Chapter 51 Fantasy Amusement Park (33)
When the number on the conveyor belt on the secret room track reached "9", which meant that he had passed the ninth conveyor belt, Zhao Shuo finally saw the end of the track.
Just like when the mountain race entered the secret room race, it looked like an exit similar to a "door". Inside the door was a pitch-black medium, and there were colorful lights flashing in the outer circle.
Although he was only one step away from leaving the secret room, Zhao Shuo did not dare to relax at all.
He cleverly dodged two very dimly lit out-of-control whirlpools and speed bumps, and thought to himself smugly, you think you can fool me with such a small trick?
Then he pushed the accelerator and rushed out of the secret room.
After passing through the dark medium, Zhao Shuo's vision suddenly became clear, and he appeared on the mountain road again. However, unlike the dark mountain race just now, the weather was very clear this time.
The sky above my head was as blue as a piece of glass. There were wisps of white clouds floating in the clear sky. The sunlight illuminated the entire area just right. In the distance, I could even see the facilities of the amusement park, which were hazy and I couldn't tell whether they were real or just projections.
He is currently halfway up a mountain, on his way to the top. The track is a pure straight road, and there are no obstacles on the road except for the props that can be picked up.
A row of colorful balloons floated across the sky, and underneath the balloons was a sign that read:
[Straight Speed Race]
"I have entered the straight-line acceleration zone, brothers, wait for my good news!" Zhao Shuo said on the microphone.
"Come on!" said Su Chen.
Zhao Shuo was about to say something else when there was a sudden "click" under the seat. Zhao Shuo clearly felt that his car speed had increased a little bit. You know, he had already driven at full speed, but now the speed was about 120% of the original speed.
At the same time, with a "click", the voice channel was cut off. Zhao Shuo called "Hello" twice again, but heard no response.
According to the race girl, the straightaway acceleration is the last area of the race.
It seems that on the last section of the track, the driver's connection with the outside world is completely cut off and he can only rely on himself.
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There are actually some tips for accelerating on a straight line. In addition to choosing the car with the most suitable performance, it is to use nitrogen to accelerate at a reasonable time. Another point is to maintain a high speed while properly controlling the speed, otherwise the car may get out of control.
There are only two uncontrollable factors in straight-line acceleration, one of which is excessive speed and operational errors.
Because at high speeds, even a slight manipulation of the steering stick can cause the car to go completely overboard.
However, Zhao Shuo is an experienced driver, and the probability of him making such a mistake is very small.
The car Zhao Shuo chose has an acceleration performance of 10, because he has to make sure he is the fastest, considering the straight-line acceleration section.
He focused on the road ahead, controlling some small lane changes to get as much nitrogen as possible to accelerate, while not forgetting to throw ground/thunder balls on the road.
Zhao Shuo's minefields were laid out very carefully. The track had three lanes, and he simply placed a whole row of mines behind him, so that the cars coming from behind would definitely step on them no matter what.
Logically speaking, there is a danger of hitting teammates, but Zhao Shuo estimated that his teammates, even Cang Zhi who is closest to him, should not be able to catch up, so he can arrange the formation with confidence.
Zhao Shuo: “…”
Thinking of this, he felt very complicated. His teammate was such a bad driver that he didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.
Then he continued to move upwards. Since Zhao Shuo had died once when going uphill in the first mountain race, he took it slow this time, picking up nitrogen acceleration and medical kits along the way.
This time he had already planned it out. He would use nitrogen to accelerate the moment he turned from uphill to downhill, and use that second of immunity to keep an eye on the downhill route.
When Zhao Shuo was about two-thirds through, he glanced back and saw three red dots on the screen.
The three NPC cars behind him also entered the straight acceleration zone.
Zhao Shuo himself was not surprised by this. This was something he had expected. Brother Cang tried very hard, but he was a novice in racing games after all. The secret room track was indeed more challenging in terms of operation. The three NPCs were relatively advanced human-computer interaction.
But then he realized something was wrong.
On the display screen, three red dots were chasing Zhao Shuo at a very high speed. In almost an instant, they were only a few body lengths away from him.
At first, Zhao Shuo thought that they were using nitrogen to accelerate and run so fast, but he soon judged from his experience that it was not just that.
