Although the outside of the car looked old and dirty, the inside was quite clean.
Zhou Zhou and Alvia got on the car and sat straight to the back. The middle-aged man said that he would not leave until the car was full. This car can accommodate 7 people excluding the driver, which means he has to wait for 5 more people before starting.
Zhou Zhou looked out the window and saw the man sitting there bored, not caring at all whether anyone else came.
"Is the copy far this time?" Zhou Zhou turned around and asked Elvia beside him. The seats in the old vehicle were very crowded, and there was almost no space between the two of them. Zhou Zhou looked indifferent, turning around to look at the surrounding decorations and the scenery outside the window, unable to stop for a moment.
"It shouldn't be far." Alvia wanted to move to the side, but the two-seater car couldn't be moved much. It was his first time to take such a crowded vehicle. The breath next to him was getting closer and closer. He could only lower his head, curl his fingers slightly, and pretend to think seriously: "This car is very slow, and there is a time limit for us to enter the dungeon, so the dungeon location won't be too far away."
Yeah? Most of the vehicles Zhou Zhou had taken in the game before only looked like vehicles. In fact, they were all transportation tools that could reach the destination in one or two minutes, so he didn't know how slow the "very slow" that Elvia mentioned was.
"Slower than the sightseeing bus?" The sightseeing bus in the amusement park is not a means of transportation. It carries tourists around the amusement park at a very slow speed.
Alvia raised her head and quickly glanced at Zhou Zhou, then lowered her eyes to think and said, "I don't know, I guess they are about the same."
Zhou Zhou noticed something unusual. After this meeting, Elvia's eyes were always looking elsewhere, just like now. They were obviously talking, but he kept his head down, and even if he looked, it was just a glance.
"What's wrong with you? Why do you keep your head down?" Zhou Zhou stared at him and asked directly.
Alvia was startled. He knew that Zhou Zhou had a keen sense, but he didn't expect that his abnormality would be discovered by him so quickly. He frowned and said, "It's okay."
fine? But Alvia looked absent-minded and it seemed that something was wrong. He just didn't say anything. Zhou Zhou had no choice but to stare at him for a long time before saying, "Okay, if you don't want to say it, forget it."
Zhou Zhou turned his head and looked at the window behind him. Through the window he could see the middle-aged man still eating biscuits, sitting on the side of the road carelessly. It was not until a few people walked around nearby for a long time that he shook off the biscuit crumbs on his body, stood up and walked over.
These are probably players on a mission, looking for number 128 here.
The middle-aged man walked over and talked to them, then led them here.
When they saw the black lettering on the car body, these players all had speechless expressions on their faces.
"With five of you, the car is just full." The middle-aged man opened the car door and sat in the front driver's seat.
The five players, three men and two women, stood in front of the open car door, hesitating and not moving forward.
"Is this really number 128?" A male player looked at his map, then at the words on the body of the car, revealing an indescribable expression.
"It should be. After all, there is nothing there." Another player looked at the open space sandwiched between two houses not far behind him.
"This car is so broken, do we really have to sit in it? Can we change to another copy?" A female player looked at the car with some disdain. If it happened in reality, this car would not be too much of a waste if it were sent to a museum, but there are actually people using it in the game. However, when she saw Zhou Zhou and Elvia sitting in the last row of the car, her eyes suddenly lit up and she was the first to get on the car.
"Hello." The female player sitting in the row in front of Zhou Zhou and the others turned around to greet them, her eyes fixed on their faces, looking them up and down.
The other four people watched silently as their companions were looking down on them one second, and quickly got on the car the next second, so they could only follow them.
Another female player also sat in the row in front of Zhou Zhou, and an older man sat next to the driver's seat.
The remaining two male players sat in the first row of the back seat.
The middle-aged man driving the car didn't say a word. When everyone got in the car and closed the door, he suddenly started the car. The female player who was still talking to Zhou Zhou fell backwards due to inertia and her chin hit her seat.
"Hey, drive carefully." The female player was furious, mainly because her previous behavior made her lose face in front of the handsome guy.
The driver tutted his tongue and said in a very aggressive tone: "You can sit here if you want, I'm like this anyway, if you don't want to sit here you can go back now."
The female player was furious and wanted to say something but her two companions in the front row looked back at her at the same time. Elvia saw the warning in their eyes, which made the female player calm down. Perhaps because this incident made her lose face, she never spoke to Zhou Zhou and the others again.
Zhou Zhou noticed the condensed atmosphere in the car and looked out the window again. This car was going a little faster than the sightseeing bus, but he could still clearly see the scenery outside the window.
