Chapter 11: Landing Time
"Brother Lu, I'm on the 3rd. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info" Wen Jie's weak voice came from the headphones. Lu Pingchuan sat up with his arms propped up, and point 3 was one of the supply points that had swiped off-road vehicle information in the world channel just now: "How?" What's inside? β
"Hey, hey, there's apples, potatoes, and carrots!" There was a crisp "click" sound in the earphones, and Wen Jie's voice was chaotic, "Brother Lu, do you want one?" β
"Haha......" Lu Pingchuan, who hadn't eaten for seven hours, felt empty in his stomach, and a feeling of fatigue and weakness swept through his whole body in an instant, "You eat first, remember to bring me a few." β
Listening to Wen Jie's "click, click, click" after gnawing on two apples, he finally sighed in the headphones: "Brother Lu, I still have two points here, do you want to go over and take a look?" β
Lu Pingchuan glanced at the other players around him who were squatting or lying down, and at this time, he was very able to understand Wen Jie's mood like these people, who didn't want to take a single step. Although the supply points of the fan-shaped distribution are not as linear as the distribution, the distance between the points is still two kilometers. Lu Pingchuan's starting direction at the beginning was not good, if Wen Jie continued to confirm the content of No. 1 and No. 2 supply points, then if there was no car, the distance he would run back and forth would increase by more than 7 kilometers.
ββ¦β¦ You just stay there and see if anyone is going back from point 1 and point 2. After weighing it for a while, Lu Pingchuan gave up the idea of letting Wen Jie try his luck in a small probability. Ten minutes later, Wen Jie verified his speculation: "There are about three or four people who go back." β
"Then you don't have to go over, walk back slowly, I'll go to the next point first, and we'll meet at the 15th first." Before the words fell, a voice prompt suddenly came to mind in the headphones: "Player 'Sapphire' said to everyone: 'Log in to the closed beta batch at 7:15, supply point 14, car, come quickly!'" ββ
As soon as the news came out, the whole world channel was in an uproar - not just because of the strange off-road vehicle instructions, but for the first time, someone added the landing time to the instructions! Lu Pingchuan hurriedly called up the game background login time recorded in the system dial, and it showed that it was 7:05! Players in the same supply station will not log in to the game for two or three minutes, which is indeed a way to eliminate invalid indications.
"I'm rubbing us in the same batch!" "Number 14? Are you sure? "Who are you fooling? How could someone deliberately expose the location of the car! "The speed of news updates in the World Channel has far outpaced the speed of voice prompts. Lu Pingchuan reluctantly turned off the headphones, and looked intently at the messages on the rows of brushes on the dial, and a few minutes later, the ID named "Sapphire" sent another piece of content:
"Believe it or not."
Simple and clear attitude, but it did affect the psychology of all players who are paying attention to the world channel at the moment. Although he knew that the other party was not at the same supply point as himself, Lu Pingchuan almost couldn't help but want to go to the 14th point to find out at the moment. The popularity of the World Channel quickly faded, and it was clear that the same batch of players had already started to rush to the target location. Lu Pingchuan looked at the end of the desert as far as his eye could see, and the looming No. 9 and No. 10 supply points suddenly had an idea:
"The player's 'Six Paths of Reincarnation' said to everyone: 'Landing at 7:05, the off-road vehicle was found at 9 o'clock, come quickly!' β
"Brother Lu, is it really fake?" "Fake, as usual." After replying to Wen Jie's inquiry in a private message, Lu Pingchuan stood up in the warehouse, hid his armband in the corner, and silently watched the players around him jump up one by one and go straight to point 9...... More than half an hour later, the crowd gathered at Station 9 began to disperse, and someone on the World Channel used scolding to express their dissatisfaction with being played: "Which Wang Ba Lizi said Point 9 just now?" Don't let me see you! β
Lu Pingchuan, who was waiting for work, stuck out his tongue, sorted out the equipment such as water and gasoline into his backpack, and turned around and walked towards the 10th point.
