Infinite Highway Employment Guide

When your real-life identity becomes your survival tool in an unlimited flow game, can your profession save your life?

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Chapter 54: Deadly Road Friendly Match

Chapter 54: Deadly Road Friendly Match

After entering the new map, Qiao Song immediately noticed the biggest difference between the Mushroom Map and the Ice Lake Map. There were many strange obstacles on the road here, with various broken wooden stakes and rustling branches piled on the side.

The road is narrow and it is easy to bump into something.

Qiao Song's dinosaur car can finally play its due advantage. As long as the game team does not hide steel plates in these haystacks and branches, Qiao Song can crash through this road even if he closes his eyes and steps on the accelerator.

There are slopes on both sides of the mountain road, and you can hear a gurgling sound. I wonder if something is rolling down.

Qiao Song remembered Gao Chengcheng's reminder. The next second after hearing the sound of the tree stump, he stepped on the accelerator first and soon saw a large tree stump that the roof of his car had brushed against.

In the rearview mirror, I could see that the tree stump shattered instantly after it fell on the road, and all kinds of strange mushrooms burst out from it, gurgling out like soap bubbles.

This should be the strange mushroom that Gao Chengcheng mentioned, the one that would stick to the car.

Qiao Song continued to speed up, and this time began to observe whether there were any strange paths on both sides of the road like Gao Chengcheng mentioned, which could lead directly to the mushroom nest.

At this time, she drove steadily for a while and avoided the exploding mushrooms that almost attacked her. The familiar sound of the explosion made Gao Chengcheng on the other end of the phone immediately realize that Qiao Song was now in the same map as her.

"Sister Qiao Song, you actually came here!"

Gao Chengcheng was in her own ice cream truck. After making eye contact with the Doberman, she immediately started to act like a spoiled child to her brother: "Brother, please help us and find the way. Sister Qiao Song has given us all the strategies."

Doberman let out a click of the tongue, stood up from the driver's seat and leaned over to the window. The animal features on his body gradually faded, except for his head which still looked like a dog, his body had turned into an indistinct white light. Soon, he stuck his head out and sniffed carefully outside the window with his eyes closed.

"Go a few minutes further and watch out for the tree stump on the right."

Gao Chengcheng said happily, "Okay."

Unfortunately, she discovered that her brother quickly changed from that half-human, half-dog state back to a full dog.

Gao Bin's skills can only be fully utilized when he transforms into a human-headed dog. It is almost impossible for him to completely transform back into a human.

At least not yet.

Gao Chengcheng licked her lips. Before she could say anything to comfort her brother, she saw Gao Bin frowning in confusion. He seemed to be wondering, "Qiao Song's car is at the very front of this map. It looks like it will be out in about 20 minutes."

Gao Chengcheng was immediately shocked. She knew that Sister Qiao Song came here for the prop card, so she immediately told her about it.

At this time, Qiao Song was keeping the call interface open while observing the wooden stakes rolling down the hillside outside the window.

She frowned. Although the map game allowed her to get a considerable lead over other players, if she only had 20 minutes to go, it would greatly reduce her chances of getting the mushroom map prop card.

Tsk, did he secretly move her forward a long distance?

She had observed from the ice lake before and knew that she should be more than half an hour's drive away from the exit of the ice lake.

At this time, Gao Chengcheng's surprised voice came from the other end of the call: "I saw it! There is light inside this tree stump!"

Under her brother's command, Gao Chengcheng stepped on the accelerator and brakes, and drifted directly into a target that was rolling down on her side. The next second after crashing into the vacuum tree trunk, she saw the brilliant light like the aurora. After passing through this special passage, at the end of the tree trunk was a new map of ice and snow!

"Wuhu——"

Gao Chengcheng finally drove onto her favorite icy road, and the ice cream truck felt as smooth as if it had returned home!

Gao Bin immediately reminded her: "We are very close to the exit now, so hurry up to get the props."

After they came out and looked around, they found that the long black worms that Qiao Song had mentioned were no longer in number, but there were still a few. Gao Chengcheng found the right opportunity to turn the car around and rushed directly into the mouth of a giant beast that had just formed.

It all depends on her sister Qiao being reliable. If Gao Chengcheng had used her own brain, she would never have thought that she could get the prop card by rushing into such a terrifying big mouth with fangs.

Qiao Song's situation was not as smooth as hers. She didn't know if the game officials were deliberately trying to suppress her. After seeing the dinosaur car's invincible collision ability, the number of wooden stakes rolling down the mountain decreased.

The first principle of road racing is that you cannot go back. Even if they rush into a special path, they must keep moving forward.

Qiao Song let out a sigh of relief, and was just about to find a random wooden stake to fall down and rush up the valley, when he was startled to find a familiar car in his rearview mirror and a familiar voice in his ears.

