Could it be that playing too much at the Trendy Play Hall triggered the amusement park task?
[Task Objective: Arrive at the abandoned amusement park in West Suburb, Yin City, by midnight at 12:00 AM tonight, and wait for further task instructions]
[Task Reward: To be announced when the next task instructions are received]
[Task Failure Penalty: None]
Li Cheng glanced at the log and realized it was a no-penalty Regular Task based in the real world, the kind that could be either accepted or ignored. Considering he had a meager 58 points on him...
Cough cough, even a tiny amount of money can be critical for a hero. Better to accept, as every little bit counts.
Zhan Xinyu and Evans, regretting their failure at the last moment, immediately started blaming each other, "Evans, did you mess up this round? You trained in Hawaii, didn’t you learn CQB instead of BBQ?!"
"Bullshit! My instructor is a retired NATO officer of Ukrainian descent! His grandfather was a genuine WWII elite soldier who bravely resisted the Russian invasion in Ukraine during WWII, and even got personally received by the Canadian Speaker and Prime Minister in the Canadian Parliament."
"??? WWII, Ukraine region, resisting Russia, Evans, are you listening to yourself?"
The two argued as usual and left the venue, bickering.
Li Cheng was used to this. Hearing a gnashing sound from behind, he saw Shao Wangshu put down her gun and rub her right leg back and forth with her hand.
"Leg numb?" Li Cheng took off his tactical helmet, casually picked up Shao Wangshu and placed her on a chair, massaged her calf a little, and then supported her out of the room.
"Thank you." Shao Wangshu muttered shyly, hesitated for a long time, then whispered in Li Cheng’s ear, "Woof, woof?"
Li Cheng looked at Shao Wangshu with a puzzled expression. Seeing no reaction from him, she imitated the sound of barking a few more times, looking at him with hopeful eyes, seemingly wanting him to remember something.
Li Cheng racked his brain but couldn’t figure out what was going on. After helping Shao Wangshu leave the Shooting area, he hurriedly made up an excuse that the gas at home seemed to be left on, and made a quick getaway.
He rode back home and as soon as he inserted the key into the anti-theft door lock, he heard rushed footsteps from inside.
Li Cheng opened the door and entered, Gray Rain was still sitting in the open study room, adopting a studious demeanor as if immersed in learning, murmuring, "This textbook really reads like a textbook."
Sure is acting the part...
Li Cheng touched the radiator of the living room’s LCD TV, it was indeed hot—clearly, she hadn’t been studying just now but had been watching TV in the living room, slacking off. There were even some crumbs on the coffee table that hadn’t been cleaned up.
Seeing but not exposing, Li Cheng didn’t call her out, went back to his room, turned on the computer, set up the VPN, and searched for information related to the Le Xin Resort.
The results... were less than stellar.
The resort was built about 10 years ago, covering an area of 2.3 square kilometers, about twice the size of Disney. At that time, the real estate development company was full of ambition, aiming to build a world-class luxury resort that met the standards of a five-star rating. Inside there were hotels, shopping malls, art galleries, amusement parks, and other facilities, with the amusement park taking up half the area.
But contrary to their wishes, due to financial difficulties, continuous lawsuits, debt disputes, and the boss running away—a classic set of small combo moves—the development project came to a halt, and the resort, which had completed water and electricity installation and basic decoration, became an unfinished construction project.
As of now, it still remains in a state of abandonment, only professional explorers and online celebrities who are looking for a thrill, or utterly bored netizens go there to take photos and check in.
"A purely unfinished construction project, with no urban legends of ’construction workers mysteriously dying’, ’tornadoes hindering excavators’, or ’a bunch of poisonous snakes unearthed underground’. Nor any internet celebrities accidentally dying in there."
Li Cheng casually closed the webpage and shouted towards the study room, "Let’s pause the learning for now, there’s a situation tonight."
Grey Rain threw down her pen, rolled up her sleeves excitedly, twisted her neck to look at Li Cheng, and with one hand transformed into a Wolf Fang Club and the other into a Flower Axe, she excitedly asked, "Who are we going to kill?"
"Er, calm down, it’s not necessarily about killing anyone." Li Cheng quickly gestured with his hands. As a blank-slate new mechanical life, Grey Rain was highly receptive to external information and did not need sleep. When not studying, she would watch a lot of movies, TV shows, anime, and novels (as she still couldn’t read well yet, she was in the stage of listening to audiobooks).
She had a preliminary understanding of the outside world, but since the city was filled with surveillance cameras, and the Special Affairs Bureau also had the Skynet city-wide monitoring system.
Without body temperature, heartbeat, or an identity card, the 800-plus kilograms Grey Rain would immediately be detected by the Special Affairs Bureau as soon as she stepped outside, which made her frustrated for not being able to go out with Li Cheng.
"Heaven nurtures all things for humans, and humans owe the heavens nothing in return. Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, it’s about time..."
Seldom getting a chance to go out, Grey Rain was extremely excited, her eyes gleaming, rubbing her weapons back and forth, muttering to herself. Content originally comes from novｅlfire.net
You seem a bit too extreme.
Li Cheng twitched the corner of his mouth and began preparing for the mission.
He went to the bathroom to wash, shave off easily shedding hair (to prevent it from being picked up for DNA testing), sprayed odor remover on himself, charged the surveillance drone...
After getting ready, he put Grey Rain into the Electronic Pet Egg and rode his motorcycle to the West Suburb.
The sky gradually darkened, and the night breeze was slightly cool.
Passing through country roads, Li Cheng arrived at the abandoned resort and didn’t hurry inside, instead taking out the drone and flying it around the resort.
Just as the online photos showed, the resort was dilapidated, buildings in disrepair, murky lake waters, cracked roads, and overgrown weeds.
Benches alongside the road were covered in bird droppings, the roofs of the shopping mall and art gallery twisted and deformed, and rust and spots covered the safety signs.
The amusement park, occupying half the area of the resort, wasn’t any better; the haunted house completely overwhelmed by wild grasses, the paint of the carousel peeled off badly, and the steel frames of roller coasters and Ferris wheels stood silently like the bones of a dead Giant.
During the day, nearby residents occasionally visited to fish, forage, or influencers came for photoshoots.
By night, all lights were out, insects thrived, and not a single person could be seen...
In the center of the abandoned amusement park, the drone caught a figure carrying two oil drums, with a diesel generator and a pile of cables at his feet, seemingly re-powering the facilities inside the park.
Feeling as if he was being watched, the man looked up at the sky, locking gaze with the drone from a distance, and friendly waved at the camera.
Li Cheng raised his brows in surprise.
Yo, isn’t that Stack Soldier?