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The tour guide’s words finally triggered the delayed information that Cao Shuguang mentioned.
This introduction provided a rather detailed background description, which had been absent for a long time.
[You and your friends arrived in the beautiful Thailand, wanting to enjoy a rare vacation.]
[But due to limited funds, you all signed up for a budget tour.]
[Even though the tour guide isn’t the most pleasant and there are too many shopping stops along the way, having friends with you makes the minor inconveniences bearable, right?]
[Paying respects to the Phra Phrom, exploring the Grand Palace, you thought this rare holiday could be spent joyfully like this.]
[Until the tour guide announced that they would take you to an interesting and mysterious place.]
[You and your newfound travel companion eagerly went along, but in the evening after witnessing that eerie voodoo ritual, you encountered some strange hair-raising events…]
[The game lasts for 12 days.]
[Try to stay alive until your time limit ends.]
It feels just like the beginning of every low-quality horror story, filled with a mysterious atmosphere.
Jiang Fang took out his S-level item, “Concerto of Fate”.
Those two dice could determine the nature and difficulty of the instance.
The dice rolled into the bowl, revealing a predetermined and unchangeable number.
——Sword 3.
Jiang Fang showed the palm-sized dice to the other two.
Li Yinhang took a peek and was surprised.
This was an instance that required intelligence.
But the difficulty was lower than their first official instance, “Xiao Ming’s Daily Life”.
Li Yinhang instinctively played with the abacus beads in her mind.
Considering the long period and low difficulty, it meant that the rewards and time invested were not proportional.
It’s very likely that they would spend 12 days but receive very few rewards and items in return.
Although it’s frustrating, this situation was not surprising.
The “Cube Boat” had long offended the manipulators behind it.
After unexpectedly capturing and successfully trading the boss as a bargaining chip, they encountered the next instance specifically targeting Nan Zhou’s weakness to the moon phases and Jiang Fang’s fear of heights in the [Fear of the Full Moon] instance.
And then, they faced the unprecedentedly challenging compound instance called [Brain Invasion].
After the intense pursuit of a thousand people, they were thrown into this low-difficulty, time-consuming, and low-level instance.
Li Yinhang muttered quietly, “Are we unable to handle this?”
Jiang Fang held Nan Zhou’s hand and said, “Let’s see how it goes. We need to finish it as soon as possible. If we can’t finish…”
He chuckled cheerfully, “Then let’s consider it a vacation.”
…Taking a vacation inside an instance sounded frustrating, didn’t it?
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She vigilantly looked around and noticed that Cao Shuguang and Ma Xiaopei were engrossed in a discussion.
And that guy named Shao Mingzhe, the big brother with three white eyes, had already blended into the crowd and disappeared without a trace.
Li Yinhang’s heart was pounding, and he quickly said, “…You’re right. The person is gone.”
Nan Zhou whispered, “It’s not about that.”
Li Yinhang felt even more uncertain, staring at Nan Zhou with wide eyes. Her sweaty fist tapped several times before she finally managed to tighten it.
…Where exactly did things go wrong?
“Why are there so many cars here?” Nan Zhou said seriously, “This isn’t normal.”
Li Yinhang replied, “…”
It’s not Nan Zhou’s fault.
The only cars he had ever seen in his life were in illustrations in books, and the big bus that took him to his destined place.
In the small town where he grew up, there were no prominent signs of industry.
He used to ride his bicycle and could explore the entire town in just one afternoon.
As for the safety point in “Universal Gravity,” the only vehicle related to cars was the Thomas the Tank Engine that chugs along and emits white smoke every afternoon in [Squirrel Town].
And currently, in the instances they have experienced, there hadn’t been a highly urbanized scene like this one.
Nan Zhou was seeing such a bustling scene for the first time, and for a moment, he didn’t know where to look.
So, he vigilantly focused on the tumultuous cars rushing around and took a step forward, taking the initiative to protect the two of them.
“…It seems as if those convertible electric cars are hidden monsters.”
This made Li Yinhang unconsciously think of the big bus they first met on.
Nan Zhou was also transported from an unknown place at that time.
He observed every detail around him and quickly fabricated an identity for himself, leaving everyone stunned.
…But surprisingly, he didn’t recognize the dashcam that was quite close to him.
At that time, Li Yinhang thought that this knowledgeable person had a bit of a crooked blind spot.
Now knowing the reason, Li Yinhang found him interesting and adorable.
Jiang Fan smiled and gently touched Nan Zhou’s hair, then turned to Li Yinhang with an affectionate smile, saying, “By the way, Yinhang.”
Li Yinhang’s lips still carried a smile as she asked, “What is it?”
Jiang Fan’s smile was like a breath of fresh air, and her reminder was delivered gently and calmly: “Don’t trust anyone except us.”
Li Yinhang, “…Huh?”
As soon as she realized what Jiang Fan was referring to, the smile on her face slowly disappeared.
Jiang Fan’s words were very clear in their meaning.
Shao Mingzhe seemed suspicious from the beginning.
So, was there something wrong with that couple?
But Jiang Fan only gave her a hint and remained silent.
Li Yinhang had to rack her brains to figure out where this couple had revealed their flaws.
Jiang Fan, on the other hand, embraced Nan Zhou’s shoulder and softly asked him, “Did you figure it out?”
Nan Zhou solemnly observed the entire process of the electric scooter closest to them starting up, “I figured it out.”
He calmly said, “Shao Mingzhe was right behind us, but those two didn’t even notice him from the beginning.”
