Chapter 62 Meeting 2
The pretender obviously wants to retreat.
It should be said that he was not very determined in fighting, but he saw that there were only two visitors and thought he could easily fight them. But now suddenly, a bunch of people appeared again, and the situation was completely different.
It’s not that he can’t beat it, but that he just kills these humans, not his ultimate goal. Of course, if these humans look very weak, he doesn’t mind fighting. But on the one hand, there are too many undetermined factors on the other hand. For example, the strange tube that is emitting smoke and can make a loud noise.
He didn't know that this was a musket, nor did he know that it was a glorious history of musket on the earth. With its huge power, relatively light weight, and extremely easy to use, this weapon developed along the way, and eliminated almost all military equipment such as crossbows, armor, spears, swords, shields, etc., pushing the world into an era called "hot weapons". However, even though he knew nothing, he confirmed from what he had just seen, it was a very powerful weapon.
Moreover, the formal battle just now didn't count, it could only be said to be a test. Who knows whether these humans will come up with other unknown tricks?
He was not surprised by this situation. You should know that the wizard is a great witch and his identity is unquestionable. It is not surprising that the witch has any protective power around him. In fact, it was strange that they had blocked the witch alone here just now.
Now it seems that I am lucky and just found a loophole. Obviously, there are guards around the wizard, and the guards are not weak.
The pretender threw out an orange-red fireball, which landed right in front of the shield warrior. The fireball exploded, but it looked useless. The shield warrior didn't seem to have any damage, but his body shook a few times under the shock wave. The same was true for the other two behind him.
However, this fireball is not so much a cover for the purpose of hurting people. The two Rakshasa demons began to retreat. The pretender threw out another spell and summoned a circle of black energy on the ground. As he expected, these new enemies could not distinguish, or at least were unwilling to take risks, so they stopped. The two sides thus opened the distance.
Three figures hurriedly left from the previous corridor. There was no pursuit here. Zhang Cheng's side was not very strong in fighting. The opponent was the Rakshasa demon. Although the boss could not avoid it at all, and players would sooner or later have to face it. But in reality, this is not the case. Moreover, there are no two Rakshasa demons in the game, otherwise it would be almost impossible to beat the player with the equipment and level of the second act. Of course, this is even more true for Wu Lan. After all, they do not understand the cause and effect, and when the enemy chooses to retreat, they also lack the motivation to pursue.
Now, the Rakshasa demon left, and the two groups of time travelers slowly gathered together. There were two people on Zhang Cheng and five people on Wu Lan. There were all men on the other side. Among the 7 people, Nan Ling was the only female.
Both sides were a little wary of each other, so they didn't speak for a while. The awkward silence temporarily enveloped the air.
"Zhang Cheng?" A person across from him looked at Zhang Cheng, looked up and down, and suddenly asked.
"Are you...Doctor Wu?" Zhang Cheng asked tentatively.
"It's me." Wu Lan admitted. By the way, this time travel has changed so much. Here, Wu Lan is a thin man. She can't feel the temperament of a gangster boss on the earth at all. On the contrary, she is sharp-mouthed and monkey cheeks reminds people of Shi Qian at a glance.
"Wu Lan, a level 16th thief!" Wu Lan laughed and said.
"Zhang Yan." said a tall man with a well-proportioned figure next to him. "Level 12th thief."
"Pan Peng," said the previous shield-holder (it's only now that he can see that this person is quite fat). "Level 13 warrior."
The rest of the people introduced themselves one by one according to this routine. Zhang Cheng was surprised to find that all five were warriors or thieves, without mages, and without priests. But then he realized that this world was a wild and bloody era of slavery, and knowledge and technology were all in the hands of the nobles. For time travelers, if you didn't just travel to a certain noble, you would not even have the qualification to learn this knowledge. But on the other hand, most of the population in this world is commoners or slaves, and the chance of traveling to a noble is obviously very low.
