Feng Bujue activated the Body Enhancement Technique when he jumped. After a few steps, he leaped and then deactivated the skill in midair. Of course, he did not activate the skill to make his jumping posture more elegant, but to jump a little further.
In the air, he used a head down position with his arms outstretched and fell straight into the cloud-covered valley.
At that moment, only the sound of the wind was left in his ears, and his eyes were filled with excitement and joy.
This experience was similar to jumping off a building. Other than jumping off a building, there were usually only three ways to simulate it. One was diving, the second was bungee jumping, and the third was parachuting. Anyway, Feng Bujue did not know how to swim and had never jumped before. He had never had the chance to try bungee jumping or parachuting. Now, he finally experienced the feeling of jumping from a high altitude in a virtual MMORPG.
Although this was only a nerve-connected game, there was no difference between the simulation of falling and the real world. Usually, even if the person who jumped did not scream, their body would instinctively tense up.
However, Feng Bujue was a person who could not feel fear. Therefore, when he was in the air, he could completely relax his body and experience the pure feeling of falling.
He could not even blink and look straight down. He thought to himself, even if I fall to my death, I will only be satisfied if I see the situation below clearly before I die.
A few seconds later, Feng Bujue fell into the thick clouds. It was also at that moment that he understood that he did not choose the wrong path. He should have gone this way.
The white clouds were like a buffer medium. It was softer than water, but the buffer effect was stronger. When a person's body crashed into the fog, it would not feel like hitting concrete like a high altitude dive. When Feng Bujue passed through the fog, it felt like he had suddenly walked from a room with low air conditioning to a hot street. His body was enveloped by a cloud of thick air, and then the speed of his fall started to slow down with a slow rhythm.
When he landed, Feng Bujue was like a falling feather. He did not feel the slightest impact, and his life points did not decrease at all.
Below the fog valley, there was another world. The clouds above his head seemed to become another sky. The filtered sunlight sprinkled down, making the valley appear hazy.
The air here was slightly humid, and there was a sparse forest around him. Feng Bujue roughly observed his surroundings before lifting his head to look up. Even though he had kept his eyes open during the jump, he could not tell how high he was.
He didn't try to shout upwards because it was obvious that his voice wouldn't reach that far. Therefore, he decided to wait here and keep his head up. That way, when Rain jumped, he would know where she fell.
In the following time, Feng Bujue tested the gravity of the area. The result was normal. The height he jumped from and the weight he felt when he landed was no different from usual. Therefore, he concluded that the white fog in the sky was the reason he did not fall to his death. Perhaps when a person passed through the fog, they would be given a slow fall buff and disappear after landing.
Passing Rain did not make Feng Bujue wait for five minutes. She jumped down after two minutes. Feng Bujue saw the shadow that was slowly descending from the sky. After estimating the landing spot, he immediately started to move toward it.
Perhaps he was lucky because the spot where Passing Rain landed was not far from where Feng Bujue landed. Feng Bujue soon arrived before her. The first thing he said was, "How was it? A leap of faith, right? "
"When you jumped down, that Miss Lu thought you were possessed," Passing Rain replied. "When I said I was going to jump, she thought I was going to die for love."
"Hahaha …" Feng Bujue laughed. "That can't be helped. We can't possibly explain terms like game menu and team status to an NPC, right?"
"But jumping down directly requires a lot of courage," Passing Rain said. "Based on mere speculation, you dared to take the risk of death. I have to say, you are …"
"That's the height of narcissism, isn't it?" Feng Bujue said. "Alright, I got it." He turned to walk into the valley. "Let's go. We have to hurry."
"Aren't we going to wait for the NPC to come down?" Passing Rain asked.
"How could she possibly come down?" "If this was you, and you saw two people who had just met for the first time in real life, talking about these strange theories and jumping off the cliff one after another, what would you do?" Would you take your life as a joke and follow them down? "
Feng Bujue's speculation was not wrong. When Lu Qingning saw the two from Broken Sword Chahitsu leap into the valley, her mind went blank. She could not help but suspect whether these two were real or not. Had she gone mad and started to hallucinate?
It was impossible for Lu Qingning to jump down as well. Unless she could see the situation at the bottom of the valley from above, or hear the two people shouting at her from below, she would never do such a thing that went against common sense and seemed no different from suicide.