They had now driven out of Xuanle Street and were heading towards a rugged road. The surrounding environment was extremely desolate and the road surface was uneven. The car was shaky while driving on it, and it was swaying up and down from time to time due to running over stones on the road.
A towering and verdant mountain can be seen in the distance, and there is a long winding white strip on the mountain face directly in front of it. It is probably a man-made road. Judging from the direction of the driver, their copy location may be on that mountain.
The driver is also a tough guy, driving very wildly, drifting from time to time on a road full of gravel and potholes. All the players feel like they are on a black car, but now they can't get off.
When Zhou Zhou sat in the car, his back was straight and his posture was very correct. He usually sat in this posture, whether he was walking or sitting, he would keep his back straight. But this time, when driving on the rugged road, my head hit the roof several times. The thumping sound caused the people in front to look back from time to time.
Although they often sway up and down, left and right when sitting in the car, they will hold the handrails tightly and try to stay stable after experiencing it once. Zhou Zhou and his friends were sitting in the last row, which had no armrests, so Zhou Zhou swayed from side to side. Sometimes he leaned on Elvia, sometimes he swayed to the window, and then he bumped into the roof several times. He was like a little white flower that was destroyed by a violent storm.
Zhou Zhou covered his head in grievance, why was there no handrail in the last row? My head hurts.
During the bumpy ride, he looked at Alvia. He originally thought that he would be the same as himself, after all, Al was taller than him. But when he looked over, he found that he was sitting there steadily. No matter how bumpy the car was, he would not shake, as if he was fixed in the seat.
Zhou Zhou was very surprised and wanted to get closer to see what method he used to remain motionless. However, when he got closer, the car ran over a rock again and he fell into Elvia's arms.
But the next moment, he was supported. Elvia pushed him back to his seat, and found that Zhou Zhou's back was straight, so she pushed him down... but couldn't push him down.
Zhou Zhou had an innocent look on his face. His long-standing good habits allowed him to maintain a good sitting posture at all times. After all, he was a love NPC and he couldn't lose his image at any time.
Alvia: "...down."
Zhou Zhou let out an "oh" and moved down a few inches along the curve of the backrest, his whole body wedging itself into the seat. His temperament suddenly changed, and he looked obedient and gentle.
Alvia tilted her face to the side, took a long breath, let go of her hand and returned to her seat: "If you sit like this, you won't hit your head."
After he finished speaking, he closed his eyes, as if he was going to take a nap. After years of training, such shaking had no effect on Elvia.
Zhou Zhou would not hit his head while sitting like this, but he was still swaying slightly. He originally wanted to grab the seat in front of him to stabilize himself, but that would require his back to leave the seat. Finally, he grabbed Alvia's arm, which indeed made him much more stable. Alvia did not open her eyes and acquiesced to his action.
As expected, the driver drove up the mountain. There were steep cliffs on one side of the mountain and green grass on the other. Fortunately, the road surface was much smoother and no longer as bumpy and shaking as before. The players breathed a sigh of relief. If they had driven on the road longer, their buttocks would have been broken into pieces.
The moment they reached the top of the mountain, there was movement on the mission panel, and everyone looked down at the information.
[Instance Name: Mirror World]
[Task content: Find the exit.] 】
Zhou Zhou looked at this unusually concise message and was puzzled.
They are now on the mountain. The driver has not spoken and no one knows where they are going. The name of the copy is Mirror World, so does this mission have something to do with mirrors? And there is no time limit for this mission, so it can be completed quickly? Or will it take a long time?
Zhou Zhou thought about it for a long time but still couldn't figure it out. The players in front were also discussing it, but no one could figure out what kind of copy it was.
He looked at Elvia, who was also looking down at the information. His slightly furrowed brows showed that he didn't know what this level was about either. After all, he had too little information at the moment, and he couldn't make a judgement based on the copy name alone.
The players in the car were still guessing what the situation was about the copy when the driver suddenly slammed on the brakes. Except for Zhou Zhou who was stopped by Elvia, the others were caught off guard and fell forward.
After finally stabilizing himself, the player sitting in the passenger seat frowned and asked, "Are we there yet?"
The driver turned off the engine, bent slightly and stared at the grass on the right: "There is a sheep over there."
The players were confused and looked to the right. They saw a sturdy white goat leisurely eating grass on the green grass, without even glancing at the vehicles parked on the side of the road.
The driver unbuckled his seat belt and said, "I'm going to catch a sheep. It's just in time for us to have mutton kebabs tonight."
Players: “???”
Most people looked confused. The female player looked at the driver's face, which showed a smile as if he had gotten a great deal, and asked, "Is that yours?"
