"Xiao A, make sure there's only one person with vital signs in the car." The driver's side of the car in front of them had been smashed and dented, so Shen Muyu couldn't see Lü Bufan's condition and could only ask Xiao A to make a judgment using the vehicle's thermal imaging.
"Yes, Master," Little A confirmed again before speaking.
"Okay, thank you, Xiao A."
After putting on the raincoat properly, Shen Muyu opened the car door and got out.
"Help...help me." Qin Tingxue felt someone approaching and struggled to open her eyes to look over.
"Save you?" Shen Muyu asked loudly as he approached, as if he hadn't heard him clearly.
"Yes, please save me, I'm very capable... and I'm a very good driver..." Qin Tingxue said intermittently.
He coughed a few times, possibly aggravating his wound, and blood and foam were sprayed out.
Shen Muyu took two steps back with some disdain, but moved closer again once she recovered.
"Don't worry, I'm coming to save you." Shen Muyu said softly and then took Qin Tingxue's hand.
Qin Tingxue grasped at Shen Muyu with all her might, as if she had found a lifeline.
Despite the warm and comfortable feel, Shen Muyu still felt a sense of unease, so he didn't waste any time and pulled Qin Tingxue out with a forceful pull.
Rainwater with excessive acidity dripped onto Qin Tingxue, and she immediately began to cry out and struggle, trying to climb back into the car.
"Don't worry, I'm saving you." Shen Muyu tightened his grip on Qin Tingxue's hand, giving her no chance to break free.
Already severely injured, Qin Tingxue was no match for Shen Muyu. She could only desperately turn around, trying to crawl on the ground and curl up to protect herself.
Shen Muyu looked at Qin Tingxue struggling beneath her and felt a sense of calm. She had thought she would be very happy, but now that the moment had come, she felt somewhat bored.
"Qin Tingxue, Gu Wenchen has been waiting for you downstairs for a long time," Shen Muyu said, leaning down to Qin Tingxue.
Upon hearing this, Qin Tingxue no longer bothered to dodge and looked over in fear, but all that accompanied her gaze was a barely audible gunshot.
The gaze seemed to freeze at this moment. Qin Tingxue, her eyes wide with disbelief, collapsed completely on the road, and a flower watered with blood began to bloom on her chest.
Shen Muyu released Qin Tingxue's right hand, which she had just managed to avoid, and after confirming that she was indeed dead, he closed her eyes for her.
Shen Muyu hasn't unlocked her perverse hobby of torturing corpses yet, but she didn't get in the car right away. Instead, she poked her head into Qin Tingxue's vehicle.
Seeing that half of Lü Bufan's head had been flattened, Shen Muyu didn't mind and started groping him.
"Where is the car core?" Shen Muyu searched several more times but still couldn't find the car core.
"Could it be in the car?" Shen Muyu carefully searched the deformed car again, but still found nothing.
As if remembering something, Shen Muyu ran to Qin Tingxue outside and started searching for her.
"Strange, both of theirs have disappeared."
Shen Muyu refused to believe it and had Xiao A operate the robotic arm to forcibly pull Lü Bufan out. He then climbed in and searched the driver's seat again.
"Forget it! If it's not there, it's not there!" Having already wasted a lot of time, Shen Muyu stopped. She couldn't just tear everything down; she couldn't afford to waste any more time.
Looking at the two people lying neatly together, their faces somewhat unrecognizable from the acid rain, Shen Muyu pursed her lips and turned to leave. Compared to her, who had gained nothing, it was much better that these two could keep each other company.
Of course, if Shen Muyu were willing to cut open Qin Tingxue's stomach at this moment, she could find the two missing car cores.
After swallowing the core that day, Qin Tingxue felt unbearable pain in her stomach. She couldn't eat anything afterward and vomited blood. Even so, she was still beaten and toyed with by Lü Bufan.
Finally, one night afterward, she could no longer bear it and secretly took the core of Lu Bufan's car while he was asleep.
She originally planned to throw her off the car when Lü Bufan wasn't looking, but she was discovered before she could throw her off. Fearing that Lü Bufan would kill her in a fit of anger, she swallowed her as well, hoping to make Lü Bufan have some reservations.
Although Lü Bufan wanted to kill Qin Tingxue to retrieve the car core, he ultimately couldn't bring himself to do it, and so both cores remained inside her.
Even without today's events, Qin Tingxue wouldn't have lived much longer.
