this is my ark journey

Ren squeezed his thigh lightly. Before that, he thought that the Terra continent was also some kind of magical medieval.

"Ren, don't be like this." Skadi felt a little ashamed, just like a wild man entering the city.

"Sorry, I'm a little too excited." Ren took a few deep breaths of the air full of civilization. If only the ghost place of the Black Soul was like this, I would be able to catch fish in the fire-passing sacrificial field until I was old and dead!

Ghost Shark was silent, the civilization of Long Beach Town was not even comparable to Agor, and she was more concerned about Ryan's emotional changes.

'He should know these things, why is he so excited? '

Ghost Shark couldn't figure it out, and glared at a few people on land who were quietly staring at him, then turned his head and shouted, "Skadi, aren't you going to find someone you know?"

"Yes, let's go find Old Jose right now. He should be in the tavern at this time." The foolish killer whale finally remembered the purpose of Long Beach Town, dragged Renn along, and accepted the latter's constant bombardment of questions by the way.

"What race is the one with the colorful hair on the top of the head? The horns on the top of the girl's head are like argali! Tsk, why does Addacles have a tail? The female has a face, and the male has an ugly crocodile on it. Head, when will we men stand up..."

Skadi was still answering seriously at first, but later he was questioned and doubted his life. If he hadn't arrived at the tavern, he would have knocked out the chattering question machine behind him with a sword.

"I just landed not long ago, you can ask old Jose yourself."

Seeing that the killer whale was finally angry, Ren didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, and pushed open the door in front of him, and an unpleasant smell of alcohol, tobacco, and sweat mixed into his nostrils.

The light in the bar was dim, and there were vulgar men sitting at the long tables, most of them were muscular, and they were full of cousins. On the tables were either crossbows or knives, all of them were people who were not afraid of anything.

Drinking, playing cards, and sleeping with women, men in the wilderness don't have to think about tomorrow. It is uncertain when the entire town of Long Beach will be sent to heaven by natural disasters. If you don't spend your money quickly, you will lose your chance.

When the door was opened, many wilderness men who were disturbed looked at the door viciously, and were about to teach the gray-haired boy, and then they saw Skadi entering with a sword.

slam-la-

There was the sound of neat tables and chairs sliding in the bar, and the men paid and left in one go.

"What a psychological shadow you have caused them." Looking at the brothers who buried their heads out, Ren was unable to complain.

Staying next to the deep-sea hunter not only can't grab the head, but also can't pretend to be aggressive.

"I didn't do anything." Skadi still looked innocent, pointing to the corner of the bar, "That's old Jose, eh, shark, won't you come in with us?"

"It stinks inside, I'll go to the town for a stroll, and I'll come back to you later." Ghost Shark looked disgusted.

"If someone bothers you, remember not to tear down the town."

"Hey, do you think everyone is as brainless as you??"

Seeing the ghost shark leaving angrily, Skadi was puzzled. She shook her head and led Ren into the tavern.

There were two people sitting in that corner, one with an old face, dangling with a wine glass, the other with dog ears, about sixteen or seventeen years old, looking at Skadi with admiring eyes.

"If you come a few more times, Barriel will probably go bankrupt." Old Jose put down his glass, obviously getting used to Skadi's style.

"I did not do anything."

"It's enough for you to appear here, I can feel the mayor's pain, forget it, let's not talk about it." Old Jose didn't want to waste his saliva, raised his glass to Rennes, "Another follower who is not afraid of death your people?"

"No, Ryan and Shark are my companions." Skadi said in a cold tone when talking to the others.

After the words fell, Ren, who had been observing silently, found that the old Jose's expression was frozen, and an emotion called tension appeared on his face.

"He, they and you are the same kind of people?"

"Rain is not, sharks and I are of the same race."

The first half of the old Jose let out a long sigh of relief, and the second half of the sentence made the eyes of the vicissitudes of life widen, and he put the wine glass on the table.

"Juan, hurry up and find a room for that lady to live in! Then contact the bastards in the town, and if they want to die, get out of here if you see a nun!!"

It's a mobile disaster.

Ren quietly complained that he understood the power of the words "Deep Sea Hunter". Ordinary people are like a glass that can be broken when squeezed, let alone the two problem children, Ghost Shark and Skadi.

One is intermittent mental illness, and the other is Tie Hanhan who hacked to death.

The dog boy scrambled away, and the bar owner also sneaked back to the back room, as if to tidy up.

Old Jose rubbed his temples, and asked with some headache: "So what do you want from me?"

