Chapter 034 Chapter 34

On the third morning after arriving in the Monha Desert, the first thing the Jidao team did when they went downstairs was to look outside the door of the small hotel.

today--

It's still a day when I can get breakfast!

Although the buffet breakfast symbolically charged 20 yuan per person, it was still free according to the ingredients. The restaurant of the inn itself had closed, and the innkeeper and his family were also having the meal.

However, when people looked around, they found that several protagonists were not there.

There is no show to watch today.

"Why are they charging all of a sudden? The boss shouldn't be short of this little money, right?"

Someone in the restaurant asked, although twenty yuan is not much different from free for this ingredient, but they suddenly charged for it last night, as if something happened during the day that they didn't know about.

"Oh, that. I'm embarrassed to say that." The hotel owner felt a little ashamed.

"Yesterday, many people in the town knew that there was free food outside the hotel, so they came in droves, eating and taking away. The chefs had already taken a break, and there was a commotion because there was no food. The assistant of the general manager simply ordered that they be charged."

So that's how it is. So the twenty bucks is mainly for saving trouble.

After dinner, Ah Yan followed the team to start another day of routine testing. Today, it didn’t even get dark because the weather was too hot in the afternoon. The basic tests had been completed, so the team returned to the hotel to rest early.

"Eh? The RV is gone." Ah Yan immediately noticed the missing luxury B-type RV in the parking lot.

"The dining car is gone too. Oh my God, did they leave? I thought we could continue to have a big dinner in the evening." The logistics girl wailed.

"Let's go. It's almost noon. Your team has been out for a while. The boss, the beauty, and the handsome guy all left together." said the hotel owner.

It was only then that Ah Yan saw the WeChat message Xu Jiaojiao sent at noon. [Xu Jiaojiao]: Ah Yan, I'm leaving. Have fun, don't worry about me.

[Xu Jiaojiao]: See you in Ningcheng during the winter vacation.

Ah Yan originally wanted to ask her who she went with. Any one of these two male guests could go crazy anywhere, but if the two of them were together and appeared in front of Xu Jiaojiao, it seemed that they could check and balance each other.

Finally, she simply replied, "See you during the winter vacation. Don't get hard on yourself. You are the most important."

After making sure that they had left, and since the desert test had come to an end, the Jidao team simply intercepted a freshly killed sheep from a restaurant owner in the local town and roasted the whole sheep in the evening.

Without the luxurious buffet, roasted whole lamb is also good, especially when you are in the desert. Compared with wagyu steak, the fragrant roasted whole lamb is more suitable for such an environment.

Eat the meat with big mouthfuls, and the main dishes include roasted eggs, roasted potatoes and roasted sweet potatoes. Put the fragrant lamb chops on the flatbread and eat them together. No dipping sauce is needed, it is already extremely delicious.

The mutton had no smell at all, but instead had an indescribable milky aroma. Accompanied by the bright stars in the night sky and breathing the unpolluted air, the whole team was very happy.

We have to continue driving on the road tomorrow morning, and no one will persuade us to drink. After a few drinks and juice, we will return to the small hotel as usual.

only--

The team, which had just had a great time, suddenly entered the hotel lobby, and Ah Yan saw a familiar figure and two golden halos.

The familiar halo of "Rebirth" shone overhead, making the dimly lit front stage appear somewhat magnificent.

Ah Yan:......

The good news is not Shen Jingchen and Ji Mingyan.

The bad news was that there were two other male guests, Liang Ruichi and Wen Yu, who had just left two days ago.

"Gone? When did they leave?"

"How come? It's still in my room? I didn't take the things away with me?"

Liang Ruichi looked as if he had rolled in mud all over. He was shaky and exhausted. At this moment, he was staring at the front desk lady with a hoarse voice and bloodshot eyes.

"He left early. It's a guest's privacy to know when he left." The hotel owner rolled her eyes.

Wen Yu beside him was even calmer. "Thank you. We'll pack up now."

