Chapter 61: Rebirth Fails. Liang Jun and Gu Keke completely lost their will...
The flamingo-shaped wings on the car body are spread out, accompanying the speeding vehicle as if facing a raging fire, circling high in the sky.
A bumper car with Astro Boy's image on it suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Astro Boy's fist slammed into the flamingo's full wings, cruelly breaking them off.
The appearance of this car was something no one had anticipated.
It appeared right in Gu Keke's blind spot, and by the time she realized it and tried to swerve the steering wheel, it was too late.
The ghost's vehicle rammed directly into the side door of Leung Yung's car. The door, made of only a thin layer of metal, was completely dented by the enormous impact. The deformed metal barely maintained its original shape, but it still collapsed onto Leung Yung's body.
Liang Jun was nearly thrown away by the sudden force. Her hand, which had been resting on the top of the car door, was also crushed by the car body, and the first few joints of her fingers instantly became a bloody mess.
Due to inertia, her entire body slammed straight forward. Fortunately, she was wearing a helmet, which prevented her head from splitting open on the spot, but the force of the impact was enough to shatter Liang Jun's helmet completely, with the two halves falling to the corner of the carriage.
However, there happened to be a steering wheel in front of Gu Keke, which meant that her situation wasn't exactly good either.
Her will to survive made her grip the steering wheel tightly even at the last moment, which prevented her from moving around randomly in the car and kept her position relatively fixed.
But she still rushed forward uncontrollably, the metal steering wheel wedging firmly against her ribs. Gu Keke vaguely felt as if something had pierced her chest.
The bumper cars in the amusement park are made of relatively light materials, and after being subjected to high-intensity, rapid impacts, the flamingo bumper cars they were driving were completely vulnerable and flipped over.
In a dizzy state, Liang Jun felt her brain instantly fill with blood, and the sensation of her limbs being out of place made her body instinctively begin to reject it.
After the completely inverted carriage scraped against the ground, leaving only a trail of golden-red sparks, Liang Jun and Gu Keke completely lost consciousness.
The flamingo bumper car is upside down, with a dazzling array of intricate control circuits and drive panels. The front wheels are still spinning at high speed, as if even a violent car accident could not stop its high-speed run.
Clearly, no one expected this sudden accident.
The enormous noise generated by the vehicles scraping the ground completely drowned out the roar of countless other vehicles in the arena.
Luo Chuange glanced at it, and his eyes instantly filled with terror.
"Coco! Sister Hsin!"
He leaned over the car door and shouted loudly, but the two people trapped under the car never responded.
Old Ren's heart skipped a beat, and he almost lost his grip on the steering wheel.
A brightly colored sunflower bumper car brushed past them. If Luo Chuange hadn't instinctively grabbed the steering wheel, their car would probably have been flipped over instantly.
"That was close..."
Old Ren was so frightened that he gasped for breath, and beads of cold sweat dripped onto the steering wheel.
The little boy in the middle of them, however, still looked completely at ease, his two short legs swinging leisurely under the seat, as if the emergency just now had nothing to do with him.
Luo Chuange only glanced at him briefly before saying anxiously, "Change direction, let's go to Sister Jun's place."
But Lao Ren hesitated, "But..."
The locations of their different groups were worlds apart.
To prevent collisions between their vehicles, they tacitly moved their cars to their respective corners, only passing each other within a narrow area, so that they would not be injured in the event of an accident.
So now, if they want to go and support Liang Jun and the others, they have to cross almost the entire venue.
The number of uncontrolled speeding vehicles encountered along the way is countless.
Old Ren's hesitation was not without reason.
His palms were sweaty, and he rubbed them repeatedly against his trousers. "The risk of doing this is too great..."
And it wasn't just their group; after Qi Zhixia saw the horrific car accident at Liang Xuan's place, she, like Luo Chuange, suggested to Wang Jianping that they "go and take a look."
Although Wang Jianping was also worried that their vehicle might be hit by an accident while moving forward, Qi Zhixia's words seemed to have resolved a question in his mind.
"Director Wang, aren't you curious why our vehicles have never been deliberately hit by a ghost?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Jianping's hand on the steering wheel suddenly froze.
That seems to be true.
Despite the bumper cars having been running for so long, they've only been moving back and forth within this small area, at most dodging vehicles colliding with them from all directions to avoid getting into trouble.
But they never encountered a bumper car that came straight at them.
“Both Luo Chuange and Liang Jun had ghost passengers sharing rides in their cars; but our car was full, so we didn’t have that problem.”
