Chapter 1: The Mist in the Courtyard

Red brick walls, green tile houses;

Bamboo fences and wooden door beams.

In a courtyard full of age, a shirtless man was busy sweating.

"Huh... my hands are unfamiliar."

Xiao Jian wiped the sweat off his face and suddenly felt something was wrong around him.

He was so busy weeding and turning the soil that when he looked up, the courtyard was already covered by thick white fog.

"Fog?" Xiao Jian was stunned and took out his phone to check the weather forecast, but he couldn't find it after trying several times.

Then he noticed - why was the network disconnected?

Not only did China Unicom and China Mobile lose signal, but even the wifi connection was disconnected!

What was going on?

Xiao Jian threw down the shovel and reached out to open the back door of the old house - the router was inside the old house, less than 5 meters away from him.

But he couldn't touch the back door handle at all!

Whenever he reached out, he would be repelled by a repulsive force...

When Xiao Jian looked at the door handle carefully, he found that the whole old house was covered by a layer of mist, and this strange mist could repel anything that approached it!

Unwilling to give up, Xiao Jian tried other directions again, but the courtyard wall, fence, wooden door in the backyard...

All the places covered by the mist were covered with that kind of repulsive force that did not know why.

In other words, he was trapped in the backyard!

Trapped in this small open-air courtyard that was not even as big as a basketball court!

"..."

Xiao Jian took a deep breath, picked up the shovel, swung it in a circle and chopped at the door lock of the old house!

"Bang!!"

Xiao Jian only felt a huge force coming from the shovel handle, and he couldn't hold it for a while, and the shovel flew out of his hand!

"Dang--"

The shovel flew several meters away, the tip of the shovel hit the stone and bounced, and then rushed forward half a meter before stopping.

Xiao Jian shook his numb hands, picked up the shovel and took a look.

There were only white spots on the shovel blade after it collided with the stone, but no traces were found on other parts.

In other words... the shovel was bounced out without even touching the back door.

Then Xiao Jian tried the fence and the wooden door in the backyard.

Sure enough, just like the back door of the old house, the shovel was bounced away by the fog wall without even touching the real object.

"Huh..."

Xiao Jian stopped panting, feeling that his throat was dry and about to smoke.

It would be great if he could have a bottle of otaku happy water at this time...

However, there was nothing in the small courtyard.

There was iced cola, but it was in the refrigerator of the old house.

The sun was very hot.

Xiao Jian squinted his eyes and looked up...

In this strange fog wall, there was only a narrow rectangle in the sky.

Looking up like this, it was like a toad sitting in a well and looking at the sky.

However, in this small sky, the sun was still hanging in the center, emitting its endless heat.

If this continued, let alone eating, drinking, defecating and urinating, if there was no way to get out of the predicament as soon as possible, the sun alone would burn people to death.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Xiao Jian made countless attempts, but the fog wall remained motionless.

Just as Xiao Jian was lying on the ground recovering his strength, he suddenly heard a strange sound.

After the fog wall descended, this was the first time he heard a sound other than his own.

The sound was very fragmented and weak, but it sounded like a human voice...

Xiao Jian got up and listened carefully with his ears erect.

"Uh... uh..."

"Hehe..."

The faint sound came from the direction of the wooden door of the yard.

Xiao Jian moved closer, his eyes almost pressed against the fog wall, and he looked out through the gap in the wooden door...

The fog inside the fog wall was so dense that nothing could be seen clearly a few meters away.

However, Xiao Jian vaguely saw several figures of different shades, and bursts of voices came, but he couldn't hear what they were saying.

Xiao Jian pricked up his ears...

"Uh...uh uh..."

The low throat sound was closer, but Xiao Jian still couldn't hear what was said on the other side.

Looking through the wooden door, the figures seemed to be drunk, staggering slowly towards him...

Suddenly!

One of the figures pounced over! Then he hit the wooden door head-on! ! !

On a rotten face, eyes full of black bloodshot, staring at Xiao Jian through the wooden door! !

"Fuck!!"

