Although Wu Xiangwang had also thought that those who did not come to Carnival City with them as quickly as possible might be frightened during the extra night, these people now looked much more miserable than he had imagined, to the point that he doubted whether they were taking the same road.
Wu Xiangwang also saw the gang of thugs who had bullied Wu Xingyun before. The original team of five people now had only two people left, and both of them were injured.
"Oh my god, what's going on? Didn't you just stay out one night longer than us? You were just a few hours late, how did it turn out like this?"
The one who spoke was Hao Youjin. He knew the middle-aged man in truck work clothes who had just entered the city gate, and it seemed that they had a good relationship.
"Ahem, ahem! Forget it. We should have gone with you. I don't know if it's because those powerful members of the Dragon Fang Legion left, but we encountered significantly more vines and branches blocking our way."
The truck driver was also injured, but fortunately his injuries were minor and he is now fine. "Then at night we were attacked by a pack of strange weasels."
As the truck driver spoke, he couldn't help but think of the horror of last night -
First, there were the ghost-like eyes that appeared silently around them at night, scaring them so much that they couldn't fall asleep at all. Then there were the strange weasels, and the poisonous snakes and insects that lurked in the grass during the day and came out at night.
When those strange poisonous snakes with three or even four heads and strange weasels rushed towards them, even though they knew that the bedding rolls and carts could protect their safety, they were frightened into silence or ran away screaming wildly.
In fact, as long as they stay quietly in their bedding or lie on the cart, those monsters, no matter how scary they are, will not attack them.
But some people were so frightened that they lost control and attacked subconsciously.
And when that person took action, the shadow of death had already enveloped him - those weird weasels and the weird poisonous tongues with countless heads all began to attack him!
Then the truck driver watched helplessly as the newcomer, who had awakened his superpowers and was very combat-capable in the early stages, was besieged by those strange beasts. First, his bedding was bitten to pieces, and then his entire body was bitten into countless pieces, until not even a bone was left.
If someone hadn't noticed the problem in the most chaotic moment and shouted, "Don't move! Don't take the initiative to attack the weirdness in the dark!"
Maybe more people died than those who died last night.
After everyone wrapped themselves up tightly in their bedding, gritted their teeth and waited and endured all night, the monsters that were active at night gradually retreated when the sky was slightly bright.
After one night, half of the nearly three hundred people who stayed behind were killed or injured.
Looking at the land that was almost soaked in blood and the broken limbs and flesh all over the ground, no one could utter a syllable for more than ten minutes.
"That's so tragic... so tragic!" The truck driver wiped his face. "How can the night in this world be so terrifying? If I had known it would be like this, I would have followed you even if my legs were broken! What a pity..."
After hearing this, Hao Youjin didn't know how to comfort them. He could only sigh, pat the brothers on the shoulder, and then point them in the direction of Lao Czech's house.
"Walk about 300 meters from this main street, then turn left and you'll see a small street. There are dilapidated bungalows on both sides of the street. Go inside, and the large house at the back is the home of an old man named Old Czech.
Old Czech is also a human hero. We can stay with him when we can't find a place to stay or don't have money to stay in a weird hotel.
It's a safe gathering place for us humans in Carnival City. You can stay overnight for 10 copper coins, or if you don't have money, you can sleep on the ground in the courtyard.
"You can go over there and rest for a while. Choose a place to sleep on the floor. We'll talk in the evening.
Remember to return to the old Czech courtyard before dark and don't stay outside! There is a big show for you to see tonight."
When Hao Youjin finished speaking, there was a hint of helplessness and bitterness on his face.
"This shabby place...isn't a place for human beings to stay."
The middle-aged man and the newcomers who were listening to the conversation behind him looked even uglier after hearing Hao Youjin's words. They had already entered the city, but it was still not safe?
Besides, what more horrible, more terrifying scene could they have witnessed than what they had experienced last night?
The truck driver nodded. "Thanks for the heads-up, brother. We won't run around rashly. It's truly a case of one step behind the other. We're only a few hours behind you, yet it feels like we've missed the right path."
Wu Xiangwang lowered his eyes slightly when he heard this. Isn't it just one step late, every step late?
This road back is like a turbulent river. They go upstream and cannot relax at any time. Even if the speed is slightly slower, it is an invisible setback.
"Are you guys done yet? I know how to get to the trading house."
Wang Xiao stood in front of the Carnival City map opposite the mission board and called for help.
