Chapter 48 Incompetent Teammates
Chapter 48 Incompetent Teammates
"Boys and girls, come play at the horror park ♬."
"Whenever the music starts, you know the party has begun ♩."
"Bump, bump, let's have our bumper cars! Watch out for those rumbling cars!"
"Ring toss, ring toss, let's toss the rabbit! Be nice to Mr. Rabbit, okay?"
Accompanied by the theme song of the amusement park, Chen Feng and his companion arrived at the bumper car area.
As they walked, Chen Feng smelled a strange odor: "Can you smell it?"
Meng Chengcheng sniffed: "Is it gasoline?"
Chen Feng felt that wasn't accurate: "It looks more like something was burnt."
At that moment, a group of tourists suddenly crowded in front of Chen Feng.
"Excuse me, please move aside."
Cutting in line?
Chen Feng glanced at the other party and saw that there were three people: a greasy man with a protruding belly, a middle-aged woman carrying a bag and talking on the phone, and a little boy with his shoelaces undone, humming a cheerful tune. It was a typical family of three.
The little boy urged, "Mom! Hurry up, I still want to go to the haunted house later."
The middle-aged woman nodded: "Okay, don't wander off! Honey, is my phone broken? Why is there no signal?"
Chen Feng couldn't help but pat the greasy man on the shoulder and remind him, "Hey buddy, there are so many people queuing behind you, how come you're cutting in line?"
The greasy-looking man turned around and said without any shame, "What's wrong with cutting in line?"
Chen Feng was stunned for a moment.
What the hell? You think you're right to not queue?
The middle-aged woman chimed in, "That's right, can't you, an adult, give way to the child?"
It's true what they say, "Birds of a feather flock together."
Chen Feng, with his fiery temper, snapped: "I'll fuck you..."
The word "Mom" hadn't even left my mouth yet.
Suddenly, Meng Chengcheng grabbed Chen Feng's hand: "Forget it, don't be angry, we have plenty of time."
"That's right."
The greasy man warned Meng Chengcheng, "Keep an eye on your boyfriend. If he keeps talking so rudely, you'll get beaten up."
After the argument ended.
Chen Feng asked, utterly bewildered, "Chengcheng, how the hell can you tolerate this? Are you a turtle?"
Meng Chengcheng whispered in Chen Feng's ear, "Think about it, people die on these projects. Since the whole family is in a hurry to go together, why don't you just do them a favor?"
Her breath was fragrant, and the girl's warm breath brushed against my ear, making me feel numb and itchy as if an electric current was passing through me.
Chen Feng's mood improved instantly: "That's more like it."
The owner of the bumper car attraction is a fire-breathing man who looks like he just ran out of a car accident and explosion.
The rules remain the same:
[1. Five players play at a time, and each player can choose to drive a white bumper car.]
2. After the game starts, five black ghost cars will appear.
3. Unity is key to dealing with ghost cars.
4. The white bumper car will explode after multiple collisions in a short period of time, which is extremely dangerous!!!
5. If the player is still on the bumper car when the game ends, they will be awarded one game coin.
The bumper car attraction is an enclosed area surrounded by fences.
The venue is fairly spacious, estimated to be around 800 square meters, roughly the size of two international basketball courts.
Chen Feng could see bumper cars numbered one to five displayed at the stall. They were white, with long, rectangular seats that could accommodate two people, a rubber steering wheel, and two square pedals on each side of the bottom of the car.
If I'm not mistaken, it should be one accelerator and one brake.
Chen Feng looked at Meng Chengcheng. Although the captain was gone, as was customary, he still had to ask first, "Chengcheng, what do you think?"
"Me?"
Meng Chengcheng raised her head, feeling disdainful.
Keep pretending.
You clearly know everything, so why ask me? It's like taking off your pants to fart—completely unnecessary.
But in order not to arouse Chen Feng's suspicion, she honestly analyzed, "I found a few suspicious points. You see, rule one tells us that each person can choose one car, but these bumper cars can clearly seat two people."
"Considering Rule 4, which states that vehicles can explode, players who are without a vehicle after the explosion can get into another vehicle and thus complete the mission."
"Rule one tells us to choose the white bumper car, but rule five says that to pass the game, any bumper car will do. Based on our experience with hide-and-seek, maybe the black ghost car can also be driven."
Chen Feng agreed, saying, "Well said! Continue."
Is this never going to end?
Meng Chengcheng said irritably:
"I don't know if you've noticed, but the rule with three exclamation marks out of the five is often the dead end for the project."
"On the surface, the way to clear this project should be to keep the white car from being crashed by the black car and survive until the end."
