Chapter 51 Engine
A black SUV was parked on the highway.
Chen Leying sat in the driver's seat, frowning as she looked at the advanced escort mission that had been refreshed on her wristwatch.
[Advanced Escort Mission: The escort agency has detected your consistently fast and efficient escort performance and has specially assigned you an expedited delivery. Please transport this shipment to Meng Qingyin's location near Highway 219 within 6 hours, approximately 200 kilometers away.]
[Note: Please ensure the goods are delivered to Meng Qingyin within 6 hours to receive the full reward. If the delivery exceeds 6 hours, a portion of the reward will be deducted. If the delivery exceeds 8 hours, all rewards will be deducted, and 20 random items will be randomly removed.]
Upon seeing the name, Chen Leying raised an eyebrow.
Meng Qingyin?
He was the first player in District 30 to upgrade his vehicle, but after that, he seems to have disappeared.
Are they people with the same name?
The system probably won't let her deliver the goods to the player, right?
After all, they were all bodyguards, and they hadn't met any of the recipients yet.
Chen Leying shook her head and stepped on the gas.
The off-road vehicle has a top speed of 90 km/h and a map on board. She only takes the shortest route, which will take only two and a half hours to reach the destination.
Even if she encounters robbers, she has powerful sedatives, so she won't waste too much time.
Although clearing the spikes is troublesome, even at a slow pace, it will still take three and a half hours.
She was confident that she could complete the task successfully.
However, after the SUV had been driving for ten minutes, Chen Leying realized something was wrong.
She stared at the distance between herself and the mission objective; 195 kilometers remained.
She quickly slammed on the brakes, her brow furrowed.
Something's not right!
Ten minutes? That's not enough time to walk such a short distance!
Then she watched helplessly as the mission distance jumped from 195 kilometers to 196 kilometers, and then slowly to 197 kilometers.
Chen Leying looked completely puzzled.
What's the deal with this mission?
Why does the distance to the mission objective keep increasing?
If things continue like this, isn't her mission destined to fail?
Chen Leying opened the bodyguard channel to see if anyone else was experiencing the same thing.
Escort No. 387: "Hehe, intermediate escort mission complete, claiming reward and leaving! I'm not taking any advanced escort missions, no matter what they are!"
Escort No. 10387: "What? There are more advanced escort missions? Is this mission never going to end? I'm not doing it anymore, I'm not doing it anymore after I finish the intermediate one!"
Escort No. 4910: "I really advise everyone not to accept high-level escort missions! You need to provide your own fuel and electricity, and the time is too short, making it impossible to complete!"
Escort No. 3976: "Yeah, I regret accepting this high-level escort mission. It requires me to transport the goods 1,000 kilometers away within 10 hours! The speed needs to be 100 km/h! But my car can only go 60 km/h! I simply can't do it!"
Escort No. 18: "Thanks to the kind person who avoided this, I've decided to quit after this job!"
Escort No. 910: "Are you really that kind-hearted to expose the difficulties of high-level escort missions? You're not just saying this on purpose to discourage us, are you?"
Escort No. 18: "I swear to God, why would I lie to you? It's really impossible to complete high-level escort missions. If you don't believe me, just accept the mission and see for yourselves."
"..."
Looking at the noisy escort channel, Meng Qingyin couldn't help but feel curious.
She hasn't accepted any high-level escort missions yet. Is it really true, as some players have said, that she'll deliberately make things difficult for them?
If her advanced mission also involved transporting goods 1,000 kilometers away within 10 hours, she wouldn't be able to do it either.
No, perhaps it's possible?
Meng Qingyin sat up straight, finished the last bite of roast chicken, wiped her mouth, and opened the vehicle information interface.
This upgrade only requires one engine.
If she's not mistaken, the upgraded RV is both gasoline and electric, offering more power than a purely electric vehicle.
Perhaps the speed will also be improved?
But she received the engine the day before yesterday, and no one contacted her at the time. Perhaps other players don't have engines either?
Meng Qingyin quickly shook her head.
That happened the day before yesterday; maybe players have it now?
You can't back down before you've even received it.
Meng Qingyin opened the chat section she hadn't looked at in a long time.
Mengmeng: "Looking for engines! Players with engines, please DM me. I can also provide gasoline, batteries, food, and water~"
This caused a huge stir, and the chat area was in an uproar.
Brother Bao: "I just wish I had an engine!!!"
The domineering CEO is online picking through manure: "Can gasoline be traded for other supplies? I don't have an engine..."
Mengmeng: "I just need the engine. Players with engines are welcome to DM me!"
Century Egg and Lean Pork Congee: "Players with engines, come out soon! Boss Mengmeng is online collecting engines, come take a look!"
"..."
While Chen Leying was feeling irritable, she inadvertently saw the content of the chat area.
Is "Mengmeng" shutting down the engine again?
Actually, she saw it when "Mengmeng" first collected the engine, and she happened to have one.
However, she did not contact "Mengmeng" immediately, thinking that she should make him anxious first so that she could get a good price.
Her plan was for Mengmeng to send out more acquisition information, and then she would go to "Mengmeng" to discuss the price.
Who knew that "Mengmeng" only posted it once and then there was no follow-up.
She thought "Mengmeng" had bought someone else's engine.
But today it seems that's not the case.
Her high-level escort mission is very likely to fail, and she will inevitably suffer heavy losses.
At this point, she had to use the engine to fleece "Mengmeng" ruthlessly.
Moreover, this "Mengmeng" had tricked her last time by saying that there was only half a pound of chicken heart fruit left, but then she put a lot more on the shelves. She always holds grudges, so she naturally wouldn't let this good opportunity pass her by.
Thinking it over, Chen Leying immediately sent a message to "Mengmeng": "I have an engine."
Meng Qingyin sent the message, but no one messaged her privately.
Just as she was about to close the chat in disappointment, a message suddenly arrived.
Upon opening it, I saw that it was sent by Chen Leying.
Chen Leying: "I have an engine."
Meng Qingyin was delighted and quickly replied, "What supplies do you want to exchange?"
Chen Leying: "How much gasoline do you have?"
Meng Qingyin rolled her eyes and replied, "There's one bucket left."
When negotiating business, who would be foolish enough to tell the truth? That would be blatantly asking to be ripped off.
Chen Leying sneered: "Last time you said you only had half a pound of chicken heart fruit left, but after the transaction, you put several more pounds on the market. It seems you weren't serious about the transaction, so forget it."
Meng Qingyin was stunned. How did Chen Leying know?
but……
She still has cards to play and isn't worried at all about the deal falling through.
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