Chapter 475 Mirage Mountain
Night Moon Falls on Water's Cry: "I'm willing! Boss Meng, look at me!"
Xuejian: "I'll join too! I have a feeling the gears might be nearby!"
Huo Qingshen: "I'm also willing to contribute to the search for the gears!"
Messages flooded the chat. Meng Qingyin sent a message: "Here's what we'll do. I'll trade the compass to the first player who sent the message. If he's far from the gear, then I'll trade it to the next player. To ensure the compass isn't lost, both players should send a message in the chat explaining the situation."
After Meng Qingyin posted this message, she received a positive response from the players.
So she found the player named "Night Moon Falls on Water" and traded the compass to him.
Then she went to the chat area and posted: "Compass was traded to Night Moon Falling Water Cry."
One advantage of doing this is that if something unexpected happens, you can accurately know which player is responsible.
Night Moon Falls on Water's Cry: "Compass received!"
The chat area was completely silent; everyone was waiting for this grand relay race to begin.
Three seconds later, Night Moon Falls into the Water and Sounds: "The compass shows the gear is to my right rear. Who should I trade the compass to?"
Players started sending messages.
Night Moon Falls on Water's Edge traded with a player named "Burning Life and Resting Place," and then sent a message in the chat: "Compass traded with Burning Life and Resting Place! Good luck!"
Burning Life's Remaining Life: "Received the compass!"
A few seconds later, Ran Sheng Yu Sheng traded the compass to the next player.
The relay was proceeding smoothly and without any mishaps.
Moreover, the players are very fast; the process of trading from one person to the next takes a maximum of five seconds, making the pace very fast.
Unfortunately, none of the players were positioned very close to the gear; most of them were positioned in front of it.
There is only one player named "Little Fish Claypot Rice OvO" behind the gear position, who can be driven there.
However, the distance between the two was too great. After Meng Qingyin teleported to her location, she drove for an hour, and the distance did not change much on the compass map.
Meng Qingyin did not give up and still drove there, while the relay of the compass continued.
It wasn't until noon that the compass was passed to "I'm raising the flag for GB".
Then he discovered that the gear was right in front of him, and the position of the little red dot almost overlapped with his current position!
"I'm a big fan of GB!" excitedly messaged in the chat: "I feel like my position is the chosen one! The gears are on my side!"
Meng Qingyin had been keeping an eye on the chat area, and upon seeing this message, she immediately sent it over.
"I'm a big fan of GB!" He immediately got out of the car and showed her the compass: "Boss Meng, come and see! The gears are right in front of us!"
Meng Qingyin looked down and saw that the small red dot representing the gear was indeed almost exactly the same as her current position.
But only she knew that even such a short distance would probably take several hours to actually travel.
However, this should be the closest point to the gear.
"Huh? Why do I feel like the gears are positioned in the direction of the mirage?" muttered someone next to me, "I'm a big fan of GB."
A mirage?
No wonder she thought the nickname looked familiar; it turned out to be the name of the player who saw the mirage.
"I'm raising the banner for GB!" Mengmeng pointed to the sky directly in front of him and said, "Look, the mirage is right there. Isn't it in the same direction as the gear?"
Meng Qingyin looked up.
At the end of the highway, where the wasteland meets the blue sky, stands a lush mountain. The mountain stands majestically there, and if it weren't for the fact that the mountain is almost translucent, no one would think it is a mirage.
Meng Qingyin thanked "I raise the banner for GB" and then drove off.
In the small group chat, Qin Jiu asked, "I saw someone in the chat area say they found the location of the gears. Mengmeng, are you heading there?"
Mengmeng casually snapped a photo of the mirage ahead: "That's right, we're on our way, and we estimate we'll arrive in two or three hours. Let me show you the mirage."
Drowning his sorrows in strong liquor: "Is this mountain a mirage? It looks so magnificent."
I am the lucky one (poor version): "I can't take it anymore, I have megalophobia. Just looking at this mountain makes my heart pound and I feel very depressed."
Chen Leying: "Let me know when we arrive, and I'll go with you."
Mengmeng: "Okay, everyone come and collect the gears then."
Chatting with everyone along the way, time flew by. At 2:30 pm, Meng Qingyin finally arrived at the location indicated by the compass—her position completely overlapped with the little red dot.
However, when Meng Qingyin looked around, apart from the mirage right in front of her, it was still a wasteland, without even a supply box, let alone any gears.
Just as she was wondering, the view on the compass suddenly changed.
A line of small text appeared on the electronic screen above at some point.
The gear you're looking for is located in Wan Shen Mountain; the map has been updated.
The original little red dots turned into a dense array of little green dots, making Meng Qingyin's trypophobia almost flare up.
Could it be that these little green dots are gears?
But the mountain that appears to be a mirage isn't actually a mirage; it's a mountain of countless mirages!
However, the mountain itself remains translucent, making it look nothing like a real mountain.
Meng Qingyin took a few steps forward, intending to follow the mountain path into the mountains, but she missed a step after taking one; this mountain was indeed not real.
Strangely enough, Meng Qingyin could smell the fresh scent of the mountain plants and hear the chirping of insects and birds.
If this isn't a real mountain, why does she feel it so realistically?
Moreover, the location indicated by the small green dot on the compass is here.
That's strange.
Meng Qingyin herself couldn't figure it out, so she called Chen Leying and the others over first.
Chen Leying, Qin Jiu, Lu Cheng, Zhang Yan, and Fei Qiu all arrived. Tang Mian was busy with her transaction with Jiang Hanmei and was unable to leave for the time being.
The elderly man said he had something come up and wouldn't be coming.
Meng Qingyin showed them the compass: "This mountain should be Wanshen Mountain, but it doesn't seem to be a real mountain—it's not entirely accurate to say it's unreal, because I can hear the birds singing in the mountains and smell the fragrance of the flowers. To be precise, it's a mountain that lies between reality and illusion."
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