After the nitrogen acceleration ended, the acceleration of these cars was still faster than Zhao Shuo's. Zhao Shuo's car had already reached its maximum acceleration capacity, plus a 120% gain, but these cars were still 20% faster than Zhao Shuo.
These NPCs' racing cars, or rather, these NPCs seem to have skills that increase acceleration.
This is not good.
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And worse things are yet to come.
Judging from their positions, those vehicles would soon pass through a row of three mines buried by Zhao Shuo, and just as Zhao Shuo had this thought, he heard a deafening explosion behind him.
He saw flames in the rearview mirror and thick smoke blocking all vision. If it weren't for the fact that this was a game, Zhao Shuo would have worried that the road would be blown off.
But the next second, the three racing cars ran side by side, with their front ends in a straight line, and they all rushed out from the flames!
Those ground/mine balls couldn't even stop these three NPCs for a second. These cars entered the straight-line race, which seemed to reduce the damage caused by props.
Zhao Shuo was stunned.
The headlights of the three cars were blown out, and the front windshields were also shattered, leaving only a few grains of glass shards remaining on the frame. Zhao Shuo could clearly see the driver NPC sitting in the car.
...He would rather not have seen it.
He couldn't see the face beneath the helmet, but he saw three pairs of hands gripping the controllers.
The fingertips are long and sharp, and a slight touch can make deep cuts on people. The skin color is a lifeless grayish white, and there are rings of different styles on the nails.
The big silver skull has thorns sticking out from all sides, and the style is very strange.
One of the NPCs wore a ring that looked like a hideous ghost. The ghost's horns were so long that they pierced into the flesh of the NPC's finger.
But this NPC didn't seem to feel anything at all, not even a drop of blood.
Zhao Shuo: “…”
He realized that these NPCs were not human at all.
Three wrecked cars rushed towards Zhao Shuo at the same time, at a speed faster than him. Sparks were even jumping on the bumper of one of the cars, as if a new small explosion could be caused at any time.
The marks of explosions and burns on the front of the cars made them look like death-seeking cars rushing out of hell, which was frightening even on such a clear track with blue sky and white clouds.
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Zhao Shuo pondered for a moment and continued with his original battle plan. When his car reached the turning point between uphill and downhill, he pressed the nitrogen to accelerate.
The car's sudden acceleration, which was close to being out of control, made Zhao Shuo dizzy, but he endured this physical discomfort and forced himself to see the downhill route clearly.
There is a large V-shaped curve in front. The left half of the V is about twice as long as the right half. It is not wrong to say that it looks like an inverted check mark.
Zhao Shuo is now on the long side of the runway. On the short side, he has to climb to another hill. That should be the finish line. It is shrouded in clouds and mist, and it feels like a fairyland on earth.
The general idea is to rush to the bottom at the highest speed, and then use inertia to rush up the uphill slope on the left to reach the finish line.
It is a very simple and clear track.
Zhao Shuo continued to push the joystick to the bottom. He still had two nitrogen boosts and a banana peel in his hand for emergencies, but he couldn't use them. If the land/mine balls couldn't hinder the three NPC cars, the banana peel would not have any effect either. So the only effective props were the two nitrogen boosts.
He prepared to use the second nitrogen to accelerate when he was one-third down on the left to ensure the highest acceleration. When he started to go uphill and the car lacked momentum, he used the third nitrogen to accelerate.
This was the most perfect way of allocation. While Zhao Shuo was thinking, the car rushed down at an extremely high speed. He could not see anything on both sides clearly, but Zhao Shuo clearly saw on the display screen that the three small red dots behind him were actually faster than him.
They were closely following Zhao Shuo's car and were about to catch up.
And looking at the situation, it is clear that these three cars will definitely not avoid Zhao Shuo. They will crash into him without hesitation, and let the cars that did not hit Zhao Shuo go first.
This is the second uncontrollable factor in straight-line acceleration: being attacked by hostile players.
Zhao Shuo made up his mind and immediately started plan B. He planned to use nitrogen to accelerate when the car behind hit him, because the collision would actually increase his speed.
Although this would increase the risk of losing control, it was also the only solution. In terms of fighting power, he was definitely no match for the NPC in the car.
Yet the opponent didn't even hit him.
When Zhao Shuo noticed that two of the three cars were approaching him from both sides of the track, one on the left and one on the right, he realized that something was wrong. He was originally holding the nitrogen to accelerate, ready to release it at the critical moment, but he pressed the "Use" button without hesitation.
