Chapter 52: Deadly Road Friendly Match
Even if you have never played the game Candy Crush, you must have heard of it. The key point is to eliminate the same objects based on color or pattern.
Soon, specific rules of the game appeared on the wall.
[When at least three blocks of the same color collide with each other, the elimination ability will be triggered. After the outer packaging melts, parts and tools of the corresponding level will fall, and sometimes other creatures will be differentiated. ]
[Please eliminate at least 10 sets of shells within the specified time, otherwise the dropped items will not be entered into the settlement channel. ]
That thick jelly-like thing turned out to be the outer packaging of spare parts. No wonder they haven't seen any tools that can be used for car repair and maintenance yet.
The 60-second countdown began, and the thick jelly-like square objects on the wall automatically flew up from the wall. Their original shapes also began to change, becoming shapes similar to some animals.
Tang Xiaoxiao immediately shouted, "Everyone, count first and count the number of parts of each color!"
Fortunately, although there were a lot of colored jellies in the garage, they had made preparations early, so even if the parts flew around, they could quickly count the number of parts of different colors.
Red jelly 25;
Blue Jelly 56;
Orange jelly 33;
There are the most black jellies, with 69 left, and the least white jellies, with only 10 left.
During the countdown preparation time, everyone had been observing the movement trajectories of these jelly cubes, but they saw that their flying speed was getting faster and faster, and finally they were like bouncy balls, bouncing all over the garage in the air.
That's not right...
With such a large area of collision, even if they do nothing, sooner or later balls of the same color will collide with each other. According to the rules, it is not difficult to eliminate 10 groups of jellies.
Just as Tang Xiaoxiao thought of this, she saw bright fireworks suddenly explode in a certain area.
Suddenly, a cold voice of a game AI came from the wall: "Black blocks are being eliminated. Congratulations, you have obtained a troublemaker monkey!"
I saw that among the blocks that had just collided with each other, three black jellies actually disappeared by themselves in the big collision. However, what fell out from the three fused jellies was not parts or tools, but a black monkey that screamed wildly after landing.
The monkey reacted extremely quickly. The next second after landing, he attacked Xiao Ni who was closest to him.
The little boy was no pushover. He immediately turned transparent to avoid the monkey's attack, then swung the dinosaur egg in his hand and smashed it on the monkey's head.
With a click, the dinosaur egg did not break, but the pure black monkey was shattered like porcelain.
Xiao Ni actually touched the eggshell with some regret: "How come it's like this, the black bean still can't come out?"
Tang Xiaoxiao was really convinced: "Aren't you afraid of smashing Hei Dou to death in the dinosaur egg?"
"No, I can feel Hei Dou's emotions. He also wants to come out, but he says the eggshell is too thick and he can't get out."
Fortunately, the dinosaur eggs have a good attack power and can be used as stones, which can also reduce the thickness of the eggshell.
After Xiao Ni, there were two more collision sounds in the air. This time, everyone saw three white jellies colliding with each other. After the AI voice announced, the jelly melted, revealing a cat with its back arched and breathing heavily, which quickly jumped up to attack them.
But compared to the black blocks, the animals that fell after the collision with the white blocks were slightly smaller in size and had weaker attack power. They were quickly smashed by the two little girls, Tang Xiaoxiao and Yuan Ya, like glass.
Wang Xiang, a man whose main ability lies in driving skills, was holding a pair of table tennis rackets, which should be some special props. At this time, two red jellies happened to pass by him. He quickly hit the two things together, one from the left and one from the right, and crashed into the third red jelly.
【Table tennis racket used by champion players】
[Even a person with poor table tennis skills can use this set of rackets to quickly hit the object that will be selected as the table tennis ball and plan a new collision route for it]
The red jelly that was hit by the ping-pong paddle was successfully eliminated, and this time a red card was revealed from the inside after it melted.
[One-time shell repair card, instantly repair 50% of the damaged hearse (only for road race vehicles)]
Wang Xiang quickly put the card away: "This should be the maintenance prop."