The torment under the scorching sun continued for more than three hours, and the information game of deceit was still flooding the world channel. Similar to the previous screening method of fake other people's hands, Lu Pingchuan used it twice more, and now, his account can be regarded as "notorious" among the same batch of players, and it is almost impossible to mobilize others to exclude the site.
Leaning his left hand with the armband against the wall, Lu Pingchuan sat down against the wall of the No. 14 supply point warehouse. Even if it ruins the reputation of the newly created account, the help for the search scope is still so limited. The sun was setting in the west, and it seemed that the heat was not weakening at all, and everyone was now close to the limit, and there were not many people willing to contribute their physical strength in vain for the indistinguishable message on the World Channel.
"Brother, what should I do, I really can't walk." Wen Jie, who had just taken a shortcut, had just arrived at the 10th point, and at this moment he let out a bitter lament in the team channel, "When will this end!" I think I'm just a spoonful of cumin away from a barbecue right now β I can save even salt. β
"Hehe, you still have the strength to say witty things, which means that you still have the strength to spare?" Having said that, Lu Pingchuan himself knew that the players who were still in the supply depot and were struggling to find vehicles were almost close to their limits. The difficulties brought about by the actual temperature of the wild desert and the lack of supplies are not something that can be easily overcome by mental strength and the temptation of distant bonuses alone.
Lu Pingchuan lay the whole person flat and curled up in the shadow under the corner, thinking that there might be a few off-road vehicles left in the station after dusk, or whether it was possible to try to reach the core area on foot through the desert after dark...... However, this ridiculous idea was immediately dispelled by himself - 200 kilometers of primitive desert, with only drinking water and satellite navigation in the backpack, even if he was lucky enough to reach the core area within 36 hours, he would definitely be basically useless by then, and it was impossible for him to have the physical strength and consciousness to cope with the next game race.
But right now, there are still 16 supply points in front of me that I don't know anything about, and if I continue to find out the location of the car in the same way, I am afraid it will take more than ten hours to walk through...... Where did they get the physical strength and luck to find their location before the five cars were full?
"You can only rely on luck and physical strength...... This mission setting is so inhumane! "The thoughts in my head flow as fast as a marquee, but I have never been able to find a thread that can solve the current impasse. When he was at a loss, Lu Pingchuan couldn't help but start complaining. Before the words fell, as if answering, a sentence appeared on the system dial that surprised Lu Pingchuan:
"Landing at 7:05, point 17, off-road vehicles, and three!"
Lu Pingchuan hurriedly stretched out his hand to drag the message to prevent it from being brushed away by the other speeches that followed. The release ID of the information is a bit unfamiliar, neither he nor Wenjie has recorded it, but the landing time attached at the beginning of the speech is indeed the same batch as them, and the information also reveals the number of off-road vehicles left, which has greater credibility.
ββ¦β¦ Brother Lu, what should I do? Wen Jie had apparently seen that message as well. Lu Pingchuan thought for a moment and replied decisively: "I'll go over and see the situation first, you move closer to the 15th point according to the original plan, and then make plans after I confirm." β
"Okay!" The sound of Wen Jie getting up in the earphones was heard, and Lu Pingchuan didn't dare to delay, and after reconfirming the direction with the system dial, he rushed out of the corner shadow...... The distance between points 14 and 17 is no more than 5 kilometers in a straight line, and if all goes well, it should be possible to reach it in two hours.
Shortly after walking out of Point 14, Lu Pingchuan suddenly saw a few wisps of green smoke coming out from behind a sand dune. Even if the sun has set in the west, in this place where there is no scenery and no food and drink, no one should still be interested in having a picnic. Lu Pingchuan was curious to take a look, but he didn't think that he would feel a pang as soon as he walked around the sand dunesβbehind the sand dunes was a half-new beach motorcycle, and under the wheel of the motorcycle was lying a girl in a camouflage vest, whose towering chest curves were rising and falling rhythmically with her breathing.