"In the Jakarta branch of the Southeast Asian Astronomical Association."
Crow rolled her eyes and urged him to get on the road. "Don't dawdle, hurry up and pack your things … I just looked at the map. From here, you can reach Madura in two days, then take a boat to Australia. After landing, you'll pass through the Great Rift Valley and the desert, walk in the radiation zone for a week, and follow the bay all the way to Canberra. There, you can change ships and you'll be able to reach the South Pole."
"The South Pole?"
Huai Shi was stunned. "Why would I go there? I'm not going! "
He felt that he would not have a good time ahead.
"Don't talk nonsense, let's go!" Crow's words dispelled Huai Shi's conflicting thoughts. "The birth of life is waiting for you!"
"Hmm?"
Huai Shi suddenly became suspicious.
The birth of life was the only thing he lacked in the four foundations.
But didn't this thing say that he had to give birth to children?
But no matter how he asked, Crow did not reveal anything at all, which made him feel more and more uneasy.
"And, why do we have to walk?" Huai Shi asked, "Can't I take a plane?"
This was a branch of the Astronomical Association. With his current authority, he could apply for a plane to fly him there directly.
"Hey, you're here to travel, not to enjoy."
Crow stared at him with her eyes wide open. "If you don't use your feet to feel the earth, wouldn't you have come for nothing?"
At the mention of this, Huai Shi could not help but roll his eyes. "I've already wasted hundreds of thousands. Who's going to pay me back?"
Thinking of the 500,000 US dollars he spent on the Stellaris to buy … a standing ticket, his heart bled.
Crow's eyes suddenly drifted.
She was too embarrassed to tell him that the Ancient Tourism Company had already paid for it, along with a large sum of compensation … but she had already taken the money before Huai Shi woke up …
He was still young. What was the use of so much money!
It was better to keep it for herself.
When he grew up, she would return it to him!
Crow lied to her conscience and said in a trembling voice, "In short, I guarantee that you won't lose anything!"
Hearing her words, Huai Shi's heart calmed down.
What else was there to say?
This time, he was bound to lose.
I'll definitely give it to you for free!
.
.
The discharge procedure was easy and simple. After all, it was an internal hospital affiliated to the Astronomical Society. After a simple observation, the discharge certificate was issued.
After that, Huai Shi didn't even leave the room. He directly went down from the medical department on the sixth floor to the administrative department on the fourth floor. After making a registration and some simple inquiries, he was done.
The staff members who connected with him expressed their admiration and praise for his mission on Stellaris. After the specific process was completed, the commendation for him would be sent to Jinling. Huai Shi was feeling guilty that he had blown up Osiris, so he did not dare to ask any more questions. After realizing that everything was fine, he prepared to leave.
After this mission, the higher-ups even gave him half a month's leave. It was almost a month's worth of savings. It was simply too great.
When he thought about how Old Fu had a pile of documents waiting for him to sign, but he couldn't find him, Huai Shi became happier.
She also blocked Old Fu's phone number.
After rejecting the branch's express flight back to Jinling for free, Huai Shi picked up his saddlebag and was ready to leave.
Half an hour later, a young lady mustered up the courage to open the door of the ward. She only saw an empty bed and a nurse who was cleaning up.
"Oh, he's gone," said Yuan Zhao, who was leaning on crutches. He couldn't hold back his laughter.
After he finished laughing, he raised his head and found that his cousin was looking straight at him.
Then, in the midst of the pain, he noticed that Yuan Yuan was also smiling.
She raised the Mountain King sword …
Yuan Zhao swallowed his saliva.
"Sister Yuan, have mercy …"
Bang!
.
.
"Okay, what are we going to do next?"
Huai Shi stood at the entrance of the Astronomical Society's office building. He looked around the lush city of Jakarta and saw people coming and going on the streets.
Strictly speaking, this was the first time he had gone abroad in real life.
The scenery that greeted him was completely different from that of the Eastern Summer.
The smell in the wind also became unfamiliar.
It was as if he had suddenly been thrown into another world, but it was different from the perilous Hell and the strange and complicated borders. He was actually at a loss of what to do.
He didn't know what to do next.
Call a car?
He should be looking for a car, but shouldn't he purchase some supplies first? He didn't have much food in his bag, and he should stock up on water … Should he buy some bullets?
"Come on, you're in the present, okay?" Crow sighed on his shoulder, "The Astronomical Society is still here, the sky won't fall. You don't have to be so careful. Where did your PTSD come from? "
Bang!
The door of a car in the distance suddenly closed, making a dull sound. Huai Shi's hand subconsciously pressed on the saddlebag and touched the hilt of the Sword of Virtue.
After Huai Shi realized what happened, he awkwardly moved his hand away.
