Thriller Tour Group

“What? How much did you say the bamboo basket prop is?!”

Xu Chen was shocked and lost his voice. Hou Feihu and others were so shocked that they stood up and surrounded Miao Fangfei. They had just returned from exploring the surroundings of Baby Bamboo Miao Village when they heard such an explosive piece of news.

“3000 points for one!”

Miao Fangfei didn’t know how many times she repeated it, but the smile in her eyes was still unabated. “Come and have a look first.” 

The impatient Zhao Hongtu couldn’t wait any more. He picked up a bamboo basket and was shocked by the notification of the Travel Services that rang in his mind the next moment.

[Your esteemed self has obtained a key prop]

“Great, Leader Miao’s eyes are really sharp.”

The fat man smiled and gave a thumbs up. After listening to his praise, Miao Fangfei smiled and shook her head. “It was not me who had sharp eyes. It was Guide III. He didn’t even sell this prop with other random items.”

Tourists would not know whether something was a key prop before they touched it, so most tour guides would sell the key prop together with other junk——

Although the Travel Services stipulated that the maximum price a tour guide could increase a prop to could not exceed three times the price they purchased it, humans had human dao while rats had rat tricks. Many tour guides took advantage of the loophole of “them being able to make transactions with tourists at the time of purchase” and would casually pick up some stones and weeds to sell to tourists. It was only after the tourists bought enough garbage that they would be allowed to buy props.

The original intention of the Travel Services was to sell key props and other props to test the judgement of the tourists, but this became a loophole to be exploited by tour guides. Some tour guides would do anything to make money.

Miao Fangfei had met a pig-raising tour guide that used all kinds of means to achieve their objective. In contrast to them, Guide III appeared quite cute. 

“You, you mean, Guide III sold us the bamboo basket directly?”

Yu Hean stuttered and couldn’t believe what occurred.

“Ah, yes, Old Cow, take a closer look at the bamboo basket.”

Hou Feihu handed Yu Hean the bamboo basket, sighed with emotion, and repeated, “This is an ordinary quality prop.” When he spoke, Lin Xi was holding the bamboo basket in his hands. Lin Xi narrowed his eyes and a smile appeared. In the next moment, he was shocked and opened his eyes wide. 

“Exquisite Baby Bamboo Basket, ordinary quality?”

“What the fuck!”

“Ordinary quality?!”

The people present noticed this and were shocked one after another. 

“What’s wrong with an ordinary quality prop?”

Yu Hehui was standing beside Yu Hean. When he took the bamboo basket, he looked around and whispered curiously, “This is just an ordinary bamboo basket.”

“Well, little brother, you don’t know because you participated in simple tours.”

Yu Hean slapped Yu Hehui’s head with his rough palm and said with a simple and honest smile, “The Travel Services won’t let us have it easy on tours.” 

“Ah, yes, all the things I bought at previous purchasing points were all ‘ragged’ quality.”

Miao Fangfei smiled and nodded. “The worst props I encountered were those that couldn’t even be used. We could only use them as a reference to guess what would happen in upcoming attractions, as the help the prop could give us was very limited.”

“But we received this ‘ordinary quality’ bamboo basket straight away…… It can save us a lot of time.”

In the past, even if the tourists paid a high price, they could only buy ragged quality props. This had almost become a common knowledge among tourists. Most of them bought props to please the tour guide, or used them to predict what the next attraction would be about based on what the props were, and would make preparations in advance. They could only see where fate brought them while determining how much of a role their props could really play in the attractions. 

This was why Miao Fangfei, who had gotten the Exquisite Baby Bamboo Basket, was all smiles!

This prop could be used. In this way, the tourists would be more confident in overcoming the next attraction. They didn’t have to waste their time guessing what they had to do, and could have a more optimized search of their surroundings!

“Fuck, damn tour guides.”

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“Damn tour guides, damn——”

Zhao Hongtu’s eyes were red, and he bowed his head in frustration. His emotions had obviously gone haywire. Hou Feihu patted him on the shoulder to comfort him, explaining in a low voice to everyone, “Hongtu had a friend on the previous tour who spent all his points to buy props at the purchasing point. As a result……” 

Props were not omnipotent. What use could ragged quality props play in tours? In the end, his friend lost all his points and his life.

“It was only half a minute before Wang Sibo could escape from the circus. He just needed half a minute before he could leave the circus.”

Back then, the attraction they had to experience was playing a clown in a monster circus, where they had to avoid being found by the monster for 30 minutes. At that time, the props sold at the purchasing point were clown costumes.

The ragged clown costumes were very light and fragile. Wang Sibo lasted 29 minutes, but in the end, the costume was ripped apart by iron wire. It split directly down the middle at the last minute, leaving him completely exposed in front of the monsters. 

