Chapter 118: Service Area’s Hidden Menu
The Great Luck Chariot God, holding the binoculars, irritably clicked his tongue. These weren’t ordinary binoculars; they were a prop from the box.
Even in such harsh weather, he could clearly see the situation over at the RV, but the prerequisite was having a line of sight.
“The curtains are drawn too tightly; I can only see the two front seats, nothing clear inside. Damn it, can’t see inside that off-road vehicle in the back either.”
A team of five people, with a small truck in the back whose cargo box was made of sheet metal, with a window opened at a relatively high position—that angle had unbeatable concealment.
The pumpkin carriage in the back was on the snowy ground, glowing with warm yellow light, giving off a real fairy tale vibe, but unfortunately, it was the same—nothing visible except the driver’s seat.
And that weirdly shaped four-wheeled vehicle had a Q-version cactus-shaped car rocker vehicle on top, with curtains drawn in the back too.
The usually infallible prop binoculars were completely useless right now.
“That’s an armored off-road vehicle, nearly 6 meters long, with a wheelbase over 3500mm, and probably more than one layer of bulletproof glass.” The teammate nearby couldn’t help glancing at it a few more times. “Just don’t know the actual vehicle configuration level.”
An RV and an armored off-road vehicle—who wouldn’t be jealous of that setup? Everyone knew they were mobile resource caches, so no one dared to make the first move.
No one knew if the other side had skills.
Without skills, there was still a chance; big shots with skills were hard to touch, let alone two of them.
And the Humvee from the other team in the back even had a vehicle with a bulldozer blade in front—its setup wasn’t bad either.
Even the big shot’s team was stuck by the blizzard. Thinking of this, the Great Luck Chariot God felt much more balanced inside.
No matter how awesome the vehicle was, it still couldn’t get out.
Night was about to fall, the snow getting heavier, and slightly lighter vehicles were struggling to move.
Some were already discussing finding a place to camp and see after tonight; their vehicles simply couldn’t go on, while a few others were holding out for a dark and windy night to make a move for supplies.
Yu Jiang’s Team wasn’t slow; the equally conspicuous six-wheeled Humvee team was no longer visible in the rearview mirror, probably preparing to find a place to dodge the blizzard.
As for how many people behind were secretly following, she didn’t care; ordinary cars would have a hard time keeping up.
A road sign appeared ahead.
Straight lane exits the parallel road in 20 km; right lane leads to the service area.
After team discussion, everyone agreed to go to the service area.
Service areas aren’t easy to encounter on the road. Having experienced the benefits of a service area, forget blizzards—even if it were knives falling from the sky, they couldn’t miss it!
Yu Jiang turned into the right lane, heading straight for the service area, and from afar saw a big bowl sign, plus the closed parking toll gate at the entrance.
“Non-Business Hours” glowed in big letters.
Two small cars were parked nearby, one of which was a small SUV that looked familiar, with traces of long-term trailer license plates on the back.
The people in the small SUV also spotted the RV, excitedly rubbed their hands, grabbed an old megaphone, and came over to negotiate.
“This service area is closed and we can’t get in. How about we team up and tough it out outside for the night? At least we can watch each other’s backs.
Your RV looks pretty good. My car has elders and kids—can we take shelter from the blizzard? I don’t have enough fuel to run the air conditioning. I can offer two packs of instant noodles as reward.”
Yu Jiang directly honked the horn, signaling him to get out of the way.
Who knew, at that moment someone twisted the living box door, but she had locked it tight and it didn’t open. Yu Jiang went to the back, pulled open the door window’s curtain.
No wonder it looked familiar—this was the family Strawberry Candy had met on the road before, the ones who entered the game together with their car.
The ones trying to open the door were the old man and Little Deng. The old man even said painfully, “Instant noodles are so expensive now. Two packs for letting us rest our feet and dodge the blizzard—that’s a high price!”
In a tone like “don’t be ungrateful.”
Little Deng, bundled up with only his eyes showing, said, “Grandma, this car is cool. I want this one! I want this one!”
Yu Jiang could tell at a glance that they’d had good luck since entering the game and hadn’t suffered real survival hardships.
Hearing the prompt “Respected VIP customer, the service area has opened for you,” she returned to the driver’s seat and floored the accelerator to drive in.
Nearly sending the old man and Little Deng who were trying to open the door flying; they retreated quickly and dodged.
As for their angry curses or whatever, she couldn’t hear anyway.
Watching the gate machine light up, Yu Jiang’s Team drove their vehicles in, and the players on the other two vehicles also wanted to get in—especially the man with the megaphone, afraid to be late.
He immediately got back inside the vehicle and tried to cut in, but Pure Love Cockroach floored it and stuck right behind the teammate ahead, leaving no gap.
Yu Jiang’s Team’s vehicles all passed through the gate, and the machine screen lit up again with “Paused Operations.”
The few people outside were dumbfounded.
“Fuck! Why can they get in and we can’t!” The small SUV driver cursed loudly at the service area.
His family’s old man took Little Deng and tried to walk right in, muttering as he went,
“They knew there were people outside and still drove—gonna get hit someday! If it were before, they couldn’t leave without paying!”
Cursing vigorously, but when they reached the gate door, they couldn’t get in; it was like an invisible wall in front, and the gate machine screen kept flashing “Unable to Enter.”
Piercing cold wind blew through, freezing them to shivers, making them even more desperate to get in, but after walking for ages, they were still stuck at the entrance.
At that moment, a tall and agile shadow suddenly pounced from behind; both the young and the old got hit, their shrill screams and curses drowned in the wind.
Red blood sprayed out instantly, splattering onto the white snow.
It was a wolf over a meter tall at the shoulder, eyes glowing with vicious green light. Under its sharp claws and massive bite force, caught completely off guard and knocked down—no one could survive.
The small SUV driver had wanted to go save them, but seeing the giant wolf’s ferocity, his legs went soft on the spot, and he turned and ran.
Their family had survived this long by always getting supplies from boxes on the road, plus double food and water buffs—one person per share in the car.
They could say they’d never faced any real life-threatening crises before, and they had three instance entry exemption cards for instances.
They only went to the first non-lethal instance, and after that didn’t dare enter any more instances.
On the road, when encountering monsters, they’d just accelerate and flee in the vehicle, so this time they couldn’t react at all.
The other car that suggested teaming up had already driven dozens of meters away, but the small car driver was still shakily accelerating—thus caught up by the giant wolf, achieving a team wipe ending.
Inside the service area.
Yu Jiang only realized after getting out of the car that this was actually a high-end restaurant, where things on the hidden limited menu could add attributes!
The Maine Coon Doll Boss politely said, “Respected VIP guests, you and your teammates may each select one food item from the hidden menu.
Each player has only one lifetime opportunity in this shop to gain stat improvements!”
“I’ll take this set meal, adds 2 attack.” Yu Jiang pointed to the first one on the menu.
She didn’t even look at the fancy name, just saw 2 attack, 888 crystal coins.
2 attack wasn’t much, but the opportunity was rare; she couldn’t miss the chance to improve her strength!
