Chapter 61: Deadly Road Friendly Race
The mud ghost entangled by the puppet strings was stunned, and there was a kind of grievance of being abandoned in his voice.
"Why me? This shop is mine, I can be a helper!" Instead of a puppet!
The water ghost in the car outside looks like a fool!
Qiao Song tied up the wailing mud ghost with puppet silk and calmly comforted him: "This is just a safety measure. It doesn't mean that I will turn you into a puppet right now. Since it's a competition for the position, of course there needs to be some competition. Whoever does a good job will stay. Now--"
She changed her tone, sounding a bit testing.
"I heard that your mud can create a human-like appearance. Can it make a face for the shadow silkworm?"
Hearing that he was not going to be made into a puppet, the Mud Ghost hesitated for a moment and nodded: "Just make a random face, or do you have any special requirements?"
Qiao Song: "Just make it like my face and make it look like me."
Yingcan on the side was stunned. What does this mean?
Qiao Song quickly turned his face to him again, holding a lightning card and smiling, "The puppet line is only temporarily holding him, which doesn't mean that I am completely confident in you. Don't forget that your family is still in my hands, but I am not a devil. Be obedient and we will make a fortune together. We players will leave this dungeon after 12 hours. Harmony brings wealth, right?"
The threat of the puppet line is just to make the two ghosts feel a little bit of crisis. After all, Yingcan still has his family to use as a threat. The mud ghost, as the only seedling deliberately left by Qiao Song, has long been scared to death by the lightning card. A puppet line with little power is enough to make him terrified when it is pulled on him.
Both the Shadow Silkworm and the Mud Ghost are very obedient and cooperative.
Yingcan was like a chubby white baby that could be manipulated at will. Feeling the mud gradually sticking to his face, he dared not make any sound. After a few seconds, he really turned into a human with the same appearance as Qiao Song.
I don’t know what the exact working principle of this mud is. This fat white shadow silkworm was originally a size larger than Qiao Song, but after being covered by the mud, its shape was forcibly changed. It became much thinner, but still looked powerful. If it held a sledgehammer in its hand, it would look even more like one.
Qiao Song actually took out a hammer, and Yingcan's mouth twitched when he saw this.
"I may not be able to hold this hammer, it pricks my hand..."
Qiao Song looked down at the small hammer in his hand.
Okay.
Although Yingcan had the face of Qiao Song, he looked nervous. When he saw Qiao Song raising his hand, he felt a little PTSD and remembered the Raika he had used at close range before.
The ability to directly sweep away a circle of ghosts and monsters, but still leave one alive, is a bit scary for ghosts. He has no doubt that as long as one of him and the mud ghost does something wrong, Qiao Song can kill only one of them very accurately.
He has to perform well, because he won't be the one to be reduced to ashes.
Yingcan's expression became flattering at a speed visible to the naked eye: "Sister, if you have anything else to tell me, just let me know."
Qiao Song immediately patted his shoulder in dissatisfaction.
"Tsk, stop making that expression with my face. Straighten your back and smile. Forget it, you'd better stop smiling and keep a straight face."
"Well, that's about it. When you lied to me on the phone before, you were able to imitate other people's voices. Try imitating mine."
Yingcan had no choice but to cough twice and tentatively said a few words: "Is that so?"
You know what, he is worthy of being a telephone scammer. Apart from his poor expression management, he is probably 90% similar to Qiao Song himself. The two of them standing face to face look like twins.
It was the first time for the Mud Ghost to cooperate with his neighbor. He was also stunned when he saw it from the side. "It really seems like I can't smell your scent anymore."
There is a difference in the smell between living people and ghosts, but the mud just blocks the smell.
As long as the expression of the shadow silkworm wearing human skin is not a letdown, it will be a perfect fake, and Qiao Song is very satisfied.
In fact, these two ghosts are quite suitable to be neighbors. One can change appearance, and the other can control sound. When combined, they are invincible.
But the relationship between these two guys is very bad, and they can easily betray each other at the slightest provocation. Thinking of this, Qiao Song couldn't help but start to add fuel to the fire again.
"If you two cooperate, shouldn't 1+1 be greater than 2? You know each other so well, but you've never cooperated before. Are you afraid that the other party will look down on you?"
Shadow Silkworm stiffened his neck and immediately said, "Look down on me? We look down on them. Shadow Silkworm only eats cars, deceives people to buy time, and then copies a car to replace the original. They still have to open a store and work hard to receive other ghosts. How tiring."
