Three Kingdoms Lords: Starting by walking into the mouth of a giant python

Chapter 106 Victor and Cheer Hu

On a sunny day, the snow-capped mountains are covered with pine and cypress trees.

What appeared before Li Yu was a robust European man carrying a bundle.

It has blond hair, blue eyes, a broad face, and a high nose. It is wrapped in a thick animal skin, and next to it stands a large black bear with big ears, a round head, and a "V" mark on its chest.

"Hey, I...I'm proud Viktor Vladimir, come here, Ross. This is Misha."

Victor placed the bundle on the ground, smiled, and greeted them in broken Chinese. Beside him, the black bear Misha also stood up and waved her paws endearingly.

Li Yu responded with a smile.

This wasn't the first time the two had "met." In the second and third [dreams], Li Yu had dealt with him quite a bit.

Viktor Vladimir was very friendly, saying that his Chinese was taught by Chinese students, and asked Li Yu with a smile how he felt.

Li Yu nodded. "That's good."

Just as there were foreign players within the territory of the Han Dynasty, there are also many Chinese students studying in Siberia.

Similar to how the Xianbei people initially drove out a large number of players, the native inhabitants of Siberia, the Dingling people who roamed around Lake Baikal, forcibly drove out Russian players due to food shortages.

Chinese students, especially those from Henan, were treated kindly by the Dingling people because they were fluent in Mandarin.

Viktor Vladimir, a former truck driver, nearly froze to death while crossing the Angara River in March. He survived thanks to a kind Chinese student who gave him a tattered leather jacket.

Later, while fishing in the river, Victor obtained the [Heart of the Baikal Stone].

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Heart of Baikal

[Rank] Heavenly Grade

[Attribute] Holding this stone grants access to the power of rivers and lakes.

[Description] Angara, the river goddess and daughter of the lake god of Lake Baikal, was naturally beautiful but had a capricious nature. Despite the lake god's repeated attempts to persuade and strictly discipline her, he could not change her ways. The lake god wanted to marry her to the Volga river god, but Angara refused, leading to a rift between father and daughter. Angara ran away from home, enraging the lake god, who threw down a "sacred stone" to block her path. However, Angara had already fallen in love with her sweetheart, Yenisei.

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The Angara River originates from Lake Baikal and flows into the Yenisei River in the north.

Myths arose from this.

With the [Heart of Baikal] in his possession, Lake Baikal and the Angara River became his home ground. The Dingling people fought him several times, but none of them fared well.

Viktor's fame soared, and many Russians who had not frozen or starved to death came to him for refuge.

He seized the opportunity to establish his territory [Black Dolphin], leveraging the abundant fishery resources of Lake Baikal, encouraging agriculture and developing handicrafts, and thriving in the region.

Later, Victor obtained a cosmic sapling [Veri], and with the help of the limited production of [Veri Leaves], he was able to communicate with players from other countries and regions.

Victor wasn't arrogant, nor did he think that his extraordinary encounter made him superior to everyone else. But with the [Heart of Baikal] and the Cosmic Tree in his possession, he felt he could make a name for himself on the [Heavenly Ladder Ranking].

However, those who dare to enter the [Heavenly Ladder Battle] are all highly skilled fighters. Victor struggles to gain an advantage once he leaves the water. Especially when facing opponents from Scandinavia, India, Japan, and other countries and regions, he has faced certain death several times.

Victor gradually realized his own limitations, so he shifted most of his focus to the development of his territory, the Black Dolphin.

He used the [Veri Leaf] as a trading channel. To this end, he even learned multiple languages, including Chinese, English, French, and Japanese.

Each time he entered the [Sky Ladder], he brought a lot of things, ready to trade with people. Although he was sometimes robbed and cheated, overall, Victor benefited greatly.

When his [Strength] reached the maximum level of 59, he didn't care much at first, but when he saw that he could choose the examiner for the [Bottleneck Test], Victor was overjoyed.

He immediately canceled the exam, returned to his territory to gather a large pile of things, and then picked up the package to restart the [Bottleneck Exam].

The master of [Immortal Abode], ranked number one on all three lists, is someone who stands above seven billion players!

It's an absolute treasure trove you absolutely can't miss!

Victor proposed "trade first, then take the exam," which Li Yu readily agreed to.

Looking at Victor, the famous "international middleman" in the [dream], Li Yu was also curious about what he had been dealing in. He wondered if he had gotten his hands on that [Heavenly Grade] treasure yet.

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'Yellow Grade Fire Serpent Talisman': Holding it can arouse a woman's desire; if they have intercourse, there is a certain chance that a serpentine monster will be born.

