005 Alien Hunter(2/3)
Zhou Jing nodded immediately and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
I finally got rid of the existential crisis for the time being and found someone I could communicate with... Next, I need to get some information and find out what is going on in this world.
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With Balon's order, the hunter team temporarily accepted Zhou Jing's existence.
Everyone packed up the traps, recovered arrows and throwing axes, finished handling the prey, rested for a while, and then continued on their way.
Zhou Jing took some dried meat and water shared by the hunters, and also borrowed an animal skin jacket to keep out the cold and put it on his body, which made him feel much more comfortable.
He followed the team as they trekked through the mountains and forests, chatting with the hunters from time to time.
In the previous exchanges, Zhou Jing found that Griff was easier to talk to, so he took the initiative to communicate with him, carefully concealing his lack of common sense in this world, and making various insinuations to get information.
Grif has a straightforward temperament and tells most of the things he knows.
From his words, Zhou Jing gradually gained a vague understanding of the current world situation:
This world is still in the era of farming and hunting. The only known intelligent group currently is humans. The living environment is harsh and they face a huge threat - alien beasts.
People in the current world divide beasts into two types: wild beasts and exotic beasts. Wild beasts are ordinary non-intelligent creatures, like the dozen "snake wolves" that the team hunted before, they are simple beasts.
Alien beasts are completely different. They generally have huge sizes, and some have special talents. Some can breathe fire, and some can discharge electricity. Powerful alien beasts can fight alone against an army of hundreds or thousands of people, and are extremely dangerous. Moreover,
There are many kinds, including those that fly in the sky, those that run on the ground, those that swim in the water, and new species appear from time to time.
To this day, no one has calculated how many species of exotic animals there are in the world.
Since the beginning of the barbaric era, human beings have united into tribes to fight against alien beasts in order to survive. However, due to the huge gap in strength, the living space of human beings in various places was once compressed, and they were close to the edge of extinction many times.
This situation did not turn around until the appearance of the alien blood warriors.
In the long dark history, some people believe that the reason why alien beasts are powerful is that the flesh and blood of alien beasts contains power. As long as the power of the flesh and blood of alien beasts is extracted in some way and given to human warriors, they can seize the power of alien beasts.
...It's a very original idea, but it doesn't seem strange.
After countless attempts, someone finally realized this possibility - extracting the flesh and blood essence of different alien beasts in a special way to form a potion that allows humans to gain amazing physical fitness and enables individuals to fight alien beasts
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This kind of medicine is called "different blood medicine", and it opens the door to the extraordinary for humans in this world.
However, there is a risk of death when using exotic blood potions. If you cannot bear it, your body will slowly collapse even if it is strengthened. Therefore, in order to gain powerful power to protect the tribe, the warriors of the tribe regard it as an honor to risk their lives by taking exotic blood potions.
, and the warriors who successfully obtained the enhancement are also called "different blood warriors".
These alien-blood warriors used the extraordinary power they obtained, combined with their honed combat skills, to hunt alien beasts everywhere - and the profession of alien hunter was born.
The ancient glory has been passed down from the barbarian era to the present day, giving this profession a special significance to mankind.
"Becoming a different blood warrior is to become a hunter of strange beasts" - this has become the consensus of almost everyone.
There are more and more exotic beast hunters, and they have gradually become the recognized guardians of mankind. Various tribes are no longer afraid of most alien beasts, and their living space has expanded. They have gradually established stable territories, formed alliances and conflicts with each other.
Finally, after a long period of friction, the history of civilization opened a new chapter, and humans in this world established the first human country--which is now the Empire of Terra.
"It turns out that... there is only one national government, and it has only been established for about forty years, not long after entering the national era from the tribal era... However, due to the accumulation of the long tribal era, the technical level is not too backward, at least it is the Iron Age.
, Judging from their weapons, the smelting technology is quite mature..."
Zhou Jing sat next to the fire, and the firelight made his face flicker. While he was nibbling on dried meat, he recalled the information he had learned along the way, and built up his understanding of the world in his mind.
It was really a new world that he had never heard of before, not any period in the history of the main world... He felt a little excited.
It's night now, and the forest is getting darker and darker. It's almost hard to see, and the cold air is deep.
The dense canopy of trees obscured the top of the head, making it difficult to look up and observe the astronomical phenomena of this world, but there were also stars and the moon.
After a day's journey, the hunting team found this slightly flat forest land to set up a temporary camp, lit a bonfire, and decided to rest here for the night.
Everyone basically lay down to rest. Only Grif and Dean were awake and keeping vigil. The camp was quiet, with only the occasional crackling of the fire and the rustling of the leaves in the wind.
Dean was sitting in the farthest place, with his back against the big tree, and glanced at Zhou Jing with distrust and suspicion from time to time. Grif was sitting not far from Zhou Jing, playing with a dagger.
Zhou Jing secretly sorted out the information, thought for a while, moved his buttocks to sit next to Griff, and asked in a low voice:
"Do you know how to become a different blood warrior?"
He has not forgotten the main goal of his astral journey - to obtain superpowers and make his own body a superpower.
