Astral Apostle

   Chapter 5 Alien Hunter

   "Go over there!"

   "Slow down, slow down! You've run over your head, turn down the dirt **** in front of you!"

   Zhou Jing dragged the burly hunter and ran at the front of the team, but instead became the leader.

   The other four hunters followed closely, and more than a dozen wolf-dog-like beasts were chasing after them.

   During the rush, the cold wind was blowing like a knife, the center of gravity was constantly fluctuating, but the line of sight remained quite stable.

His legs were spinning like flying, striding across the humus, and he could feel the soles of his feet sinking deep into the soil when he stepped on the ground. Every time he stepped on the ground, the muscles of his legs twitched and tightened, pumping amazing strength, providing a strong and stable body to his body. The reverse thrust made him walk through the forest like a gust of wind, rolling up layers of fallen leaves.

   Running with all his strength, Zhou Jing realized that he was running so fast.

   'Good guy, 9 points of physical strength is so fierce... If you go back to ancient times, this physique will be the embryo of a fierce general. "

  Zhou Jing thought about it while the pig made rapid progress.

   Just ran into an open woodland with sparse grass, and suddenly there was a sound of bowstrings among the dense tree canopies above!

  boom boom boom!

   Between the treetops, a few arrows shot out, and with a few consecutive squeaks, several wolf-dog-shaped beasts were thrown to the ground.

   Immediately afterwards, there was a loud clatter, and at the place where Zhou Jing and the others had just run by, a large rattan net covered by leaves suddenly rose up, grabbed six or seven beasts and hung them in the forest.

The    beast group disappeared at once, and the remaining few fish that slipped through the net turned their heads and fled.

   "Fight back!"

   Several hunters stopped to shoot arrows, and the burly hunter also broke free from Zhou Jing's hand, took off the longbow on his back, and turned back to shoot.

  The arrows were continuous, but they were blocked by trees. The five people and their companions who were ambushed among the treetops shot arrows, and only three were killed.

   The last remaining beast fled around the tree, constantly using the tree as a shield, and was about to run out of the killing range of the bow and arrow.

   At this moment, the sound of breaking wind suddenly rang out.

   Huhu—

   A cold light flashed, and the two axe swirled and flew past Zhou Jing, heading straight for the beast, drawing two spirals of cold light in his peripheral vision.

   flew halfway, the hand axes collided with each other in the air, and the sparks exploded.

  clanging sound! The flight trajectories of the two axes changed at the same time. The first handle was deeply embedded in another tree trunk, while the second handle ejected a angled trajectory, which happened to bypass the occlusion of the tree trunk and hit the area behind the tree.

   A miserable animal howl suddenly sounded from behind the tree, and the last beast stumbled out, thumping to the ground, kicking on all fours, with an ax deeply embedded in its neck.

   Zhou Jing stared.

  …I would recognize it if it were a dart, but can an axe with an unbalanced center of gravity be able to do this?

   At this time, four more hunters jumped down from the treetops, and they were almost the same as the previous five. As soon as they landed, they took out the daggers from their waists and made up for the beasts all over the ground one by one.

   Zhou Jing turned his head to look at the place where the hand axe came from, and saw a man walking out from behind the tree, his attire was obviously different from that of the other nine hunters.

   This is a tall and strong bald man with a few tiny scars on his face. The lower half of his face is buried in a thick reddish-brown beard.

Wearing a dark green animal skin robe, the hem hangs down to the knees, the upper body wears a black animal mane shawl, several ties bind the animal pattern leather shoulder armor on both sides, and the waist is tied with armed leather belts to close the waist. There are four loop buckles on the belt, two of which are empty at this time, and the rest have a throwing axe, and a metal iron-gray armguard is worn on the hand.

The most striking thing about    is that the bald-headed man is carrying a long-handled single-edged axe. The silver-gray axe face is almost like a door panel. It is very heavy just by looking at it. There seems to be a few lines of inscriptions on the face of the axe.

  The bald-headed man noticed Zhou Jing's unfamiliar face and looked puzzled: "Who is this person?"

The burly hunter before    heard the words, hurried over and explained to the bald man:

   "Captain Baron, he is the lost person we happened to meet in the forest and wants us to take him out of the forest. His name is... eh, what's your name?"