"I want to consult you with some questions. Of course, I will pay according to the rules." Skadi said, and put the stack of Colombian gold coins he found on the table, but before she could push it, the back of her hand was held down .

"Let me ask." Ren has already accepted this silly killer whale, no wonder he is waiting for someone to send supplies, and no one else has asked for a price yet.

Skadi froze for a moment, nodded and sat next to him, only to hear what Ryan said again.

"Go find the ghost shark, I'll meet you later."

"Can't I listen?"

"There are a lot of questions, and I'm afraid you'll be bored staying here." Ren made a random excuse, and the girl thought about it, so she got up and walked out the door.

"Then I'll go back and wait for you."

After waiting for Skadi's back to disappear at the door, Ren turned around and looked at the old Jose who had been interrupted.

"If you're so deceitful, aren't you afraid that she will react and hack you to death?"

Although Skadi is naive, she is strong.

"She won't care about this." The intelligence agent took a deep look at the man in front of him, and said with a sarcasm: "It seems that you are very interested in her?"

Hearing an obvious mockery of a womanizer, Ren also smiled, took the wine glass and saluted from a distance.

"It's a man who is interested in her!"

Chapter 18 is signed - Doctor!

In the bar filled with unpleasant smells, Ren quietly looked at old Jose, the first man he talked to after ten days of coming, no, a normal Terran.

It looks like old fritters.

In the wilderness, one must either be strong or smart, and the old man is obviously the latter, which is undoubtedly reassuring.

"Ha, which man is interested in Skadi? You are very direct and courageous." Old Jose filled himself with wine, and said with a smile: "I will give you a free advice, if you want to survive Better stay away from her."

"Why?" Unlike when he got along with Skadi, Ren said very little and was very cautious.

"I've never seen her care so much about a person. If you die, she will be very sad, and sad will do a lot of irrational things. I, no, the whole wilderness will be affected." Old He Cy is sensible and selfish.

However, Ren shook his head at such a serious suggestion, and replied firmly: "I will not alienate my companions."

"The beast of burden and Aslan will never be companions, anyway, it's up to you whether you want to listen or not." Old Jose didn't persuade much, and obviously had a clear stand. He picked up the wine glass and turned it in his hand, and his eyes moved to Ren's hand, which was thick. Stacked gold coupons: "What do you want to ask?"

In business talk business, Ren was too lazy to talk nonsense, and directly counted five gold coupons and slid them over: "First, I want to know the basic information of this land, including mountains and rivers geography, human language, and world map, country composition, race Classification, this should be very basic information."

Old Jose was stunned, and blurted out, "Didn't you come from the same place as Skadi?"

Why is there another weirdo who doesn't understand common sense?

"No."

"Then you should find a school to study. Why do you need to ask me such a stupid thing?" Old Jose looked a little speechless. He is the largest intelligence provider in the Triangle Wasteland, and he usually accepts business from a certain Colombian caravan route and defense force. Class of high-value information.

Ren ignored his offer and continued to slide the gold coupon in front of the other party, smiling slightly: "First of all, you know more. Second, you know what to say and what not to say."

His eyes mean a lot, and a wise man needs no reminder.As a person who jumped out of the stone, Long Beach Town was the initial point of integration into Terra, and he could not leave too many traces.

It's hot money, but I can't get out of this bar without it.

Old Jose remained motionless, sitting on the bench like a statue, only staring at him with his deep sunken eyes.

"Skadi is such a loser, well, I have never seen a bastard who lacks common sense, let alone be a junior high school teacher for him."

As he spoke, he took out a book from his pocket and slapped it on the table. The outer shell was gone, and it was just the title page and catalog.

"The textbook I used when I was still studying in Sargon, and the notes I made later, you will understand after reading this book."

Ren took the book, and saw the Iberian version in brackets on the title page, turned a few more pages, and instantly pressed the old Jose's hand holding the money.

"Hey, you're breaking the rules." The old man's voice cooled down. Rules outweigh power to him, no matter how powerful or mysterious the customer is.

Ren didn't care about him, and directly took out two cards and raised them in his hand: "Mass-produced copies are not worth that much."

The informant was dumbfounded. He thought that the one who could follow Skadi was a smart fool. He was the most philistine peddler in the market.

"You really know how to do business."

"Thank you."

I can let the thieves in the undead settlement buy one get one free, do you think I'm as upright as Skadi?

The man nicknamed Losric Iron Rooster dismissed it, and continued: "The second question, I want to know the details of the ore disease and how to treat it."

This man must have lacked common sense!

Old Jose rolled his eyes, and his tone became mocking: "If I know how to cure ore disease, why do I need to talk nonsense with you in this shabby tavern?"

