Chapter 76 Contractors and Unscrupulous Agents
"However, there's no need to worry too much; these are naturally formed parallel roads," the assistant added again.
Yu Qi naturally realized that if someone had used a parallel highway card to lock her down, her assistant would have called the police long ago, instead of waiting until now.
The assistant cannot detect parallel roads that are randomly distributed within the highway system in a timely manner.
"I hope this fellow traveler is a good one."
Yu Qi didn't want to see blood again, but if this person harbored malicious intentions, then she couldn't be blamed.
Before long, the two parallel roads completely met, forming an intersection, and the roads ahead merged together.
Yu Qi had seen this in the chat lobby before. The parallel roads that the road system randomly unfolds have several states. One state is that they only intersect for a few minutes and then randomly separate.
The other scenario is more complex, requiring them to travel on this merged highway for a short period of time, sharing its resources.
Many players who died were killed because of resource conflicts on parallel roads, and were betrayed by their fellow players.
Yu Qi sat silently inside the armored vehicle, which was a special vehicle equipped with an advanced central control system.
If she wanted to, neither the people nor the monsters outside could see what was happening inside.
The central control system can even control the light, giving the armored vehicle a different appearance and deceiving people's eyes.
She asked her assistant to turn on the disguise mode and switch to a jeep.
The armored vehicle was very conspicuous, and those people could quickly guess that it was a special vehicle.
In the entire region, only a handful of players possess special vehicles.
She didn't want to be filmed by other players every time she went down to collect boxes.
"Hello!" Another parallel road merges completely with this road, and a pickup truck is coming from over there.
Pickup trucks like these, regardless of size, consume a lot of fuel. The fact that this player has managed to keep going until now and even successfully upgrade his vehicle shows that he is definitely quite capable.
"I didn't expect to run into someone from my hometown again today! I just said goodbye to a guy yesterday; we even teamed up to fight a monster cave!"
"I'm tired after watching for so long. Do you want to come out and eat together? I just got two servings of instant noodles and a serving of luncheon meat. If we eat together, I'll share one with you!"
The man who drove up in the pickup truck was good-looking and had a unique personality. He even waved a bowl of instant noodles at me and handed it over.
However, Yu Qi did not go out. Instead, she had her assistant imitate a middle-aged woman's voice to refuse the other party.
"Okay." The man was clearly disappointed, but he quickly composed himself.
"This instant noodle tastes pretty good, I'll save it for you. Your Jeep looks quite big, it must go through a lot of gas, right? Speaking of fuel consumption, it's a real headache for me too. I hope I can get a new gas tank this time, otherwise I'll have to spend a lot of money buying gasoline again..."
The man took out a small table and put it in the back of his pickup truck. He then took out a thermos from his backpack and waited for his instant noodles.
The person was very enthusiastic throughout, muttering a lot of things to himself, and finally enjoyed a delicious bowl of instant noodles.
Inside the armored vehicle, Yu Qi narrowed his eyes.
Today marks the eighth day of the road survival game, and in just eight days, more than 30,000 people have already died.
The outside temperature hadn't completely dropped, and when she went downstairs to get the box, she was already covered in sweat after only a few steps.
She couldn't believe that there were still such selfless and carefree players in this situation.
This person is indeed a good actor, but some of the things they do go too far only make people more wary.
Yu Qi didn't drive away immediately; she also wanted to see what kind of tricks this man was up to.
She had just finished eating seafood rice at her extended restaurant and was feeling the warmth spreading through her body when there was a knock on the car door.
"Fellow villager, don't be afraid. I've come here with no ill intentions; I want to cooperate with you!"
"Do you know what I just created? I just created a next stop station card!"
"In other words, as long as we use this card, we can reach a new station next. Maybe we can cooperate and obtain crystals at this station!"
There was still no response from inside the jeep. The man's hands were getting tired from knocking, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes as he looked down.
"Fellow villager, our two highways intersect, so we might have to drive for a long time!"
"If I use the station card, you definitely won't be able to continue. Why don't you get off the bus and we can discuss this properly?"
Inside the car, Yu Qi was talking to her assistant.
"Go scan that station card outside and see what secrets it holds."
"Okay, Seventh Brother!"
The assistant quickly scanned the card outside, and then her tone became somewhat strange.
"This station card is quite rare, but it depends on who has it."
"Why do you say that?" Yu Qi asked curiously.
"After using this card, you will encounter a construction site at your next stop. All players who come to this construction site will be assigned to work illegally by the foreman there, carrying bricks for three days and three nights! They won't let you leave until you finish carrying them!"
As the assistant spoke, his tone became somewhat gloating.
Yu Qi: "..."
This road survival game really has everything, including construction sites and contractors!
So the man outside really was trying to set a trap for her!
Yu Qi just didn't understand. Since all the past players would be taken by the contractor to do illegal work, how could that boy be so sure that he could get away?
"This card has another special function: it can be reused if the contractor allows it," Lao Liu continued to explain.
"In other words, the man outside has likely already used the card, but he's very clever. He might have already promised the contractor benefits and gotten his permission to lure more players over to work illegally!"
The knocking continued incessantly from outside. The man was truly persistent; he didn't give up even when no one inside opened the door.
Yu Qi casually opened the chat room on her watch and searched for the title "contractor".
After removing dozens of nicknames related to contractors, there was still discussion about contractors in the comments.
A woman who was tricked into doing manual labor said: "Everyone, please don't trust a young man who seems very cheerful, treats you very well, and even gives you food!"
"People's hearts have changed so much! I'm so old, and I kindly helped him with his tasks, only to be tricked into working on a construction site carrying bricks!"
"I worked inside for three days and three nights. The foreman only gave me water, not food. I was so hungry that I was panicking. When I came back, I was almost half dead!"
Tragic: "Brother, you actually had the same experience as me? I think I was even worse off. I befriended that guy and even gave him a lot of food, but I still got sold out. I was even happily helping him count the money!"
"In short, everyone should learn from our mistakes and not be fooled! That guy probably has a deal with the contractor. If you go in, he might actually be counting money outside!"
Upon seeing this, Yu Qi's lips twitched. It's true that there are all sorts of birds in a big forest.
There are even players who have infiltrated shady employment agencies, deceiving other players into doing illegal work!
"Sixth Brother, what do you mean by saying it depends on who has it?"
Yu Qi thought that Lao Liu had probably found a new way to use this card.
The assistant's voice rose considerably, tinged with a hint of smugness: "Seventh Brother, I just took a close look. That construction site is contracted by Shopping Paradise, and the foreman there is also an employee of Shopping Paradise!"
"That guy outside tricked other players into going there, and those players will definitely suffer a terrible fate! But you're different. You hold a shopping paradise gold card. Which shopping paradise employee would dare to exploit a gold card VIP?"
"I see." Yu Qi suddenly realized.
In that case, it's definitely worth going to check out that construction site, since it's a station.
Every website should have good stuff, right?