Chapter 239
Chapter 239
The wind whipped across Ping Xinyu’s face, and the screams ringing in her ears dragged her thoughts back to reality.
Huh?
Why did it feel like they were even higher than before?
The instant her mind cleared, her vision began to spin.
Sky. Ground. Sky. Ground.
They swapped places over and over before her eyes as the Giant Swing picked up more and more speed.
There was a faint click, and in the blink of an eye, the Giant Swing shot into the sky.
The ground rapidly receded beneath her. Ping Xinyu’s mind immediately flashed back to something she had witnessed at the hospital.
A construction worker had fallen from a scaffold.
His entire body had been mangled, and his internal organs had been torn apart.
By the time they arrived, he had already stopped breathing.
But at this height, being torn apart would be the least of her worries. There might not even be a single intact piece of flesh left to find.
The Giant Swing soared a hundred meters into the air before gravity sent it hurtling back toward the ground.
Faced with the terror of imminent death, Ping Xinyu completely lost the ability to speak.
“Bluh bluh, bluh bluh.”
Roughly translated, it meant: Damn that psychologist! If I make it back alive, I’m giving you two full shots of anesthesia!
If I don’t make you wake up in the morgue, I don’t deserve to call myself an anesthesiologist!
The Giant Swing landed back on its track, and Ping Xinyu’s eyes instantly lit up.
I’m alive!
Before relief could wash over her, another burst of acceleration slammed into her.
“Motherfucker, again?!”
Round two!
As the same familiar view unfolded all over again, Ping Xinyu suddenly became strangely calm.
Adrenaline flooded her system, turning her entire face red.
Memories of the past twenty-odd years gradually surfaced in her mind.
At last, they froze on a familiar face.
Xu Kuan, the upperclassman from her university who had invited her back to China.
She still remembered how confidently he had promised her that life would be wonderful once she returned.
In the end, Ping Xinyu failed to remain conscious until the Giant Swing touched down. While she was still in midair, her brain lost connection.
Five minutes later, the doctor flexed his muscles and tossed another visitor onto a wooden cot inside Morgue.
His gaze swept around the room.
After half a morning of nonstop work, Morgue was packed to capacity.
That sense of pride buried deep in his heart welled up once more.
Wonderful. Just look how peacefully they’re all sleeping!
Huh?
Wait a minute.
Wasn’t this the young woman who wanted to speak with him?
The doctor’s brain crashed for a moment before he hurried over to Ping Xinyu.
Her deathly pale face was covered in drool and snot.
The doctor stood there in silence for a long time.
Just how badly did you want to die?
Couldn’t you have waited off to the side until I finished?
Did you have to go courting death by yourself?
The doctor sighed. Another alert appeared on his tablet, and his eyes gradually filled with resentment.
It was bad enough that his boss was always causing trouble. Why did this doctor have to be just as reckless?
He could only hope this wouldn’t interfere with their conversation at noon.
Ping Xinyu lay there for more than ten minutes before finally regaining consciousness.
When she saw the neat rows of people lying beside her, murderous intent gradually rose within her.
The psychologist at the hospital had lured her into danger, and Doctor Wang, despite being her senior, hadn’t given her the slightest warning.
Yes, she had seen that cart full of “corpses,” but weren’t they supposed to be people who had passed out from fright in the Haunted House?
And then there was the owner of this amusement park.
Had that guy built this place purely to take revenge on society?
All at once, Ping Xinyu felt as though the entire world bore her ill will.
When she remembered that she still had two more attractions to endure, her already pale face lost what little color it had left.
She patted her stiff face with one hand, only to freeze when her fingers touched some dried, unidentified substance.
*Is this… snot?*
The moment she realized what it was, Ping Xinyu nearly burst into tears.
*I’ve been lying here with my face like this for who knows how long?*
A crushing wave of grief washed over her. Silently, she took out a makeup-removing wipe and cleaned her face.
Once some strength had returned to her legs, Ping Xinyu looked over the Amusement Park’s countless attractions and felt her scalp prickle.
Then an attraction not far away, one suitable for all ages, caught her eye.
*I’m not even considering the Giant Swing or the Drop Tower. But surely nothing can go wrong with Bumper Car, right?*
The line for Bumper Car wasn’t very long. If she went now, she could just make the next round!
Dragging her trembling legs along, Ping Xinyu soon joined the Bumper Car line.
Her confidence soared when she saw a group of college students getting off the ride.
Of course, if she had overheard their hushed conversation, she probably wouldn’t have made the same mistake again.
“Now that we’ve got a Pass Card, we should be able to choose the Island Project, right?”
“Tch. If I hadn’t come up with the idea of taping our eyes shut and flooring the accelerator, would we have cleared the ride at all?”
“Yes, yes. You’re the greatest!”
The group gradually disappeared into the distance, while Ping Xinyu collected a pair of goggles and climbed into a cheetah-themed Bumper Car.
As the music began, Ping Xinyu, completely unaware of what awaited her, slammed down the accelerator and charged straight at a man not far away.
A hint of admiration appeared in the man’s eyes.
*What a warrior!*
*Anyone who dares drive like that in this place is a true warrior!*
The collision Ping Xinyu expected never came. Instead, a fissure split open beneath her, only to Devour her whole.
After hurtling down a long slope, she plunged into a dim passageway.
The gloomy surroundings were bad enough, but even the music had turned positively sinister.
*Are you freaking kidding me?!*
*Why is this horror-themed?!*
In such an environment, Ping Xinyu had no choice but to cautiously watch her surroundings.
Suddenly, a yellow blur streaked across her vision.
Ping Xinyu whipped her head around, and an enormous tiger immediately came into view.
Looking at its powerful paws, she had no doubt that the thing could smash both her and her car to pieces with a single swat.
She stomped the accelerator so hard it clacked beneath her foot, her brain completely short-circuiting.
Whatever control she had over her expression dissolved into corrupted code, leaving her face grotesquely contorted!
As she fled, the pack of animals chasing her gradually grew.
What started with a single tiger soon expanded to include a cheetah and a cougar.
It was a whole Animal Alliance!
At last, a sliver of daylight from the surface pierced the dark tunnel and shone into Ping Xinyu’s eyes.
The light brought by hope will always be destroyed by someone’s own hands. (Xun Renshu)
From the darkness beside her, a Tuanzi-shaped Bumper Car suddenly came hurtling toward her at full speed.
A Bumper Car had to bump into something, after all!
After a series of impacts and jolts, Ping Xinyu found herself in a new passageway.
Behind her, that glimmer of hope had vanished completely.
She now had two pieces of news.
The good news was that the Animal Alliance behind her hadn’t followed.
The bad news was that the coffin in front of her looked like it was about to open.
With the immediate danger gone, her soul finally returned to its proper place.
Ping Xinyu stared at the coffin before her and gently feathered the accelerator, terrified that something might suddenly leap out of it.