owlsbooks Chapter 120 The First Akina Mountain... No, the Trench Car God Race
Chapter 120 The First Akina Mountain... No, the Trench Car God Race
Chapter 120 The First Akina Mountain... No, the Trench Car God Race
The Blue Whale Special Train is currently planned to run once in the morning, once at noon, and once in the evening, mainly for cargo transport. It will follow the players' exploration footsteps, traveling between the rich mining area and the academy, and occasionally taking a stroll around the scenic area depending on the whales' mood.
The goal is to familiarize Aura with prices and the model, not to keep them as ticket sellers forever.
Instead, they need to cooperate with Vance to help the new whales understand and become familiar with the business.
Blue whales are responsible for hauling cargo and selecting routes; orcas are responsible for loading, selling tickets, and handling disputes.
Fang Qi felt that this joint operation model was quite perfect.
After a few days of official operation and once everything is on track, he plans to expand into pure passenger transport and tourism services.
If players can afford the price, hiring whales to escort them is also an option.
The academy's port of call is quite far from the furnace, and there are some minor issues with the transport in between.
Although Fang Qi had arranged for the entire Golem Squad of the Alchemy Academy to be mobilized, repairing roads and clearing obstacles would still take some time.
Players of vehicles optimized for the new version are quite resourceful; when one path fails, they set their sights on business opportunities here.
"One hundred and twenty gold coins per cart, one trip per hour, load as much as you want, no limit!"
No sooner had the person in the wheelchair finished speaking than the motorcyclist next door started to sabotage him.
"One hundred and twenty gold coins per box, only forty minutes needed, urgent orders please!"
"Hey bro, aren't you disrupting the market?" the wheelchair-bound man protested, immediately turning to the motorcyclist. "We all have two wheels, if you want to bargain, go bargain with someone with four wheels!"
Who knew the motorcyclist would dart his taillights at him: "Go ahead and try pulling me, huh? I bet you can't go that fast!"
The wheelchair user was unhappy, saying that everyone was a two-wheeled player, only the appearance was different, and the movement speed was essentially the same.
When it comes to racing skills, he's really not afraid.
"Bibi?" The wheelchair-bound person bumped into the front of the motorcyclist's vehicle.
"Come on, come on!" The motorcyclist wasn't afraid of trouble and immediately agreed.
"Want to race? Count me in!" Fang Qi suddenly chimed in, "I even have a racetrack!"
As the saying goes, wherever there is business opportunity, there is Fang Qi. He already knew about the players' "trading" activities here.
Early this morning, Fang Qi came to investigate, figuring out how to leverage his capital to squeeze out these opportunistic players.
Players should be doing tasks that NPCs can't handle, such as mining, fighting monsters, and running dungeons, instead of wasting their labor on transportation.
One hundred and twenty gold coins per trip, and you can earn nearly a thousand by making eight trips a day.
Miners toil away for ten hours and only earn this much.
If the profits from transportation are so high, then everyone will come to do it, and who will go to mine?
This kind of speculative and unethical trend must be stopped; we cannot let the spirit of laborers be dampened!
Just now, seeing the two of them about to have a speed contest, Fang Qi had a great idea.
Organize a competition!
This is a brilliant plan that kills two birds with one stone!
On the one hand, it can rekindle players' enthusiasm for modifying vehicles and crafting items;
On the other hand, it can also be used to lure the enemy away from their base.
He planned to have the Golem construction team work overtime overnight during the competition, taking advantage of everyone's inattention, to quickly repair the road and prevent any obstruction of construction.
Once the road is repaired and flood-repellent piles are laid, his large transport vehicles will be able to access it, right?
"What are you interrupting for?!" The two heard the unfamiliar voice and turned around at the same time, but did not see any other vehicle players.
Only when I looked down did I discover a treasure chest on the ground not far away.
This thing has no hands or feet, is it a player?
The players have been playing with the Furnace for a while now, and many patterns have been summarized on the forums.
One of the principles is that no matter how things change, the limbs and head will always remain the same. No matter what posture or recipe you use, no matter how strange it becomes.
Even if your hands and feet turned into wheels, they would still have to be four wheels, the kind that makes you crawl, like a four-wheeled vehicle.
So even though four-wheeled vehicles are faster, two-wheeled vehicles still look down on four-wheeled vehicles.
I counted the number of motorcyclists, hmm...
A three-wheeled vehicle with a steering wheel—it looked vaguely familiar, so I took another look.
Now that I see it, it's me! What else could it be but that treasure chest merchant who was all the rage in Talosha before?
This guy also sped around like crazy when he first appeared. Does that mean he'll appear whenever racing or speeding is mentioned?
The person in the wheelchair clearly realized what was happening, and quietly retreated half a meter, grazing the motorcyclist's wheel.
They exchanged a glance, confirming their understanding.
Let's talk about who's better later; building a good relationship with the treasure chest merchant is the most important thing right now!
The motorcyclist spoke first: "What's your best route? How do you want to compete?"
"What's the prize?" the wheelchair-bound person asked, taking over the conversation.
Fang Qi immediately understood that they had teamed up to trick him. He guessed that the two of them had already added each other as friends and were frantically chatting in private about how to cooperate later!
But to be honest, he won somewhat unfairly, at least for now.
He was gripping the steering wheel of the stealth ship, with a top speed of 120 mph.
Even though the simulated wheels that players jump out of the furnace are spinning and spitting fire, they only travel at about 30 miles per hour.
So Fang Qi decided to try a different approach.
"In the first Trench Race, you run, and I chase after the boxes. If my men catch up, you'll have to pay bail—no, entry fee." He turned the steering wheel and performed a high-speed drift for the audience.
"Don't worry, I don't play low-level games. The boxes I'm sending this time have a maximum speed of 30 mph, so the skill level will be rated one star," Fang Qi thought for a moment, then continued, "If you can escape the pursuit—or rather, the chase—you'll be promoted based on your performance. The first one to reach eight stars will receive a generous reward!"
The onlookers felt that the name sounded vaguely familiar.
Although the treasure chest merchant changed his tune at the last minute, if I heard correctly, he initially mentioned bail and pursuit.
And this star rating—is it a changed version of the wanted level?
A real-life GTA?
Sounds fun, let's play!
The moment the motorcyclist and the wheelchair user nodded in agreement, Fang Qi sent them an activity task.
[Limited-time event: The first Trench Racing God Cup, One-Star Driver Qualifying Race, Test Drive.]
[Mission Objective: Survive for ten minutes while being chased by a one-star treasure chest. Route of your choice.]
[Task Reward: Upon completion, you will be promoted to two stars, receive an exclusive badge, and one free forging privilege.]
[Failure Penalty: Pay an entrance fee of 400 gold coins, or be detained for 12 hours (game time).]
[It will begin in one minute.]
Excluding shipping costs, a single forging privilege costs approximately 400 gold coins, which is roughly the same as the reward.
The motorcyclist and the wheelchair user were initially dismissive, thinking that it was just a one-star treasure chest NPC, how difficult could it be? They could easily outmaneuver it by taking a detour and exploiting a logic bug.
When they actually saw what the treasure chest merchant had sent, their scalps tingled, their DNA instantly kicked in, and they pulled on their wheels and ran.
Damn, why does this box even come with skins and ambient lighting?