Chapter 20 Fantasy Amusement Park (2)
Su Yue felt a little confused. Cangzhi's reaction was a little strange.
It should be said that he seemed too surprised, which was not like his usual reaction.
However, the puppet has always maintained an active state of continuous learning, so it is normal for there to be some changes between the two meetings.
There have been cases before where, after a few days' break, the dolls suddenly mastered new ways of flirting when they met again.
But he didn't learn his lesson that time. As soon as they met, he said, "Hey, you little devil." Su Yue was so scared that he ordered the puppet to not browse the domineering CEO novel website in the future.
This change is okay now, it's quite natural to be cute and silly.
As long as the doll still recognizes him, Su Yue can accept any small changes. For him, having a familiar companion like Cang Zhi by his side in the game world is better than anything else.
Su Yue then pinched Cang Zhi's arm and smiled: "It's me, why, don't you recognize me?"
He used this method to express affection to the main god when they were in love, and now to the doll.
Now think about it, he feels like he is at a disadvantage guarding such a big and handsome main god and he just pinches his arm.
"I know him." Cang Zhi still looked a little hesitant.
Su Yue looked at Cangzhi and felt a little strange.
Cang Zhi seemed very confused. Every time he appeared before, he was portrayed as a reliable and solid supporter. Although he was holding Su Yue's hand soothingly now, it always felt like he was not confident in his grip. I don't know what was going on.
However, before Su Yue could ask, a third person's voice suddenly broke in, breaking their moment of solitude.
"Hey! What are you guys doing here? Come here quickly! We're short on people for the test!"
The person who was speaking had a very high and shrill voice, and it was obvious that he was used to shouting through a loudspeaker.
Su Yue looked over and saw a man in his thirties walking towards him in a hurry. He was wearing a yellow suit with blue edges, which was obviously a work suit. There was also a work badge on the left side of his chest.
On the upper half of the work badge, "Dream Amusement Park Employee Management Office" is printed in small letters.
The lower half had his rank printed in large letters: Manager.
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This is the guide NPC coming.
Su Yue temporarily put Cangzhi's strange behavior aside and concentrated on the game process at hand.
"It's so late and the test hasn't been completed yet. What's wrong with you new employees?"
The manager complained impatiently and waved desperately at Su Yue and Cang Zhi. Su Yue habitually pulled Cang Zhi, and the two of them walked up quickly.
It is obvious at first glance that this manager NPC is a busy worker. Even when Su Yue and Cang Zhi were beside him, he didn't look at them, but at his watch and a work form in his hand.
"What are your names? Which work group are you from?" asked the manager.
"My name is Su Yue, and his name is Cang Zhi." Su Yue replied.
The manager checked the form and probably couldn't find the group, so he simply drew a "1" behind Su Yue and Cang Zhi's names, and then quickly took out a dozen stickers from his pocket.
The sticker and the work badge were of the same format. He tore off two of them quickly and slapped Su Yue and Cang Zhi on the chest one by one with great force.
The words on it are "Working Group One".
Then he took out a map from his canvas bag and slapped it into the hand of Cang Zhi, who was closest to him.
While doing this, the manager's eyes never left his worksheet. He stuffed the worksheet into the two of them and said:
"Team one, go do a safety test on the 'Wedding Parade.' The other teams will meet you there. We can't have dinner until we've completed the safety test, so hurry up. Seriously, you testers are all scattered all over the place, and I have to pick them up one by one. It's such a hassle."
After saying that, the manager suddenly raised his head and made eye contact with Su Yue and Cang Zhi for the first time in the entire conversation.
In the night, Su Yue discovered that his eyes were gray.
The manager's eyes were fixed on the man. "By the way, you have to pass the safety test. The park opens in five days, and I don't want any more terrible things to happen."
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After the manager left, Su Yue went to Cangzhi to look at the map.
When he was next to the main god, he was very careful to keep his distance. He didn't want the main god to think he was frivolous, but it didn't matter when he was next to the puppet, because he didn't have to worry about the puppet having any negative thoughts about him.
So in fact, when interacting with the doll, Su Yue feels more comfortable and real.
He leaned quite close to Cangzhi's shoulder, and he could get close to it by just turning his head slightly, but he didn't have any need to do so now.
Seeing that Cangzhi was a little dazed, Suyue gently pushed his shoulder and said, "Look at the map, what are you doing?"
"Oh, okay." Cangzhi obediently unfolded the map.
This was a very standard amusement park map, with various attractions marked with cartoon patterns. The "Angel Elevator" where they were now was not far from the "Wedding Parade" where the manager wanted them to go, only a minute or two's walk, so the two of them headed there immediately.
"It means that the copy cycle is 5 days and will end when the amusement park opens." Su Yue analyzed as he walked.
"But out of over 70 instances, we wiped out over 30 of them. That's a pretty high mortality rate. I guess there's something seriously wrong with that 'safety test'."
"We're going to operate in groups. I hope our teammates are smart this time."
