Chapter 99 Pelicans
"Shall I show you around?"
Ryan glanced at the wall clock and spoke first.
"Sure, thank you." Pei Hening readily agreed.
Chu Xuange had no objection to her arrangement, and Helian Ye had even less objection.
Ryan led them upstairs to the second floor, pointed to a corner piled with newspapers, and said, "This has the most comprehensive information on road survival, updated daily. As long as you're willing to spend the money, there's nothing you can't buy."
Pei Hening looked at the creatures queuing up and understood.
If it had no value, so many living beings wouldn't be queuing up.
"If you want to see, we'll go take a look?"
Ryan kindly spoke up.
Pei Hening shook her head: "No need, it's too crowded, the queue will probably take a long time."
Ryan: "Come with me."
He led them to a door next to a pile of newspapers, a door with an image of an unknown creature, and pushed it open: "Come in."
The three followed inside and passed through a thin layer of magic membrane. They were stunned by the sight before them. It was as if they were in a sea of stars, with each floating star representing a piece of information, ranging from road survival to changes in racial monarchs.
Ryan reached out and pulled out a new piece of information: "This is the information my uncle refused to build a weapon for Hayley yesterday."
As he spoke, the information packet split open, and two photos and a video flew out. Pei Hening focused his attention on the photos.
The woman named Hayley, whom Ryan mentioned, was wearing a black soft armor, with her long blonde hair tied up high. Her combat boots were on a silver box, and her narrow, fox-like eyes stared coldly at the camera. Her expression was indifferent, and she exuded a strong aura of menace. One glance was enough to tell that she was not someone to be trifled with.
Pei Hening focused her attention on the video recording, which played automatically. She heard Hailey's voice: "What's your reason for rejecting me this time?"
Galakh remained silent for a long while before saying, "The weapons I forge cannot become daggers used against the dwarves."
Hailey picked up her suitcase and said as she left, "Gallagh, your reasons are just like you—hypocritical."
Ryan chuckled dryly, "Haley's just angry and embarrassed."
He waved his hand, carefully put the information back, and said, "Whatever you want to see, I'll get it for you."
Pei Hening asked, "Is there any information related to Shuxiao or Luen?"
Helian Ye added from the side, "There's also news about the Pelicans."
Pelican is Helian Ye's teacher. Pei Hening has never met her, but she has heard that she is a very interesting person.
Ryan picked through the documents, took out three, gave the one about the Pelicans to Helian Ye, and the remaining two to Pei Hening.
She first looked up information about silk gauze.
Yesterday, Shuxiao ventured alone into Magic Mine No. 209 and retrieved two rare ores. Someone offered a high price to buy them, and some creatures even tried to steal them, but she dealt with them.
Interestingly, the news reports refer to Shuxiao as the Great Demon King.
There was much less information about Ruen, who said he spent the whole day yesterday writing reports and going through procedures, complaining about the poor system at the highway school.
Pei Hening turned her gaze to Helian Ye.
The Pelicans' news is also interesting; it's said that she went drinking with Yul yesterday, but ended up getting drunk and was pawned by Yul to wash dishes at a bar to pay off his debt.
In the middle of the night, after the pelican sobered up, he went to find Yul with a knife in hand.
"Your teacher has a lot of personality."
Helian Ye felt embarrassed and scratched his head: "Pelicans usually don't act like that. You'll know when you meet her. She's a very gentle teacher."
Ryan also looked at two pieces of information. He suddenly looked up at the three of them and said, "When you go back later, I'll give you some souvenirs."
Ryan does have that level of access.
After the three of them came out of the information center, Ryan took them on a tour: "Compared to the highway branch, the main store has more, better, and newer supplies, but the number of day passes issued for each map is limited, so you are the first tourists to come here."
"Why is this gray? Can't we buy it?"
Pei Hening saw the mechanical animals placed to the side and asked curiously.
Ryan turned his gaze over and explained, "We can't buy it for now. This requires fifty percent of your human race's beings to ignite their talents before it can be sold. That's the rule of the highway, not our shop's rule."
In Ryan's view, as long as he can make money, nothing else matters.
Chu Xuange glanced at the mechanical animals a few more times; these things should cover quite a lot of information.
Perhaps it includes the laws of the main city of wanderers?
Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many restrictions.
That's such a shame.
Pei Hening looked at it a few more times, reluctant to leave.
