my slow journey to infinity

Chapter 2 Thirty thousand rounds should be enough, right?
On the large and gorgeous stall, the black one-handed sword in the corner caught Wang Shui's attention.

Isn’t that the [Explainer]?

Wang Shui, who had never performed a mission alone, was very surprised. His first awakening mission was in a near-future science fiction world, watching other people hug each other in mobile armors.

Whether he was a regular guest or a limited number of friends, he had never heard familiar words from anyone.

For half a year, [-]% of the information he received came from some battlefield worlds.

Driven by curiosity, Wang Shui opened the product information:
[Alien Key·Interpreter·Pseudo (Special Props·Blue)]

【Level: 1】

[Danger scale: 1]

[Alienation type: real, huge]

[Remaining startup time: 10 days]

[Time flow rate: 300 times]

[Explanation: The copy world key split from the fantasy world key is connected to a copy of the fantasy world. The copy was alienated when separated, and the danger is unknown. 】

Ah, isn’t this a sword?Is this a key?
"What, are you interested?"

Seeing Wang Shui staring at the sword in a daze, the stall owner greeted him warmly.

"It's a good thing."

Okay, the classic peddler's move.

"Some time ago, a group of lone wolf bosses from Class A got a key to the fantasy world. The system detected that it was a special world that they could permanently reside in. However, the task the bosses received to control the world was to help the people they love in the world complete human society. Transformation.”

Yeah, [-]% of the time, he's helping the harem king Kirito.

"But that world is an inexplicable real world without any extraordinary power, large-scale wars, and low technological level, which makes a group of big bosses very helpless."

"The bosses applied to the system for help in world conquest, and separated a large number of copy worlds from the original keys. Because in the copy world, the whole world would collapse if the protagonist died, so the bosses decided to use exhaustive methods to find the protagonist. Once we find him, everything else will be easy to handle.”

Exhaustive?Kill them one by one?
"Ah, yes, the look in your eyes shows that you already understand. The hired warmongers and perverted murderers were eliminated indiscriminately starting from the top leaders of all walks of life. In the end, several murderers suffered from psychological problems, but the protagonist was still not found. . Therefore, the bosses suspected that the protagonist was an ordinary person and the plot would be very long, so they simply spent money to copy a bunch of keys and cast a wide net to recruit heroes from all walks of life to participate in the grand event. This is the third batch of keys, an exploration period. It’s an unknown world with little information but rich resources~”

Unknown world?

Wang Shui thought for a moment and asked:

"In an ordinary world, the resources are nothing more than mineral deposits. And if it is a dungeon world, if someone goes in and kills the protagonist indiscriminately, won't the other people who are kicked out also be punished by the system?"

"Don't worry about this. The bosses have let it go. Only regular exploration is allowed, and mass killings are not allowed. Moreover, the third batch of keys are for the first level. Just rely on the level of the first level to cause trouble inside. Within 10 minutes They will be kicked out."

The stall owner explained that Wang Shui had already started to connect to the [Dreamland Network] to search for relevant information, and soon found the posts of the A-level bosses.

Exploring the unknown world, violent cracking is prohibited, the mortality rate for the first batch is 10%, and the mortality rate for the second batch is 30%.

The post said that the first two batches of heroes were mainly mixed, and most of them survived for hundreds of days, which shows that the world is safe.

In the end, the system determined that they had not been exposed to the main events of world change, and kicked them out with very low penalties.

Of course, it’s not without good news. At least the death rate has increased.

Awakened people generally do not provoke indigenous armies in unknown worlds. The risks are far higher than the benefits. The increased mortality rate only shows that they have come into contact with the main content and encountered dangers that they have to face.

Wang Shui pinched his chin while watching. Could it be that these heroes had their brains boiled open by Kayaba Akihiko?

Judging by the time, it seems that no one survived until SAO was cleared?

Wait, no one really knows that this is the world of "Sword Art Online"?The more Shui Wang scrolled through the posts, the faster his heart beat.

