Shen Muyu smiled but did not answer. The fat man did not say anything more, but kept drooling, and a puddle of saliva gathered in front of him in just over ten seconds.
"You can get on the bus now," Shen Muyu said to the wild boar, unsure if it could understand him.
The wild boar didn't move, but turned to look at the fat man. Only after seeing him nod did it force its way onto the vehicle.
Just before getting off the bus, Shen Muyu had upgraded her backpack expansion card and packed all the easily damaged items from the back of the truck into her backpack. With the size of this wild boar, it would probably have collapsed under her weight. Those were all her hard-earned possessions.
The fat man probably knew he couldn't get on the car, so he stayed quietly in place without moving. Shen Muyu tried to drive forward a little, and only after seeing that the candle didn't move did he feel relieved and start driving.
As the car started, the route on the brick was updated.
"Master, according to my calculations, we will not be able to reach our destination within the allotted time," Little A's electronic voice suddenly announced.
"Why?" Upon hearing this, Shen Muyu did not stop but instead sped up and rushed forward.
"The journey is too long, and the vehicle is heavily loaded, reducing the maximum speed. At this speed, we cannot arrive on time."
Shen Muyu narrowed her eyes slightly. She had noticed this when she accelerated; the car was unusually sluggish, and its engine couldn't handle very high speeds.
Actually, this problem has existed for a long time. When we were chasing that man, the car's speed was also a factor that held us back.
However, Shen Muyu has not been able to find a suitable solution. The power of the fuel engine he obtained before was not even as great as that of the original car, so it was naturally useless.
"Aren't there any shortcuts?" Shen Muyu asked with a serious expression, unsure if he could bear the consequences of breaking the rules.
"It has no owner."
"Let's take it one step at a time." Shen Muyu took a deep breath, then floored the accelerator, hoping to get there as soon as possible.
After driving at high speed for a while, Shen Muyu suddenly noticed that the fat man had suddenly appeared on the road ahead, and Shen Muyu subconsciously stepped on the brake.
The wild boar rammed straight ahead due to its inertia, and the bicycle seat was pushed forward by the impact, as if it was about to disintegrate at any moment.
In that instant, Shen Muyu realized that the distance between her and the fat man seemed to have not changed at all; it was still the same as before.
She tried to accelerate again, while the fat man followed in front of the car at a moderate distance.
Slowly, the fat man's facial features began to melt and blend into a mass, and his body seemed to melt as well, with some unknown liquid slowly seeping onto his clothes.
Because the fat man was right in the center of Shen Muyu's line of sight, Shen Muyu couldn't look away and could only silently watch the explosive scene in front of him.
Of course, that wasn't the worst of it. Unidentified liquid started dripping onto the road. At first, it didn't have much of an effect, but as more and more of it appeared, the viscous liquid caused the wheels to start to slip. Shen Muyu had no choice but to reduce his speed and grip the steering wheel tightly.
After seeing the scene ahead, the wild boar in the back of the truck began to wander around the back of the truck at a fast speed, but it did not hit the truck body. However, the unstable front and rear weight distribution still made the truck sway a bit.
Shen Muyu knew this situation wouldn't last long; if the wild boar hadn't gotten off the vehicle by then, they'd probably start dismantling it.
The constant shifts in the car's center of gravity at the rear, along with the influence of the unidentified viscous liquid in front of the car, caused the car's speed to drop to its lowest point.
"Xiao A, at this speed, how late will we be to our destination?" The more urgent the situation, the clearer Shen Muyu's thoughts became. She had to find a way to minimize the impact of being late.
"About nine minutes." A few seconds later, Xiao A's electronic voice rang out.
"Hiss..." Shen Muyu didn't expect it to take so long, and he didn't know if these candles could hold out.
"Remind me five minutes before the deadline." Shen Muyu gripped the steering wheel tightly and drove at this speed. At this moment, she dared not change lanes at all, because she estimated that if she veered even slightly, the car would overturn.
Time passed slowly, and the wild boar in the back of the truck gradually became more agitated, starting to intentionally or unintentionally ram into the truck. However, at this moment, Big White leaped over, as if it was ready to attack if it made any further moves.
The wild boar immediately stopped and just wandered around as before, no longer daring to ram the carriage.
"Master, there are five minutes left."
As soon as Xiao A finished speaking, Shen Muyu immediately steadied the steering wheel and drove to the side of the road, parking the car on the side of the road. Then she took out the Quiet Incense and lit it. Just as the smoke drifted into the back of the car, Da Bai and the Wild Boar fell to the ground unconscious.
Shen Muyu did this to try to provoke the fat man and learn about his attack methods in advance, so that he wouldn't be caught off guard by a sudden attack.
The fat man seemed to sense that something was wrong with the wild boar, so he stopped keeping his distance and crashed directly into the windshield of the car.
Shen Muyu was jolted backward by the powerful impact, and the car actually came to a stop in the middle of the road. Moreover, due to the increased weight in front, the entire car almost overturned.
Seeing this, Shen Muyu immediately restarted the car and prepared to return to the side of the road. He was about to be late, and there was such a big time bomb next to him. Shen Muyu did not want to suffer a triple blow for violating traffic rules.
At this moment, the fat man completely blocked the front window of the car, and with both hands he was clinging to the doors on both sides of the car, so strong that it seemed he wanted to pull the doors off.
A milky white, viscous liquid clung to the car window, making it impossible to see anything.
Shen Muyu remained calm. She turned her head to look at the rear window and slowly steered the car toward the parking area beside her.
Slowly, Shen Muyu pulled the car over to the side of the road. At this point, there were only a few dozen seconds left before the timeout was over. The viscous liquid on the car window gradually clumped together and tried to squeeze in through the gap in the window.
The moment the car came to a complete stop, Shen Muyu lit two extra candles. She had discovered last time that lighting candles together enhanced their effect.
After taking one in each hand, Shen Muyu blew out the incense in one breath. The big white dog and the wild boar behind the car woke up almost at the same time.
However, the wild boar was unaware of what was happening and was momentarily stunned, while Big White, who knew this might happen, did not react in this way.
Taking advantage of the time difference, Big White immediately pounced on the wild boar, just as the order deadline arrived.
As if receiving a message, the wild boar immediately became agitated, jumping up and down, trying to shake the big white thing off.
"Big White, control it!" The fat man in front of the car also started pulling on the car door desperately. The customer made the first move, so the driver could finally defend himself, right?
Despite being smaller, the large white dog was now firmly perched on the wild boar, while the wild boar, due to the sudden force, fell to the ground, and the two seemed to be in some special state.
A short while later, the car doors on both sides of Shen Muyu began to deform, and milky white liquid began to spread into the car. Shen Muyu held the candles to the liquid with both hands.