Chapter 180
Chapter 180
Jiang Li looked at the three people who had appeared behind her.
She remembered them.
They had come with a girl named Shanshan.
There had originally been four of them: a couple, an IT guy who wrote code, and Shanshan.
Now that Shanshan was gone, only the three of them remained.
“Hey, Jiang Li, I used to watch your livestreams. I remember you had a little cub, right? How come I can’t see him?”
The girl from the couple stepped forward and poked at the empty air by Jiang Li’s left shoulder.
The spot she poked happened to be Red Infant’s little belly.
Red Infant, who had been drowsily dozing off, grabbed the girl’s finger, opened his mouth wide, and stuffed it in. He nearly went “awoo” and bit it right off.
Luckily, the girl sensed something was wrong and pulled away fast enough.
“Jiang Li,” the bespectacled IT guy said, stepping forward, “we learned about everyone’s current situation through the bullet comments in the 3D Glasses.
“You don’t need to worry. The few of us scouted things out for you in advance. Children’s Paradise seems to have a higher clear rate.
“Among the children who came out of there, a few more of them had normal looks in their eyes.”
The girl in the couple said, “Why don’t we go to Children’s Paradise with you? If there’s anything we can do to help, we’ll do our best.”
Jiang Li asked, “Does Children’s Paradise have an age limit?”
The girl laughed. “Haha, who isn’t a baby at heart? Don’t worry, we already asked around!
“Besides, something happened to our friend Shanshan too.
“It’s a shame we didn’t notice in advance. By the time we realized it, we couldn’t stop the tragedy anymore.
“If we can help you clear it smoothly and save Shanshan and the others, then at least today’s trip won’t have been for nothing.”
“Yeah, let’s go together! At the very least, we won’t hurt you!” the boy in the couple added.
Jiang Li understood what they meant and nodded in agreement. “Then thank you.”
In some attractions, what kind of random passerby teammates you ended up with was entirely a matter of luck.
But if a group of friends filled those unknown “teammate slots,” Jiang Li’s odds of winning would increase by a lot.
Jiang Li looked over at Liang Chen beside her.
“Chenchen, we’re heading to the next attraction now, Children’s Paradise. Do you want to rest off to the side first?”
Tears were still glimmering in Liang Chen’s eyes.
She shook her head at Jiang Li. Her gaze was resolute, with no intention of backing down.
“Jie, I’m not resting. Da Yao told me to hold the notebook and help you at any time. I can’t let Da Yao down.”
“Then the five of us will go together!” the girl from the couple suggested.
The five of them exchanged names.
Jiang Li, Liang Chen, the couple Zhao Qingqing and Xu Haoran, and the IT guy Zhang Jiang.
Then, after Jiang Li finished getting the steel stamp, the five of them headed toward Children’s Paradise.
At that moment,
beneath the blood-red sky, cold Red Rain began to fall again.
The wind whimpered through the rain, like the sobs of the group of visitors who had just departed.
Jiang Li held up an umbrella and walked at the front.
Of the couple, Zhao Qingqing opened her umbrella and moved over to shelter Liang Chen beneath it. The two girls walked in the middle.
As for IT Guy Zhang Jiang, who wore glasses, he shared an umbrella with Xu Haoran from the couple and walked at the very back.
The five of them marched toward Children’s Paradise in a grand procession.
Jiang Li’s goal was to overcome every obstacle and clear the instance smoothly.
Liang Chen’s goal was to get Da Yao back.
As for the other three, their goals were the same: win, protect themselves, and rescue Shanshan.
The five of them arrived outside Children’s Paradise and got in line.
But one sentence from IT Guy Zhang Jiang caught Jiang Li’s attention.
“There aren’t many people in line here. We should get in within an hour, so we won’t break the rules.”
Jiang Li’s eyes snapped up. “The rules… don’t seem to have that one?”
Zhao Qingqing looked shocked.
She immediately took out the map brochure, flipped to the front, and pointed it out for Jiang Li.
“It does, Jiang Li. Look, it’s written right here.” Zhao Qingqing held the flyer out in front of Jiang Li.
But the spot Zhao Qingqing’s index finger was pointing at was completely blank in Jiang Li’s eyes.
There was nothing there but empty white space.
A cold sweat broke out all over Jiang Li in an instant.
What she saw and the rules ordinary visitors saw were very different.
This rule about time had been hidden from Jiang Li’s eyes.
There was a trap in the queue time.
No wonder Jiang Li had felt something strange when she saw Rule Seven of the Visitor Rules.
Rule Seven of the Visitor Rules stated:
“The Water Park has recently been remodeled into the Ice and Snow Paradise. The Ice and Snow Paradise has fewer visitors, and there is no need to wait in line. You may go there with peace of mind.”
What Jiang Li had found odd was why this rule specifically emphasized that there were “fewer visitors” and “no need to wait in line.”
Looking at it now, that strange point made sense.
If the queue time exceeded one hour, it would violate the rules.
Jiang Li looked toward the other attractions with especially long lines.
In those long queues, the people in the middle who looked as if they had been waiting for a long time were slowly losing Health Points.
That meant that even if Jiang Li had failed to discover the hidden rule, she would not have died.
But she would have lost Health Points.
Jiang Li handed her own flyer to the others. “There are more detailed rules on the back. Do you want to take a look?”
The others passed it around and glanced over it.
Zhao Qingqing said, “We already know all this, Jiang Li.
Some helpful netizens like to summarize the rules. The three of us used the 3D Glasses to recite them over and over until we memorized them.”
Zhao Qingqing and the other two shared one pair of 3D Glasses.
They had gone to great lengths to get that pair of 3D Glasses from the lively and cheerful Little Girl who had once spoken with Jiang Li near the snack stall where they had taken shelter from the rain.
As they were talking, a Little Princess in a pink puff dress pulled her adorable Pumpkin Carriage up to everyone waiting in line.
“Brother and Sister, would you like some Colorful Ice Cream? I stocked up on lots and lots. I can give some to you.”
The Little Princess held a cone in each of her tiny hands and strained up onto her tiptoes, trying to offer the ice cream to the tall older brothers and sisters.
Jiang Li and the other four lowered their heads one after another and looked down at the Little Princess.
They saw the Little Princess blinking her watery eyes, her pink lips pursed as she looked at them with eager anticipation, waiting for their response.