Chapter 43
In a blink of an eye, all the rooms before next Monday were booked out.
At nine o'clock the next morning, breakfast time had not yet ended, but the restaurant became unusually deserted.
Even Liu Xueruo, the waitress, couldn't help but push her wheelchair to the window and looked down at the long line at the door on the first floor of the cabin.
And the fluffy white bus parked at the head of the team.
The silky-smooth fur of the anthropomorphic beast shone brightly in the sun, and it had a big fluffy tail trailing behind the bus, which it would swing leisurely from time to time, beating up the loose snow particles on the road.
Some onlookers were splashed with water, but instead of feeling angry, they started screaming with excitement.
Seeing that the guests were in high spirits, Shu Mo did not stop them. He just coughed lightly when the anthropomorphic beast became more and more aggressive and deliberately shook the snow on everyone as a prank.
The mimic beast froze, and the two pointed ears standing on the top of the car's front turned a slight arc towards Shu Mo, easily catching the owner's warning cough in the hustle and bustle, and it stopped moving immediately.
After thinking for a while, the tail behind it reached out, and as if to make up for it, it used the soft tip of the tail to carefully brush off the body of the guest who was affected.
It had grown to the size of a bus by then, so even a tip of its tail looked like a giant feather duster to humans, brushing against her cheek unexpectedly. The soft touch, like cotton, stunned the girl for a moment, and after she reacted, she raised her hands to cover her face.
This is so cute! Why does it feel like after being enlarged in proportion, it becomes even cuter than before?
The girl stared at the gently swaying big tail, and wanted to reach out to touch it again, but it dodged her nimbly.
Damn, this is definitely seduction.
Look at the four huge, round, white paws curled up under the car body...
She turned her head suddenly and asked, "Boss, do you offer taxi service here?"
Shu Mo: “…Ah?”
What are you talking about?
I've only heard of people petting cats and dogs, but how come there are people who want to pet cars?
She hesitated for a moment and said, "Sorry...we don't have this business at the moment."
The girl was not discouraged after hearing this. "Forget it, I'll sit on it a few more times. Maybe it will get familiar with me and be willing to let me touch it."
After that, she found Yao Yonghui who was standing nearby, bought a ticket, and happily moved to the queue waiting to get on the bus.
Shu Mo: “?”
An unexpected increase in customer segments?
I didn't expect that there are still furry lovers who come to ride in the car just for the appearance of the anime. Shu Mo didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
She glanced at the time and reminded Yao Yonghui, "Brother Yao, it's almost time."
Yao Yonghui nodded and made a gesture to the beast.
The man and the beast have been developing a tacit understanding these days, and after a few days, they have established their own way of communication. However, Mimic was obviously not as enthusiastic towards Yao Yonghui as he was towards Shu Mo, and their relationship was just a superficial and perfunctory one between colleagues.
——Specifically, people have completely different faces when they are at work and when they are off work.
The animal in business state was quite cooperative at this time, and the "boss" was standing next to it. It received the gesture, stood up and shook its fur, and the next second, the car door slammed open.
There was a commotion in the team.
The onlookers also followed suit and looked around, creating a very lively scene.
After all, this is the first time that vehicles have appeared in the extremely cold apocalypse.
Guests can travel back and forth for free, and everyone is eager to experience this new thing. There were more than 30 people queuing up, and under Yao Yonghui's instructions, they got on the bus one by one in an orderly manner.
As soon as someone sat down, they exclaimed, "This seat is so soft!"
As he spoke, he shook his body.
Not only the seats under you, but the entire interior of the car is pure white. The floor, seats, interior decoration and walls are all covered with a warm and soft carpet, so comfortable that it makes people drowsy.
As soon as Haohao got on the bus, he couldn't wait to find a seat by the window and sat down. He patted the seat next to him and danced with joy, "Mom, Dad! Come here!"
Fu Yiming sat down as well, also somewhat amazed, and carefully reached out to touch the window in front of him, "The mimicry can actually simulate the transparent texture of glass? It seems that our understanding of monsters is not sufficient."
"After all, no one has ever thought of using it as a vehicle before." Jiang Qing thought about it and couldn't help laughing.
——I really want to know how many novel ideas the store owner has in his head. How come you can always give people all kinds of surprises?
"What's more, summoners who are strong enough to catch the mimicry are rare." Jiang Qing shook his head, grabbed Haohao's hand that was constantly scratching with excitement, and said softly, "Haohao, don't move, be careful not to hurt the little fox."