As expected of a shadow silkworm, it is a typical parasite that just eats and waits to die.
The mud ghost immediately sneered: "You guys are the most cowardly bugs in Evernight Town. You can only survive by eating cars. There is no ghost that doesn't eat people or soul coins. No wonder you can only stay in the map and can't get out. You are so useless."
"Fuck, who are you looking down on? You're just hunting players, cooking, and washing cars. And you don't have to earn soul coins to fill your stomach. Hearses also have energy, okay?"
"What's the difference between that little bit of energy and picking up junk? Soul coins can be used directly for cultivation. You can just be a ghost in white for the rest of your life."
"Hey? You still look down on Bai Yi, right? This entire dungeon was built thanks to our clan—"
Seeing these two guys spilling out information every time they quarreled, Qiao Song wanted to eat some melon seeds. But who knew that this time when they talked about key information, an accident happened.
Yingcan was halfway through his words when his neck suddenly seemed to be pinched by an invisible hand. His face turned red as if he had heard some warning.
[You have violated the confidentiality principle of Hearse Entertainment. After three warnings, the copy will directly destroy your soul contract. Please abide by the copy principle and refrain from revealing the copy operation mechanism to non-copy members. ]
Yingcan then realized that he had said something carelessly. After nodding repeatedly to assure others, he was lowered from the semi-hanging state.
The two guys also realized that once they got angry, they would say things they shouldn't. The two ghosts looked at each other, then immediately looked away and didn't dare to quarrel anymore.
Only Qiao Song raised his eyebrows in dissatisfaction and looked outside.
I was just enjoying what you were saying, why are you trying to do this?
The entire road race was broadcast live, and the ghosts outside, including the dungeon managers, could definitely see what was going on inside. This was because they were afraid that these local NPCs would accidentally reveal something.
Shadow silkworms feed on cars, which is completely different from other ghosts. Moreover, they only eat cars driven by humans and do not eat those spooky cars driven by ghosts.
This is interesting. Before, once the ghosts surrendered, they would disappear from the copy along with their cars. But now, the ghost NPCs in the copy can be strangled just by providing a key piece of information. How does this copy work?
Can the red-clothed ghost control all the ghosts in the entire instance so directly? The sunny doll in the rule convenience store should also be a ghost close to the red-clothed level, but its ability will also be restricted by special cards.
Or is it just because the Hearse Entertainment copy is special?
As Qiao Song was thinking, he silently put Shadow Silkworm, a ghost that doesn't eat people but eats cars, on the key observation list.
However, this also made Qiao Song realize once again the fact that he was being monitored. Although there was no crazy Mike reporting in real time, the eyes above his head must still be there.
However, these local NPCs are actually subject to quite severe restrictions.
After reorganizing the information in his mind, Qiao Song patted Yingcan who was still gasping for breath, pointed upstairs, and motioned him to go upstairs and rest for a while.
Yingcan glanced at her and was a little surprised that Qiao Song did not take the opportunity to question him. He stammered and finally said nothing.
Seeing him putting on such a pitiful look with his face, Qiao Song waved his hands and said, "I'll call you when I need you later. Be careful not to get water on your face. If you get mud on it, you'll be exposed."
After persuading the tool ghost with his face to move to a room upstairs, Qiao Song turned his attention to the mud ghost.
"Change my face too."
The mud ghost has the ability to control multiple clumps of mud at the same time. In addition to a human face, it can also transform into other images such as animals. Qiao Song asked him to change his appearance into the same as a ghost.
It's the kind of image where the entire facial features look like a mass of wriggling, falling mud, which is quite embarrassing at first glance.
According to the information obtained so far, there will only be a single ghost in each building, so she'd better transform into a mud ghost.
"With your ability, can you pinch out a few people alone?"
The mud ghost scratched his head: "It can be pinched, but if there is no living thing operating inside, it won't move."
Qiao Song suddenly felt a little regretful for killing so many ghosts. There were only three employees in the entire store, which seemed not enough. One of them even had to pretend to be a prisoner to trick the ghosts.
But she changed her mind and thought, it doesn't matter, if she receives a few more waves of guests, the number of her captives, oh no, her employees will increase.
According to local ghosts, if outsiders drive into the Eternal Night Town, there will be no exit before they stay there for 12 hours, and players can only enter but not leave.
