Chapter 3 Happy Circus 2
1767 Words
Lucia stood up first, stretched her wrists that had fully recovered, and raised her eyebrows with a smile.
"Come on, let's go check out this game."
Bella nodded.
The platform was very empty, with only the green passage arrow extending straight forward. The two of them walked out in the direction of the arrow.
Soon, the two of them left the subway station.
Night is about to fall, and pedestrians are coming and going on the road. The men and women in the crowd are all smiling and crowded, and it is very lively.
Lucia even saw a child not far away accidentally falling down and crying at the throat, while the mother next to her quickly picked her up and coaxed her softly.
If they hadn't ignored the blood stains on Lucia's body, they might not be able to distinguish reality.
Their panels rang at the same time.
[Players are welcome to enter the "Happy Circus" copy. Players are invited to watch the talent show in the circus for seven consecutive days as tourists. 】
[Task: Please get tickets before the circus shows at seven o'clock. 】
Tickets?
Bella just felt at a loss as to what to do: "Where can I buy this ticket?"
Lucia looked around, stopped when her eyes touched a certain place, and motioned Bella to look there: "Look at that house."
Bella followed her gaze and saw a small house painted with messy colors. There was a clown toy that had peeled off the paint next to the roof.
It is very similar to the clown billboard in the subway.
Lucia walked straight over, stretched out her hand and knocked on the window of the house.
When Lucia bent down to knock on the window, Bella, who was standing behind her, suddenly felt a chill running down her spine.
It was as if the passers-by on the road were looking towards them, and the strange gaze made all the hairs on Bella's body stand up.
Lucia didn't seem to notice at all and continued her movements.
There was a snap.
The window of the cabin was open.
An extremely old man appeared in the window. His exposed skin was full of wrinkles. His cloudy and yellow eyes stared at Lucia who knocked on the window for a few seconds. He didn't even ask Lucia what she wanted, and directly put two similar yellow and white pictures together. The ticket-like paper was handed out of the window.
"Two pieces of three thousand six."
Lucia's smile instantly froze and she couldn't believe it: "How much?"
Two broken tickets and three thousand sixty-six? !
The old man rolled his eyes at Lucia: "Three thousand and six, do you think it's cash or PayPal ?"
This game is pretty much keeping up with the times, right?
Lucia took a slight breath, tried hard to suppress the urge to curse, and asked politely: "emmm, is this ticket made of gold?"
"Only the last two are left, whether you like them or not."
Lucia: "..."
She gritted her teeth and took out her phone.
Sure enough, the mobile phone that originally had no signal had a full network at this time, but except for one payment software, other software was still unavailable.
Lucia opened PayPal, and the dazzling five hundred in the balance made her look at Bella beside her involuntarily.
"Belle, do you have money?"
If they didn't have any money, wouldn't they be able to complete the first task?
Bella nodded quickly and tugged on Lucia's clothes, "Sister Lucia, I'll buy this ticket."
With that said, Bella took out her phone and paid.
Standing next to her, Lucia watched her paying and sighed, "You will be my sister from now on."
Bella was amused by her and smiled.
After the old man received the money, his hand that was holding the ticket loosened instantly.
He leaned back on the chair, picked up the cattail leaf fan next to him and started to fan the wind slowly. When Lucia was about to turn around, he said casually: "Do you believe what you heard in the circus, or do you not believe it?"
The two of them paused for a moment, and when they turned around to ask more questions, they found that the house in front of them, including the subway station where they just walked out, had disappeared without a trace the moment the old man finished speaking.
Bella swallowed in fear, and held Lucia's hand on Lucia's clothes a little tighter.
【The task prompted has been completed】
【The progress of the current copy of "Happy Circus" is 5%】
Lucia now had a headache when she heard the sound of the game. She handed one of the tickets to Bella, and then carefully checked the ticket, which was worth one thousand eight hundred dollars.
The color of the paper used to make the tickets is very weird. The messy colors of red, red, yellow and yellow are just uncomfortable to look at. Even the touch is sticky and reminds people of bad things.
There are only a few words handwritten in black pen on it, Happy Circus, welcome to your arrival.
Very simple and very old.
