After the Elder Zoog made his decision, the whole Zoog tribe cheered. Then Gu Jun was stuffed into the wooden bucket and the lid was sealed shut.
Air leaked into the barrel through a small hole. The oxygen level dropped and Gu Jun soon felt suffocated. It was a good thing that he could not feel his limbs or else he would feel even worse being stuck inside the barrel.
"F * ck …" Gu Jun opened his eyes to look at the barrel that was stuck to his face. He really did not expect to end up like this.
His whole body was paralyzed and he could not speak. Only his eyes could move and he was at the mercy of the rodents.
He did not even have the power to end his own life, so sleep was not an option.
He watched the barrel roll. It was obviously pushed away by the Zoogs. Perhaps they had pushed it back to the ship. Depression and tiredness crept into his heart.
He missed his bed, his phone, his computer, his scalpel, and the feeling of hunger and drowsiness …
"No, I have to pull myself together." Gu Jun could feel his will weakening. If he allowed this to continue, he might really become a pile of mud or even die inside this small wooden tub.
"I cannot die. If the Nightmare Illness is not cured, I have to return, and if it is cured, I have no reason to die."
Gu Jun could feel himself taking a deep breath, pulling himself together, pulling himself together!
There was no way he could reason with these Zoogs. No matter what kind of cat or black merchant they wanted to sell him to, the Zoogs would not be able to reason with him either. His situation would only worsen from now on.
However, to escape from this situation, he had to endure this difficulty and strengthen his will.
At the same time, he had to continue to train his mind and muscles.
He had to recover! His current situation should be similar to locked-in syndrome. It was not the same as that. If he persisted in training and extended his muscles from his eyes, he would probably be able to gain some results.
There was another aspect, the system.
He could confirm that the mysterious power known as the system was independent from the R'yleh Cult and Afterlife Cult. Perhaps it was related to the light side of Lenton. Because the mission rewards it gave always helped him find, understand, and awaken the power of the Son of Iron.
"What's my current state? What's the solution? As long as I have enough Mental Energy to reopen the system, there might be a chance."
Gu Jun calmed himself down and silently recited, "When Heaven is about to bestow a great responsibility upon a man, he must first suffer his will and will, and tire his muscles and bones …"
There was a surge of new energy in his heart. Imagining that it was Cai Zixuan's voice, he felt even more excited.
He stopped thinking about whether the wooden barrel was rolling or being lifted, and where it was going. Instead, he continued to recall the textbooks: Systematic Anatomy, Regional Anatomy, Surgery …
Time passed. One day, two days.
It had been about a week since he regained consciousness.
Gu Jun was getting more and more proficient in controlling his eyes, and the consumption of his spirit was getting less and less. He was getting more and more energetic.
For the past two days, Gu Jun felt like he had been on the boat and on the shore. The Zoogs were clapping their hands and talking in a different language. Gu Jun could tell it was human, male, and the tone was strange. However, he could not understand any of them.
With a click, the wooden barrel lid was opened, and light pierced through. Gu Jun's head was pulled up by the Zoog. He did not hide the fact that he could open his eyes anymore. He narrowed his eyes to look up and saw a middle-aged man in a black robe looking at him.
The man did not look like an earthling or a foreign civilization, but he did look like …
Mr. Barcé. Gu Jun thought of the old captain on the white ship, and he felt like they were of the same species.
However, the black-robed merchant didn't have that kind of abnormality. He just had a cold face. As soon as the black-robed merchant saw him and their eyes met, greed flashed in the black-robed merchant's eyes. It was as if a knowledgeable jeweler had seen a beautiful gem.
Gu Jun was about to use his eyes to say something when the barrel lid was sealed again.
The black robe merchant and the Zoogs continued their discussion. In the end, he heard the Zoogs clapping and cheering, and he knew the deal was done.
'I wonder how this merchant plans to deal with me?' Gu Jun thought about it. There were pros and cons to this situation.
The good was that the merchant was human, which meant he could communicate with him; the bad was that he knew the Zoogs were right about one thing, humans were cunning, even more cunning than the Zoogs. Since the merchant was willing to pay a high price to buy him, the chance of Gu Jun convincing the merchant to cure him was close to zero.
Soon, Gu Jun heard the voices of people. He still could not understand them, but they did not appear to be an independent merchant but a caravan.
He was probably placed on a wooden cart. There was the sound of wheels rolling on the road.
'After bidding farewell to the Zoogs, where are they going?'
'I guess I'll leave it to fate.' Gu Jun mimicked Wu Shiyu's tone. 'I'll just go with the flow and continue with my plan.'
He started to meditate to train his mental power. He pictured the fountain at Carlott College, the Goddess of Life …
The clear water, the power of life.
Half a day passed in the meditation. He felt his mental state was quite good. 'Should I try to open the system now?'
'Let's give it a try.' Gu Jun focused his mind. Like before, he tried to open the system interface in his mind. A wave of pain shot through him. His mind tensed like something was stuck. However, he did not give up this time. Instead, he used his mental power to open the interface …
Suddenly, with a click, the plug was pulled out, and something surged out, ringing in his mind.
It was the sound of the system notification that sounded like it was going to pop up at that moment!
"Your Strong Heart Tempering Degree has increased, + 30000, current level is level 1 (36000/50000 Tempering Degree).
"Warning, your mind is corrupted, current corruption rate is 49%.
"Warning, you are in an abnormal state of paralysis! Please complete the self-rescue mission through the mission system.
"You have saved Warsong Town from the nightmare. Triggered a special reward. Click to receive your reward: Unknown."
It was opened, it was a success! Gu Jun heaved a long sigh of relief. Looking at these notifications, his heart was warm.
The 30,000 Tempering Degree was the total from the moment he stepped into the old manor. It looked like the nightmare was over.
Corruption rate: 49%. In fact, he had already experienced the consequences of this number long ago. Even opening the system was so difficult, and his spiritual power was far weaker than it had been in the past. Could the power that devoured the nightmare be contained within the corrosion?
If not for the Son of Steel's Light Force and the Son of Misfortune's Dark Force, the corruption rate would not only be 49%.
He could do the mission to save himself. This was a turning point. And there was … a special reward?
Gu Jun's divine sense turned to the last notification. What an unexpected reward. Any help he could get now would be a good thing.
He clicked to receive it. Instantly, a bright light appeared in his mind.
"You have obtained 10 pages of the incomplete spell book."
"You have obtained 1 Carlop scalpel."
"You have obtained 3 old pictures."
"You have obtained 5 old pictures."
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