Chapter 1 He's Glad He Prepared

Hao Ren was now very glad that he had bought a lot of food before coming. During that supermarket spree, he had stocked up on almost a month's worth of food. Now, all of these things were piled up in his portable space, and he didn't have to take the starving Lily to town again.

Apart from Lily, this magical girl who got hungry according to her biological clock, no one else was very hungry, so everyone ate something casually. Then, while waiting for Becky to arrive, Hao Ren began to study his portable space. He felt that this thing was magical, and he didn't expect that it could be used freely in the Dream Plane! Was there no spatial interference here?

"You can regard the Dream Plane as a truly complete and independent otherworld. Although your process of entering here is 'dreaming,' in actual nature, it's transmigration," the data terminal always had patience when explaining these questions. "As for the spatial interference you mentioned, it certainly exists. Now that you're simultaneously in two worlds, the spatial conversion this causes does require more computing power to support. But you don't have to worry about this at all. The inspector's portable space is a high-end product. It can be used under almost any conditions, even if you run to the end of the void – as long as you can still connect to the Imperial Data Network, the portable space won't go offline."

"That's convenient." Hao Ren nodded with satisfaction, and as he nodded, he saw a familiar figure appearing at the town entrance. Becky was riding the strange horse that Hao Ren had seen last time, trotting towards this side. Behind her were several other horses, and one of them had a middle-aged man in riding gear sitting on it.

Hao Ren and the others raised their hands to greet Becky, and the latter ran to them in short order. The mercenary girl looked to be in a good mood, smiling as she spoke to everyone. "Oh, you guys came quite early. Didn't wait long, right?"

"No, we just arrived," Hao Ren casually told a harmless little lie, then saw the middle-aged man who had come with Becky jump off his horse. "This is..."

"The horse team boss, an acquaintance of mine," Becky pointed to the middle-aged man and introduced him. "It's several days' ride from here to the Beinz Blood Lake. You can't walk there, and you don't have any means of transportation, right? All you can do is spatial teleportation, and you're not very good at it. I don't want to be conveniently teleported into mid-air and break my brain like last time."

Hao Ren muttered, "Can you not mention the breaking my brain thing..."

Becky waved her hand with a giggle, then reminded them, "Right, I'm not responsible for the rental fee. Five horses, the route is from Luenberg to Layton Town near Beinz Blood Lake, a one-way rental for ten days, 260 Gena per horse, a total deposit of ten gold shields, which will be returned at the horse team's station in Layton Town. This is a friendship price. You won't get such a small deposit anywhere else."

Becky's smooth-talking was like that of a profiteer. Anyone with an IQ above double digits could be sure that she could earn a kickback from the horse team boss (if she didn't, she wouldn't be her), but no one present cared about this. Moreover, Hao Ren hadn't really thought about transportation before, and now he realized that his group had been inconsiderate, so he was quite grateful for Becky's thoughtful arrangement.

If it had been before, everyone would probably have been worried about money, but fortunately, Izhaks, the reliable big brother, had just solved the team's financial problems. Hao Ren even felt that the Goddess of Fortune (if Raven 12345 really knew such a person) was on his side. He took the money bag from Izhaks, pretended to count the money, and then seemingly carelessly grabbed a large handful of coins and stuffed them into the middle-aged man's hand. As expected, the other party waved his hands repeatedly. "Hey, you gave too much, you gave too much..."

While the other party was counting the money and making change, Hao Ren began to record the values of these various currencies and deduce the conversion units between them. This was one of the necessary working skills for an inspector. Although Hao Ren hadn't received systematic training, he had already begun to exercise his ability in this area out of necessity.

"Choose one yourself," Becky led a few horses forward. "By the way, can you all ride horses?"

Vivian certainly had no problem. Nangong Wuyue also seemed to be proficient in equestrian skills. Although the horses in this world were a little different from those on Earth, it didn't seem to affect riding. Hao Ren hadn't learned to ride a horse. He only got familiar with it when he rode with Becky last time, so he could probably only manage not to fall off, using his physical coordination to forcibly improve his "riding skills." Lily, on the other hand, hopped and jumped next to a small pony for a long time before clumsily climbing on, then used both hands and feet to fix herself on the horse's back like an octopus. Even then, she shouted happily, "I can do it, I can do it!"

