Chapter 66 You Should Know When to Stop Using What You Have in Your Hands

This was probably the first time they had heard Liang Jun say such harsh words. Everyone was so shocked that they gasped in unison, and even felt that the surrounding air had become thinner.

Gu Keke stuck out her tongue, and with a "let's watch the show" mentality, shrank back to Luo Chuange's side.

A variety of mottled colors flashed across Jiang Chunhua's face in an instant.

She seemed to have been slandered, or perhaps she was desperate; any hint of flattery she had shown Liang Jun earlier vanished instantly.

"What are you saying, you little girl?!"

She blushed and avoided Liang Jun's searchlight-like gaze, but her inherently stubborn nature made her feel extremely awkward and want to confront her head-on.

The person opposite her is just a callow child; what is she afraid of!

Jiang Chunhua tucked a stray hair behind her ear. "I thought you were a pretty easy-going girl, but it seems you're just like that."

She didn't dare linger her gaze on Liang Jun, instead glancing at the people around her.

"You guys form cliques, and I bet you're all of the same quality..."

"Hey, hey, how can you talk like that!"

Old Ren, who had been sitting crookedly to the side, seemed to finally have a chance to use his skills, and he stood up by supporting himself with his hands on the bench.

"You're all old, yet you take advantage of your age to lecture a child. I don't know what you're thinking."

Jiang Chunhua was so angry her neck bulged, "Who are you calling older..."

Seeing that the two were about to start gesticulating and arguing, Gu Keke, who had been watching the show from the corner, couldn't stand it anymore and quickly came out to mediate.

She stood with her back to Lao Ren in front of Jiang Chunhua, trying her best to block their line of sight.

"Alright, Auntie, Lao Ren, stop arguing—a step back will open up a whole new world. You should all stop arguing."

But Jiang Chunhua's incredulous expression widened again, only this time, she turned her anger towards the kind-hearted Gu Keke.

You called me auntie?

Her pupils trembled. "Young lady, you look to be in your twenties. How dare you call me 'auntie'?"

A string of question marks floated across Gu Keke's usually carefree head.

"Is that strange?" Out of friendliness, she re-examined the other person's appearance. "You look about the same age as my mother, so it's normal for me to call you 'Auntie,' right?"

The boy who had been silently reaching into his pocket finally couldn't hold it in any longer. Without turning around, his voice drifted softly from the front row.

"Actually, Sister Jiang is only in her thirties..."

Seeing Jiang Chunhua standing in front of her, trembling with anger, Gu Keke gave an awkward smile and quickly changed her tune to admit her mistake.

"Sister, I'm sorry."

The tense atmosphere was lightened by this absurd interlude.

Jiang Chunhua ignored Lao Ren and Gu Keke who had suddenly appeared, and sulked to herself. When she looked at Liang Xun again, her eyes were less flattering and more assertive.

"So what do I have to say for you to believe me?"

Liang Jun still wore that faint smile, making it impossible to look into her eyes.

"It's very simple, just tell the truth."

She subconsciously crossed her legs, but then realized it wasn't good for her health, so she put her right leg back and crossed her hands in front of her chest instead.

“The emergency aid station is a place to treat the injured. Everyone’s mission is the same, and you coming here will not help you complete the objective in any way, except that someone is injured—and seriously injured at that—I can’t think of any other reason for you to be here.”

Jiang Chunhua nodded in agreement, completely unaware that she had already boarded the pirate ship that Liang Xuan had led her onto.

Seeing her reaction, Liang Jun's smile deepened.

"But the NPCs inside the instance don't attack players proactively, so they wouldn't cause such serious injuries. The only potential danger is the game devices within the park—"

Liang Jun glanced at the woman who had just come to her senses.

"So, you really didn't complete the rides and get the loot?"

Liang Xuan's words were like a solid piece of evidence. Jiang Chunhua trembled and staggered back to her seat.

She couldn't understand how she had been completely manipulated by a girl in her early twenties.

At this point, Liang Xun no longer needed to say anything more; Jiang Chunhua's body language had already surpassed all words.

Taking advantage of the favorable situation, she seized the opportunity to say, "Since that's the case, do you still want to see our brooches? Our request is actually very simple, we just want to see the spoils of war, it's not as complicated as you think."

Jiang Chunhua took two deep breaths, her chest rising and falling with her movements, revealing a hint of panic.

She didn't turn completely to the side, but only gave the boy next to her a slight look.

"Xiao Feng, show them the things."

"Sister Jiang..."

The boy whose name was called looked embarrassed, instinctively covering his pockets with his hands, his fluffy brown hair obscuring most of his vision.

"Do you really want to give it to me..." he stammered.

Jiang Chunhua didn't say anything more, but simply nodded her head toward the back row with a tragic air.

Shao Feng had no choice but to pull a small object out of his pocket and clutch it tightly in his hand. Only after turning around did he reluctantly open his palm.

Liang Jun did not immediately take the sparkling little thing; instead, her gaze fell on the boy first.

His long brown hair was really eye-catching, with a considerable amount of new black hair growing out of the roots. It was all messy and looked like it hadn't been properly styled in a long time.

The props in his hands had not been taken away for a long time, and Shao Feng finally raised his head after keeping it down for a long time.

His extremely round, dog-like eyes were hidden behind his hair and glasses, faintly revealing layers of moisture. He looked as if he had just been crying.

Why didn't you take it?

Liang Jun did not rush to answer him, but instead quietly shifted her gaze to the small, golden object in his hand.

It was a rounded metal fitting, its smooth surface plated with a gold wire using extremely exquisite craftsmanship. At first glance, it looked just like a piece from a classic collectible.

"The first item we experienced was the giant teacup, which is what you call the trophy."

