Game world survival starts from Resident Evil 2

Dark black sludge was flowing on the ground, with pieces of unknown yellow-brown substance floating on the surface, and a disgusting and strange smell was floating around.

The surfaces of the grass, trees, and building remnants here are all stained with an indelible stain, and the semi-solidified growths seem to be the second skin of the environment.

Although the trees are dense, even the tree crowns are covered with sludge dripping from time to time. The thoroughly soaked leaves block the sky and completely block the limited sunlight. The entire forest is dark and difficult to see.

Of course, this is the famous Flange Fortress, commonly known as the Flange Pit, a strong contender for the honor of being the most disgusting map in Soul III.

Looking at this refreshing natural environment, V couldn't hold back any longer.

"...You just said we were going here?"

V is not a person who cannot bear hardships. When necessary, she is very capable of action. But the poisonous swamp in front of us has obviously exceeded the tolerance limit of normal people.

Even Ai Ji, who had seen the world with Li You, looked embarrassed: "This swamp... is different from the Demon King's courtyard. It's bigger, smellier, and more... stimulating to the senses."

As he said this, Aggie couldn't stand it anymore and retreated to the ladder at the back, unable to help but retching.

The extremely pungent smell of the poisonous swamp of Fran Fortress was indeed a torture to her extraordinarily sharp senses.

V followed her back and reached out his hand to gently stroke Aggie's back to help her relieve her symptoms.

In fact, not to mention the two of them, Li You also relied on the effect of the gas mask embedded in the collector's suit to stand in front of this poisonous swamp without changing his expression.

As for Yuzu, he didn't react at all. He even squatted on the edge of the poisonous swamp and stretched out his tentacles to touch the poisonous sludge flowing on the ground.

But then he said: "Well...it stinks."

Even Yuzu commented like this, but he wouldn't be affected.

V looked at the swamps all over the place again, and finally said: "Well... Li You. I just remembered that I forgot to wear my lucky underwear today. Please open the door. I will go back to the camp and come out later. ”

Li You glared at her: "Don't even think about running away!"

And what the hell kind of excuse is that? Can I get some snacks?

On the side, Ai Ji finally regained his composure and returned to Li You, covering his mouth and nose: "I may need a gas mask, otherwise I won't be able to move around here."

Naturally, Li You would not refuse, so he took out his spare gas masks and gave one to Aiji and V each.

He added: "Be patient for a little bit. Our only goal in coming to Farang Fortress is to retrieve the magic scroll lost here. We will leave immediately after getting the scroll."

V nodded first, and then remembered something: "Didn't Hawkwood say that to go to the church of the Undead Team in France, we need to extinguish the three bonfires in the fortress? We won't go?"

Before Li You returned to Fran Forest, he also talked with Hawkwood and got information about Fran Fortress from him.

Although it is actually of no use.

At this time, Li You waved his hand: "Don't worry about it! Just go through the door on the other side of the forest. We are not here to learn hip-hop, so we don't need to pay attention to the test of joining the French Immortal Team."

V: "?"

What the hell is hip-hop?

However, she was already very used to Li You's style, and she knew without asking that it must be some strange reference from him, so she just said: "In that case, then..."

She looked at the poisonous swamp outside again, her expression twisted, and then she said: "...Then let's leave quickly."

Li You pretended not to see it: "Let's go."

He nodded to Yuzu beside him, and Yuzu roared, and her body began to expand again!

V: "...!? What are you doing?"

Under her unexpected gaze, Yuzu's body changed rapidly. A dark black chitin shell wrapped his body, and legs, scorpion tails, and giant pincers sprouted out, making Yuzu look like a fusion animal. Crustacean creatures with characteristics of scorpions and crabs.

One of Yuzu's second-stage forms, the poisonous scorpion.

"This is...?" V couldn't help but ask.

Li You glanced at her and said, "Didn't I tell you before that this area is as poisonous as the Demon King's Courtyard? No matter what, I can't let you just flow in, right?"

"Yuzu's poisonous scorpion form is immune to these poisonous swamps, so having him carry us is the best way."

V: "...Didn't you tell me this earlier?"

Li You smiled: "Isn't this just to see if you have the determination to jump into the cesspit?"

V: "...I'll fuck you."

All said and done, now that Yuzu is carrying everyone around, the originally disgusting Flan cesspit seems less hellish.

As I said before, compared to the Demon King's Courtyard, although the toxicity of the Frank Pit is relatively weak, the area here is much larger, the roads are more winding, and there are various hidden props and a variety of enemies.