Using the names of the protagonists and some event names as keywords, Wang Shui quickly browsed through the [Dream Network]. Even though he did not check carefully, there was no Sword Art Online-related content on the entire network.

Not only that, Wang Shui also searched for some bad anime, and even comics, literary works, film and television works, etc. There was no information on dozens of works that impressed him deeply.

Damn it, I’m the only one coming from my hometown?
Surprised, Wang Shui's eyes lit up... This seemed to be a good mission choice!
There is no extraordinary, the level of technology is not high, the world is peaceful enough, the most dangerous thing is the microwave-type game login device, and the anti-social lunatic who hangs around with a syringe all day long.

Ah, this, this is okay!
It's very suitable for a Goubi like me...ah, the flow of steady farming, don't worry about where the fields are, just say whether they are stable or not.

"How much does it cost to buy the boss?"

"Oh ho ho, Chenghui is 3, do you want to pay directly with dream points, or 5 silver coins?"

"Take! Take the young man?! Thirty-five thousand?! Big brother? It only costs a few dozen yuan for me to go to Huajie! Is inflation so bad here?!"

Wang Shui almost choked himself to death with his spit. He worked from dawn to dusk for half a year, and only saved a total of more than 5 yuan by renting a store. He had no equipment at all, and he hadn't even begun to arm himself. How much money would it cost? !
"Brother, are you new here? From the E class? This is the key to the directional world, and it is a safe world. Once you enter, you will not run around and you will not die. Do you think the important thing is the inside? Resources? No, no, you don’t think you are the only one who can see the security value of this thing, right? This thing can basically stably survive a single-player mission! I have already sold more than a dozen of the third batch of keys Damn it, what do you think I sold it for?"

The stall owner gave Wang Shui a hard squeeze, and his smile was not sarcastic at all, but just a bit like the comfort of a veteran when facing a newcomer.

Humph, your father is from the C class, I will scare you to death if I tell you!
Although it was very uncomfortable, Wang Shui still took the key, and shamelessly pretended to be a newbie, hoping to get a better price, and then was given away by the boss with a set of [Initial Life Support], commonly known as the Little Red Pill.

Putting a set of five bottles of small red medicine in his pocket, Aqua Regia, wearing shabby work clothes and carrying the interpreter on his back, continued to visit the market.

There was no way, let alone weapons and armor, he didn't even prepare ordinary consumables.

Generally speaking, veterans will keep some daily necessities in their portable space. Pots and pans are not included. A large amount of ready-to-eat food, fresh water, ropes, nooses, wild survival tools, etc. are all necessary.

If you are more discerning or know the destination well, you can also exchange some money with them, the price is not very expensive.

Oh, it’s worth mentioning that in the [Dream System] exchange system, gold is also a very expensive thing.

Aqua Regia found no yen, nor any currency he recognized.

Just, please connect to the world at my home as soon as possible, okay?

Fortunately, there is a solution to this situation, and it’s at the stall selling survival sundries!

[Orphan's Prayer (Consumables·Blue)]

【Level: 2】

[Description: Special consumables, confirmed for use at the beginning of the mission, can obtain the identity of an orphan in a strange world, and obtain certain initial resources based on rarity. 】

Although the name is a bit weird, this thing is a very famous prop.

Since the vast majority of awakened people basically say goodbye to their parents forever, not many people feel uncomfortable with it.

The blue rarity seems to be a consumable that can be made. I don’t know what skills are used to make it. 3000 each seems to have a good market.

Wang Shui was a little excited, but he was going to Two-dimensional tomorrow, so he put aside the idea of ​​making money for now.

Since he was going to the world of swords and had a mission, he would probably be thrown into Tokyo.

The initial resource didn't know what type it was, so just in case, Aqua Regia bought two boxes of vacuum-packed compressed nutritional meals and three large cans of [-]-liter drinking water.

This pile of stuff basically filled up his newcomer space.

