ATPnovel Chapter 72 Route Planning
Chapter 72 Route Planning
"This is Jieyun Delivery. Your food order has arrived."
"Okay, put it by the door."
"Okay, enjoy your meal."
Wearing loose pajamas and flip-flops, Yu Jing yawned as she opened the door to get her food.
Since his bank account balance skyrocketed, he's gotten a bit cocky. When ordering takeout, even without a discount, he always adds a fried egg, sausage, chicken leg, and a bottle of iced soda to his fried rice; otherwise, he feels like something's missing.
I picked up my takeout and hummed a cheerful tune as I walked into the bedroom.
I moved the parchment, my personal notes, the newbie manual, and the shopping list I made last night from my computer desk to the side, then turned on my computer and found a documentary about how to explore and survive in extreme environments, and watched it while eating.
In the past few days, Yu Jing has been preparing for his trip to the "Hometown of Blood Therapy".
This was, after all, his first expedition to an alien world since joining the Explorers' Headquarters, and it was an alien world with a danger rating as high as level 4 (high risk). No amount of caution was too much.
You should know that in the previous two trips to other worlds, either you could find a spatial teleportation channel to quickly evacuate, or the route was simple and as long as your combat strength reached a certain level and you had clear judgment, you could successfully pass through and return to the real world.
Although the exploration was dangerous, the time spent in foreign lands was very short.
The entire event lasts only two or three hours. Aside from the battle, there aren't many other things to consider, and there's not much logistical pressure.
However, this time the situation was completely different from the previous two.
Yu Jing has not yet determined the exact location of the Blood of Enlightenment he is looking for.
Based on the contents of the parchment and the route map in the notes, it can only be inferred that it exists in an unexplored seaside fishing village.
This means that he will most likely stay in the alien realm of the [Land of Blood Healing] for a long time.
Water, food, medicine...
Yu Jing must make thorough preparations and allocate his backpack space reasonably, otherwise he will have to make do with what he has on hand, which will not only greatly increase the risk of infection, but also affect his exploration.
This situation was specifically mentioned in the new recruit handbook issued by the Explorers Headquarters.
Unless absolutely necessary, avoid drinking from natural water sources in unfamiliar places, and it's best to avoid even wild fruits or animals.
There have been instances in the past where successful explorations of foreign lands were thwarted by poisoning from wild fruits picked at random.
Especially since this kind of alien realm already has a high risk rating and contains a large number of twisted monsters.
The things inside are most likely carrying deadly germs or some kind of undetectable twisted psionic energy. If you don't want to come back with extra tentacles or other organs on your body, you have to be extra careful.
Therefore, Yu Jing specially made a shopping list, preparing to go shopping at Fengbo Village tonight and spend the money in his card.
This brings us to the importance of the comprehensiveness of the new user manual.
The Explorers' Headquarters even provides detailed instructions on how newcomers should prepare for exploring exotic lands.
Take the three basic supplies mentioned above as an example.
Yu Jing had prepared ordinary bottled water, compressed biscuits, and first-aid medicine purchased online. The newbie manual suggested going to the commercial area of Fengbo Village and finding a shop run by the Bureau of Exotic Affairs to purchase an Exotic Exploration Package.
Their products are all developed by official research departments for exotic environments. They are highly practical and very affordable. The only requirement is that explorers fill out a product feedback report to collect data after returning from the exotic environment.
Similarly, the Explorers Agency provides suitable options for newlyweds, such as custom-made adventure clothing and weapon procurement.
This isn't about helping someone else lose; it's just that the Explorers Headquarters itself doesn't operate these kinds of "low-end" shops.
Relatively speaking, it's definitely more affordable to buy basic supplies from shops in the commercial area.
After all, these flagship stores are all backed by large corporations or government departments in the modern world. Their manufacturing processes are mature, their production costs are lower, and their prices are naturally within the range that newlyweds can afford.
As for the items manufactured within the Research Agency, they need to be redeemed with exploration points.
New players clearly don't have enough exploration points to redeem these truly valuable items. For example, the [Pathfinder Bug] and [Stealth Dust] that Yu Jing currently possesses would be highly sought after outside, and it's only because the Explorers' Headquarters distributes them as a benefit for new players.
However, the new player guide also clearly states that if you want to buy some special items, the Badlands is undoubtedly a better place than the Commercial District if you don't have enough exploration points.
There are trinkets brought back from various exotic lands or made by explorers.
Despite lacking product certifications or guarantees from large corporations, its actual performance can be surprisingly good.
After eating and drinking his fill, Yu Jing tidied up his desk, leaned back in his chair, and watched as the polar explorers on his computer screen boarded the evacuation helicopter and began displaying the end credits.
After getting up and walking around the living room and bedroom a couple of times to digest his food, Yu Jing returned to his computer desk, picked up the parchment again, opened the map page on the Torch Watch, and continued to study the exploration route.
【The Land of Blood Healing】is a foreign land that is still being developed.
Therefore, the Explorers' Office does not currently provide maps; explorers must create their own maps.
In fact, this is part of the explorers' work.
If you can draw a detailed map and submit it after the exploration is over, you should be able to earn a lot of exploration points.
Yu Jing's primary goal for this trip was undoubtedly the fishing village.
The problem is that the map in the keepsake notebook only shows the approximate location of the fishing village, and the map information recorded on the torch watch is limited to the part he has set foot in; there is no other usable information.
Ironically, it was the parchment tucked inside the notebook that gave Yu Jing inspiration.
Yu Jing couldn't understand the exotic script on the parchment, but that didn't matter. The key was that the three pictures gave him inspiration.
By connecting the contents of the three pictures, it can be inferred that they depict the various stages of a mysterious ritual.
A closer look reveals that it clearly depicts two important scenes from the ceremony.
The altar by the sea is one such place.
The believers knelt and prayed around the altar, which also held a peculiar symbol surrounded by a halo.
Could this symbol be the remains of an ancient god that produced the blood of enlightenment?
The clinic where the Greater Grail is displayed is another one.
Judging from the content of the illustrations, believers would gather in the clinic after completing the ritual to receive blessings from the deity represented by the symbols.
In Yu Jing's view, the substance in the Holy Grail was very likely the Blood of Enlightenment.
Therefore, given the unclear situation in the fishing village, he temporarily set his exploration targets on these two locations.
Once you get close to the area where the fishing village is located, see which target you spot first.
If you find the seaside altar first, then make the clinic your second target, and vice versa, prioritizing proximity.