Chapter 181: On The Way Through The Heavy Fog
Today, Han Jiang Gu Ying and Holding a Cleaver will lead the team. Yu Jiang was farming last night, so she doesn’t have much energy to lead today.
“Wait until evening when it’s almost dark. With the smoke swirling around, the eerie and creepy feeling comes out. Why can’t Personal Road pull teammates in.”
Sad Pig Intestine shook his head vigorously, as if trying to shake the image out of his mind. He was afraid of ghost-like monsters; they absolutely must not come out of the instance.
“Guess why it’s called Personal Road? Don’t panic. This map has no Residential Area at all, so where would ghosts come from? Encountering stranger players on Parallel Road is even scarier.” Wholesale Wang Defa said.
Ghost-like instances can probably be cleared by finding clues, which is better than instances that require competing in combat power and fighting head-on. Once you figure that out, it’s not scary.
Wholesale Wang Defa looked at Yu Jiang again. “When do we set off?”
She was a bit anxious, afraid something might happen to the supplies on the vehicle.
“Now.” After Yu Jiang said that, she signaled them to get on the vehicle first and adjusted the team order.
She led the way, Strawberry Candy brought up the rear, second to last was Big Sister from the Merchant Caravan.
The remaining three walked in the middle, order didn’t matter.
Yu Jiang checked the plants on the frame outside the vehicle. Furious Blueberry had an Insulated Cover and was in good condition. Golden Skin Tree and the poisonous medicinal herbs were even more toxic than the miasma, completely unaffected.
Yu Jiang sat in the Driver’s Seat and casually moved the Four-leaf Clover to the side rear storage platform.
Poisonous Miasma was everywhere. As long as you were on this road, you couldn’t escape. Whether the windows were open or not didn’t matter; Health Value Decrease was determined by time.
The Four-leaf Clover Fan could also blow away the miasma, but the area was very small, just the Driver’s Seat and Front Passenger Seat.
Shi Xu sent a message: “I’m still on Personal Road. My profession mission requires killing a few Poison Moths. I might need to join you later.”
Yu Jiang needed to gather for the Medicinal Material Illustrated Guide, while Shi Xu’s profession would issue additional Kill Missions from time to time, including normal, upgrade, and achievement missions, sometimes with time limits.
The Kill Poison Moths he mentioned was a normal mission.
“No problem. Handle your mission first. Lightning Mage King will come soon.”
The map on the Light Screen had also turned into Poisonous Miasma Zone, covered in a layer of white fog, but now it had the current road mileage marker.
203km, the remaining mileage of this Parallel Road.
Yu Jiang directly activated Autopilot. The advantage of the Electric Car showed here: the slower the speed, the more energy saved. At 20km per hour, even if energy consumption doubled, it was still fine, no need to use Charging Card.
At this speed, Gasoline Vehicle was quite fuel-consuming. By late morning, players with Gasoline Vehicles on the Public Screen were all sighing.
Lone Wolf 2009: 【Lucky I reacted fast and stocked up some gasoline at 6 a.m. before the price skyrocketed.】
Protein Block Immortal: 【Today I only need to go forward 80km. If the mission is completed and I’m still on Parallel Road, do you park to save energy or keep going?】
Walnut Pliers: 【I have to keep going. Rainforest Map vehicles can only stop on the road and can’t enter the forest. It’s so foggy; stopping on the road is too dangerous. You won’t even know if a vehicle crashes into you from behind.】
Protein Block Immortal: 【These are the resources I had left after eating protein blocks for days! Too hard.】
Smoke Never Leaves the Hand: 【Fuck#￥% what the hell kind of map and Poisonous Miasma is this? My Health Value has already dropped 8 points! I’m so fed up. Worked so hard to survive, and in the end, all the supplies and Crystal Coins go to those Alchemists! If I can’t survive, I’ll drive into people. Whoever I hit is the unlucky one!】
Venting emotions and dragging others down—such statements on the Public Screen were no longer rare.
Except for a few fanning the flames in agreement, no one paid attention to him, afraid of being targeted by such people after speaking.
