Chapter 74 Ghost Monster
As Yu Qi left the golden avenue, he was greeted by a wave of rising heat.
Feeling the heat in the air, she felt that the temperature seemed to have risen again at night. She was drenched in sweat after only taking a few steps outside.
If it weren't for the water vapor from the Water Spirit spell surrounding her, she felt she would definitely be dizzy and lightheaded.
Yu Qi rushed into his vehicle, feeling the cool air inside, and finally felt alive again.
Has the temperature already reached over 60 degrees Celsius? In this temperature, it would be extremely difficult without air conditioning or a temperature control system.
Sure enough, as soon as you open the chat lobby, you can see a whole bunch of netizens wailing.
Yu Qi didn't have time to observe what those people were saying; instead, she focused on the chance encounter and the blooming of flowers.
Before leaving, the two men tried to harm her, but it's unclear whether they succeeded.
She didn't rush to open her inventory to check; she asked her assistant first.
"Sixth Brother, during the time I was away, did those two people, 'Narrow Encounter' and 'When Flowers Bloom,' appear in the chat lobby?"
"It hasn't happened. The two of them should have been chatting privately, which I can't detect, nor do I have the authority to detect," the assistant explained.
Yu Qi subconsciously stared at the profile picture of "Narrow Encounter" again, thinking that if the other party hadn't been poisoned to death by the insects, he would rush over first thing tomorrow morning and finish this guy off!
However, the profile picture of the person who encountered him on a narrow road suddenly turned gray, and then lit up again the next second.
Yu Qi's pupils contracted as she stared at the account in disbelief.
"Sixth Brother, does he have some kind of substitute puppet?"
The assistant's voice turned very serious: "There's only one possibility for the profile picture to turn gray: 'Xia Lu Xiang Feng' is dead!"
"If the other party has a substitute puppet, their avatar can't possibly turn gray!"
Yu Qi: "???"
"So what just happened? Was there a system bug? I was just planning to go there tomorrow."
The assistant quickly stopped him: "Don't go. Don't try to ambush someone you meet on a narrow path during this time."
"I suspect that the player who wanted to trade your resources is indeed dead. Although his avatar is lit up now, he has probably been replaced by a different player."
"Among the monsters of the night, there exists a type called ghost monsters. These monsters can replace the player, control the player's body, and continue to live."
"It's best to avoid these monsters until you've fully matured, because they're truly impossible to defend against!"
This time, Lao Liu's tone was particularly serious.
After the assistant said that, Yu Qi became even more interested in this kind of ghostly monster.
Who would have thought there were monsters like this in a road survival game?
With Lao Liu's tone so serious, could there be a monster family behind those ghosts?
What is the connection between this road survival game and those monster families?
Yu Qi thought about it more and more and felt that it was very complicated. In the end, she decided to listen to her assistant and not to seek trouble with him in the near future.
After all, the person who wanted to harm her is already dead.
As for when the flowers bloom...
Yu Qi felt it was necessary to observe further to see if the ghost would be connected to the blooming flowers, and to see how this kind of ghost monster interacted with the players.
She checked her inventory and found that everything inside was gone.
"By the way, Sixth Brother, besides the resource clearing card, have I fallen for any other tricks?"
Yu Qi felt that there must be other cards.
She took the side effect removal card out of the storage compartment and, sure enough, saw it light up.
"Seventh Brother, don't rush to eliminate the side effects. Right now, the only things we can use on you are some bad luck cards and distraction cards..." The crystal ball containing the assistant moved.
"Since you went to the masquerade ball at the shopping paradise and they even gave you a gift, why don't you open it now and see if there's a crystal magnet inside that can eliminate side effects?"
"This magnet can eliminate many side effects, saving you from wasting your cards."
After hearing this, Yu Qi curiously opened a pile of gift boxes.
These gift boxes are all tied with bows, and they look very pretty.
She started by dismantling the various small gifts she received from the mini-games, obtaining a butterfly hair clip that could confuse monsters and a white crystal bracelet.
Wait a minute, is this white crystal bracelet the legendary demagnetizing crystal?
The assistant was very excited: "This is it! You wear it on your wrist, and the side effects will disappear in less than two minutes. You don't need to use any special cards at all!"
"Those cards, if saved for use in battle, will have unexpected effects!"
Yu Qi put the white crystal bracelet on her wrist and continued unwrapping gifts.
She swept through all the games, and the gifts she received were a huge pile of toys with various functions.
These toys are not very useful to her at the moment.
Yu Qi put all the things she didn't need into the Heavenly Box, and took out a green pea seed from the last gift box.
Um?
Does this shopping paradise even give away pea seeds?
She carefully examined the explanation below and discovered that it was actually a mutated pea seed. Because the seed could shake and looked like it was dancing, the monsters identified it as a dancing seed!
However, for Yu Qi, this is a new source of fighting power!
Hopefully, this mutant pea seed will work its magic!
If even seeds can dance, they must be amazing when they grow up!
After unpacking a bunch of gift boxes, she looked at the boxes that the Aries manager had brought.
The first box contained several unfamiliar fruits that looked a bit like clouds. They tasted somewhat like marshmallows, but were much more juicy.
Below was a particularly beautiful card introducing the fruit shop and highlighting its new products.
She opened several other boxes and found they contained new products from various shopping paradise stores, such as two jars of wine, several bottles of beverages, and a set of temperature-regulating fabric that keeps the fabric warm in winter and cool in summer...
Is this for the absolute best price?
She thought there were some special cards or forbidden secret manuals inside? Turns out, this is all there is?
However, Yu Qi thought the things that were taken apart next were alright.
The shooting range gave us a hundred new universal bullets!
A weapon shop delivered a dagger with a sharp attribute; with just a light slash, the monster's flesh split open on its own.
Several boxes were filled with all sorts of dazzling items, and Yu Qi finally found a card among them!
This is a new limited-time card sent by the card shop. After use, it allows you to teleport using the power within the card.
Not only that, she can even carry other people, although it consumes more energy.
After all this time, this is the gift that touched her the most.
The others don't look like gifts at all; they look more like shops gathered together for an advertising campaign!
No wonder most of the monsters didn't claim their prize when the masquerade ball ended; they had already anticipated this!
Overall, we still made a profit!
The cards given by the card shop are very important, as they can be used to teleport with her at crucial moments.
Moreover, at the masquerade ball, she ate a lot of fruit, collected a lot of seeds, and made a deal with a liquor store!
This is the most important thing!
With more collaborations, she can earn a lot of crystal coins, and buy anything with them.
Yu Qi happily collected all the seeds together, planning to plant them all the next day.
The first batch of wine had already been brewed in the brewery. She put all of it into the warehouse compartments, and then put wheat, corn, and sorghum in as well.
Tomorrow, she'll have her assistant look in the chat lobby to see if anyone is selling grape seeds.
She had been wandering around the masquerade ball for so long and hadn't seen any grapes, leading her to suspect that grapes didn't even exist in the monster world!
Without grapes, there is no wine. If she produces new wine, she might earn even more!
Thinking of this, Yu Qi couldn't wait any longer.
Finally, I shook my head, went to the expanded bathroom to take a shower, calmed myself down, and gradually fell asleep.
Early the next morning, Yu Qi began observing the chat lobby.
Strangely, neither "When Flowers Bloom" nor "When We Meet on a Narrow Path" chatted on it. Did they reach some kind of agreement, or are they still not used to their new identities?
Yu Qi pinched her chin and turned to signal her assistant to pay attention.
If anyone uses a parallel road card to lock this area, inform her immediately.