PFRG: Chapter 117

“What is going on? What happened just now? Did that guy from the Jazz team do something? He actually forced someone like Old Song to speed up. He suddenly stopped. He must be planning something bad!”

Ji Xingque was in the surveillance room. He could only see the scene on the field through the camera. He was unable to perceive emotions and naturally knew nothing about what was happening. The only thing he could see was Song Xuefeng’s reaction. “But it doesn’t look threatening. Captain, look, Old Song has only accelerated for a short time before he stopped again. He is too lazy. If he continues at this speed, he won’t reach the finish line by the time the Jazz team catches up, right?”

Chi Ting smiled at him. “It is okay. In a relay race, you can’t win just by running fast. Haven’t you heard the story of the tortoise and the hare? No matter how fast the hare ran, it still lost to the persistent tortoise in the end. The Jazz team might not necessarily have won the race if they raced calmly, but they are always making trouble for themselves. They are no better than the half-hearted hare.”

Yue Ren suddenly reached out a hand and gently poked Chi Ting’s shoulder, signaling for him to look at the screen. “However, Mr Tortoise seems to have stopped now.”

Ji Xingque looked up when he heard this and was stunned. “That’s right. Why did Old Song stop?”

Yue Ren smiled silently. His words seemed to empathize with the other person, but the more indifferent his tone was, the more it made people feel like punching him. “Old Song must be very dissatisfied about the length of his working hours. No wonder. If it was me, I would also be a bit unhappy. After all, in the round that just ended, your captain only participated in one project. Why does he need to encounter two projects when it is his turn?”

This type of judgment unexpectedly showed his extreme understanding of Song Xuefeng, which made Chi Ting involuntarily look at Yue Ren. Then he saw Yue Ren suddenly turn back as if he noticed something. The moment their eyes met, Yue Ren gave a brilliant smile.

Chi Ting: “……”

“Old Song is already depressed enough at ordinary times. He must be even more depressed when forced to work for such a long time.” Ji Xingque combined this with Song Xuefeng’s various past events and thought of a possibility. He couldn’t help scratching his head fiercely. “He won’t completely lose his patience and choose to go on strike on the spot, right?”

“No,” Chi Ting withdrew his gaze from Yue Ren and answered slowly. “After all, Old Song still has some faith.”

Ji Xingque’s expression completely changed. “Is Song Xuefeng a person who has something like faith?”

“Of course.” Chi Ting smiled slightly. “His belief in getting off work on time has always been as heavy as Mount Tai.”

As if to verify what Chi Ting said, at this moment, the car originally parked in front of the gas station sign continued to move forward slowly.

At this speed comparable to that of human power, Song Xuefeng held the steering wheel with one hand and placed the other hand casually on the car door next to him. With his head slightly tilted back, he briefly fell into deep thought about the nature of life.

In fact, even he couldn’t completely remember when he first started to lose motivation. Perhaps it was after he gradually discovered the supernatural ability in his body.

After that, he joined the Dawn team to follow their captain. Since then, his life seemed to have been dragged forward.

For example, right now.

If he didn’t know that there were people waiting to get off work with him, he might’ve given up right there.

But what could he do? The captain was still outside, and there was also a very noisy pink-feathered bird. He had to go back as soon as possible.

Sure enough, this type of thing was very troublesome in itself.

“Really? Why is this world so troublesome?” Song Xuefeng lowered his eyes helplessly. He glanced at the driving speed that had almost dropped to the lowest speed, pinched his face to force himself to look alert, and stepped on the accelerator. This caused the needle on the instrument to move up a small grid. The corners of his lips curved up with a bit of satisfaction. “Yes… this is indeed a lot faster.”

Where he couldn’t see, all his actions were being transmitted to the audience through the live stream screen. The entire barrage fell into a sea of ellipses for a long time.

A long time passed before someone finally regained his ability to speak after being extremely speechless.

[Brother Song, do you have any misunderstanding about the word ‘fast’?]

[I’ve learned something new. I originally thought that Brother Song was just as unmotivated as I am. Now I realize that he is completely out of my league.]

[At this rate… will this project ever be completed? Why does it feel so uncertain?]

]I suspect that the bumper cars in the children’s amusement park can drive faster than him…]

[So this is considered to be motivated? I suddenly can’t bear to look at the word ‘hurry up’. I am covering my face.]

[As expected of Brother Song. I admire him.]

The speed of advancement was indeed very impressive. Even so, after a seemingly long journey, the outline of the gas station finally appeared vaguely in his field of view.

Looking around, the eye-catching pink color of the buildings directly impacted his vision.

Before Chi Ting in the monitoring room had time to observe the situation on the screen, he was attracted by the overly iconic color style.

He was subconsciously about to turn around, but Yue Ren had already put an arm around his shoulder and patted him. His tone of voice was strangely filled with nostalgia. “Do you feel familiar?”

