Chapter 45 Hearse Transformation Competition
In response to Qiao Song's approach, the group of players at the edge of the forest subconsciously took a step back.
They have lost their dinosaurs and their cars, and have now given up on the car-building competition. They are just waiting for the race to end quickly, pay a fine, and leave. They don't want to have any other interactions with the players on the field.
But this girl in front of me...
If I had seen it correctly, the Giganotosaurus that was powerful enough to wipe out their team several times over was killed directly by this girl and the two children in her team. The opponent can now not only command pterosaurs, but also has a fat and strong Tyrannosaurus Rex in the team. No matter how you look at it, their strength should not be underestimated, and is no different from those big guild teams.
The leading girl with twin ponytails looked at Qiao Song and the people behind her with a vigilant look on her face: "We will no longer participate in the following competitions, so you don't need to win us over."
Wild Grass and the Newcomer Alliance are almost in opposition, and now there are three forces standing in a stalemate, ready for a melee. Those of them who have given up on building cars and are ready to get through the dungeon think that Qiao Song is a lobbyist for the Newcomer Alliance.
"Don't be afraid, I just came to discuss something with you."
Qiao Song held the pterosaur's head next to him with his hand, asking Xiao Yu Mao and his companions to calm down and not show such ferocious faces to scare these little players.
"If you give up this instance, the fine you have to pay will be very heavy, right? After all, no matter how shabby a car is, it will cost more than 10,000 soul coins. But each person in this instance can only earn about 1,000 soul coins a day. Even if a team has at most three people, they can only get 9,000 soul coins. They have to pay to get out of the instance safely."
The girl with twin ponytails pursed her lips: "What do you want to say?"
Qiao Song: "If you can successfully get a car with a passing score at the last minute and pass the dungeon, you can still get at least 6,000 to 9,000 soul coins. Adding the possible losses, isn't this equivalent to saving 10,000 or 20,000?"
This cost-calculating method silences the opponent.
Qiao Song saw the hesitation and silence on their faces and told them the best offer he could make.
"We can provide you with bulk B and C-class auto parts, and even other car frames."
They themselves were planning to switch to S-class car frames, but the extra cars could be used for other purposes, such as exchanging with those players on the verge of elimination, which would be enough to help them save 10,000 soul coins.
The girl with twin ponytails frowned, holding an unknown weapon in her hand, and looked at Qiao Song with confusion: "There's no such thing as a free lunch. Are you trying to win us over to fight against Ye Cao and the others for the Newcomer Alliance?"
The small guilds are cannon fodder in this game, but they won't be so stupid.
"No, we don't belong to any guild. We are just ordinary idle players who have formed a temporary team, just like you."
Qiao Song stared at the long rod in her hand: "If I'm not mistaken, the abilities of these groups of people are all related to the band, right?"
During the previous battle by the water, the one who blew the horn was a boy from the ponytail girl's team.
The black long stick-like object held in the hand of the little girl with twin ponytails seemed to be a clarinet if I was not mistaken.
Some of her companions behind her were holding bows that seemed to be accessories for violins or cellos, and those further away were even holding drumsticks in their hands.
If the music-related abilities are auxiliary skills like the horn before, then it will be really difficult to fight against the giant dinosaur alone. In this case, the first priority is to protect yourself and clear the dungeon first.
"I just need you to cooperate with me to do one thing. If you fail, I will give each of you 300 soul coins, so that you don't have to pay for the car when you leave the dungeon. If the experiment is successful, I will give you the corresponding car parts. How about that?"
This condition is quite tempting.
The girl with twin ponytails looked at her suspiciously and said she would discuss it with her companions first.
But his attitude was better than before, and he also said his name.
"My name is Lin Xiaolu, and those behind me are all students from our music department. Let me make it clear first. My companions and I will not do anything that requires us to put ourselves in danger. You have to tell us your specific requirements first, and then we will consider whether to agree to them."