Hao Ren really didn't know where this girl's confidence and optimism came from.

Izhaks was last in line. He even specially chose a horse that looked quite strong, but before he rode it, the horse began to tremble. After he sat down on the horse's back, Hao Ren heard a "creak..."

The horse team boss's face immediately turned as green as the surrounding grassland.

Izhaks stretched his feet and could almost touch the grass on the ground. He sighed. "Forget it, I'll just run along with you guys."

Hao Ren immediately felt embarrassed. "That's not appropriate, what would people think?"

"Why are you being so polite with me?" Izhaks smiled cheerfully, jumped off the horse's back, and then there was another "creak." Hao Ren could only nod when he heard this sound. With Izhaks's ability, it would definitely be no problem for him to follow the team all the way from here to Beinz Blood Lake, and with his personality, he really wouldn't care about these trivial matters. Anyway, the team was a bunch of abnormal creatures, so there was no need to worry about the formalities between people. And to be honest… Hao Ren felt that if he let Izhaks try two more horses, he wouldn't have to ask for the deposit back! Now the horse team boss's face had a bit of a gnashing-teeth look!

When Becky heard that this big guy was going to run all the way to Beinz with the team, her eyes widened. She really wanted to say something to dispel this "unrealistic" idea, but Izhaks's attitude was firm, so she couldn't do anything. In the end, she could only watch Izhaks do some warm-up exercises with a look of surprise and uncertainty, and then wave her hand to let the horse team boss take the other horses back to town.

Everyone prepared, then galloped towards the grassland, and then under Becky's lead, they advanced westward all the way. The next stop was the mountain people's village located in the west.

The horses could run freely on the vast and boundless grassland. The shadow of Luenberg quickly disappeared from everyone's sight. When the people were far away, there was only the endless green earth spreading wantonly in the distance, and this scenery was refreshing. Although riding on horseback made Hao Ren, a rookie, feel very awkward, the oncoming wind and the pleasant scenery were enough to offset this inconvenience. He felt that this scene could really be like a painting: the otherworld's blue sky and green grass spread endlessly, and under the clear sky was a team of riders galloping. Whether it was the heroic and valiant Becky or the elegant and composed Vivian, they were all a beautiful sight. And behind the horse team was a strong man more than two meters tall running wildly, with a fierce look, and ordinary people would fall off their horses on the spot if they looked back…

Forget it, let's not paint it.

"He can really keep up?" Becky ran at the front of the team. She turned her head to look at Izhaks, who seemed very relaxed at the back of the team, and first instinctively shrank her neck (the impact of such a tough guy charging towards her with his head down was not ordinary), and then shouted loudly.

"Mountain people bloodline," Nangong Wuyue also replied loudly. This "mountain people bloodline" was still heard from the soldiers in the town before, and it came in handy at this time. "Big guy can run around the whole world without any problem!"

"Ha, then he has to find a way to swim across the Endless Sea first!" Becky was no longer considering why this group of guys calling themselves "mages" were so bizarre. As she spoke, she remembered something, "Speaking of which, I didn't expect Old George's horses to just be for show. This big guy is a bit strong, but those horses shouldn't have gone weak as soon as he rode them."

Old George was referring to the horse team boss. Becky felt that the horses the other party brought couldn't carry Izhaks, which made her lose face. In fact, this idea was normal: the "horses" in this world were stronger than those on Earth. In theory, they could support Izhaks's weight.

The key issue was Izhaks's demonic aura.

Although the Great Demon had very well restrained his power, it seemed that the horses in this world had an extraordinary sense of perception. They instinctively felt that Izhaks was very dangerous, so the horse had begun to tremble when Izhaks just approached.

But other than Izhaks himself, no one else had noticed these details.

After galloping on the grassland for more than an hour, Hao Ren began to search for some "old friends."

He wanted to find those funny black wolves (to give them dentures), but it seemed a little difficult.