"Ore disease is troublesome?" Ren didn't get angry, a smoldering flame appeared in his eyes, and he saw the fire of the old Jose's soul that was mostly blackened.

This is an infected person, and very sick.

"There is no one of the most troublesome things on this continent! After being infected, you will die, and then become a new source of infection. For details, you can see Chapter 8, I am too lazy to waste my mouth." Old Jose took a sip of his wine and was almost caught The idiot died instantly.

Ren nodded, and immediately glanced at Chapter 8. There were not many words, and he immediately had a concept.

Natural disasters bring origin stones, origin stones bring civilization, and civilizations bring pain. Everyone in Terra has an origin stone breath in his body, and even deep-sea hunters cannot escape. When the concentration of origin stone breath reaches a certain level, it will become 'Disease', a person suffering from Originium Disease is called an infected person.

Infected people are hopeless. Except for the positive bonus of improving Originium skills, the rest are all debuffs. Depending on the lesion, it includes but not limited to limb restriction, internal organ damage, and mental disorder. Whether it is an acute attack or a chronic deterioration, the final result It can only turn itself into origin stone dust and dissipate in the world.

'It is an infectious terminal disease, the number of patients is incalculable, and the proportion is increasing every year. Ren was lost in thought. He had met many infected people along the way and heard how they were discriminated against.

"The countries on the mainland haven't figured out a solution?"

"Of course, Columbia's pharmaceutical company, Victoria's aristocratic lord, and many neutral research institutes are all trying to find a way. Although it can't cure it now, it can relieve the pain." Old Jose took another sip of his wine, his tone becoming sarcasm stand up:

"But it's useless. The ore disease comes from the origin stone. Unless everyone changes to a different energy source, the infected will never be eliminated. So what if a special medicine is developed? How can the guy who can't afford food get the money to buy the medicine?"

It's not just a matter of treatment...

Ren shook his head. From his observations these days, the places with the higher concentration of source stones have more infected people. If you continue to use source stones, one day this world will become a place where there are no protective clothing and air purification devices, and people dare not even open the door. out of the wasteland.

Terra is darker than he imagined, but fortunately, he has not reached the end of the black soul, and it is not his turn to be worried by an outsider.

"Which of these forces have produced results?"

You wouldn't bring those two women to the door to snatch it, would you?

Old Jose's mouth twitched, and he gestured to count the money, and then he saw Ren push the money over.

"Columbia's beach umbrella company seems to have made a breakthrough, and a company called Rhine Technology is also researching this, but I heard that their research breakthroughs all come from a person's thesis a few years ago, and the guy who wrote the thesis must know the Originium best. sickness."

"Who wrote the paper? Where is he?" Ren's eyes widened, looking fierce as if he was about to kidnap someone.

"I remember that his signature is—" Old Jose looked up at the TV screen in the center of the bar, and thought for a long time before he got an answer.

"PhD."

Chapter 19 How do I feel about you at GHS?

"That is to say, we are going to find the doctor?"

In the evening, when the lights came on, Ren and Skadi enjoyed the night breeze in the courtyard of the adobe house.

The girl took off her boots, and her white feet were swinging back and forth. Ren, who was sitting on a box, was holding a book and studying intently, but those swinging thighs were always distracting.

"Doctor should be just a code name. Old Jose has never heard of his real name." Ren simply put down the book, his eyes slightly confused, "I always feel that this name is very familiar."

"You know him?"

"How could we know each other?" Ren shook his head, then looked at Skadi intently, "Did you fight the ghost shark today?"

"The shark went crazy again. A mercenary who didn't know how to live or die provoked her. I did it to prevent the town from being demolished." Skadi found enough reasons, with a worried expression on his face, "But if this continues No, we have to find a cure for ore disease as soon as possible."

"It's not that simple. Old Jose doesn't know where the 'doctor' is, so he only gave two guesses." Ren took out the map of the Terra continent and pointed to the northwest.

"By common sense, if he wants to solve ore disease, Colombia has the best labs and policies."

"Then we're going to Columbia tomorrow!"

"Listen to me first." Ren's finger moved eastward, and clicked another place, "But there is information that Kazdel has a person code-named 'Doctor' participating in the Sarkaz Civil War."

Sarkaz?

Skadi raised her eyebrows. She had encountered Sarkaz mercenaries, and they were much better than ordinary people.

"Then we go to Kazdel first?"

"No need, it's a waste of time." Ren learned a lot today, and estimated that the area of ​​Terra is equivalent to the Eurasian continent, and it may not be possible to find the target in a few years.