Chapter 60: Deadly Road Friendly Race

"Can you answer the question now?"

The cold lightning card hit his face directly. The fat white man knelt down and sat down, his voice became flattering:

"Look, isn't this just a misunderstanding? We usually just trick people into entering our house, we don't have any other intentions. You've already hit me and scolded me, and I see you're in a hurry for your road race, how about I clean it up for you and you can continue driving forward..."

Qiao Song raised his eyelids lightly: "Don't change the subject."

A lightning strike card was caught between his fingers: "This is your last chance. Speak well and seriously. I asked three questions earlier. Answer them one by one."

At this time, there was another loud thunder outside. It was unknown which player used the lightning card, but it made Qiao Song's expression look particularly stern. This also forced the prisoners in the bag to recognize the situation again.

Several of the same tribesmen couldn't help but shrink back. You looked at me, I pushed you, and finally the one who was the most arrogant before was pushed to the front, and he was also the one who was kneeling the most standardly now.

Although the fat white man has no mouth on his head with no visible facial features, people can still hear his sounds when he speaks, as if they are producing sounds through another organ.

"Our tribe is called Shadow Silkworm. We originally lived in Yongye Town. Every once in a while, a group of strangers would come in. The manager said that every time an outsider came in, we could forage for food freely..."

"Is this also the reason why you tricked players into parking?"

"I'm so hungry, I can't do anything..."

Qiao Song clicked her tongue, and several shadow silkworms immediately trembled, fearing that she would thunder if she disagreed with them: "Actually, we won't..."

"I know you don't eat people."

Qiao Song’s words stunned Yingcan, who was trying to defend himself.

"We 'humans' should be the ones to have an opinion on what it feels like to be watched by man-eating monsters."

Qiao Song tapped on the surface of the Lightning Strike Card with his fingertips, as if he was thinking about some key issue.

This made Yingcan, who was answering her question, even more nervous.

Qiao Song looked carefully at these ghosts called shadow silkworms. They looked like cylindrical rice cakes. They had no eyes or even mouths on their heads. They really looked like silkworms.

"When I came up to chase you, you kept trying to lead me into the house, but there were no traps or anything. It felt like you were just stalling for time. Your purpose seemed more like you were trying to trick the players out of the car, so—"

Qiao Song narrowed his eyes: "Your target was not the players from the beginning, right?"

The fact that they thought of luring her through a phone call at least shows that these things are very smart. They lured the player out but did not take the initiative to attack. Instead, they continued to circle the room by imitating voices. This can only mean that they are not ghosts of the power hexagram.

Their task is to lure the players out of the car.

Seeing the fat white man's horrified expression, Qiao Song raised his right hand: "If the target is not the player, then it must be our car?"

"Sister, please talk nicely! Don't be impulsive!"

Qiao Song's palm, which was holding the lightning card, was actually wrapped with a circle of invisible puppet strings. She felt the end of the silk string and saw that the water ghost she controlled was still intact in the car. She raised her eyebrows and said, "Why are you panicking? Are you feeling guilty?"

When the silkworms in the net bag saw that she didn't use the prop card, they sat back on the ground.

Qiao Song dragged them out without saying anything, scaring the silkworms in the bag to tremble: "We really didn't lie, and we really don't eat people. There's nothing we can do to trick you into the house!"

Qiao Song's behavior clearly showed that she wanted to check the condition of her car before deciding whether to attack them. However, these shadow silkworms knew that her car had been left outside and was probably already -

Qiao Song came out of the yard and saw his own hearse still intact.

The car with dinosaur elements has no abnormalities from the front to the rear, it still has the style of a steel behemoth. Even the car wash fragrance after coming out of the maintenance station is exactly the same.

But Qiao Song narrowed his eyes and quickly grabbed the neck of one of the shadow silkworms.

"Where's my car?"

The already nervous Fatty looked around: "Isn't this your car..."

Qiao Song: "It does look the same outside, but where's the ghost in my car?"

Yingcan was stunned: "There is a ghost in your car?"

Feeling that the hand that was pinching him was getting stronger, Yingcan immediately said, "Don't be angry! I'll take you to find a car!"

The shadow silkworm can imitate humans and even copy the shadow of a hearse driven by a human and place it in its place as a substitute.

Usually they would act collectively based on their own houses, and after making a replica, they would try to move the original car away. However, the human in front of them acted too quickly, and their entire family was wiped out before they could react.