Not to mention, if players come here, they must also pay attention to extinguishing the three bonfires.

Also, Fran Fortress is an early stage map after all, and players’ level equipment is still relatively poor when they arrive here.

So overall, the level of the underworld in the Frankfurt Pit is much higher than that of the Demon King's Courtyard.

However, in the face of Yuzi's strength, the original points of the underworld in Flan's manure pit have become a small problem.

Yuzu not only evolved into a poisonous scorpion, but also used the ability to control the size of the body from the mutant giant whale to maintain a body length of about eight meters and a back height of two and a half meters. Li You and the other two sat on his back, which was more than enough, and there was even enough room for them to play.

As for why he didn't grow bigger, it was mainly because the terrain of the Fran Pit was not so open, and it would be inconvenient to move if the body was too big.

"Let's go, Yuzu." Li You stood on Yuzu's back, holding the protruding spikes on his back to stabilize his body, "Push forward!"

Although he had invested thousands of hours in the game Soul III, he really couldn't remember some details.

Fortunately, he still had a rough idea of ​​important locations such as magic scrolls.

So Li You used the mental connection to point the direction of advance to Yuzu.

"Go this way!"

"Ga-ao--!!"

Because his mouth evolved into a huge mouthpart, Yuzu's voice also changed a little, but Li You could still hear that he was in a good mood.

Carrying Li You and the other two, Youzi stepped into the poisonous swamp of the Fran Fortress.

The poisonous swamp itself was not deep, the shallow water area only reached the ankles, and even the deep water area could only reach the knees. Although its toxicity was fierce, it had no effect at all in front of the heavy carapace of Youzi's scorpion form.

On the contrary, because the muddy ground absorbed the sound of Youzi's huge body moving, the group did not even attract much attention.

Not far ahead, a group of giant slugs were scattered in the mud in twos and threes, some soaking in the manure pit, and some on the shore were dazed around the fire or the soul light ball.

Their eyesight was very poor, and they mainly relied on hearing and vibration to catch prey. Unfortunately, this time, they were basically unable to discover Youzi until he approached them.

The giant slugs raised their upper bodies and tried to spit venom at Yuzu, but Yuzu's legs moved quickly, and he slipped through the slugs' encirclement slowly, and stepped on most of the slugs as he passed by, turning them into broken bags.

The slugs failed to stop Yuzu for a moment, and the group continued to advance.

"Woo-ga--!?"

Further ahead, several humanoid creatures holding dirty and rotten guns and shields, short swords, wearing tattered robes, and with twisted horns on their heads discovered the movements of Li You and others.

This kind of humanoid creature has only a rough human shape, and its appearance is actually closer to that of a beast.

They are called "Gulu", and they are actually the descendants of the auxiliary priests of the Fran Fortress, but now they have hard tumor horns and are getting further and further away from the human form.

But it is understandable. After all, it is reasonable for them to have some mutations after living in a place like the Fran cesspool for generations.

These grunts barely maintain their humanoid forms, while some have completely transformed into beasts, and can only crawl on all fours on the ground, commonly known as grunt dogs.

It can only be said that the conditions of the French manure pit are so good that even dung eaters would call them experts.

On the swamp island ahead that was not covered by mud, three grunts cried "Gah Woo Woo" and rushed over waving corrupt weapons.

Their weapons are actually highly toxic, and sometimes have miraculous effects in combat against humans.

Unfortunately, Yuzu didn't buy it at all.

He just gently waved his giant claws and flicked his legs, and smashed the three grunts and threw them away, with almost no effort.

Aggie and V, who were originally thinking about assisting, were a little helpless. Why did they need to do it? Yuzu could kill them all by herself!

Li You laughed: "Go ahead, Yuzu!"

Yuzu: "Gah--!!"

...

With Yuzu as a "vehicle", Li You and his team basically skipped the smelly manure pit journey and had a smooth journey.

The full-powered Yuzu is like an invincible steel chariot, pushing forward completely.

There are actually many unique enemies in the Fran Cessation. Of course, most of them are variants of Gulu, but in the end they all have the same fate.

Look, there is a Gulu with his hands on his head on the shore with a fire burning in front. It is a weird species among the Gulu, known as the "head washing brother".

Because it will jump on others and scratch their heads madly, and the damage is not low, newbies are often sent back to the campfire by its unique skill of washing their heads.     Then it hit Yuzu.

"Gah--!!"