Ryan thought for a moment: "Although you can't buy mechanical animals, you can buy real pets, but raising them will cost a lot."
Pei Hening shook her head repeatedly, her resistance evident from beginning to end: "Real pets are indeed very nice, but I can't keep one. I don't think I'm mature enough to be responsible for the life of another living being."
Ryan turned his gaze to Chu Xuange and Helian Ye, clearly not wanting to add any more burdens.
Helian Ye shook his head repeatedly: "Manager Ryan, don't look at me, I also feel that I can't take responsibility."
Chu Xuange: "I have no intention of keeping pets."
Ryan felt a pang of regret; the group of big eaters in the store hadn't yet found a suitable... wealthy family.
Pei Hening noticed someone was watching her. She looked up and saw a tall female member of the Frostfall Clan.
Her long, straight green hair was tied up with a simple hair tie, her ears drooped lazily, and she wore a white robe with a simple belt around her waist. The only thing that revealed her extraordinary nature was the golden sword engraved with magic patterns at her waist.
Seeing that Pei Hening had looked at it, the other person raised an eyebrow slightly and smiled at her, but that smile carried a hint of curious scrutiny.
An alarm bell rang in Pei Hening's mind. Could this person be the creator of that friendship feather?
She silently checked the person's level—level 96.
How should we play this?
It's completely unplayable!
Chu Xuange noticed her odd behavior, looked up and followed her gaze, his expression calm: "The Frostfall Clan?"
Pei Hening lowered her voice, "I suspect that the feather of friendship is hers."
Chu Xuange blocked the other person's view and calmly said, "Don't worry, give me the Feather of Friendship, I'll handle it."
There's nothing shameful about using someone else's strength against them when you know you can't win.
Chu Xuange has already selected several people to use as a 'leverage force'.
Pei Hening lowered her eyes and focused her gaze on the items in front of her: "Not necessarily. Maybe I'm overthinking it. She's already level 96, it's unlikely she'd lose her Friendship Feather."
It's highly unlikely that it was her, but the person who made that friendship feather probably knows her.
Helian Ye carefully put the items back and asked, "What are you two whispering about?"
Pei Hening said, "It's almost time. See if there's anything you want. Hurry up and buy it."
Helian Ye shook his head: "Forget about the stuff, just broaden your horizons."
What suits you best is the best; there's no need to take so much stuff—okay, he's a bit poor.
Ryan led them on a tour, showing them roughly what was in the main store in the main city of the wanderers. It was almost four o'clock by then.
When Pei Hening and the other two left the main store, Ryan gave them three gift boxes.
"Guests, we don't have enough time today. Next time you come, I'll treat you to a meal at Lulu's restaurant."
As Helian Ye walked, he glanced at the two of them and asked, "You two seem to get along quite well with Ryan. And what does that Galakh do?"
Chu Xuange raised his eyes and said, "Our relationship is alright. Gallach is a weapon forger, I thought you knew that."
Helian Ye suddenly remembered that when Pei Hening went to the auction, one of the auction items he shared on the school channel was a weapon forged by Galach, and it was not cheap.
"Let's go, or we'll miss the sightseeing bus."
Seeing that Pei Hening was still very curious, Chu Xuange took her hand and led her out of the city: "Come and play again next time you get the card. Let's stop here for today."
Helian Ye caught up with them and said, "The 'Wandering City One-Day Tour Card' isn't so easy to get. I triggered a competitive dungeon at the site, won first place, and got it from the system reward chest."
Chu Xuange nodded: "I know."
But he wasn't going to gamble on luck...
As they spoke, they arrived at the city gate. Pei Hening subconsciously looked at the city wall, and facing the city wall always made her feel like an ant.
"You've got some nerve, cutting in line like that!"
Discontented voices came from the next queue.
Pei Hening looked up and saw a woman with long black hair, one eye wrapped in a white bandage, wearing a white cross-collar robe. She took out two gold coins and threw them into the hand of the woman who was radiating dissatisfaction: "You're noisy, my ears hurt."
After receiving the two gold coins, the other party's eyes lit up, and he promptly shut up.
Pei Hening and his two companions had just left the city gate when the woman with bandages around her eyes left the city a second later.
The moment she stepped out of the city gate, a pair of large white wings sprouted from her back. With a gentle flap, she disappeared from the city gate.
