Chapter 61: Intense Competition

Jiang Lan and Jiang Taoqi arrived at the entrance, followed by Zhao Facai and Guan Sheng, who were also riding beat-up vehicles.

Zhao Facai cursed angrily as he rode:

“Guan Sheng, are you a mad dog? Why won’t you let me go? If it weren’t for you, how could I be riding this piece of junk!”

Guan Sheng said nothing, silently accelerating to ram into Zhao Facai ahead of him. Zhao Facai sped up to dodge the impact.

“Damn it, I’ve had enough! You’re a lunatic!”

Jiang Taoqi watched this scene with sheer schadenfreude. “Serves you right! You screwed over his kid and thought you could just walk away scot-free? In your dreams!”

Turning her head, she saw Mo Yubai’s smiling face. Remembering how Mo Yubai had kicked her off the vehicle, anger flared within her.

“Smile, smile, smile! We get it, you have a pretty smile, okay?”

Mo Yubai looked at Jiang Taoqi with utter bewilderment, then said speechlessly to Jiang Lan, “Is your kid always this overbearing? She even controls whether other people smile?”

Jiang Lan swept a cold gaze over Mo Yubai. “She is still young.”

Mo Yubai stared speechlessly at Jiang Taoqi, whose height was about the same as hers after she had eaten the Growth Mushroom, and slowly uttered two words.

“Spoiled.”

Zhu Ou looked at the arrogant Jiang Taoqi with indignation. “A crappy little vehicle for a little brat.”

This comment dealt a heavy blow. Jiang Taoqi instantly flew into a rage and was about to retaliate when she suddenly heard a roar from behind.

It was Zhang Binglin! He had somehow stolen someone else’s beat-up tires and installed them on his own vehicle!

Beneath the cool and flashy exterior of his vehicle were two worn-out, peeling, flat tires, making the whole thing look extremely mismatched.

At this moment, he also noticed Mo Yubai sizing him up. He instantly whipped his head up, his gaze cutting like a knife as he glared at her, wishing he could hack her to pieces.

Mo Yubai, however, was not at all intimidated. She even smiled and teased, “Hey! That’s quite a unique look you’ve got there.”

Just as Zhang Binglin was about to explode and roar at Mo Yubai for pushing him too far, he heard the sound of the countdown ending.

The noisy parking lot fell so silent that a pin drop could be heard. Everyone quickly prepared to set off.

[Vehicle scramble has ended. The race has officially begun.]

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[Start!]

The moment the announcement finished, a fluorescent screen appeared above every player’s head, scrolling with their districts and names.

“Great! I finally don’t have to go through the trouble of asking which player belongs to which district!”

“Hahaha, Boss Mo is so wicked. Zhang Binglin from District 6 looks like his eyeballs are about to pop out!”

“You people from District 7, Mo Yubai’s character is just too vile. If she couldn’t steal it, she destroyed it? What kind of twisted mentality is that!”

“Then what about Yang Xiaoji from your District 6 trying to grab our Big Boss Zhu? Why don’t you call him vile?”

“They’re all vile, all of them! Only our Boss Bai from District 3 is elegant and noble!”

“Tch, I’ve wanted to complain about your Bai Chengzhou for a long time. This is a survival competition, not a beauty pageant. Even the female contestants don’t dress up as flashily as him!”

“Go Boss Guan! Once you kill off Zhao Facai, I’ll give you all my votes immediately!”

“Wen Ruyan’s ability is lacking too, isn’t it? She actually failed to grab even one of the three top-tier vehicles?”

“Big Boss Wen’s pink little scooter can still run you over and kill you!”

“Jiang Taoqi is so cute, I love her!”

“I like Jiang Lan, the ice beauty is forever the goat!”

…

Having no time to pay attention to the screen above her head, Mo Yubai leaned down close to the vehicle’s body, twisted the throttle to the limit, and shot forward with a whoosh!

Vehicles constantly overtook her, but Mo Yubai was in no hurry. Instead, she used them to block the wind.

Soon, Mo Yubai noticed her surroundings. In the middle of the endless desert, a silver-white dragon wound its way through the dunes. The dragon was not continuous; at certain points, it was replaced by long stretches of yellow sand.

Mo Yubai frowned. It seemed she not only had to watch out for the strong winds, but also make sure to accelerate through these sandy patches!

Suddenly, a powerful gust of wind carrying yellow sand swept over them. Everyone immediately squinted and leaned close to their vehicles to shield themselves, but almost everyone still ended up with a thin layer of sand plastered over their faces.