In this case, the player's car replica and the original car should both be outside.

The reason why Yingcan felt guilty just now was mainly because he was afraid that Qiao Song would come over and see two cars. He didn't know how to explain, but he didn't expect that there was only one left. This was even more terrible. They had copied it, but they hadn't sold it yet!

It's possible that someone nearby had stolen the devil's car, and the blame was put on these captives!

Qiao Song sneered: "If I hadn't realized that this wasn't my car, would you have just tried to fool me?"

Although this car looks the same as her original one, it seems that only the physical things have been copied. Qiao Song can feel that at the end of the puppet thread wrapped around her wrist, the water ghost is still in the car, and her original car seems to be in another place.

It would be fine if I just replaced her car with another one.

In the name "影蚕", does the character "影" mean projection or copy? And does the character "丝" in "影蚕" mean eating?

"You guys, if you don't eat people, then you're eating cars?"

Every time Qiao Song said one more word, his Shadow Can trembled. Big Fatty knew that he had no more cards to play, so he could only try to please Qiao Song and said immediately, "It's true that we Shadow Can eat cars, but your car was not taken away by us. There are only a few of us in the family, and you caught them all. Moreover, if there is a ghost in your car, it may be locked by other houses. I can take you to find it. It must be nearby!"

A haunted car will be locked by the house?

What about someone's car?

Qiao Song looked back at the hotel which was now brightly lit. She had driven all the way in and could feel the depressing atmosphere visible to the naked eye on this map. It was conceivable how conspicuous this hotel with lights on would be on this map.

"So in your Evernight Town, turning on the lights in a building means someone is visiting?"

Yingcan said nervously: "That's right..."

If she kept the lights on, wouldn't she be showing off to the ghosts around her, "My prey has come to my house, I'm going to eat"? No wonder her car disappeared after being parked outside for a while, leaving only a fake imitation in its place.

Qiao Song touched the thing that looked like her own ghost car, and the temporary tattoo on her hand flashed. It seemed that her car key could also open this fake car.

She opened the door and got in to feel it, and discovered that although everything in the car looked exactly the same as the original, even the empty card slot on the center console was reproduced one-to-one, the problem was that there was a very subtle, eerie feeling inside this replica.

This familiar feeling reminded Qiao Song of the small van she had snatched from the water ghost boss. Because it was a real ghost car, human players would be unknowingly corroded by ghost energy when driving that kind of car. This was also the reason why they wanted to enter the hearse copy and get a real car.

If one drives the car on the road without noticing that it has been replaced, the player will probably become a half-human, half-ghost after the road race. After all, not everyone is like Qiao Song, carrying a ghost cloak with him.

"Turn off the lights in the hotel first."

Big White Fatty had a sad face, and when he felt the lightning card on his cheek, he said very sensibly: "You have to let me touch the wall of my house and touch the objects within the house, then I can control the lights in our house."

Qiao Song pinched his head and pushed his face directly against the wall of his hotel. Soon, the hotel, which had lanterns hanging at the door and a brightly lit lobby, became completely dark, just like all the other buildings in this town of eternal night.

But Qiao Song noticed that in the distance, in the direction where the lightning had flashed before, there were several faint lights that had already lit up.

In a dark town, these few faint lights will be particularly conspicuous.

That's the signal for the ghosts in the house to start hunting.

Qiao Song pulled the guy who had been talking out of the net bag, and then put the net bag and the remaining shadow silkworms into his toolbox.

Although the shadow silkworm is closer to a monster than a ghost, the ghost puppet line is still effective. Qiao Song wrapped the line around his white body, which is almost as thick as his neck.

Qiao Song seemed to understand why this guy dared to be so arrogant before. The uneven marks on his body caused by the hammer were slowly recovering.

Qiao Song knew very well how much effort he had put in fighting the ghost before, but he didn't expect that this guy had such a strong recovery ability.

"No wonder you have the confidence to challenge me."

The shadow silkworms trembled in fear but dared not resist. Their bodies recovered quickly after being damaged, but their fatal weakness was their fear of thunder and fire.

At first I thought this player was just a reckless man swinging a hammer, but who knew he was just playing with the hammer for fun. He had a lot of attack cards in his hand. If several of them were stacked together, it would be enough for his whole family to be reborn several times.

"Among the houses nearby, only your hotel has lights on, and they were turned on after I finished the call."

Qiao Song felt the end of the puppet thread and judged that his car seemed to be next to the hotel.