The driver was still staring at the sheep. Perhaps because he was about to eat mutton skewers, he was extra patient: "No, but if you catch it, it's mine."
The players didn't know what to say and just watched the driver rubbing his hands together as he got ready to catch the sheep.
"Can you take us to the mission location first?" asked a male player.
The driver took a look at everyone in the car and sneered: "You don't pay for riding in my car, but you have a lot of demands. As I said, if you don't like to sit in the car, get out of it." After that, he closed the car door and went to catch the sheep.
The male player's face turned pale and he sat there without saying anything else.
Zhou Zhou sat at the back, watching the driver quietly pace forward, and turned to ask, "Are we going to help him catch the sheep?"
No one in the car said anything. How could they possibly go up to help when the driver was so angry?
Elvia did not move at all: "No, he can't catch you." From the driver's actions, it can be seen that he has not received formal training. His steps are unsteady. A strong goat can easily shake him off in this kind of mountain terrain.
Sure enough, when the driver was still three meters away from the goat, the snow-white goat even raised its head and glanced at the driver leisurely, and at the same time the other party pounced on it, it ran towards the mountain.
I thought the driver would come back if he couldn't catch the goat, but I didn't expect him to catch up with it and soon disappeared with the goat.
Players: “…”
They have been patient all the way, and this driver not only has a bad attitude, but now he is even chasing sheep. What should they do with the copy mission?
"Who among you can drive? Let's not wait for him and just go. He's not the one doing the mission anyway." The player in the co-pilot seat said impatiently.
No one responded. This kind of antique car has not been used for a long time. Nowadays, all kinds of transportation have automatic driving and can be driven as long as you can read. There are not so many operations like this car. What's more, there is a cliff on the other side of the mountain road. Even if someone wants to try, they dare not do it in such a place.
After waiting for a long time, the driver still hadn't come back, and the player in the passenger seat couldn't help but say, "I just saw how he drove, let me give it a try."
Zhou Zhou poked his head out curiously: "Do you know where we are going?"
Player: “…I don’t know.”
However, there is only one road here, and it goes all the way up, so the place they want to go is most likely at the top of the mountain.
But he would not say such ambiguous words. After all, it was just a guess and only the driver knew the real location.
"I'm back." Alvia suddenly spoke.
Zhou Zhou immediately looked in the direction where the other party disappeared, and sure enough, he saw the driver coming back with the sheep. He was really lucky enough to catch him.
Elvia frowned slightly, not because he said the other party couldn't catch the sheep and got slapped in the face, but because of this sheep...
The driver walked to the back of the car with a smile on his face, opened the trunk, and put the sheep in.
The trunk was very close to Zhou Zhou and the others, and he could see it by turning his head.
Looking at the bleating goat, Zhou Zhou asked the driver, "Did you find another goat?"
The driver tied up the sheep with a smile on his face: "Nonsense, I have been chasing this one all along."
Obviously not. The eyes of the sheep just now were pure black, but the eyes of this sheep now were yellow. The vertical black pupils were staring at Zhou Zhou and bleating at him anxiously, as if asking for help.
Zhou Zhou blinked and did not refute. He stared at the driver's hands and moved his eyes from his hands to his chest.
The driver closed the trunk, returned to the driver's seat, started the car skillfully, and then started on the road again.
The player in the passenger seat stared at the driver for several times. He always felt that something was strange after he came back. Before, he looked like a gangster and was always arguing with this and that, but now he was smiling all the time, with the curve of his mouth getting bigger and bigger, and he looked excited as if something good was going to happen.
Is it so joyful to catch a sheep? He complained in his mind but didn't say anything. After all, if he opened his mouth he might get scolded again.
The speed on the mountain road was getting faster and faster. Even though the speed of this antique car could not be compared with that of an aircraft, driving so fast on such a steeply curved mountain road with a cliff on one side made the players' hearts jump. Every acceleration and rotation made their hearts tremble and their legs became a little weak with fear.
"Can you drive slower?" someone finally couldn't help but shout.
Who would have thought that this sentence was just a trigger, and the driver actually drove faster and faster.
At this moment, there was a very steep bend in front of them, but the driver rushed forward without any intention of turning the steering wheel in his hand.
When everyone realized that something was wrong, Elvia knew it was too late and calmly protected Zhou Zhou, while the others frantically tried to stop the driver's actions from the side and back.
It's really too late.
In just a few seconds, the antique car rushed straight down the unprotected mountain road, and there was a cliff below.
“Oh my god!”
The players only had time to curse angrily before their eyes went dark and they all lost consciousness.
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