"Isn't this Miss Qiao Song?"

In the forest full of mushrooms, a mushroom-shaped car appeared. It didn't seem so weird, but You Yitong looked so well-dressed with a pale ghost sitting on the passenger seat, which made them look like some kind of villain combination from a fairy tale.

The mushroom car followed the dinosaur car closely and had no intention of overtaking.

Although this mountain road is narrow, it is at least a two-lane road. If you can knock away the obstacles, overtaking is not difficult. It seems that he came over just to say a few words to Qiao Song.

"I didn't expect it was you in front of me. I thought I was already the leading car in our map."

Qiao Song glanced at the ghost in his co-pilot's seat.

"I didn't expect you to only bring one teammate for the road race."

Although the game stipulates that one car can seat 4 passengers, in fact, large guilds will choose to form a team of 2 to 3 people with better cooperation.

"That's still not as good as you. You dare to come in alone."

You Yitong always smiles when he speaks, and stares at you seriously with that seemingly harmless face. Even if Xiao Ni, who hates him the most in the team, is not there, Qiao Song always feels that this guy has bad intentions.

Qiao Song saw the mushroom car driving side by side with him and didn't want to get too close to it.

Seeing her defensive look, and a slightly hurt expression, You Yitong quickly took the initiative to mention it as if he had thought of something:

"Oh, by the way, actually, we just took a special route in this map and ended up rushing into a very strange valley. After rushing out of there, we got a special prop card. Is Miss Qiao Song interested in this?"

Qiao Song was still observing his mushroom car carefully. It looked like a big colorful mushroom from the outside. The wheels underneath were not very clear, but it should have enough horsepower. After all, her dinosaur car could crash into things, and this elastic mushroom could also quickly bounce away those obstacles like a sphere.

Qiao Song didn't think that the other party would be so kind as to give her information, and this guy always looked very interested in her. It didn't seem like he wanted to pull her into the Newcomer Alliance, but more like he was sizing her up or evaluating something.

"Thanks, I still prefer..."

Before he finished speaking, a burst of ghostly screams came from behind.

I saw a strange dragon boat vehicle suddenly rushed out from a tree stump on the mountain, and landed in the middle of the already crowded road. After landing in a trance, it immediately accelerated to join in the fun.

"I told you it would be fun to follow her. Look! There's even a hidden map!" The drivers were obviously very excited. After successfully getting the item card, they accelerated like crazy to find the dinosaur car, and at the same time, they kept bumping into the monsters' stomachs for fun.

Although they couldn't get the second prop card by hitting the monsters again after clearing the level once, it was fun! Not to mention that they actually found a unique entrance while hitting the monsters. Following the green, they came directly to a new hidden map.

They accelerated all the way and soon found the car they had lost.

"Hey, Captain, isn't this big mushroom the guy from the Newcomer Alliance?"

Even though the strategy group is made up of a bunch of psychopaths who love playing games, their information network is definitely the most comprehensive besides the strict organization like the Black Iron Guild. After all, even if they want to die, they have to keep their lives.

The Lego man grabbed what he had in his hands and quickly assembled a special laser gun, aiming it at the window of the mushroom car.

"Hahaha, great magician, long time no see!" The strategy team's way of saying hello was to fire a shot right away.

You Yitong rarely had a pleasant expression on his face, as if he had seen a piece of chewing gum that was about to stick to his clothes, his face was full of disgust.

"The annoying guy is coming over, so we have a chance, we can talk next time."

It seemed that he didn't want to confront the strategy team head-on right now.

After saying that, he immediately stepped on the accelerator to speed up. This big, elastic mushroom actually rushed forward very quickly. Its soft shape was almost like a running pudding, slightly twisted.

Qiao Song suddenly felt a little unhappy. You two guys, your cars are very light and very fast, right?

She glanced in the rearview mirror and saw that water droplets had begun to gather on the dragon boat car's handlebars, apparently aiming at two cars at the same time.

Qiao Song immediately said loudly with a serious face: "Be careful, their car is going to attack you."

After saying that, as if she wanted to help, she took the initiative to crash into the mushroom car that had accelerated and was about to slip away. The latter was not in time and was directly bounced a long distance by her, and was almost hit by the wooden stakes that rolled down the hillside.

I don’t know if it’s because the three cars gathered in one place, but the tree stumps, which had obviously decreased in number before, began to roll down densely again this time, and mushrooms of various colors burst out on the road from time to time.

The two psychopaths in the car behind were happily acting as troublemakers while screaming. In the chaos, Qiao Song observed a wooden stake on the mountain and finally saw the target he wanted, which was completely hollow and made a unique sound.

You Yitong, who was bumped by her and successfully held back, seemed to have noticed this as well. His eyes narrowed slightly and his fingers moved slightly.