As for the equipment, it feels like it can be saved?

The real world of swords and swords is basically nothing. Awakened people may be attacked by buddies from the same camp, but around the first level, everyone is still quite united, right?

Out of caution, Wang Shui wandered around and found a thermal weapons stall.

Pistols, rifles, shotguns, submachine guns, and heavy firearms.They are roughly divided into these categories, and they are all locally produced guns.

The appearance is relatively silly, big, black and thick. In fact, the metal on the surface is quite malleable, and the appearance can be changed by simple processing.

The calibers are fixed 5mm No. 7.5 bullet, 10mm No. [-] bullet and [-]mm No. [-] bullet. Guns with special types of bullets will be more expensive.

There are so-called guns with unlimited bullets, but they are not easy to use, the price is too high, and there are many requirements for use.

Wang Shui has also practiced firearms in the past six months, but he has not acquired firearm-related skills, and he doesn't know why.

In terms of marksmanship, he was only able to use firearms smoothly after being fed thousands of bullets.

Therefore, he chose an intermediate pistol:
[BSS022-A1-"Worm" (Pistol·White)]

【Level: 1】

[Kill damage correction: 15-25]

[Features·Worm Barrel: Active metal barrel, can switch barrel size after 10 seconds, compatible with No. 1, 2, and 3 ammunition. 】

[Explanation: Manufactured by Tiefeng City's "Pabell Weapons Workshop", the classic gun types of "Blackstone Group" are all in stock, and special bullets are sold in large quantities. Those in need are welcome to come to No. 21 First Avenue, Tiefeng City Business District to purchase! 】

Can advertisements be placed in the Good Guys system information?Learned a lot.

The appearance is a little rough, but it feels great in the hand and is much tighter than the battle-hardened public guns at the shooting range.

20 rounds of No. 20 bullets, rigid metal tip bullets, no compression magazines, and an additional [-] standard magazines ([-] rounds).

Including the bare gun without any additional accessories, the total is 1100.

Yes, the gun costs 100, and the bullets are good. One bullet costs 0.1 points. Wang Shui plans to go back to the slum Artisan Street to refill some. The bullets produced by the small workshops there are ten times cheaper. I dare not say, but they are still available at five or six times. .

In fact, logically speaking, the world of swords cannot use so many bullets.

However, Shui Wang has severe difficulty in making choices, collecting addiction, hoarding disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder in learning.

The first ones are more common. Learning obsessive-compulsive disorder is roughly the same as when someone sees others showing a certain ability, he—woc!ox!I want to learn too!
Then heat for 3 minutes.

Different from the general brain fever, in the early stage of the fever of learning obsessive-compulsive disorder, he will really study hard and wholeheartedly until he becomes lazy.

It is a time-consuming and incurable disease.

Apart from [-] keys, [-] orphan certificates, and early [-] guns and ammunition, the purchases here didn't cost many points.

With more than 1 yuan in savings, Wang Shui returned to the slums and went to a grocery store to buy three sets of autumn and winter clothes and two sets of summer shorts and short-sleeves. They had no attributes and were not extraordinary items. Such ordinary clothes were extremely cheap.

As for shoes, shoes that can withstand the power of extraordinary beings are very expensive.

Fortunately, Wang Shui doesn't have to worry. His attributes are not much higher than ordinary people, so he doesn't need to buy extraordinary shoes.

After packing his luggage, Wang Shui took a bath to relax, and then took out a lot of books...

"Comprehensive Electronic Information Technology", "Comprehensive Automation", "Computer Engineering and Programming", "Comprehensive Physics", "Mathematical Tools", etc.

There is a lot of content, and each book is a large comprehensive book. Although it is not written in the title, it contains a lot of comprehensive and interdisciplinary knowledge, which is very cumbersome and obscure.

These books are actually quite rare, not because they are expensive, but because the audience for such extremely broad knowledge books is very small. The compiler created this series of books with the mentality of making a knowledge dictionary, and the circulation is very small.