Wu Xiangwang and the others quickly walked over there and saw the Carnival City map, which was as big as the task panel and ten meters high.
When they saw the crisscrossing streets of Carnival City and the map markings that were still large even after being reduced several times, Wu Xiangwang and the others truly realized how huge this city was.
That area is twice or even several times larger than that of the top first-tier cities on Earth, and the structure of Carnival City itself is exactly like a real city - this main city has crisscrossing moats, parks and lakes, squares, various shops and even large manors.
Everything a city should have is here, except that the people living in this city are not humans, but another kind of life that humans have no idea about.
However, it is obvious that the residents in the strange main city are not as crowded as those in human first-tier cities. The areas of houses, shops, squares and even manors are all unusually large.
Take the old, dilapidated bungalow where Old Czech lived yesterday, for example. The diameter of the broken yard where they could sleep on the floor was one hundred meters.
This is the precise value measured by the bored data maniac Wang Xiao with his eyes.
So, even though the old Czech house is just a bungalow, its area is comparable to that of a villa.
"...I'm so sorry, last night I thought Old Czech's house was so shabby and he must be very poor.
Now look at it, if you can own a bungalow like the old Czech, you can be considered a successful person in this weird world, right? "Wang Xiao's finance junior and workmate sighed.
Wang Xiao sneered at his layout, then pointed his finger at a location near the center of the map.
"Walk along the main street for about half an hour and you'll see Carnival Square. Next to Carnival Square is the first trading house in Carnival City."
Wu Xiangwang nodded with satisfaction at the word "first", "Let's go there and take a look."
Of course, you should go to the best places to see the world, and of course, you should go to the best trading houses to buy things.
So the four teams were about to head towards the Carnival Square, but when they were about to leave the city gate, Wu Xiangwang suddenly turned his head back as if he had something in his mind, and then he and Tiantian made a strange eye contact.
When Wu Xiannan saw the golden, jewel-studded, and sturdy-looking cone-top hat that Antenna Weird was wearing today, he couldn't hold back and let out another "puff."
"puff!"
This cone-shaped hat is hilarious! Really hilarious! It looks more like a conductive antenna, doesn't it? And it looks a bit wobbly. Could it be that the weird tip of the antenna got swollen from hitting it yesterday, so the hat can't be fully put on today?
The antenna that was originally planning to threaten that damned human with a sinister and ferocious look in the air suddenly said strangely: "!!!"
This guy poofed again! He poofed again!
Was he laughing at his own hat?! Ahh ...
"Wang, what are you laughing at? The atmosphere is so heavy, just say it out loud and let everyone have some fun."
Wu Xiangwang thought for a moment and nodded: "I'm looking at a hat inlaid with gems. Maybe I can own it tonight."
The hat and other things are not important, what is important is that the gem on the hat seems to be an energy gem.
If he could successfully fix the antenna issue tonight, he could pick the gem off the golden hat and stick it on his own snail shell hut to upgrade it!
Shang Chong glanced back, then turned his head back with a look of being struck by lightning.
You're having a fight with the guy who took the photo, right?!
Half an hour later, they arrived at Carnival Square.
There are many weird things coming and going in Carnival Square.
These monsters have different shapes and appearances, wear clothes that they think are suitable, and walk in the sun without any scruples.
Unlike the night when there is darkness to cover the eyes, under the light of day, every weird person walking around in the square is a trampling on the limits of human aesthetics and spirit.
Even though they could not see any of the blood and madness of last night, and even greeted and nodded to each other as if they were rational and civilized people, everyone standing near the square would never forget the brutal nature they revealed at night.
"...Let's go." Wu Xiangwang turned around first, "It's too conspicuous. I can't stand it anymore."
Shang Chong and the others followed with sympathy, and then he couldn't help but start complaining:
"Didn't I say that Chi Yan warned us not to be fooled by something like this? Who would be fooled by something so bizarre?! How blind must he be, and how bizarre must his aesthetic taste be... WTF?!"
Shang Chong's complaints came to an abrupt end when he saw a man and a woman standing at the door of the trading house to greet guests... Weird?!
At this time, everyone's expression was similar to Shang Chong's, except for Wu Xiangwang, the immortal man who was used to seeing beauties and thought he was the most beautiful man in the world, whose expression did not change at all.
"Are those two the same species as those eye-catching creatures walking around the square?!"
Shang Chong's voice changed because he was too surprised.