He felt like he was Tarzan, out of place in the surrounding environment.
"… Can you relax a little?"
Crow sighed, "Forget it, listen to my instructions first. Go forward, turn left …"
Fifteen minutes later, Huai Shi walked out of the shop wearing a flowery shirt, big pants, sunglasses, and a newly bought backpack. He also held a map in his hand.
It was a standard tourist look.
It was particularly eye-catching.
But at least it was better than his original look of being armed to the teeth.
The windbreaker, leather boots, emergency vest, weapons, and so on had been stuffed into the backpack with the saddlebag, but Huai Shi always wanted to touch it from time to time, so he adjusted the position so that it could be taken out at any time.
After repeatedly confirming that everything was on him, he was a little relieved. He took the map and looked around, "Then what? What do I do?"
"Whatever I want to do." Crow tilted his head and looked at him, "Isn't traveling like this? Go, have fun, eat something good, be good!"
Huai Shi frowned, "It's just a tour?"
"Yes." Crow nodded.
"Is there really no other trap?" Huai Shi was doubtful, "Someone won't suddenly jump out to kill me, and I won't inexplicably stay in the same car with a cult member, and a bomb won't suddenly fall from the sky while I'm walking?"
"Would you believe me if I said there's really nothing?"
Crow looked at him, then asked again, "If there's really nothing, will you be able to relax, Huai Shi?"
"…"
After a long silence, Huai Shi sighed helplessly, "I'll try."
"Okay, then let's make a deal."
Crow raised his paw and pressed it on the backpack, directly locking a seal on the zipper, sealing all of Huai Shi's equipment.
She said seriously, "From now on, you can only use the four thousand dollars in your pocket. Unless it's necessary, and I'm talking about the kind of emergency, you're not allowed to use the Ascendant's abilities, weapons, or even the Sacred Mark. How about trying to be an ordinary tourist? "
"I'll try my best …"
After Huai Shi finished speaking, he felt a little guilty.
After leaving those things, he felt as if he had been beaten back to his original form. No, it should be said that … he seemed to be weaker than before.
More panic.
He was helpless and at a loss for what to do in this strange world.
When he had nothing, he was not afraid of this world, because this world could not take anything away from him except for killing him.
But now that his life had finally begun, he began to panic about the malice hidden in the darkness.
He did not even know how to be a tourist … In this strange country, he felt confused and had no idea where to start.
"Can you give me a hint?" He looked back at Crow.
Life is not easy, Crow sighed.
"Okay, the last reminder from the EASY mode."
She said, "Look at the map and head towards the direction of Canberra. Find a place you're interested in, go sightseeing, travel on foot, eat what the people here eat, drink the water here, sleep in the youth hotels or under the bridges, on the streets, in the wilderness. Rely on your appearance to hitch a ride, rely on your strength to play the piano, cheat, and work properly — as long as you head towards the South Pole, everything else is up to you."
Pausing for a moment, she said seriously, "If you really can't put your heart at ease and want to do something, then go buy a shovel and seeds."
"Shovel?" Huai Shi was confused, "What for?"
"Planting trees, the old profession of a mountain ghost." Crow raised its wings and rubbed his hair, "Learn to enjoy the real life of a Ascendant, little devil. You've been out of touch with this world for too long."
What kind of suggestion is this?
Buy a shovel in Southeast Asia? Plant trees?
Isn't this a bit too fantastical?
Forget it, at least it's better than being clueless …
Ten minutes later, a brand-new folding shovel was hanging on Huai Shi's backpack. He managed to get it by speaking Latin, Dongxia, and a little bit of Javanese by analogy with the boss.
At least it was cheaper by half. Although the boss saw his outfit and looked at him strangely after hearing that he, a tourist, wanted to buy a shovel, he came up with some strange stories.
But at least he bought the shovel.
He touched his pocket and had a little more than 5,100 US dollars left, which was almost 20,000 Dongxia yuan. If he was frugal with eating and sleeping … he didn't know how much he could save, and he didn't know if this money was enough for him to go all the way to the South Pole.
It seemed that the task suddenly became difficult.
On the bright side, at least he had saved the distance from Dongxia to Indonesia.
Comforting himself like this, he flipped through the introduction in the tourist brochure. After reading it several times … he considered whether to go to an aquarium.
Although it was not normal to visit an aquarium here, Huai Shi was quite curious.
He had never been to that kind of place even once.
Crow leaned on his backpack, lazily basking in the sun, and followed him all the way through the streets. In this way, they embarked on the road ahead. It seemed a bit difficult, but at the same time, it was a very real 'journey'.
It had nothing to do with saving the world, and it had nothing to do with other people's joys and sorrows. There were no difficult death missions or dangerous situations.
Huai Shi's first long-distance trip in his life began.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