Tang Xiaoxiao observed this scene and saw red jellies colliding in the sky again. This time, a fat and strong lion fell.
She immediately summoned a math book and rolled it into a tube, and slapped the lion against the wall, breaking it into pieces.
"I understand! These blocks will be eliminated even if they collide with each other, but not every successful elimination will drop parts and tools. Blocks eliminated manually will drop props, but blocks eliminated by collision will turn into animals of the corresponding level to attack us!"
For colors like white and black, the attack power of the corresponding animals increases step by step, and the same should be true for the items obtained after eliminating them.
"Everyone, work together to control these jellies first. Don't let them disappear on their own, otherwise all kinds of animals will appear to disturb us."
Once you have an idea for passing the level, it is easy to solve. Tang Xiaoxiao rolls two books into a barrel and covers it with one book to first restrict most of the jellies. Then Wang Xiang uses a ping-pong paddle to quickly eliminate the high-level jelly blocks.
"This set of rackets only has 10 minutes of use left."
He reminded with a slight breath.
At this time, Yuan Ya, who was rather shy, quietly took out a erhu.
"I can control these things for about 5 minutes. You can take this opportunity to eliminate the higher-level jellies first."
[Three years of playing the flute, five years of playing the Xiao, and breaking my waist by playing the erhu]
[Track: Singing in Sickness, My Heart is as Sad as Sickness, I Don’t Know Where to Go]*
Only a sad and sorrowful sound of erhu was heard slowly, and the jellies bouncing around in the air seemed to be hit by some slowing special effect, and could only float slowly in the air without struggling.
The others seized the opportunity, quickly combining jellies of the same color and slamming them together.
Halfway through, Tang Xiaoxiao recalled his experience playing Candy Crush, and even asked Xiao Ni to let him take two more red jellies and try to knock the five together.
Suddenly, a cheerful special effect sounded on the screen on the wall. After the fireworks exploded, a red card that was even bigger than the previous one appeared in its place.
[Congratulations on obtaining the one-time shell repair card (advanced version), which can completely repair the damaged hearse (only for road race vehicles)]
As expected!!!
"Everyone, try to see if you can knock multiple blocks of the same color together at once. This way you will get a higher-level card!"
The erhu music was about to come to an end, and everyone immediately sped up and quickly sorted the miserable jellies that were suspended in the air and no longer moving into different categories. Each person was responsible for a different color, and they started from the highest level and eliminated them downwards.
When red jellies collide with each other, they will get shell repair cards, blue jellies will drop disposable disinfection cards, orange jellies will drop disposable stain removal and drying cards, black jellies will drop interior seat repair cards, and white jellies will drop disposable stain cleaning cards.
By the time the Erhu skill ended, they had successfully completed 10 sets of guaranteed elimination tasks, three of which were eliminated by the cards colliding with each other when they bounced around.
Tang Xiaoxiao finally leaned against the wall exhausted, thinking that it was a close call. It was not difficult to eliminate 10 sets of parts. If left alone, the jellies would collide with each other in chaos and eliminate each other.
The difficulty is that if jellies of the same color collide with each other, animals will fall down to attack them.
If you want to get the prop card for maintenance, you can only actively eliminate the jelly blocks of the same color. The guaranteed clearance requirement seems to force players to complete the task, but in fact it is reducing the number of players who can obtain prop cards.
Once the 10 groups of guaranteed wins were completed, even though the time hadn't ended yet, a cold notification from the AI rang out from the wall: "Congratulations to the players for successfully completing the Happy Candy Crush game. Next, please rest where you are and wait for the driver's next map."
The group eventually got seven item cards, some with good functions and some with bad functions.
Xiao Ni held his precious dinosaur egg and asked Tang Xiao Xiao beside him in confusion: "Sister Xiao Xiao, the functions of these cards look so strange."
Repair cards are understandable, but what are disposable disinfection cards, and even stain cleaning cards?
At this time, the remaining jellies floating in the air stuck back to the wall, and it is estimated that they will not be triggered again until the next round of the Candy Crush game.