Xiao Jian was startled, stepped back a few steps, picked up the shovel and aimed at the figure in the thick fog...

"Bang bang bang..."

The figure began to slap the wooden door fiercely.

As the first figure began to attack, the other figures also pounced on him!

It was only then that Xiao Jian could see clearly what was in the fog wall... It was not a human at all! Instead, it was three zombies with rotten bodies and protruding fangs!!

No wonder their voices were so wrong!!

"Bang, bang, bang..."

Under the attack of three zombies, the wooden door, which was not very strong to begin with, was shaky and wood chips were flying everywhere. It looked like it was about to collapse...

"Huh... Don't panic..."

"Anyway, the wooden door is wrapped in the fog wall, I can't touch it even if I want to..."

"It may not be a bad thing if they break it..."

"It's just a few zombies. It's 4202. Who hasn't killed zombies?"

Xiao Jian kept preparing himself mentally, aiming the shovel in his hand at the most ferocious zombie.

"Hehehe!"

"Bang! Crash..."

Finally, under the relentless attack of the zombies, the wooden door disintegrated.

Then they passed through the repulsive field of the fog wall without any obstacles and rushed towards Xiao Jian!

Damn, that repulsive field was actually one-way!

Xiao Jian gave up all his fantasies, swung the shovel and chopped at the most ferocious zombie! !

"Hah!!"

Xiao Jian roared, and chopped with all his strength, bursting out the strongest sword technique of his life!

The zombie also stretched out his arms and straightened his body, and slapped the shovel with his claws!

"Crack!"

"Bang!!"

The shovel handle broke into several pieces like a biscuit, and Xiao Jian flew out like a rag doll, rolled several times, and hit the fog wall in the direction of the old house.

Is this a zombie?

Are zombies so strong?

Xiao Jian felt dizzy, and when he came to his senses, he was already "floating" in the air.

Under his "feet" was the backyard of the old house that trapped him.

The three zombies were standing on the far right of the field of vision, which was the position of the wooden door in the backyard.

At the same time, Xiao Jian could also see their attributes:

╭───Monster Card───╮

Brainless zombie

Attack 2|Defense 0|HP 5

Mobility 3

Features:

[Disabled] Movement reduced by half

[Infected] Saliva carries zombie virus

╰─────────╯

And on the far left of the field of vision, near the back door of the old house, a shirtless man was lying on the ground unconsciously - there was no doubt that this was Xiao Jian's body.

There was a shaped icon in the upper left corner of the field of vision, and the number 112 was marked behind the icon.

And in the center of the entire field of vision, a card and a note were floating.

There is a pea shooter on the card:

╭───Servant card───╮

Pea shooter

Attack 1|Defense 0|HP 10

Placement: 100

Features:

[Plant] Cannot move

[Shooter] Attack distance +30

╰─────────╯

When Xiao Jian's attention turned to the note, the note slowly unfolded, with three simple words written on it:

Live!

As these three words were displayed, it seemed as if countless knowledge was instilled into his mind.

The next second, Xiao Jian immediately used the knowledge he had just obtained to inject all, that is, the sunlight value, into the card.

As the number behind it popped up a "-100" and turned into 12, the backyard in the field of vision turned into a 12X30 rectangular chessboard.

Xiao Jian immediately put down the pea shooter where he was unconscious.

A green pea shooter with a trumpet-like mouth came out of the "grid" that Xiao Jian chose to place.

Xiao Jian immediately controlled the pea shooter and determined its attack target - the most ferocious zombie!

"Puff!"

The pea shooter attacked!

Xiao Jian didn't even see what happened. A ball of blood burst out from the head of the most ferocious zombie, and he staggered and almost fell to the ground.

A bright red number burst out on the zombie's head.

-

2!

Critical hit!

"Hehe, uh..."

After the pea shooter's attack ended, the zombies shouted and began to move forward...

Except for the most ferocious zombie that was attacked, the other two moved forward one or two grids.

At this time, the three zombies were only 27 grids away from Xiao Jian's body that was limp on the ground.

Xiao Jian chose to let the pea shooter continue to attack the most ferocious zombie.