"There are five black cars in total. We know that in the bumper car game, once you are surrounded by multiple cars, you can easily be hit several times in a short period of time. So to avoid this situation, players need to cover each other. This is probably what the rules mean by unity."
"This project is very advantageous for people you know."
After analyzing the situation, Chen Feng nodded repeatedly.
Soon, the first group of tourists crossed the fence and entered the venue.
As the game began, electronic dance music suddenly filled the entire arena, and at the same time, black curtains descended from all sides.
"You won't let me see it?"
Chen Feng listened intently.
The bass and drums in the song were so loud that you could only vaguely hear the screams of tourists, the sounds of vehicles colliding, and the occasional explosion.
Nobody knows what happened inside.
When the black curtain rose, the five white bumper cars were still waiting for new visitors, but the players who had gone in to play the games were gone.
All wiped out?
Upon seeing this, the people who were originally at the front changed their expressions and all chose to run away.
After the queue became clear, the next group of tourists was that family of three, as well as Chen Feng and his group.
"I want to sit in seat number one!"
The boy rushed onto the field and quickly grabbed the number one white car.
At this point, the middle-aged woman realized something was wrong: "Honey, where did the tourists go?"
The greasy-looking man didn't seem to care: "With such a long queue, they must have left through the back door, right?"
The middle-aged woman was still worried: "Why did all the tourists in front of us run away?"
"It must be something urgent."
The greasy-looking man comforted her, "Honey, you're just too tired. What could possibly happen with a bumper car?"
the other side.
Chen Feng and Meng Chengcheng chose bumper cars number four and five respectively.
Holding the steering wheel, Chen Feng felt as if he had overlooked some important information.
Why do I feel a little uneasy?
At that moment, the boss waved his hand, and the black curtain was lowered again.
Colorful neon lights illuminated the venue, accompanied by electronic dance music, and five black bumper cars bearing the numbers 1-5 appeared.
It really is a ghost car.
Originally, there were two rows of white buck teeth where the license plate should have been.
Where the headlights used to be, there was a pair of scarlet eyes.
It's hard to imagine that facial features would appear on a car, and the car's chassis has no wheels, but four thighs, with skin on the thighs the same color as raw meat in a butcher shop at the market.
It looks so fucking disgusting.
Chen Feng turned the steering wheel, preparing to get away from them, but as soon as the music started, those ghost cars pounced on the five tourists like bears that had smelled honey.
The middle-aged woman screamed, "A monster!"
The greasy man laughed loudly: "Look how scared you are! What monster? It's just a mechanical leg."
As he spoke, the greasy man drove the bumper car toward the number one ghost car. With a bang, the number one ghost car was hit so hard that its eyes rolled back and it didn't recover for a long time.
"See? There's nothing to be afraid of."
The greasy man pressed on, ramming into the second ghost car, knocking it unconscious once more. But this time, his car suddenly emitted a siren-like roar.
The man had read the rules and knew he couldn't keep crashing into things for a while, so he drove the ghost car away for a bit, and every now and then the roaring sound would disappear.
It turned out to be the case.
Chen Feng has pretty much figured it out.
The ghost car will continuously chase the player during the game, and the player can stop the ghost car for a period of time by crashing into it.
However, repeated collisions will trigger a warning on the bumper car, at which point it cannot be hit again, otherwise it will explode as the rules state.
Isn't that a bit too easy?
Chen Feng smiled. As long as everyone works together and each person focuses on one enemy, passing this project will be a piece of cake. What happened to the first batch of players? They were all wiped out.
At that moment, a muffled thud was heard.
Chen Feng leaned forward, feeling a force thrust hard into his lower back.
It got hit.
Is that a ghost train? When did it arrive at the back?
Chen Feng turned his head and saw a white car and a mischievous, youthful face.
It was that little boy, who was sticking out his tongue and mocking Chen Feng.
Chen Feng couldn't help but curse, "Are you sick? Get lost!"
Hearing this, the greasy-looking man nearby immediately retorted, "Watch your mouth! Can't you handle a joke?"
Grass!
Chen Feng then realized where his unease came from.
Newcomer.
This family of three is new to the amusement park! So they don't realize there's danger here and keep bumping into other people just like they would on a normal bumper car ride.
This makes cooperation impossible.
It's a blessing if they don't cause trouble.
"Hey buddy, those monsters are real..."
"What monster?"
"never mind."
Chen Feng knew that the other party wouldn't believe him if he talked about monsters or anything like that, so he changed his approach: "I concede. Can we team up to deal with the ghost car?"
But the greasy man didn't care at all and just bumped into him: "How we play is none of your business!"
I heard the vehicle's alarm beeping.
Chen Feng's blood pressure rose.
"This game is really interesting. It only told me how many ghosts there were, but it didn't tell me how many pigs there were."
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