The previous hand-pushed four-wheeled food truck was nowhere to be seen, replaced by a...
drivable four-wheeled yellow food truck!
The original workstation was now a side window, with a small platform that could hold items when the window opened. From the front, it looked like a rectangular box with two huge headlights, resembling SpongeBob.
Most importantly, the truck now had a driver's position. Chen Mo walked around the truck, clearly seeing that it was electric.
Getting into the driver's seat, he found the operation very simple. There was just a steering wheel, without even pedals for acceleration or brakes, but there were three buttons on the side of the steering wheel.
Well... although there was a cockpit, there was no seat for the driver, meaning it needed to be operated while standing.
[Forward]
[Stop]
[Reverse]
Oh well, Chen Mo covered his face, somewhat speechless. This was precisely like the kiddie ride in a park that costs ten Yuan to play for ten minutes, just much bigger.
The operation station at the back of the food truck was still the same, using both electricity and gas.
To this day, Chen Mo didn't understand the principles behind these things, but at least he didn't need to charge or change gas cylinders.
Although this truck was a bit comical, it served well enough to shield against the wind and rain, which satisfied Chen Mo.
"Oh, right!"
Chen Mo remembered that the system panel kept prompting him to accept the upgrade reward.
As for the new features of the food truck, he was unsure, especially the [Ingredient Identification] feature on the panel.
"Claim reward!"
[Food Truck Upgrade Reward: Task Codex.]
[Note: After unlocking the codex, you can choose to complete tasks based on your actual situation and task rewards, or choose not to do them.]
Another fresh gimmick.
Without hesitation, Chen Mo chose to unlock it.
In an instant, aside from the original system panel in his mind, a new panel emerged. Unlike the old one, the new panel looked like an ancient tome. When Chen Mo instinctively wanted to flip it open, the old book opened to the first page automatically.
[Main Task: The upgrade of the food truck will enhance your user experience and add more features. Keep working hard to upgrade the food truck.
Goal: Level 3.
Reward: Upgrade reward *1.]
With no major issues at the top of the main task, after reading through it, Chen Mo felt a bit reassured. These tasks could be completed just by operating normally, without requiring any special effort.
[Side Task: None]
As it stood, the existence of the task codex mainly provided a way to complete tasks while setting up a stall and receive rewards.
Chen Mo was quite satisfied with this feature.
After roughly examining the truck's situation, Chen Mo got into the cockpit and pressed forward. The truck jumped a bit forward, not very fast, entirely controllable.
He then pressed the reverse button.
"Reversing, please pay attention! Reversing, please pay attention! Reve..."
Even though no one was nearby, Chen Mo blushed and pressed the stop button. For some reason, the voice of that warning was particularly embarrassing.
Parking the truck, seeing it was getting late, Chen Mo started his new day's work.
He prepared the ingredients, went home to lay out dumplings, soaked rice, and finally cut and marinated the purchased chicken breasts.
Once everything was set, the night had already fallen, and at ten o'clock, Chen Mo set off on time!
After getting the truck on the main road, Chen Mo felt that the upgrade of the food truck was quite beneficial. At least he didn't have to push it manually, even though the driving speed was slow, not much different from walking pace.
But standing to operate was enough for him, saving energy after a day's work and preparing for four or five hours.
There was something else Chen Mo wasn't sure about.
According to the upgraded system prompt, after the stall operation today, the system would generate new random business hours. It would be troublesome if the time switched to daytime.
Firstly, he would need to take leave, and setting up during the day couldn't be at this spot by the bridge, as it was deserted during the day. Choosing a new spot would be troublesome.
While contemplating, Chen Mo arrived at the bridge.
Before reaching his spot, Chen Mo quickly pressed the stop button.
"What's going on?" Chen Mo muttered to himself.
The scene in front was terrifying!
From afar, it looked vibrant and colorful, and even the voices that came through were full of melody!
At a glance, there were forty to fifty girls wearing cool outfits, laughing and playing. Even from such a distance, the ivory white snow was shaking gently under the streetlights. This is not a place for setting up a stall; it's a beauty pageant venue!
Moreover, it was due to these girls gathering here that those men who initially planned to sing or surf the internet changed their minds.
By the bridge, Old Liu and Brother Squid were drinking casually, sighing.
"How many years have passed since I last saw this scene? The last time the bridge was this crowded was during the big fair in Jingzhou in '99."
Brother Squid had never seen such a sight, "If it's like this every day, even just watching would be great, no need to set up a stall anymore!"
At this moment, Brother Squid fantasized these girls came for him, and he vaguely understood why ancient emperors found it challenging to select concubines.
It really was difficult.
If he had to choose, he wouldn't know who to pick.
And those men who were planning to go to internet cafes, clubs, massages, and karaoke, paused there.
"Why play League of Legends or go online? Is gaming more fun than this? Hey, what are so many of them doing here?"
"Damn! I see at least three masseuses I know in there. They're from different shops, why are they all here?"
"Wow... Now I understand what the term 'beauty gathering' scene looks like, love it ~"
"No, I gotta take a short video!"
Some even took selfies with the crowd of women as the background, edited random captions, and posted them on their circles.
Zhang Feng was one of them.
[Will I make it across the bridge this time?]
Clicked send, Zhang Feng felt self-satisfied, feeling he just showed off big time.
The scene was grand, not only those aware but also the onlookers gathered there.
As everyone enjoyed the vast beauty, they heard a surprised scream among the crowd of women!
"He's coming, he's coming!"
This cry made the men who were watching the beauties look in another direction out of curiosity. So many women gathered here just for one man?
Who the hell is he to have such influence?
All eyes gathered in one place.
A yellow, SpongeBob-looking food truck slowly came, parking at the roadside. The driver seemed unsatisfied with the parking and tried adjusting his position.
"Reversing, please pay attention!"
"Reversing, please pay attention!"
Fang Zhizhong, a big boss in engineering, frowning hidden in the crowd.
He couldn't comprehend the scene before him at all.