Interactive Fiction: The Right Choice After Unemployment

Chapter 65
Option 6.7 is 26.6%, option 6.7 is 60%, option [-] is [-]%, and option [-] is [-]%.

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[Option 2: Summon Bat Lv.3→Lv.[-]]

Lv.3: The bat can share the ultrasonic sensation with the caster.

……

explore.

The ultimate goal is to reach the blue dragon's lair.Therefore, the focus should be on how to pass the field this morning.

"...shared ultrasonic sensations..."

If you can know the next terrain, location and enemy distribution, it will be of great benefit to continue to advance.

Zheng Zhuo did not hesitate after confirming the votes for the option.He immediately upgraded [Summon Bat].To his slight surprise, he thought the spell would become stronger, but it didn't.

He looked at the incantation of [Summon Bat Lv. 2], and then naturally noticed some things in the incantation that needed to be supplemented.

Change "command" to "invite" and "isolate" to "resonate".

Zheng Zhuo pulled out the axis of the scroll, and there was a graphite-tipped pen inside.With that pen he wrote on the scroll, adding to it, until he was completely satisfied.

"It turns out that high-level spells are made in this way...A high-level mage modifies low-level scrolls?"

Zheng Zhuo vaguely felt that his [Quick Casting] and [Appraisal] also played a certain role in correcting the scroll.Because he just read silently in his heart, he could feel the effect after casting the spell - he was not sure if other mages could do this.

But it's also apparently helped by class traits.

Zheng Zhuo raised his head, and then looked at his [identification] information.The golden [Professional Skill Improvement: Up 1 Level] disappeared, and [Summon Bat] became Lv.3.

He took out other scrolls.This time, those words returned to heavenly scriptures in his eyes.No matter how Zheng Zhuo used [Appraisal], he couldn't see what needs to be corrected in the scroll.

"...Magic is really mysterious..."

Zheng Zhuo sighed.He moved his stiff back.

Correcting the scroll actually took a lot of time, and Zheng Zhuo's physical strength recovered somewhat during this time.The fluorites on both sides of the cave emit yellow light day and night, making it impossible for Zheng Zhuo to distinguish whether it is day or night.He raised his head, but all he saw was a solid stone wall.

"It's been the second day."

Seeing Zheng Zhuo's actions, Zhuang Yusheng suddenly spoke.Zheng Zhuo looked in his direction and saw Zhuang Yusheng sitting next to the Taiwan Crossbow, chewing hard on planks of dry food.

"My star table shows that it is the first hour of the next day."

……

[There are still 46 days until the world is destroyed]

……

"What about the kobolds?"

"Very optimistic... Oh, we are very optimistic." Zhuang Yusheng said vaguely, "As I thought, they won't come up at all."

Zheng Zhuo poked his head out slightly.He saw kobolds hovering below, howling helplessly.They surrounded the high wall, stationed along the sides, and shot arrows upwards.

However, arrows could not fly into the towering sentry tower.

Realizing this, some kobolds strapped floating air balloons to their bodies and tried to fly up.

But Zhuang Yusheng had already gotten used to it.He kicked the platform crossbow to the side, kicked the platform crossbow in a circle, and roughly aimed at the kobold floating in the air.

He raised his foot again.This time, it was a kick to the trigger.

hum!
The heavy arrow crossbow with the thickness of three fingers was shot out.Even the fur of the floating kobold was not touched. However, the strong wind from the arrow crossbow messed up the balloon.

The balloon flew far away towards the rock wall, and the kobold immediately lost his balance.A few seconds later, the balloon hit the stone wall and burst with a "snap". The kobold screamed, clasped his hands to the stone wall, and slid down.

"No. 20 five."

Zhuang Yusheng whistled.

"I'm a sharpshooter."

"Ha ha……"

Zheng Zhuo laughed dryly.

……

Thanks to the "sharp shooter" in the team, Zheng Zhuo got a chance to rest.He even squinted for a moment—maybe just a few minutes, maybe a few ten minutes—gaining the strength to move forward again.

He didn't dare to sleep too much, and he didn't dare to let Zhuang Yusheng place [Space Object] here.Because he knows that the current situation looks very good at first glance, but in fact, there are great hidden dangers.

No matter how leisurely they are, they are trapped here after all.The kobolds couldn't come up, but they didn't dare to go down or leave rashly.

