Chen Shouyi had already stood up: "Take your time, what happened?"
Influenced by Chen Shouyi's calmness, the anxiety in the female martial artist's heart slightly retreated. She swallowed and quickly said: "We discovered a Barbarian Tribe; we originally intended to approach for reconnaissance but accidentally alarmed the barbarians... They sent me back to inform you, please hurry and save them."
The martial artist's physical constitution is comparable to the most ordinary barbarian. Although their explosive power is stronger in the short term, their endurance is limited; they cannot undertake long-distance raids. Once discovered, it becomes very difficult to escape.
"How large is the tribe?" Chen Shouyi asked.
"I didn't see clearly! But it's very large, I estimate the population to be in the thousands!" Facing a martial artist, she dared not hide anything and truthfully replied.
His heart skipped a beat; this tribe is not small, much larger than any he has encountered before.
Although he had long suspected that there should be a Barbarian Tribe nearby, he didn't expect it to be this large.
"Did you see any Totem Beasts?" Chen Shouyi inquired urgently, as typically Barbarian Tribes choose to foster powerful creatures in exchange for the tribe's safety.
"I didn't see any!" the female martial artist said, her face anxious.
Chen Shouyi furrowed his brow at her words; not seeing anything is more dangerous than seeing something. The latter might simply be powerful divine creatures, like the mountain-like giant he encountered last time retrieving the nuclear bomb. With his current strength, using transformation, he could barely handle it, at worst, escape; but the former could very likely be the earthly domain of a Barbarian God.
Perhaps sensing Chen Shouyi's hesitation.
The female martial artist bit her lip, her face flushed with shame: "Chief Advisor, as long as you agree, I'm willing to do whatever you want!"
Whatever I want?
Chen Shouyi couldn't help but glance at her upon hearing this, feeling a sudden warmth in his heart. Her face was fair and delicate, clothes tattered, with beauty partly revealed, especially around the pants, almost torn to scraps, exuding a strong allure.
But he decided against it.
Does he want to take responsibility?
What if he gets entangled with this older female youth?
He is the most afraid of trouble.
If it's purely for desire, he might as well go into the Memory Space—simple, effortless, and leaves no trace or aftereffects, it won't even make you aware.
The sole issue is that it consumes valuable energy points.
Ah, if only it didn't consume energy, he could do whatever he wishes, anything he desires!
He quickly pulled back his drifting thoughts and steadied his mind, saying earnestly: "I am not that kind of person!"
Then continued to ask:
"How far is it from here?"
"I don't know, I ran for over ten minutes!" the female martial artist responded hurriedly, not knowing whether she felt disappointed or relieved.
Chen Shouyi thought to himself, estimating it to be just a few kilometers away.
"Wait for me a moment."
With that, he quickly headed toward the cave.
Being so close, regardless of whether to rescue or not, he must go and have a look. If it truly is the earthly domain of a True God, this place must never be visited again.
Upon entering the cave, he took out the Shell Lady hidden in his chest.
After explaining briefly that he was going out for a while, he stepped out of the cave, then sealed the entrance with large rocks.
He walked a few steps and glanced back, in the dark crevice, a pair of tiny eyes were staring at him intently.
Feeling both amused and heartbroken, he resolutely turned away.
Next, he took out arrows from the backpack, wore three quivers on his back, picked up the War Bow and sword, and after readying himself, he approached the female martial artist:
"Lead the way!"
"Okay!" Though puzzled by Chen Shouyi's actions, the female martial artist did not dare ask more questions, responding with a sentence before promptly running ahead.
After only a few steps, Chen Shouyi frowned slightly; the speed was really too slow, not much faster than a normal person running, it was unbearable.
"Hold my hand, you point the direction." He took a step forward and said.
The female martial artist had just grabbed his hand when she was suddenly pulled with immense force, causing her feet to leave the ground and fly upwards.
The scenery rushed by with a whistling wind, numerous tree branches whipped at her body like lashes, carving bloodstains; she could only barely shield her face with her hand and endure the rest with gritted teeth.
Soon, he seemed to realize the problem and began intentionally avoiding low-hanging branches and roadside thorny bushes.
However, this did little to ease her discomfort; with each leap he would rise four or five meters high, and eight or nine meters far, the roller-coaster-like jolts made her stomach churn, almost throwing up yesterday's meal, her arm nearly pulling out of its socket.
"Point the direction!" Chen Shouyi commanded; the place was full of animal tracks and could easily be confused if not careful.
"Oh, oh!" The female martial artist came to her senses, forcibly suppressing the nausea in her stomach, identifying a direction ahead and then quickly saying: "This is the path, we marked the trees here."
"Is it the cross-arrow marker?" Chen Shouyi confirmed, having seen it.
"Yes!"
Confident they wouldn't get lost, Chen Shouyi increased his speed once more.
To him, in the threefold-gravity alien world, he moves faster than on Earth.
With agility equivalent to twenty times a normal human, if he chooses, he can even take forty or fifty steps every second.
But in reality, that's impossible. Even on flat Earth terrain, even if each step is taken with a low center of gravity and minimal foot height, at most, he can barely make ten steps a second.
This is the limit.
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