As she carried the shadow silkworm towards the dark rooms nearby, she asked, "So, the phone call means the hunting is confirmed, and only when the prey responds can you light the lights and cooperate."

Yingcan swallowed silently, thinking to himself, you guessed it even though I didn't say anything, so how should I answer?

Qiao Song then said, "Since it is a free hunt, there will be competition. Take me to say hello to your colleagues. I want to grill your colleagues or your whole family. Choose one."

The fat white silkworm stood up decisively. Between life and death, he reacted quickly: "I know there is a back door in the neighbor's house that is easy to get in. Follow me this way."

The lackey was indeed good at leading the way. The lights in the surrounding houses were not on, just like a lonely boat hidden in the darkness. Qiao Song was holding the fat white thing in his hand, and it really looked like he was holding a soft silkworm.

She held the hammer in her other hand and put it against the guy's face. She could feel the other person slowly moving forward along the wall.

It was too dark. Outside the range of street lamps and car lights, these unlit buildings were like an abyss, swallowing up all the light.

This is when the importance of the lightning card is reflected. Not only can it attack ghosts, but the lightning can also temporarily repel the darkness.

There were a few more rumbling sounds coming from the distant sky. I don’t know which players used the lightning cards. The sudden light directly illuminated the shadow close to the corner of the wall.

Qiao Song looked up at the direction of the thunder and felt something was wrong. The frequency of the lightning strikes was too high. Didn't these players have means of attack? How could they use the lightning strike cards so early? They had only been in this map for a short time.

This is a map of a hundred demons parading at night, so each of the dark houses that appear when they enter the map actually has a ghost.

It is not easy to contact Gao Chengcheng with the mobile phone now, after all, ghosts can also invade her mobile phone. However, Gao Bin's dog nose is very useful, so Qiao Song doesn't have to worry about this.

Although the lightning card can attack monsters in the dark for a short period of time, it will also expose one's position. Qiao Song will not use it easily. Some weapons are most deterrent when they are held in the hands.

Before sneaking into the dark house of the neighbor, Qiao Song heard Yingcan tremblingly remind her: "What if, I mean what if, when you use the lightning card, remember to be a little more accurate, don't hurt me by mistake, I still have to lead the way for you, right?"

Qiao Song made a click of the tongue and kicked him in the butt, and the guy continued to move forward silently.

This building, which is separated from the hotel by a wall, seems to be a seafood store. After Qiao Song and Yingcan sneaked into the backyard, they smelled a very obvious fishy smell as soon as they came in. The wall was a little wet. Qiao Song felt that it didn't feel like ceramic tiles, but rather an aged white wall. The wall paint had fallen off and started to fade.

Qiao Song held Yingcan's scruff with his left hand and a hammer with his right hand, and entered the yard from the back door at Yingcan's reminder. Although these Yingcans, whose eyes had degenerated, lacked combat effectiveness, had good eyesight, they immediately noticed that behind the wooden door, in a corner of the yard of this seafood store, there was a special vehicle parked.

There was a circle of black shadows around the car. They were squirming and looking inside through the windows like mud.

If there was someone in the car, he would be scared to death, but there was only a dazed ghost in the car.

It is the existence of this water ghost that makes the ghosts in this unlit seafood store somewhat unpredictable.

"This is the smell of a ghost, a guest to be received."

"Why didn't the passenger get off the car? He seemed stupid to me."

The one who said the water ghost was stupid was hit on the head with a hammer by the mud ghost next to him.

"No, that's not right. I saw a light on next door. This should be a human's car."

"But there is clearly only one ghost in this car. The ghost is the guest and the human is the food. If we light the lights illegally, we won't be able to provide food. What should we do if something goes wrong?"

Several mud-like ghosts were pushing each other away. Suddenly, a slight sound was heard from behind. It was the sound of a wooden door being pushed open, which was a bit harsh.

Yingcan's heart skipped a beat. He had originally planned to sneakily take the human out through the back door, but he didn't expect the yard to be so crowded.

At a glance, there were nearly a dozen ghosts. Just as he was hesitating whether it would be better to explain the current situation to the new master or to find an opportunity to stab him in the back, he saw the human next to him took out something without hesitation.

Boom!

There was a flash of lightning and thunder, and a shocking beam of light accurately hit the circle of mud ghosts outside the car. The rolling lightning even jumped out from the corridor of the house and quickly spun the entire house.

