A Midnight Escape Story for Farmers

After knowing the special features of this "love novel", and thinking about Zhang Yu's behavior yesterday, even Fang Shiqing could realize that something was wrong.

Among other things, there are two cabinets full of romance novels in the library, why did he borrow "In a Moment"?

And, come to think of it, the timing wasn't quite right either.Zhang Yu had known Xiao Fengdi more than a week ago. If he really wanted to meet him, would it take so long?This seemed to be some insignificant details before, but now it seems more and more suspicious.

As for how he knew about this book - this question does not need to be explained, anyway, this is a game, as long as the system needs him to know, he can know.

Fang Shiqing's mood was a bit complicated.Yesterday he was still moved by Zhang Yu's feelings for crossing the dimension wall, but today he found that all of this seemed to be an excuse for the NPC - sure enough, he was thinking too much about yesterday's mess, and it was probably unnecessary to think about emotional issues for the NPC of.

"After discovering the mystery, I basically finished reading this book in the past two days," Xiao Fengdi continued, "I found out that it is a record about a strange labyrinth underground in Fengyue Town. According to the book ,There are some ancient treasures in this maze, many special plants grow, and it is also full of various monsters and ghosts. There are also several special minerals connected to it, which have high exploration value. The entrance of the maze is likely to be in your farm That. Now do you figure out what happened?"

"Ah, well, it's very clear." Fang Shiqing nodded quickly, "That is to say, in addition to digging for cinnabar, we also need to look for other entrances to this labyrinth near the cinnabar mine?"

"Yes," Xiao Fengdi said, "if we can find the entrance near the cinnabar mine, we can determine the approximate direction and scale of this map, otherwise the map will not be read at all."

In reality, cartography is a subject of considerable scale, and drawing maps requires strong professional skills.Things are not that complicated in the game, but only characters with relevant skills can make maps.

If the player obtains a complete map, there will be more corresponding content on the map interface in the status bar, which can be viewed at any time.

However, there is neither a scale nor a corresponding explanation on this map. It is obviously incomplete. Not to mention filling the player's map interface directly, even the direct view is confusing.

To explore the underground labyrinth, the most urgent task is to understand this blueprint.

Fang Shiqing understood what he meant, and just like that, the early communication between the two was finally in place.

After that, there was nothing to say. After counting the props on their bodies, they set off for the mountains to the west.

Xiao Fengdi didn't carry many things. The main reason was that there were too few spaces in his inventory. After putting away the book and the flashlight, he couldn't put anything else down.However, he is very good at hiding some fragmentary props on his body, such as paper and pen for drawing symbols, prepared cinnabar, folding knife and so on, all of which are placed close to his body, so they are easy to use.

The main road in the center of the town runs east-west. Every month, the bus to the neighboring town leaves the town from the entrance on the west side of this road, and then turns onto the winding mountain road. Hours.

This time Fang Shiqing and the others also entered the mountain along this road, but they deviated from the direction near the Panshan Highway, and went directly to the inaccessible depths on the northwest side.

Obviously few people come to this area, the vegetation is very lush, and there is no formed road, you can only go up among the grass nests and bushes.

Xiao Fengdi originally planned to give him a hand, but Fang Shiqing unexpectedly walked smoothly, probably because his job as a farmer comes with a certain field work efficiency bonus.

As he went deeper into the mountains, Fang Shiqing only felt that his mood gradually opened up.The mountains and wilds in the game are far more comfortable than in reality: there is basically no need to worry about mosquito bites, the possibility of being scratched by branches and leaves is not high, and there is not much need to worry about physical problems, and you can enjoy nature without any scruples. Great views and fresh air.

However, after turning over the mountain, the environment changed.The mountains are high and low, and the trees grow taller, making the road very difficult to walk.

In the previous period, Fang Shiqing occasionally searched for things on the ground, but now he has no spare energy.

"Do you need to rest for a while?" Xiao Fengdi asked when he saw his speed slowing down.

"I'm fine right now, my physical strength is still halfway."

He looked at his stamina bar.This is very convenient in the game, there is no need to judge based on your own subjective feelings, just look at the hard values.

"—Physical bar? What?"

"Uh, it's the blue bar under the job name in the status bar, don't you have it?"

Xiao Fengdi seems to have no understanding of the quantification of "physical strength".As the game time gets longer and longer, the situation where he doesn't know anything about a certain concept like this has become less and less, but it still happens occasionally.

"...Yes." He paused for a few seconds, as if checking the status, "This blue bar has basically not moved, I thought it was just a dividing line."

Fang Shiqing: "..." Can you use a more calm and breezy way to highlight your style? !

The stamina value setting of this game is similar to the stamina value in many online games. It will decrease when the player is active. Movement; recovers slowly when standing still or walking slowly.