   "Will Wood."

   Zhou Jing blurted out.

The default name of the   Astral Apostle template should at least conform to the naming format of this world. He figured it out on the way. If someone asks, he will use this name.

As soon as the    voice fell, the panel moved.

  [Sync Rate+5%]

  [Current carrier synchronization rate: 15%]

   Zhou Jing's eyes moved slightly.

   Using the carrier's name to walk in the world, it turned out to be in line with synchronous behavior... He wrote it down.

  Balon, the bald man, heard the words, his expression slightly solemn: "Wood? Never heard of it... But you have a post-surname, so it seems that you are a blood relative of a certain tribe."

  What the heck, clan blood relatives?

   Doesn't everyone have a surname?

   Zhou Jing was startled for a moment. He lacked understanding of the current world. For fear of being questioned, he hurriedly asked: "Then who are you?"

  Baron did not hide it, and directly stated their origins.

   "My name is Baron, the alien hunter of Frostwood Village, and the captain of this hunter team. They are the hunters of the village."

   Zhou Jing's heart moved.

   Alien hunter? This is something mentioned in one of the life goals of the current template.

   At this moment, the burly hunter next to him interjected, with a warm tone:

   "I'm Griff, you ran too fast just now, I feel like I'm about to fly, your body is awesome, are you a different blood warrior?"

   "I'm not." Zhou Jing shook his head cautiously, not daring to agree at will.

   Alien Blood Warrior... This is also the word mentioned in the template's life goal.

   Looking at this person's reaction, this may be some kind of extraordinary power or occupation, characterized by a strong body... He secretly analyzed.

  Griff seemed a little surprised: "Really, I don't believe it... It's not a different blood warrior, then your body is too good, but you don't look too strong."

   "Okay, I can see that he is indeed not a different blood warrior."

   Baron interrupts Griff.

   Then, he turned his head and asked Zhou Jing, "Do you want us to take you out of the forest?"

   "Ah yes, I'm lost, I have no supplies, I can't survive alone in the forest, I hope to get help from all kind people..."

   Seeing that the other party was good to talk, Zhou Jing repeated his words again.

   While the three of them were talking, the other hunters had already finished making up their swords, and they came up one after another.

   Hearing Zhou Jing's request, the tall and thin hunter who had expressed his opposition before, shook his head repeatedly:

   "I still think this person is suspicious, and it is risky to let him follow. I have never heard of the surname Wood, who knows if it is made up, pretending to be a tribal blood relative..."

Griff retorted: "Dean, you're thinking too much. Is he an Earth Skeleton, an alien beast? He's a Terran, our compatriot! In this black forest, what can be compared to Are compatriots more trustworthy?"

  Tall and thin hunter Dean: "We are going to the forest to hunt alien beasts that threaten the village, and bring a person who doesn't know the details. If he messes up at the critical moment of hunting, then we are all in danger."

   Hearing this, a few hunters nodded in agreement. One careless hunting of alien beasts would lose their lives, so there is nothing wrong with reducing unstable factors.

  Griff: "Then let's just **** him out first, or split one or two people to take him out of the forest."

"Did you forget the nearby skeleton man's lair? Going alone, what if you happen to encounter a group of skeleton man looters? And we finally locked the whereabouts of the alien beast, halfway through. Give up, what if this alien beast runs out and hurts the villagers?"

   "Then you mean to die?" Griff akimbo.

Dean squinted at Zhou Jing: "He's not from the village, we have no duty to protect him... Give him some food and water, and show him a way to leave by himself, that's enough. Live or die, see him own luck."

  Black Shirt Forest… Earth Skeleton…

   Zhou Jing listened and couldn't interrupt, pretended to be eager, and secretly wrote down some information revealed in the quarrel between the two.

  Baron listened for a while, and interrupted the quarrel impatiently:

   "Stop arguing, I'm the captain, I have the final say."

  The two immediately shut up, obviously Baron is very prestigious.

  Balong took a careful look at Zhou Jing, scratched his bald head, and did not hesitate, he waved his hand:

   "Then take him with him. He looks so unlucky, and he is probably a victim. Besides, he is just an ordinary person, just pay attention. If he has other thoughts, I can also solve it."