"Wen Yu, why are you pretending to be such a good person? If it weren't for you, I would have done it long ago!" Liang Ruichi was furious.

If he hadn't been held back by Wen Yu, he might have been able to catch up when he came back!

Jiaojiao! What did he do?

Ah Yan, who was hiding in the team crowd, rolled his eyes. Well, rebirth can’t change your IQ.

The two also reborn and rushed back, just missing Xu Jiaojiao and others who left early.

Ah Yan took Jue Jue and quietly went upstairs under the cover of the main force. If Liang Ruichi knew they were still here, he would probably come over and bang on the door soon! He might even blame them for not taking good care of Jiaojiao.

In order to avoid being affected by the fire in the city gate, A Yan looked at the hotel proprietress with sympathy and quickly retreated back to the room.

After eating roasted whole lamb and other barbecued foods, Ah Yan was not in a hurry to take a shower. He lay at the door and listened to the noise outside for a while.

It must be said that the soundproofing of the small hotel was not very good. She opened the door a little bit, and soon she heard the quarreling Liang Ruichi and Wen Yu going upstairs, preparing to pack up and leave.

The two of them came and left quickly. Ah Yan stood at the window and watched them drive away quickly. She silently took a photo and sent it to Xu Jiaojiao. She could only help up to this point. Sister, you have to rely on yourself to return to Ningcheng.

Just thinking about the four reborn male guests was enough to make Ah Yan feel overwhelmed.

On the morning of the fourth day after arriving in the town of Monha, the convoy set out in the morning light to the next testing site.

In the off-road vehicle, A Yan looked at the next route.

"The village we lived in in the mountainous area was called Kaoshan Village? What an interesting name."

"It seems that it is called Kaoshan Village because it is close to the water and the mountain. We have been doing extreme mountain area testing there and have become very familiar with the locals." said the logistics lady.

"I heard that the road there is being repaired. The road in the mountain area is large and new. Every time I go there, it feels easier to drive than the last time. However, there are a lot of winding mountain roads."

Although we didn't go into the desert today, we still had to travel by car. Fortunately, the ride was no longer bumpy. Over the past few days, Ayan and Zhu Jue have gradually figured out how to sit more comfortably amidst the bumps.

"After we finish our trip to Kaoshan Village, we have to go back to school." Ah Yan looked at the schedule. They set out from Bincheng to the Mengha Desert, then went to the mountainous area to stay for another three or four days, and then returned to Bincheng. It was completely stuck in the holiday time. The motherland is vast, and most of the time has to be spent on the road.

Starting out early in the morning, the drivers took turns driving for a whole day, and the convoy tried hard to keep a safe distance between cars on the winding mountain road.

The mountain road was steep and slow, and the convoy moved forward at a high speed. This time, it happened to be Ayan and his off-road vehicle that led the way.

"There seems to be someone blocking the car in front." A Yan, who had slept twice in the car, just stretched his muscles and bones when he saw the logistics girl leaning forward.

"Her thumb is raised. Does that mean she wants to hitchhike? There is no one else in this mountainous area except our convoy. How did she get here? She doesn't look like a local."

The young lady opened the window and waved a flag at the convoy behind her, reporting the situation ahead on the walkie-talkie and asking them to keep a safe distance.

As the car got closer, the girl could see clearly that it was a young girl wearing a combat jacket, carrying a bag and a hat. This outfit was typical hiking equipment.

Did you hike up the mountain?

She rolled down the car window, and the girl leaned over to talk to her, "Hello, do you know where Kaoshan Village is?"

When this was said, everyone in the car was stunned. The logistics lady said directly: "Are you going to Kaoshan Village? For tourism?"

The girl nodded. "Yes, I wanted to take a look. I took a ride and walked for several hours before finally seeing someone again."

The young lady said a few words into the intercom and turned to look at Ayan and Zhu Jue.

"Hey guys, is it convenient for us to give her a ride?"