Tang Xiaoxiao thought for a moment and said, "The card should correspond to the dangers that the car will encounter."
But she couldn't understand why the car needed to be disinfected. The disinfection card made of blue blocks was indeed confusing.
Fortunately, they were careful when doing the task and did not just eliminate the high-level red jellies. Instead, they tried every color equally and tried to make as many jellies collide with each other as possible to obtain higher-level cards.
After the elimination game ended, the only large white wall in the garage gradually lit up with a new picture.
Qiao Song’s car has entered the second map, this time it is an icy road on a snowy lake.
The name of this map was automatically displayed on the central control platform of the dinosaur car:
[Polar Ice Lake Scenic Belt]
[Although the frozen lake surface may be a bit slippery, it doesn’t matter. On this road, you can see the most beautiful ice lake scenery in your life. While keeping warm, please also be aware that the Aurora may not be a good sign. After all, some scary beasts like to ambush nocturnal creatures at this time, and you may become their midnight snack~]
With the previous experience of Huoyan Mountain, Qiao Song knew that the introduction in the background of this map could only be half believed, not to mention that this introduction was mixed with a lot of adjectives such as "maybe" and "possibly" with unclear meanings.
As for the Aurora?
It was daytime when she drove in. Compared to the sudden drop in temperature after driving out of the scorching Huoyan Mountain, what made Qiao Song feel even more uncomfortable was the white snow-capped mountains and the nearby lake, which stimulated the eyes.
Fortunately, she had bought a lot of daily necessities from the owner of the Gopher Store before. She took out a pair of sunglasses from the toolbox and put them on. Her eyes instantly felt much more comfortable.
The surrounding environment also made Qiao Song realize that something was wrong. Gao Chengcheng's car had clearly driven into the tunnel one after the other, but at this moment the familiar ice cream truck was not nearby. Only a small black dot could be seen in the distance ahead.
You have to know that when they entered the dungeon, everyone was ranked according to the sequence. Qiao Song was sixth at the time, and Gao Chengcheng's car was lighter, so he was ranked fifth. There were still several large guilds ahead of them, so it was impossible that there was only one left now.
This endless ice lake is not obstructed by any objects like the mountain road, and there is really only one car in front.
Based on Qiao Song's understanding of Gao Chengcheng and the current performance of those large guilds, it is unlikely that they chose to enter the maintenance station. Then there is only one possibility, that is, everyone entered a different map in the second level.
At this time, Mike's crazy and excited voice sounded in the sky.
"Congratulations to all the players who have successfully entered the second map! There are currently 93 human players left in the arena, and 4 of them chose to enter the repair station. What a pity! They will only have two more chances to rest."
The tone sounded more like gloating than pity.
Moreover, he only reported the remaining number of human players, but did not report how many ghosts had entered the road race. It seemed that the purpose of this report was only to let the ghosts know how many people were left to eat, rather than telling humans how many potential ghost opponents they had.
“Warm reminder, players who enter the second level will randomly enter two different maps. Please drive carefully, pass the level well, and enter the third map as soon as possible~”
Qiao Song frowned, took out his cell phone and called Gao Chengcheng. After the call was connected, he heard something exploding, a series of crackling sounds.
"Sister Qiao Song! How did we get separated? Where are you now?"
Qiao Song said the name of the map he was on, and soon got the name of the map Gao Chengcheng was on.
"I'm in 'Mushroom Home'. This is a mountain road with trees all over the side. It feels very humid and the road conditions are weird. I even wonder if the authorities are targeting me and deliberately weakening my ice cream skills."
The skill bonus of the ice cream truck is that the more open and smooth the ground is, the better the drift acceleration effect will be.
According to Gao Chengcheng, in her map, some broken old wood would roll down from the mountain from time to time, and most of those woods were hung with strange mushrooms that would multiply rapidly as long as they touched the ground.
"Besides being in the way, it also explodes, which is really annoying."
Qiao Song's car, on the other hand, is very suitable for rushing around and breaking through violently in this kind of forest.
