novelhk Chapter 6, The First Night?
Chapter 6, The First Night?
"Still no saltpeter?"
On the highway, Lin Xuan looked at the treasure chest in front of him and shook his head helplessly.
He has found three treasure chests along the way.
Two regular ones, one intermediate one.
But the contents inside were always the same few things: refined iron, murky water, cheap bread, and a few pieces of wood.
As for saltpeter, not even a trace was seen.
"Looks like we still need to go ahead and look around!"
Lin Xuan glanced at the straight road ahead, then turned around, opened the car door, and got into the driver's seat.
Just as he fastened his seatbelt and was about to leave, a familiar yet lazy voice came from beside him.
"elder brother……"
"What's wrong?"
Lin Xuan asked,
My legs are so sore!
Lin Xiaoxiao lay lazily in the passenger seat, "I've walked so much since this morning, my legs are about to break!"
"How much distance have you walked since this morning?"
Lin Xuan's lips twitched slightly. "Weren't you sleeping the whole time?"
"I don't care!"
Lin Xiaoxiao lifted her feet off the seat, her white-stockinged toes unceremoniously stretching onto Lin Xuan's thighs. "They're sore anyway, can you massage them for me?"
Lin Xuan looked down at his feet, remained silent for two seconds,
This girl is really getting more and more outrageous.
It seems I was too kind when I was a child. I should have given her a good beating back then!
Let her know what "brother's love" truly means!
He took a deep breath, reached out, and grasped her left ankle.
The soles of her feet, encased in white stockings, arched slightly in his palms, the curve of her arches revealing a graceful line beneath the stockings.
"Don't move!"
"I didn't move..."
Lin Xiaoxiao nodded and glanced furtively at Lin Xuan in front of her. "If we're going to massage your feet... shouldn't we take off our socks first? Otherwise, the massage won't be effective."
Upon hearing this, Lin Xuan paused in his movements.
He looked up, squinted, and said, "Why all this fuss!"
"I saw it in a comic book!"
Lin Xiaoxiao pouted, looking completely at ease.
"What comic?"
"There are actually these strange and inexplicable rules?"
Lin Xuan took a deep breath and asked,
"I forgot my name, it was something like Yuan..."
Lin Xiaoxiao swayed her pigtails, revealing two shallow dimples on her face.
"you……"
Lin Xuan's lips twitched slightly.
He could roughly guess what kind of anime the other person was talking about, since this guy used to read all sorts of strange comics when he was at home!
"Stop watching that nonsense."
Lin Xuan frowned, a hint of helplessness in his voice, "But only this once!"
"hey-hey."
Seeing that Lin Xuan agreed, Lin Xiaoxiao let out a smug laugh.
Lin Xuan didn't look at her; his gaze fell on the pair of white-stockinged feet on his own legs, and then he reached out and hooked the edge of the stockings.
Lin Xiaoxiao leaned back in her chair, her eyes darting around, two delicate blushes rising on her fair face.
The white stockings were gradually pulled down until the entire jade-like foot was revealed.
The insteps were fair and almost transparent, smooth like a piece of warm white jade.
The five toes are arranged neatly, like tiny pearls.
Lin Xuan's gaze lingered on it for a moment, then immediately looked away.
The moment her palm touched him, Lin Xiaoxiao's toes involuntarily curled up for a moment, then slowly relaxed.
"Is this too much force?"
Lin Xuan asked.
"……good."
Lin Xiaoxiao turned her face away from the car window, her voice muffled.
Her profile was reflected in the car window; a delicate blush had spread from her cheeks to her ears.
The earlobes hanging on either side resembled two ripe red cherries, making one want to take a bite.
Lin Xuan sped up the process, and after finishing the last round, he immediately loosened her ankle.
"alright."
Upon hearing this, Lin Xiaoxiao pulled her foot back, quickly put on her stockings, and stuffed them into her shoes.
Her face was still flushed, even more radiant than before.
"Fasten your seatbelts, we're ready to go!"
Lin Xuan turned his head and said something, then put his hands back on the steering wheel.
Just as he was about to accelerate, a slightly urgent warning tone came from the car's central control panel.
[Warning! Warning! Night is approaching. Players outside the vehicle, please return inside as soon as possible.]
[Warning! Warning! Night is approaching. Players outside the vehicle, please return inside as soon as possible.]
[Warning! Warning! Night is approaching. Players outside the vehicle, please return inside as soon as possible.]
At the same time, a red countdown appeared on the light blue screen.
4:59
4:58
4:57
4:56
……
Lin Xuan glanced at the time.
There were less than five minutes left until it got dark.
Today is only the first day of the game, and nobody knows what might happen on the highway tonight.
However, the fact that this vehicle issued such a warning is enough to indicate the level of danger.
However, compared to the other players on the field, Lin Xuan wasn't particularly nervous at the moment.
His vehicle has now been upgraded; its defensive layer alone is sufficient to withstand attacks from some low-level mutated creatures.
Without thinking twice, Lin Xuan gripped the steering wheel tightly and immediately stepped on the gas.
In an instant, with a launch start, the two bread trucks shot off.
Before the bread truck had traveled even a hundred meters, the previously clear road ahead began to fog up.
"Hmm? It's getting foggy?"
Lin Xuan frowned, glancing at the rearview mirror every now and then.
A sudden fog is definitely not a normal sign; he must be careful.
The countdown was still ticking, but the fog on the road was getting thicker and thicker.
The headlights, which used to illuminate the road 50 to 60 meters away, now only provide visibility of about 30 meters.
Even the wasteland on both sides of the highway had become blurred and indistinct, with only some vague outlines visible.
"Something seems really off about this fog!"
Ordinary fog descends from the sky, enveloping the surrounding fields.
But the fog in front of us seemed to be seeping from underground, surging and spreading along the road surface.
Moreover, whether it was his imagination or not, Lin Xuan could sense that the fog in front of him seemed to be "moving?"
He gradually reduced his speed, but the fog was growing much faster than he had imagined.
Just one minute passed,
The visibility due to the fog has decreased from thirty meters to about ten meters.
0:43
0:42
……
Lin Xuan glanced at the countdown, and his breathing became rapid.
As the countdown ended completely, the thick fog seemed to have completely enveloped him in the bread truck!
Lin Xuan took a deep breath and looked ahead.
Visibility: 1 meter
At this distance, even a slightly faster speed would be extremely dangerous.
Because by the time the obstacle is discovered, it may have already been hit.
Although his beat-up car had been upgraded to withstand attacks from some low-level creatures, it still couldn't withstand reckless crashing into stone walls on the highway.
Moreover, if he guessed correctly, the fog wouldn't last long.
It probably won't be long before it stops.
"Brother, did you hear anything?"