However, obviously, for different players, the total amount of stamina value is also different.Fang Shiqing's values ​​belong to the average level, while Xiao Fengdi obviously belongs to the kind of person whose upper limit is extremely high - so high that the general level of wear and tear can hardly be seen.

It may also be that when the loss is high, he can't bother to check the status bar.

"Tell me when you're tired." Xiao Fengdi urged again.

"Oh……"

Fang Shiqing felt that the other party's attitude was a bit strange.This strange feeling actually existed before, but he never figured out what was going on.

After continuing to search for about an hour, the surrounding mountains became more bare rock and steeper, and many places required hands and feet to continue upward.

Xiao Fengdi was very familiar with this kind of environment, but it was the first time for Fang Shiqing to experience it. Although it didn't take much effort under the game's professional bonus, it was inevitable that his movements would be clumsy.

After a while, Xiao Fengdi stretched out his hand to hold him, and he didn't let go at all, paying attention to support him all the time when he was looking for the way up.

...It is said to be a support, but in fact, because of the obvious strength gap between the two sides, most of the time they are directly dragged around.

The other party's movements were very careful, and would not cause any collision damage, but the attitude revealed by this kind of behavior undoubtedly aggravated the subtle feeling in his heart.

When Xiao Fengdi was about to lift him up a steep slope for the third time, he finally couldn't help but said, "Boss, in fact, I can just climb it myself. I can still do this."

In fact, although he can save a lot of energy when being pulled by someone, the other party needs to spend far more energy than when he only cares about himself, and the speed is not much faster than him getting up by himself—that is to say, the reason why he Doing this kind of thing is purely taking care of him.

This made him feel a little embarrassed.

"It's okay," Xiao Fengdi still pulled him up, and then said, "It's easier this way."

——I don't think so, Fang Shi said with a clear heart.

For the boss, it may be a simple matter to help, but as the object of help, he doesn't want to rely on the strength of others everywhere.

If it is something that is beyond one's ability, of course you should seek help, and you can't be brave enough to cause trouble for others.

But relying on others for trivial things like climbing a mountain and walking a road is a bit too much-if this goes on for a long time, it is inevitable that one day I will take other people's kindness for granted and lose the ability to walk independently.

He has long known the importance of self-reliance.

"It's still not necessary." He broke free from the opponent's hand in a rare and resolute manner. "I can really do it now, so I won't trouble you with this matter. When I can't do it, I will ask you for help."

After the steep slope just now, the two have now walked a relatively gentle mountain road.

Xiao Fengdi was silent for a moment, sighed, and suddenly asked without thinking: "You know, when you and I were still on the roof, before that monster rushed up, what did I want to say?"

"Huh? What?" Fang Shiqing was startled before recalling what he said.

That should be the last moment between the two of them in the second dungeon. He thought he was going to die, and he would kill the boss along the way, so he said a lot of nonsense without reservation.

At the moment when the boss broke through the roof gate and rushed in, Xiao Fengdi seemed to want to say something, but was covered by the loud noise.

"At that time, what I thought was," Xiao Fengdi looked at him, "I must try my best to treat you better in the future."

"……what?"

"I want to treat you as well as possible," the other party repeated solemnly, as if afraid that he would not understand, "as good as possible."

Fang Shiqing's face was blank at first, and then he suddenly reacted, his whole face flushed with embarrassment.

He remembered, before that, he seemed to have told a lot about himself—about his childhood and teenage years.

Although his own experiences are lackluster, he never likes to mention them to others, because he knows too well how those things will cause others to react.

Whether it's sympathy or attention, those will only make people feel uncomfortable.The special care usually caused by his poor physical condition is already embarrassing enough, and if these things are added, he feels that he will have no face to live on.

"No, no, no, no, really no," he waved his hands in a hurry, saying incoherently, "no need at all—boss, please forget about that day. You were good enough to me before, no Need more."

"..."

Xiao Fengdi kept looking at his face, scrutinizing his expression carefully, and after watching for a long time, he said slowly, "This is the first time I've seen a person like you who feels that kindness from others is superfluous."

His tone of voice was very flat, but the meaning in it made Fang Shiqing shudder.

Boss, he is, angry?

Do you feel that you don’t know what’s good and what’s bad, and don’t understand the kindness of others?

"Yes, I'm sorry, boss," he said in a hurry, "I, uh, how could I feel redundant! But, that..."

He didn't know how to explain it, and froze all of a sudden.

Of course he is grateful for the help of others, but because he cherishes this kindness, he doesn't want to waste it in details.

Unknowingly, both of them stopped and stood facing each other.

Xiao Fengdi looked at his tongue-tied expression leisurely, and after a long while, suddenly smiled faintly.

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In the last paragraph, Brother Xiao’s mood changes basically like this:

Wait, is this a rejection? →It doesn't seem right, let's try again→...Well, it seems that he didn't refuse, but he didn't realize the arrow thrown from here