Helian Ye's eyes widened: "It actually has wings!"
Chu Xuange withdrew his gaze, pulled Pei Hening towards the sightseeing bus, and said calmly, "Let's go back."
Helian Ye followed them into the car.
The driver was still the same robot. The mechanical chick that had been flying around the car tidying up the parking space flew back to its original position to put on decorations after the three of them got in.
After Helian Ye sat back down, he would glance at the mechanical chick from time to time. Seeing that it was pretending to be dead and not moving, he would stare at it.
Pei Hening turned her gaze out of the car. Today was still too rushed, and there was no time to explore many places in detail, especially the Knowledge Tower in the main city of the Wandering City.
According to Ryan, it contains a lot of information, including his history of surviving on the highway and wandering the main city.
Next time I get a day pass, maybe I can visit the Tower of Knowledge.
Pei Hening noticed something was wrong. She remembered that there was a restaurant with strange plants growing outside when she was near the main city of the wanderers.
"This road seems different from the one we came on."
Upon hearing this, Helian Ye also looked up at the outside of the sightseeing bus. There were no shops outside the road, only fields of flowers, and occasionally some creatures could be seen moving around in them.
He asked, "It's definitely different. Did you drive the wrong car?"
Chu Xuange noticed a speck of dust on the back of Pei Hening's hand and took out a wet wipe to clean it for her: "Because the main city of the wandering has drifted far away, the way back is no longer the same."
In Chu Xuange's memory, the wandering city never had a fixed address and was always drifting around.
The mechanical chick moved its pair of black, inorganic eyes and looked at Chu Xuange: "You've been to the Wandering City?"
Chu Xuange's lips curved into a smile: "Just guessing."
The mechanical chick's chip was slightly warm. The calculation results told it that the person in front of it was lying, but it had no evidence that he was lying.
This was the first group of humans to enter the main city of wanderers, and it was indeed the first time it had seen the three of them.
Before getting out of the car, Helian Ye said to the two of them, "Wait here, I'll come over from another area to be with you."
Pei Hening: "Okay, we'll wait for you."
Chu Xuange rested his head on her shoulder, looking rather unhappy: "Baby, do you really want him to come and see us?"
Pei Hening raised her hand and ruffled his hair: "He's just coming to be in the same district as us, he's not going to live with us."
Chu Xuange lowered his eyes and started fussing again: "You said you were waiting for him!"
Pei Hening blinked and corrected, "I meant, we're waiting for him, we."
Chu Xuange reluctantly accepted this explanation and said helplessly, "Alright then."
The sightseeing bus stopped, and before Pei Hening got off, he said to him, "Gege, be careful, the police might be staking out you."
Chu Xuange said seriously, "I'll call you later, I have to get busy later."
Pei Hening nodded: "Okay."
Back on the highway, Pei Hening had 002 drive while she checked the seeds in the flowerpot; they still hadn't sprouted.
Even though the air conditioning was on, she still felt hot. She took a bite of an ice cream and felt a little better.
She picked up the dumbbells from the passenger seat and started working out while unpacking the gift Ryan had given her.
The gift Ryan gave her was a box of plant nutrient solution with a handwritten note on it.
"This is new stock in the store. You'll find it useful. If you like it, feel free to buy it. — Ryan^_^"
Pei Hening made a card out of the box of plant nutrients and put it away.
She didn't know if this stuff could be used on the seed, and since she wasn't planting any other plants, she could only keep it for now.
——
Highway Police Station.
[Lemon Tree Lemon Fruit] was walking towards the police station with the traffic violation record she got from Fatty Snake when she saw her 'colleagues' hurrying out.
She hurriedly called out to her 'colleague' in charge of traffic violations: "Officer, where are you going? Do you still need to process the traffic violation record?"
Rabbit 312 waved his hand and said to [Lemon Tree Lemon Fruit], "You can handle this little thing. I have to go out on fieldwork today."
[Lemon Tree Lemon Fruit] blinked, indicating that she should handle it.
Are you sure you want to delegate authority to her?
Still worried, she asked again, "What if the sheriff finds out?"
Rabbit 312 looked at her and frowned: "It's okay, the sheriff doesn't care about such trivial matters. He'll punish those who should be punished and arrest those who should be arrested. I really have something to do."
[Lemon Tree Lemon Fruit] received an affirmative answer and smiled slightly: "Okay, I'll take care of it."