darkest personality

Chapter 4 4. Adventure Log
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After a strong sense of weightlessness, Bai Ye fell into the pool smoothly, and a series of 'gurgling' sounds of water flowed in his ears.

He paddled with both hands and feet, fighting against the rapids created by the impact of the waterfall, trying to keep his head out of the water.

The torrent took him to the lower reaches of the pool, and he could still hear the mournful roar of the burly black figure on the cliff from a long distance away.

After drifting for a while, the water slowed down, and Bai Ye was able to grab a tree trunk lying across the water.

Climbing on tree trunks, he climbed onto the river bank before the last of his energy was exhausted.

Thinking of being forced to receive a hidden side mission after killing the vicious dog just now, Bai Ye took a break to check the content of the mission.

【Housekeeper's pursuit】.

[Mission description: 'You killed the owner's pet, he will never let you go, run for your life while you still have some strength! ']

【Mission Objective: Before dawn, get rid of the pursuit of the 'owner of the house'. 】

……

He lay sprawled on the muddy river bank and rested for a while, and the white stamina bar slowly rose back, but the rate of increase was extremely slow, and it only recovered by one-third after resting for about ten minutes.

And when the stamina bar rose to one-third of the position, it stopped rising.

Immediately afterwards, a realistic sense of hunger came, and a debuff state with a stomach pattern appeared next to the stamina bar.

[Hunger: An empty stomach also prevents your physical fitness from continuing to recover. 】

"Looks like we'll have to find food right away."

However, where can one find food in the dark jungle at night?
Helpless, Bai Ye had no choice but to get up from the river beach, dragging his heavy legs and continue walking into the depths of the jungle.

……

The dark clouds in the sky dispersed a little, revealing a dark blue night sky.

The woods were shrouded in night, and the black shadows of the branches seemed to show their teeth and claws.

Sweltering heat, humidity, the buzzing of mosquitoes around your ears...

The holographic game is enough to have a real sensory experience, explaining to Bai Ye that this is a low-latitude tropical rainforest area.

From here on, because the game process is beyond the scope of the novice teaching, the prompt text and the green indicator arrow will no longer appear in the sight.

In order to gain a larger view, Bai Ye switched to a cautious stance.

But unfortunately, he failed to go far, and suddenly there was a strange howling not far ahead.

Accompanied by the sound of messy and hurried footsteps, it seemed that some nocturnal creature was approaching Bai Ye quickly.

"Oops, it seems that I accidentally broke into some beast's territory."

Bai Ye had no choice but to switch back to an active posture, tensing his nerves and preparing for the battle.

But at this moment, there was the sound of feet trampling on the branches behind him, and at the same time, the familiar curse sounded. Bai Ye looked back and found that the light of the torch was approaching quickly.

The 'owner of the house' unexpectedly caught up with him in a very untimely manner.

"damn it."

Bai Ye's situation became embarrassing and uncomfortable again with the 'beast' chasing after him.

However, as the 'house owner' approached behind him, the 'beast' who was approaching quickly in front of him was a bit afraid.

It was the first to stop, hiding in the shadows and not daring to show its head.

This gave Bai Ye a chance to escape. He immediately pulled up all his strength and staggered away in a direction where he would not encounter the 'beast'.

But he only got rid of the beast in front of him, but he couldn't get rid of the chaser behind him.

As the 'house owner' made more and more noises, the light from the torch behind him made Bai Ye see his distorted black shadow.

The inaudible cursing voice was close at hand, and the tension descended again.

The heart is beating wildly...

--Ding!Importing unknown factors... data error...

The super state appears.

"My slow heart rate symptoms can really affect the game!"

The improved state gave Bai Ye the strength to escape. He almost moved forward with his hands and feet, barely opening the distance between the two sides.

But the only one-third of his physical energy is also declining at a rapid rate, and he is about to be exhausted...

At the critical moment, a faint green light suddenly appeared in front of him, flickering at intervals.

Under the dark and monotonous background, this phenomenon was immediately caught by Bai Ye's eyes.

"what is this?"

"Could it be that an event related to the mission was triggered?"

"Pale Dawn" is not a random monster killing and upgrading game. All the strange phenomena encountered in the scene are only related to the game tasks.

Bai Ye hurriedly fled in that direction, and after running for a few steps, he found that the voice of the "owner of the house" was gradually moving away behind him, and the light of the torch that illuminated his figure also gradually disappeared.

"Stop chasing?"

"Is it because of this green light?"

Although he was puzzled in his heart, Bai Ye didn't dare to turn his head, and continued to walk towards the green light in a stumbling manner.