There is indeed extraordinary power in the current world, but he has only found out about the way of alien blood warriors.
After all, these hunters are not scholars, and their knowledge is limited.
"Then you have to ask Captain Baron. He is the official alien hunter. He has taken the alien blood potion once. We are just ordinary hunters." Griff shrugged.
"I asked, but he didn't tell me."
Zhou Jing shook his head, looked at Baron who was resting with his eyes closed, and silently called up the basic attributes of Baron that he had previously queried using the panel function:
[Attributes: Physical 18, Resistance 15, Perception 6, Spirit 5, Energy 0]
He discovered this function on the road. As long as he consumes 10 star boundary points, he can check the attributes of an object, provided that the target interacts with himself... chatting, physical contact, etc. can be done.
However, only basic attributes are currently queried, and items such as talents, qualifications, skills, etc. do not seem to be displayed.
Zhou Jing spent a total of 20 star boundary points on the road to check the basic attributes of Baron and Grif, so as to determine the level of his own carrier.
Grif's physical fitness is 7 points, and a healthy and well-trained average person is probably at this level.
But Balon was completely different. His physical fitness reached 18 points, which was much higher than his own 9 points. The difference in performance was huge. Carrying the giant ax on his back, he jumped up and down in the mountains and forests so easily that it almost made people think that he was carrying the huge ax on his back.
The weapon is not a real heavy weapon, but a plastic mold.
Zhou Jing also saw Balon easily lift a stone plate with one hand on the road and put it on the creek to build a bridge to prevent everyone from getting their shoes wet. Afterwards, he threw the stone aside with ease.
He tried quietly at that time, but he could hardly move the stone. He tried his best to move it just a little bit. He felt that the weight of the stone seemed to be more than half a ton.
The strength of my body is still within the range of a normal person, but the actual performance of Baron's physical strength is a bit extraordinary.
As for resistance, it is the comprehensive attribute of various defenses, such as physical, energy, elemental, disease and other resistances. Baron's resistance is as high as 15 points, which Zhou Jing cannot intuitively judge for the time being.
By comparing the differences between basic attributes and actual performance, Zhou Jing had a rough estimate of the current power level in the world... Using the classification of the main world, the alien blood warrior should be regarded as a "physically enhanced" super power system.
In the main world, there are many ways and systems to strengthen the body, each with its own merits. Physical strengthening is the most common type of super power.
Although it has a single function and cannot compare with those fancy abilities, secret techniques and mechanical equipment in terms of application scope, it is better than the pure basics.
A strong body brings a high degree of freedom in the direction of learning, firearms, fighting, driving, etc. It is rich in skills and does not necessarily mean that you are reckless.
Zhou Jing has only been exposed to Baron, a different-blood warrior, for the time being. Judging from his years of experience watching the Super League, Baron's performance is only a "first-level super user."
——In the main world's seven-level standard for evaluating the combat power of superpowers, it is just the level of transcendence.
But I don’t have the right to be picky. It would be nice to have the chance to gain extraordinary power... Zhou Jing is quite sober in this regard. I won’t say any nonsense, just keep it in my heart.
Moreover, according to what the hunters said, the different blood potion can be strengthened by taking it multiple times. Balon only strengthened it once, which only represents the lower limit. Maybe the upper limit of the different blood warrior system is very impressive.
'These hunters don't trust me yet. When we get out of the Black Shirt Forest and arrive at Frostwood Village where they are, we will find out more about how to obtain the strange blood potion...'
Zhou Jing's eyes reflected the dancing firelight.
Only now did he have the time to savor his wonderful experience today, and he still couldn't believe it.
Looking at the crackling firewood and these living hunters, Zhou Jingcai suddenly realized that he was actually here... It was as if he had left the familiar environment and came to an unknown world, as if he had regained consciousness and came to an unknown world with his master.
Different aspects of the world.
‘Star Boundary Travel… I don’t know what kind of things I will encounter in the future…’
Zhou Jing's mood was complicated, mostly due to unexplained expectations.
rustle……
At this moment, his ears suddenly moved, and he vaguely caught the unusual movement hidden under the swaying leaves.
It seemed like... someone deliberately lowered the sound of their footsteps and was walking softly through the leaf-covered forest.
The sounds came from all directions, gradually getting closer, and seemed to be surrounding them.
A sense of crisis suddenly surged into his heart, Zhou Jing's expression changed, and he slapped Griff:
"There's movement!"
Grif and Dean were startled, and stood up without hesitation.
"If there are enemies, get up!" The two men shouted in a low voice, quickly kicking the others awake.
Everyone woke up one after another, jumped up, picked up their weapons, skillfully leaned against the surrounding trees as cover, and looked around cautiously.
However, when I looked around, there was only the sound of wind in the dark forest around me, and I couldn't find any enemies.
"What's going on?"
"Is there really someone? Who discovered it?"
Everyone talked in lowered voices, surprised and uncertain.
"Will said it." Dean pointed at Zhou Jing without looking back.
It couldn't be a false alarm... everyone couldn't help but think this way.
This outsider was neither a trusted partner nor an experienced hunter, and his warning was hard to believe.
To be continued...