Yu Jiang’s Team didn’t seek speed, only stability. By a little past 11, they had only gone forward 46km, picking up a Supply Box midway.
Yu Jiang was selling some medicine in the Friend Channel. Someone went to open a box, but the fog was too thick to see clearly. They reached out and touched something black that whooshed by, then got stung by a Scorpion. Their mouth turned purple, and without medicine, they lost half a tube of blood.
The team had just stopped, preparing to rest for half an hour, eat something, and then continue. Just then, Shi Xu joined the team and successfully rendezvoused with them.
“How was it?” Yu Jiang sat inside the vehicle and poked her head out, looking at the Protective Mask on his face.
“Defense is average, Attack Power is very strong. You can only kill them when they get close and attack. Luckily, there’s the Intermediate Detox Pill you crafted.” He was talking about Poison Moths.
Yu Jiang nodded. The defense wasn’t high, so it should be fine for her too, since they couldn’t poison her.
After resting, they continued. Everyone wanted to leave Parallel Road before the Miasma Dispelling Pill expired.
Wholesale Wang Defa had a lot of supplies on her vehicle, not just her own share, but also the Merchant Caravan’s. Walking on Parallel Road always made her uneasy.
At noon 12 o’clock, the team continued. Shi Xu took another Lane. If anything abnormal happened ahead or behind, he could provide support at the fastest speed.
Right behind Yu Jiang was Purple Butt Can Do It. From the Rearview Mirror, she could only see his vehicle’s Fog Light and a very blurry outline.
Over the past few hours, the Poisonous Miasma showed no signs of dissipating; instead, it was getting thicker.
With Autopilot on, she could half-recline in the Driver’s Seat, munching on Apples while scrolling the Public Screen.
More and more people were saying their eyes and throats felt uncomfortable. One message caught Yu Jiang’s attention.
Player 8470: 【Just got deliberately bumped twice. Not sure if it was a Prop Card. Didn’t see the vehicle, just a mass of fog.】
Yu Jiang turned on voice and told the team about it.
Wholesale Wang Defa replied: “It’s a hidden Prop Card. I once tried to get it but failed. This thing is only useful in low-visibility environments, like at night or in Poisonous Miasma Zones like this.
Effectiveness Period is pretty long, 8 hours. So, you know why I’m so worried.”
It wasn’t that she didn’t trust Yu Jiang’s strength; there were just too many types of props.
At that moment, Lightning Mage King’s voice sounded.
“There seems to be a vehicle behind. I’m not sure; can’t see clearly.”
Shi Xu calmly said, “You all keep going. I’ll slow down and check behind.”
Yu Jiang: “Okay.”
In the Rearview Mirror, Shi Xu’s Vehicle gradually disappeared into the thick fog. Yu Jiang sat up straight and focused on the road ahead.
The team fell silent; no one spoke again. A few minutes later, Shi Xu’s voice came.
“I see two vehicles in sight. They probably noticed us too. They were clearly accelerating just now to catch up, then slowed down after seeing my vehicle.”
In this road condition, normal people wouldn’t want to get close to those ahead, yet they accelerated—nine times out of ten, they were targeting Lightning Mage King’s vehicle, wanting to get closer to scout or see if they could make a move.
The players behind couldn’t see they were a team until Shi Xu’s vehicle appeared. Seeing it didn’t look easy to mess with, they slowed down and kept their distance.
There were plenty of road-blocking robberies and murders today. Just saw on the Public Screen the sole survivor of a team cursing, and soon after, the nickname went dark.
Even more were killed silently without sending out a message.
Shi Xu stayed behind watching. The opponents probed twice more and finally disappeared.
A little past 2 p.m., they safely left Parallel Road. Wholesale Wang Defa finally relaxed.
After parting with her teammates, Yu Jiang blew the all-natural Four-leaf Clover Fan and quickly crafted Miasma Dispelling Pills.
Taking advantage of the current supply shortage, she could exchange for a batch of Upgrade Materials.
She could also trade with other Alchemists for Great Tonic Soup that restores Health Value. She had already negotiated it on the road.
