Chapter 32 Assembly
The copy pointed out by Huangmao was a small red dot, but it covered a very large area, even larger than the copy of the Ghost Story Middle School.
Fearing that others might misunderstand, he immediately explained: "Although the red dot represents that there will be red-clothed level ghosts in this instance, the red clothes actually represent the upper limit of the instance, not the lower limit, and this interactive instance is very famous!"
The so-called interactive dungeon is a dungeon where new and old players constantly come in and out. This type of dungeon is usually not particularly difficult, has a strong sense of freedom, and offers generous rewards. Even if there are red-clothed ghosts, the casualty rate is far less than that of some closed dungeons.
"This time, the Ghost Story Middle School almost became a closed dungeon. If it weren't for Sister Qiao's brilliant move, we would have been in great danger. Once something unusual happens in a closed dungeon, players can't escape even with props."
Speaking of this, Huangmao thought of the ghost story middle school that was almost turned into ruins, and always felt that something was weird about it.
After confirming the destination, Qiao Song also agreed to enter this copy. She was quite interested in the hearse. She wanted to see whether to repair it or buy a new one. She and Tang Xiaoxiao could buy a new car with their current savings, but she didn't want to completely waste her current car. Although this small van was a ghost car, it was quite easy to drive.
The fat man also took out those posters at this time.
On the poster are a few lines of introduction about Hearse Entertainment Company.
[In Hearse Entertainment, you will experience all kinds of driving equipment you can imagine! ]
There are introductions to various types of vehicles, including ordinary four-wheeled cars, as well as minibuses, medium-sized buses, large buses and long-distance coaches.
However, the further you go, the more unconventional the listings become: land dragon boats with wheels, mini go-karts that can only seat one person, and even remote-controlled cars for children. All things with wheels that can drive on the road seem to be sold by this company.
The second poster is more eye-catching.
This is a retro-style promotional advertisement. A beetle-style hearse is painted with the hellish ghost fire logo and has a special effect of breaking through the poster. Half of its body is stuck outside the poster, and two headlights are on the dark wall, leaving two lines of slogans written in the poster.
【Fresh, exciting, childlike, and joyful, here there are hearse performances that will make both humans and ghosts scream, there are also racing games that will make your adrenaline explode, and there is also a car transformation column that will amaze all hearse enthusiasts! 】
[Destroy cars, build cars, drive cars like crazy, here you can learn everything about hearses! Our company has also been committed to providing the most perfect vehicle services for all lives in this road world! ]
[Whether you are a player, a ghost, or a distinguished person who wants to relax, Hearse Entertainment always welcomes you! 】
"The rewards in this dungeon are very generous. Most players who own cars will come here to take a look. They can use the dungeon rewards to repair or modify their cars, or exchange resources with other players, or even exchange money to buy new cars. It's actually similar to a convenience store dungeon. Hearse Entertainment also has many branches in different places."
It’s just that convenience store copies are usually primary copies, while Hearse Entertainment’s is already at the red-cloth level, although its red clothes are of little use.
Qiao Song: "You mean, the Red Clothes itself won't appear in the dungeon to fight against the players?"
The yellow-haired guy scratched his head and said, "Not really. The red-clothed players in this instance are quite strange. They don't enjoy killing human players. Instead, they prefer to sit on the stage and watch us complete the instance."
He pulled out a registration form at the back of the poster, which listed three projects.
【Hearse repair and maintenance】
【Hearse Transformation Competition】
【786th Deadly Road Friendship Race】
"Players can choose to go to three different areas to complete dungeons. Generally, the more difficult the area, the higher the reward. But I suggest that we go to the repair center or the hearse modification area. The latter project requires real hard work."
Qiao Song looked over the three projects in a row and said, "Are these three projects mixed together? It feels like a whole assembly line."
Qiao Song thought for a moment and said, "First, rebuild the car, then participate in the friendly match, and the maintenance team will be responsible for the mid-race repairs?"
Huang Mao's eyes widened: "Sister Qiao, how did you know? Have you heard of this copy too?"
Qiao Song: "That's an easy guess. So, what you just said about people in red not participating in the hearse race means that they prefer to sit in the stands and watch other people participate in the hearse race?"
"That's right. I heard that there was a team called the Gamblers' Union that made some kind of agreement with the Red Coats here. Then they held many friendly hearse races. The Red Coats didn't participate in person, but they would come here every year to bet on the team."
At this point, Huang Mao was a little surprised and exclaimed: "It is said that no contestant has reached the finish line in this race. Usually, 100 cars start at the same time, and the race ends automatically when 10 cars are left."