Qiao Song observed everyone's expressions and found that most people were tempted by the conditions she offered, but they quickly calmed down after Lin Xiaolu's persuasion.
These music students are smarter than Qiao Song imagined.
They are very young, and they should be a group of very close friends, or they may be members of a band or a club.
They were previously instigated to launch a night attack on the pterosaur habitat and suffered a great loss. Now they finally understand that they need to listen to the captain and be more cautious.
Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Qiao Song suppressed his smile and said, "I need to use your stone pillar platform to do an experiment and try to see if I can cut off the stone where the card is inserted."
Lin Xiaolu was ready to use her skills to help them fight the dinosaurs, but she didn't expect that the other side was targeting their stone pillar platform.
"Cut the stone that holds the card? Do you want to move the platform?"
Soon, she thought of something and her eyes widened.
Qiao Song nodded: "The last rule of the car building competition——"
"At the last second of the time limit, the vehicle placed on the platform bound by each player will be the final rated vehicle of the game."
There are two key points here, one is time and the other is platform.
This is also the reason why all players are forced back to the platform whenever a dinosaur attacks; the dinosaurs will attack their cars, especially the frames.
The stone pillar platform was placed in that large area like a living target. Even a large guild like Wild Grass could only stand on the stone pillars and kill dinosaurs without the assistance of pterosaurs.
But would a normal person really think of taking the entire platform away? Lin Xiaolu's eyes changed when she looked at Qiao Song.
Qiao Song's expression was very normal: "I told you it's just an attempt. Even if it fails, you can still get the vehicle subsidy I gave you. At least this copy is not a loss, right?"
And if they succeed, they will have enough B and C series parts to rebuild a car to complete the copy.
This condition was not harsh, and Lin Xiaolu and his companions agreed after discussing it for a while.
They had a total of three teams and three stone pillar platforms. Because they all had auxiliary skills, they had no way to confront the dinosaurs head-on. So after discovering that they were no match for the Giganotosaurus, they decisively fled from the stone pillar platforms, and their car was eaten by the dinosaurs on the spot.
After making sure that everyone agreed, Qiao Song called the nephew of the fisherman Ren Nanping over.
"Uncle Ren seemed to have said that you have a hero who has the ability to cut large objects, right?"
Ren Zhuo didn't expect that he would be singled out and entrusted with an important task. He thought he would be sent to fight dinosaurs.
"But the skill of that Mantis hero can only cut stationary objects, and it takes at least 5 minutes to successfully activate it."
The mantis skills in the game are very useful, but in the real world, this kind of ultimate skill requires a long period of energy storage before it can be used. When fighting against large dangerous creatures, it is completely impossible to use this mantis hero to cut melons and vegetables, not to mention dinosaurs of the level of Giganotosaurus. The opponent will not stand there and let him use his skills.
"I won't let you cut up living things. Go and cut down their platform with me."
Ren Zhuo: ???
What to cut?
Then he was taken to Little Feather's back in a dumbfounded manner and rode the pterosaur back to the stone forest area.
Ren Zhuo originally thought that there might still be a melee here, but he didn't expect it to be so deserted. There were only a few people surrounding the car body that was half attacked by a dragon, hesitating whether to give up the game or hide a little longer.
Lin Xiaolu was smarter. He thought for a moment and said, "Maybe everyone went to feed their own dinosaurs."
Qiao Song agreed with her opinion. Hei Dou and the others were also hurrying to eat. There were only a few hours left before the last round of raid. At this time, the players had realized that dinosaurs were not only important for them as materials. If one or two Giganotosaurus of that size appeared in the last round of raid, no player would be able to withstand it. Even a large guild like Wild Grass could not withstand it. They must have dinosaurs to assist them.
Thinking about the fact that other teams still had dinosaurs, Lin Xiaolu and her friends couldn't help feeling disappointed. Their dinosaurs had been sacrificed in the last round of water battle.
