"Heh... hehe, things probably aren't that bad." Zheng Jun forced a hollow smile, but judging by his expression alone, things were clearly very bad.
For a moment, all six fell silent.
[Snake Mouth District] bustled at night, but huddled in a dark corner of the central park, they seemed utterly out of place.
Liu Jingqing watched enviously as girls walked openly along the pedestrian street, holding all kinds of snacks. She had once been able to do that too.
But now, as players, they could only wait for the sky to darken further, waiting for the game to arrive.
Time ticked by. At eight that evening, the crowds in [Snake Mouth District] reached their peak, and the musical fountain came on, putting on a lively show.
The six instinctively looked toward the jets of water shooting high into the air, their mental strain growing as time passed.
Waiting was always the hardest part. As nine o'clock approached, a voice prompt sounded in Qin Manjiang's mind.
[Reach the Guanyin Flat Lake area: completed.]
He breathed a deep sigh of relief, then took out his phone, ready to call Yi Yu and check on him.
But after thinking it over, he worried that a sudden phone call might adversely affect him somehow, so he sent a text instead.
[Successfully checked in. What about you? Are you okay?]
Soon, the phone screen lit up with Yi Yu's reply-
[I hauled a jet ski over there. There were water ghosts, but they couldn't catch me.]
[I'm fine.]
Qin Manjiang stared at the message, speechless for quite a while.
Money... really was useful. Yi Yu had encountered water ghosts, but he had actually sped through the terrifying area on a jet ski.
Just imagining that scene made Qin Manjiang feel how absurd it