   "I still feel risky..." Dean murmured, but didn't continue to object.

  Baron ignored him, raised his chin towards Zhou Jing, and said solemnly:

"Whether you are a tribal blood relative or not, we have to hunt alien beasts first, and we don't have time to take you out of the forest, so you have to follow us temporarily... If you affect our actions, then we can only drive you away, accept it Bar?"

"no problem."

   Zhou Jing nodded immediately, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

  I finally got rid of the existential crisis for a while and found someone to communicate with... Next, I need to inquire about the information and find out what is going on in this world.

  …

   With Balong's order, the hunter team temporarily accepted Zhou Jing's existence.

   Everyone packed up the traps, recovered arrows and throwing axes, processed the prey, rested in place for a while, and then continued on their way.

   Zhou Jing took some dried meat and water shared by hunters, and borrowed an animal skin jacket to keep out the cold, which made him feel much more comfortable.

   He followed the team through the forest, chatting with the hunters from time to time.

  In the previous communication, Zhou Jing found that Griff was better at speaking, so he took the initiative to approach him to communicate, carefully concealing his lack of common sense in this world, all kinds of sideshots, and inquired about information.

  Griff has a straightforward temperament, and most of them know everything.

  From what he said, Zhou Jing gradually had a vague understanding of the current world situation:

  This world is still in the era of farming and hunting, and the only known main intelligent group is humans. The living environment is harsh, and they face a huge threat - alien beasts.

   People in the current world divide beasts into beasts and alien beasts. Beasts are ordinary non-intelligent creatures, like the dozen "snakes and wolves" that the team hunted before, they are pure beasts.

   Alien beasts are quite different. They generally have a huge body size, and some have special talents. Some can breathe fire, some can discharge electricity. Powerful alien beasts can alone fight against an army of hundreds or thousands of people, which is extremely dangerous. And there are many kinds, flying in the sky, running on the ground, swimming in the water, all-encompassing, and new species appear from time to time.

  Until today, no one has counted how many kinds of alien beasts there are in the world.

   Since the barbaric era, human beings have united into tribes to fight against alien beasts in order to survive. However, due to the huge gap in strength, the living space of human beings in various places was once compressed and approached the brink of extinction many times.

   In this situation, it was not until the appearance of the alien blood warrior that a turning point came.

In the long dark history, some people believe that the reason why alien beasts are powerful is because there is power in their flesh. As long as the power of alien beasts is extracted in some way and given to human warriors, they can capture the power of alien beasts. ...a very original idea, but it doesn't seem strange.

  After countless attempts, someone finally realized this possibility—extracting the flesh and blood essence of different alien beasts in a special way to form a potion, allowing humans to gain amazing physical strength, enabling individuals to fight against alien beasts.

   And this kind of medicine is called "different blood medicine", which opened the extraordinary door for the human beings in this world.

   However, there is a risk of death with the use of alien blood medicine. If you can't bear it, your body will slowly collapse even if it is strengthened. Therefore, in order to obtain a powerful force to protect the tribe, the warriors of the tribe regarded it as an honor to risk their lives to take the medicine of alien blood, and the warriors who successfully obtained the enhancement were also called "alien blood warriors".

   These alien blood warriors used the extraordinary power they obtained, combined with their tempered fighting skills, to hunt alien beasts everywhere—the profession of alien beast hunter was born.

  The ancient glory has been handed down from the barbaric era to the present, giving this profession a special meaning to human beings.

   "Becoming a blood warrior is to be a beast hunter" - this has almost become the consensus of everyone.

  There are more and more alien beast hunters, and they have gradually become the guardians recognized by mankind. Each tribe no longer fears most alien beasts, the living space has expanded, and gradually a stable territory has formed, forming alliances and conflicts with each other.

  Finally, after a long period of friction, a new chapter in the history of civilization was opened, and the human beings in this world established the first human country—the current Terra Empire.

"It turned out to be like this... There is only one state power, and it has only been established for about 40 years. It is not long before the tribal era has entered the state era... But because of the accumulation of the long tribal era, the technical level is not too backward, at least it is the Iron Age. Judging from their weapons, the smelting technology is quite mature..."