Some people may think that their ability to survive will increase greatly after traveling to a noble. But in fact, the survival rate of traveling to a noble will not be much better than that of traveling to a slave, or even worse. Because in this magical world, it is not difficult to see through the identity of a time traveler. Moreover, the natives in this world are not unfamiliar with time travelers, and there is even a proprietary noun like "Indie" to call a time traveler. Not only that, after traveling to a time traveler, there is no original body memory, and relatives and friends around them, even their parents, do not know each other. Adding up these factors, it is really difficult to not reveal the content after traveling to a noble. Once the identity of a time traveler is exposed... Well, it seems that you know what the outcome will be without asking.
This is a barbaric slave society, without any legal system, civilization, or even science.
Therefore, there are definitely fewer spellcasters in time travelers.
"Zhang Cheng, level 8 mage." Zhang Cheng also introduced himself in this way. Although he has a warrior profession, he thinks that his warrior level is really just for precautions. As long as he has a meat shield, he will be safely outputted from behind as a turret.
"Nan Ling, a level 4 warrior." Nan Ling also replied. It seemed that killing hatred before made her rise to a higher level.
After the 7 people met a little, Wu Lan and the five others turned their attention to the wizard.
"Why is this..."
"Yes, he is a wizard." Zhang Cheng replied. There is nothing to hide. The wizard's seclusion in Xiaxu is not a secret. In fact, this matter is widely circulated. From princes to merchants like Xia'an, everyone knows that the wizard's seclusion is here.
At that moment, very complicated expressions flashed across the faces of these outsiders.
Especially Pan Peng, his distance was very close to Zhang Cheng, so at that moment, Zhang Cheng saw his expression clearly. Pan Peng's first reaction was surprise, as if he had picked up gold ingots, but after seeing the wizard clearly, he obviously remembered something. The previous surprise disappeared and turned into a mixed expression of confusion and disappointment. Finally, it seemed that after repeated thinking and confirmation, his disappointment eventually turned into a frustration.
Zhang Chengdu felt that this was a bit puzzled.
"All of you are aliens?" The wizard also noticed these people. Although he is a great witch and has a lot of knowledge, he has never seen so many aliens gather together. Not only that, he can also notice that these aliens are different from the previous ones, and seem to have some plans. But if he has to say that, he is so old, he doesn't need to care about any plans at all. He just wants to use his identity as a great witch to gain benefits for himself. There are too many people of this type, and even a few aliens are not important.
Wu Lan and the others exchanged glances, and Wu Lan stood up and greeted the wizard.
There is no need to say more. After briefly communicating about the attempts of the wizard, Wu Lan and others became interested. They began to try to enter the passage. First, they went in alone, then a few people teamed up in, and finally even went in hand in hand. But no matter what, they did not change in the end. In short, they walked out for no reason.
They even formed a long team hand in hand, but it was still useless. When you stand still, the front and back seemed to be coherent, just as normal. But when everyone walked around, time and space would be distorted and it would come out inexplicably.
While Wu Lan and others tried repeatedly, Zhang Cheng also figured out whether the dungeon had been set up before.
As Nan Ling said, those ghouls were originally from the dungeon, controlled by wizards, and were regarded as guards of the dungeon. In order to prevent outsiders from disturbing, the wizards set up their own defenses in this dungeon. This is a defensive magic circle adapted from the old defensive measures in the summer room - both with warning and defense functions. It is precisely because of this defense that the wizards can live alone and not find a few guards to protect themselves.
It is difficult to destroy this kind of defense. Even for a very strong invader, the wizard can obtain warning messages in advance before the defense is completely destroyed, and there is a certain amount of preparation time. Unfortunately, the invaders just now had extremely clever methods. They created a powerful undead creature, using the similar attributes of the undead creatures, and misled the warning devices while destroying the defense. In the end, several invaders caught the wizard off guard. If Zhang Chengnanling and the other two did not come just now, they would not know what the result was.
Generally speaking, the natives in this world are unwilling to hurt the great witch, but if they are forced to do so, it is hard to say.
The wizard did not know the identities of these tiger parties and the pretender, but he knew very well what the other party was here to do. It was just to pick peaches... The only problem was that, let alone peaches, even peach blossoms had not bloomed yet.
