Thriller Tour Group

“The tourists will be fine.”

Bai Xiaosheng said quietly, “III-9 killed the zombified flying fox king in advance, so they can skip the second scenic spot.”

“Skip the scenic spot?”

Even Shi Xiao heard this phrase for the first time. It was important to note that he came from a large tour party and knew about a lot of things. He vaguely felt that he had heard about this before. 

“The scenic spots and attractions don’t work like a game. The boss will not refresh after it dies.”

Bai Xiaosheng said, “The zombified flying fox king died in advance, so the difficulty of the second scenic spot and attractions has been reduced and now is extremely low. This is called skipping scenic spots. For example, in Little Dragon Farmstead, if III-9 group killed the rotten corpses in advance, the greatest danger for the attractions in the first scenic spot would be removed.”

Whether it was the swapping of the corpses, the hostility of the zombified flying foxes, or the thrilling feeling when the planks broke on Ferocious Bone Plank Road, the main source of danger originated from the rotten corpses. Although they were not part of the attraction, they became the biggest obstacles for tourists to complete the attractions. If III-9 had annihilated the rotten corpses in advance, the tourists would only have needed to prepare the corpses according to the instructions and drive them through Ferocious Bone Plank Road for their attraction to be deemed as completed.

Without the largest source of danger, unless one deliberately sought death, the tourists would not die in the attraction. One could even claim that they got a free reward for doing nothing. This was called skipping a scenic spot.

“But there are ghost babies…”

Before his words were uttered out, Shi Xiao went mute. The most special ghost baby was still in III-9’s hands!

Although he could understand Bai Xiaosheng’s words, Shi Xiao couldn’t change his thinking within a short period. He had the impression that every time he completed a scenic spot project, his life was at stake, and he would have to walk a tightrope between life and death. Even if their tour party had a dedicated tour guide, the other party would certainly not risk killing the boss of the next scenic spot in advance——After all, for the tour guide, it didn’t matter even if all the tourists died. Who cared if their tourists were struggling between life and death?

None of the tourists in the virtual hall had experienced what it felt like to skip a scenic spot. No one had dared to think about what it would feel like to obtain a reward as long as you finished the attraction based on the instructions, without facing too much danger. 

Even if III-9 killed the zombified flying fox king in advance, it was also for the sake of completing his task of opening up a new scenic spot. At this moment, the audience suddenly felt very envious and even envied the luck of Miao Fangfei and the others.

Why hadn’t they met a tour guide like III-9?

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“They may not be that lucky.”

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“They can’t find III-9 who is deep in the wilderness.”

Yes, what if III-9 remained in a coma? The place where he killed the zombified flying fox king was really hard to find. The audience in the livestream room had watched III-9 dash across several mountains and walk around for several hours.

If he was really unconscious, it would be impossible for Miao Fangfei and the others to find him, no matter how anxious they were——

“Fuck, who’s that?!” 

At this time, the audience suddenly exclaimed as a bent figure appeared near III-9. The audience couldn’t believe it. Shi Xiao, who was just worried that “no one would be able to find III-9,” was surprised as well and burst out with a curse.

“Fuck, why is Wu Laoliu here?!”

The old man who appeared on III-9’s livestream screen was Wu Laoliu! They saw him sneaking around, walking carefully through the collapsed and broken woods. He fought bravely with something in the air as he used his wits and bravery to get to III-9. After carefully circling around him a few times, he put him on his shoulders and slipped away. Look, the direction he left was towards Baby Bamboo Miao Village!

They saw Wu Laoliu return with III-9 all the way to Baby Bamboo Miao Village. The audience was still stunned and couldn’t react for a long time. They felt everything that had occurred was incredulous, and their worldview had been completely subverted. 

“Mr. Bai, how can this Wu Laoliu……”

Shi Xiao was also confused. He couldn’t understand why the local, Wu Laoliu, left Baby Bamboo Miao Village. He could even pinpoint the location of III-9 accurately and carry him all the way back. He felt that he wasn’t smart enough. His mind was full of question marks and questions, like “Who am I, where am I, and what just happened.”

Bai Xiaosheng also stared at the screen and didn’t speak. After a long time, he unfathomably shook his head.

“Everything is within III-9’s plan.” 

Shi Xiao quickly listened carefully, but was stunned to find that Bai Xiaosheng had nothing to say. He buried himself in writing and drawing on the parchment.

Shi Xiao couldn’t help wanting to ask again, but he choked on his words. He couldn’t always rely on Bai Xiaosheng and had to think for himself—but Shi Xiao couldn’t think of any reason why Wu Laoliu would suddenly appear here and take III-9 away.

Did III-9 become good brothers with Wu Laoliu when his livestream screen had been blocked?

In the end, Shi Xiao didn’t know what had occurred, and only thought that III-9 had become good brothers with Wu Laoliu. In fact, his first thought was did III-9 control Wu Laoliu? However, as soon as he thought of this, he thought it was impossible. How could that be? Wu Laoliu was a local in an Intoxicating Xiangxi tour and he was very powerful. It was more likely for Wu Laoliu to control III-9. How could III-9 control Wu Laoliu? 