  Zhou Jing sat by the fire, the light of the fire made his face flicker and darken. He nibbled on the jerky while recalling the information gathered along the way, and built up his understanding of the world in his mind.

   It really is a new world that he has never heard of, not any period in the history of the main world... He was a little excited.

   It was night, and the forest was getting darker and darker, and it was almost impossible to reach out, and it was cold.

  The dense tree canopy covers the top of the head, and it is difficult to look up to observe the astronomical phenomena of this world, but there are also stars and moons.

The    hunter team hurried for a day, found this slightly flat woodland to build a temporary camp, built a bonfire, and decided to rest here for the night.

   Everyone basically lay down and rested, except Griff and Dean awake vigil, the camp was quiet, only the occasional crackling of the fire and the rustling of the leaves in the wind.

   Dean sat in the farthest place, with his back against the big tree, and occasionally glanced at Zhou Jing with distrust and suspicion, while Griff sat not far from Zhou Jing, playing with a dagger.

  Zhou Jing secretly sorted out the information, thought about it, moved his **** to sit next to Griff, and asked in a low voice:

   "Do you know how to be a blood warrior?"

   He didn't forget the main goal of his astral travel - to acquire super power and make his own body a power user.

   There is indeed extraordinary power in the current world, but he has only heard about the path of alien blood warriors.

   These hunters are not scholars after all, and they know limited things.

   "Then you have to ask Captain Baron. He is the official alien hunter. He has taken the alien blood potion once. We are just ordinary hunters." Griff shrugged.

   "I asked, but he didn't tell me."

   Zhou Jing shook his head, looked at Baron, who was resting with his eyes closed, and silently called out the basic attributes of Baron that he had previously queried with the panel function:

  [Attribute: Physical 18, Resistance 15, Perception 6, Spirit 5, Energy 0]

   He discovered this feature on the road. As long as 10 Astral Points are consumed, he can view the properties of an object, provided that the target interacts with himself...chat, physical contact, etc.

   But currently, only basic attributes are queried, and items such as talents, qualifications, skills, etc., do not seem to be displayed.

   A total of 20 Astral Points were spent on Zhou Jing Road, and the basic attributes of Baron and Griff were inquired to determine the level of his carrier.

   Griff's physical fitness is 7 points, which is about the level of a healthy average person who has exercised.

On the other hand, Baron is completely different. His physical fitness reaches 18 points, which is much higher than his own 9 points. The difference in performance is very large. It's not a real heavy weapon, but a plastic mold.

   Zhou Jing was also on the road when he saw Baron easily lift a stone plate with one hand and put it on the creek to build a bridge, so that everyone would not get wet shoes, and then he threw the stone aside, with ease.

   He tried it quietly at the time, but he could hardly move the stone, and he only moved it with all his strength to **** the milk, feeling that the weight of the stone seemed to be more than half a ton.

   The strength of his own body is still in the category of normal people, but the real performance of Baron's physical fitness value is a bit extraordinary.

   As for resistance, it is the comprehensive attribute of various defensive powers, such as physical, energy, element, disease, etc. resistance. Baron's resistance is as high as 15 points. In this regard, Zhou Jing cannot intuitively judge for the time being.

  By comparing the difference between basic attributes and actual performance, Zhou Jing has a rough estimate of the current power level of the world...Using the classification of the main world, the alien blood warrior should be regarded as a "physical enhancement type" super power system.

   In the main world, there are many ways and systems to strengthen the body, each with its own merits, and the body strengthening type is the most common type of super power.

   Although it has a single function, it can’t compare to those fancy abilities, secrets and mechanical equipment in terms of application scope, but it is better than the pure basics.

  The powerful body brings a high degree of freedom of learning direction, firearms, fighting, driving, etc., with rich skills, not necessarily a reckless man.

  Zhou Jing has only been in contact with Balong, a different-blood warrior for the time being. Judging from his years of experience in watching super leagues, Balong's performance is only a "first-level power user".

  —In the seven-level standard for evaluating the power of a power user in the main world, it is only just entering the extraordinary level.

   But he is not qualified to choose the fat or the thin. It would be good to have the chance to gain extraordinary power... Zhou Jing is still sober in this regard.