Ah Yan nodded, "No problem, come up."

Although the girl in front of him is a person with an aura, she looks somewhat similar to Chu Shen and should be a non-aggressive person.

"Thank you, thank you so much." The girl had short hair and a bright smile, which was very charming.

In the back seat of the jeep, Zhu Jue sat behind the driver, A Yan sat in the middle, and the girl who was riding in the car sat behind the passenger seat on the right.

After getting in the car, she was obviously a little reserved. She introduced herself and then calmed down. She didn't ask what they were going to do.

A Yan held Zhu Jue's hand, and at this time she passed over the head of the girl who said that she just wanted to call me "Kaka" without leaving a trace.

【Travelling Little Man】

This seems to be the same type of special halo as Chu Shen's chef god and Yuan Ye's girl dress-up, which is more lifelike.

Ever since he made the decision in the car when he left Bincheng and met Xu Jiaojiao in the Monha Desert, Ah Yan has been reflecting on himself.

Don't raise the flag, it will surely fall!

So this time when she set out from the town again, she tried hard not to think about anything.

Whether she met a halo person or not, it didn't matter. Everything was destined by God. Destined people would meet each other all the time. She wouldn't find it strange if she and her good roommates suddenly appeared.

There are encounters everywhere in life. Either you accept them, or God will force them to accept it.

Ah Yan even saw a picture of a cute little man on top of the Kaka girl's head, which looked like an emoji of a mobile phone, with short hair and a backpack. It was a complete imitation of the Kaka girl. It was the first time she saw such a cute halo.

She quietly wiped her eyes with a tissue. Yes, it was not her illusion, but she had never seen the top of other Halo people's heads before.

Is it because this Kaka girl has a special aura? What does "traveling little man" mean?

Kaka was sitting in the back seat of the jeep a little nervously at the moment. Although the back seat was very spacious, she still sat as close to the door as possible, for fear that the original passengers would be too crowded because of her getting in the car.

This is her third blind box trip, and she is still a little nervous.

Especially this time, the place she arrived at after going through so much trouble was even more remote than the previous two times, and she had no idea how many means of transportation she had changed along the way.

It was okay in the early stage, but the closer to Kaoshan Village, the harder it was to walk, because there were really no cars! She had walked for four hours on her own, but now her legs were really weak. At this time, she met a team of cars that allowed her to take a ride. Kaka felt that she was about to cry. Good people will have a peaceful life!

"Kaka, are you a college student?" The logistics lady in the front row was a very cool person and took the initiative to talk.

"No, no, I graduated this year." Kaka shook his head.

"Oh, I see. You're taking a gap year traveling after graduation, right? It's amazing that you hitchhiked across the country." The logistics lady gave a thumbs up.

Hearing this, Kaka felt a little embarrassed, "No, no, it's OK."

She is now able to walk so well, completely different from the college self who either ate or lay down all the time. It all started with a game APP she accidentally downloaded.

After graduating from college, Kaka was lying at home. One day, he suddenly saw a series of advertising slogans such as "Do you want to find the meaning of travel?", "Do you want to see distant scenery?", "Pick up your backpack and embark on a journey!", and then downloaded the "Travel Man" APP.

Kaka originally thought that this was a small game where he could raise a little person, assign the little person to travel, bring back specialty gifts, take pictures of the scenery, and so on, just to kill time.

What she never expected was that after entering the [Travelling Little Man] APP, she was not the one controlling the little man, but she herself became a "little man who wants to travel" player, becoming an alternative travel quack!

Of course, Kaka himself has no owner, but various tasks often appear in the [Travel Man] APP.

Some people publish tasks to entrust the little people to see far away places, some people publish blind box travels to invite the little people to travel randomly, and some people specify a time and place and ask the little people to go somewhere to take a photo.

Kaka declined the offer for this mission with too many specific requirements, and was very worried about what unknown events he would encounter if he went there on time.

So from the time she got the "Travelling Man" in July until now, she has been carrying out commissioned missions and blind box travels, and has been on the road all the time.