Qi Zhixia's sharp eyes scanned the surrounding environment, confirming once again that there was indeed no car that they considered their target.
"I suspect that these ghost bumper cars will only actively collide with vehicles carrying ghost passengers, and we just happen to avoid being targeted by these ghosts."
Perhaps the seatbelt that Liang Yan had speculated about served the purpose of completely binding these ghostly imps to the bumper car, so that no matter what accident happened, these bound ghosts would not be thrown out of the car.
Wang Jianping hesitated for a moment, then said, "If it's really as you say, then let's go take a look."
Qi Zhixia hummed in agreement, then gripped the recessed area inside the carriage tightly, pressing her entire body firmly against the seat, holding her breath and concentrating.
The big red flower bumper car moved much more easily than the other two cars.
While Luo Chuange and Lao Ren were still desperately dodging the ghost cars flying everywhere, Wang Jianping had already safely driven the car to the middle of the road.
But just as the hibiscus bumper car was about to flip the flamingo, a very crisp sound suddenly came from inside the venue.
The crisp sound was so ethereal that for a moment, no one knew where it came from.
It was as if someone had amplified the sound through a megaphone. A few seconds after it stopped, the few scrap metal stereos started making noise again.
It was that same folk song that played after the ticket check.
However, the song was abruptly cut off in the middle because the game suddenly started; but now, it's like a complete cassette tape, picking up the melody of the previous line exactly as it was.
The little boy, who had been quietly nestled between Luo Chuange and Lao Ren, suddenly had a gleam in his eyes after hearing the fragmented singing coming from the speaker.
He suddenly raised his head, but his torso was immobilized by the seatbelt. However, he seemed to feel nothing and continued clapping his hands as if nothing was wrong.
One moment, one moment.
Although his entire body was translucent and had no tangible substance, the crisp sound made when his palms struck each other was clearly audible.
The little boy slightly opened his lips, and a barely perceptible song floated out from his empty mouth.
Luo Chuange was right next to him, and he heard the song clearly.
"The windmill turns with a creaking sound, the scenery here is so beautiful... The sky is beautiful, the land is beautiful, and there are happy friends to share it with..."
"The windmill turns and turns, happy friends hold hands... holding your hand, holding my hand..."
"Today's buddy, tomorrow's good friend..."
With his still-childish face, he hummed the last line of the lyrics in a childish voice.
"good friend……"
As if struck by lightning, Luo Chuange trembled violently.
He couldn't get to the other person in time, so he could only pull out his walkie-talkie and say, "Qi Zhixia, get out of the area quickly, the bumper cars are about to end!"
At the very moment the music started, the bumper cars that had been speeding around the venue suddenly all stopped.
The high-speed movement came to an abrupt halt, and the immense inertia caused the passengers inside the vehicle to lurch forward violently.
Qi Zhixia was busy grabbing the walkie-talkie, and her reaction was a little slow. Just as her legs were about to be squeezed by the inside of the carriage, Wang Jianping suddenly reached out and blocked them.
This action was entirely instinctive.
Wang Jianping placed his palm on Qi Zhixia's knees, his long fingers replacing her legs, and slammed them together with tremendous force.
When the two were thrown back to their seats by inertia, Qi Zhixia's face showed a rare hint of panic.
Your hand...
"fine."
Wang Jianping shook his hand, struggling to move his knuckles to make them appear more flexible. "It was just a little squeezed, nothing serious for now."
All the bumper cars in the venue have stopped running, so if you want to get to Liang Xun and Gu Keke, you'll have to rely on your own two legs.
The music from the loudspeaker was gradually increasing, indicating that if the players did not leave the activity area, something uncontrollable might happen.
Wang Jianping raced against time to move the wheelchair out from beside him, and just as he was about to move Qi Zhixia, Luo Chuange and Lao Ren also ran to his side.
"Take Qi Zhixia and get out of here right away!"
Luo Chuange, fearing they were too slow, gave the wheelchair a push, saying, "Old Ren and I are going to find Coco and Sister Jun!"
As soon as they finished speaking, the two of them rushed into the far end of the field again.
The ethereal music still drifted around, its increasing volume like a final warning before fleeing for their lives, each note resonating with the heartbeats of the players, who were like ants.
The broken flamingo lay upside down at the end of the ruins, its entire body bearing the disheveled traces of a failed rebirth.
The rapidly spinning wheels had long since stopped, and plumes of black smoke billowed from deep within the chassis. The mangled body was radiating scorching heat, posing a risk of exploding at any moment.
