“This is… the new continent the NPCs talked about… so beautiful. Is this a forest? Wow—that tree is so big, taller than a mountain! Is it the World Tree?”
It was a vast forest that stretched as far as the eye could see. The most prominent feature was a colossal tree that soared towards the heavens, towering over everything. The magnificent tree immediately reminded Odilia of the World Tree in some novels!
Besides the giant tree, Odilia also saw various animals in the forest. There were creatures resembling dinosaurs that leisurely drank water by the river with long, crested heads, as well as round-headed dinosaurs that charged in packs toward a herbivorous dinosaur, seemingly hunting.
Visible animals were all going about their business.
This was a living ecosystem!
Just as Odilia wanted to take another look at this beautiful forest, the Pterodactyl seemed to be tiring, struggling to land from the sky.
“Hey? Wait, Mr. Pterodactyl, let me fly a little longer, let me see the forest… at least take me to a safe place—Ouch————”
Odilia crashed into a tree. The Pterodactyl took advantage of the opportunity to break free from the grappling hook and flew away.
With a thud, Odilia fell from the tree!
Fortunately, there were bushes below, and Odilia only lost about 10 HP.
“It hurts—“ Odilia jumped up immediately. She brushed off the leaves on her body, looked around, and muttered, “Where in the world is this… where am I supposed to go?”
At that moment, the task prompt on the right changed.
【Find the base established by the hunters in the new continent.】
“Hey, that’s more like it. At least give me a goal!” Odilia nodded. She remembered her first time entering the game, when she didn’t know anything and just died. Not only did she die, but she died multiple times. It pissed Odilia off so much that she cursed the game for being a scam. Today, she even saw something “horrifying”—this game was only version 0.09!
“Although I have a task objective… but without a map or guidance… where am I supposed to find the base…?” Odilia sighed.
She calmly thought for a moment, muttering, “Even though this is a game made by a scam-artist game developer, it wouldn’t give players an impossible objective, no matter what. Based on the previous situation, the game’s various information needs to be excavated by myself… Let me think… right, we came by ship. This means the base must be built by the sea. In other words, I just need to follow the coastline to find it… Right, I overheard people on the ship saying that we were about to reach the base, so it shouldn’t be too far from here… Oh, I see~~ Ku-ku—ku-ku-ku————”
By the end, Odilia covered her left eye with one hand and laughed in a very pretentious way: “Ku-ku————As expected of the Daughter of Light and Darkness, I figured out the strategy so quickly… Good, head towards the coastline~~”
As she spoke, Odilia took a large step forward. Then, as soon as she took a step, she froze in place, as if she had turned to stone. The left leg she had lifted also retracted.
“………………Which way is the sea again?”
The place where Odilia fell was surrounded by towering trees, blocking her view of the distance and making it impossible to determine the direction of the coast!
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“Damn it… did I… get lost? This lousy game, can’t it just make a map?” Odilia thought about the enormous forest she had seen earlier. She felt that once she got lost, she might never find the base…
Before falling, Odilia still vaguely remembered which direction the coastline was, but the impact had knocked her out. Coupled with this being her first time in such a complex forest, she had no sense of direction!
“If I could find a riverbed, I could follow the river to find the coastline…”
Although she had lost her way in the forest, Odilia didn’t get discouraged. After all, everything in the forest was so beautiful. Sometimes, Odilia would touch the unknown trees and flowers, and she would try to catch the birds that looked like woodpeckers climbing on the trees.
“Is this really a virtual game, or is it just a dream? This realistic feeling, this touch, this taste… This is the breath of nature… What exactly is this…?”
Although she had already experienced the power of this “virtual game” before, at that time, Odilia was focused on escaping from that opening kill. Now, because she didn’t sense any danger, she wandered through the forest like she was on a sightseeing trip. As she strolled, Odilia became fascinated by this forest.
Although she had been cursing the game’s scam-artist developer, Odilia had to admit that the world he created was perfect: every flower, every tree, every insect was almost lifelike!
Odilia had carefully studied the bird that climbed on the tree. She discovered that it didn’t just climb the tree randomly. Every time, its route and speed were different!
Odilia watched for a long time before understanding that the bird was catching insects. This must be its food, and in the process of catching them, there were failures and successes.
“Is there a very powerful AI system controlling this forest?” Odilia thought.
On the other side, Zhang Xingyu also shifted his gaze away from Odilia, because another player had finally entered the Nightmare World!
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