"Then, what should I do next?" Nan Ling also felt that the wizard would be better off leaving here. This place is no longer safe, and the wizard's plan has made no progress, so staying here is not a solution.
"I will leave for a while." The wizard could only smile bitterly. "Let them try here. If you try for a few days, they will give up. There is nothing here."
In fact, after the ancient Xia Shi moved the capital, there was no movement in this place for thousands of years and it was always a waste city. No force wanted to do anything here. This situation itself shows a lot of things.
Objectively speaking, if it weren't for the wizards here, I guess those uninvited guests wouldn't have come at all.
After saying this, the wizard chose to leave. Nanling wanted to invite the wizard to her place, but the old man stubbornly refused. He walked towards a passage on the other side with a crutch. After a while, he disappeared at the end of the passage.
In the afternoon, a group of time travelers, led by Nanling, visited the entire community.
Wu Lan and others did not enter the city from here, so they all showed surprise when they saw this city. In terms of qualifications, they were all Zhang Cheng's "seniors", who had been in this world for longer than Zhang Cheng and had experienced more things. However, when they saw this community, they were undoubtedly more impacted.
Wu Lan's team didn't say much on the whole road, but if you look closely, you will find that everyone's faces have become different. They clearly understand how difficult and incredible it is to build such a community. Especially when it is a woman. You must know that, not to mention this wilderness era, even in the civilized society on earth, the status of men is still above women - although theoretically equal, it is only theoretically. However, compared with this surprise and envy, what is stronger is that they realize the meaning. Except for Wu Lan, everyone's eyes are almost lit.
"Boss Wu," Zhang Cheng heard someone behind him suddenly say. "It's good for us to stay here!" His voice was very light, but maybe it was because a gust of wind was blowing, which made Zhang Cheng vaguely hear it.
Wu Lan replied coldly. "Do you think I have never tried this kind of thing?"
Zhang Cheng suddenly remembered what Wu Lan once said, and he and a few companions joined forces to advance the technology of this world to the Iron Age - but in the end it was that everything was stolen.
In fact, it would be fine if a normal earthling travels to this world and starts fighting alone. But once a certain amount of people or companions gathers, he will naturally want to take advantage of his own as a time traveler, that is, he has countless knowledge and technology accumulated by a modern civilization.
Zhang Cheng quietly turned his head halfway and saw the side faces of the two interlocutors from the corner of his eyes - Wu Lan's face was a little gloomy, while the other one had no intention of convincing. Although he did not say anything, the expression was obvious: If you failed to try, it does not mean that others would not succeed.
In fact, if a time traveler wants to copy the technology of the earth, the biggest trouble is that he or she is insufficient manpower. Almost all advanced technologies require huge manpower support. It takes dozens or hundreds of workers to operate a factory. A limited number of time travelers can do very little, and they can only embark on the individualized path of monster-upgrading. Although in this world where great power belongs to their own power, this path will be a bright future, but the advantages of this path as a modern civilized person will disappear. Just rely on the inexplicable experience value system to fight monster-upgrading. However, compared to "farming", "upgrading" requires risking your life to fight.
Not only that, these two paths are not contradictory - they can cooperate with each other. Looking at Nan Ling, you will understand. Holding a flintlock rifle in your hand to kill monsters is much more labor-saving than holding a bow and arrow. If you can hold a submachine gun, well, it will not be difficult to become an extraordinary person.
If nearly 10,000 people have gathered in this way, there are many things that can be done. The advantage of civilization over barbarism can only be reflected after the number of them increases. For example, muskets. The relevant technology is complete on the earth. But if there are only three or five people, you can't create it at all. Only when there are too many people and the division of labor and cooperation can you point out this technology.
"Well, I can stay here for you temporarily." Finally, the group came to a corner of the city and Nanling pointed out a brand new shack to them. On earth, this shack is probably only enough to raise animals, but here, this is undoubtedly a very generous move. Zhang Cheng felt that Nanling was much more enthusiastic about Wu Lan and others than to him.
"Thank you very much," Wu Lan replied. "In return, I will give you a gift."
Chapter completed!