.

After patting her cheeks, she walked towards the mountain village.

More than ten minutes later she arrived outside the mountain village.

Because she took the main road and made no attempt to hide, they must have known of her arrival long ago.

But just a moment ago I saw people walking on the street, but when I got closer, I couldn't see a single person on the village streets.

Moreover, the chimneys of the households that were cooking just moments ago have also gone out.

So, are the people here really that afraid of contact with the outside world?

Suika forced a smile and continued walking towards the village.

She could feel pairs of eyes staring at her from the windows and corners of every house in the village.

Moreover, some of the gazes from within made her very uncomfortable.

"Is anyone home?" As she walked to the foot of a large tree at the village entrance, Suika looked around at the tightly closed doors and called out.

No one responded.

She continued walking into the village and soon came to a small square.

She glanced around, then pretended not to notice the hostile stares and continued shouting.

Is anyone here?

Still, no one responded.

Seeing this, Suika walked towards a building that looked like a restaurant without any hesitation.

She had just reached the building entrance when she heard noises coming from inside.

"Knock knock knock!" Suika stood at the front door and politely knocked.

Hello, is anyone inside?

Even though she could hear the noises inside clearly, she still asked very politely.

Silence...

"May God help me, and I hope I can find some spices here after I walk around the area."

After saying that Suika turned and walked towards the end of the village without looking back.

"How about we throw some spices out?" someone suggested hesitantly.