The so-called blind box travel means that she chooses travel destinations without any prior knowledge.

In the previous two blind boxes, Kaka ran to a small village in the northernmost part of the motherland, and also went through untold hardships to reach the remote primitive village of Nanyun.

As a result, this third blind box was even worse than the previous two. In a mountain ravine with few cars, in a mountain village where even the locals could not be found, she persisted until now with the belief that "I'm already here, I can't give up."

Knowing nothing, everything had to be checked on the spot, and even the relevant information could not be found on the Internet. This blind box travel brought many unknowns and difficulties to her journey, but it was also quite interesting.

In particular, Kaka tried to really treat himself as a game player. The difficulties he encountered would eventually be solved by the player. They were just temporary obstacles. Everything was just a task to reach the final destination. By overcoming the levels with a gaming attitude, he suddenly felt that life was much more interesting.

The place where Kaka parked the car was not far from Kaoshan Village. The off-road vehicle went uphill at a much faster speed than when she walked. After a while, the vehicle entered the village. She felt that they arrived in the blink of an eye.

Within Kaka’s vision, her virtual figure on the virtual map in front of her has successfully arrived at the destination of this blind box travel, and she immediately exclaimed “Yeah” in her heart!

The third blind box trip, a great success!

The convoy stopped at an open space at the entrance of the village. Mr. Li, who had already contacted the village in advance, came down to negotiate skillfully, but the local villagers were all in awe.

Ah Yan and the others also got off the car, and saw Miss Kaka bowing deeply to them, "Thank you for the ride, thank you NPC!"

Kaka blurted out what was in her mind when she was excited. Most of the team members were young people, and they quickly understood what she meant and laughed.

"This is the first time I've been treated as an NPC." A Yan touched his chin and said to Zhu Jue.

Apparently there were no hotels in this remote mountainous area. Jidao had conducted several tests here and donated money to the village to build roads and bridges. The empty houses in the village had been vacated and allocated directly to men and women.

Kaoshan Village is remote, and most of the people who remain in the village are elderly people who grow crops to make ends meet. The young people and children have all gone down the mountain, and not many people come back during the National Day holiday.

As the only "stranger" in Kaoshan Village and the first time she heard that they had come here specifically for tourism, Kaka was treated with great hospitality and was taken to live with the girls from the Jidao team.

"I'm really sorry to bother you this time." Kaka was still a little embarrassed. She brought her own mattress, sleeping bag and plenty of dry food.

Preparations for spending the night in an empty house.

"What's the big deal? Besides, you're not safe alone. Living with us will be more crowded and lively."

Although the village is remote, it has the support of national infrastructure, as well as donations from Jidao for renovation, water and electricity are now available in every household, so even taking a shower is no problem.

Ayan will be living with the girls in the team for the next few days. Each of them is equipped with a sleeping bag, which is private and convenient.

On the second day after arriving at Kaoshan Village, Ayan and Zhu Jue temporarily left the team. They did not follow the car to continue testing, but stayed in the village to see the scenery and take a stroll.

When the sun is shining during the day, the elderly people gather in a nearby place to sunbathe, chat, play chess and kill time.

A Yan saw that Kaka had not left yet, so she talked to every elderly person.

If I hadn't known that Kaka had a halo around her, and had I not seen her trying to get to the bottom of things during the conversation, I would have probably thought of Kaka as a spy trying to steal information.

Kaka was certainly not stealing any intelligence, she was carrying out her own travel mission.

[Daily Task: Talk to at least five locals during your trip to learn about their daily lives (2/5)]

It was a little difficult to do such a task at first. She always put shackles on herself in her heart, afraid of disturbing others, worried that others would find her troublesome, and like to ask all kinds of questions.

But after doing it a few times, Kaka found that in fact more than 90% of people are very helpful, especially in the remote areas that she visited during the blind box tours. Because of her arrival, the locals were particularly enthusiastic.