He was first given hope, then despair. No one was able to save Wang Sibo in time. The scene of his friend being torn and swallowed by monsters became Zhao Hongtu’s eternal nightmare.

“Alright, Hongtu. It’s all in the past.”

Wang Pengpai comforted him and wanted to pass him a cigarette, but suddenly remembered that he didn’t know whether Zhao Hongtu was of age. He took the cigarette back and stuffed it back into his mouth. Then, he muttered, “This fucking world, fucking tour guides.”

“Bastards, all tour guides are bastards except Guide III.” 

Yu Hean added. His big hand was holding onto the bamboo basket, and his hands were trembling. He was inexplicably moved as he said, “Such a good prop, such a good basket, and only 3000 points ah, it could be bought at 3000 points. Leader Miao, it couldn’t be that you bargained with Guide III?”

“Yes, Leader Miao, how can this basket be sold so cheaply?”

After Yu Hean said that, everyone’s attention were diverted back to the amount of points paid. Hou Feihu was also worried and whispered, “Tour guides like points. Guide III is so strong and takes care of us. It’s only right for us to give him more points.”

“Yes, Leader Miao, everyone understands your intentions, but it’s true that we also want to give more points to Guide III. You, you couldn’t have really bargained with Guide III, right?” 

Looking at everyone’s worried and disapproving eyes, Miao Fangfei sighed. Yes, she also thought the same way they did. Furthermore, these bamboo baskets were ordinary props. It wouldn’t be too much even if they paid double the points.

But……

“I had no choice but to bargain.”

Miao Fangfei shook her head reluctantly and said, “Do you know how much Guide III told me to pay for each of these?” 

“How, how much?”

Yu Hean stuttered, “I, I still have some points here. Leader Miao, listen to me. Sometimes points must be spent.”

“Did it cost ten thousand points?”

Shi Tao guessed. He touched the bamboo basket and put it back carefully. He had a serious expression. “Leader Miao, I know you did this for everyone’s good, and I also hope that everyone can have the props. But when we drove the corpses, we had no props. Didn’t everyone come out alive too? With Guide III, I believe that as long as we work hard, we have a great chance of survival.” 

“Yes, yes.”

“Leader Miao, that’s how we feel.”

“Why don’t you talk to Guide III again? This is really not the time to bargain.”

“Who said that I bargained for a low price?” 

Seeing everyone acting this way, Miao Fangfei also sighed. She knew how terrifying the price mentioned by III-9 was. Even she was shocked for quite a period of time when she first heard it, which was why she didn’t perform a good job when she was bargaining.

She didn’t intend to keep them guessing and directly stated, “Guide III said the price was 1000 points.”

As soon as she said this, the surroundings grew silent for a long time. With a bam, Wang Pengpai almost dropped the bamboo basket in his hand to the ground. He was at a loss for words.

“How, how much?” 

“1000 points.”

Miao Fangfei repeated with a wry smile, “Tell me, shouldn’t I bargain when he told me to pay this price?”

“Of course I couldn’t buy one for 1000 points from Guide III, right?”

“Oh! We can’t do that!” 

Everyone was startled. Yu Hean quickly waved his hand and exclaimed, “We can’t, we can’t do that!”

“Guide III was testing you!”

“Ah, yes. I think he was testing me too.”

Miao Fangfei breathed out a mouthful of air as fear still lingered within her. “Therefore, I directly raised the price to be five times more.” 

“We’re not magnanimous enough, not magnanimous enough.”

Xu Chen shook his head, standing in the corner as he spoke out his idea, “It will be alright even if this prop is sold for 5000 points. If we want to make Guide III happy, we should raise the price by ten times directly.”

If these bamboo baskets were sold by another tour guide, they would be sold for at least 10,000-15,000 points. Even if they raised the price by ten times the original price, they still felt it was too little.

“Do you think I didn’t think about it? But our Guide III is not a pig-raising tour guide.” 

Miao Fangfei glanced at Xu Chen, unsatisfied. She said sadly, “He is……well, how can we use an ordinary person’s thinking to guess his thoughts? He was not satisfied with the five times increase in price, and insisted on giving a 2000 points discount. How could I not agree with him?”

Although III-9 didn’t go crazy during the previous part of the tour, he was still a slaughterer tour guide. They could observe this from his physical changes.

It was already a blessing if their tour guide didn’t vent their craziness on them. And, it would be normal if III-9 was slightly abnormal in other aspects. Moreover, slaughterer tour guides didn’t care much about points, so it was understandable for them to be generous when selling props.

It was more like he was “testing” Miao Fangfei than bargaining with her. 

Miao Fangfei seemed to recall something. She looked slightly cold and observed the others silently.

“Brother 9 loves to test people.”

Lin Xi muttered, a little jealous. It was as if he was jealous that the person being tested was not him, but Miao Fangfei. However, Miao Fangfei and company nodded in agreement after listening to his words.