However, just as the car accelerated, the cars on both sides suddenly moved towards the middle at the same time. Zhao Shuo's car was like the patty in a hamburger. With the sound of metal breaking and collision, it was sandwiched between the two cars.
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If Zhao Shuo had not used nitrogen to accelerate at the last moment, the car would have jumped out half the distance of the car body. I am afraid that Zhao Shuo would have been crushed by the two cars on both sides.
But even if you survive, it will be very difficult.
The right door slammed into the seat with a bang, and the thin metal body was deformed like a rag that had been twisted. The left door hit Zhao Shuo's left arm and leg heavily.
The metal door was deformed by the collision and trapped Zhao Shuo's leg. His bones were twisted by the twisted and wrinkled metal. Zhao Shuo was sweating coldly in pain. He even suspected that his leg was broken.
Then, with a "crash", the glass on the left and right sides exploded at the same time, and the glass shards stuck to Zhao Shuo's mask. He leaned back reflexively, with his head pressed against the back of the seat.
In his vision blurred by the shards of glass, Zhao Shuo could only see a pair of blue-gray claws reaching out from each side of the window glass. The sharp nails shone with a cold blue light, as if they wanted to pierce his head like a ball.
Two cars squeezed Zhao Shuo on the left and right, and the three cars were squeezed into two lanes, leaving the rightmost lane empty to allow the third NPC car to overtake.
If it was Zhao Shuo entering the game for the first time, he would have been mentally broken by now.
But at this moment, a scene inexplicably appeared in Zhao Shuo's mind. It was what he saw after finishing the mountain village copy, when he took a short walk in the rest area and then exited and returned to reality.
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He landed in a small alley outside the school, next to a trash can. The black cat, with its fur standing on end, tried to threaten him but failed, then jumped over the wall and left.
Zhao Shuo had escaped death and was in a hurry to return to school. When he passed by the trash can, he was suddenly attracted by a newspaper inside.
The newspaper's main page is a piece of social news:
[The aftermath of the spontaneous combustion accident on Bus No. 27 is proceeding in an orderly manner]
Zhao Shuo suddenly realized something. He was on the No. 27 bus when he accidentally entered the game copy. He couldn't believe his outrageous guess, but then he remembered what Zhou Hu told him, "No one will notice your disappearance."
His hands began to tremble and he quickly took the newspaper out of the trash can.
It's clearly written above.
On September 16, a No. 27 bus traveling from Commercial Street to University Town was involved in a traffic accident under Xiaochun Bridge and subsequently exploded due to a fuel tank malfunction.
Zhao Shuo remembered that he fell asleep in the game copy at the stop in front of Xiaochun Bridge.
[At the time of the accident, the car's doors were locked due to an inadvertent triggering of the safety lock. The car was not equipped with a safety hammer. A total of 16 passengers were confirmed dead. This incident is heartbreaking...]
The words in front of Zhao Shuo's eyes became increasingly blurred. He squeezed his hand hard and found it painful, so he was not really dead. However, Zhao Shuo stood there in a daze for a while and found that he was equivalent to being dead.
He finally understood why he was pulled into this game world, because he almost died.
The only difference is that others who have passed the survival game may wake up in a hospital bed, hugged by their crying parents and friends, or may be accused by their loved ones for escaping death.
Zhao Shuo appeared alone in a small alley, and his death certificate was even published in the newspaper.
The key is, it seems like if you die, you die, it doesn’t matter.
Zhao Shuo's parents were divorced, and both sides had their own better reconstituted families, so Zhao Shuo was no different from an orphan after the third year of junior high school.
He didn't have any particularly good friends. Everyone thought he was dead. Even if he suddenly appeared alive, no one would be happy that he was not dead.
On the contrary, "should have been dead but was alive" would only bring him a lot of troubles that were difficult to explain and prove.
The death certificate has been issued, the student status has been cancelled, the dormitory space is gone, and the identity is gone.
Even if he continued to live in this world, he had no way to prove who he was, no way to give himself a legitimate identity, and no one wanted to see him.
He can't live like a normal person unless he says, "I escaped death through a survival game." But if he really says that, he will end up in a mental hospital for the rest of his life.