"So whenever someone or a ghost approaches your buildings, you should be able to sense it, right?"
The Mud Ghost nodded and said, "The buildings in Evernight Town are divided into groups. There will only be one type of ghost in each building. As long as a living person or a ghost car approaches, the ghosts in the building will sense it. For humans, we need to actively lure them. For ghosts, we only need to hang a special sign, and the ghosts driving the car will come in by themselves."
The more he spoke, the lower his voice became, and he seemed to be hesitant: "But there are only two of us serving in this restaurant now, and all the guests who come will be ghosts..."
What this means is, how can a human like Qiao Song deal with so many ghosts? Moreover, the ghosts participating in the competition are different from the ghosts living in the local area. Those are NPCs from other copies who come to entertain, and their abilities are not ordinary.
Ghosts don't just eat humans. Big ghosts eat smaller ghosts as a rule of survival. The only difference is that ghosts don't taste good and are hard to digest. Some taste like rags, and some taste like rotten wood. They are not as delicious as human flesh.
The mud ghost was a little worried that he was on a pirate ship.
Qiao Song, an experienced driver who often drives pirate ships, vowed: "Don't worry, don't be afraid, those are your future colleagues."
Mud Ghost:?
Amid the confused expression of the Mud Ghost, Qiao Song found the non-luminous sign he mentioned. It was a more traditional wooden sign with the name of the store "Dark Night Restaurant" engraved on it.
The style of the name fits the Eternal Night Town very well, and these words seem to be written from some special material, which smells very fishy and strange.
Under the dim street lights outside, one could only vaguely make out that the handwriting was black with a slight hint of blood.
The mud ghost explained: "When the ghosts smell this smell, they know there is a restaurant nearby."
After hanging up the sign, Qiao Song took the Submariner back and left her car carelessly parked in the backyard.
Occasionally, a few flashes of lightning would flash outside the window, and as time passed, the whole town gradually became lively.
It seems that most of the contestants have slowly moved deeper into the Eternal Night Town.
Since the human players ran so fast, the ghost convoy naturally chased after them.
Qiao Song, who opened the shop painlessly, sat next to the cash register and looked at the transparent glass door, already posing as a boss: "OK, turn on the light."
The mud ghost swallowed his saliva, not knowing whether this was a violation or not. Normally, as long as a human entered the building, they would turn on the lights as a signal. But now, humans have become the boss of their store, and it has become a mess...
Forget it, since no manager is causing trouble for me, does that mean it’s feasible?
If you think about it carefully, it is not really a violation. After all, there are real humans in the store, but these humans have a bit too much freedom.
After hanging the doorplate and turning on the lights, the effect came quickly. Qiao Song was almost about to take a big iron pot with meat stewed in it and fan it outside to attract ghosts. But for the town of Eternal Night, turning on the lights was an obvious enough signal.
Qiao Song’s first wave of lucky customers arrived immediately.
After a rumbling sound, a car drove up to the gate of the courtyard, and the Mud Ghost immediately went to welcome the guests in.
Qiao Song looked up and almost laughed out loud.
It turned out to be the red coffin that he had chopped several times before.
She thought that after the Thunder Plain, all the ghosts and monsters she attacked had withdrawn from the competition, but she didn't expect that they were still so persistent.
Unlike the black coffin encountered in the Flaming Mountain, this red coffin looked much more ferocious. The zombies sitting inside also had some gold on their bodies, and their expressions were more sinister than the others.
"Your grandfather's coffin is mostly broken!"
"I've told you to cut your losses and go home early, why do you insist on entering new maps?"
The color of the zombie's skin represents its level. The zombie with lighter skin who wants to go home seems to have to listen to the zombie next to him with more gold spots.
"You're so stupid! I told you that you can wash and repair cars on this map. We can't eat those people, so we might as well eat something else. Just treat it as an outing. Where's the ghost in the store? Come out and give me a menu!"
The companions thought about it and it seemed to be true. Since they couldn't catch anyone, they could just spend some money to buy some services. Anyway, they could cross the dungeon to participate in the road race, so they didn't lack the money.
Hearse Entertainment has always done well in this regard. Players can use money to save their lives, and ghosts can also spend soul coins to hunt players.
The light-colored zombie saw the mud ghost coming out and recognized the waiter's clothes he was wearing.
"Hey kid, you guys have the lights on, there must be someone alive here, have you caught anyone?"
The mud ghost began to perform according to the script given by Qiao Song.
