Chapter 73: The Disturbed Mood

As the magma spread, the players behind began to fall into a panic, squeezing forward desperately, and even engaging in fierce battles because of it.

Listening to the fighting behind them, Zhao Yuxin lay on the rear window, frowned, and asked, "Will Ajiu and the others reach here?"

Zhu Zhiquan shook his head slightly, his eyes fixed firmly on the progress bar, ignoring the noisy fighting behind.

Ignoring the thorns on the Ice Cream Cactus, Zhao Yuxin petted it like a cat; the Ice Cream Cactus was very much enjoying being petted by Zhao Yuxin and involuntarily stretched its head into her arms.

While petting it, Zhao Yuxin asked, "Ajiu, I feel like you're so cold-blooded. You mentioned before that you were unemployed at home for about a year after graduation. Can you tell me the reason why you were unemployed?"

Zhu Zhiquan said with a calm face, "Actually, when I first graduated, I did have a job."

Zhao Yuxin asked curiously, "And then? How did you end up unemployed for a year?"

Zhu Zhiquan explained, "Because I beat up a manager I didn't like, so I ended up unemployed just like that, and this unemployment lasted for about a year."

"Ah? Why did you hit your manager?"

"During the recruitment, it was clearly stated that I would work eight hours a day, but for four consecutive days, I worked from seven in the morning until eleven at night, and sometimes even until the early hours of the morning!"

After hearing this, Zhao Yuxin said indignantly, "That company is too black-hearted!"

"That's not even the most excessive part. More importantly, the entire workload was basically done by me alone, and the overtime pay and subsidies that were promised—I didn't even see a single hair of them!

Finally, on the fourth day, I really couldn't take it anymore, so I beat the manager up."

"Well deserved! So after that, you were unemployed for about a year?"

"Yeah, but there are so many thorns on this thing, aren't you afraid of the pain?"

"It doesn't hurt. Haven't you been hugged by it too? At most, it's just a bit prickly; it doesn't hurt at all."

Zhu Zhiquan did not respond to Zhao Yuxin again, his eyes fixed on the progress bar. As the magma swallowed the three rows of tricycles, the progress bar finally filled up.

Rumble—

The walls gradually rose to reveal four highways. Everyone looked into the distance, where many highways were intertwined like a fishing net. These four highways were of equal width and extended into this net.

Zhu Zhiquan picked a road at random to set off, and Zhao Yuxin sat in the carriage with the Ice Cream Cactus, staring at the rear.

Countless players rushed onto the highway like a tide; some vehicles that had been scrapped due to fighting remained in place, and there were also players clinging to other people's vehicles with unclear intentions.

As the tricycle continued to move forward, Zhao Yuxin saw hidden gates at the source of all the highways; many of them were open, while a few remained tightly shut.

Zhao Yuxin opened the World Channel, where many players were wailing or begging. As time passed, the magma began to submerge the hidden gates. Perhaps the players who hadn't opened the gates by now...

Zhao Yuxin sighed, closed the panel, and stared blankly at the slowly rising and intertwined highways.

"Hmm?" The Ice Cream Cactus saw that Zhao Yuxin was not very happy and licked her pretty face gently.

The cool sensation of the lick brought Zhao Yuxin back to her senses. Looking at the Ice Cream Cactus's husky-like expression and Zhu Zhiquan who was driving, Zhao Yuxin took out a piece of Buli, preparing to record some things.

Zhao Yuxin wrote on the Buli: "The eighth day of entering the game. Seeing the cruelty of these days in the game, I plan to record it first as proof when I seek to turn things around.

Woke up this morning and entered the maze, the system lures us to tear each other apart. I traveled with Ajiu, met compatriots with cold blades. Worked with the crowd to exit the Nine Nether, heart palpitating after leaving the pass, looking back, still saw lonely souls crying for help!"

Zhao Yuxin found a few more pieces of Buli and animal skin, hand-stitching them into a notebook, deciding to record what she saw here in the future.

After finishing the handmade notebook, Zhao Yuxin fell asleep without realizing it.

When she woke up, Zhu Zhiquan was preparing dinner on a grill; it was unclear if this grill had been opened from a Material Box. At this time, the tricycle was still moving, presumably with the Ice Cream Cactus driving.

By now, Zhu Zhiquan had noticed that Zhao Yuxin was awake and turned his head to ask, "Azhao, do you want to add some eggs?"

"You decide," Zhao Yuxin said, then looked at the growth of her potted plants.

At this moment, the tricycle suddenly stopped, and then the Ice Cream Cactus came to the carriage holding a Green Supply Box.

After Zhao Yuxin opened the Material Box, she obtained five units of Gasoline, three units of electronic parts, two bottles of rum, and one Xunfeng Crossbow Blueprint.

Name: Xunfeng Crossbow Blueprint

Quality: Blue

Introduction: A crossbow with powerful force; Magic Power can be injected to enhance the power of the Crossbow Bolt. After crafting, fifteen Arrow will be included.

Materials: three units of Level 2 Metal, five units of wood, four units of Animal Tendon.

Zhao Yuxin learned the blueprint and waved a bottle of rum beside Zhu Zhiquan; Zhu Zhiquan silently took out two cups from a spot in the carriage.

The Ice Cream Cactus sniffed the rum in Zhao Yuxin's hand curiously, and Zhao Yuxin pushed it away, saying, "Be good, little Baobao can't drink alcohol."

The Ice Cream Cactus kept staring at the rum in Zhao Yuxin's hand and refused to leave, so Zhao Yuxin had to make an ice cream for it to go play by itself.

Inside this pitch-black Volcano, an old tricycle was constantly moving. Zhu Zhiquan and Zhao Yuxin sat face-to-face in the carriage eating, both occasionally pouring rum into each other's mouths.

The cold air of the Ice Cream Cactus fought against the heat flow inside the Volcano; Zhao Yuxin and Zhu Zhiquan's faces were flushed, and they held each other's hands, preparing to battle for three hundred rounds.

Soon, the sounds of their battle reached the ears of the Ice Cream Cactus. The Ice Cream Cactus turned its head curiously and found Zhu Zhiquan pressing Zhao Yuxin, moving back and forth.

If it were an animal, it might have shyly turned its head, but the Ice Cream Cactus was just a plant; in its eyes, it was just Dad bullying Mom.

The Ice Cream Cactus was very afraid at first, but seeing Mom being bullied, it couldn't just sit by and watch, so it came to the carriage, picked up a shovel from the side, and smacked it onto Zhu Zhiquan's forehead.

Zhao Yuxin was startled and hurriedly pushed Zhu Zhiquan away, causing the shovel to land on her face. The Ice Cream Cactus helped Zhao Yuxin up in terror, then protected her behind it, looking at Zhu Zhiquan with caution.

Zhao Yuxin, whose mood had been disturbed, slapped the Ice Cream Cactus away, then immediately went to Zhu Zhiquan's side to check his condition.

"Hmm?" The Ice Cream Cactus felt wronged and confused; it didn't understand why it had been hit by Mom when it was clearly trying to protect her.

After confirming that Zhu Zhiquan was fine, Zhao Yuxin wanted to discipline the Ice Cream Cactus, but seeing its tears about to fall, she couldn't bear it.

Helplessly, Zhao Yuxin hugged the Ice Cream Cactus to soothe it, "Baobao be good, Dad was just playing a game with Mom, not bullying Mom~"

The Ice Cream Cactus nodded ignorantly, then stood with its hands on its hips, looking angry. Seeing this, Zhu Zhiquan and Zhao Yuxin coaxed the Ice Cream Cactus together, and it took a lot of effort to soothe it.