He seemed to have become a person who had no meaning in this world.
Zhao Shuo's emotions broke down, and anyone would break down in this situation.
But it must be said that he has been regarded as a positive and optimistic child since he was young, and this evaluation is reasonable.
After sitting in the alley for three days and three nights, with his chin covered with stubble, Zhao Shuo took the initiative to return to the game rest area.
He thought that since he had no meaning in the real world, he might as well play games well, so he collected game information like crazy and inquired about player gossip. Zhao Shuo even found a small rental house outside the game and exercised day and night.
Zhao Shuo thought that maybe he would meet the boss again one day. Although he didn't have such a deep obsession with Su Yue, people always need a goal to survive.
But sometimes I can’t help but feel unwilling when I wake up in the middle of the night.
He thought to himself, why should I be "dead" like this? What's even more tragic is that even if he wants to secretly find someone in this big world to say, "Brother, I'm not dead", he doesn't know who will be happy to see him.
But when he thought about the players who lingered in this game world, and realized that everyone had similar sufferings as him, Zhao Shuo felt a little better.
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In short, if it was the Zhao Shuo from before, he would definitely have an emotional breakdown when he was trapped by two non-human NPCs, with one leg stuck in the deformed metal door and one NPC's nails even piercing his shoulder.
But it’s different now. We’ve all died once, so there’s nothing to be afraid of.
Since it’s not pure racing, then come on.
Zhao Shuo knew that his fighting power did not give him any advantage in this game, and it was not an exaggeration to say that he was a top-level weakling. However, after the last dungeon ended, he used his only points to buy two bottles of potion.
One bottle was a potion to strengthen his defense. He had used it before logging into the game to avoid accidents, and it did save him from being killed at the beginning.
The other bottle is a mental potion that can greatly improve mental concentration.
Zhao Shuo bought this thing because of the last mountain village copy. The setting of watching witchcraft and being in a trance during the performance made him very scared. However, in the amusement park copy, the plot has advanced to 80%, and he has not encountered any scene that requires the use of mental potions.
I was originally feeling that I had lost money on this bottle of medicine, but now I think of its uses.
The three cars rushed downhill together, but their speed was limited, preventing them from overtaking the NPC car in front. Zhao Shuo gripped the joystick with one hand and fished out the spirit potion he always carried with him with the other. He flipped the cap open with his thumb and gulped down the entire bottle.
The potion was the cheapest kind, and it tasted like a very spicy mint. A stimulating coolness rushed straight to the top of Zhao Shuo's head. Tears and nosebleeds spurted out together, but his mind was clearer than usual.
Including eyesight, it seems to be much better than usual.
Zhao Shuo still had a banana peel prop in his hand. The cars on both sides seemed to be highly immune to the prop, so he couldn't use it, but he now thought of how to use it.
Press the L key to bring up the prop bar, swipe right to select the banana peel, move the crosshairs to the front of your car, and press A to confirm the use.
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Zhao Shuo's own car lost control in an instant and began to spin wildly in place like a top. The two cars that sandwiched him on both sides struggled for a moment under the huge centrifugal force before being thrown away at the same time.
Under the effect of the mental potion, although Zhao Shuo felt a little dizzy, he could still see the road ahead clearly. He immediately accelerated with nitrogen without hesitation, leaving the racing cars on both sides behind and rushed straight down. Then he noticed that there was a jump platform on the road not far ahead.
Looking up from the diving platform, Zhao Shuo saw a golden broken bridge shrouded in clouds and mist.
The gorgeous rainbow lies across the broken bridge, as if it is a shortcut to heaven.
If you rush onto the jumping platform, the car will glide upward and forward for a distance due to inertia, and it may fly onto the broken bridge.
The metaphor of the road to heaven sounds very unlucky, but Zhao Shuo thought quickly. The destination is at a high place. If he flies from the diving platform to the broken bridge, he only needs to walk a horizontal line to reach the destination. If he walks in a V shape, he needs to walk on a diagonal line.
Zhao Shuo understood the principle that the hypotenuse of a triangle is greater than the right angle when he was in elementary school, so flying from the diving platform to the bridge is the shortest route.
But it is also dangerous, as this gliding distance in the air is destined to require a nitrogen acceleration.
If you spray too early, the car will have too much height but not enough distance. If you spray too late, the car will have already started to fall and will crash directly onto the track and be smashed to pieces.