It was really because those two strange-looking people standing at the door of the trading house looked too much like humans—
The man on the left is tall and strange, with a tough face. Although he has two small eyes under his eyes, he does not look ugly. He is wearing a smooth black close-fitting armor, and even the shape of his ten abdominal muscles is clearly outlined, full of power.
If it weren't for the two very obvious black horns on his head, four arms and four eyes, he would have looked like a very muscular man standing there.
The woman standing opposite him was even more bizarre. Her upper body was almost human, with only the coiled green snake tail in her lower body revealing her inhumanity.
When this woman strangely saw Wu Xiangwang and others walking towards this side, the tip of her green snake tail curled up, and then she paraded towards them in an almost graceful posture.
"Oh my~ Are you all new humans who have arrived in Carnival City? We have new guests in Carnival City."
"Welcome everyone, would you like to come and take a look at our First Trading House? We have everything you could want here~"
At the end of the conversation, the strange long and smooth tail of this woman had already wrapped around the waist of a tall athlete in Zhang Xiangqiang's team, and the tip of the tail was still gently tickling the athlete's chest.
The expression on the face of the tall young man with the snake's tail wrapped around his waist and who was good at lifting weights was indescribable.
There was obvious fear on his face, but his face flushed red. His eyes couldn't help but look at the snake woman's strangely tall and white chest, and he even had a slight reaction in some unspeakable places.
"Xu Wei! What are you thinking about? Wake up!"
Teacher Zhang shouted loudly on the spot and brought the students, who were a little confused, back to their senses.
Then he turned around and yelled at the snake girl weirdly: "You monster, stay away from my students!!"
The snake girl's dark yellow eyes strangely turned into dangerous vertical pupils at this moment.
But perhaps because of the daytime restrictions, or perhaps because he was in full view of everyone, he quickly released his tail. He then took a deep look at Teacher Zhang and Xu Wei before continuing to laugh, "I'm so sorry, but I always want to get close to humans who meet my aesthetic standards."
"But it seems like you have some prejudice against us being weird."
"Although some of our species do have a somewhat ferocious and natural appearance, our nature is actually very pure."
"We like what we like and dislike what we dislike. If we want something, we go for it; if we don't want something, we push it away. We will never be hypocritical and say one thing in public and another in private."
"It's normal for you to have prejudices against us now that you've just met us, but I believe that with time, you'll get to know us and... maybe even like us."
"Alright, everyone, follow me. I'll take you to the trading house and introduce you to the items we sell. I'll also secretly tell you about the items that humans urgently need when they first arrive in this place~"
The snake woman spoke strangely at the end and winked coquettishly at all the men behind her, which made Shang Chong gasp.
"I was wrong."
"I just wronged Brother Yan! His warning was definitely useful! If all weird things were like this, my God, how many people would be bewildered and confused?!"
Wu Xiangwang looked at the snake woman and the strong man and felt that things were a bit bad.
If the monsters standing in their way looked like the deformed beasts they had seen in the wild, or the eye-catching and terrifying creatures walking around in the square, then every human would clearly regard them as enemies.
But what if Guiyi turned into a snake woman who was enchanting and beautiful, spoke rationally and clearly, and even acted coquettishly and kindly?
How many people can regard them as enemies?
Even if you can clearly determine in your mind that weirdness is evil at the beginning, what will happen after a long time?
When the devil learns to disguise himself and deliberately deceives, how many people can escape this invisible trap? How many people can even clearly realize that they have fallen into the trap?
A gorgeous figure suddenly flashed through Wu Xiangwang's mind.
“Tsk.”
Wu Xiangwang shook his head fiercely, gritted his teeth and followed the snake girl into the first trading house.
The trading house's lobby is very spacious, comparable to those of top-notch hotel lobbies.
However, there is no front desk or waiter in this hall. The most eye-catching thing is the huge trading panel floating in the air in the hall as soon as you enter.
Then there are rows of rest seats in the hall, which are separated by areas, a bit like the layout of a restaurant.
But it wasn't food they ordered.
"Guests, how about we sit by the window? We can see the square outside, and there's plenty of seating."
The snake girl led them to a seat by the window and then gently pressed a button on the table.
Then a small trading panel appeared on the table between the seats.
"The top column of items on the air panel contains our trading house's most valuable treasures. That's right, they're for showing off.
Then on the left below are the items that our trading house urgently needs, and on the right are the best-selling items of our trading house this month. This way, sellers and buyers can save a lot of trouble."
