Mission in another world with my transformed best friend

"Blue smoke? You still have the mind to admire the scenery?"

"I'm truly impressed by you. What do ordinary people usually do at dusk?"

"Watching videos? Playing mahjong?"

"you!"

It seems like they're building up their anger over there in the tree.

"Then let me ask you again, what should you do after watching videos and playing mahjong?"

"sleep……"

"Don't bring your 21st-century idiot, lazy uncle's daily routine to the people of this world!"

After uttering those outbursts, he seemed to have snapped a tree branch with force. The branch fell and nearly hit Wang Kai on the head. Fortunately, he had been looking up and observing, otherwise, such a blow to the head could have resulted in a concussion at best, or even sent him directly to the "Abnormal Human Research Center" at worst.

"What?! Throwing objects from high-rise buildings is already a criminal offense, you know. If you hit me and turn me into an idiot, I guarantee you'll be imprisoned..."

"Become an idiot? But I've heard of idiots turning into geniuses after their heads get hit. You'll have to thank me then... Okay, let's get down to business. Do you think there's any smokeless fuel like natural gas in this world? After sunset, people naturally have to burn firewood to cook. At most, there are only villages with poor living standards around this remote forest. The fuel source for cooking is most likely firewood. Burning firewood will definitely produce smoke, which will help us find the direction of the village. We won't have to camp in the wild tonight..."

Upon hearing this, Wang Kai finally came to his senses, clenched his left hand into a palm and his right hand into a fist, and nodded.

"Indeed, you have more ideas. Encountering a powerful monster in the forest at night would be suicide. You're a true expert when it comes to survival..."

"of course!"

With a rustling sound, Zhang Lan slid down the tree trunk to the one closest to the ground, straddling it with her legs apart. A trace of anger still lingered on her face as she stared at Wang Kai, who was grinning foolishly below, and said smugly.

"Have you forgotten what I majored in in college?"

"I mentioned earlier that you interrupted me, you're a civil engineer, I guess..."

"That's right. In the nearly ten years since graduation, I've traveled all over the country with large construction companies. In the early stages of construction, I often went deep into the mountains and forests to do surveying. I've also learned some wilderness survival skills. How to find my way after getting lost is a piece of cake. I remember back then..."

Looking at Zhang Lan, who was all smiles and about to boast, Wang Kai's admiration slowly turned into a dazed expression.

It turned out that Zhang Lan had taken off her loose robe, which had previously concealed her body curves, in order to climb the tree, and now her entire figure was projected into his eyes without reservation...

Her smug, smiling face and toned figure, wrapped in a close-fitting vest, perfectly showcased her youthful curves. Even if she wasn't particularly curvaceous yet, she would definitely have a great figure in a few years.

Further down, below her slender waist are a pair of long, shapely legs, especially her bare little feet, which dangle in mid-air, creating a unique and beautiful sight even for those who aren't into that particular style...

A beautiful young girl's jade feet are a rare treasure, and the late Jin Yong must have had a lot of experience with them. In "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils," there is a classic description of this: Duan Yu nodded, bent down to remove her shoes, and took her ankle in his left hand. He felt that her feet were slender and delicate, barely able to be held in one hand. His heart fluttered slightly. He looked up and smiled at Zhong Ling... In the firelight, Duan Yu saw a few glistening tears still hanging on her cheeks, but her eyes were full of smiles. He was captivated by her beauty.

While Wang Kai was immersed in the beauty of the perfect young woman's appearance, it was impossible for him not to have wild thoughts.

Just then, Zhang Lan, who was on the tree trunk, suddenly flipped over, grabbed the trunk with both hands, and prepared to jump down. But when she looked at the ground, she realized that it was still a meter or two high, and jumping down barefoot might hurt her. So she called out.

"Hey, stand still..."

"What's wrong... Waaah!"

Before Wang Kai could react, a dark shadow had already enveloped him from above. Then he felt a petite body, exuding the scent of fragrant sweat, "hanging" on him. When he came to his senses, the girl's face was less than ten centimeters away from him...

When Zhang Lan landed, she grabbed Wang Kai's shoulders with both hands and had to press her whole body against him to absorb the force of the fall. Once everything was stable, she looked up and saw the strange expression on his face. She couldn't help but frown and shout.

"Hey, at least bend down a little when you catch me, okay? If I don't control the angle well and end up kicking your disgusting face and giving you plastic surgery, you'll have to pay me for the surgery..."