Shao Mingzhe’s appearance as a fugitive, which didn’t fit the tropical setting, was too eye-catching no matter how you looked at it.
Cao Shuguang and Ma Xiaopei were seated in the front row of the tour bus. Given their elevated position, as they walked all the way here, they might have completely missed the peculiar appearance of Shao Mingzhe.
If Shao Mingzhe’s attire was a bit more ordinary, Nan Zhou might not have suspected them so quickly.
As he pondered this inconsistency, he continued to study the electric scooter.
The guy riding the scooter had muscles that were tanned and shining.
He rode past Nan Zhou with the sound of “vroom vroom.”
Nan Zhou continued to scruinize him closely.
Feeling uncomfortable under Nan Zhou’s gaze for a while now, he decided to curse in broken Chinese, saying, “What are you looking at, gay guy?”
Nan Zhou was taken aback by the insult. He watched the guy walk away for a while, then turned to Jiang Fan and pointed at the guy’s back, saying, “…he insulted me.”
Jiang Fan burst into laughter.
He liked Nan Zhou’s reaction a lot.
Jiang Fan didn’t feel like dealing with the unresponsive couple or the missing Shao Mingzhe for the time being.
He wanted to take care of this confused and hypersensitive person by his side.
“Isn’t it said that paranormal events only happen after watching the curse ritual?” he asked.
Jiang Fan tightened his grip on Nan Zhou’s hand and gently asked for his opinion, “Teacher Nan, let me show you the world.”
Even though the people in this world had just insulted him and didn’t seem very friendly, Nan Zhou looked into Jiang Fan’s eyes and nodded solemnly.
Nan Zhou, “Hmm.”
Li Yinhang on the side immediately raised a very practical question, “But we don’t have money.”
Jiang Fang blinked and his smile became even more gentle and radiant.
…………………..
On the other hand, Cao Shuguang and Ma Xiaopei were feeling extremely worried.
Cao Shuguang was pulling his hair and whispering, “We messed up big time, I feel like we’ve been exposed.”
Ma Xiaopei comforted him, saying, “It’s not that bad.”
Cao Shuguang replied, “Don’t be blindly optimistic, the way they looked at us just now wasn’t right!”
They, along with “Adam,” were high-dimensional players who had been thrown into this world.
But they were different from “Adam” and his team, who had been given an important mission.
They were just two simple players who wanted to come to this relatively unfamiliar world to have some fun, explore, and broaden their horizons.
The reason they could see “Cube Boat” but not Shao Mingzhe was as simple as it gets.
Their eyes can see the cameras suspended in the air.
The cameras surrounding the “Cube Boat” team were like a hornet’s nest, completely blocking their view of Shao Mingzhe, and physically cutting them off.
The “Cube Boat” was the most eye-catching cub in that vehicle.
Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been scared by Shao Mingzhe, who was like a ghost.
“After the chase just ended…” Cao Shuguang temporarily drove away all the cameras around them, and with a worried face, he analyzed with his wife, “Putting us together with them, isn’t this just a way for the higher-ups to get us killed?”
The previous instance they were teamed up with a big brother from the Northeast.
Afterward, Cao Shuguang picked up a temporary Northeastern accent.
The young couple faced each other, one shaking their left leg, the other shaking their right foot, hugging their arms, and painfully sinking into a tangled contemplation.
“Um…”
After thinking for a while, Ma Xiaopei looked up and posed a constructive question, “So, if they want to deal with Nan Zhou, what does it have to do with us?”
Cao Shuguang woke up as if from a dream, “Right. As long as we’re having fun. They didn’t give us the order to kill them.”
Ma Xiaopei affirmed, “Exactly, if they didn’t give it, then there isn’t one.”
After the knot in their hearts, which was already small, suddenly unraveled, the sky and earth became clear.
Ma Xiaopei clapped her hands and opened her palms toward Cao Shuguang, saying, “Come on, give me some money. I want to buy something delicious.”
One of the important items in Cao Shuguang and Ma Xiaopei’s inventory was a wallet that could hold any currency. They could withdraw up to 1000 units of the game’s universal currency daily, which they could use until it runs out.
It suited the leisurely style of the young couple.
Cao Shuguang took out 1000 Thai Baht from the wallet, hesitated, and said, “Is it enough?”
As he was grabbing the money, trying to search his memory for relevant data about the purchasing power of the currency in the country of Tyrande, a hand silently landed on his shoulder.
Cao Shuguang was startled, “Oh my goodness!”
He turned around in horror.
Jiang Fan smiled playfully, like a ghost in broad daylight, standing quietly behind him.
“Excuse me…” he politely said, “You have money, right?”
Cao Shuguang, holding actual money in his hand, couldn’t deny it and reluctantly replied, “Uh, yes.”
Jiang Fan didn’t hesitate to ask, “Can you lend us 200, please?”
According to the intelligence, Cao Shuguang knew that the person standing in front of him was a genuine smiling tiger, the kind who could chew up someone’s bones with a smile and not even spit them out.
And now he could still smile and ask them for it.
If they didn’t give it, he might resort to robbery.
…Sometimes you have to spend money to ward off disaster.
He reluctantly handed over two banknotes with the portrait of King Rama IX on them and casually asked, “Is 200 enough?”
As soon as the question left his mouth, he wanted to kick himself.
Why did you say that?
“200 is enough,” he replied.
But Jiang Fan didn’t push it any further.
He politely accepted the money and graciously bowed, saying, “I will return 400 Thai baht.”
