Is Chang Feng the First Instance?

Mu Rufeng desperately wanted to know what kind of place this was, why he had appeared here, and how he could leave.

"Driver Bro, I gave you face, so you should give me face too, right? You wouldn't want..."

Mu Rufeng casually turned his head and looked at the dozen or so remaining pieces of cargo in the truck.

Chang Feng felt a profound malice.

Seeing that Driver Bro made no move, Mu Rufeng did not say anything more. He picked up an empty pallet from the side and placed it on the ground.

One piece, two pieces, three pieces...

Mu Rufeng had only moved three pieces of cargo when the driver hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed him.

"Wait, wait, stop unloading. Whatever you want to know, I'll tell you," Driver Bro said hurriedly.

"Now that's more like it. I help you, you help me." Mu Rufeng stopped what he was doing, rose to his feet, and smiled.

"I want to know how I can leave this place." Mu Rufeng asked the question that concerned him most.

"You only need to become a driver to leave this place," Chang Feng said.

"Fine, I wasn't clear enough. I mean, how do I leave this strange place and return to the real world?"

"You know about the real world, right? The world where humans live," Mu Rufeng said.

"I do." Chang Feng nodded.

Seeing Chang Feng nod, Mu Rufeng secretly nodded to himself. Sure enough, these strange "people" knew about the human world.

After a long while, Chang Feng still did not continue speaking, leaving the waiting Mu Rufeng feeling thoroughly miserable.

Mu Rufeng was just about to speak when Chang Feng finally opened his mouth.

"Did you enter this strange instance because of an umbrella?" Chang Feng suddenly asked, startling Mu Rufeng.

"How did you know?" Mu Rufeng looked at Chang Feng suspiciously.

"Because I also entered this place because of that umbrella. Or rather, because of that umbrella, I became what I am now," Chang Feng said slowly.

"You..." Mu Rufeng stared fixedly at Chang Feng.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck his mind, and a familiar scene surfaced in his memory.

"You were the first driver to die at the Liquor Warehouse? The driver whose entire body was gnawed apart by wild beasts?" Mu Rufeng cried out.

"So I wasn't the only one who died?" Chang Feng said upon hearing this.

"What exactly is going on? And what is the deal with that umbrella?" Mu Rufeng pressed.

"If you want to leave this place, you first need to become a Formal Worker. Once you become a Formal Worker, there should be information on leaving."

"Don't ask me either. I don't know. I applied to be a driver, and I never even managed to become a Formal Worker."

"Also, I wasn't gnawed on by wild beasts." Chang Feng's voice was hoarse, making one's scalp tingle.

In an instant, Mu Rufeng thought of many things.

What Chang Feng had said proved that the second driver to die and the third person—the supervisor—had likely both entered the Scarlet Preferred instance.

They had merely died here for certain reasons.

Chang Feng had been the first to enter Scarlet Preferred. He had already died in the real world, yet here, he had become a truck driver?

Did that mean the second dead driver and that supervisor were also now holding some sort of position within Scarlet Preferred?

"Wait. That bald supervisor, Wang Kun..."

Mu Rufeng remembered at once. Wasn't Wang Kun, the bald male supervisor he had seen earlier, precisely the supervisor who had died in the real world?

"You should have been devoured to death by some kind of monster while making deliveries. So why did you become a driver?" Mu Rufeng asked.

Silence. Chang Feng fell silent.

Mu Rufeng did not urge him, merely waiting quietly.

"While making deliveries, I violated the rules and was devoured to death by the service station supervisor."

"When I woke up again, I had become a truck driver. I cannot leave this truck. Even if I drive out, I cannot get out of the vehicle. I can only move around within the truck compartment."

"My advice to you is that you must never die, and you must never be contaminated. Otherwise, you will become like me."

"I still have my own thoughts because I have only been a driver for a short time."

"I can already feel it. My thoughts are growing fainter and colder. Before long, I probably won't be myself anymore."

"Can I ask you for one thing?" Chang Feng said.

"Go ahead." Mu Rufeng did not know how to respond at this moment, so he could only utter those two words.

"I know you're no ordinary person. Your unloading speed is so fast that even An Lu, the other loader, needs an hour and a half to finish unloading."

"With your abilities, you are bound to achieve great things."

"While I still have my thoughts, I hope that once you become capable in the future, you can help take care of my family." A sorrowful emotion unexpectedly seeped into Chang Feng's words.

"Alright!" Mu Rufeng nodded heavily.

"Thank you. I also have a daughter. She's still in kindergarten. It's a pity I won't get to see her grow into an adult. This damned world."

Chang Feng cursed, his figure gradually fading until it finally turned into a cloud of black mist and merged into the truck compartment.

Looking at the vanished Chang Feng, Mu Rufeng sighed.

He deeply sympathized with Chang Feng's plight, yet there was nothing he could do.

If he had not possessed a cheat, Mu Rufeng felt that he would probably have followed in Chang Feng's footsteps as well.

Still, if it was within his power, Mu Rufeng would naturally help with Chang Feng's request.

After all, Driver Bro had also cleared up some of Mu Rufeng's doubts.

"A reminder: be careful of warehouse supervisor Wang Kun. Your unloading speed is so fast that you can help the other loader more, leaving Wang Kun unable to find fault with your work ability."

"Of course, you must also be wary of An Lu. The previous loader was eaten by him."

"Also, inside the truck, the driver cannot make a move against the loader unless the unloading time exceeds two hours."

Chang Feng's voice suddenly sounded beside Mu Rufeng's ear.

"Eaten?" Mu Rufeng pondered it slightly.

"Thank you!" Having gained a little clue, Mu Rufeng thanked Chang Feng, the driver.

When Mu Rufeng dragged the pallet out of the truck compartment, another large truck had somehow already pulled up nearby.

An Lu was currently standing in front of that large truck. From the look of it, he seemed ready to unload this truck's cargo.

Clearly, An Lu had already finished unloading his previous truck.

An Lu also saw Mu Rufeng emerge.

"Mu Rufeng, wait. Is the cargo on your truck nearly finished?" An Lu walked up and blocked Mu Rufeng's path.

"Yeah. What about it?" Mu Rufeng nodded.

"You're only an ordinary human. Why is your unloading speed so fast?"

"And why has your body not changed in the slightest?" An Lu asked.

"Ten dollars." Mu Rufeng held out his hand.