2 Entering a Low Latitude World

After searching for a few keywords, Tang Lin finally understood who was talking to him.

In the movie The Lord of the Rings, the dwarves of Erebor were chosen by the Fire Drake Smaug because they had accumulated a lot of wealth. Therefore, the Fire Drake destroyed the empire of the dwarves and seized immeasurable gold, forcing the dwarves to flee for their lives.

This was a group of homeless people.

The character in the movie suddenly contacted Tang Lin, hoping that he could save the dwarves. This was a refreshing experience.

"Please save us!"

The voice on the other end continued. Tang Lin could tell that this person was really anxious. It was really a matter of life and death.

After some thought, Tang Lin replied, "Tell me, how can I save you?"

Yes, the grammar should be correct.

The other party seemed to have heard Tang Lin's response and said something very anxiously. Tang Lin had no choice but to translate again. After a while of busy work, he finally understood what the other party was saying.

The dwarves escaped from Erebor, but they suffered heavy losses from the attacks of the Orcs on the way. Now, they hoped that Tang Lin could save them.

That was probably what they meant. As for their specific situation, Tang Lin really could not figure it out. It was already not bad that they could get by with using this two-tier translation method to communicate.

See how important it was to learn a foreign language. Otherwise, when the system's cheat appeared, you wouldn't even be able to complete the operation.

Hearing that his opponent was the Orcs, Tang Lin could not help but think of the monsters he had seen in the movies. All of them were strong and cruel.

Tang Lin was a bold person, but he was not a fool.

How could he, a recent high school student graduate, defeat them? Being summoned over was not to save people, but to be food for the Orcs. The Orcs especially liked to eat human flesh.

Just as he was about to refuse, a new notification came from the emotionless system. "The connection has been established. A contract has been formed. Mission difficulty — extremely easy. Accepting the summon will give you 500 Wish Power points. Completing the mission will give you another 500 Wish Power points. Do you want to reject this summon?"

"It's f*cking easy, yeah right. I can't even defeat a hobbit, let alone an Orc!" Tang Lin could not help but complain.

This lousy system was probably here to scam people.

Faced with Tang Lin's ridicule, the emotionless system did not respond. This thing was far from being as intelligent as he had imagined. It would only react when it was triggered by similar keywords.

Although he felt that it was not very reliable, Tang Lin was still very concerned about this opportunity to reach the peak of his life. He probed the system and asked, "What is the benchmark for the difficulty levels of missions?"

This time, he received a more detailed reply.

"Extremely easy — the chances of completing the mission are close to 90%, and the chances of encountering life-threatening danger are close to 1%."

"Easy — the chances of completing the mission are close to 70%, and the chances of encountering life-threatening danger are close to 5%.".

"Normal — the chances of completing the mission are close to 50%, and the chances of encountering life-threatening danger are close to 10%.."

"Difficult — the chances of completing the mission are close to 30%, and the chances of encountering life-threatening danger are close to 20%.."

"Nightmare — the chances of completing the mission are close to 10%, and the chances of encountering life-threatening danger are close to 50%."

"Hell — the chances of completing the mission are close to 1%, and the chances of encountering life-threatening danger are close to 70%."

Having listened carefully to this classification, Tang Lin really could not understand how going to the plane of The Lord of the Rings could be of the lowest difficulty level. With his physique, he could not even be considered cannon fodder inside this plane.

"If I accept this contract, can I defeat the Orcs?" Tang Lin asked again.

"Creatures entering a low-latitude plane from a high-latitude plane receive a power boost. According to the calculations, the probability of you completing the mission after entering this plane is more than 99%."

"Then can you first tell me what abilities I would obtain after transmigrating?" Tang Lin continued to ask.

The system did not reply this time round. It was probably because it was not triggered by any fixed keywords.

Since he could not be sure what power he could obtain, Tang Lin was still very worried about transmigrating. Although the protagonists of those novels always had a halo and were always in control of every situation.

In fact, how many new system genre books were there within one year and how many were noticed by people?

If all these novels really became parallel universes, what would happen to the protagonists in the alternate worlds when the novels got discontinued, when they lose the protective halos given to them by the authors. Has anyone thought of that before?

Although it is probably only the beginning of the story now and it won't be discontinued so soon, the integrity of the author is similar to human nature, it cannot stand up to test.

Tang Lin was living a good life now. He don't have a terminally ill sister who needed to be saved or a best friend who needed to be rescued. He felt that there was no good reason for him to take the risk.

In life, it was better to be cautious. What if he were to meet the four demon kings and their generals … No, what if he were to meet the Ringwraith or the Fire Drake Smaug, he would really have to kneel and surrender immediately.

Tang Lin was willing to give it a try if it was in the world of comics like Wasteful Days of High School Girls, there was no risk of death in any case.

Therefore, it was better to give up.

That was what Tang Lin thought. However, in the next moment, he heard a notification from the emotionless system. "Preparation time is over. You did not reject this mission. You have obtained 500 Wish Power points. Teleportation starts now!"

What?!

Only then did Tang Lin recall that the system had asked if he wanted to reject it, not if he wanted to accept it.

So if this wasn't a f*cking hooligan clause?

The surrounding environment changed rapidly. Tang Lin felt the world spinning and he felt like vomiting.

When he came back to his senses, he found himself in a very narrow place. How should he describe it? It was probably a trap that could fit just one person.

The surroundings seemed to be all sand that is covered in moss. Above his head was a dazzling starry sky. Tang Lin stood up straight and felt that there was only twenty to thirty centimeters between his head and the ground. It shouldn't be a problem for him to climb up.

This was the world of The Lord of the Rings! Fortunately, the scenery was not as beautiful as in the movie. But wasn't he told that his abilities would be enhanced? Why was he still in pajamas and slippers?

Just as he was about to climb out of this trap, as he moved his feet, he felt he had stepped on something and it made a cracking sound.

Tang Lin looked down at his feet and was shocked.

What he stepped on just now appeared to be a platform made of rocks and half of it was shattered with one step. But this was not the most shocking. What really frightened Tang Lin so much that he was speechless was the circle of tiny people around his feet.

Under the illumination of tens of matchstick-like miniature torches, a group of tiny people who were not even as tall as Tang Lin's thumb were kowtowing desperately in front of him. It seemed that someone was shouting something loudly, but their voices were so soft that Tang Lin could not hear them clearly.

Tang Lin pinched his thigh hard. The pain told him that he was not dreaming. These tiny people appeared to be alive.

He looked around again. How was this a trap dug out by someone? It was clearly a miniature valley. The surrounding mud walls were actually high mountains and precipices. The moss covering them was actually all kinds of dense plants. It was just that he could not see them clearly at night.

In an instant, Tang Lin could not help but think of the world famous novel, Gulliver's Travels. Then, he thought of the contents of Micro Epoch and other related novels where humans became smaller in size.

"This is what was meant by advanced latitude life forms that enter a lower latitude plane will be strengthened? In this manner?" Tang Lin never expected that he would be in such a situation after entering the alternate world.