"We just caught him. He's upstairs now. Since he's a single player, his car is still in the yard."
Two zombies found a car in the yard as soon as they entered the door. Only then did they realize that the car belonged to the player. After looking at it carefully, the zombies who had encountered certain attacks before suddenly slapped their foreheads and remembered something. This car looked a little familiar.
He was immediately overjoyed and paid 500 yuan for the car wash fee.
"Maintain the coffin, repair any broken parts, dry the wood inside, and clean it thoroughly."
After quickly explaining the precautions for coffin maintenance, the two zombies rushed upstairs impatiently. If it was really the player they thought, then they would have made a fortune. They would have to eat a few more bites of meat to vent their hatred!
The light golden zombie wanted to pull his companions. He always felt that something was not right. How could a human who could smash their coffins into pieces collapse in a restaurant like this?
"This is all thanks to the concerted efforts and good cooperation of our store employees." said the ghost who led them.
The two zombies thought about it and realized that, yes, the human being at that time was working together with other cunning guys to trick them. If the situation was reversed and she fought alone, she would definitely not be able to defeat a group of cooperative ghosts.
This damn human finally has his day of trouble!
Qiao Song, disguised as a mud ghost, led the way conscientiously in front: "Please come this way, the man is tied up inside. You can check the goods first."
After saying that, she pushed open the door of a room on the second floor.
The room was very open, and inside it was a large iron cage that looked like it was specifically used to imprison humans.
Upon seeing a familiar face, the two zombies shook subconsciously at first, but soon noticed that the other party was in a bad state.
"Her" hands and feet were tied, her eyes were closed, and she leaned directly in the corner of the cage, like a sheep to be slaughtered.
"Okay, okay! You have to pay extra. We'll pay for this human. No, I get angry just by looking at this guy. You don't have to deal with her at the restaurant. We two brothers can eat her alive!"
Just use her blood to restore the color of his peeling red coffin!
"The price for the all-inclusive package is quite high, please..."
The wealthy coffin ghost immediately took out a thick stack of soul coins.
The special ghost in the mud following behind them immediately took the money with a smile, counted it skillfully, stuffed it into his arms, and his voice gradually changed.
"Well, thank you for your patronage."
The two zombies turned their backs to her, preparing to pull out the "Qiao Song" who was sleeping in the cage, but they found that the other party opened his eyes first, as if he realized what was going to happen, and immediately crawled into the corner in a cricket-like state. He looked so cowardly, nothing like the way he looked before when he was fighting ghosts in the Thunder Plain.
Even with his hands and feet tied, this human was squirming very quickly, as if he knew naturally how to move forward in this form.
The zombie with golden spots on his body stretched out his dry hands in confusion, ready to grab the human, but failed: "Boss, didn't you say this person fainted? How did he wake up again?"
However, what answered them was a whole field of brilliant lightning that lit up from behind.
Boom——!
Thunder exploded in this tavern again.
The mud ghost on the first floor had just collected the soul coins and took out the tools out of habit. He was still hesitating whether to wash the coffin. After the thunder, he heard a few clanging sounds, like a heavy hammer hitting something.
Soon, two pieces of burnt wood-like objects flew down from the second floor.
But it didn't look like he was knocked away. It was more like he broke through the window and jumped off the building on his own initiative as if to escape.
"I-We need to quit the game!"
One of the charred corpses raised his hand and shouted this sentence quickly and with difficulty. Then, the two figures disappeared in an instant.
Qiao Song was still holding a sledgehammer in his hand. He stood at the broken window on the second floor and looked down. He couldn't help but feel a little regretful: "These two old zombies are quite durable."
He actually jumped off the building on his own initiative. Can't he afford to have fun?
Glancing at the coffin cart on the first floor that had also disappeared, she immediately turned around and asked the shadow silkworm hiding in the corner: "Can this distance ability work? Has the cart been copied?"
The cricket pupa went to a corner, and the shadow silkworm nodded quickly, fearing that it would be touched by the lightning: "It's done, but the replica can only last for 15 minutes. Let it out now?"
Generally speaking, the cars they copy will appear directly next to the originals, but they can also be stored in the shadows and taken out later.
Qiao Song shook his head: "Save it first."
The mud ghost who was downstairs holding the car washing tools was still staring at the coffin car when he realized that all the guests were gone.