The hollow tree stump rolled down and suddenly stopped at some point.

After the falling speed slows down and they reach the right distance, their accelerated cars will pass by the target. At that time, Qiao Song will definitely not be able to successfully cross the tree stump.

At this moment, Qiao Song, as if he had expected it, stepped on the brakes as You Yitong noticed the movement on the hillside from the side.

The dinosaur car slowed down instantly, and when it passed by the strategy team's car, she said, "Magician, how did you get this map prop card? Just because you happened to drive a mushroom car into the mushroom map?"

The car slowed down instantly. The magician herself might not be able to hear her words clearly, but the two troublemakers in the strategy group could hear them. The man in the baseball cap seemed to have just noticed the background of the map and immediately increased the intensity of his attack on the magician.

"This guy, I'm afraid he got some strategy in advance. There are so many offensive mushrooms in this map. Let's attack his car first."

When You Yitong saw the various weapons attacking his car's roof, his face darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Two idiots!

Qiao Song had already taken the opportunity to drive towards the wooden stake that was slowly rolling down the hillside. Passing through the passage in the middle, she immediately came to a valley full of mushrooms.

There was colorful miasma visible to the naked eye in the valley. Even with the car windows closed, she didn't dare to stay there any longer. She immediately looked for the tree stumps in the valley that were covered with dense mushrooms and seemed to be randomly stacked. This was the advantage of having someone to plan ahead. This time, Qiao Song didn't even need to use her brain to find the special target mentioned by Gao Chengcheng, and quickly drove in through these tree stumps one by one.

Ten minutes later, the moment she rushed out from a tree stump, she heard a prompt sound next to her ear, and a card with a drawing of a small mushroom appeared on her center console.

[Congratulations on obtaining the Mushroom Home special item]

【Colorful mushroom pipes】

Like the props provided by the black worm, this is also a prop card that can open up a new channel for the vehicle, but after passing through the mushroom channel, the entire vehicle can be thoroughly disinfected.

The functions of these prop cards are varied, but they must be very useful, otherwise the authorities would not obstruct them in every possible way or even mislead them.

Qiao Song only took a glance at the card and soon found that she was almost at the end of the road. The tunnel exit on the map was about a few minutes ahead.

At this moment, she noticed in the rearview mirror that there were two cars that were speeding up and catching up with her. In the front was a big red mushroom with small white dots, and behind it was a dragon boat car with special effects that were crackling like fireworks.

Tsk tsk, it turns out that psychopaths and hypocrites are the perfect match.

She sped up and rushed into the tunnel first.

[Congratulations on successfully clearing the second map. Now, you can choose to enter the maintenance station to rest, or continue to challenge the third map]

[Please note that after you choose to rest, you are not allowed to enter the maintenance station again within 12 hours]

[Your remaining number of times to enter the maintenance station is: 3]

[Friendly reminder, the damage level of your vehicle is detected to be 10%. If it exceeds 50%, you will be forced to enter the repair station]

Qiao Song recalled that it should be the loss when crossing the Mushroom Valley. The colorful miasma should be very corrosive.

At this time, another round of applause rang out from the center console: [Congratulations, you are now the number one player in the entire map. The dungeon maker is very satisfied with your performance. Now, you have a precious right to ask questions.]

Can I ask questions? This is a good reward.

Qiao Song calculated the time and felt her current level of fatigue. She would probably choose to continue to the third map later, but she felt something was not right if she kept running endlessly like this.

"I want to ask, how many maps do I have to run in the entire road race to reach the finish line?"

[Sorry, this question involves the nature of the dungeon and I cannot comment. If players want to clear the dungeon, they only need to maintain the top 10 ranking after the dungeon time ends. Players outside the top 10 can redeem themselves with soul coins. ]

After saying this, the AI ​​voice on the center console no longer paid attention to Qiao Song’s complaints.

On the big holographic projection screen, the girl who ranked first was still indignantly asking the center console why they let her ask questions but didn’t give her direct answers?

After the AI ​​voice disappeared, the girl looked around, finally glanced at the sky, then with a smile on her lips, she chose to enter the new map.

The little girl was curled up on the sofa, holding her doll and quietly watching the game. She happily said to the doll in her arms: "I like her!"

The little girl was wearing a dark red dress and her hair was soft and shiny. There were two skeletons in the box, gently bunting up her hair behind her, as if they were going to make a beautiful princess hairstyle.

"Yinyin, no, this is against the rules. The treasure at the end needs to be discovered by the players themselves." An AI voice exactly the same as the one on the player's center console sounded, but this time it was much gentler.

The little girl immediately clutched the teddy bear in her arms, looking a little unhappy.

She puffed her cheeks, her red skirt fluttered slightly, and an extremely cold atmosphere instantly floated in the private room.