After hearing that, Passing Rain was silent for two seconds before nodding coldly. "Let's go."
…
The two walked for about twenty minutes before they exited the forest. Before them was a lake surrounded by trees.
The lake was huge, and looking into the middle of the lake, they could see a small island. Under the gloomy sky, the small island appeared secluded and eerie. Even standing on the shore of the lake, one could feel … an invisible and powerful aura that seemed to be wrapped around the island.
When they reached the lakeside, Feng Bujue squatted down and reached out to touch the water. The water was clear and cool, and he could see fat fish swimming leisurely at the bottom of the lake.
Ten meters behind the two of them was a forest. The forest revealed a crimson and golden color. Now that he thought about it, they had been walking quietly along the way. They didn't talk much, and the surroundings were silent. This kind of scenery and atmosphere, he didn't know whether to call it romantic or strange …
"There's a boat." Passing Rain looked along the shore and saw a small boat tied to the shore.
"Hmm … Looks like we have no choice." Feng Bujue shrugged and walked toward the boat with Passing Rain.
There was no doubt that there was something on the island, and it was most likely the place where the souls were. Swimming was not realistic. Even for a good swimmer, it would not be easy to swim to such a far island. That was why the system had set up the small boat.
"I think something scary will happen on that island." Not long after the two got on the boat, Feng Bujue said as he rowed the boat.
"Are you trying to scare me?" Passing Rain replied.
"It's not that …" Feng Bujue replied. "I just suddenly realized … in this plot line, perhaps all the battles can be avoided. If that's the case, then the system must have set up some scary elements. "
"Speaking of which … up until now, it has been easy," Passing Rain said.
Feng Bujue nodded. "The main quest related to Ling Er on the mountain has not given us any unavoidable battles. We have avoided all the potential battles. " He paused for a second before continuing. "For example, the demonic tree and the demonic monk. Those two can be dealt with through brute force. When we meet the tree, we can kill it to get the bell. When we meet the monk, we can defeat him to get the bell and open the crack that leads to the Realm of the Bell.
Even for Lu Qingning, if she gets into a fight with us due to a misunderstanding and is killed by us, it is not impossible for that to happen.
But if we do that, it will lead to a loss of information, like the situation with the Bell of Jin Gang and Lin Chang's conspiracy …
So … if we use brute force to clear the stage, we will not be able to get much information. At most, we will have to rely on death scenes to get a better understanding of the situation. Most of the time, we will just kill whatever we see. Even when we clear the stage, we will still be confused.
This kind of strategy is easy on the brain, and we don't need to think about anything. We can just kill any hostile NPC or monster, but in terms of combat, our team is not able to handle this kind of playstyle. "
Feng Bujue adjusted his sitting position so that the rowing of the boat would be smoother. He continued. "Along the way, we have been negotiating peacefully. Of course, there have been cases of 'interrogation', but in any case, we have not killed it. That's all.
In any case, our clearing process not only allows us to grasp more information about the plot, it also saves us a lot of resources. There is no extra exhaustion of Stamina Points, and our supplies, ammo, Life Points, and Sorcery Points … none of that is lost.
Based on how this game has always been … without paying a price or taking a risk, there will not be any reward. Therefore, I think … if this supernatural thread can be completed without fighting, then we will be faced with puzzle-solving, scare, or instant death, and so on … "
As they spoke, they were halfway through the journey. Suddenly, a breeze blew, and it brought with it a chill that chilled them to the bone.
At that moment, the low sky that was covered by clouds darkened. It was as if the closer they got to the island, the darker the sky became.
When the two reached the shore of the island, the surroundings were as dark as night. Only a bit of twilight fell from the sky, and they could only see things that were very close to them.
Feng Bujue and Passing Rain disembarked from a slope at the edge of the island. They stepped onto the shore, and before them was a forest filled with hemlock and cedar trees. The shadows of the trees were black, and the shadows that were so thick that they could not be dispersed felt like they had a physical body. They covered the road before them, but at the same time, they felt like they were alive. They looked like they were about to jump out, threatening the edge of the island.
For a more cowardly player, just standing at the edge of the forest would cause their Terror Points to rise by thirty percent, much less walking directly into the forest …
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