Chapter 398: Copying the Chip (2/2)

The formation didn't work.

”I'm afraid it wasn't good enough,” Alex said.

”What? No way? But I tried so hard,” Ying Wu said.

”Yeah, but sometimes hard work is not all are important. You also need skill and luck,” Alex said.

Ying Wu pouted and left him alone. Alex shook his head and went back to studying formations.

Unfortunately, he couldn't do a lot this time as the caravan had started moving again, so he couldn't make any more formations at all. On the upside, it seemed that the merchants in the caravan had made a lot of sales in the last 4 hours, so the caravan itself would move at a quicker pace.

Alex remembered the rough map his master has shown him months ago and calculated that it would only take him a little more than 2 days to reach the Scarlet City.

He couldn't practice formations, so he stuck to the theoretical stuff. 'I need to get the chip formation here and try it,' thought.

He took out a talisman and closed his eyes to 'think'. At the same time, he logged out and got the chip from the table. He went back into the capsule and looked at the chip once before logging in.

He started drawing onto the talisman that he saw. Once he made as much as he could remember, he went back out again to look for more.

Logging out and logging back in. He did it nearly a dozen times; each time acting like he was thinking hard and then writing it down.

Finally, after 15 or so minutes, he finished it. He put the talisman on his forehead and checked it once more.

”Yes, it's all here,” he thought. ”Alright, let's see if I can really not find anything now.”

He started learning the chip formation as much as he could. The very first and most surprising thing he noticed that simply blew him away was the number of strokes.

”Holy… that's 145 strokes. Huh? Is this really not a formation?” he thought. 145 was simply too big of a number for it to possibly be a formation that was possible normally.

'However, even though the chances are slim, there could be one with this many strokes. It's symmetrical, has straight strokes, and is carved on a metal plate,' Alex thought.

He started comparing the formation against many other base formations he had just bought, but it was too hard to derive information from a bunch of lines that looked like it could technically make up all the patterns in the world.

'Which ones are real, and which ones are not?' he wondered.

He continued studying the formation as long as he could. From time to time, he tried to make some formations, but unfortunately, the bumpy roads just didn't let that happen.

Ning fell and he still studied formations. Ying Wu made some liquid that she fed her mother and herself ate a very small portion.

She went to sleep next to her mother and was soon asleep. Alex wants a little disappointed that he didn't get to cultivate right now, so he focused on the formations once more.

Just as he was about to study, however, the caravan abruptly stopped, causing many people to be awakened. Then, someone cried out loud.

”BANDITS!!!”