Just like the grandpas and grandmas in front of her, although they speak with some difficult-to-understand accents, they are eager to know where she is from, whether she sleeps well, and how her studies are going.

"Our village, Kaoshan, is very old! You can go to the top of the mountain and see that when the sun sets, there are mountains behind you. That's why it's called Kaoshan."

"In the past, a big boss came here. When you came, you saw the river, right? The Green Belt River. That's called, that's called the Jade Belt Around the Waist. It's so beautiful here!"

"Go straight on that road. You can reach the top of the mountain if you keep going straight up."

Kaka nodded, and soon completed her task of chatting with the elderly. She took out a bag of soft cakes from her backpack and distributed them to the elderly.

"Eat it, eat it. If I don't eat it now, it will go bad."

Even A'yan and Zhu Jue, who were standing aside to join in the fun, were given a share, one for each person.

"Thank you." The two thanked them, and the three young people sat on the rocks under the big tree with the old people and ate small cakes.

A Yan had a strange feeling and it was difficult to describe how she felt.

Kaka was not the first person with a halo she had met, but the feeling she gave her was completely different. Compared to other people with a halo who always caused trouble and made a lot of drama, Kaka was more ordinary. If she didn't have that obvious halo above her head, Ayan would even regard her as a purely ordinary person.

"I'm going to go to the top of the mountain that grandpa mentioned later. Do you want to come?" Kaka took the initiative to invite.

"Okay, I originally wanted to watch the sunrise this morning but didn't get up yet, so let's go watch the sunset together." A Yan did not refuse.

We went up the mountain from the village path. The vegetation was lush at this time of year. Although Kaka was the one who invited us, she didn't say much. We just went up the mountain together slowly.

Kaka glanced at the couple beside her secretly. Compared with the villagers who showed friendly green, the neutral yellow of these two people was really conspicuous on the map, making her unconsciously guess whether there was any special mission that could be triggered.

After all, the other people living in the same room were out working or doing some testing, but these two who looked the youngest were here sightseeing, which made Kaka feel that he had met the hidden NPC of this journey.

Previously, Kaka accidentally discovered a local hidden NPC during another travel mission, and even changed the reddish annoyance to green friendliness, which directly raised her mission rating by two levels and brought her many rewards.

The young couple in front of her looked friendly, and they didn't refuse when Kaka tried to invite her just now, which made her feel that this was a possibility!

In particular, they didn't seem to be curious about why he was traveling alone and came to this remote village. They didn't ask anything, but they seemed to be very important people in the hitchhiking team. Kaka immediately felt that they must be the heavyweight hidden NPCs this time.

Kaka was wondering in her heart, how should she start the conversation?

As the saying goes, the higher the mountain, the farther you can see. When the three of them successfully climbed to the top of the mountain, they really saw the scenery that the elders in the village had described.

With a jade belt around the waist in front and a mountain as a back support, the view is endless and the scenery is superb. At sunset, the sky is filled with golden light, which makes people feel relaxed and happy.

For a moment, no one spoke, everyone held their breath and looked at the beautiful scenery in front of them.

Kaka blinked her eyes, and felt that seeing this scene was worth her going through all these hardships. She clicked the camera in her hand and looked at the young couple. The green mountains were in the sunset and the white clouds were in the sky. The two figures were sitting side by side, feeling the mountain breeze. They seemed to be in tune with the scenery at the moment and were the protagonists of the whole world here.

She didn't dare say anything and secretly took two photos. After a while, she walked over and showed the photos to the two of them.

"I'm sorry, I couldn't help but took the picture just now because it was so beautiful. If you want it, I'll send it to you. If you don't like it, I'll delete it." Kaka shook his head, and saw that the yellow neutrality in front of him immediately turned into green friendliness.

Eh? Eh?

Is it so easy to conquer?

The next moment, she saw an achievement suddenly appear on the game interface in front of her.

!!!

There are achievements? Such a generous hidden NPC!