Now, they are placed in two different maps where they cannot better play to their strengths.
I don’t know what the principle of the previous tunnel was, which separated them as soon as they came in. However, it was a long time ago that Gao Chengcheng participated in a road race before, and she couldn’t remember whether there was a rule for dividing the teams in the tunnel at that time.
At that time, she had never formed a team with anyone, and she only completed the dungeon with her brother.
It’s a bit nostalgic to think about it, because her brother wasn’t even in puppy form at that time.
At this time, the black Doberman was sitting in the passenger seat, staring at another piece of wood passing by outside the window to remind her.
"This time it's an obstacle mushroom. Speed up and rush over, otherwise you'll be stopped."
Gao Chengcheng said "OK" and picked up a red ice cream and stuffed it into his mouth. Although it was not as fast as accelerating on a smooth road, it could still improve the speed a little bit.
The blue ice cream truck instantly accelerated and rushed forward. After successfully breaking through the encirclement of the reproductive mushrooms, the black Doberman suddenly came closer and carefully sniffed the call interface that Gao Chengcheng was still holding in his hand.
So, Qiao Song, who was still observing the environment on the ice lake, heard Gao Chengcheng's strange description.
"Sister Qiao Song, my brother said that your side is not particularly far from us, and there may be some connection between our two maps." After saying that, she muttered to herself.
"But I don't see any ice lake around here."
Qiao Song also looked around at the endless ice lake on his side, and indeed could not see any forest nearby where mushrooms could grow in large numbers.
Hearing the explosion and Gao Chengcheng's scream coming from the other end of the phone, Qiao Song finally hung up the phone and let them deal with the situation over there first.
Compared to the thrilling mountain road on Gao Chengcheng's side, the road Qiao Song is driving on now seems a little too quiet. According to the background introduction of the map, the danger will come when the aurora appears?
Looking at the sky outside now, it is indeed tending to get dark.
Qiao Song looked at the small black dot in the distance. It was difficult to determine which guild's car it was, but what was certain was that she and the person in front were currently leading the map.
Leaving aside the person in front, Qiao Song had already noticed it. He could also see a small black dot falling in the distance in the rearview mirror. Now that it was getting dark outside, the black dot seemed to be speeding up on its own.
She heard a strange roar mixed in with the roar of the engine, which sounded familiar.
The car accelerated very quickly, and in just a few minutes, it caught up with Qiao Song's car before dark.
The closer we got, the more obvious the strange roar became. To be precise, it was not a roar, but a dragon's roar.
Qiao Song looked through the rearview mirror at the car that was getting closer and closer to him, and sure enough, he saw a giant dragon coiled on the car.
Now I remember, the person in the rearview mirror seemed to be the team that almost fought with the Golden Beetles from Dawnland.
Shouldn't this car have entered the tunnel in front of her? Why did it end up behind her?
Doesn't the order in which players enter the tunnel directly affect their ranking on the next map? Then what determines the ranking?
Qiao Song quickly remembered what the previous convoys did not do but what she and Gao Chengcheng did - they passed a small copy of the Fire Elf and found a way to kill the Flame Mountain monster that was chasing them.
So this part is also some kind of bonus?
The sky outside was getting darker and darker, and the polar cold temperature did not affect the vehicles running on the ice. The modified hearse seemed to be able to adapt to the ice very well, provided that the car behind it did not make trouble.
The car behind, which had many dragon boat elements on it, already had an overbearing aura before it got close to Qiao Song.
The dragon with its eyes closed swam over the car body again. Its head swam to the roof of the car, raised its lower jaw and opened its mouth slightly. A drop of ice-blue water condensed in the dragon's mouth.
Qiao Song raised her eyebrows, realizing that the other party had ill intentions, but she was no pushover. The toolbox on the co-pilot's seat was already ready. At the same time, it finally got completely dark outside the window, and the sky above her head began to emit a faint stream of color.
The Aurora is coming.
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*Introduction to erhu repertoire, from Baidu
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