A few minutes later, when his physical energy was almost exhausted, Bai Ye, who was panting like a cow and could no longer run, finally came near the green light.

He immediately discovered that the flickering green light came from the eyes of a stone statue covered in vines.

This is a strange stone statue. At first glance, it looks like a toad squatting on the ground. It has a square head and a square brain, and a ferocious face. From time to time, dark green flames burst out of the round hole-like eye sockets. An oddly shaped short machete.

He touched the stone statue with his hand, and it was cold and moist to the touch, but he did not receive any information prompt.

After looking at the stone statue to no avail, Bai Ye went around to check the back of the stone statue.

"Ok?"

He noticed that there was an inconspicuous raised earth slope behind the stone statue, and under the earth slope there was a black hole with a height of half a person.

Just as the cat was about to lower its waist and walk into the hole, Bai Ye's feet kicked a bunch of hard things first.

Looking down, I found that it was an army green double-shoulder rucksack, bulging, and it seemed to contain a lot of things.

Bai Ye couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and he bent down to check.

- found in the item...

——You got [Rick Jones' Backpack].

[Rick Jones' Backpack]

[Category: Quite Rare Quest-related Items, Luggage]

[Special Effect: Weight +100]

【Load: 30】

[Whether the scene can be brought out: No]

[Remarks: This is the backpack carried by the famous explorer Rick Jones. It was abandoned here for unknown reasons, and it seems to be full of things. 】

- You search the backpack, you get several items.

The long-lost game prompt finally appeared again.

而所谓的‘若干物品’，分别是：1张森林地图、1个指南针、1只水壶、2块干馕饼、1本笔记本、1副打火石。

……

Bai Ye stopped moving forward.

He sat down with his back against the strange stone statue, took out dry naan and ate and drank.

During the eating process, the recovery speed of physical energy is obviously much faster than that of sitting and resting, and the 'hunger' state also disappears.

It only took about ten minutes for Bai Ye's physical strength to recover to 80%.

During the period, he also checked several other things in the backpack by the way.

The face is very dark, and various pop-ups in the system fail to be found.

and so……

On the forest map, he could only see the general mountainous terrain, without even the basic location and route signs. Bai Ye couldn't understand his current position after identifying it for a long time, and he couldn't see it when he tried to switch between cautious and focused postures. any changes.

The compass case looks like it's made of copper with scuff marks around the edges, it doesn't look anything special, it probably needs to be used with that forest map.

The last thing left is the notebook.

- found in the item...

——You got [Rick Jones' Adventure Journal].

The European air is warming up, and it is finally a success!
[Rick Jones' Adventure Log]

[Category: Very Rare Quest Related Items]

[Special Effect: Read it. 】

【Load: 5】

[Whether the scene can be brought out: No]

【Remarks: This is the notebook that the famous explorer Rick Jones carried with him to record his adventures. Reading through it will allow you to understand the glorious deeds of this great explorer. 】

"Is the mission related..."

Bai Ye opened the notepad, and with the weak light, he found that the words written in the notepad were scribbled and blurred, and there were traces similar to those left by accidentally wiping the ink with his hands when it was still wet.

The page automatically scrolled down, and when the page-turning stopped, a prompt in the form of a 'narration' began to appear in front of my eyes.

'In the extreme south of the Southeast Asian peninsula, there used to be a small country ruled by dwarfs. They were besieged and wiped out by neighboring countries because they advocated the evil ritual of skinning and offering sacrifices. '

Foreseeing the coming of destruction, the dwarf king built a tomb for himself in the depths of the dangerous tropical rain forest in advance, and hid countless treasures in the tomb to accompany him. '

'Hundreds of years have passed, and countless adventurers eager for wealth have devoted themselves to that tropical rainforest, but in the end they all ended in failure. '

……

'We spent years searching for the dwarf king's tomb, and finally found a clue in an ancient book...'

'On July 7rd, it has been half a year since we came to this tropical rainforest. We searched every corner of this forest, but still found nothing.Maybe...we have nothing to do with the treasure left by the dwarf king, and we will be one of the losers and go home...Damn it, this is definitely something that can never be erased on my journey of exploration stain. '

'September 9th, I am so excited, let me record this historic moment before entering the tomb!Yes, our efforts have paid off, and we are now standing at the entrance to the dwarf king's tomb - which has always been right under our noses.My heart is full of anticipation, I seem to see countless treasures waving to me in front of me...'

……

　Everyone ask for collection, recommendation ticket and book list!

　　


(End of this chapter)