But Lucia thought that this simple ticket actually cost 1,800, and her hand holding the ticket tightened suddenly.
Lucia looked calm on her face, but actually her heart was bleeding: "Bella, I will pay you back this money when the game comes out."
She just graduated from internship this year, and her monthly salary is only 3,000 yuan. Excluding expenses, it is basically moonlight.
How many meals will she have to miss with this ticket?
Lucia's face turned green when she thought about going hungry next month.
Bella shook her head: "It's okay Lucia, just treat it like I'm treating you to a circus show."
Lucia's poor heart was hit hard by Bella again: "...If you can't do it, you still have to pay it back."
One thousand and eighty! Not one hundred and eighty!
Bella looked at her hesitantly, but when Lucia's eyes touched her, she persisted and didn't speak again.
"But where is the circus?" Bella asked.
Lucia barely recovered from the heavy blow. She slicked her long hair back irritably and walked towards the crowd not far away: "Let's go with that group of people. They should know."
Sure enough, as soon as she got closer to the group of people, Lucia heard several people talking happily about the performance of a certain circus tonight. It was obvious that these local NPCs were very interested in the circus performance.
Lucia reduced her presence, lowered her head and blended into the crowd. After a few seconds, she shouted in surprise: "Ah, why is it already six-fifty?"
"What?"
"It's already six-fifty?"
"Why does time go by so fast?"
"Hurry, hurry! We have to go quickly. If we can't see it this year, we have to wait until next year!"
“I didn’t catch up last year, but I have to catch up this year!”
"Who says it's not the case? My child is crying at home every day, asking to see monkeys and so on. It makes me cry so hard that my head is pounding!"
"..."
Sure enough, as soon as they heard that the time was approaching seven o'clock, the crowd immediately rushed in the same direction like a pot of boiling water.
The two followed closely behind. Bella lowered her head and looked at the time on her phone. It was six-thirty, and asked strangely: "Isn't there still half an hour left? Don't they look at the time?"
Lucia smiled: "Do you think they are people with mobile phones?"
Bella was stunned for a moment, and then she realized something was wrong around her.
Except for the disappeared subway, the surrounding buildings are extremely old, and the exposed gray and white walls are covered with various advertisements spray-painted.
Even the road beneath your feet is paved with extremely old and uneven cement.
Like, go back a few decades.
The two of them followed the crowd and soon reached the center of this old city, and finally saw the whole circus.
A huge tent stood on the spot, with a grinning clown doll spinning at the top. Colorful strips of cloth were spread around the tent, and the sides were filled with various graffiti left by children.
At the door of the tent, a simple wooden table stood at the door, and a woman with exquisite makeup and a red, almost transparent gauze dress was sitting there checking tickets.
Many people were queuing up, and there were many parents with excited children in the queue.
Looking at the woman's figure, Bella was stunned. She looked down at her flat figure and pursed her lips.
The two of them were about to go over to check in, when a man suddenly appeared in front of them.
"Where did you go? People from the tour group have been looking for you all day today. Fortunately, you didn't miss tonight's performance."
The man had a thick beard and it was difficult to see his face clearly. He was wearing a very old red hat with several blurry black characters of "Half Moon Tour Group" written on it.
At the same time, the panel lit up again.
[Jack, tour guide of Half Moon Tour Group]
[You wanted to go on a trip to relax two days ago, so you signed up for a half-month tour group and came to this old town, but you were separated this morning]
Bella also saw the same message, and she nodded nervously towards Lucia.
"Sorry, tour guide Jack, there are too many paths here. Bella and I accidentally took a wrong turn."
Lucia said pretending to be distressed.
Bella next to her immediately agreed.
Jack was obviously impatient: "I told you before we set off, don't run around. There are so many twists and turns in the town, and you won't be able to find anyone if you're not careful!"
Speaking of this, Jack looked a little strange: "When you enter the tent later, please stop walking around randomly. Otherwise, if something happens, the tour group will not be responsible."
【Ding！】
【Player Lucia activates a side mission: Players are asked to avoid NPCs and enter the circus employee changing room to check】
【Reward: The survival time is increased by 30 minutes, and the remaining game time of this copy is six days】
【Warning: Player Lucia has 78 minutes left to survive】
- Writer
