The next day, Alex woke up at around 10 a.m.
At this hour, he didn't bother going out to buy breakfast, but instead made himself a bucket of instant noodles.
While the noodles were soaking, Alex turned on his phone and entered the game.
Then, he searched the village for the whereabouts of patrol captain Mike.
Patrol Captain Mike can pass on his post-natal martial arts, the Bull's Strength Technique, to Alex. Only by practicing post-natal martial arts can he transform from an ordinary person into a martial artist.
Normally, as the captain of the village patrol, Mike is always stationed in the village and rarely goes out.
But today, Alex searched the entire village but could not find any trace of him.
The village head is also not in.
After fruitless searching, Alex could only ask a villager who was responsible for guarding the village gate.
This villager didn't look kindly upon Alex, an outsider, but still answered his question.
"This morning, a ferocious beast, the Hanging-Eyed Tiger, was seen near the village. For the safety of the village, the captain has already taken a dozen warriors to hunt this Hanging-Eyed Tiger."
"When will Captain Mike be back?" Alex asked.
The villager said coldly, "It depends on luck. If we're lucky and can hunt the tiger early, we'll be back sooner. If we're unlucky, it'll be normal for him to be back in a few days."
Hunting a ferocious beast is no joke. It's not only dangerous, but also time-consuming.
"Okay," Alex sighed inwardly.
It seems that he will have to wait a bit longer if he wants to become a martial artist.
His parents ran a small shop in the county town of Riverdale, and they needed to look after the business, so they couldn't stay at home all the time.
After eating the instant noodles, Alex lay on the bed, resting his hands behind his head, looking at the ceiling. He felt a little bit depressed.
Although he had completely let go of the relationship, he still felt depressed and a little lost.
After staying at home for a long time, he felt like he was going to mold. It was better to go out for some fresh air.
Alex got up, changed his clothes, went downstairs, started the car, and drove away from the county.
Alex had always been an introvert. Over the years of writing novels, he had made some good friends online, but in this county, he really didn't have any good friends to hang out with.
He drove to his hometown.
His hometown was in a remote mountain village in Riverdale County. Although it was remote, the mountains and rivers were beautiful, and the scenery was quite pleasant.
Thanks to the good policies of the Zenia government, even in such a remote small village, a cement road through the village was built in recent years, allowing Alex to drive directly to his hometown.
In this era, young people can't stand being in the village, and they all go to work in big cities, leaving only the elderly and children behind.
During the year, there are very few people to be seen in the countryside, except during the Chinese New Year.
Therefore, as Alex drove along the newly built concrete road, he saw many newly built buildings on both sides, but few people.
After parking the car, Alex walked up the hill along the path.
It was not a high mountain, but the scenery was pleasant. Sitting on the grass at the top of the mountain, looking down, there were wave-like terraced fields, and looking into the distance, there were rolling green mountains.
Whenever he is upset, unable to calm down, or when he is creating and running out of ideas, Alex will come to the top of this mountain, feel the mountain breeze, and admire the view before him. Before he knows it, his heart will calm down.
Nature is truly magical in this way.
This time was no different.
Standing at the top of the mountain, looking into the distance, letting the wind, which had grown colder, blow on his body and face, Alex's heart gradually calmed down, and he no longer felt as agitated as before.
The only fly in the ointment was that it was too remote. Although it was far away from the hustle and bustle of the city, there was the minor problem of poor mobile phone reception.
Sometimes the phone would get one or two bars of signal, and sometimes it would be unable to find a signal at all.
After standing for a while, Alex felt that the mountain breeze was making him a little cold.
It was already autumn, and the mountain breeze already carried a hint of coolness.
Alex sat down under a big tree at the top of the mountain, where the wind was sheltered and he would not be so cold.
After sitting down, Alex took out his mobile phone.
Young people nowadays cannot live without their mobile phones; they want to check their phones when they are not doing anything.
He opened his phone and glanced at the signal at the top.
His luck wasn't good; the phone showed no signal.
No signal is no signal, but even if you're lucky and get one or two bars, it's not really that meaningful. Even opening a webpage with the phone's own browser takes forever, and it's even more wishful thinking to watch videos or play games online on your phone.
What's there to do with a phone? It seems like there's nothing to do when there's no signal.
Alex took his phone and pointed it forward, taking a few random landscape photos.
He didn't take any of himself, as girls usually have the habit of taking a few random selfies, while men generally don't.
After taking the photos, Alex casually swiped the phone around the menu interface.
When he saw the icon for World of Spirits, he subconsciously clicked on it.
It was really subconscious, a subconscious action he had developed over the past few days.
By the time Alex's mind reacted, the game World of Spirits had already opened.
The game opened very smoothly, without any lag.
Alex's character was still in Peace Village. Not far away was the village gate, where the Peace Village villager was still guarding the gate dutifully.
This is not a dead signal, so why can I still log in to the game?
Alex couldn't believe it and rubbed his eyes hard with his hands. When he looked at the screen again, it was still displaying the original image.
"Hello?" Alex tried to call out to the villager guarding the village gate.
"What?" The villager looked over at him.
"Nothing," Alex said hastily.
The villager looked at him a few more times before turning his head away and not looking at him again.
Something's not right... You can play games without an internet connection? This isn't a stand-alone game.
Alex sensed that something was wrong.
Did the signal suddenly come on just now?
Alex exited the game and looked at the mobile phone signal bar. At this time, the mobile phone signal bar displayed that there was still no signal.
Alex turned off the mobile phone's wireless data and thought about it some more. He simply turned on the phone's flight mode and disconnected all contact between the phone and the outside world.
After doing all this, he clicked on the icon for World of Spirits and tried to open the game again.
The game opened very smoothly, without any lag.
His character appeared on the phone screen, not far from him was the gate of Peace Village.
The villager responsible for guarding the gate seemed to have been standing for a long time, so he rubbed his back with his hands and leaned against the wooden fence next to him.