Weapons? A flash of inspiration struck Zhao Yang.
This was a freaking virtual reality game! What did you do if you encountered a snake in the wilderness in real life? Fight it barehanded? Only an idiot would do that.
The best option was naturally to turn and run, but that clearly didn't suit the situation at hand. What other options were there?
Find a stick nearby and beat the hell out of it, of course!
Or find a few rocks and attack from a distance.
In an ordinary game, that might not be possible. But this was a virtual reality game, where everything worked just as it did in real life. With so many trees around, getting a stick shouldn't be difficult.
Zhao Yang was fairly decisive. Once the idea occurred to him, he immediately picked out a nearby Pine Tree. Using both hands and feet and every ounce of strength he had, he finally snapped off a stick less than two centimeters thick.
It felt exactly as it would in real life.
He had actually wanted a thicker stick, but his strength was limited, so he had to make do.
At that moment, he sorely missed how he had felt during yesterday's trial experience. One slash had severed mountains and rivers! Now, forget mountains and rivers—even a little branch took ages to break off.
Such a massive contrast really left him feeling miserable.
Still... with a stick in hand, Zhao Yang finally felt a little reassured. He even had the courage to speak again.
"You three, pay attention. You can use the trees and rocks around you. Especially you, Xiaoxiao. Look carefully and see if there's anything you can use."
"Oh, Yang, you can still talk! I thought you'd died."
Zhao Yang broke into a cold sweat. *Was this