Jiang Chunhua glanced at Liang Xuan, then quickly looked away and spoke calmly from the side.

Her gaze remained fixed on the metal arc in Shao Feng's hand, as if afraid it would disappear from her sight at any moment.

Luo Chuange watched for a while, then suddenly asked, "When the staff gave it to you, did they explain what it was?"

Jiang Chunhua reluctantly lifted her eyelids and glanced at Luo Chuange.

“I told you, this is the handle of a miniature teacup, a souvenir specially made for this project.”

Upon hearing this clue, Luo Chuange and Liang Jun exchanged a glance, but did not speak further, though they both understood.

The other party has already shown their sincerity, and Liang Jun is definitely not the type to go back on her word.

She nodded to Qi Zhixia and said, "Let them see it."

Seeing Qi Zhixia remove the brooch from her collar, Liang Jun followed her gesture and explained, "This is a souvenir from our trip. Our first activity was bumper cars, so it's just a regular bumper car brooch."

The brooch gleamed brighter than the teacup handle. Jiang Chunhua was so captivated by it that she leaned forward uncontrollably, her upper body slumped against the back of the bench, as if she were under a spell.

She muttered to herself, "How come this thing is more advanced than ours..."

Jiang Chunhua slowly stretched her right hand forward, but just as she was about to touch the brooch, Wang Jianping suddenly slapped her trembling hand down.

The violent slapping made Jiang Chunhua realize what was happening instantly. Knowing she was at a disadvantage, no matter how dissatisfied she was, she could only awkwardly withdraw her hand with a forced smile.

Wang Jianping stood like a guard behind Qi Zhixia, his gaze towards Jiang Chunhua carrying a chilling sharpness.

"Who gave you permission to touch it?"

Qi Zhixia didn't say much. After consulting Liang Xuan, she silently put the brooch back and hid it away.

Jiang Chunhua pouted helplessly, "Fine, I won't touch it then. I was just curious..."

She glanced at Wang Jianping's fierce expression and dared not say another word, swallowing her pent-up frustration.

Just as Qi Zhixia finished adjusting her collar, a voice she had never heard before suddenly rang out—

"Actually, we weren't really curious. We just didn't expect that the bumper cars would actually be a working attraction."

Liang Jun looked in the direction of the sound and saw that the man with a very low profile in the trio was leaning towards them.

The man appeared to be around the same age as Jiang Chunhua. However, the few physical interactions between them suggested a lack of familiarity—subconsciously, Liang Jun ruled out any possibility of intimacy between them.

The man leaned slightly forward, his words carrying a faint air, as if he were recounting something completely unrelated to himself.

“We noticed it on our way up the mountain, but judging from its dilapidated appearance, we thought it was a long-abandoned project and skipped it.”

The man chuckled lightly and shrugged nonchalantly.

"After all, you said that the rides in the amusement park are the only source of danger, so why should we ignore the safe rides and insist on experiencing rides that could kill us?"

Every word the man uttered carried a strong sense of "it's none of my business," which infuriated Gu Keke.

She tugged slightly at Liang Jun's sleeve, "Sister Jun..."

For some reason, Jiang Chunhua seemed to be unable to listen anymore, and her expression suddenly turned unpleasant.

"Tang Cailei, you should stop now."

The two didn't seem to get along very well. Tang Cailei didn't even bother to give Jiang Chunhua a glance before silently turning his body back.

Although the three people in front of him each had their own ulterior motives, they were indeed a group of players that were extremely rare to encounter in the dungeon. Luo Chuange was still unwilling to give up this rare opportunity and wanted to get as much information as possible from them.

"that……"

Luo Chuange glanced around and finally decided to start with his peers who were less aggressive.

He tentatively asked, "Xiao Feng?"

"You called me?"

Shao Feng subconsciously turned around, but after realizing the other person's identity, he scratched his head awkwardly, "My name is Shao Feng, you can just call me by my name."

Luo Chuange nodded, indicating that he understood.

"I mainly wanted to ask about the exact location of the large teacup you experienced. Do you remember where it was?"

While the others were arguing and bickering over souvenirs, Luo Chuange had already begun studying the amusement park map in his hand.

He discovered that the graphic symbol for the "big teacup" could indeed be found on this hastily drawn map, but the map, which was no different from a simple line drawing, did not clearly delineate the specific location of the project.

If we could obtain firsthand information from those who experienced it firsthand to fill in the gaps in this flawed map, we would be practically cheating in this instance.

But to his surprise, Shao Feng simply shook his head slightly.

“I’m very sorry, we don’t have any markers on hand and we can’t remember its location. We only know that it’s very close to the emergency aid station. After we came out of there, we just followed the road uphill to a fork and got here.”

Having received the information, Luo Chuange nodded politely. After Shao Feng turned around again, he and Liang Jun made eye contact.

Liang Jun also seemed to know what was going on, "Tell me your thoughts."

“On our way to the emergency aid station, we came to a fork in the road,” Luo Chuange recalled carefully. “The Big Teacup must have been on that road.”

"But it's not worth coming down the mountain again for a project."

With Wang Jianping's help, Qi Zhixia joined their conversation, saying, "Although the map we have doesn't show the exact locations of the projects, we can still get a general idea of ​​the altitude. We'll pass by many attractions on our way up the mountain, which is enough to complete the tasks assigned by the system."

The others also expressed their agreement, unanimously stating that they would not turn back.

There were a few pens at the information window, and Lao Ren volunteered. After collecting everyone's amusement park maps, he went to the window and crossed out all the graphic symbols of the "Big Teacup".

Just as he finished doing all this and was about to return to the vicinity of the bench, the yellow cherry blossom curtain was lifted again.

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Author's Note: It's been so long since I've made it onto the list again, I'm so touched (tears welling up)