Capítulo 603: Chapter 525: Ghostly Figure

Under the hood, there are two rows and six columns of high-pressure gas bottles, connected to hydrogen fuel cells. Hydrogen and oxygen undergo an electrochemical reaction, generating electricity to drive the motor.

Hydrogen energy vehicles in the real world have not become popular for several reasons, including cost, safety, technology, patents—Japan once invested heavily in hydrogen technology routes, particularly hydrogen storage, hoping other countries would solve downstream technological problems so they could reap the benefits.

The result was that the hydrogen energy route was abandoned by the global market, and Japan, reluctant to give up, came up with hydrogen-powered motorcycles, a curious vehicle,

with two exposed high-pressure gas bottles on the road, solving the world problem of gas cars not being flammable and electric cars not being explosive,

The good news is that even when you encounter a hundred-ton king on the road, you have the strength for a fight.

“These cars look very old, but the technology is still quite advanced,”

Wanli Sealed Blade carefully observed, discovering that all the high-pressure hydrogen gas in the bottles had been emptied, making them no longer dangerous, shaking his head and saying, “It’s quite absurd.”

Claudia said seriously, “It’s not just the energy system; these cars all lack headlights. There are no streetlights on the road either.”

The spherical dome covering this area is a single piece of homogeneous metal, with no light-emitting function, while town buildings are everywhere with traces of life, and there are colored signs on roadside shops.

All evidence indicates that this town did indeed have residents a long time ago, and it seems they didn’t rely on external light sources?

The atmosphere at the scene was somewhat oppressive, as all the players were pondering the clues currently in hand: the enclosed dome, an unlit environment, old buildings, hydrogen-powered vehicles, missing townsfolk…

“Wait, this isn’t a script task right now,”

Reyes was the first to react, slapping his forehead saying, “Why so serious.”

In a dangerous environment, finding a solution is almost a passive instinct for high-level players.

Before he finished speaking, Reyes realized that all the other Transcendents were looking at him with unusual expressions.

“What are you looking at me for?”

Reyes was a bit puzzled; Li Cheng immediately took off the sports camera pinned to his collar and played the footage he had just recorded.

In the video, Reyes appeared normal, except when he spoke, his speech inexplicably slowed down, like the player set at 0.5 x speed, “Why.. so.. serious..”

After saying this, he returned to normal, and was completely unaware of what had happened to him.

“WTF?”

Reyes’s eyelids twitched; he was carrying an item specifically targeting brainwashing and spiritual control. Even if it couldn’t completely resist, it should at least give a warning.

“Meme pollution?” Claudia frowned.

The Mushroom King rarely spoke, using a charmingly soft, honest voice, “It seems more like a thought delay.”

“Could just be an overheating graphics card dropping frames.”

Li Cheng took out a bone saw over a meter long, his eyes fixed on Reyes’ head, “Want me to do a craniectomy and take a look?”

“Whoa, no!”

Reyes hurriedly used the scanning skill on himself to show there was no problem. “My body is fine. It should be because of the Land of Beautiful Dreams, or the town itself.”

“Alright, don’t scare him anymore.”

Wanli Sealed Blade waved his hand, “The good news is that since we are now awareness bodies, dying here shouldn’t, hopefully, affect our actual bodies in the real world. Let’s continue on the road and find the astronauts and tombstones.

Claudia transformed into a bat, flying up for reconnaissance.

The most conspicuous buildings in the town number three: the first is the stone castle at the northern end built against the mountain, its rear integrated with the spherical dome.

The second is the square-shaped bell tower in the town center, built with red bricks, with a bronze bell installed at the top. However, on all four sides, the clock faces meant to show the specific time lack hands, making the exact time unknown.

The third is the pure white chapel on the eastern side of the town, its top marked not by a cross, but by a symbol resembling human lungs.

“I must say,” Li Cheng rubbed his chin, “This chapel symbol reminds me of a classic game.”

Wanli Sealed Blade led the way, heading towards the nearest bell tower, speaking without turning back, “Ring World? Who takes the lung toll?”

Li Cheng shook his head, nonchalantly saying, “Nah, it’s Myanmar North big bounty hunter. Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang chase the electronic fraud forces led by Bai Suocheng, Wei Chaoren, Liu Zhengxiang, and Ming Xuechang in the Myanmar North jungle. Unfortunately, Arthur died of tuberculosis, but before he died, he heard the good news that the entire Ming Family was wiped out by the Wenzhou court’s triple elimination.”

“…I’m beginning to suspect whether we live on the same planet.”

Wanli Sealed Blade rolled his eyes, rounded the corner, suddenly stopped, raised his hand signaling the group to halt.

But see the street below the bell tower, a human-like little girl around eight or nine with a ponytail and a dress stood there, holding a colorful skipping rope, jumping alone.

The whole person had a semi-transparent texture, as if captured by early digital camera technology that wasn’t mature, a “ghost image.”

Strange events must have a cause, Wanli Sealed Blade retreated to the street corner, gesturing, ‘Let’s discuss who will go over and check out the situation first.’

‘Don’t look at me.’

Rabbit Ranger Mian Yue waved her hand, signaling with her eyes, ‘That’s a human NPC, it’s up to you humans.’

In the world where Mian Yue resides, human players and non-human players each account for half. When issuing script tasks, the killing field mostly won’t let non-human players go to human-dominated script worlds.

In some sense, it also counts as “teaching according to one’s talent.”

“Ugh,”

Li Cheng smacked his lips unhappily, “So we’re left to choose from me, Reyes, and Claudia.”

???

Wanli Sealed Blade twitched at the corner of his eyes, am I not human? Am I human or not? Just going to leave me out, huh?

But Brother Blade knows this isn’t wrong either. With his looks, going over to talk to the little girl would easily be seen as a creepy uncle and might warrant calling the police.

This has been recorded in both the real world and script tasks.

“I’ll go.”

Claudia sighed, “I have a skill that can temporarily increase charm attribute, which gives a temporary bonus for communicating with NPCs. You guys, cover me.”

“You go, sis.”

Li Cheng gave a thumbs up, watched by the group. As they observed intently, Claudia stepped out from the street corner, crossed the street, made a kind expression, and asked the little girl, “Hi, are you playing alone? Where are your parents?”

The ponytailed little girl didn’t respond, continuing to jump rope in her own world, until Claudia asked again when she impatiently raised her head, “Auntie, you’re really annoying.”

Auntie… Auntie?

Claudia’s face instantly turned red, although the Witch Alliance’s power system comes with a beautification effect, even an old lady can rejuvenate,

Claudia’s actual age is really eighteen.

Calm down.

She took a deep breath, the smile on her face unchanged, reaching into her pocket, pulling out photos of astronauts, the White Horse Tombstone, and Gray Rain, “Have you seen these people? Auntie can buy you snacks.”