"Little A, let's keep going. There shouldn't be any forks in the road this time," Shen Muyu said as she carefully took off her raincoat.
Little A naturally followed orders strictly and left the rocky area in no time.
Of course, her afternoon nap was ruined, but Shen Muyu didn't seem to mind. She turned on the TV and started kneading dough. The temperature was a bit low today, so she planned to make some wontons to warm her stomach.
As for the milk that was ordered yesterday, Ji Fei sent it to Shen Muyu this morning.
Shen Muyu planned to use it to make some butter, so she threw it directly into the workshop to ferment. Fortunately, the temperature was not high now; if it had been in the dark tunnel before, it probably would have gone from fermentation to stinking.
Hand-rolled noodles can never be as thin as machine-made ones, but they are still translucent after cooking.
Some seaweed was brought up while fishing earlier, and Shen Muyu dried some of it, which is now perfect for enhancing the flavor.
At eight o'clock, Xiao A parked the car, and Shen Muyu nailed the newly added rockfall protection net to the cliff next to him.
With acid rain concentrations gradually increasing, rockfall protection nets have become disposable items, which really breaks Shen Muyu's heart.
"Big White, time to eat!" After serving Big White his specially made unseasoned wontons, Shen Muyu called Big White out from under the bed where he was playing with a ball.
The man and his dog enjoyed a warm and comfortable dinner in the dimly lit carriage.
Perhaps due to her extensive experience, Shen Muyu felt nothing about Qin Tingxue's death this time, but this also made her more alert, unsure whether it was a good or bad thing.
After cleaning up the dishes, Shen Muyu took out his loot for the day: two bronze resource boxes and one silver one.
Inside were mostly basic resources like iron blocks. Apart from that, only two pieces of hot pot base and a cotton quilt manufacturing blueprint piqued Shen Muyu's interest.
"The temperature has dropped so much now, it's perfect for a hot pot dinner tomorrow." Shen Muyu thought happily, and also took out a few king crabs to thaw, so she could make crab meat balls tomorrow.
After Meimei took a bath, Shen Muyu hugged the clean-washed Dabai and crawled into bed.
This quilt was a large cotton quilt that she specially made using a lot of cotton and fabric. The color was her favorite light yellow. As for the other failed products in different colors, they were all listed in the mall. Anyway, she wouldn't use them if she had a choice.
In the early hours of the morning, while the others were being mentally attacked by the merfolk, Shen Muyu's group only peeked out a little before running away.
I don't know why, but it always felt that if it continued to harass them, it would be the one to die first. Its life is more important!
The next day, Shen Muyu got out of bed feeling refreshed, but immediately crawled back into bed the next second.
"Ouch! It's so cold, Big White, give me a hug." Shen Muyu rubbed the goosebumps that had formed on her skin and then hugged Big White.
However, she clearly forgot that Big White was also a cold air generator at this moment, and the cold air made her shiver.
"Not warm enough, bad review!" Shen Muyu immediately let go of Da Bai and wrapped herself tightly in the large cotton quilt around her.
Da Bai was still half asleep. After looking at Shen Muyu with dazed eyes, he fell asleep again, completely unaware of what had happened or that he had been rejected.
"This really tests my willpower. Maybe... I should sleep a little longer?" No sooner said than done, Shen Muyu buried her head in the blanket again. Anyway, Little A will automatically start running at the designated time, so it won't hurt for her to sleep a little longer.
Shen Muyu slept until after nine o'clock. When she woke up, she was a little groggy. However, because of the driving, Xiao A had turned on the heater, so this time Shen Muyu didn't make any excuses to go back to sleep.
The organizers did not issue any new instructions at 8:00 AM today, so it is highly likely that the event will continue from yesterday and no wooden resource boxes will appear.
"Hey A, what's the temperature outside?" Shen Muyu asked as she came out after washing up.
"6 degrees, Master," Little A replied immediately.
"Is the rain getting any lighter?" Shen Muyu asked, looking at the river that was about to overflow the road, as she stood by the window.
"No, Master. The rainfall was consistent, and it even increased last night." Little A didn't understand the implication in Shen Muyu's words and directly stated based on the facts.
"Okay, today is only the seventh day, there are still five days left. Will all the cars be flooded later?" Shen Muyu was a little worried. Judging from the amount of rainfall, the river would overflow today. Fortunately, there was a waterproof barrier, otherwise, if water got into the engine, even a hundred car repair kits wouldn't be of any use.