When Qiao Song came this time, only Lin Xiaolu and another girl followed the group of students from the music department. Fortunately, the pterosaur's back was wide enough, and the four of them could sit there without being crowded at all.
Lin Xiaolu told Qiao Song the specific location of her platform, while the other girl, holding a erhu in her hand, still looked at Qiao Song with vigilance.
For example, once he finds out that Qiao Song is about to do something bad to Lin Xiaolu, he will be ready to use his skills.
[A thousand-year-old pipa and ten-thousand-year-old zheng, a lifetime of playing erhu]
[Music control skills, different effects depending on the music, more effective if combined with other instruments]
The little girl looked as small as a rabbit, but when she was next to Lin Xiaolu, she still tried hard to make herself look like someone who was not easy to mess with.
Qiao Song knew that they were on guard against him, and while he found it a little funny, he also thought they were quite cute.
"Just watch from the side. If it is confirmed that the cards on the platform are still effective after being cut off, I will send you back and give you the materials."
The car card is a special card that is bound to the players' group members when they enter the dungeon. The first thing they do when entering the game is to insert this card into the platform at the specified time.
Once the card is inserted, it cannot be removed, and it will show the real-time score of each of their cars after the transformation.
Qiao Song suspected that the dinosaurs did not distinguish each group of players based on the stone pillar platform, but based on this card and the car on it.
That platform, by adjusting the height in the early stage, allowed the car-building competition to move towards the established development, such as the transaction with the pterosaurs, and inducing them to consume the food in the white resource bags in the early stage.
But Qiao Song feels that the stone pillar platform is more like putting the players on a conspicuous stage.
Didn't the microphone head say that? I look forward to them giving an outstanding performance on this grand stage.
The stone pillar platform will show their fights with dinosaurs under the spotlight for the audience to enjoy, and will even broadcast the results of each player at intervals, as if to show who are the most dazzling protagonists in this exhibition. By the way, it can also stimulate the struggle between other characters, which is really killing two birds with one stone.
But in an exhibition match, there are always many variables, and a monotonous plot would be so boring.
Qiao Song patted Ren Zhuo next to him and said, "Try to cut off the entire platform first, and then cut out the small piece in the middle."
With her encouragement, Ren Zhuo summoned the mantis hero, and saw several spreading sword lights covering the place she said. It did not have any effect immediately. After about 5 minutes, the skill finally took effect.
With a few clicks, the top of the stone pillar platform where Lin Xiaolu and the others were standing was cut into pieces. Because there was no car on the platform anymore, Qiao Song asked Ren Zhuo to only keep the position in the middle where the player had placed the car card at the beginning.
It was just a palm-sized stone slab. She took it in her hand, weighed it a few times, and asked Lin Xiaolu.
"Have you received any notification from the game company?"
The little girl stared blankly at the thing in her hand: "No..."
Qiao Song nodded, not caring whether their movements were captured by other players in the Stone Pillar Forest. He then did the same thing again, digging out the small palm-sized piece of carriage and part of the stone wall embedded in it on several other platforms.
"I'll take you back first, and we'll be able to complete the last step soon."
After they returned safely, Huangmao and the others gathered in the woods, and the group of music students immediately breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Lin Xiaolu coming back.
Qiao Song jumped off the pterosaur's back and asked, "Is the fight not over yet?"
Wang Xiang’s skill buffer has a time limit. Once the buffer is ready, he will go over to sow discord among the southern giant dragons. After a few rounds, one of the dragons over there is already seriously injured.
Gao Chengcheng immediately raised his hand: "My brother went with Wang Xiang this time. He has a very good nose and will definitely be able to smell the weakest spot among the dinosaurs."
Qiao Song nodded, then took out the stones inlaid with carriage cards that Lin Xiaolu and his team had cut from the platform.
The first one was a palm-sized stone, the second one was about one-eighth of the platform area, and when the third one was taken out of the toolbox, the ground sank a bit. It was an entire layer of a stone pillar platform that had been completely cut off.
