Chapter 21 of 100

Chapter 21

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As the sun set and the twilight faded, although it was probably only around seven or eight o'clock, the pitch-black sky made the entire world dark, indicating that it was already night.

Liu Siyi sat at the edge of the wall nest, gazing at the still-shining stars in the sky. At this moment, he was wide awake.

He had only been in this world for two days. The initial confusion upon arriving here, the loneliness of being alone, the confidence gained from his first battle and level-up, the crisis brought by the appearance of the dwarf hero, the battles with the thunder eagles and dwarves, and finally taming the thunder eagle and recruiting the thunder birds, as well as the potential retaliation from the dwarf clan at any moment.

All these events happened too quickly, but Liu Siyi knew it was because his strength was not enough. Although the dwarves might come to seek revenge at any time, the good thing was that he was alone and now had a thunder eagle as his mount. If he couldn't fight, he could always run. So, he felt a strong sense of urgency, but there was no immediate threat to his life.

Could he just be a wandering hero from now on? Run when he couldn't fight, which might seem cool, but the bitterness of it was something only he knew.

No, he absolutely couldn't run!

Liu Siyi's gaze towards the sky gradually became firm. This was his first opponent in this world, and the first real war. If the opponent was too strong, running away would naturally be without guilt. But if he ran without even seeing the opponent, it would undoubtedly give himself a wrong psychological hint. In the future, if he encountered a slightly stronger opponent, he might not dare to face it.

Liu Siyi wanted only one thing: clarity of mind.

Since he had decided to fight, he needed a plan, not just rushing in recklessly. That wasn't fighting; that was courting death.

There were two ways to defeat the enemy: strategy and strength.

Liu Siyi was very self-aware. He didn't think he could match those geniuses who could manipulate enemies without them even realizing it. But he didn't underestimate himself either. With the advanced internet and twenty years of modern thinking, he could assess the situation and make correct judgments, ensuring that he wouldn't give the enemy too many opportunities.

Speaking of strength, that was the most fundamental. As the saying goes, "One force can overcome ten skills." No matter how strategic or wise you are, I can still overpower you with strength.

Unfortunately, even with the thunder eagle and thunder birds, Liu Siyi's strength was far from enough to face the entire dwarf clan. The dwarves wouldn't likely mobilize all their forces against him, and they might not even know he was their enemy.

But to be prepared for any eventuality, Liu Siyi had to think ahead.

First, he sent the thunder eagle to lead two thunder birds to search the northern region for the possible and likely existence of an orc clan castle. They were not to engage in battles with strong units. If they found the castle, the thunder eagle should use its speed advantage to scout the development scale of the orc castle and quickly report back to Liu Siyi.

If the orc clan was weak, he would attack and occupy the castle, making it his first base in this world. If the orc clan was strong, he would need to see how strong they were. Within his tolerance, he would use various methods to weaken them and then occupy the castle. If they were too strong, he might pretend to be an orc to lure the dwarves into attacking the orcs, benefiting from the conflict, or find another way.

As for Liu Siyi himself, he would ride a thunder bird and move west towards the dwarf clan, scouting their movements and making necessary preparations while leveling up to enhance his strength.

Why not ride the thunder eagle? There were two reasons. First, the thunder eagle had spent the entire night trying to control its lightning power but kept emitting random lightning, which Liu Siyi found disruptive. Second, and more importantly, the thunder eagle was an elite unit capable of completing tasks independently. In this world, ordinary units could not act alone; only elite units and above could use their intelligence flexibly.

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The next morning, Liu Siyi first went to the purple lightning crystal in the wall nest to recruit more thunder birds.

There were seven days in a week, and Liu Siyi didn't know what day it was. It could be the seventh day or the first day, or any other day. The reason he recruited thunder birds yesterday and was doing it again today was that if it was the first day, the wall nest would have three new recruitment slots according to the rules.

With a one-seventh chance, unfortunately, he didn't succeed. Reluctantly, he had to go and scout the dwarf clan's movements first. He would come back to recruit when he had time, as long as he didn't waste the three slots within seven days.

Using three reconnaissance skills, the images within 400 kilometers appeared in Liu Siyi's mind, with the 40-kilometer range of the "Piercing Eye" being the clearest. The "Prospecting" skill still showed no reaction.

Riding the thunder bird, Liu Siyi headed towards the resource point he had already identified.

The thunder bird's speed was extremely fast. When it took off, Liu Siyi almost fell off. Although sitting on it was stable, the strong wind almost made him lose his grip on the soft feathers on the thunder bird's neck.

"Slower! Slower! Even slower!" Liu Siyi shouted, lying flat on the thunder bird's back until he felt better, then he lifted his head.

"Whistle~" The thunder bird, with average intelligence, couldn't speak after just being recruited, so it could only express itself with a whistle.

How fast was the thunder bird? Some people might think 200-300 kilometers per hour is very fast, but now, Liu Siyi would tell you that those are peanuts.

Liu Siyi could only sit on the thunder bird's back, lying on its neck, using his feet to grip tightly and his hands to hold onto its feathers, lowering his body to avoid being blown away by the strong wind.

When he finally got used to the speed, he realized they had already reached their destination, which took only about ten to twenty minutes, showing how fast the thunder bird was.

This was also the main reason he sent the thunder eagle to search for the orc clan castle. Even a 1,000-kilometer journey could be completed by the thunder eagle in a day.

Within the range of the "Piercing Eye," about 100 kilometers west of the wall nest, there was a first-tier redwood treasure chest guarded by less than a hundred second-tier orc wolfmen.

The treasure chests were divided into seven tiers: first-tier redwood, second-tier stonewood, third-tier black iron, fourth-tier silver, fifth-tier gold, sixth-tier diamond, and seventh-tier rainbow.

No one knew what was inside the treasure chests. Regardless of the tier, the most likely contents were gold and resources.

A first-tier redwood treasure chest wouldn't contain equipment or treasures, only gold and resources, though the amount was uncertain. From the second tier onwards, the chests could contain various first-tier treasures, such as equipment, blueprints, or evolution powers. In short, opening a treasure chest would always yield some benefit.

If you wanted to know what tier of treasure each tier of chest would contain, you could compare it to the equipment tiers.

Equipment was divided into six tiers, with the highest sixth-tier equipment being artifacts. If he encountered a rainbow chest and it contained equipment, he would get a true artifact.

However, the chance of encountering a rainbow chest was very low, and even if he did, it might not be an artifact.

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