This was the second time Qiao Song used the lightning card. Compared to the last time in the Thunder Plain, she felt that this card seemed to be more convenient to use. The lightning was like a hammer in her hand, which could easily sweep most areas within her sight.

Thus, the dilemma of being discovered after just five minutes of sneaking was easily solved by violence.

There was a burnt smell in the air, and Qiao Song kicked the fat white man who was lying limp beside him.

"What are you standing there for? Go and bring your colleague here for me. I want to interrogate him."

All the mud ghosts around her car were scared away, leaving only the shortest and smallest one in the corner, which was the one Qiao Song deliberately avoided when using Thor's hammer.

The black ghost was trembling at a level visible to the naked eye.

Yingcan swallowed his saliva. When Qiao Song gave him a look, he wisely went over and kidnapped the surviving neighbor.

Qiao Song unlocked the car door and opened it. A complicated expression appeared on the water ghost's wooden face. It was unclear whether he was stimulated by the lightning that just hit the car, or he thought he would be free soon, but ended up back in the wolf's den.

"So you're awake? The puppet line is too far away, and it's a bit difficult for me to control it. If you encounter similar special situations in the future, you must learn to pull the puppet line yourself to notify me, understand?"

The water ghost suddenly closed his eyes and nodded painfully.

The shadow silkworms who had just tied up the neighbor were dumbfounded. Listen to what they were saying. Just looking at the situation just now, if they had arrived a step later, this water ghost might have been rescued by the neighbors and become a guest. In the end, not only did he fail to escape from the sea of ​​suffering, but he had to come back to continue being a puppet.

Ghosts also have dignity!

Qiao Song raised his eyelids and said, "Tie this guy up and take him to the living room."

Yingcan immediately nodded and said, "Okay!"

This dark building is actually not a seafood store, but a seafood restaurant. The back door is full of unprocessed seafood that smells fishy and unpleasant. The closer you get to the kitchen, the more strange and strong fragrance you smell.

Perhaps it was because Qiao Song walked in from the back door, so he was able to quickly realize that there was something wrong with this strong fragrance. But if other humans came in from the front door and only smelled the fragrance, they might not be able to realize the abnormality here.

"I saw you just said that if there is a ghost in the car, you can't turn on the lights. What do you mean?"

The bound ghost in the form of mud finally came back to his senses from the reality of being almost wiped out. He looked at the shadow silkworm that helped tie him up with some resentment and said, "You traitor, you actually dared to team up with humans. Aren't you afraid of being blamed by the higher-ups?"

Yingcan straightened his back and said confidently: "The administrator will only deal with ghosts who light the wrong light. I didn't light the wrong light. Someone came to my store."

It’s just that they haven’t fought before. Didn’t they turn off the lights?

The mud ghost was choked and thought for a long time. Under the coercion of Qiao Song and the persuasion of the ghost, he had to bow his head and compromise.

The feeling of having the lightning strike right next to his face was too terrifying. He didn't want to turn into ashes.

"Lighting up the lamps is the rule of Evernight Town. Whether you want to hunt humans or devour hearses, you must follow the same principle: you can only light up the lamps when people come. When ghosts come, you have to receive them in the dark."

Qiao Song was a little puzzled: "You still have to receive ghosts?"

Isn't Evernight Town a map in Road Race? Do the NPCs here have to deal with ghosts?

Although I know that humans and ghosts receive different treatment when participating in the competition, the difference is too big.

The mud ghost whispered, "But they give money."

Qiao Song: ...

Mud ghost: "500 soul coins per car, with board and lodging provided. You can bring your own food or pay us to find it. We also provide car washes, but you have to pay extra, ranging from 200 to 500. Some ghosts' cars are too difficult to wash. Those coffin boards and paper cars also need to be dried, which is very troublesome."

Having said that, he glanced at Qiao Song secretly.

Qiao Song immediately understood that it was true that the participating ghosts could enjoy various services, but they, the humans, could only be used as food.

No wonder the buildings that invite humans will light up. Isn’t this telling those houses in the shadows that if they want food, they should go to where there are lights?

Unfriendly eyes immediately fell on Yingcan's head, who shuddered and immediately distanced himself from the matter: "We really don't hunt humans, we only steal cars!"

As for how many minutes humans can drive the pirated Shadow Ghost Car after the car is stolen, that is none of their business.

Qiao Song immediately realized the benefits of having ghosts in the car. After entering the building, if there is the scent of ghosts in the car, the owner of the building will hesitate whether to turn on the lights. For players with strong combat awareness, there is a time difference, and a lot can be done.