The first thing that shocked Gao Chengcheng was that Qiao Song’s toolbox could actually hold such a large object.
"I thought it was amazing that my refrigerator could hold an elephant, how come yours can hold anything?"
Qiao Song touched his stomach without leaving any trace.
Not to mention, last time in Ghost Story Middle School, I pretended to be a ghost too much and felt a little cold. This time, I stuffed too many stones and felt my stomach was heavy.
"It's mainly to see how big the stone pillar platform's range is for vehicles."
After saying that, she first took out the herringbone frame she had made from her toolbox and placed it on the largest stone pillar at that time, No. 1, which was the only difference from the original stone pillar in that only a layer of skin was left.
Lin Xiaolu immediately ran to the platform and took a look, then his eyes lit up.
"The number on the card has changed. It now shows 80!"
After the car was destroyed, the score on their platform was reset to zero, but they didn't expect that cutting the entire platform off and taking it away and then putting the car back on it would actually work!
Qiao Song hummed and put away the frame, then walked to the No. 2 platform which had been reduced in size by half. The area of this platform was barely enough to accommodate one car.
This time, Lin Xiaolu's companion took the initiative to go up, and a few seconds later, his face was also full of joy: "It's displayed! 80 points!"
Qiao Song finally walked towards stone No. 3, which was the palm-sized one, and only the gravel slab of the platform with the car card could be seen.
This time, after the bicycle frame was placed on top, only a short boy from Lin Xiaolu's team could get in, and he quickly climbed out with a frustrated look on his face.
“No score is shown this time.”
Does that mean that out of this group of people, only two teams may be able to pass the level?
Lin Xiaolu was quite happy and cheered everyone up: "It's okay, this is much better than the previous result where we all got zero points."
Qiao Song was not in a hurry. She turned her head and asked Gao Chengcheng if there was a larger cloth that could cover the entire car. It would be best if there was a transparent area to observe the numbers.
Gao Chengcheng rummaged around in the refrigerator for a while and actually found a piece of waterproof cloth with a translucent middle.
Qiao Song retracted the frame, covered the small stone in the middle with the cloth neatly, and then put the car on it.
The smaller boy crawled under the car again, this time with a look of shock on his face.
"It's displayed...it's still 80 points."
This frame is made of dragon fish in water, and its basic score is already 80 points.
Qiao Song tried several more times and was finally satisfied.
"As long as a plane is formed above the car card that can completely accommodate the area of a car, the car card below will automatically determine the score."
Then they don't have to limit their stage to the stone pillar platform. They can just get a small piece of stone with a car card and move their car to any place at any time.
The only difficulty is how to deal with the dinosaur attack from behind.
Although the stone pillar platform in the early stage limited their range of activities, it at least still had a certain height. But after the dinosaurs raided on the last day, the platform would also drop at the same time, and it would most likely be directly close to the ground at that time.
In this case, moving it anywhere is better than leaving it where it is.
There is a place that is just right.
Qiao Song showed a meaningful smile: "It's the last raid time, let's go to the water."
No one expected this kind of gameplay.
Yes, so what if there are so many dangerous dinosaurs on land? They can go to the water. Big Blue and small Blue have eaten countless small animals there, and no particularly dangerous dinosaurs have been found.
The fisherman and Gao Chengcheng were so happy that their aquatic dinosaur finally came in handy.
"No wonder my brother said the key to victory is aquatic dinosaurs. It turns out there is a way to avoid the southern dragons!"
Huangmao, who had been mentally tortured by the Giganotosaurus and had a psychological trauma towards all hairless animals, was so happy that he almost flew into heaven.
"Sister Qiao, you are my God!"
"Stop talking nonsense. I'm going to deal with the stone pillars on our platforms. You guys keep an eye on the situation over there at the Giganotosaurus and be ready to go over and harvest at any time."
"Also, send a group of people to the water to cut down trees and build a raft. At least we have to ensure that even if we put a complete car on it, it won't sink."