When children are emotional, they are bound to act without knowing the severity of the situation. Jiang Qing has always been very careful about this.
Haohao calmed down immediately after hearing this and blinked his eyes. "Is this car transformed by the little fox?"
From the outside, the mimetic beast looked like a beautiful Arctic fox. Jiang Qing's family had run into it several times in the past few days. Every time Haohao tried to get close to it, the mimetic beast escaped easily.
For Haohao, the mimic beast is the little fox that he can't get.
After getting a positive answer from his mother, Haohao quickly touched the car wall beside him - it was so soft that it felt like it wouldn't hurt even if he accidentally bumped into it when braking!
At the front of the car, Yao Yonghui's eyes swept over everyone in the car.
In addition to protecting the passengers, he is also responsible for maintaining order in the car to prevent some rude passengers from harming the mimicry or leaving garbage in the car.
However, after discovering that this bus was actually a monster with special abilities, most high-level players became much more obedient - even if they didn't recognize the mimicry, they could at least guess that its strength should not be underestimated.
In addition, Shu Mo had just made an example of a troublemaker a few days ago and drove away the threat of "permanently banned from entering the hot spring" was simply the most effective warning. At this time, the passengers in the car were more obedient than each other, fearing that they would become the next unlucky one.
Yao Yonghui took a look, patted the mimic, and signaled it to start, "Everyone sit tight, hold on, we are about to set off."
The bus trembled slightly, and the mimic took steady steps, leaping dozens of meters in just a few steps.
The scenery outside the window was ups and downs, the soft seats acted as a buffer, and after being instructed by Shu Mo, the mimic beast ran very carefully. After getting used to it, everyone didn't feel the bumps at all.
The transformed players had strong physiques and almost no problems with motion sickness, and soon everyone was laughing and enjoying the high-speed scenery passing by outside the window.
From time to time, he would point out dangerous places along the way to people around him.
"There is a swamp in that forest that is not marked on the map. There is a large group of poisonous scorpions living there. Be careful when you pass by."
"Over there, there's a cave at the foot of the mountain. Did you see it? We accidentally walked into it when we were looking for a campsite. It turned out to be the den of a lightning leopard. It was so scary."
The person who spoke looked frightened.
It seems even more incredible when I think about how carefully and lightly I walked through these places when I came here, and then compare it to the swaggering and reckless rushing around now.
Those places that seemed fraught with danger to the players seemed to pose no threat at all to the Beastoids. It simply treated this advanced leveling area as its own back garden. When it encountered danger occasionally, it would rush in with a car full of people without even looking. Not long after, it would run out calmly amid a chorus of fearful voices.
What was even more surprising was that those areas that were usually filled with monsters suddenly fell into an eerie silence when they passed by, and not even the shadow of a monster was seen.
Zhao Yu and her group were sitting near the front of the car. She quietly looked forward.
After getting in the car, the "driver" took out his heavy sword and held it in his arms, looking out the window without saying a word. He was quite indifferent to the crazy behavior of the mimics who were trying to take a shortcut and rush into the monster gathering area.
It can even be said that he doesn't care.
Zhao Yu looked at it for a few seconds, then nudged Song Wei with his elbow. The two exchanged glances in tacit understanding: It seems to be another great god.
At this moment, Chen Hui suddenly made a hushing gesture, "Listen."
There was complete silence all around, but Zhao Yu and Song Wei gradually distinguished a hint of panicked rustling sounds.
They followed the sound and slowly discovered the tufts of shaking hair and trembling tentacles hidden behind the boulders on the roadside, under the shadows of the trees, and in the cracks of the cliffs... and the round buttocks of some unknown monster that was twisting and turning in panic, trying desperately to squeeze into the cave but still half exposed...
"Are these monsters so scared that they dare not show their heads?" Song Wei looked dazed.
Normally, it’s just the players who hide from monsters. Where have you ever seen a monster deliberately avoiding players?
...How much easier and smoother this journey would be if we didn't have to deal with those troublesome monsters.
Her parents were just ordinary life players. They were old and had no combat experience at all. Song Wei was a little worried when she went back to pick them up out of the city. But when she saw the reactions of the monsters along the way, she was finally relieved.
Zhao Yu was heartless and didn't think that much. She is the youngest in the car except Haohao. At this moment, she is looking around like a curious baby and finds everything interesting.
As she watched, she realized a problem. "There are still so many empty seats in this car. If it is full, wouldn't it be able to carry dozens of people? That would be too heavy. Will the little fox be tired from running so many times every day?"