"But it's been more than 700 sessions, and still no player has successfully reached the finish line. That's obviously my treasure, why can't I go and get it myself!"

"Because in this game, you have to accept the loss if you lose."

The gentle AI prompt sounded: "I have calculated this time. After the suggestions made by the special guests are adopted, the possibility of determining the true champion this time is the highest."

The little girl pouted and fiddled with the toy in her arms: "I don't like those two weird things, the microphone and the screen."

"They are shareholders and have the right to make suggestions on the game."

"Humph, once we find the treasure, we'll take back their rights!"

Because her proposal was rejected, the little girl was a little angry and accidentally tore off one of the arms of the teddy bear. In the cross-section of the broken doll, there was not white cotton wool, but something pink and tender like meat.

She frowned and listened to the teddy bear's mouth for a while. It was obviously motionless and as quiet as a doll, so she immediately pushed it away in disgust.

"Toys that only know how to cry are the most boring."

One of the two white skeletons who were doing her hair up immediately stood up and opened the side door of the private room, revealing a room filled with various doll cards, strange racing car models, and various toys.

The skeleton quickly brought out a brand new, beautiful rabbit doll from the next room and put it in the little girl's arms again.

The teddy bear that had been thrown away was soon entangled by a ball of pure red silk thread.

"Yinyin, don't eat too much, or you'll have indigestion."

The red line that was still spreading outward on the red skirt paused for a moment, and then the girl named Yin Yin pursed her lips, picked up the teddy bear whose flesh had been sucked half way out, and threw it into the trash can.

The silk thread returned to the hem of her skirt and became the corner of her red skirt again. Yin Yin held her chin with her little hands, holding up her exquisitely braided princess hair, and asked the skull to get her a beautiful crystal crown.

Looking at the female player on the screen, she said expectantly, "Hurry up, find the end soon, I'm really bored."

At this time, at the Hearse Entertainment Corporation, Boss Cai finally got the chance to spend money after finishing four or five bottles of wine in one breath.

A golden card was held between his fingertips and quickly swiped across the screen in front of him. He didn't even look at the user instructions and various detailed prompts.

After enduring for an entire map, he finally got what he was waiting for. None of these damn humans would be able to escape alive.

Mike Feng was still advising him: "Just invest a little money to play, why are you doing this? This is only the first day of the competition. Are you going to spend money to attack players every time you refresh the investment opportunity?"

Mr. Cai, who might normally have said sarcastically that he would not spend an extra penny on humans, recently felt angry when he saw the familiar face gradually appearing on the big screen.

"I have money."

Crazy Mike: You cheapskate, why don't you watch what you're saying?

Never mind. Thinking about the anger this guy had recently suffered at the convenience store, he probably wanted to vent. Anyway, more and more people died in the road race as time went on, and in the new map—

The players who were previously scattered in various small maps were gathered together again in a large map. Mike opened a hidden interface on the screen that human players could never see. Countless large and small dots with sinister energy were gathering towards this map from behind.

The ghosts participating in the road race are finally going to attack humans in large numbers.

"Well, it's a rare opportunity anyway, and we're all here to relax. It just so happens that the danger level of this map is quite high. I hope these damned guys don't kill themselves."

Mike waved his sleeves frantically and disappeared from the private room in an instant.

At this moment, all the players who entered the new map immediately heard the familiar yet annoying voice in the sky.

"Congratulations to all players for successfully clearing two maps. Now we are entering a new and exciting race. Welcome to the Thunder Plains! Please always pay attention to the thunder balls in the sky. If you are hit, no matter if you are a person, a ghost, or a car, you may be eliminated and scrapped on the spot~"

The moment Qiao Song and his friends entered the new map, they saw the prompt on the center console.

Gao Chengcheng, who had copied homework twice with Qiao Song, originally thought that this time would be like the previous two pictures, perhaps there was a way out hidden in the lightning.

She smiled and greeted Sister Qiao Song who she reunited with, but before she could even utter her clever guess, she saw a car that had just rushed out being chased by a group of ghosts that suddenly appeared, and it was hit by a golden lightning bolt at the same time. The car, the people and the ghosts were all turned into charcoal on the spot.

Gao Chengcheng was just about to suggest whether he should take the initiative to catch the lightning to see if he could be considered as clearing this small copy of the map: …

Qiao Song looked at the dark and cloudy sky and the swarm of ghosts that were rushing out from behind him, and he felt that things were not looking good.

"This map is not easy to pass. Let's spread out and don't gather together."

If they gather together, they will be struck by lightning all at once.

By the way, the outer shell of her car is mostly made of dinosaur skin or something like that. Even if it’s a steel cage, as long as it’s sealed, wouldn’t it be lightning-proof?