Is the person you sculpt as cute as me?

"Hmm! Treasure map! Treasure map!"

"Brother...you, a three-year-old?"

Yu Man shook his head happily and uncovered the magic seal, and the scroll unfolded and spread out.

Although this type of PVE content is a treasure map, in the final analysis, it does not tell you the location and then solve the problem by digging out a treasure chest. In fact, it is all puzzle content.

In traditional games, Yu Man extremely hates all puzzle and mechanism games.

To the extent that, whenever there are traps or puzzles in the game, she will immediately curse.

But in this completely holographic, otherworldly game, this kind of light content is quite entertaining.

As for the third-level treasure map, it is unknown how easy it will be to solve the puzzle.

Yu Man and Xiaolu leaned over to look, parting the falling snow as words floated faintly on the scroll—

"Ants will drown in the water droplets."

'Countless magicians have reached the sky, or touched the clear sky on winged beasts.

However, no one knows the depth of the ocean.

But everyone knows that people will use suicide to measure the depth of water and hide the answer forever.

"...What the hell?" Yu Man couldn't help it.

Is this what a level 3 beginner's gadget feels like?!

That's not right... Based on what I've learned about episode one, it should feel like this—

"At the end of the sunflower field, there's only one that's not facing the sun. What nourishes it?"

"Someone built thirty-four snowmen in the snowy mountains and gave them teeth... Only one snowman had an extra tooth... What's in its mouth?"

It should be something like this, something that can be used to educate and entertain kindergarten children...

When they finished reading this part, the words continued to emerge——

"They traveled around the world and now have arrived in the ice of Himlabakken, but they have nothing to do with the cold.

They are extremely naughty, but also extremely timid.

They who hold the answers after drowning are just ants compared to the world.

The possible rewards for this treasure hunt are: scrap, an interesting mirror, a way to say goodbye to them, fragments of other world trees...

At this point, all the information of this third-level treasure map has been written.

Its words lay there quietly, and could be read again at will... but there was no more information in them.

Yu Man was silent, but her travel companion was quite excited. Bubbles were popping up wildly above her head, filled with the words she had typed.

"Eel, eel, how do you decipher this? Teach me, teach me."

"...Good question." I don't know either! Oh, that's not the way to say it.

In Xiaolu's eyes, he was an old hand who seemed to know everything, and the official website he mentioned seemed to have all kinds of strategies.

Unfortunately, there are many things she doesn’t understand… Well, I’ll just go ahead and do it.

Yu Man nodded calmly, pretending to be confident, and pointed at the text: "Look, first of all, it must be in Shimla Bakken, and it also indicates that it has nothing to do with cold."

"Hmm, what's next?"

Yu Man said seriously, "You're a traveler, and you've drawn a detailed topographical map yourself, so you're qualified. How about trying to decipher it yourself? Otherwise, how will you travel the world in the future?"

"That makes sense...Okay."

Looking at Xiaolu's eager face, Yu Man breathed a sigh of relief.

Let her tinker with it for now, and as for what to do next... just take it one step at a time.

They found a rock to sit on, and Xiaolu repeatedly compared the treasure map with the topographic map, pondering the details. Yu Man put a wizard's hat on her head to prevent the light snow from interfering with her deciphering.

"This island is covered in ice and snow because of Miss World Tree's ice element, but there aren't many places that aren't affected by the cold. The main city is definitely not one of them... Combined with the recurring word 'drowning', I have an idea."

"Well, let me listen."

"It might be a frozen lake or pond or something, but the water down there that's not frozen is warmer than outside."

Yu Man folded his hands and said nothing.

But after a brief moment of deliberation, Yu Man relaxed his expression. "Traveler, use your eyes and feet to personally confirm whether the answer is correct, instead of asking me...how about that?"

"Okay! Then let's go investigate this small lake first."

Yu Man secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, this brother chose the traveler... otherwise she wouldn't be able to make up any lies.

……

Shimla Bakken, the main city.

A tired figure walked slowly along the road from the port to the Novice Shelter and then to the main city.

She was dressed like a novice, but if you looked closely, you could see many differences.

Unlike the novice players who were excited to experience the world, her eyes were equally tired, and she showed the same disgust towards the players' figures and the appearance of the world.

She walked slowly and finally arrived at the main city - although the light of the eternal lighthouse was still so dim.

At the door, she tore off a notice at the main city gate. It was for novice players and contained various information about the main city and a simple topographic map.

Her eyes finally became more serious, searching for what she wanted... but she didn't find it, strangely enough, she didn't find it.

"Guard." She called the NPC guarding the gate in a voice that seemed annoyed.

"What's wrong? New pioneer... You're a pioneer, right?"

"It doesn't matter - let me ask you, many years ago, you should have a commercial and residential area here that was caught up in the war because of the rebellion, right?"

The guard wanted to ask a question, but after blinking at the other party, he became stiff.

The guard's dull mouth slowly told her what she wanted.

