Chapter 54: Crazy Racing

Once she finally heard the system announcement clearly, Mo Yubai burst out laughing.

Hahaha, what a great penalty! Serves him right!

Delighted, she crawled back under the covers, wrapped herself up like a burrito, and went back to sleep.

Nothing in the world was more important than sleep!

A scumbag like Zhao Facai wasn’t worth losing sleep over.

The next morning, Mo Yubai sat on her stool, savoring her perfect egg and scallion pancake. She nodded, thoroughly pleased with her rapidly improving culinary skills.

After finishing her meal, she first shipped out all the mini car fridges she had made the previous night to her customers.

Next, she began packing up her tent. When she reached the traps, she sighed. “It’s a pity Zhao Facai didn’t come to cause trouble for me after getting wrecked so badly last night.”

After packing away the traps, Mo Yubai retrieved her Pickled Pepper Fish Head, buckled her seatbelt, and set off!

She had been driving for about an hour when the clock struck 9:00 AM.

Suddenly, the voice of the Road Survival Game system echoed from the sky.

【To celebrate the one-week anniversary of the launch of the Road Survival Game, the game system will host a Crazy Racing game tomorrow at 9:00 AM. Eligibility is restricted to players ranked in the top ten of any leaderboard.】

【During the competition, the seven districts will temporarily merge. Other players can watch the live broadcast online.】

【The top three winners will receive mysterious grand prizes, and their respective districts will be rewarded with a free one-day stay in the Service Area.】

【This competition is strictly voluntary. Players who wish to withdraw may choose to forfeit their eligibility, and their position on the leaderboard will automatically pass to the next ranked player.】

【Withdrawal countdown: 30, 29, 28, 27, 26…】

【Participant statistics finalized. A total of 22 players will compete. Have fun.】

As soon as the system finished its announcement, the chat channel erupted.

“Did you guys hear the system announcement just now?”

“Hahaha, with Boss Mo in our District 7, we’re going to crush the other districts!”

“I wonder if this racing game is dangerous?”

“Awesome! All seven districts are merging tomorrow. I can look for my sister!”

“I noticed that the players in our district all seem to be from Province A. The other districts are probably from neighboring provinces.”

“That’s a relief. My parents are back in our hometown, thousands of miles away from Province A.”

“Don’t be too optimistic, buddy. Our district’s population went from one million at the start to five hundred and eighty thousand now. Nearly half of us are dead. Even if your sister is in another district, there’s no telling if she’s still alive.”

“Don’t worry, my sister is in the top ten of the Combat Leaderboard. She’ll definitely outlive you!”

“Turns out the clown was me!”

“I really hope Boss Mo dominates the competition and wins. That way, we can benefit and get a free day of rest in the Service Area.”

“Plus one. Although a lot of places in the Service Area cost coins, there are free sleeping pods. They’re a bit small, but nothing beats free!”

“The first time I went to the Service Area, I wanted to use the sleeping pods, but they actually charge you by the hour to sleep in them. I couldn’t afford the coins to stay in the Service Area overnight!”

“I’m seriously speechless. Mo Yubai hasn’t even played yet, and you guys have already planned out how to use the prize?”

“The top ten on those leaderboards are no joke. I admit Boss Mo is great at fighting, but when it comes to racing, men are just naturally better. Can you women even handle it?”

“Even though I respect Boss Mo, female drivers really leave a lot to be desired.”

“Hey, women in the chat, let me test you. What lights should you turn on when driving in the rain?”

“Let me test you too, then. Of all the drunk driving and accident statistics published every year, how many are female drivers, and how many are male?”

“Oh right, right, right. Whatever you say, little princess.”

“Since you know your mother is right, you’d better take notes!”

“Stop arguing, it’s so toxic in here every single day. If you’ve got the guts, fight it out offline! If not, shut up!”

“You didn’t care when the guys were spewing shit, but the moment I open my mouth, it’s toxic? And a duel? What kind of shit are you that you want me to personally shovel you?”