The swordsman brother who had been silent in front suddenly spoke.
"Won't."
Zhao Yu didn't react, "What?"
"No. Mimics are S-class monsters, not flesh and blood animals like in the past, so they are not that fragile." Yao Yonghui explained succinctly, "Besides, the passengers on our bus don't have any luggage. Although the number of people seems large, it's actually not that heavy."
Song Wei, who was standing by, understood immediately.
In the past, passengers on long-distance buses often carried large and small bags of luggage, but the players put their things in backpacks, which was equivalent to getting on the bus empty-handed and traveling light, so the weight was of course a lot lighter.
She explained this to Zhao Yu, who had never seen a long-distance bus, and the latter suddenly understood.
The last worry was dispelled, and everyone enjoyed the journey with peace of mind.
In just one hour, the Arctic Fox bus arrived at Guangming Town on time.
The influx of people startled the guards at the town entrance.
"What is this?!"
"Where do all these people come from?"
"There are cars in the game... No? Are they monsters?"
After seeing the true appearance of the bus, those nervous senior players all had question marks in their heads.
Looking more closely, I saw several familiar faces getting off the bus.
"Old Chen!"
"Song Si, what on earth is going on?"
"How did you get down from here?"
They caught sight of their friends with their sharp eyes and quickly brought them over to their side and questioned them in detail.
It would be fine if the passengers in this car were a group of strangers, but when these players saw their friends who they usually saw each other and even fought monsters together suddenly got on such a high-end "car", they immediately became unable to sit still and surrounded them, as if they would not let them go until they had explained the situation clearly.
Wang Jun was one of the unlucky guys who was caught.
He stamped his feet. "Oh, let me put my things back first! My mother is waiting at home."
"No! You can't leave until you explain clearly."
Seeing his friend was not giving up, Wang Jun was so anxious that he scratched his head and cheeks, "You don't know, before I left, my mother grabbed my ears and almost threatened to sever the mother-son relationship with me - saying that if I didn't bring the meat buns back, then I would never be able to enter that house again... Let me go back quickly, I have been holding this bun in my arms all the way, and it took a lot of effort to keep a little warmth..."
As he spoke, Wang Jun quickly opened the collar of his winter jacket a little, revealing the brown paper bag hidden inside.
The edge of the brown paper bag was wet with water vapor, and even through a thick layer of clothes, one could still smell the faint aroma of meat.
The friends who were sent to guard were all shocked.
Afraid that the heat would dissipate, Wang Jun only showed him for a short second before tightly covering his collar again, "Quick, let me go first..."
After finally finding an opportunity, he ran into the city.
When his friend realized what was happening, he found that the person had disappeared. He could only shout at Wang Jun's back: "Hey, did you buy this at the hot spring hotel you said you wanted to visit a few days ago? Is there really a hot spring there? Isn't this just nonsense?"
He asked several times in disbelief.
In fact, he had heard people talking about this Nuannuan Hot Spring a few days ago, but he didn't take it seriously at all at that time. After all, these life players live in this city every day, and their life is too boring, so they can make up all kinds of nonsense. The guard just treated it as a rumor at first and laughed it off after listening to it.
He always looked down on those players who hid in the city and dared not go out to fight in the wild. He felt that they had not seen the world and that even after ten years, they still had not been able to accept the reality that the world had been completely gamified, and they were still making up rumors to comfort themselves.
So when he heard Wang Jun say that he wanted to go and take a look, he advised his friend not to waste time.
Who could have thought that a slap in the face would come so quickly? !
"There really is a hot spring!" Army Man Wang had already run far away, leaving behind only a strong voice, causing passers-by to turn their heads. "It only takes an hour to get here by car one way. If you still don't believe me, go and see for yourself!"
Wang Jun held his steamed buns in his pocket, feeling grateful to his boss.
Thanks to the newly opened hotel bus, the return journey time was greatly shortened. Otherwise, even if he wore three layers of winter clothes, he would not be able to retain such a little residual warmth.
…
Seeing Wang Jun disappearing around the corner in a hurry, the guard was still confused.
The rumored hot springs, the hot food, the bamboo forest where you can take a walk... those things that sound unreliable at first glance, are actually true?
So he is the ignorant one?
Thinking of his previous remarks, the guard player felt a burning pain on his cheeks.
He looked hesitantly at the bus parked at the town gate.
It only takes one hour one way...
Since it’s so convenient, why not go and take a look?
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