"But every year, the red-shirted people would bet on one of the cars to reach the final destination. Many ghosts and teams would occasionally join in the fun. At first, they just wanted to experience the fun of watching others compete with the red-shirted ghost, but later the prize pool had become an astronomical figure."
"It has been held for more than 700 times now. Apart from the rewards for the top 10, the prize pool for the terminal has never been emptied. If a god really appears and drives to the finish line at this time, he will become rich enough to be famous throughout the Infinite Highway."
However, it is not certain whether obtaining such a huge fortune is a good thing. After all, ghosts on the road will also participate in this event, and those guys are much more greedy for soul coins than players.
At this time, the skill is related to the car, but Wang Xiang, who is extremely clear-headed, also took the initiative to interject: "The fatal highway friendly race is actually a drag racing competition, and the mortality rate is very high."
With his skills, he is actually very suitable for participating in such a competition, but he can only perform for 10 minutes each time, and it will also consume the durability of the hearse, so the risk is too great.
Even he doesn't dare to participate, so you can see how dangerous this race is, not to mention that there are 100 cars participating and the race can only end when only 10 are left. No one can guarantee that they will not be one of the 90 scrapped cars.
"So, let's just participate in the maintenance project or the vehicle modification project. By the way, Sister Qiao, have you ever learned to repair a car before? If not, let's go to the modification department."
The Infinite Highway dungeon will assign more suitable characters based on the player's life experience in the human world. Of course, if you are stubborn and choose a project that you have no experience in, that's fine, but the mortality rate will be greatly increased.
"The modification department is more like a scoring game. The vehicle will be systematically scored based on the modifications you make to it. As long as you pass, you can pass."
This project, which Huangmao and his friends had participated in before, was of very low difficulty. Many people who entered this dungeon just relied on surviving the first two projects to pass them. After the end, they could stay and watch the game for a while. If they had enough soul coins, they could even participate in the betting.
"The fixed duration of this instance is six days. The first three days are for vehicle modification, and the last three days are for hearse competition. The maintenance project team will also join in at that time."
Therefore, the actual copy time is only three days, and the copy income is relatively stable. As long as you don’t participate in the subsequent Death Road Race, the clearance rate is still very high.
"There will be many nearby convoys heading there. There should be a small settlement there. Sister Qiao, don't you want intelligence? Let's go around there and pick up some items or just give soul coins. We should be able to get the information you want."
“That’s how we got these posters in the car.”
Occasionally, when exchanging information with other teams, everyone will take the initiative to discuss some interactive copies on nearby maps.
In the past, their fleet would prepare more goods in advance at this time, which could be used to exchange for many props produced by their own skills.
"I used up too many items in this dungeon. I have to find a way to replenish them."
Because they only worked in school for three days, their base salary after deducting the bonus was actually only 1,500. On the last day of the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons, Huangmao and the others received a bonus of about 50% by knocking away the ghosts that actively attacked them, so they can get more than 2,000 soul coins this time.
"By the way, Sister Qiao Song, do you have anything you want to sell? We can set up a stall together then."
Tang Xiaoxiao's book is a reusable prop and certainly cannot be sold, but Qiao Song's toolbox can produce items continuously.
Qiao Song thought, what the hell is she going to sell?
You know what, her hammer can still do quite a bit of damage to goblins now.
Qiao Song took out a small hammer, a sledgehammer, a net bag, a few screws, and a matching screwdriver.
"Why don't you try it first and see if it works?"
Unlike Huangmao and the others’ skill derivatives, Qiao Song’s tools only have basic abilities and need to be used in conjunction with a toolbox.
For example, the net bag can hold things, but its storage function is only effective when it is paired with the toolbox itself.
Huangmao tried it and found that when he held these things in his hands, they didn't seem to have any strange additional abilities. They were just some ordinary tools. The only strange thing was the oversized hammer.
"Wow, this thing is so heavy, how did you lift it, Sister Qiao?"
Fatty and Wang Xiang also tried it, and they indeed couldn't lift the big hammer, but the small hammer was too light in their hands and didn't seem to be anything special.
At most, it felt like this whole set of tools had been placed in a morgue for a long time, and had acquired an inexplicable chilly smell.
Qiao Song suspected that it was because she had knocked, killed and caught ghosts too many times in the Ghost Story Middle School copy.
But speaking of this, why wasn’t the toolbox upgraded this time?
She called the system, but the emotional and easily irritated guy didn't show up. Instead, a mechanical voice answered her question in a very official and dull manner.
[It is detected that your skill upgrade is related to the number of soul coins you hold. Please create as much wealth for yourself as possible]
I see, she has to make money to upgrade her skills.
Tsk, damn capitalists, sooner or later you will all go bankrupt.
The matter of selling tools will have to be put on hold for now.