"What?! A beautiful girl kicks you in the face with her bare feet? Is this some kind of thrilling game right off the bat...?"

As the warm breath from the girl's mouth brushed against his face, Wang Kai could only bend over in a daze. Zhang Lan immediately let go of his hands and ran to the side after her feet touched the ground. Watching her back, Wang Kai felt a mix of emotions.

"My god, how many times has this happened? Why do they have to give Zhang Lan such a game skin that's so offensive to my ego? It makes a straight guy like me, single for almost thirty years, start having all sorts of wild thoughts. If this keeps up, and I don't keep my distance..."

While he was lost in thought, he didn't notice that Zhang Lan, who was quickly putting on her robe, also had a slight blush appear on her face...

"Alright, the wisp of smoke I saw earlier is in that direction, less than a kilometer away. Let's hurry, hopefully we can catch up and have a hot meal..."

After getting dressed, Zhang Lan didn't even glance at Wang Kai. She pointed her staff in a direction towards the forest and quickened her pace, heading deeper into the woods. Wang Kai took a few deep breaths to calm himself down before immediately following her.

"Wait for me! Don't walk so fast!"

……

Half an hour later, when only half the sun was hanging on the ridgeline, the dense forest around them gradually thinned out, and Wang Kai looked up and saw a few wisps of smoke in the sky through the gaps in the tree branches.

The thought of finally seeing NPCs other than my best friend made me a little excited. After all, when players first start playing the game and are completely clueless about where to begin, they usually gather a lot of information and gameplay tips after entering the first village, which gives them a specific direction for the game.

So Wang Kai quickened his pace, and as he was about to catch up with Zhang Lan, he said...

"Yes, I saw smoke too, it's in this direction..."

Zhang Lan looked up and a look of surprise flashed across her face. She immediately stopped in her tracks.

"This cigarette isn't right, wait... ouch!"

Faced with this sudden order, Wang Kai didn't have time to stop. Due to his height, his breastplate collided squarely with the back of Zhang Lan's head, who had suddenly stopped in front of him.

Upon seeing this, Wang Kai gasped, immediately bracing himself for a barrage of insults. But Zhang Lan seemed to have forgotten the pain, merely rubbing the back of her head before looking up again at the plumes of smoke in the sky, her eyes sharpening...

"This...this isn't the smoke from burning firewood, this looks like...oh no, hurry and catch up..."

After saying that, Zhang Lan dashed forward. Wang Kai hesitated for a moment but had to speed up to keep up. On the way, he looked up at the smoke again...

Indeed, although it looked like blue smoke, the column of smoke was too black and too thick, and was fundamentally different from the blue smoke that came out of the chimney when cooking in a rural house.

Strictly speaking, it's somewhat like the beacon fires used by various watchtowers on the ancient Great Wall to transmit information about enemy invasions!

Soon, the two ran out of the edge of the forest. Zhang Lan stopped and stared wide-eyed ahead, and Wang Kai, who was following behind, copied her expression.

Before me lay a patch of scorched earth, and on it, a few structures, still discernible as houses from the ruins, stood forlornly. Flames, not yet extinguished, licked at the ground, and thick smoke billowed out with the sounds of burning, gathering into plumes of black smoke that drifted into the air…

"What's the use of just standing around? Go save them!"

"Hey, wait a minute, the fire's still burning, the smoke's poisonous... Ugh!"

In a moment of impulsiveness, Wang Kai rushed forward without thinking of anything else. Zhang Lan called after him, but couldn't stop him. She sighed, looked at herself, gritted her teeth, tore two strips of cloth from the edge of her robe, took out a water bottle, poured water to soak the strips, then poured the remaining water over her head. She then wrapped the strips around her mouth and nose and followed him...

"Is anyone there? Is anyone still alive? Cough cough..."

The village wasn't very big. Wang Kai ran to what seemed to be the center of the village, stood on the scorched earth and shouted a few times, but received no response.

He looked around anxiously again and saw someone lying on the ground not far away. Without thinking, he ran over and turned the person over. His pupils dilated instantly. He managed to steady his weak legs, but he couldn't control the liquid gushing from his throat and turned his head to vomit...

The body, its front completely charred black, was unrecognizable as male or female. Only its stiff, curled posture hinted at the immense suffering it had endured before death.