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Outer Domain!
Since ancient tis, it has been a region that humans both yearn for and hold in great awe, also a place narrated and talked about by countless people.
Here.
Even an ordinary Loose Cultivator could beco suddenly wealthy overnight, lucky enough to acquire a fortune beyond one’s lifeti ability to spend.
Here.
Even a Celestial Human powerhouse might unluckily et a tragic demise, with no remains left.
In the Outer Domain, there is no absolute safety.
Therefore, upon entering the Outer Domain, Wang Shouzhe imdiately ordered everyone to be cautious and donned leather armor made from Tier Three Crocodile Flood Dragon skin.
This leather armor is difficult to cut through with ordinary swords, yet not very heavy, offering a high combat effectiveness cost-performance ratio.
At the sa ti, four stronger Household Generals took the lead, distributed in a fan shape ahead of the team.
This serves as the vanguard.
The vanguard’s role is to clear the way and detect potential fierce beasts or any enemy presence in advance. Upon observing enemies, they won’t engage in combat but will fire different Whistling Arrows according to the situation, alert the team, and imdiately retreat.
This gives the main force team ample preparation and reaction ti.
Additionally, there are three weaker Household Generals serving as rear guards, scattered behind and to the sides of the main team to prevent any fierce beast or enemy from attacking from the rear.
They usually remain very vigilant, maintaining a wide field of vision.
If manpower is sufficient, side guards can also be arranged.
However, the Wang Family lacks manpower, and the team is relatively small, so everything is kept simple.
Within the main team, there are ten wagons in total.
These wagons were all replaced by Wang Shouzhe with Northern heavy draft horses, known for their strong endurance and pulling power, and trained to be slightly brave, not panicking in chaos when encountering fierce beasts.
Besides the Ancestor, the wagons carry various supplies.
Such as spare weapons and equipnt, consumable arrows, fishing nets, tents, ropes, quilts, clothing, water, ordinary food, White Jade Spirit Rice, oil, pots, bowls, and a considerable amount of various Elixirs, not to ntion even smokeless charcoal.
The autumn and winter hunting usually lasts fifteen days to about a month, which ans huge consumption figures for human and horse provisions. As the weather cools during this period, various cold-resisting materials are indispensable.
This prompted Wang Shouzhe to reflect that in his previous life, when reading fantasy novels, people used to go out hunting monsters lightly and freely.
But here, when he goes out, hunting wild is akin to shifting houses, even bringing a few baskets of pots and bowls.
As for the Storage Bracelet things, they do exist in this world.
But the lowest level Storage Space Bracelet, only one cubic ter in size, is also at the Spiritual Artifact Level!
The Wang Family being a small household can’t afford such high-end items.
Moreover, a couple of Storage Bracelets are practically useless in team combat.
Led by Wang Luqiu and Wang Luojing among the younger generation, including Wang Lici and other girls, it was their first participation in the autumn and winter hunt.
They were particularly excited, seemingly imagining the Outer Domain as a land filled with monsters to fight, ready to make a grand venture.
But alas!
They thought too much.
How vast the Outer Domain is, if it were filled with fierce beasts, would humans still be able to survive?
Let alone fierce beasts, even the territory occupied by ordinary carnivorous beasts is quite large. Plus, this is the outermost outer area of the Outer Domain, already swept by humans countless tis, making it hard to find even a pack of jackals.
Yet even so, the team progressed very cautiously.
As it’s always said, anything could happen in the Outer Domain.
Perhaps while walking, a Tier Four or even Tier Five fierce beast might suddenly appear. Of course, the probability of this is extrely low.
"Shouzhe!" Wang Shouxin, equally fully ard, rode over on his horse. He is already over forty years old, having been to the Outer Domain countless tis, considered an expert in the terrain.
He held a map and said to Wang Shouzhe, "According to the plan we made before departure, we need to reach the hill campsite before Early Afternoon. Currently, the team is progressing a bit slow."
Early Afternoon is roughly around 3:00 PM, implying Wang Shouxin ant they need to reach the campsite by 3:00 PM.
The team needs to settle while it’s still daylight; otherwise, if the camp isn’t set up by nightfall, it would not only be dangerous but also lower morale, etc.
Indeed, humans may not have habitats in the Outer Domain.
But ancestors naturally explored and established simple stronghold campsites in favorable terrains. With generations of operations and reinforcent, those strongholds have sowhat defensive capabilities.
Moreover, no family would rush to the Outer Domain like headless flies. Action routes, battle plans, and required supplies all require precise calculation and repeated discussion.
"Order the entire team to accelerate." Wang Shouzhe commanded to speed up.
The overall pace of the team slightly quickened. Yet the road ahead would beco increasingly difficult.
The previously traversed paths would grow wild grass over ti, or sprout a heap of plants, and might even be washed away by floodwaters, making simple routes impassable.
Encountering obstructive stones or plants, there is a need to clear them.
Coming to the Outer Domain in late autumn and early winter indeed embodies ancestral generations’ accumulative wisdom. From spring to early sumr, prolonged rainy seasons might cause mountain floods and various dangers.
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