What the hell was going on? And what did Bai Xiaosheng’s words mean?

Could it be that III-9 was able to tell his own fortune? Or was he just purely lucky?

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He was really lucky! 

“Hehehe——”

When Wu Laoliu was carrying III-9 all the way back to Baby Bamboo Miao Village, he couldn’t help laughing and bumped III-9 on his shoulders again. Every wrinkle on his thin old face reflected his joy.

He was really lucky! He hadn’t needed to do much before he could make III-9 owe him a favor!

When Miao Fangfei and her team had been completing the peach wood talisman attraction, Wu Laoliu had been a little worried and fidgety. After turning into a monster, he had a strong sixth sense. In fact, he felt this hunch because the maggots in his body were restless. Every time he had a hunch, something bad would happen. 

The last time he had a hunch, he fought Pingping. He was——eh, what did he feel when he had the hunch? He forgot, but it was not a good feeling anyway. He was forced to use the means of self-explosion to get rid of Pingping from chasing him. Then, he escaped all the way back to Baby Bamboo Miao Village.

Now this feeling had come again. Wu Laoliu felt surprised and uncertain as he wrung his hands. He pondered carefully on the events that had occured and finally discovered what was wrong.

III-9 was missing!

With a swish, Wu Laoliu almost jumped up. Since he was the local of the second scenic spot, he still had some authority. He carefully felt around his surroundings. No, III-9 was really gone, and didn’t exist in Baby Bamboo Miao Village or Cordoned-off Village. 

Wu Laoliu’s body shed cold sweat. He indeed had the bad intention of wanting to control III-9, but he didn’t want III-9 to die. Besides, if III-9 died, the master would certainly not give him any good fruits to eat! Wu Laoliu hurried to Cordoned-off Village and went to the last spot where the aura of the maggots that III-9 had stolen was lingering, but when he still couldn’t find III-9, Wu Laoliu grew really anxious.

There were no other alternatives. The anxious Wu Laoliu could only let the maggots out to find him. Fortunately, his luck wasn’t bad. He soon received good news from the maggots! Following the trail left by III-9, Wu Laoliu climbed over several mountains and crossed several rivers. His old bones were almost in shambles when he finally found III-9.

III-9 and a monster were both hurt and unconscious. Wu Laoliu was worried that the monster would come back again, so he carried III-9 and ran away. Halfway back, he finally relaxed. He giggled evilly and his eyes flashed with malice.

He had long since wanted to control III-9. At present, III-9 was seriously injured, weak, and unconscious. It would take him no effort to do so. 

However, he could not be complacent. He still had to be careful. Maybe the master was still paying attention to the little tour guide.

His eyes darted around, and the cunning Wu Laoliu had an idea.

Wu Laoliu reached Baby Bamboo Miao Village at exactly 8 a.m. He carried III-9 to his stilted building and threw him on the bed. Then, Wu Laoliu lifted the mattress and took out a wooden box from below.

Wu Laoliu opened the wooden box. There was an old ginseng the length of his pinky finger inside it. Although it was small, the old ginseng appeared as warm and shiny as jade, and it appeared more like a jade than a ginseng. The scent of this ginseng could shock one’s spirits. 

Wu Laoliu felt his heart ache for what he was about to do. He carefully broke off the shortest root of the old ginseng, put it back in the wooden box, and hid the rest of the ginseng elsewhere. He wasn’t stupid. If he personally fed III-9 some of the maggots in his body, it would attract the attention of the master. But if III-9 ate his maggots by his own will…hehe.

Tour Guide III-9 was greedy and liked to take risks. Wu Laoliu had angrily recorded the losses he had suffered in their previous bargain and III-9 snooping around in his house while he was gone in his mind.

Someone who was greedy and arrogant was the best person to be used.

As Wu Laoliu imagined what good thing would happen next, the index finger of his right hand knocked on the wooden box unconsciously. 

From which part of his body should he take the maggots which would hide in the old ginseng?

The maggots that made up his head?

The rhythm at which Wu Laoliu’s right index finger knocked on the wooden box grew faster, interrupting his thoughts.

No, no. 

Wu Laoliu rejected the idea. Although the maggots from his head were smarter, they also contained more traces of his consciousness. After all, the master was keeping an eye out for III-9. If the master found out, he would be done for.

Which body part should he choose?

The sound of the knocking on the wooden box seemed to attract III-9’s attention. Wu Laoliu saw him turn over on the bed and his eyelashes trembled——Oh no, the boy was waking up! He didn’t have the time to deliberate. Wu Laoliu quickly chose a maggot from his right index finger and stuffed it into the ginseng root. Then, he closed the wooden box and stuffed it under III-9’s bedding.

III-9 wouldn’t be able to see the maggot hidden there with just a mere glance. But he would definitely be able to sense something bumpy beneath him and find the old ginseng. 

After all this was done, Wu Laoliu picked up his hookah bag and slipped away proudly.

Less than ten minutes after he left, Wei Xun woke up.