"Poof!"

-

1

The red damage value popped up, and the three zombies all moved forward two squares.

At this time, the two zombies in front were only 25 squares away from Xiao Jian's body, and the zombie with low health had skipped a round due to a critical hit, so it was still 26 squares away from Xiao Jian.

The total health of the zombies was 12 points!

Two of them were full of health with 5 points, and one was low on health with 2 points.

Xiao Jian silently calculated in his mind and finally felt relieved.

Even if there was no critical hit next, the pea shooter could still steadily get rid of these three zombies.

Sure enough, there were no accidents in the remaining battles.

When the last zombie fell 3 squares away from Xiao Jian's body, it seemed as if the high-altitude perspective overlooking the chessboard suddenly collapsed...

After a dizzy spell, Xiao Jian finally "returned to his soul" and returned to his body.

"Huh..."

Xiao Jian, who woke up from his coma, took a deep breath and then exhaled a long breath.

The experience just now was the most thrilling moment since he was born.

"Hiss..."

Xiao Jian, who had just relaxed, felt pain all over his body...

The fall, the scratches, and the last collision made a small "horn" grow on his head.

Xiao Jian took the phone and took a picture...

Tsk tsk, the unicorn king is.

That's not just a bump, it's a capital letter of misery.

Xiao Jian, who was grinning in pain, simply turned off his phone and stopped looking, and then came to the place where the three zombies fell.

When the zombies died, their bodies had already turned into mist and disappeared, leaving only three disembodied "gift boxes" floating in the air.

Xiao Jian walked to a "gift box" and poked it gently with his finger. The gift box made a "pop" sound. In the colorful fireworks special effects, the disembodied gift box burst like a soap bubble, and then a card fell into Xiao Jian's hand.

This card has a crate drawn on it, and simple words are printed below:

╭───Resource card───╮

Crate picture

Use: Get specified resources

╰─────────╯

This thing is very convenient. As long as you think about "using", it will pop up an all-encompassing list.

For example, if you want to change metals, "click" the metal option, and then there will be a more detailed secondary list of gold, silver, copper, iron, etc.

After selecting the secondary list of iron, there are various specifications, shapes, and other different options below.

Or you can choose food, such as pasta, meat, etc., and even ready-made dishes such as Beijing roast duck, Buddha jumps over the wall, and Wensi tofu.

But the more specific the requirements are, the less resources you will get in the end.

For example, water.

If you exchange water directly, you can get 1 ton (1000L) of pure water.

Although the amount of resources is large, there is no packaging, and you need to prepare a container that can hold 1 ton of water.

But if you exchange it for 18.9L bottled water, you can only get 10 barrels, which is about one-fifth of pure water.

And if you want to exchange it for smaller packages of water, the discount rate will be higher.

Almost every level of refinement will reduce the total amount of resources by four-fifths.

If the requirements are too detailed, such as Buddha jumps over the wall, or things with complex craftsmanship such as pistols, you will need to consume multiple resource cards to exchange.

The exchange ratio of basic materials is 1 cubic meter. Wood is a whole piece with a length, width and height of 1 meter, and the same applies to gold, silver, copper and iron.

If he could go back to the past, with this 1 cubic meter of gold, Xiao Jian could get out of poverty and become rich.

Unfortunately, in this small space within the fog wall, 1 cubic meter of gold is not as cost-effective as 1 cubic meter of water.

But it is worth noting that the discount when exchanging food will reach 90%.

Even if the most basic rice and flour are exchanged, one resource card can only get about 75 kilograms.

But no matter how much the discount is, with these resource cards, at least Xiao Jian has food and drink.

Otherwise, if he is trapped in this small world, he will be roasted to death sooner or later even if he does not starve to death.

After understanding the principle, Xiao Jian immediately exchanged for 10 bottled water, then opened the package and lifted it up to drink directly.

It is a bit absurd to drink from a large plastic bucket of nearly 20 kilograms...

But there is no way, the condition is this condition.

After filling up the water, Xiao Jian opened the other two gift boxes and got a resource card and a [Sunflower] respectively.