"By the way, Ah Zhi, which facility did you enter the game from?"
Cang Zhi pointed to a facility next to the "Angel Elevator" on the map, called the "Sweet Spinning Cup".
"Is your device also out of control?" Su Yue asked.
Cang Zhi hummed, "It started spinning really fast, luckily I managed to flip out."
Cangzhi is also very skilled. At least when they do things together, he can keep up with Suyue. Although the puppet's physical ability is definitely not as strong as the original body, it can still defeat a large number of ordinary people in seconds.
Su Yue smiled and patted Cang Zhi's arm: "Keep working hard to train, and strive to catch up with your original body's physical fitness as soon as possible."
Cang Zhi was startled, "Actually..."
"Boss! Brother Cang!" A sudden shout interrupted Cang Zhi's words and Su Yue's listening at the same time.
The two of them looked in the direction of the sound, and Su Yue saw a familiar male college student waving at them enthusiastically and happily.
Su Yue: "..."
broken.
How come a newcomer like Zhao Shuo was brought into this thousand-level game?
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Zhao Shuo rushed towards Su Yue and Cang Zhi, with a sign on his chest that said "First Working Group".
I haven't seen him for two days and he seems to have grown a lot since that dungeon in the mountain village. His dress and temperament are like a veteran, but when he looks at Su Yue, his eyes still shine like a little fan.
"Boss! I didn't expect to see you again so soon!" Zhao Shuo said in a good mood, "Brother Cang! You're here too! You two are still as loving as ever!"
Su Yue looked back at Cang Zhi happily. This man was pretending to be deep, or in a daze.
However, Cangzhi seemed to be pretending to be deep most of the time, and Suyue was already used to it, so he patted Cangzhi's arm and replied: "Yes, we are still as loving as ever!"
Cang Zhi responded this time, nodding in agreement: "...Yeah."
"Seeing you makes me feel much safer!" Zhao Shuo said. "Wow! I just got off a crazy carousel, and it suddenly turned around and tried to bite me! It bit me like a slur! I almost died!"
He pointed to his neck, where there was a barely noticeable tooth mark.
"Then how did you not die?" Su Yue asked curiously.
"Brother Zhou said I could buy things in the rest area, so I went and bought two bottles of medicine. Otherwise, I'd be too weak. I drank the Thick Skin Potion at the beginning. It said it thickened my blood. It was really effective, but it's a pity it ran out after that." Zhao Shuo said, pulling out another bottle of medicine from his bag. "And this, a Mental Potion, for concentration. I'm really traumatized by that witchcraft last time, so I have to be more careful this time."
Su Yue was a little surprised. He didn't mean to criticize Zhou Hu. He had played several games and had never seen him stock up on these props at the beginning. However, it was also possible that Zhou Hu was saving points to do other things. There were many people like this.
But no matter what, Zhao Shuo has a very active mind and is very suitable for games.
"Did you buy anything else?" Su Yue asked.
"No more." Zhao Shuo touched his head awkwardly. "I only have 600 points. I bought two bottles of medicine and there was nothing left. Money is so hard to earn. But it's worth it as long as I can save my life, haha!"
Su Yue nodded approvingly. Zhao Shuo, still in high spirits, said to Su Yue, "Boss, this time the game world is an amusement park. It's quite romantic, perfect for your... boyfriend!"
"Boyfriend." Su Yue laughed, "What kind of a statement is that?"
"A variation of boyfriend and girlfriend!" Zhao Shuo said happily.
Su Yue then turned around and looked at Cang Zhi again. Because Cang Zhi was a puppet, he always stood in the back like this and had no sense of presence when Su Yue talked to others before.
He looked thoughtful, and I didn't know what he was thinking about.
Zhao Shuo saw Su Yue looking at Cang Zhi, and immediately looked at Cang Zhi as well, greeting him warmly, "Hello, Brother Cang!"
Cang Zhi was stunned for a moment, then he raised his hand gently: "Hello."
Su Yue: "..."
He felt for no reason that Cang Zhi was particularly friendly to Zhao Shuo. What was going on?
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"Attention, testers! Attention, testers!" The amusement park was suddenly filled with the sound of a broadcast. It was immediately clear that it was the busy manager.
"There are 30 minutes left until dinner. Please hurry up and complete the safety test, then gather in the cafeteria. Lateness will be considered a safety test failure. Please hurry up, testers."
"Let's not delay any longer." Cang Zhi said immediately, "Let's go do the safety test first."
Su Yue nodded, and the three of them followed one after the other, walking along the gravel path that looked very fairy-tale-like, towards the direction of the "Wedding Parade".
While Zhao Shuo wasn't paying attention, Su Yue quietly pinched Cang Zhi's wrist: "A Zhi, what did you want to say just now?"
Cang Zhi was stunned: "What do you mean 'what I wanted to say just now'?"
"You just said 'Actually I...'" Su Yue was deeply impressed by such half-spoken words. "Actually you what?"