But unlike her, Huang Mao's skill upgrades are said to depend on their professional proficiency, so Huang Mao occasionally cuts people's hair on the Infinite Highway. Fatty also makes clay cups and dolls from time to time. For example, Wang Xiang has always been the driver of their team.
And Tang Xiaoxiao can only rely on practicing questions.
The seven-day rest period was neither long nor short. Tang Xiaoxiao felt like she had only been doing a few days of exams, and it seemed like the next round of dungeons was about to begin. She inexplicably felt like entering the dungeon was like taking a vacation.
Xiao Ni, who was also a little dazed by the exercises, said that she was right.
The vehicle has been on the road for six days now. They have been moving slowly towards the destination in the copy and can see that there are obviously more cars on both sides of the road.
There is always very thick fog on the Infinite Highway. Except for special parking lots and bus stops where players can stop and be protected by buildings, almost no player dares to be directly exposed to the fog. It is said that all those who have entered will either be torn to pieces by the fog on the spot, or will let out a scream after walking for a while, and only the gurgling chewing and swallowing sounds can be heard in the fog.
I don’t know what caught me, but I became a snack on the spot.
Even if players didn't die when they first entered the fog, any player who did so would eventually disappear and never reappear.
So in this game world, in addition to working hard to pass dungeons to earn soul coins and find the door to the real world, cars are the most important means of transportation.
But if you don’t want to drive yourself, you can also take a cheap bus, but you can’t stay overnight. At most, after riding around in circles, you have to find a nearby stop and go to the dungeon to eat, sleep and wash up.
This results in new players who have gone through 1-2 rounds of dungeons quickly forming a circle with other companions, buying cars to form a team, or actively joining an already formed large team.
So when a hearse copy that is not difficult but can obtain intelligence and resources appears nearby, the foggy streets will inexplicably become crowded.
Everyone should drive as slowly as possible. After all, you don't know how many cars are nearby. Once a car accident happens, whether you hit someone or are hit, it will be a very miserable experience.
Since they were about to arrive at the hearse entertainment copy, Qiao Song had already reduced the speed of the car to the minimum, and slowly followed Huangmao and his group's minibus.
Tang Xiaoxiao was sitting in the passenger seat, looking around curiously: "Sister Qiao Song, there are so many cars around here. I saw several buses."
The price of an ordinary small hearse starts at 10,000 soul coins, while a bus is more expensive, with prices of more than 50,000 soul coins prohibiting many players. It is almost certain that such large vehicles are owned by players from the same guild.
Huangmao, Fatty and Qiao Song briefly explained some knowledge about unions. It is said that after saving enough soul coins, you can buy a prop, turn on the union mode, and pull players from different vehicles into the same camp. They will have a common resource library, share maps, allocate and manage props and soul coins, and can even actively learn the specific coordinates of players from the same guild and put them on the public map.
No wonder when they finished the convenience store copy before, Lao Ma and Xin Boyu directly used their cell phones to call a car to pick them up and run away.
"Come to think of it, their guild is called the Black Iron Guild, right?"
Qiao Song also got one of their business cards.
She thought about it and mentioned it to a few other people in the group, asking them to help her find out some information about the union in a more covert way if the situation allowed.
After all, the Wish Star Card still has a very high status in her eyes. Since they are able to spend a large sum of money to send old players into the primary dungeon, this guild should be very familiar with this card.
Not to mention that they had made a small enemy in the convenience store, so she had to be on guard against others. But if the other party came up to her, she would have to make good use of it and see how much intelligence this big union person could bring.
After driving at a snail's pace in the thick fog for a while, Qiao Song was surprised to find that there was a traffic jam.
You have to know that when they just came out of the convenience store copy, they could drive fast on the road with their eyes closed. You can imagine how many players came to the vicinity of this hearse entertainment copy.
There was only one day left before the next mandatory time for them to enter the dungeon. The two people who were studying in the car seemed to have no energy at this point. Qiao Song thought about it and took out the radio from his bag.
"You two should take a break today. We will be able to enter the dungeon in about 20 hours. Relax a little. How about we listen to some music, opera, or novels?"
The tape recorder given by Wang Deming’s grandfather is very practical. Just stick it on the driving gear and it becomes an embedded car speaker. It can also be transformed into multimedia in the car, broadcasting radio programs to passengers in all directions.
So, when the familiar voice of the host sounded, Qiao Song had not yet reacted.
The emotional and loud voice echoed throughout the van.
"Hello everyone! This is the Infinite Highway Fog Special News Report broadcast on time!
Oh, there have been a lot of big news in the city recently. First, there was a major personnel change in the Hell Community where a certain adult was in charge, resulting in a large number of ghosts fleeing. Then, a campus copy that failed to advance to the Red Clothes level collapsed.