“Sister Yang is absolutely destroying them! What a legendary roast. Please start a class, I’ll learn on my knees.”

…

Mo Yubai pinched the bridge of her nose as she watched the chaotic chat channel. She really hadn’t expected Yang Yangyang to be so lethal with his words.

Still, she couldn’t just stand by and watch. She quickly blacklisted the men who had insulted women from her snack shop.

Hypocritical scumbags who bit the hand that fed them didn’t deserve to enjoy her goods!

But speaking of this competition, as the first arena event since the game’s launch, the rewards would likely be incredibly generous!

Moreover, the participants were all top-tier players. This was likely a screening process to filter out the true elite at the top of the pyramid!

Mo Yubai was determined to seize this opportunity!

She opened the game interface and carefully studied the various leaderboards.

Currently, among the top ten players across all districts, only District 1 and her own District 7 had four participants. For District 7, it was herself, Ou Ou, Xiao Wenwen, and the scammer Zhao Facai.

Almost all the other districts had three participants, except for District 6, which only had two. However, District 6’s Zhang Binglin was ranked third on the Combat Leaderboard, right behind herself and Xiao Wenwen. He was likely a tough opponent and someone she needed to watch out for.

Still, since Zhao Facai was participating, he would probably try to cause trouble for her on the track tomorrow.

After a moment of hesitation, Mo Yubai abandoned her plan to keep grinding mileage. She opened their small group chat to talk to Wen Ruyan.

Zhao Facai was the first player to enter an Instance. If he had some special item, she didn’t want to get caught off guard and fail miserably. Having Xiao Wenwen along would give her a greater sense of security!

“Xiao Wenwen, are you free today?”

Wen Ruyan: “I am.”

Mo Yubai: “I’ll cover your breakfast for a week if you come with me to kill someone.”

Zhu Ou: “Wow, wow, wow! Sister Mo, are you finally going to take out that big scammer Zhao Facai?”

Wen Ruyan: “Give me a minute.”

Mo Yubai: “Yes, the sooner he’s gone, the sooner I can relax. Don’t rush, Xiao Wenwen. I’ll send you the Tracking Gold Coin first.”

Zhu Ou: “Wow! That’s going to be so exciting! I have to work hard to get stronger. That way, next time something like this happens, even if I’m too scared to kill, I can dig the hole while you guys bury them!”

Mo Yubai: “We usually just leave their bodies out in the wild.”

Wen Ruyan: “No need, I’ll use my own Tracking Gold Coin.”

Zhu Ou: “QAQ.”

Mo Yubai watched the highway merger countdown appear before her eyes, thinking that Xiao Wenwen was being a bit too hasty.

Wait! Something was wrong!

Seeing that there was clearly more than one highway merging into hers, Mo Yubai gripped the steering wheel warily, ready to flee at a moment’s notice.

When the final second of the highway merger ticked away, four people actually appeared on Mo Yubai’s highway.

Frowning at the three Pickled Pepper Fish Heads beside her, Wen Ruyan accelerated and pulled up next to Mo Yubai’s car.

“Teacher Mo, what’s going on?”

“I don’t know either. When the highways started merging, I thought it was just you, but then I realized more than one road was joining us.”

Li Menghua squinted at the two cars ahead. “What’s going on? Did word get out?”

Miao Ao shook his head. “Sister Li, it must be a coincidence. We used a Cross-District Coin to get here. Who could have known in advance?”

Xu Tianqing asked impatiently, “So are we fighting or not? We can’t let the Cross-District Coin go to waste!”

Li Menghua said without a shred of hesitation, “We fight. It’s three against two, the advantage is ours! If we don’t team up to take out this Mo Yubai now, District 2 won’t stand a chance of winning tomorrow’s race.”

Miao Ao shrank back slightly. He hesitated. “Are we really doing this? That Mo Yubai is number one on the Combat Power Leaderboard. I only came because we agreed it would be a three-on-one.”