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'Yellow Grade Firebird Feather': The feathers are exceptionally bright; when held in a dark hole, they illuminate the walls like a candle.

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『Yellow Grade - Construction Blueprint - Temple of Veres』: Provides bonuses to animal husbandry and agriculture within the territory.

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Misha the black bear sat on the ground, opened her bundle, and Victor took out items one by one. To Li Yu's disappointment, although there were many items, they were all of low quality and not up to standard.

Even the best piece of [teeth] is only of the [mysterious grade].

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"The Tooth of Upperry"

[Rank] Mystic

[Attribute] Wearing this tooth and consuming human blood can transform it into Upperi.

[Description] Uperi, a zombie in Slavic mythology that preys on both humans and animals. It is a person conceived through union with a demon, or a person corrupted by a demon and transformed after death. Furthermore, the corpses of those whose coffins have black cats (ghosts) leaping over them, those who pledged their souls to the devil, suicides, violent deaths, and especially the corpses of wizards, can all become Uperi.

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Teeth that can turn people into zombies are useless; Li Yu dislikes them.

Victor scratched his head and pulled something out from under his bundle.

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Blood of Vampier

[Rank] Mystic

[Attribute] Consuming this dead man's blood has a certain chance of turning you into Vampier.

[Description] A blood-sucking dead man in Slavic mythology. Every night, he emerges from the grave or transforms into a bat to suck the blood of sleeping people and bring them nightmares. Those criminals, suicides, and "unclean" corpses who died prematurely from being bitten by a vampier are all called vampiers.

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Li Yu was speechless. "You keep switching between zombies and vampires. Are you organizing an undead team-building event?"

Seeing that Li Yu was still not satisfied, Victor quickly took out three items from his pocket.

[Moonlight Scroll - Ayami's Dream], [Unknown Ritual Scroll], [Unknown Construction Blueprints].

Ayami, a spirit in Tungusic and Nanai mythology, is the ancestor of shamans. Every shaman has their own unique Ayami, who conveys instructions in dreams. If the shaman is male, Ayami will appear as a woman in dreams; if the shaman is female, Ayami will appear as a man.

Victor said that the "Dream of Ayami" was Ayami teaching people how to wear clothes and how to heal them in a dream, thus cultivating true shamans.

Li Yu waved his hand, showing no interest in becoming a shaman.

He picked up the scroll and the blueprints. The scroll was nothing special, but the faint, apple-like pattern on the blueprints delighted Li Yu.

After looking through them briefly, he gestured to Victor that he wanted to buy the two items.

Victor looked pained, saying that the scrolls and blueprints were high-level items that he couldn't identify, and he was reluctant to sell them.

Li Yu waved his hand and took out twenty baskets of fruit, twenty bags of red and white millet, ten jars of [Jiejin Sable Wine], and a [Superior Grade Round Gourd Chamber] from the [Square Pot].

These drinks and foods, though valuable in Han territory, are ultimately not comparable to [high-level items].

However, for the harsh and cold Siberia, for Viktor who was sick of eating fish, and for other Russian players, these fine wines and fresh fruits were a great temptation.

However, adults must ultimately control their desires, so Victor swallowed hard, looked away, and turned to clutch the [Double Gourd Room] in his hand.

Then, he asked Li Yu to add a [high-level item], or the "void retrieval" technique from before.

Li Yu shook his head and refused.

Just then, Misha, a black bear drooling, crawled over. She stood upright with her paws clasped together, gazing longingly at Li Yu.

Li Yu laughed heartily, took two large watermelons from the basket, and smashed them open with two punches. The man and the bear then sat down in the snow and began to eat them.

Victor tried to bargain, but Li Yu ignored him completely.

Finally, Victor couldn't resist and took a melon from the basket, smashed it open, and started eating it.

Fifteen minutes later, Victor, having failed the [Strength 60 Bottleneck Test], returned to [Black Dolphin]. Deafening cheers filled the air, along with the aromas of fruit, wine, and rice.

Countless Russian players traded [rolls] and [items] for this delicacy.

Victor's smile deepened, adding another layer of wrinkles to his face.

That afternoon, he once again shouldered his burden and began the [Strength 60 Bottleneck Test - Make-up Test].

This time, there were no more "players" to choose from. Victor was somewhat disappointed, but to his delight, he encountered a Chinese aboriginal as his examiner—Che er Hu.

He thought it would be another friendly trade, but unexpectedly, [Che er Hu] rushed up and beat him and the black bear Misha. In the end, he also robbed him of all his belongings.

Sorry guys, I'm late.

(End of this chapter)