So there may be a lot of wandering ghosts wandering on the road recently. Everyone should be careful to avoid them in time when driving. After all, too many dead souls may cause the quality of the hearse to decline.
However, the one who suffered the most might be Mr. Cai, the boss of our convenience store. It is said that after the collapse of the red copy where the promotion failed, his convenience store branch suffered heavy losses again. Now he is asking for an explanation from the Ghost Alliance, suspecting that he was deliberately targeted by certain suppliers.
We, the Mist News Department, would like to officially clarify for the Goblin Alliance that all of our special item recovery teams will not actively enter closed copies to take away special resources, unless the main system directly issues a notice to recover some of the copy's core items. Only then will the team members take special measures to enter the copy and take away the special items within the specified time.
Therefore, in response to Boss Cai’s criticism, the Ghost Alliance has adopted a tougher approach, but I hope everyone will not be disappointed with the alliance. After all, all the ghosts on this road are one family! "
At the same time, a color display screen that was listening to this report almost instantly crushed the red wine glass in its hand.
"Who is your family?"
The white gloves were stained with shades of red. After a few garbled characters appeared on the screen, a murderous smiley face symbol finally popped up.
"Okay, okay, Ghost Alliance, I've got this straight. This matter is not over yet!"
Boss Cai tore off the dirt on his hands with a look of disgust, put on a pair of brand new white gloves, put his long fingers together and opened and closed them repeatedly, but his knuckles were extremely strong.
"It'd be better if I don't catch you - otherwise, I don't care whether you are a human, a ghost, or a guy with an animal's head, I will tear you into pieces and make you into dried specialties, and put them on the shelves of all convenience stores!"
Just as he was crushing his fingers in annoyance, feeling that he was really unlucky recently and wondering if he should go to some new convenience store copies to trick a few more players, he suddenly saw a poster on the wall.
The Beetle car riding on the hellish ghost fire reminded him of some quite interesting dungeon scenes.
"Come to think of it, it seems like it's time to watch the game again."
There were too many things that made him angry this month, so it was time for him to give himself a break.
The white gloves elegantly hooked up a bunch of gorgeous keys from the table, picked out a fairly cool car, turned the ring on the key, whistled and entered the underground garage.
"Then let's go to other dungeons. It's been a while since I've placed a bet. Let me see if there are any interesting little cuties this year that are worth me killing remotely from the audience~"
Qiao Song, who was greeting people in the group, suddenly sneezed.
After a few seconds, her eyelids began to twitch, and Qiao Song raised his hand to rub his sore eyes.
Tang Xiaoxiao looked at her with some concern: "Sister Qiao Song, are you tired from driving these days? There is still some time before the dungeon starts. Why don't you take a nap in the cabin?"
Qiao Song waved his hand: "It's okay. If the left eye twitches, it means good fortune. If the right eye twitches, it means disaster for others and I will get rich."
Tang Xiaoxiao: ...
You are worthy of it.
At this time, their car had been parked in a paid parking lot near the copy. This crappy place, Infinite Highway, was really doing everything it could to recover soul coins from players. The parking lot charged 50 soul coins per night.
"You can directly enter the dungeon from the passage near this parking lot. Let's go down and meet up with Huang Maosheng and the others first."
As soon as I got off the car, I was surprised by the busy parking lot. Since I paid to come in, this parking lot was quite reasonable and all the fog was isolated outside the building.
At this time, the parking lot was bustling with people, as bright as day, and people of all kinds were communicating with each other.
If you look closely, you will find that most buses are parked separately, just like the unions are on guard against each other. They will not get too close to each other, but will subconsciously keep a distance.
Those small vehicles scattered around are the so-called lone wolf players or small guilds that have not yet become established.
Because there were so many players in this copy, Qiao Song's queue at a different entrance than Huangmao's when she came in, so there was some distance between them. Just as she was about to make a phone call, someone suddenly patted her on the shoulder.
"Miss, I just saw three people get off your car. Are you also new players? You just bought a car not long ago? Do you want to come to our new player alliance to exchange some information?"
Black hair was neatly attached to the palm-sized face. A young man with an innocent look was looking at her with curved eyes.
Seeing that Qiao Song didn't answer, the other party opened his mouth to say something, but was suddenly pushed open by a child.
Xiao Ni stood in front of Qiao Song with his arms folded across his chest, like an angry little wolf cub.
"Although you can't use skills, this is also a public area. What were you planning to do to my sister just now?"
Qiao Song raised his eyebrows and looked at the young man silently.
Xiao Ni turned his back to Qiao Song and Tang Xiaoxiao and quietly made a grabbing gesture.
This man is a thief.
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