Chapter 139
"Woohoo! It feels so good!"
Xu Ruixi crawled out of a slide, shook off the water on his hair like a dog shaking its fur, his eyes shining with excitement.
When I turned around, I met the gloomy gaze of my own child.
Momo, Xiaoyi, Haohao and their friends were holding a box of sliced watermelons and sitting under the shade of a tree. Each of them had a fork and was chewing their food with a crunching sound, but their expressions showed that they had lost all hope in life.
They had just left the children's playground and were now in a pixel world adjacent to the former.
The architectural style here is all bright candy colors, but the excitement of the facilities is inversely proportional to its childlike appearance.
There are steep slides that are tens of meters high - about twenty stories high, huge trumpet slides that sweep in like a tornado, rapids with a huge drop and an instant fall from a great height, and so on... These facilities that are daunting just by looking at them from below are painted in pixelated blocks and gathered in this one park.
Seen from a distance, the architectural style here is completely different from the realistic style of the jungle adventure area and the underwater kingdom. It looks more like an area that is built with building blocks and enlarged in proportion.
Who hasn’t dreamed of building a playground with building blocks as a child?
When Jiang Qing and his companions approached, they became excited.
Just now in the children's playground, they had taken turns to rest. The fatigue from visiting the first two parks in the morning was swept away. Now was the time to be energetic, and their childhood memories were evoked, so they rushed forward.
When they arrived at the water park, compared to the three children, the adults were actually the most excited group of people.
Everything I saw seemed new and I couldn’t help but compare it with the playground in my memory, as if I were still the child with my parents.
Ten years of hard life not only failed to fade those beautiful memories, but instead added a filter to them.
What is lost and found again is always more touching than the first sight.
Some facilities may be a bit childish for children, but they are just right for adults.
So before Momo and the other two could react, they were stuffed with a box of watermelons. Then they watched helplessly as a group of adults, who usually acted so steady, ran away like happy rabbits.
The wooden sign they passed as they left clearly stated: No passengers under 1.4m are allowed to ride.
The three little kids who were stuck in height: "..."
They were holding the watermelons that Xu Ruixi had prepared in advance to gag their mouths, and their faces were disheveled in the wind.
Looking to the side, they saw that there were actually quite a few children like them. It was obvious how many unruly adults came here to reminisce about their childhood under the righteous pretext of bringing their children to the amusement park.
The park probably took this into consideration and specially set up a children's waiting area under each facility with height restrictions - specifically for children to wait for their unreliable adults.
At this time, there were two rows of children sitting on the bench, whose feet could not even reach the ground. They were swinging their feet and waiting obediently for their parents to slide down from the bench.
A gust of wind blew, rolling up the fallen leaves on the ground, making it look even more desolate.
Xu Ruixi: “…” His conscience pricked him belatedly.
She smiled awkwardly, "I'm sorry, thank you for waiting downstairs."
"But look." She changed the subject and said, "Just now at the children's park, weren't your parents and uncles and aunts waiting for you?"
Like other children's parks, there is an open-air waiting area for parents next to the park, and next to it are several snack stands. They can have lunch while waiting.
There are several foot bathing areas under the waiting area, so you can soak in the hot springs while waiting and relax your tired legs after walking for most of the day. It is so comfortable.
The same goes for the children's waiting area, which provides free snacks. Just eat something and time will pass quickly.
Thinking of this, Xu Ruixi couldn't help but feel emotional.
Parents’ waiting areas are common, but it is rare to have a special waiting area for children like Nuannuan Hot Spring.
"You have the facilities you want to play with, and so do the adults, so isn't it fair for us to wait for each other?"
Momo and the others were stunned for a moment and nodded hesitantly.
Xu Ruixi patted their heads with satisfaction.
"Actually, we didn't wait long. We were just watching this." Xiao Yi said crisply.
He pointed to the small flower bed next to the waiting area.
Although the pixel world is not as vegetated as the jungle adventure area, it is dotted with green plants everywhere, and there are colorful flowers everywhere that match the style of the park.
The flowers inside are blooming brightly, and there are trembling water droplets hanging on the leaves. I wonder if someone waters and takes care of them regularly.
Xu Ruixi bent down to take a look, and heard Xiao Yi suddenly say "hush" nervously, "Don't make a sound."
There was a clicking sound in her ear, and she turned her head, only then did she notice that there was a mini building among the flowers, like a small house hidden deep in the forest in a fairy tale, with a red roof and snow-white walls. At this moment, the palm-sized door opened, and a pixelated man wearing sunglasses and looking heroic walked out.