The editor is also an awakened person, and doing this is purely his own interest, because if he is instilled with relevant skills by the system, he will naturally carry that part of the knowledge with him.

However, there is still circulation among the group of life awakeners, and Aqua Regia has obtained some of them.

Wang Shui is certainly not cramming now. In fact, he has memorized all 22 books in total.

Memorization means directly importing electronic documents into memory. It does not count as learning a skill, so it will not be blocked by his bullshit talent.

But knowledge does not mean that you can become a scientist if you have it in your head.

Practical ability, creative thinking and computing ability are more important than mere written knowledge.

The knowledge introduced into memory will slowly dissipate over a period of time. In a short period of time, as long as you know what knowledge you need, you can quickly recall it.

It's probably similar to an open-book exam, which requires you to flip through the book, but you need to know what knowledge you need.

Wang Shui is reading the book now, on the one hand, to consolidate knowledge. He feels that this knowledge may be useful in a modern society.

On the other hand, it helps him sleep. Yes, he is a little nervous now and can't sleep.

Wang Shui flipped through the pages very quickly. When his eyes saw the title and classic examples, the corresponding knowledge would go through his brain.

Moreover, Wang Shui discovered very early on that after going through the knowledge, the feeling was similar to that of rubbing the corresponding items with his hands. He just didn't know why he couldn't acquire skills.

The stack of books was as high as two aqua regia, and he went through it in a very short period of five hours.

Wang Shui felt that his brain was like mush, and he quickly fell asleep.

The next day, a message to boost his spirits pulled Wang Shui out of bed.

[Dream System Warning!Life Awakener·Half a bottle of water. You have stayed in the safe city for six natural months. If you do not conduct any solo exploration missions before 23:[-] tonight, the system will forcefully transport the awakened person to a world in urgent need of personnel. 】

We need people urgently, we urgently need cannon fodder...

The time now is... ten o'clock, okay, this system can handle it. Wang Shui's previous boss, or department manager, as long as he didn't see him after nine o'clock, would use unusually sinister and caring words to make him physically uncomfortable.

This system also knows how to call people at ten o'clock, and it's not weird, and it won't deduct money, it just wants your own life.

Good boss, I hope it will still be you in my next life.

After putting on clean clothes and coming out of the cheap hotel, Wang Shui did not return to Hei Ge's repair shop.

There is no need to say goodbye or anything, and you may not be able to see Brother Hei. There is no need to send an email. You will only be laughed at by this guy.

Wang Shui replenished [-] rounds of cheap No. [-] bombs nearby, and also bought ten boxes of "ham sausage". The owner of the small workshop almost laughed out of his front teeth early in the morning.

In fact, he still had some money. With the purchasing power of Dream Points and simply equipped with low-level gunpowder thermal weapons, Aqua Regia could create a large army.

But unfortunately, the novice's carry-on space is only five cubic meters, and three large water jugs take up a lot of space.

There is no danger, there is no danger. A mere Kayaba Akihiko can withstand a few bullets, and Mr. Kiri is no more than a mortal body, and it is the only SAO stage with the threat of death. The big deal is not to go in, and just survive in the real world. Mr. Kiri will figure it out on his own. Teach the dog a lesson!
So, while comforting himself, Wang Shui, dressed in dangerous goods, came to the mission square. There were not many people here in the morning.

Pull out the interpreter behind it, connect to the [Dream Network] mission center, choose solo exploration, insert the sword into the key bar, then a white light shines, and the interpreter disappears.

The originally empty taskbar now has an additional set of information:
[Exploration Mission·Fantasy World (Alienation Copy)]

【Level: 1】

[Danger scale: 1]

[Alienation type: real, huge]

[Time flow rate: 300 times]

[Explanation: The fantasy world is an unknown alienated copy, and the degree of danger is unknown. 】

Is this my infinite journey?
"The mission begins."

(End of this chapter)