Qiao Song counted the money he had just gotten for free. Fortunately, they had to pay first in the transaction with living people, otherwise, those two old zombies would have fought like turtles and run very fast, and they would have jumped off the building as soon as they said they would.
I didn't get any new labor, but at least I got 3,000 soul coins which is not bad.
The Mud Ghost was very sensible and handed over the 500 Soul Coins he had gotten for free for the car wash: "Then, then boss, shall we turn off the lights now?"
Qiao Song immediately looked at him with a look of "What are you talking about?" "We just started working, we need to maintain a positive attitude towards work. However, there is a high probability that we won't need to wash the car tonight, but you must remember to collect the money."
Wait, what does it mean to not wash the car but charge for it?
Oh, by the way, if the customer never comes back, you can just collect the money without washing the car.
The Mud Ghost was vaguely thinking that this job was easier than before. He didn't have to do anything. After welcoming the guests in, the guests would drop soul coins on their own.
Qiao Song was also very satisfied. She had found a new way to get rich. Instead of running away from ghosts and monsters, it would be better to sit back and wait for them to come to her.
"Let's not turn off the lights yet. Just leave them on like this."
She wanted to see how many suckers would be willing to give her money for this map.
Just here, the whole Eternal Night Town is becoming more and more lively. The local NPCs are either busy deceiving people or busy receiving ghosts, and the players are even busier.
But what is completely different from the rhythm of Qiao Song's game is the other thunder strikes that keep ringing in the town. Those are the prop cards that players are constantly consuming after being tricked into certain buildings and encountering ghosts head-on.
The lights that lit up one after another were like the final bell for their lives.
There are hundreds of buildings and hundreds of kinds of ghosts. Even if they don't wait for humans to come, they can surround the buildings that have lights on. The ghosts that run restaurants are mostly stronger, and lonely ghosts may not be able to get a bite to eat if they go there.
But the shadow silkworms that run hotels don’t eat people, they only eat cars. 30% of the buildings in the Eternal Night Town are hotels run by different shadow silkworm families.
Shadow Silkworms are naturally good at replicating counterfeits and faking sounds. Players circling around the Eternal Night Town are very likely to be lured once they stop, but they are also likely to run into snags.
It is almost impossible for people from the five major guilds to be deceived by this kind of ghost. Gao Chengcheng and his brother can deal with it easily. Dog brother can slap away the black smoke coming out of the mobile phone with just one claw.
Gao Bin finally persuaded his sister to find a building to check the situation first instead of rashly calling Qiao Song.
This is also what most of the more capable players do. They first find a building to shelter themselves, try not to turn on the lights and not cause trouble, and collect intelligence.
With the interference of local NPCs, more and more players parked their cars, and the lights in the Eternal Night Town lit up and went out one by one.
Until a certain moment, all the living players heard a notification.
[It is detected that the lights of Evernight Town have been turned on 20 times, and 10 portals are now open]
[Note that behind each door is a random new map, but before 12 hours are up, the door can be opened but not entered, and the door can be carried but not destroyed.]
[Warm reminder, behind the door will be the last map of this road race, which may lead to any place, to the human world, to hell, to the dream of every creature, and each car can only be bound to one door, and each door can only pass one car, and once you make a choice, you cannot regret it]
Almost the next second after hearing this prompt, the players from the big guilds who were casually playing in the dungeon finally responded.
"Here it comes, the clue to the last map."
The little witch sitting in the golden Beetle took out a lollipop with a smile on her eyes. She held a few tarot cards whose faces could not be seen clearly in her hand, and no one knew what she was calculating.
The lion in the driver's seat snorted, his pupils glowed slightly in the environment of the Eternal Night Town, like a beast lurking in the night, and his voice was low.
“You have to find at least one of the final destination and the door back home.”
In a brightly lit building, the magician who was drinking hand-ground coffee put down the cup in his hand. The moment he looked up at the lights outside the window, all the busy ghosts in the room stopped what they were doing at the same time, and looked up mechanically and woodenly.
The strategy group, who had been dozing off in the lobby of a nearly demolished store and complaining that the map was too boring, finally perked up and seemed ready to get up and explore the building they were in.
"Finally the main course is served. I'm so sleepy from fighting the monsters."
Qiao Song, who was leaning on a hammer and had just greeted (cleaned up) the second wave of guests, also saw a door emitting a mysterious light appear at the end of the second floor.
There was a sign on the door with a line of introduction that she was actually quite familiar with.
[Map No. 78: Jurassic Forest]
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