Once the wind passed, Zhu Ou accelerated to Mo Yubai’s side and gestured for her to catch something.

Confused, Mo Yubai caught the Goggles thrown by Zhu Ou. After putting them on, she lowered her body and asked, “Where did you get this?”

“The wind just blew it over. It happened to catch on my left mirror,” Zhu Ou replied loudly with her eyes closed, quickly getting a mouthful of sand.

“Bah! Ptu! Ptu!”

Mo Yubai looked at the idiot helplessly. After a moment of thought, she held the handlebar with one hand and used the other to pull the Lucky Coin from her waist.

She maneuvered her vehicle closer to Zhu Ou’s. “Stretch out your hand!”

Wen Ruyan was behind them, escorting these two troublemakers. She accelerated and rammed into another player who wanted to cause mischief, knocking them over.

Zhu Ou watched the approaching vehicle in terror.

“I’m stretching it out! I’m stretching it out, Sister Mo! Don’t come any closer! It won’t be funny if we crash into each other!”

Mo Yubai chuckled, stuffed the Lucky Coin into her hand, and accelerated past the three vehicles ahead of them.

As Zhu Ou drove, she glanced at the description of the coin. Her eyes lit up instantly. What a great item!

With this, her luck stat would go straight to 10. What would maxed-out luck look like?

Soon, Zhu Ou learned the terrifying power of maxed-out luck. Almost every player who tried to attack her would either make a clumsy driving error or be hit by a sudden gust of wind, leaving them with no time to worry about her!

Seeing this, Wen Ruyan felt relieved. She nodded to Zhu Ou, then quickly overtook her to catch up with Mo Yubai.

“No wonder you took off ahead of us.”

Mo Yubai curled her lips and raised an eyebrow. “With 10 luck, who could possibly hurt her?”

Just then, Jiang Taoqi and Jiang Lan’s vehicles caught up. Holding the handlebar, Mo Yubai swerved to dodge a crossbow bolt from Jiang Lan.

Without the slightest hesitation, she threw a flying dagger straight at Jiang Taoqi’s tire!

Unfortunately, Jiang Taoqi managed to dodge it, and the blade only grazed her calf. Before she could even cover the wound, her rear tire was punctured by Wen Ruyan’s dagger.

Hanging by one leg from the speeding motorcycle, Wen Ruyan felt the lashing of the gale. Her face remained completely calm as she backhanded the dagger out of the tire.

Mo Yubai slowed down and drew the weapon at her waist to block Jiang Lan’s attack on Wen Ruyan, giving Wen Ruyan the chance to climb back onto her bike!

By now, Jiang Taoqi’s motorcycle had begun to wobble violently. Soon, she lost control and veered off the road!

Mo Yubai smiled provocatively at Jiang Lan’s icy gaze, swerving the rear of her bike to dodge another attack.

Jiang Lan gave them a cold look and turned her vehicle around without hesitation to save Jiang Taoqi.

Soon, they arrived at the first gap. In front of the gap was a steep slope, and below it lay rolling yellow sand!

Without a moment’s hesitation, Mo Yubai accelerated to the absolute limit! The motorcycle let out a low hum, like a tiger poised to spring!

Rushing to the peak at top speed, Mo Yubai launched her vehicle straight into the air!

Only then did she barely clear the stretch of yellow sand!

Sure enough, among the players behind them, anyone who showed even a shred of hesitation sank into the yellow sand without exception!

Soon, the lead group pulled away from the pack behind them.

Another gust of wind blew. Through the swirling yellow sand, Mo Yubai clearly spotted a tumbling Wooden Treasure Chest thanks to her Goggles.

She immediately accelerated to Zhang Binglin’s side. The flying dagger in her hand flew out at her will. While he was busy dodging the dagger, she quickly sprinted forward and crashed into the treasure chest.

To her surprise, there was actually no monster inside!

Five stars! Definitely five stars!

Mo Yubai stopped accelerating to put some distance between herself and Zhang Binglin. She quickly took out the mask and gloves from the chest and put them on.

Then she pulled out a large pink megaphone and slotted it into the mount. Soon, the tune of “Good Luck” blared from the megaphone across the highway!

Zhang Binglin looked back and cursed, “Mo Yubai, are you fucking insane?”

Mo Yubai ignored him completely and accelerated past the distracted Zhang Binglin. As she brushed past him, she smiled and said, “It’s called strategy. Learn from it.”

Wen Ruyan followed closely behind, looking at him with a pained expression. “Don’t!”