“Yes, it is quite familiar.” Chi Ting lowered his eyes and glanced at the hand on his shoulder. Then he looked back at the screen. “Now I am glad I didn’t arrange you for this third lap.”

Yue Ren raised an eyebrow slightly. “Oh, are you worried that I might be affected?”

Chi Ting chuckled. “I am indeed worried that the gas station they worked so hard to build would be demolished on the spot by you.”

Yue Ren was stunned for a moment. He pondered on it before laughing. “There is indeed a possibility.”

He leaned forward slightly and moved a bit closer naturally. “Sure enough, you are getting to know me better and better now.”

The breath that suddenly brushed past his ear made Chi Ting’s smile pause slightly. The muscles that were pressed together through the clothes suddenly felt a bit hot. He struggled out of the man’s arms without making a sound. “Let’s watch the game first.”

Yue Ren glanced at Chi Ting’s face that was covered by his hair, and smiled slightly with an ambiguous meaning. “Okay, Captain.”

After arriving at the gas station, Song Xuefeng had already driven the go-kart into the refueling area.

He obviously remembered the relevant rule 5 that the stop time at the gas station shouldn’t exceed eight minutes. So from the first moment of entering, the process of completing the operation was smoother than the entire lap.

If he remembered correctly, the content before this rule said that while refueling, he could use game coins to redeem supply items at the gas station according to the rules.

So, should he first look for rules related to refueling?

Song Xuefeng had to lift his drooping eyelids and look around calmly. Finally, he found a tattered signboard in a corner not far away.

Stopping was allowed inside the gas station. He was too lazy to drive the go-kart around, so he simply turned off the engine, got out, and walked over slowly.

This sign looked very old, and there was rust all over it. Many of the mottled words were no longer legible and one had to look carefully to vaguely read the few large words on it: Rules for Gas Station Employees.

After Song Xuefeng stood in this position for more than ten seconds, his brow finally twisted in pain. “Ah… why do the designers of these instances have to do such headache-inducing things? When designing these things, aren’t they deliberately increasing the difficulty of their own work? They are all perverts…”

[Hahaha, f*k, I thought he was thinking. I didn’t expect him to be thinking about this.]

[But I agree with Brother Song on this point. These dungeon designers are all perverts!]

[I suddenly feel a bit envious of Brother Song’s mental state…]

[I’m not envious at all. Now isn’t the time to complain! Time! The safe time to stay at the gas station is only eight minutes!]

[But now he really wants to give up. The previous rules were already enough of a headache. Now there is an employee code of conduct. Haha… he is fine, but he really wants the world to be destroyed.]

[It is very touching that Brother Song has worked so hard. Let him go. I am so moved that I am about to cry.]

[Seriously, I suspect that if the leader of this team was Captain Rong from Watchtower, Brother Song wouldn’t even be willing to be on the starting list. Now he is doing this for the Dawn team. Wu wu wu, so touching. What type of magic does this team have?]

[This is an indestructible friendship between teammates!]

Song Xuefeng didn’t realize that he had inadvertently moved the entire live stream room. There was a short silence before he finally remembered to look down.

[Gas Station Employee Code:

Welcome to becoming a staff member of the Pink Gas Station of Death Go-Kart. As one of the project locations of the Starry Sky Arcade, this station provides excellent work benefits to all employees. I wish you a pleasant working experience. After work, you might find that there are certain risks inside the gas station, but please rest assured that as long as you can read the employee rules of the station, you can ensure absolute safety.

In order to better cherish life, please carefully remember the following rules.

……]

The first few lines of text were occasionally missing due to varying degrees of wear and tear, but they could still be read smoothly in conjunction with the context.

Overall, it was nothing more than a reminder to the gas station employees, emphasizing the importance of rules and exaggerating the unsafe and threatening atmosphere of this place.

Song Xuefeng didn’t know what the rendering result would be, but after reading it word by word, he strongly suspected that such a long-winded text was deliberately arranged by a cunning designer to waste time.

He considered the possibility of skipping the rules but finally resigned himself to reading on.

Just as his eyes fell on the first rule of the employee code of conduct, his somewhat distracted eyes finally focused a bit.

[1. Before going to work every day, please make sure that you have arrived at a real pink gas station. If not, please leave within five minutes.]

Song Xuefeng: “……”

He turned around and looked towards the empty gas station building.

This rule didn’t require him to spend too much time thinking about the logic. The content could be said to be very easy to understand.

The biggest question behind it was how could he confirm that the station in front of him was a real pink gas station? Would the final answer be in the remaining employee rules?

His gaze swept over the silent gas station. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew by, making the gray hair messy. At the same time, there was a distinct chill.

Once he got used to the sound of the wind whistling past his eyes, it was really too quiet when it calmed down.