   Besides, according to what the hunters said, the alien blood potion can be strengthened by taking it multiple times. Baron has only been strengthened once, which only represents the lower limit. Perhaps the upper limit of the alien blood warrior system is quite impressive.

   'These hunters don't trust me very much. When they get out of the black-shirted forest and arrive at the Frostwood Village where they are located, they will find out how to get the alien blood potion...'

  Zhou Jing's eyes reflected a beating fire.

   Until now, he has no intention to savor his wonderful experience today, and he still can't believe it.

Looking at the crackling firewood and these living hunters, Zhou Jingcai seemed to be startled, that he was really here... As if he had regained his senses, he left the familiar environment and came to an unknown world, and the main world Different planes.

  'Astral shuttle...I don't know what will happen in the future...'

   Zhou Jing's mood was complicated, and it was more of an inexplicable expectation.

  Swish…

   At this moment, he suddenly moved his ears, vaguely capturing the unusual movement hidden under the shaking of the leaves.

   It was like... someone deliberately lowered their footsteps and was walking lightly among the leafy woodlands.

  The sound came from all directions, gradually approaching, and seemed to be surrounded.

   A sense of crisis suddenly surged into his heart, Zhou Jing's face changed, and he slapped Griff:

   "There is movement!"

  Griff and Dean were taken aback and stood up without hesitation.

   "If there are enemies, get up!" The two shouted in a low voice and quickly kicked the others to wake up.

  Everyone woke up with a start, got up in a hurry, picked up their weapons, skillfully leaned against the surrounding trees as cover, and glanced around alertly.

   However, looking around, there was only the whirring of the wind in the dimly lit forest around, and no enemy was found.

"what's the situation?"

   "Is there really anyone? Who discovered it?"

  The crowd lowered their voices and talked in surprise.

   "Will said that." Dean pointed at Zhou Jing without looking back.

   Couldn't be a false positive... Everyone couldn't help but think of this.

   This outsider is not their trusted partner, nor is he an experienced hunter, and his warning is unbelievable.

   Actually, Dean, who woke everyone up just now, didn't believe it either.

   But even though he doesn't like Zhou Jing, an outsider of unknown origin, he doesn't take it easy.

   Even if he thinks it is a false alarm, he still warns everyone... An old hunter like him understands a truth and is careful not to make a big mistake.

   Of course, the more real reason is... Anyway, he was the night watchman, and it wasn't him who was woken up from a sound sleep.

  Griff saw that the surrounding woods were silent, so he couldn't help but stabbed Zhou Jing with his elbow: "Aren't you shouting blindly?"

   "I feel something approaching, and there are quite a few."

   Zhou Jing replied in a low voice, the sense of danger still remained in his heart, and he suddenly became enlightened.

  —Sudden sense of crisis, I am afraid that this body's [Agility] talent has taken effect...

   Just when everyone was suspicious, Dean's expression changed, his surprise flashed, and he suddenly shouted:

   "There is indeed something, come out!"

   said, he raised the angle and shot an arrow into the forest as a warning.

   Not long after, the rustling in the forest gradually became clear, and shadowy figures flashed through the forest.

   The fire radiated from the bonfire roughly illuminated more than a dozen figures, and in the darkness farther away, there seemed to be more people.

  The dim light of the fire illuminated the appearance of these figures—about 1.6 meters in height, thin and bony, with a slightly hunched body and a hunchback.

The cheeks are thin, the skin is gray, and the body is covered with white lines. He only wears a short skirt woven with grass blades to cover his lower body. He holds a broken bone knife and bone spear. Like a ghost in a nightmare, he moves like a ghost in the jungle. .

   "Earth Bone Man!"

  The expressions of everyone changed, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense and chilling.

  … This is what the hunters mentioned, the branch of the humans in this world, the Earth Skeletons?

   Zhou Jing's heart moved slightly, and he squinted to observe carefully.

   At this moment, he suddenly felt something stuck in his palm.

   Zhou Jing looked down and found that Griff had quietly stuffed the dagger into his hand.

   "Take it and protect yourself."

  Griff winked, clasped the arrow in his hand on the string, and whispered:

   "If there's a fight, I guess you don't want your fists to be the only ones you can use..."

  …

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   (end of this chapter)