After circling the small village several times, Chu Tian finally found a dilapidated civilian residence based on his memory.
The doors and windows were already in disrepair, only barely able to shelter from the wind and rain.
"This must be it!" Chu Tian walked in.
Upon entering the courtyard, he saw a little girl, about eleven or twelve years old.
The girl sat at the entrance of the house, propping up her chin with both hands, gazing at the sky.
"It's her," Chu Tian confirmed in his heart.
Walking forward, Chu Tian said to her, "Little sister, haven't you seen an airplane today?"
These were the activation words for a serendipity quest, Chu Tian remembered them clearly.
In his previous life, every time someone completed a serendipity quest, the official website would release the complete and detailed process of the completed quest.
"Big brother, you know about 'airplanes' too?" Hearing Chu Tian's words, the little girl's spirit immediately perked up, her big eyes sparkling as she stared at him.
Seeing that he had piqued the little girl's interest, Chu Tian also became enthusiastic. After all, he hadn't personally completed this serendipity quest before, and he was still a little worried.
"Yes, I've even ridden in an airplane!" Chu Tian continued.
Upon hearing this, the little girl stood up:
"Really? My dad flies planes. He said he would come pick me up in one someday!
But the villagers don't believe me, they say there are no such things as airplanes in this world."
At this moment, Chu Tian took out the pilot's watch and offered it to the little girl:
"Of course there are airplanes. He's very busy with work now, carrying thousands of people every day.
And he knows you miss him dearly, so he asked me to bring you this watch!"
He spoke the opposite of what the person in his previous life had said.
In his previous life, that person had told the little girl that her father was dead.
After accepting the watch he brought, the little girl gave him a silver-grade wristguard she had found in the forest.
Later, after the Heavenly Dao released detailed strategy guides, this serendipity quest had another path: choosing to conceal the pilot's death, leaving the little girl with a beautiful hope.
Of course, this would activate the next stage of the mission. When the official guide was released, the person who completed this serendipity quest almost regretted it to death.
The little girl took the watch and said excitedly:
"It's really Dad! Look at the back, it's engraved with my name. Thank you, big brother. I haven't heard from Dad for over a year, thank you so much!
This is something my friends and I found while playing in the forest. As a thank you, I'll give it to you!"
"Ding... System prompt: Item acquired, Solent's Token."
"Ding... System prompt: Bring 'Solent's Token' to the Plague Lands and find the Great Shaman Solent to obtain a follow-up quest!"
Seeing the two prompts, Chu Tian smiled and bid farewell to the little girl.
The Plague Lands was a level forty map with a town, where one could teleport.
As Chu Tian headed towards the teleportation point, he suddenly received a private message.
Upon opening it, he saw it was from "Integrity First 007".
"God, what good business do you have to discuss?"
"Muddy Swamp Clear Strategy!" he replied.
He had expected a reply after some waiting, but unexpectedly, the other party directly sent a video call request.
After connecting, the other party exchanged pleasantries with him before saying, "Strategies are not easy to sell, after all, they are one-time items. Once released, they will spread widely very quickly."
"I know, that's why I'm looking for you to help operate it!" Chu Tian said with a smile.
"Oh? It seems the God already has his own ideas. Let's hear them!" Integrity First 007's eyes lit up.
"It's nothing special. I think my reputation and the reputation of the Inverse God Alliance should still carry some weight now!" After speaking, Chu Tian paused.
"God is being too modest. It's more than just a little bit!"
"I know you have your own operations team. Use my name to announce the sale of the 'Muddy Swamp' expert difficulty strategy to all the novice villages you can reach.
As for the price, I want at least two gold for each copy. After purchase, all strategies below expert difficulty will be included.
From the moment you announce the sale, accept payments for three days. After three days, the strategies will be sent out uniformly."
Integrity First 007 thought it was quite feasible after hearing this.
After the two reached an agreement, they signed an authorization contract. This way, when they operated, they could display the contract to prove that Chu Tian had indeed authorized them to release the information.
After finishing, Chu Tian didn't bother with these matters anymore; he just had to wait. Anyway, their team's players were shouting in the city every day, asking to buy gold coins, so adding a message wouldn't be too much trouble.
As for whether it could be sold or how many copies, Chu Tian didn't have high expectations. It was better to earn something than nothing.
Arriving at the teleportation array, because the distance was quite far, he spent ten silver coins to teleport to the town in the Plague Lands.
The teleportation array's brilliant light flickered, and after it ended, Chu Tian opened his eyes. This was a withered forest. Countless treehouses were built on giant trees.
These treehouses were already dilapidated due to the erosion of wind and rain.
The town of the Plague Lands was a forgotten and tragic place. Legend had it that long ago, all those suffering from incurable infectious diseases were sent here to die.
These treehouses were where those people had lived. Few people came here now, and those former patients had slowly become the native inhabitants.
An NPC, dressed in coarse cloth and carrying a longbow, cast an unfriendly gaze at Chu Tian. This NPC exuded a strange and dangerous aura.
Chu Tian quickly lowered his head and walked away. The people here felt they were abandoned and punished by God, eternally suffering from the torment of illness. Therefore, the NPCs here did not welcome any strangers.
It was best to walk away quickly if you saw an NPC here. Perhaps even a glance could provoke their attack.
That raggedly dressed NPC, though inconspicuous, was a level forty elite. None of the NPCs here were below level forty.
Therefore, it was very dangerous for Chu Tian here, extremely dangerous.
With his memories from his previous life, he naturally knew how to protect himself.
Various NPCs passed by him, and Chu Tian maintained a posture of keeping his head down and body hunched, walking past them at a steady pace.
Soon, he exited the town and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Activating his transformation: Giant Deer form, he quickly ran along the path towards the depths of the forest.
The trees in the forest were a sickly gray, devoid of any green.
The distance between each tree was small, and the dense branches of countless withered ancient trees gave a dull and oppressive feeling.
The monsters spawned in the forest were at least level thirty-five, so Chu Tian had to maintain a high level of concentration, listening to any sound around him.
Slowly approaching the monster spawn area, Chu Tian entered stealth mode.
Outside the Plague Lands, the Heavenly Dao world was bathed in bright sunshine, but here, the sky was already dim.
The forest was also covered by trees that blotted out the sky. Only one or two dim beams of light penetrated through the gaps of the clawing, intertwined branches, casting mottled and terrifying shadows on the ground.
The dim visibility and the suffocating silence of the air.
However, all of this did not have much impact on Chu Tian, as he had experienced over five thousand years of training in his dreams.
Suddenly, a rustling sound occurred not far from Chu Tian.