It wore a cowboy hat and had a square pixelated body. It dragged a water gun with a hose attached from the cabin and held the gun/barrel, which was a bit too big compared to its body, in its arms with great effort. The lens reflected the sunlight.
The next second, a column of water gushed out, covering the surrounding flower beds.
The mist dissipated and a mini rainbow rose in the sky.
After the regular watering was completed, the little man made a gesture of putting away his gun, lowered the brim of his hat, straightened his chest and raised his head, and turned back coolly.
The door closed with a click.
Xu Ruixi came back to her senses at this moment. She was stunned and said, "This is too interesting."
"I heard from the big sister that the little man will come out to water the flowers every once in a while, so the flowers will always look beautiful." Momo said seriously, pointing to the staff in the children's waiting area.
Xu Ruixi couldn't help but take another look at the cabin. Compared with the tall branches next to it, it looks so inconspicuous. But after witnessing what happened just now, I'm afraid no one can ignore these little tricks hidden in the dark anymore.
Although he knew that this was just a mechanism designed by the park, it was so realistic that Xu Ruixi felt as if he had accidentally entered the pixelated Lilliput country and saw their daily lives playing out vividly before his eyes.
She believed that it was not just herself, and most people would probably be unable to help but imagine, apart from this regular "work", what does the little man do in his daily life in the cabin?
"There's more!" Haohao waved his arms and excitedly described what he had just seen, "This lamp was also lit by the little man."
The weather in the doomsday game changes very quickly. Just after the afternoon, the sky suddenly turned cloudy. Thick clouds gathered over the park, and the light dimmed, so a few street lights were lit in the park.
Water parks pay great attention to the styles of different theme parks, and they also make distinctions in details such as street lights. For example, in the jungle adventure area that is set as a primitive jungle, the street lights are made in the style of torches. When lit, the flames billow, but they are cool to the touch, so there is no need to worry about naughty children getting burned.
"Light up the street lamp..." Xu Ruixi turned his head and looked at the street lamp next to him. It was a very common retro kerosene lamp design and didn't seem to be anything special. The lampshade covers the wick, and the flame is steady and bright.
But the next second, the lights suddenly dimmed.
Xu Ruixi watched as a small door suddenly opened on the top of the street lamp, and two pixel men came out carrying a toolbox and a ladder. They worked together to lift the lampshade and climbed in with great effort.
They extinguished the kerosene lamp, then took out a pair of large scissors, trimmed the wick inside, filled it with lamp oil, and then lit the street lamp again.
After this adjustment, the light returned to its original brightness.
They dusted off their hands, carried the ladder and toolbox away, and before leaving, they remembered to close the lampshade with a creak.
Xu Ruixi: “???”
Is this ok?
The street lights in the pixel world actually have lamplighters!
Could it be that the professions of gardeners, repairmen, cleaners, etc. here are all played by little people?
She suddenly recalled the shock she felt yesterday when the park was being built and she watched the pixel people quickly stacking up the entire park, one pixel after another.
In fact, whether it is watering flowers or lighting street lamps, there is no need to make such complicated designs. Most tourists don't even notice these small details.
Just like they originally didn’t take the theme background setting of the park seriously.
But the boss just designed it this way.
The fixed sprinkler system was replaced with a little man holding a faucet to water the flowers himself, adding a complete animation performance to the street lamp that originally only took half a second to light up...
It’s laborious, but it’s more in line with the setting of the pixel world.
After all, this is a magical country where magic comes true and tourists and villains coexist.
Knowing that there is such a design, every plant and tree that was originally considered ordinary becomes worthy of attention.
The huge park suddenly became full of surprises.
Visitors do not need to look for it specifically during the tour, but when they discover it by chance, they will feel an unexpected surprise, just like a small reward from the park for the players' curiosity.
Xu Ruixi could easily imagine that even if he played the game three or four times, or even more times, he would continue to make new discoveries.
It is precisely because the boss is so attentive and does not do things perfunctorily that players can always maintain a sense of freshness and be full of expectations.
She couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
Then I looked down at the three children on the bench. They were holding the forked watermelons and eating them absentmindedly, but their eyes were still fixed on the flowers, waiting for the little man to appear next time.
No wonder Xiao Yi said just now that he didn’t have to wait long. With such interesting things to watch, time passed by quickly like flowing water.
Xu Ruixi recalled that when he was a child, he would watch a favorite cartoon countless times. Isn’t this scene of the little man watering the flowers ten thousand times more interesting than the cartoon?