The snake woman said strangely and cast a coquettish glance at Xu Wei: "Are we also smart? Not stupid at all?"
Xu Wei couldn't help but wanted to nod, but was slapped hard by his teacher.
The snake woman's mouth curled up strangely.
"However, it's probably not appropriate for guests to look at the floating panel when they first arrive. Now is the time to look at our trading house's main panel."
"I'm going to press this button and a trading panel will appear above the table. It's a touchscreen! The font on the panel will automatically change to something your consciousness can understand. Then you can slide the panel to select the items you're interested in purchasing!"
"If you find an item you're interested in on the trading panel, just click on it and buy it." The snake woman pointed eerily at the crystal recess on the table facing Wu Xiangwang and the others' seats. "Just drop the energy coins into the payment slot."
"Then the items you choose will automatically appear on the table through the core transmission."
"Of course, we also have VIP services here. 100 Energy Copper Coins will get you a private shopping room. 100 Energy Silver Coins will get you to the second-floor private room with selected trading items. If you pay 100 Energy Gold Coins, or simply hand in a Level 1 Energy Gem, you'll get a 10% discount on items in the trading house, as well as special customization services."
"It doesn't matter if you don't have money. As long as the guests become high-level heroes, big businessmen, or great beauties in the future, our First Trading House's main city will prepare special private rooms on the second floor for the strong ones."
The snake woman said this strangely, then smiled at the male warriors and pressed her chest and said, "Qingqing's intuition tells me that you all have the potential to become powerful figures!"
Wu Xiangwang: "..." You really are a top-level green tea beauty snake.
At this moment, Wu Xiangwang discovered that three people seemed a little dizzy.
"Thank you for the introduction, but now we can look at the trade items ourselves. This, uh, Qingqing female ghost? You can leave now."
Hao Youjin discovered that Xiao Song in the office had been staring at the beautiful snake for a long time, so he quickly spoke to chase it away.
The snake girl curled her lips into a strange smile and was about to say something when suddenly a loud street-singing shout came from outside.
"All those who are blocking the way, annoying, and unsightly, get out of our way! The city lord's brother-in-law is here!"
The snake woman screamed strangely on the spot, turned around and looked at Wu Xiangwang and others: "Oh, that important person is here! All you ugly humans, quickly lower your heads and don't look up! Otherwise, don't blame me for not warning you if you die!"
Wu Xiangwang's mouth twitched wildly at this time. Last night, he heard Tiantian say strangely that the city lord's brother-in-law was particularly arrogant and domineering, and always asked others to give way when walking. He thought it was an exaggeration. Now it seems that it is not an exaggeration at all.
Moreover, this city lord's brother-in-law is so easy to find! He has this habit of shouting everywhere he goes. Is he afraid that others won't be able to find him to complete their missions?
In just a few seconds, many of the strange creatures and all humans in the hall lowered their heads.
Wu Xiangwang thought about it, activated the cone snail's bloodline bonus, and summoned the snail shell backpack with the cover of the backpack behind him. Then he took out the second gorgeous cloak prepared for him by the captain of the guard from the snail shell backpack and put it on to cover his head and face, then he lowered his head slightly.
At this time, I put on a cloak just in case, hoping that I won’t encounter that emergency.
He lowered his head quite a bit, and was able to see the target when he raised his eyelids.
Then Wu Xiangwang saw the city lord's brother-in-law being escorted into the First Trading House.
With just one glance, he lowered his head with a look of astonishment on his face.
What the hell is that! What the hell is that! How can it have eyes all over its head and face?!
"I heard your bank received a level six natural energy gem? Wrap it up for me. I want to give it to my sister!!"
"Also, I've been feeling empty, lonely, and cold lately. I can't find anyone beautiful to have lunch with, so I've lost my appetite."
"I must have lunch with a beautiful lady at noon today."
"Introduce me to the beautiful ghosts you know, otherwise, no one will be able to leave."
The moment the last sentence was spoken, Wu Xiangwang, who was wearing a cloak and lowering his head, suddenly saw a round blue eye on the floor. The moment he looked into the eye, he felt a strong sense of dizziness.
But he bit the tip of his tongue lightly and recovered quickly. However, Xiao Song from Hao Youjin's team, who came with him, suddenly covered his eyes and screamed.
But his shouting only lasted two seconds before it stopped abruptly - suddenly countless eyes appeared out of thin air in the space around him and looked at him. After just one look, he died.
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