The weird Gulu howled as usual, wanting to jump on Yuzu's back and give him a set of hair washing services, but unfortunately Yuzu has no hair at all, so he is immune to this stunt of it...

Well, it's not, in fact, this guy didn't fall on Yuzu's back at all. It just jumped into the air and was clamped by Yuzu at a speed that was completely inconsistent with its appearance.

And with another effort from Yuzu, Brother Shampoo got a 50% discount.

But then, without even a moment of mourning for Brother Shampoo, the strongest individual among the Gulu, Elder Gulu, came to the battlefield!

Elder Gulu was tall, covered with long hair, and had a hideous head, like a giant werewolf.

They also had their own symbol, which was holding a thick tree trunk in their hands as a weapon, which was their staff.

It was not the kind of staff used by stone-wielding magicians, but this big tree trunk could really cast magic.

When Elder Gulu slammed the tree trunk heavily on the ground, it would release the shadows of the souls devoured by the Fran Fortress, turning into dark red illusory skulls that bit the enemy.

Because of their spellcasting actions, Elder Gulu is also called "Dung Puller". Combined with the special environment of the Fran Fortress, this name is indeed appropriate, and they are indeed a considerable threat.

But they ran into Yuzu.

Yuzu was interested in this relatively more unique enemy. So, when the two Elder Gulus arrived, Yuzu's eyes lit up, and then he roared and rushed over quickly!

There were still more than ten meters to go, and Yuzu opened his mouth, and fine golden arcs gathered, and then shot out from his mouth!

The thin arc beam hit the forehead of the first Dung Puller, directly opening a very deep pit, and the high temperature of the arc even burned the hair around its head.

Before the two Elder Gulus could react, Yuzu had already arrived in front of them, and opened his mouth again, and a large piece of flame spewed out!

"Hoo-hoo--"

The flames swept through the bodies of the two dung-pulling treasures, and the dirt and long hair on their bodies were all turned into ashes under the burning flames.

The two Gulu elders were still struggling, but Yuzu had already pounced on them and pressed them to the ground with force. The giant pincers pierced their bodies, and the flashing arcs drilled into their flesh and blood!

The bodies of the two Gulu elders trembled violently and struggled frantically, but Yuzu held them down tightly, and the Gulu elders had no chance at all.

After a while, the two Gulu elders stopped moving.

This time, Li You on Yuzu's back also put down the echo in his hand with some helplessness.

It seems that Yuzu really does not need assistance.

The reason why the Gulu clan can dominate the French dung pit is actually mainly because there is no invasion by foreign enemies here, and they have undergone adaptive evolution.

But even so, the Gulu clan only has a high resistance to poison, and has not yet been completely immune.

However, they are used to moving in the poisonous swamp area, and their movements will not be restricted, which is also a major advantage.

Unfortunately, all these advantages of theirs turned into disadvantages in front of Yuzu.

Yuzu in the form of poisonous scorpion is not poisoned, not slowed down, and can shoot electricity at a distance, and can spit fire at close range, not to mention his thick shell and deadly venom.

Li You suddenly realized that Yuzu in this form, except for the appearance, is just a high-end version of the King of Magic Circle Shrimp Fire!

The Gulu clan lost unjustly.

"Let's go, Yuzu." Li You patted the Yuzu shell under him, "The first scroll is in front."

But Yuzu did not respond immediately. Instead, he paused and dragged the bodies of the two Gulu elders in front of him.

Li You: "?"

Yuzu then spit out flames again! The flames burned away the filth and messy hair on the body of the Gulu elder, and even roasted the dry flesh below to seven-tenths done.

Then, Yuzu waved his giant claws, tore off a piece of roasted flesh, and stuffed it into his mouth.

Li You: “………”

You are quite particular?

But Gulu is also a humanoid creature, so it is not appropriate to eat like this!

Fortunately, Yuzi did not forget the agreement with Li You, so he did not really treat Gulu barbecue as a feast, but only swallowed the necessary part and spit out the rest.

Li You also breathed a sigh of relief and touched Yuzi's carapace.

“You are so sensible. Let’s go and get the scroll first. When we get back, I will prepare some real barbecue for you!”

Yuzi was obviously happy and responded: “Ah——!!”

He then carried Li You and the other two and continued to move forward, and soon found a small piece of land that was not submerged by the poisonous swamp in a corner of the Fran Fortress.

There were also three Gulu wandering here, but they were easily dealt with by Yuzi.