This requirement is not difficult, as the trees in this entire forest are extremely thick. The only trouble is for players to use their skills to cut down the trees, and then shape them into the shape they want little by little.
Fortunately, they are in large numbers now. The students from the music department are so happy that they come over to help immediately.
Qiao Song and his team hurried back to the stone pillar forest, and openly cut away the platform where their own four groups were located, and dug out the small piece in the middle with the car card.
The cars on Gao Chengcheng and Lao Ren's platform were saved. Currently, only Huangmao and his team lost a car. Qiao Song retrieved the three cars including the one on her own platform. She didn't know if the net bag was too heavy, but she felt her stomach dropping while flying.
When they reached the water area, this group of players used some unknown skill to actually build a total of 7 large rafts, each of which was large enough to carry an entire vehicle.
After Lin Xiaolu discussed with his companions, he came out and thanked Qiao Song: "Thank you so much this time. We didn't contribute much. If you can successfully pass the level, we are willing to pay you some props or soul coins."
They had cooperated with other teams in dungeons before, but they usually settled the matter after leaving the dungeon for fear that the other party would turn against them.
In this world of infinite flow, there's nothing wrong with being more careful.
Qiao Song: "I don't lack soul coins, but your skills are quite interesting. Do you have props related to musical instruments?"
Gao Chengcheng also came over and poked his head out to hand out business cards: "Hey, classmates, take a look here. I offer free prop trading activities. I recycle props at high prices and second-hand wholesale materials. We can cooperate if there is a chance."
Lin Xiaolu's eyes were curved with smile, it was the first time she saw such players in this world. They were not even from the same guild, but just traveled together inexplicably.
"We are all freshmen in the music department. Most of our skills are related to control and support, and most of the derived props are also related to this aspect."
Lin Xiaolu named several props and promised to give Qiao Song three small props.
Qiao Song asked for a horn, an artistic conch shell, and a suona.
As a result, Lin Xiaolu gave her the thing on the spot. When Qiao Song looked over, the little girl smiled.
"I'll give you the stuff first. Maybe it can be used when the dinosaurs attack."
It's necessary to be wary of others, but friends are different. This group of people is worth it.
She looked at the suona in Qiao Song's hand and reminded him, "Although this is a one-time strong control prop, it can only be used after judging the music score."
What this means is that it needs to be used by someone who can play the suona.
Qiao Song nodded to show that he understood, put the things away, and soon heard the howl of a pterosaur coming from the distant sky.
The team that was observing the Giganotosaurus in the forest came back. Wang Xiang looked exhausted, and it seemed that his skills had been exhausted. The fat man and the yellow-haired guy next to him, on the other hand, had happy expressions on their faces.
"We finally got our revenge this time. The guy who ate our car was beaten up by other Giganotosauruses. Hahaha."
When Wang Xiang's last skill took effect, he rode the dragon around to provoke others, successfully knocking over a large number of southern giant dragons while also attracting their hatred. These guys, who had been eating for several hours, were aroused and started fighting on the spot.
"But we have only got the S-grade raw materials first. I may have to trouble Sister Qiao to collect the frame."
Qiao Song rode on Little Feather and took the next tool man, Ren Nanping, with him. Of course, when they returned this time, there were already other uninvited guests nearby.
The people from Wild Grass and the Newcomer Alliance were confronting each other here. Lin Biaoyi, the old fox, immediately took the initiative to greet Qiao Song when he saw him riding a pterosaur.
Qiao Song nodded his chin as a response, and didn't even get off the dragon's back. He flew directly to the Giganotosaurus, where the rack they needed was dropped.
Xiao Jing, the copy leader of Wild Grass, immediately began to push up his gold-rimmed glasses and said, "I thought he was your subordinate, but it turns out we are just partners."
He said in a bad tone, "Your Newcomer Alliance always finds some newcomers with potential. You are worthy of being a team with magicians. You Yitong has a high status in your union. You have been here for so long, but you can only lead newcomers to this kind of pre-dungeon. Do you have to report to him when you go back? Lin Biaoyi, I feel sorry for you."
