Chapter 154 New Regulations for Gas Stations
[Princess Ningning]: Is it harsh?
[In good mental condition]: Damn, he's begging to live but can't die, isn't that ruthless enough? I even suspect that he offended He Ning, not you.
[Princess Ningning]: Mm.
[In good spirits]:...Okay, I understand.
[Princess Ningning]: Thank you for this.
[In good spirits]: Telling me all this? If you really appreciate it, then treat me to a meal. I saw you bought seafood in the chat channel.
[In good spirits]: I want to eat too.
[Princess Ningning]:...
[Princess Ningning]: Can't you learn to cook? You'll starve to death.
[In good spirits]: That won't do, I'll have to sit at the head table at your wedding.
Upon seeing the last sentence, Chu Xuange's eyes softened: "Okay."
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Forty-eight days of survival on the highway.
Pei Hening went to wash up in her slippers and saw Chu Xuange stuffing their dirty clothes into the washing machine.
"The clothes in the drying area aren't dry yet, so it's inconvenient to hang them to dry after washing."
Chu Xuange pointed to the independent drum dryer next to him: "I bought the dryer last night before going to bed, so there's no need to worry about drying the clothes."
After washing up, Pei Hening went out for breakfast and also went to the planting area to record data.
As she left the planting area, she heard music playing from the car.
"After we finish our trip, can we go to a gas station?"
Pei Hening put down the notebook containing the data: "Okay."
When they arrived at the "gas station", it was already 11 o'clock.
"Welcome player [Dibi Dibi] and companion [Ningning Little Princess] to the highway gas station. Please remember the following rules carefully."
"1. Self-service refueling and charging are provided at the gas station, and corresponding fees will be charged."
"2. Smoking and open flames are prohibited inside gas stations."
"3. Players are prohibited from attacking each other inside the gas station."
"4. Players may not stay in the gas station for more than two hours."
"5. Players are prohibited from begging inside gas stations."
"6. It is forbidden to give alcohol or coffee to NPCs at the site."
Upon hearing about the two additional rules, Pei Hening looked at Chu Xuange and asked, "Why are there two more rules?"
Chu Xuange shook his head, looking innocent: "I don't know, I also think the two new rules are weird."
Pei Hening noticed his guilty conscience and asked, "Is it related to you?"
Chu Xuange shook his head: "I don't think so?"
On the previous map, he had been chased here by the "Highway Police Department" pursuit team. In order to get rid of the pursuit, he bought a bottle of coffee-flavored liquor for each of the "gas station" staff.
However, alcohol is not coffee, and coffee is not alcohol.
It's definitely not because of the rules he added.
The self-service gas station was full of cars, so they had to park their car in the parking lot.
"There are so many players here, the parking lot is full."
Chu Xuange nodded: "I guess everyone's fuel consumption has increased on the Blizzard map, so they're here to resupply."
When the temperature is too low, the energy consumption of both electric vehicles and gasoline vehicles will increase.
The two parked their car and walked into the gas station, which was quite crowded.
Several players, all bundled up in thick cotton-padded coats, were chatting together when the two men happened to pass by and overheard them talking.
"I wonder how cold this map will get. The temperature changes every day. It's so unbearable."
"This weather is really weird, it's so easy to freeze to death. If it weren't for Sister Jingyun emphasizing the need to keep warm and buy more winter gear these past few days, I'm afraid I would have frozen to death here."
"The players in our original 999 zone are okay, but the players from the three merged zones have suffered a lot of deaths, mainly because they didn't upgrade their vehicles and froze to death."
"It's -51 degrees Celsius today, and I don't know how low it will go. It's so cold."
"You haven't run into the wandering merchant yet? You can buy heating cards there, the price is reasonable, and I think they're really useful."
Pei Hening listened to a few words briefly, then pulled Chu Xuange to buy gasoline.
Pei Hening glanced at the staff at the store selling bottled gasoline who turned out to be dwarfs.
There are three dwarves in the shop, two women and one man. All three of them are in good spirits and have a positive and enthusiastic work attitude.
After Pei Hening and the other person agreed on the amount of gasoline needed, she went to buy it.
The staff member paused for a moment when Pei Hening announced the number: "Sir, are you sure you want to buy that much?"
Pei Hening nodded: "The store doesn't have that much stock?"
The dwarf shook his head: "Yes, but you bought too much at once, so I need to confirm with you again."
Pei Hening wore a badge that read "I also have this membership," which allowed her to get the gasoline she needed at a 20% discount.
The dwarf noticed the card album in her hand and asked, "Guest, would you like to put it in your backpack or have us make it into cards for you?"
"Making them into cards makes them easy for me to store."
"It's that time of year again for the rich man's sister."
Pei Hening looked up and saw [the fairy descending to earth]. She was in excellent spirits, carrying two brightly colored bottles of wine, wearing a red fur coat and black trousers, with her long hair clipped back.
"Fairy sister, what's going on?"
[Fairy Descending to Earth] shook the two bottles of wine in her hand: "What are you thinking about? This is a drink I just mixed. I was going to take it to show my teacher. I was thinking that my car was about to run out of gas, so I came here to fill up the tank and buy some supplies. I didn't expect to run into you."
"We are truly destined to be together."
The dwarf handed over the neatly arranged cards: "Guest, please check them."
[Fairy Descending to Earth] noticed the card and asked with slight confusion, "What's this?"
"Cards, items from the road survival game can be made into cards. You need a card-making machine, which can only be purchased from trainee merchants in certain special dungeons."
[Fairy Descends to Earth] promptly transferred a sum of money to Pei Hening: "Information fee."
Pei Hening handed the card in her hand to Chu Xuange: "Gege, count it."
[Fairy Descending to Earth] looked at Pei Hening, then glanced at Chu Xuange: "Brother and sister? You two are both very good-looking, so your parents must be good-looking too, right?"
Chu Xuange frowned slightly and emphasized, "They're not siblings, they're lovers."
This person is so clueless; they're even wearing matching outfits, and she's still guessing they're siblings.
No wonder someone called the police on charges of hooliganism.
Pei Hening took his arm and introduced him to [Fairy Descending to Earth]: "This is [Princess Ningning], my boyfriend."
[Fairy Descending to Earth] stared wide-eyed at Chu Xuange and then at Pei Hening: "You two didn't mix up your IDs, did you?"
She had always thought that "Princess Ningning" on the power ranking was a woman, which was shocking.
Pei Hening: "It's not backwards, he likes that ID."
The fairy descended to earth and looked at the two people in front of her, then fell silent.
"Young lady, princess... um, I need to buy something first, we can talk again later."