No wonder they never seem to get tired of watching it no matter how many times they watch it.
She sat down and waited with the three of them for the rest of the team to slide down. At the same time, she looked at the flowers and suddenly something in her heart moved.
The boss set up a children's waiting area here. Does it mean that he also wants the children to use it to pass the time?
Thinking back carefully, although the different parks in the park have distinct styles, they are also well integrated, so that no group will feel that they have nowhere to go in a certain park.
The children's playground has a foot bath for waiting parents to rest. In contrast, the pixel world full of stimulating facilities provides a fairy tale theater for children to "perform" before their eyes.
It really is suitable for all ages and is impartial.
The park is thoughtful and considerate, so it is less likely for tourists to have disputes when they come in groups, and the experience is enhanced invisibly.
“This is the right way to do business…”
"What are you talking about?"
Xu Ruixi's soliloquy was interrupted. She looked up and found that the rest of the team had also slid down.
Just as he was about to speak, a female voice suddenly sounded in the park.
"Attention, tourists! Today's stage performance is about to begin. The performance location is the main stage in the circular square in the center of the Pixel Magic World Park. Please arrange your time well and don't miss the performance."
"Play it again..."
Xu Ruixi jumped up and said, "The show is about to start! It's just in time."
It was marked on the brochure and the park map that there were two performances a day, so by the time they got to the Pixel Park, they would be able to catch the afternoon show. Calculating the time, there are less than ten minutes left.
Everyone hurried over and when they arrived at the open-air main stage, quite a few people had already gathered in the square.
Half of the stage is on land, and there is a semicircular pool between it and where the audience is. The water in the pool is turquoise blue, but because of the light, you can't see the bottom of the pool and you don't know how deep it is.
They arrived late and could only stand in the back row. Just as Fu Yiming and others carried the children on their shoulders so that they could see more clearly, the crowd started to make a commotion.
The show is about to begin.
After the apocalypse, survival has become so difficult, how can there be a chance to watch a show? In the eyes of the players at this time, even some of the most common and boring performances in the past world are interesting.
They tried hard to look towards the stage, and the next moment, the stage lights came on.
At the same time, an arrow shot from nowhere soared high into the sky, leaving a long stream of light at its tail, and exploded in mid-air in full view of everyone.
With a "bang", brilliant light effects splashed all around.
"Is this... fireworks?" Jiang Qing murmured, his face full of amazement.
The surround sound systems on all four sides suddenly started playing sound effects, and the performance officially began.
Players had never thought that the archer's explosive arrows could actually be used as fireworks. Before they could react, they were covered in faces by all kinds of grand and wonderful special effects.
Performers of various professions release skills with every move of their hands and feet, and it is as if movie special effects are brought into reality. Dance steps draw brilliant tracks, while vague outlines of magic circles are reflected in the pool water. Along with the music, fountains of water rise one after another.
Everyone was overwhelmed by the sight and their mouths opened wider and wider involuntarily.
This performance actually combines the skills in the game with stage performances!
Those skills used to fight and save lives seemed to be given a completely different definition at this moment, as if only in this paradise could they really let go of their daily burdens, forget all their worries, no longer have to worry about survival, and just need to laugh wildly, have fun, and immerse themselves in this dreamlike fairy tale kingdom.
Xu Ruixi couldn't help but be moved.
The performance was so exciting that it completely exceeded their expectations. Most people were fully immersed in it, but some people couldn't help whispering.
"What skills are they using?"
"Are there several water mages hiding under the water? With such a high water column, they must be elite mages at least, right?"
"Who said that? The elite players I know can't cast spells continuously like this! Don't they have skill cooldowns?"
Several mage players were shocked.
If it weren't for the mage's elemental skills, such an effect would be impossible to achieve, but these "special effects" before their eyes were far beyond the level that the player skills they knew could achieve.
How do hot springs do this?
Before they had time to think about it, the performance had come to an end.
As the last drum beat suddenly sounded, the water column was pushed to the highest point and turned into fine mist that fell on everyone in the audience.
Everyone was splashed with water and got wet, but they just found it funny and couldn't help laughing.
I don't know who was the first to applaud, but the applause continued, echoing throughout the square.
At this moment, the music that had stopped and the lights that had gradually dimmed suddenly started again, illuminating the entire venue.
The colorful lights intertwined, the music was passionate and exciting, and after being stunned for a moment, the players gave a more powerful response.
At least several hundred people gathered in the square, and at this moment they all cheered. The applause and laughter actually formed a momentum like a tsunami, drowning out the vast snow scene between heaven and earth outside the park.
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