But Zhao Shuo had no choice, because if he didn't take first place, the whole team would be wiped out. If he followed the routine on the V-shaped track, there was an NPC car in front of him, and that car was faster than him. There was no skill in accelerating on a straight road, so he couldn't win.
Zhao Shuo wiped his nose, blood staining the back of his hand like a streak of blood. He gripped the controller again. His shoulder was bleeding, his leg was aching like hell, and everything made his mind incredibly clear. He swung the joystick to the left, gritted his teeth, and rushed to the diving board.
The car made a smooth downward-to-upward motion, and then, it took off like a rocket into the sky!
There were floating white clouds on both sides. Zhao Shuo closed his eyes and counted in his mind.
He didn't even dare to look, and there was no need to look. The straight road did not require any unnecessary operations, and he could not judge the altitude while in the air.
When the seconds reached the number he had predicted in his mind before jumping, Zhao Shuo pressed the nitrogen gas to accelerate.
The racing car spewed out green tail flames in the air and rushed into the clouds.
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Escape room race track.
In order to avoid being caught up by the giant face, even though Zhao Shuo was fighting in the front, Su Yue behind him did not dare to give up.
However, he was holding three wooden dolls in his hands to feed the giant face, so he was fearless, because the giant face would catch up with him anyway, so he simply didn't rush forward and controlled the position of the giant face.
On the LED screen, the countdown for the next round has reached 5 seconds.
Su Yue picked up a puppet NPC in his hand, staring at the giant face without any emotion, preparing to feed it, and thinking about where the bug in this game was.
This face doesn't appear to be a bug. Although it's very powerful, it's not unsolvable. As long as you don't fall behind, you won't be affected. It can only be said to be an elimination mechanism.
It seems that no bugs were encountered in the previous security tests.
Speaking of which, the warehouse is a bit eerie. Could the ghost in the basement be a bug? It seems to have a strong presence.
But compared with the dog in the previous mountain village copy, the vengeful ghost had no fighting power at all, and Azhi knocked it down with one punch.
Another possibility is that I haven't made it to the Castle Princess Hotel yet. There's only one day left to go, so tomorrow I have to...
In the voice message, Su Chen shouted: "Help!"
Su Yue was stunned for a moment, and then he found that behind his car, in front of the giant face's feet, on the purple number "8", Su Chen's car was flashing.
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Su Chen has been performing very well in this game. She has helped Zhao Shuo warn of rocks and banana peels coming from behind many times in the mountain area and the secret room area. At the same time, she also helped Cang Zhi watch the road to prevent Cang Zhi from being attacked by any strange things.
Now that Zhao Shuo had rushed into the last track, her tense nerves finally relaxed. She accidentally drove onto conveyor belt No. 8 and was directly conveyed back.
Unfortunately, when she was transferred over, there was less than a second left before the giant face started eating people.
Su Yue had just watched a player being eaten, and this time he couldn't just stand by and watch. He threw the puppet out without hesitation, hoping that the puppet could fly behind Su Chen the moment the giant face opened its mouth.
However, it was too late. At 00:00, the red light shone throughout the entire secret room.
The alarm sounded throughout the space, and even the gaps in the tracks were flashing a breathtaking red light. Su Chen was shaking so much that he couldn't even stand up. His pupils dilated as he looked at the giant face in extreme fear.
The puppet man drew a very fast straight line in the air, opened his huge red face with his mouth wide open, and bit towards Su Chen!
Su Chen couldn't even scream. Su Yue waved Judgment without hesitation. His speed might not be enough to save Su Chen, but at least he could destroy her face and avenge her. Although he would definitely pay a price for using his divine power like this, but...
The giant face suddenly froze.
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Its mouth was already half closed, but it suddenly stopped as if it had been petrified, with its teeth just hovering at the top of Su Chen's hair.
The puppet flew across the boundary and fell into the void behind the giant face.
The dazzling sword light was just swung out, but Su Yue, who realized the change in the situation, just managed to stop it.
The lights were bright all around, and blue, pink and green lights alternately lit up in the secret room.
Accompanied by the victory music of the game, the racing girl happily announced to the racer:
"Congratulations to the tester team for being the first to pass all the tracks. The tester team wins!"
"The 'Run and Play' chase ends here!"
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