Chapter 138 Contesting in the Dungeon – "Daily Run from the Gas"
Chu Xuange took her hand and put it in his pocket: "Let's go back."
Pei Hening glanced at the wine he was carrying. It was -47 degrees Celsius today. Wouldn't the wine freeze in such cold weather?
Her doubts were explained when she returned to the RV—the wine bottle that Chi Lu used to hold the wine was a specially researched magical tool that could maintain the wine at the optimal tasting temperature.
"I'd like to try this."
Pei Hening pointed to the orange bottle of wine, and Chu Xuange took out two glasses: "Shall I have a drink with you?"
Pei Hening unscrewed the bottle and poured some into each of the two glasses.
It tastes somewhat like white wine, with low tannin content, a refreshing taste, prominent acidity, and a subtle sweet aftertaste. Overall, it's quite good.
"How about it?"
Pei Hening picked up the wine she had poured for Chu Xuange and held it directly to his lips: "Why don't you try it?"
Chu Xuange's lips curved into a smile, his beautiful phoenix eyes staring straight at her with a hint of aggression. Before Pei Hening withdrew her hand, he slowly lowered his head and, with that slender, fair hand, drank the dreamy light orange wine in the glass in one gulp.
"It was delicious."
Pei Hening shoved the wine glass into his hand, glanced at him, and deliberately mimicked him, saying, "It's delicious~"
Chu Xuange placed his empty wine glass on the table: "Want some more?"
Pei Hening shook her head and made a gesture that would make Han Nan break down: "I'm not drinking anymore. I'm going to read a book for a while. I was a little bit upset today, just a little bit."
After she finished speaking, she took 002 to the study. She sat down at her desk, took out the notebook she had used that day, circled the content she didn't understand and the professional terms, and compiled them. She thought that if she finished class early tomorrow, she could go to the library to take a look.
We'll resolve as many doubts as we can.
Perhaps she could try talking to 823786.
Its knowledge base was more than enough to answer her questions.
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Helian Ye seems to be having some bad luck.
After drinking three times in a row, he encountered the most elegant and dedicated traffic policeman in the road survival story—Officer Fox Xiaoliu.
He forced a smile and looked out the window at the fluffy red fox: "Officer Xiao Liu, what a coincidence."
Fox Six nodded its fluffy head, and its ears twitched: "Unfortunately, I'm here to ambush you."
Helian Ye: "?"
The red-haired fox asked in a serious tone, "Are we friends?"
Helian Ye understood what it meant; it was a protection fee. He reluctantly took out five copper coins and handed them over: "Of course, we're friends. Here's some candy for you."
This perfectly legitimate money-for-power transaction was completed right there on the highway.
Fox Xiao Liu took the copper coin, his eyes lighting up, and said in a lighthearted tone, "You are my best friend, I really like the gift you gave me!"
Helian Ye's smile became even more forced. How could he not like it?
That's his dad's money!
Whenever he drank, he would run into this greedy red fox. It was the first time he realized that the probability of encountering traffic police on this highway could be so frequent!
It happened so frequently that he suspected the red fox had implanted a tracking device on him.
The price of a friend gift has increased from one copper coin to five copper coins. Even capitalists would cry if they heard this. It's outrageous!
Fox Xiao Liu hadn't heard him say "it should be" at all, and his round, beastly eyes glanced at him.
Helian Ye's expression stiffened slightly, and he began to follow the script that Hu Xiaoliu had designed: "If you like it, that's fine. We're friends, so this is what I should do."
He really couldn't understand what this red fox was thinking.
He accepted bribes, but he even used the guise of making friends, leaving people unsure whether to criticize him or not!
Every time he gets cornered by Fox Xiaoliu, he has to put on a good show of giving a gift to a friend.
If Pei Hening and the other man found out about this, they would definitely laugh at him.
Fox Xiao Liu was very satisfied. The senior was indeed a senior. There were many benefits to making friends!
It had become so enamored with the feeling of making friends that it took a step back and said, "Don't drink and drive, don't drive after drinking, be careful, friend."
With a blank expression, Helian Ye drove away, far away from the highway director, protector, corrupt official, and melodrama enthusiast—Fox Xiaoliu.
Looking in his rearview mirror, he saw the red fox happily clutching five copper coins and silently made up his mind.
Quit drinking!
He wants to quit drinking!
He stopped drinking, so we can't keep accepting his bribes, can we?
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6:30 p.m.
As Pei Hening came out of the study clutching 002, Chu Xuange happened to open the car door and get in.
"You were opening the box outside?"
"Yeah, I also added some fuel. The temperature is too low, and vehicles consume a lot of fuel."
Chu Xuange calculated the remaining gasoline in his backpack; they would have to go and get another batch in two days at the latest.
"How much gas do we have left? Should we go to the gas station tomorrow to buy some?"
Chu Xuange nodded: "Okay~"
The sooner the better. Tomorrow I'll go to the gas station and buy more gas, preferably enough for this map.
[Dear survivors, good evening! This is 999. The 999 division will open the "Contest" dungeon - "Daily Run from the Poison Zone" at 6 AM tomorrow, with a total game time of 6 hours.]
[The system will divide 50 players into groups, and group members will compete in a fishing contest by the river. Each group will be automatically matched with three administrator NPCs. The administrators will appear at random locations one hour into the competition, so hurry up! If you get caught by an administrator, you're done for, and you'll randomly lose one piece of equipment!]
[Ahem, to allow players to focus on dungeons, tomorrow's target mileage, including class-specific bonus mileage, has been cancelled.]
Fishing is risky; use bait with caution.
[A friendly reminder from 999: If you get caught by the administrator, your fishing gear will be confiscated, and your equipment, including supplies and items of various levels, will be taken. You'll also be locked up! Remember to escape in this situation! After casting your bait, you might catch some buff and debuff fish. Good luck!]
[Group rankings 1-10 receive rewards, 11-25 receive no rewards or penalties, 26-48 have their chest-clearing attempts halved for 7 days, and 49-50 are eliminated!]
[By the way, this dungeon restricts the use of cheat items~]
Pei Hening fell silent after hearing the introduction of 999's dungeon.
Fishing while dodging the administrator's pursuit, getting caught and having to escape, plus stacking countless buffs and debuffs—it sounds complicated.
"Gogo, have you ever played this game?"
Chu Xuange nodded: "The 'Daily Routine of Running from the Poison Zone' isn't difficult. I'm not sure what the buffs are, but the debuffs only last for 5 minutes and include weakness, dizziness, reduced benefits, and so on."
"But the most crucial thing is not the buffs or debuffs, but that you can't be caught by the administrator, as that would be a huge waste of time."