"Yes... That musician offered an entire city as a price, hoping to summon something to manifest... but failed. Then, that price turned into evil magic, turning that area into ruins... We don't have the energy to build a new city or clean up the mess, so we can only hide it, not mention it, and not set foot in it."

"That's good—point out where this area is on the map."

"Here." The guard pointed.

But it's private land, all waiting to be developed and sold, and only one kitchen is in operation now.

Looking at this message, she was puzzled at first, and then suddenly shocked.

"...You mean... there are players - no, there are newly arrived pioneers... or rather, someone has solved the pollution for you?" She was extremely surprised and asked in a broken and incoherent manner.

The guard nodded. That was all he knew.

She put away her laziness, and there was a sharpness in her steps that seemed to be able to cut through the earth.

She reached the area by passing through the massive flow of players.

And the number of players here is enormous.

"—So you're saying that the NPCs in the shop have a value called 'capacity'."

"——Yes, the NPC's production capacity is insufficient, so they can't complete all the player orders. They are currently resting to restore production capacity."

"—Will we have to wait in line forever? It's not good for the game to be too realistic. Workers can't work forever and complete all tasks in one second. They even need to rest..."

"—But look, there's so much land here. If you have the money, you could turn all of it into shops. Once the players get interested, it should be balanced... And this shop is a first-level kitchen. I guess it's the same as the equipment materials, starting with ten."

Players are hotly discussing the new content here because it is closely related to their output. It is the players' instinct to understand the mechanism and find out the benefits.

And she - from the side, staring at the store with shock.

At this time, someone noticed her abnormality and said, "Brother, why are you so beautiful? Why is your name garbled?"

"..."

"Foreigner? Hi, bro, why is your name... Hey, how do you spell it with those garbled characters? Is it... @%*＆)?"

But she, whose ID is ▇▇▇, ignored the other party and just walked closer to the store.

The once enthusiastic chef now lay there like a parched lizard, exhausted, surrounded by numerous players pressing for orders. A large amount of first-tier ingredients had been transported here, waiting to be processed into food.

Either you eat it yourself or put it on the trading platform. This kind of thing that can add many attributes is obviously a necessity.

Since this store is the only one that can produce it, this situation will naturally occur.

▇▇▇Stretching out a finger, unbeknownst to others, he explored the magical power in the air—it was the enchanter's collection function, "Enchanted Nature".

But what she wanted to collect was not snow, not water, not air.

But those who exist here, who have arrived from the past and will go to the future——

time.

▇▇▇She collected some enchanting materials, Time Fragments—this was enough for her to get the answer.

Tired, she was only curious about who had cleaned up the pollution before her.

018·Big goods!

"Come to think of it, do we have to rely on these two feet wherever we go?"

On the way, the traveler suddenly thought of this question and typed it out on the keyboard.

Yu Man shook her head. "Once the relevant adventurer professional players develop an industry, various mounts will be used as a means of transportation."

"Oh—that's good, that's exactly how fantasy games should be... Is there anything that can fly?"

"There must be—I suppose."

"If we fight in an illegal area, will the mount be killed?" the deer asked again.

Yu Man didn't answer, only vaguely saying she didn't know. After all, using "it's on the official website" as an excuse every time might be a bit strange, and sometimes you just want to save some words.

But when operating in illegal areas, riding a mount generally means "avoiding combat."

At least that's the case in her first game. It's very difficult to catch players on mounts.

It is basically impossible to do this if you don't know the target information in advance, have enough people ambushed on the necessary route, and have all the personnel concealed so that they cannot be counterattacked.

The illegal area is an extremely lively place. As long as you stop and don't move, it basically means you are looking for someone to fight. Before you can squat on the target, you will easily be picked on by the team that comes to look for content.

Therefore, whether or not one is on a mount is the basic combat rule in the illegal zone, and can be used to determine whether the opponent is willing to accept the fight.

But no matter what, that will take some time.

Listening to the little deer's childish words like "I want to ride a bird and fly in the sky", they arrived at their destination unknowingly.

——Green Lake.

In Shimla Bakken, ice and snow never stop.

Green is the rarest color. Perhaps because of this, or perhaps because it was once lush and green, the indigenous people of this world called the largest freshwater lake on the island "Green Lake."

"It's really big..." The deer looked at the topographic map he had drawn.

The green lake before him was frozen solid as always. It was even larger than the main city and its surroundings.

To a traveler, this frozen lake must look a little different.

“…So many fishing spots!”

"Ice fishing."

"Well, I can see where to make a hole."

Yu Man nodded, the traveler's gathering skills were working smoothly.

But she suddenly grabbed the deer to prevent it from taking out its fishing rod and going off to do its job.

"We're here to complete the treasure map. If this place is related to it, there should be some special features... How about it? Are there any strange-looking fishing spots?"

Considering there's a traveler in the party, fishing treasure hunts are a possibility. If I get lucky and catch a rainbow chest... maybe I can even look forward to it...

But Xiaolu looked ashamed: "I look the same to everyone."

"Oh, then there's nothing wrong." Yu Man was not surprised.