And just like that, time is ticking.

Is there any way to leave...

Zheng Zhuo began to confirm the situation in the area behind the kobold camp.He saw buildings similar in style to the front area, guard towers with almost the same structure and arrangement, rhinoceros knights and lizard knights, kobold archers on the city wall, and...

Ok?
The main road in the rear area is different from that in the front area.Zheng Zhuo saw that the road was no longer level, and there were traces of loose soil.In the distance, there are still some holes.

Zheng Zhuo stared at it carefully. Suddenly, he saw a metal-colored earthworm with a diameter of nearly two meters and a width protruding from the hole for a moment, then retracted.

……

【Giant Earthworm】

【Level: Lv.40】

[Skill: Punch Lv.5]

……

It was a huge earthworm that I had seen when I entered the world!The kobolds seem to use it for loosening soil, planting, and digging for metal.

With a thought in mind, Zheng Zhuo moved closer to the side of the sentry tower.

Sure enough, at the bottom of the high wall on the side of the rear area, there was also a hole dug by earthworms.

"Time to test new skills."

Zheng Zhuo picked up the pyroxene staff.

"[Summon Bat], prepare...to release."

A bat that was darker than before flew out from the tip of the stick, silently fell along the shadow on the side of the high wall, and flew into the hole.

Zheng Zhuo closed his eyes.

"..."

On the inside of his eyelids, shadows of different shades slowly emerged.

Through the bat's ultrasound, he "sees" the inside of the burrow made by the earthworm.

Zheng Zhuo followed the bat all the way and flew forward.The burrow extends in all directions and is more complicated than Zheng Zhuo imagined.

No paper for notes.With his eyes closed, he took out the scroll in his backpack, spread it out, and used a graphite pen to draw the direction of the path he felt on the back of the scroll.

At first, Zheng Zhuo was not proficient. He had to open and close his eyes repeatedly to confirm whether he could see the direction clearly.But later, he became accustomed to the "vision" of the bat, and he hardly needed to confirm it, and he wrote quickly on the back of the scroll.

Zhuang Yusheng witnessed everything from the sidelines.

"What am I talking about?" He gasped, "All mages are rich! Look at this, I just got out of poverty not long ago, and I started taking notes on the back of a 500 copper scroll!"

……

three days later.

[There are still 43 days until the world is destroyed]

"It's over... It's over..."

Zheng Zhuo frowned, and looked at the back of the densely packed scrolls in relief.

He could have finished drawing sooner—he thought it would take a day at most.Unexpectedly, there are also sporadic kobolds in the cave.They will chase the bat and kill it.In addition, the kobolds below the high wall moved the newly built long ladders from time to time and launched a large-scale attack. Zheng Zhuo had to stop drawing frequently to deal with emergencies.

Zheng Zhuo and Zhuang Yusheng stood guard separately and slept alternately during these three days, and they finally resisted the kobold's attack with the two of them.Fortunately, Zhuang Yusheng brought enough dry food and water.These three days were not particularly difficult - it was much better than camping on the second floor.

"It has been able to clearly export."

Zheng Zhuo said to Zhuang Yusheng who came over.

"Among the tunnels dug by the earthworms, there are three exits that are very close to the passage leading to the fourth floor."

Zheng Zhuo pointed out three paths leading to the three exits on the map.

"As long as we quietly leave the sentry tower and jump into the cave, we can avoid the kobold army and follow the route until we reach the entrance of the fourth floor."

The next question is which path to choose.

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【problem】

【Leaving the kobold camp through the tunnel!Which route should I choose? 】

【Option [-]】

【straight route】

Advantages: short distance, fastest arrival

Disadvantage: There are almost no forks along the way, and it is easy to be found by the pursuers

【Option [-]】

【Route below the Walled City】

Advantages: Concealment, many forks, not easy to be found by pursuers
Disadvantage: It is close to the Kobold Walled City, if an accident occurs, it is easy to alarm the Kobolds in the Walled City
【Option [-]】

【Curved route】

Advantages: Concealment, many forks, not easy to be found by pursuers, and all pass through areas with fewer kobold soldiers

Disadvantage: You need to leave the tunnel to get on the ground, cross the avenue, and enter the tunnel from the other side
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