Old Ren reached out and grimaced, "Why is it so hot..."
"hot?"
Luo Chuange's expression was extremely serious, and his right hand reached straight towards the bottom of the car. "If we keep worrying about these things, they'll lose their lives."
Lao Ren reacted instantly and, together with Luo Chuange, lifted the overturned vehicle.
Liang Jun and Gu Keke were both huddled under the car in an extremely contorted position. Their helmets were scattered into pieces all over the ground, but they had managed to maintain the integrity of their skulls to the greatest extent possible.
The dust kicked up by the overturned car covered their faces. Liang Xun seemed to have only fainted; but there were bloodstains on the fabric covering Gu Keke's chest.
The volume of the announcements inside the venue gradually increased, and the instrumental music playing seemed to be showing signs of vocals about to appear.
Qi Zhixia, who was lingering at the door, sensed something strange and hurriedly shouted into the darkness inside, "Get out of here quickly! This place is about to close!"
At the same time, Luo Chuange was the first to react and immediately picked up Gu Keke.
The girl in his arms was so light, as if she weighed nothing at all. The striking bright red patch on her chest made him look away.
Luo Chuange turned around and said, "Hurry up!"
Old Ren didn't dare to dawdle any longer. He bent down, skillfully hoisted Liang Yun onto his shoulder, firmly securing his arm behind her knees, and without a word, sprinted out of the stadium.
Just before they were about to step out the door, the music in the venue suddenly increased, and the sound waves, which were almost deafening, seemed to take real form, making them dizzy and causing tinnitus.
After Luo Chuange carried Gu Keke and staggered out of that area, the bumper car area behind them suddenly fell into a deathly silence of darkness, with a ghostly voice accompanied by gusts of cold wind emanating from within—
"Want to play again?!"
Qi Zhixia frowned almost imperceptibly, and tugged at Luo Chuange's clothes.
"Don't squat by the door. This isn't a good place anymore. Let's talk from a distance."
Luo Chuange's Adam's apple bobbed up and down, and beads of sweat gathered at his temples.
"us……"
Have you received the system notification?
Wang Jianping's voice clearly drowned out his, so Luo Chuange wisely shut his mouth.
He seemed to have something very important to him.
"We've now escaped the bumper car area, so theoretically we should have experienced the ride completely, right?"
Wang Jianping's fingers, still slightly uncomfortable from being squeezed, twitched involuntarily. "But why haven't we received any notification yet?"
Upon hearing this, Old Ren, who was carrying Liang Jun, stammered, "Could it be that because of the accident that caused the rollover, this won't be recorded in the system...?"
He had barely finished speaking when he added in his mind, "It's also possible that we came out late and broke the rules, so this doesn't count..."
Qi Zhixia was about to give them a rebuttal look when she suddenly saw an unfamiliar staff member in a yellow shirt slowly walking towards them from not far away.
The staff member in the yellow uniform had a friendly smile on her face. She seemed to be holding a metal tray in her hand, on which something appeared to be on it.
"Are you four the tourists who just rode the bumper cars?"
The staff member in the yellow shirt had short, playful pigtails and a yellow beret tilted on top of her head, giving her a truly childlike feel.
Her smiling gaze then fell on Luo Chuange and Lao Ren, and she added awkwardly, "Sorry, there were six of you."
In this instance, the staff are the embodiment of the system, so Qi Zhixia dares not slack off.
She met her gaze without hesitation, scanning her up and down. "Yes, what do you want?"
"I'm here to bring you gifts."
As she spoke, two pale fingers picked up a brooch with a metallic sheen from the center of the tray.
The brooch is exquisitely crafted, with miniature bumper cars resembling reliefs, fixed to a metal base.
The staff member in yellow smiled slightly and handed the brooch to Qi Zhixia.
"This is our limited edition merchandise, please keep it safe."
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Author's Note: Finally, I've made a strong comeback on the last day of February!
From now on, I will update daily at full speed and swear I will never use the Golden Spatula again (crying).
The third level is the most important plot point in the entire story, so it will be described in more detail and will be longer.
The passage "The windmill turns with a creaking sound, the scenery here is so beautiful. The sky is beautiful, the earth is beautiful, and there are happy friends together. The windmill turns and turns, and happy friends hold hands. Holding your hand, holding my hand, today's friends, tomorrow's good friends, good friends," is a quote and modification of the children's song "The Windmill."
This is to clarify.
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