For some reason, Cang Zhi quickly glanced up at the sky before saying, "Oh, I was just saying that, as a puppet, my physical fitness is about the same as the real person."
Su Yue was stunned. These words were actually a bit strange, as if he was deliberately emphasizing his identity as a puppet.
Su Yue asked: "Is that all you want to say?"
Cang Zhi nodded: "Yeah."
The puppet Cangzhi does say some weird things. After all, he even said "Hey, you little devil", so it's not unacceptable for him to say something else.
Su Yue felt like laughing for some reason: "What's with your competitive spirit? Why are you competing with the real person? He and I have nothing to do with each other."
Cang Zhi said seriously: "It's all his fault, he deserves to die."
Su Yue wanted to laugh even more, "It doesn't matter, so I don't care. Don't say bad things about others."
Cang Zhi obeyed: "Okay."
As they were talking, they passed a three-way intersection and came to an amusement facility called "Wedding Parade".
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I have to say that this amusement park is quite romantic. The decorations on the angel bungee jumping machine are very sweet, and the style of the "wedding parade" is even sweeter.
The "wedding parade" is essentially a group of mascots performing on a float. After the official opening, the float will drive through the main avenue of the amusement park, and visitors will gather around to watch and take photos with the float and the mascots.
The float was decorated very gorgeously, with all kinds of ribbons, balloons, roses, and colorful lights. Now all the lights were on, with light blue and pink words like "wedding" and "love", which looked like a dream.
On the huge tail of the float stood four puppets dressed as mascots. They should be original characters of the scenic spot. Two of them were puppets and the other two were rabbits.
They are all dressed as newlyweds, with the male character wearing a black suit and the female character wearing a white wedding dress. The clothes are particularly intricate, embellished with lace, diamonds, flowers and other various decorations.
A staff member with a "Deputy Manager" badge on his chest saw Su Yue, Cang Zhi, and Zhao Shuo coming over and immediately waved at them, "Hurry up! Come here!"
The three testers, along with the deputy manager, were hurriedly arranged to sit on a small electric tricycle parallel to the float.
The deputy manager complained, "You were supposed to go up and act as puppets, but only one tester from your group arrived on time, so we had to call in other staff members to replace you. That's fine, just stay here and record the situation!"
The float slowly started to move.
The assistant manager, holding a small intercom, said in a flat voice, "The safety test of the 'Wedding Parade' project has officially begun."
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The wedding parade should obviously be held in the evening, when it is best viewed.
It was late at night now, and many details were hard to make out. Instead, the glittering decorations and the glittering ornaments on the mascot's face reflected an eerie light, which was a bit scary.
The staff members, wearing mascots, simulated affectionate gestures.
Holding hands, hugging, kissing, with the music of "Wedding March" playing on the float, it seems as if they are about to enter the palace of love and happiness in marriage.
"What are the dangers of this safety test?" Zhao Shuo asked in a low voice. "Will the car suddenly lose control?"
"It's possible, this car..." Su Yue said halfway, his expression suddenly changed, "No, it's a mascot."
In the night, the rabbit doll seemed to be about to bend down to kiss another rabbit doll, but because of the light, only his silhouette could be seen.
The puppet in the silhouette suddenly had a long machete in his hand!
Before there was any time to react, the rabbit puppet had already swung the machete and chopped it down hard at the human puppet next to it!
“Beep—”
A sharp alarm suddenly sounded, and the float stopped with a heavy bang, and the tricycle that Su Yue and the others were riding in also stopped.
Originally, only a few ambient lights were turned on on both sides of the road to create a good atmosphere, but now all the lights were lit up at once, illuminating the area around the float like a cold daylight.
At the tail of the float, the male mascot puppet fell to the ground with his head and body separated. The woman and female rabbit puppets stood by in a daze, then screamed in fear and jumped off the car. The female rabbit stumbled and staggered to her feet and continued running. The male rabbit stood silently beside the male mascot, still holding the knife in his hand.
Blood flowed like a thick, dark river on the blade, on the male mascot's costume, and in the folds of the carriage decorations.
The deputy manager screamed with a horrible expression, "There was an accident! There was an accident during the safety test! I knew it! There will be another accident!"
This is where security testing goes wrong.
Su Yue frowned and stared at the scene.
Is the tester who died a player or an NPC?
The assistant manager said they all had to go, which meant the players were supposed to die. Just now, the manager also said that if the safety test failed, something terrible would happen. What would that terrible thing be?
The scene before him was less horrifying because the deceased was wearing a puppet costume, but it was still quite eerie. Su Yue was about to take a closer look at the deceased when his vision was suddenly blocked.
Cang Zhi moved slightly and stood in front of Su Yue.
Suyue:.
There it comes again. This strange protectiveness.
"Azhi, I'm really not afraid." Su Yue sighed.
Cang Zhi: “Oh.”
But this time he agreed and still didn't move away, standing firmly between Su Yue and the bloody scene.
Su Yue: "...?"
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