Then, Li You jumped off Yuzi’s back and looked at the ground not far away.

There was a dry corpse on the ground, and an inconspicuous soul light ball fell on the corpse.

Compared with other special props that attract ownerless souls, the brightness of this light ball is really low. If Li You didn't know it was here, he might not notice it when passing by.

This light ball is one of the magic scrolls that Obek needs, the old man's scroll.

The crystal old man is a great sage who specializes in magic, and they are a pair of twins. They were originally the teachers of the sages in the Lothric Library, but one of the brothers later became an ally of the Fran Undead Team.

He is now also guarding the road to the Deep Church. According to Teacher Obek, he went to challenge the crystal old man before, wanting to open the way to the church, and was sent back to the campfire by him.

Li You has not troubled the old man yet, after all, collecting scrolls is the top priority. And this one here is the scroll that records the magic of the crystal old man.

Picking up the light ball on the ground, it is indeed the same as Li You's memory, it is the dark blue magic scroll, and Li You can't understand any of the words on it.

He put away the scroll, but did not leave immediately. Instead, he turned to the side and looked at the mushroom corpses scattered in the corner.

Not Ethan Winters, but real mushroom people. Their bodies are like a king oyster mushroom, with limbs and vague facial features.

But the mushrooms here have all become corpses, almost petrified.

Li You reached out and touched the mushroom, but felt only coldness and hardness.

He couldn't help but sigh in a low voice: "...The dust of the times."

In Soul One, there is a map called Black Forest, which is the habitat of the mushroom clan. This big mushroom is also called "One Punch Super Mushroom" and "Mushroom Dad", which is an impressive enemy.

The Black Forest is the predecessor of the current Faran Forest. Although the original Black Forest was not exposed to the sun, it was also full of vitality. And now...

At the location where you get the golden scroll in the back, you can find another big mushroom. That big mushroom has a name, Elizabeth. Friends who have played Soul One should have an impression of her.

In the first generation, she was still a friendly NPC and an important figure in the magic kingdom of Urasil. In addition, the recovery magic medicine "Elizabeth's Secret Medicine" in Soul One was directly named after her. In the era of Soul Three, the mushroom clan had been destroyed, leaving only a little remnant of Faran.

This is also a unique experience that can be obtained by playing Soul One and Soul Three before and after. All the prosperity of the Soul One era inevitably withered after a thousand years.

Although the first fire declined in the first generation, heroes also emerged. They challenged the four kings and faced the gods, still bathing in the glory of the God Age.

In the third generation, the first fire was only the last breath left, and heroes no longer emerged. Even the level of the Cinder King has been declining again and again.

For example, the Abyss Watcher, one of the Cinder Kings, and the Undead Squad of Fran. They are a legion, and everyone shares wolf blood and ascends to the throne of the Cinder King.

The source of wolf blood is one of the four knights of the king in the first generation, the wolf knight Artorius.

The Undead Squad only got a trace of the power left by Artorius, and used it to become the Cinder King. What's more, Aldrich, who accumulated power by eating people, can even become the Cinder King. The gap between the first and third generations can be seen.

There are many other similar examples. The magnificent and huge royal city of Anor Londo in the first generation has become dilapidated and scattered in the Soul III, with only the most core building left; the stories of the old people in the first generation are no longer known in the era of Soul III as thousands of years have passed.

There are only a few people who can survive from the Age of Gods to the Fire is about to go out.

From Soul I to Soul III, you can really feel the heaviness and desolation of time.

This is also one of the reasons why Li You likes these two games so much.

Coming back to his senses, Li You looked at the anthropomorphic mushroom in front of him and exhaled heavily.

"... Let's go, there is another scroll."

Edge and V on Yuzu's back looked at each other, and neither asked Li You what was wrong with the obvious abnormality just now, but nodded one after another.

Li You jumped onto Yuzu's back again, and Yuzu immediately stood up and continued to move forward in the direction he pointed out.

It can be said that the other scroll in the Fran Fortress is also related to Elizabeth.

It is called the Golden Scroll, and it records the magic inherited from the lost magic kingdom - Urasil.

"By the way, when we get there, Yuzu, you wait outside, I will get it myself."

Li You suddenly said.

"Oh?" Yuzu was a little puzzled.

"... There is a very troublesome creature there, which is not suitable for you to deal with." Li You just said so.

As for what he was referring to? Of course, it is the iconic mascot that also runs through the Soul series, the big-eyed cute... Cursed Frog.

Are you afraid of being cursed to death?