No wonder the magician from the Rookie Alliance subconsciously brought a ghost team member to participate in the road race with him when he entered the game.

But was this guy so sure that they would enter the map of Evernight Town halfway through? So, like the paper-made boy and girl, he got the program of this kind of competition through some channel?

Thinking of You Yitong, Qiao Song felt that there must be other reasons for putting a ghost in the car. The magician gave her a strong feeling. Arranging a ghost to sit in his passenger seat could not be just to reduce the difficulty of the game, but more likely to meet some special standard.

"You just said that if you receive ghosts, you will also have to collect soul coins. Where is the money?"

The topic changed so quickly that Gui was a little dumbfounded. He thought he would be silenced, but Qiao Song came up to him carelessly and searched his pockets like a robber.

In the end, not a penny was found.

The ghost, with a large piece of mud still on his face, looked a little embarrassed: "The passage to Yongye Town has only been opened for a short time. You calculated it early. We haven't opened tonight yet..."

When I saw the car next door outside just now, I thought I could open for business. But who knew that the ghost in the car was just a puppet, and the real human had just killed the car next door and came here to look for the car.

Qiao Song suddenly realized something: "So, you brought my car in just to steal customers?"

The mud ghost glanced at the shadow silkworm and his voice became lower and lower: "After all, the shadow silkworm only eats cars and not people. If there is a person in the car, we will return the car to him after eating the person. If there is a ghost in the car, they can't eat the ghost car."

The shadow silkworm next door was stunned for a second, then immediately rose up and said, "You stinky sludge, we have been neighbors for so long, and you dare to cheat me?!"

"How good are you! You are still a lackey of humans!"

Qiao Song pulled apart the two prisoners who were about to fight.

She thought for a moment and suddenly had a bold idea: since ghosts can open a shop, why can't she?

Anyway, she has to stay in this map for 12 hours before she can leave, and the ghosts in the house will turn on the lights as soon as they see humans entering. So why doesn't she just occupy a building and wait for the ghosts to come?

It costs 500 soul coins to receive a ghost car. Don't miss it! You can also get some intelligence by the way.

The only problem is how to make these two henchmen work more diligently. It's true that puppet threads can control ghosts, but if you want the ghosts to be completely obedient, you need to beat them half to a pulp first. And they are not particularly easy to use. The water ghost boss's driving skills are still crooked, but if the ghosts' autonomy is too high, they can easily break free from the puppet threads.

It doesn't matter, she knows this, but ghosts don't.

Qiao Song suddenly gave a relatively gentle smile, which made the two ghosts feel a chill in their hearts.

"Well, to tell you the truth, my puppet thread can bind another ghost to be my puppet, but I need a more useful one. You two can tell each other about your strengths and weaknesses, and I will see which ghost is more useful to me."

"Oh, I won't kill the remaining one, of course. I'm just going to take over this seafood restaurant and receive 'guests'. I need a helper and a puppet. Who of you two will be the helper and who will be the puppet?"

It is unlikely to let these two ghosts compete for the job, so Qiao Song chose to let these two guys squeeze each other and bring out each other's abilities.

Shadow Silkworm, who had long been a lackey, was the first to shout: "The Mud Ghost can make fake human skin and turn himself into a human! If he is made into a puppet, he can be disguised as another human in a minute. It's very useful!"

"You shameless bastard!" The mud ghost next to him was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.

"Okay, okay, let's play it this way, right? Shadow Silkworm is much more useful than me. His clan can directly copy a shadow of any inanimate object. The shadow is exactly the same as the original object. After you make him into a puppet, he can help you create all kinds of illusions of objects in minutes. Even fake prop cards can fool many players!"

"Bullshit, our abilities all have time limits, okay? Your ability to make fake human skin has no time limit, it's much more useful than ours!"

"Bah, the fake you created with your shadow ability is exactly the same as the original. My skin will be exposed as soon as it comes into contact with water. How can I compare to you!"

The two ghosts were arguing with each other, and although their tones were fierce and they looked like they wanted to tear each other apart, in the back and forth, they were almost exposing each other's cards and abilities.

Qiao Song nodded. Yes, they are indeed neighbors. They know each other quite well. The only thing left is to write a perfect resume for each other and then send the other party to the Naihe Bridge.

She waved her hand, and the puppet thread quickly wrapped around one of the guys.

"Then you come."