Lin Biaoyi didn't bother to pay attention to his sarcasm. It was no secret that the Newcomer Alliance had a very strict status.
"You've almost wiped out all the weeds of players from small guilds, aren't you afraid that they will unite and fight you to the death?"
"That would require them to have the ability. Most of the dinosaurs were bitten by the southern beasts. Their skills were useless and they didn't have enough props. They provoked the weeds, so they naturally had to pay the price."
Lin Biaoyi nodded: "There are only a few hours left in the dungeon, there is no point in us fighting to the death."
Xiao Jing: "Are you seeking peace?"
"A truce is good for both you and me. Besides, we agreed at the beginning to get through the dungeon peacefully."
Xiao Jing: "Peacefully? Those little tricks of yours can only be used to deceive those new members of your guild who are not very experienced in the world. Well, if they are smart, they will not be deceived into your Newcomer Alliance. You should know how the first double-crowned dragon in our team died. The remaining two were not very energetic during the day. Lin Biaoyi, you'd better not let me find any evidence."
Lin Biaoyi didn't say anything, but just pointed to the bright red countdown in the sky.
Xiao Jing sighed and adjusted his glasses.
"This time, I'll do it for your president's sake."
He crushed the branches under his feet and prepared to tell the rest of the guild to leave. He only looked at Qiao Song who was collecting S-class car frames in the distance and sneered, "Naive and stupid new player. There are only a few hours left before the dungeon ends. Does she think she can really leave Hearse Entertainment after completing the car-making dungeon?"
Even if you successfully assemble a high-level vehicle, you can't take it away for free. You still have to spend your own money to buy this hearse that is obviously made of expensive materials.
Most importantly, this copy has an audience.
After the people from Wild Grass left, Lin Biaoyi heard the report from his subordinates: "Captain, the basic materials have been assembled. The best car in the team has reached 1095 points."
"Do we need to fight for another Giganotosaurus frame?"
It's no secret that Qiao Song and her group hunted the Giganotosaurus, but only a large guild would dare to follow their lead in that area. It depends on whether Wild Grass and the New Alliance have that intention.
Even if Wild Grass and the Newcomer Alliance were trying to trip each other up and use tricks, when it came to the road race, they would hold back and not let both guilds really be on the same team.
At least don't get caught.
As for the small players, most of them have killed dinosaurs and dropped S-level parts.
Having lost the protection of the dinosaurs, they were almost facing certain death in the last round of dinosaur attacks.
Lin Biaoyi looked up at the sky and saw that the countdown was less than three hours.
"Let's go. We have already met the union's required score. Let's not attract the attention of those ghosts anymore."
Although he had cooperated with Qiao Song briefly, he did not tell him that in previous years, in this kind of car-building copy, there would occasionally be some individual players without guilds who would unexpectedly win the first place.
Even if these people have soul coins to buy the vehicles they built after passing the level, they will be detained by the Hearse Entertainment Company for various reasons and forced to participate in the subsequent road races.
"I hope she won't die so quickly when we meet in the road race." Lin Biaoyi said calmly, "But if she can agree to join the Newcomer Alliance, the magician might be very happy. After all, this is the player that You Yitong personally mentioned to the president."
"A promising newcomer. I hope her life is as tough as her ability."
When the people around him heard him mention the magician, they didn't dare to say a word and just followed Lin Biaoyi away quietly.
When the countdown reached the last hour and a half, Qiao Song and his team successfully took away three Giganotosaurus skeletons and several S-level materials.
She looked back in the direction of the forest and realized that those were the people from the Newcomer Alliance and Wild Grass. She thought that these two groups would come over to share a piece of the pie, but she didn't expect them to just take a look and leave.
This is not a good sign.
I looked up at the sky, and under the sunset blurred by the artificial screen, there was a blood-red countdown.
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