Mercenaries and Adventurers

The sky became darker than before, and the wind became stronger than before, and the flowers in the bushes on the ground were swayed by the wind.

Sitting on the stone, Zhao Ji felt a little cold. He suddenly woke up and had to move his body, otherwise he might faint here suddenly due to weakness. He himself is very weak now, and the clothes on his body are also very thin and pitiful. Although it seems that the former owner of this body has done a lot of farm work, and his body is relatively strong, the weakness caused by so much blood is still a big problem. question.

Moreover, Zhao Ji judged from the hunger coming from his body that the former owner of this body should not have eaten before he died. After so long, he only ate some leaves to satisfy his hunger and thirst. Now his body is obviously very hungry.

Hunger can make people lose their minds. Now Zhao Ji can only hold on to see if there are any people nearby, and ask for help.

The wilderness around and the woods in the distance seem to be a natural natural environment. Only the dirt road next to it is man-made. Of course, we have to start thinking about the road. Judging from the fact that Zhao Ji himself was buried on the side of the road, and there are fresh footprints and wheel marks on the road, it can be seen that this small dirt road was still passed by people.

Are you just waiting for someone to come to your rescue?

But what if the person who passed by recently was the only person who walked this way within a few days, then he would not be able to finish the game, and after he died, he would fall into a different world, and he would have to die again every day, or would he die of starvation or thirst?

He couldn't afford to lose the face of the time-traveling seniors.

For now, we still have to actively look for opportunities. Zhao Ji thought about this, lifted his spirits, and walked slowly along the unfinished end of the dirt road, holding the thin tree trunk in his hand.

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Zhao Ji walked slowly while observing his surroundings.

First of all, he was wary of wild beasts, after all, his body seemed to be like this after being attacked by wild beasts. Second, through observation, accumulate information in other worlds, and see if you can obtain useful information based on your own knowledge and experience to ensure your own survival.

The road under your feet is a dirt road. Once it rains, this kind of road will turn into a muddy road. But when there is no rain, it is okay, especially Zhao Ji has no shoes now, and he is walking barefoot, and the feeling of stepping on the soil with bare feet is quite good. After all, Zhao Ji has never walked barefoot on dirt roads before. .

Occasionally, there are stones on the side of the road, and Zhao Ji will sit on the stones to rest his feet. Slowly and weakly, Zhao Ji found that as long as there are some stones on the roadside, the road will be paved with these stones by the way. pave the dirt road with a layer of small gravel.

These small gravels may be convenient for travelers wearing shoes or carriages, but for Zhao Ji who has no shoes, it brings some sour pain to him.

He thought as he walked, and he discovered something extra about the road through observation and knowledge.

This road with mixed soil and rocks must not be developed and built by a large organization or country, but led by a smaller organization or group.

The reason is very simple. If it is a large organization, it will definitely not build such an untechnical dirt road in such a remote place. As long as roads are to be built, large organizations will definitely build more convenient and longer-lasting stone roads. Even if there are no stone slabs, the entire road can be paved with a layer of gravel, or the roadbed will be dug deep and re-laid. Not easily damaged by plant growth and reproduction.

But there are none of the above on this road, which can only mean that it was built spontaneously by a small organization or group, similar to a village or tribe.

Zhao Ji's knowledge told him that any human settlement must be established where there is water, especially where the technology is not very developed. Water is the source of life, and human beings and all life cannot live without water sources, so the human settlements that the road leads to should be places with water nearby, and he can pay attention to these places to find vitality when he walks.

The road always leads from one end to the other,

From one place to another, from one human settlement to another human settlement. As long as he walked along the road, he would always meet other humans to pray for help.

Zhao Ji said this to himself.

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The surrounding terrain is all small hilly landforms. Although the hills are not high, they also block Zhao Ji's vision, making him unable to see far. Moreover, the road under his feet did not go straight over the hills, but instead circled around the bottom of the hills and circumvented the hills in an arc.

After passing another hill, Zhao Ji felt that he had to stop and take a good rest. When he was walking on the road just now, he picked some unknown bright-colored berries from the bushes on the side of the road to eat. He didn't intend to eat them at first, but his mouth was so thirsty that he couldn't hold back. It is round and juicy again.

Unable to bear his thirst, Zhao Ji went to the bushes by the side of the road and ate all those colorful and bright berries.

I thought I would die, at least I would have a stomachache, but nothing happened. It seems that either the berries I ate just now are not poisonous, or this body usually eats them and there is no adverse reaction in the body.

Zhao Jigang planned to stop and rest, but before taking two steps, the dirt road in front of him forked, which was a fork in the road.

"Damn!" Zhao Ji murmured and wailed softly and walked over.

The long-awaited human village has not been seen, but at this time there is a choice between life and death.

If you choose the wrong way, it may be fatal.

The road is divided into two here, leading to two other different places. At the fork of the road, there is a big stone, which is as high as a person, with some words and pictures carved on it. Zhao Ji was very happy at first, but when he walked over and looked left and right, he couldn't understand what was written on the stone, which made him quite frustrated. Fortunately, the pictures carved on the stone were clear and simple, which made him understand the explanation roughly means.

Stone carvings show small figures on horseback walking about, defeating enemies and wild beasts.

Zhao Ji reckoned that those villains on horseback should be the managers here, walking around should be meant to patrol, indicating that this is the territory they rule. The engraved pictures show that the enemies are not riding horses, which firstly shows that the enemies are weak, and secondly, the enemies are not like them.

As for the beast, it's interesting. One of the beasts in the engraving is very large, as big as the little man on the horse. How tall is the person on the horse? According to Zhao Ji's experience, it is estimated that it is about 2.2 meters, and the beast is so big and weighs hundreds of kilograms or a ton.

Another beast in the picture has several heads, and it is not too small compared to the equestrian figurine it is fighting with.

The last beast has a simple pattern of flames around its mouth, and some of the equestrians have fallen from their horses.

Aha, Zhao Ji got excited, that flame must be magic, it must be magic, how can there be no magic in the fantasy world, this is a repertoire. The beast that can make magic may be a monster.

Haha, Zhao Ji happily waved the thin tree trunk in his hand.

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A while later, when Zhao Ji was observing the letters on the stone.

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell.

A bell rang slowly from the other side of the hill.

Zhao Ji was taken aback for a moment, and then he was very excited. After all, he is so miserable now, no matter what the situation is, he is better than now. After putting down the thin tree trunk in his hand, he walked to the middle of the fork in the road, waved his hands and yelled loudly in the direction of the sound.

The visitors were four donkey carts pulling goods, and each donkey cart was equipped with two donkeys, pulling a smaller but longer four-wheeled wooden cart. There are two people sitting in the driver's seat of the wooden cart. The small but long wooden cart is full of large and small bags and baskets made of fur and cloth and vines, and the bags and baskets are full.

And there was a person sitting on the cargo of the first car at the end. That person was different from the other drivers because of the clothes he was wearing. It wasn't the khaki unlined clothes that looked a little cheap like others', but the dark black long-sleeved clothes that looked more formal.

"It looks like a small caravan." Zhao Ji waved his hand and looked at the other party and roughly judged.