“Guide III is too bad. Why is he always trying to test me? I said I wanted to buy it after a five times increase in price. Of course, I was sincere.” 

Miao Fangfei complained and sighed. Unexpectedly, her words reached the ears of the tourists watching the livestream room, so it was as if she was showing off to the tourists in the livestream room.

“I bargained with Guide III for ten minutes and finally managed to get him to agree to sell the baskets at a three times increase in price.”

Miao Fangfei was not very satisfied with the result, but she couldn’t help worrying. “I didn’t dare to carry on bargaining with Guide III. The way Guide III pressured me…alas.”

“That’s true.” 

Hearing that Miao Fangfei held on for a quarter of an hour under the pressure of III-9 testing her, no one blamed her. Now, as they looked at Miao Fangfei, the look in their eyes reflected their awe.

She was worthy of being Leader Miao because she could hold on for ten minutes under the pressure of Guide III!

“Guide III is very good to us.”

Yu Hean was silent for a long time. When he spoke again, he was so touched he felt slightly tearful. 

“Ah, 3000 points, only 3000 points to buy the props.”

Shi Tao had a complex expression and stroked the bamboo basket in his arms back and forth.

“Guide III, sigh, he’s too generous.”

Wang Pengpai sucked in a huge breath of smoke from the cigarette. Unlike other tourists, surprisingly, he was a little worried. 

“He’s not like Guide III. Sigh, I don’t know why, but my heart tells me this…… Little Lin, what do you think?”

“Brother 9 is Brother 9.”

Lin Xi whispered, but his tone was very firm, “I will always follow Brother 9.”

“Yes, it’s no use thinking about this now.” 

Miao Fangfei also felt that III-9 was different from the rumors, but the rumors could not be trusted. Inwardly, she never doubted III-9.

“It’s almost dinner time. Everyone, let’s have a short discussion.”

Miao Fangfei glanced at the members of the tour group with a serious expression.

When Miao Fangfei went to purchase props from III-9, the other tourists did not stay idle and separated into two groups. One group was led by Wang Pengpai and the other by Zhao Hongtu, with each exploring the area around Baby Bamboo Miao Village. 

Everyone was a veteran tourist, and would not act aimlessly like novice tourists. Each of their eyes were very sharp, and the clues they found were all important.

After she spoke, the others turned solemn. Because Wang Pengpai was modest, Zhao Hongtu spoke first, and the young man looked a little grim.

“We first swam up the Little Dragon River from the broken water wheel, and then…”

“We found a wild grave in the tall grass by the stream.” 

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“This is how someone would feel when they get extremely rich one day!”

After Miao Fangfei left, Wei Xun, who sold the eight bamboo back baskets, happily lay on the large soft bed and counted the points. One bamboo back basket was sold for 3000 points, and Miao Fangfei bought eight. This meant that Wei Xun garnered 24000 points.

He instantly struck gold! 

This was Wei Xun’s current information——

[Tour Guide Personal Information]

[Code name: III-9 (only in this tour)]

[Rank: Silver-Rank Five Stars (III-9’s rank) 6十] 

[Countdown to death—16:38:26]

[Points: 24300]

[Mental Pollution Value (SAN): 53]

“This Miao Fangfei has hidden motives.” 

Recalling their exchange just now, Wei Xun snorted and said with a smile, “She wanted to test me?”

Did she think that he didn’t know that when tour guides sold props to tourists, he could only increase the price by three times the purchasing price at most? Miao Fangfei offered five times the price. Who was she fooling?

The so-called purchasing price was the price Wei Xun paid Wu Laoliu. It was reasonable to say that Wei Xun could sell a bamboo basket for three times the price of 1555 points, but Wei Xun preferred to not test the limits of the Travel Services, so he decided to carry out the transaction securely.

“I’ll have to give her a beating for this.” 

Although he said so, Wei Xun still lay in bed lazily and didn’t get up. From the start of the tour until now, he never deliberately tried to mimic III-9’s personality. He didn’t want to shackle himself on the road of pursuing stimulation.

If Miao Fangfei truly had sufficient strength, it wouldn’t hurt to give her more power, because Wei Xun was more interested in other things at present.

“Let me see who the ghost who snuck in is.”

Wei Xun talked to himself, his eyes shining with excitement. His fingers were tapping randomly on the soft pillow. 

In the beginning of the tour, the tour group he led was an exquisite tour group containing eight tourists.

But——

Zhao Hongtu, Hou Feihu, Miao Fangfei, Shi Tao, Wang Pengpai, Lin Xi, Xu Chen, Yu Hean, Yu Hehui.

There were nine people. 

Wei Xun discovered that he didn’t know when an extra person suddenly popped up in his tour group.