Chapter 10 Pheasant
Meng Qingyin stared at the pheasant, and the pheasant stared back at her.
A man and a chicken stared at each other, wide-eyed.
After a moment, Meng Qingyin was the first to look away.
The more I look at it, the more familiar it seems.
She frantically searched her memory, when a "ding-dong" notification suddenly interrupted her thoughts.
There's news again from the [Highway Survival Management Group].
She has now made it a habit to check the group chat whenever there are messages.
Although they mostly chatted, she didn't want to miss any potentially important information.
[Pheasant: I'm so angry! I've been captured by evil humans!!!]
[White Fox: Are you kidding me? We have a special barrier around us, how could humans possibly see you? And capture you? How is that possible?]
[Honey Badger: This joke isn't funny at all.]
[Pheasant: It's true! This evil human tied me up, and her eyes are so hungry. I'm about to become a roasted chicken! Help!]
Meng Qingyin, who was spying on the screen, looked puzzled.
What's with that pheasant's eyes?
And, it actually is the "pheasant" in the management group?
What's going on?
Her mind was a mess, but she continued looking at the management group.
[Pheasant: Seriously, everyone, please help me! I don't want to become roast chicken!]
[White Fox: Wait, I'll go check. If she can see me, I'll report it immediately and see if we should eliminate her!]
Pheasant: Thank you, Brother White Fox!
Meng Qingyin immediately closed the management group. Although the light screen was likely only visible to her, she still couldn't help but shudder when she saw that [White Fox] was coming.
They absolutely mustn't know that she's also managing the group!
Meng Qingyin's gaze fell on the pheasant.
The next moment, she heard extremely faint footsteps behind her, "tap tap," "tap tap."
The pheasant's gaze also fell on her back, and it excitedly crowed "Cock-a-doodle-doo!"
Meng Qingyin pursed her lips; it must be the White Fox!
She now has to pretend she doesn't see it.
She'll be in danger once the white fox realizes she can see it.
She pretended not to hear anything, and even pulled out a dagger, looking like she was about to kill a chicken.
The white fox nimbly jumped onto the truck bed.
It has snow-white fur and blood-red eyes that are exceptionally striking.
At that moment, those eyes were fixed on Meng Qingyin.
Meng Qingyin acted as if she hadn't seen anything, drew her dagger, approached the pheasant, and murmured, "We'll have roast chicken tonight..."
Seeing that she couldn't see him, the white fox didn't pay much attention to her.
With a gentle flick of its fluffy tail, the pheasant vanished, leaving only the rope tied in a knot on the truck bed.
"Where's my pheasant?" Meng Qingyin exclaimed in shock.
Her shock at that moment wasn't entirely an act; it was partly genuine. Anyone who witnessed that scene would have been shocked.
As for the remaining five points, there was definitely an element of acting involved.
To make her shock more convincing, she even walked around the scooter and looked under it, exclaiming, "It just vanished like that? What happened? Is it a system bug?"
As she finished speaking, she caught a glimpse of the White Fox's figure disappearing from the corner of her eye.
But she knew that many more eyes were watching him.
Meng Qingyin's shock had completely turned into anger: "What kind of lousy system is this? It took away my 'cheap card'? I'm going to complain, complain!"
On the deserted highway, only she roared in frustration.
Soon, more messages popped up in the management group.
Meng Qingyin didn't check immediately, and played the role of "the unlucky guy who lost his roast chicken due to a system bug" for another ten minutes.
Only then did he reluctantly set off on his balance bike.
It wasn't until an hour later, during a break, that she quickly opened the management group.
The group chat was already filled with irrelevant messages, so Meng Qingyin used her mind to control herself to go back and check.
[Pheasant: Brother White Fox, from now on you are my second parents!]
[White Fox: That's too formal. Why don't you call me 'Father' first?]
Pheasant: ?
[White Fox: Haha, just kidding. But don't worry, I've already checked. That human can't see me, so I don't need to report to my superiors.]
[Hyena: Then how did she see the pheasant and even catch it?]
[White Fox: It's probably a system bug. You all know 007 is never reliable. Didn't he also take a few minutes to revive us at the beginning of the game? It's definitely another bug.]
[Azure Wolf: But since it's a bug, let's fix it as soon as possible. I'll contact 007.]
Then came some other topics.
Meng Qingyin was completely relieved.
However, she also gained a completely new understanding of the animals that manage the group.
For example, the white fox can actually move the pheasant out of thin air; this ability is far beyond what a normal human could do.
Moreover... it's not hard to deduce from their words that humans probably can't see them.
But why can I see it?
Forget it, if I can't figure it out, I'll stop thinking about it.
It was quite inexplicable that she joined the management group in the first place, wasn't it?
However, after what happened today, she needs to be more careful in the future and make sure she is not discovered.
Meng Qingyin glanced at the time; it was already 3:20 PM.
She first poured all the chicken heart fruits from her system backpack into the storage box, and then put the vehicle upgrade materials back in the system backpack. After all, these materials were hard to carry and heavy, so it was more appropriate to keep them in the system backpack.
The chicken heart fruit filled two supply boxes, and the original contents of the supply boxes were put in the truck bed.
Meng Qingyin reset the remaining time of the [Suction Box Card] and then rode her scooter forward.
Over the next hour, she acquired two supply crates.
Then the [sucking box card] became completely invalid.
Meng Qingyin glanced down at today's itinerary; she had already covered 5 kilometers, far exceeding her target mileage for the day.
The effective range of the 【Suction Box Card】is within a radius of ten kilometers.
In other words, there are no supply boxes within a ten-kilometer radius.
Meng Qingyin opened two supply boxes and obtained [Plastic x3], [Rubber x1], [Pancake x1], and [Electronic Scale x1].
Not bad, at least there's food.
She didn't dismantle the empty box this time; instead, she kept it to use as a storage box.
The four boxes completely filled the rear cargo bed.
Perhaps she should try upgrading her scooter, otherwise she won't have anywhere to put the supplies she gets later.
She definitely doesn't have enough materials right now, but she has a lot of chicken heart fruits that she can use to exchange for materials.
But not now.
It's very dangerous after dark. You can't leave the area within three meters of the vehicle, and visibility is poor. Under these circumstances, it's impossible to see the supply crates around you.
Even if you can see it, you shouldn't pick it up rashly.
Let's make the deal tonight.
Now she must move on.
After a short rest, Meng Qingyin slowly set off on her balance bike.
Just five minutes after she left, she suddenly received an apology letter.
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