Chapter 14 Under the Wings
When Chu Xuange found her, she was sitting alone on a wicker bench on the terrace; Hanada Ichiko had already left.
He chuckled softly: "Why are you just sitting there like an idiot?"
Pei Hening looked up and saw him coming out of the library, then waved to him.
He sat down beside her, lazily and casually taking her hand and gently playing with it: "Are you tired?"
"Tired, but totally worth it. I gained two strength points."
Chu Xuange gently rubbed her hand against his lips: "My darling is so amazing~"
Pei Hening turned to look at him: "I ran into Hanada Chiko. She and I exchanged information. The combat prediction course increases agility points."
She spilled the beans, recounting the whole story, and even added her own speculations about Hanada Ichiko.
Chu Xuange slowly said, "That's possible. Some beta testers only encountered the school after the game officially launched."
"Aside from the internal testing, the first time the highway school recruits students is during the new driver protection period, and then it recruits students every three months. The tuition is not cheap."
Pei Hening pulled her hand away, looked at the spot where he had kissed her, glared at him, and told him to tone it down: "How much?"
"Fifteen silver coins for a random beginner course. Intermediate and advanced courses require passing the assessment to be eligible to enroll. Unlike the closed beta, you can't choose your own course."
Pei Hening glanced at the time and pulled him toward the parking lot.
Besides their car, there were four other cars in the parking lot.
Chu Xuange glanced at the vehicle and quickly noted down the information.
Pei Hening pushed the electric scooter out, got on, and waved to him with a smile: "Gogo, see you tomorrow~"
Chu Xuange's gaze was heavy with reluctance: "Baby, you have to miss me."
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Chu Xuange drove the car onto the highway, stopped, and upgraded the car.
Upgrading a vehicle to level four takes half an hour.
He made a video call to Pei Hening.
"Baby, would you like some braised pork ribs? I've prepared some ingredients."
Under the scorching sun, Pei Hening slowly processed Chu Xuange's words.
"Sure, but it's so hot~ Gogo, could we have a cold dish? It's too hot, I don't have an appetite~"
Chu Xuange brought her a bottle of herbal tea and, after checking the ingredients, said, "Add a plate of cold shredded radish salad."
Pei Hening watched him prepare the ingredients and said, "I want to open today's box~"
Chu Xuange paused in his work: "Just send me the box and I'll open it together. I'm very worried."
Pei Hening said seriously, "Let me try. I want to see just how strong the monster is now."
After learning that the monster's power had been unleashed, Chu Xuange gave her repeated instructions, fearing that she might get hurt fighting the monster.
Seeing that she was unwilling to change her mind, he silently gifted her a deadly protective item [Turtle Shell] (d).
[Turtle shell] (d)
There's nothing shameful about hiding when you can't win; that's how we turtles are! (Used: 5/5)
"Try it with the props. If you can't beat them, don't fight anymore. It's too dangerous."
He focused his attention on Pei Hening and absentmindedly processed the ingredients.
Seeing that he agreed, Pei Hening decisively got out of the car with her samurai sword.
The number of chests refreshed today was indeed less. From 6 a.m. to 12 p.m., she only encountered a total of seven chests: six wooden chests and one iron chest.
Lay out the boxes we collected today and open them one by one!
She used the tip of her samurai sword to open the first wooden box.
Congratulations to player [滴比滴比] for winning 6 Matcha Chocolate Ice Creams, 2 Cabbages, 6 Gears, and 1 Flower Pot!
Congratulations to player [滴比滴比] for winning 1 lighter, 6 carrots, 1 cooling spray, and 1 piece of cloth.
Congratulations to player [滴比滴比] for obtaining 1 sun umbrella, 1 cooling spray, 1 piece of fabric, and 6 springs.
According to the Law of Euclidean Algorithm, if she opened three wooden crates without any problems, the next one is very likely to be problematic. She gripped her katana tightly and pried open another crate—a huge black-haired rat monster jumped out of the crate, its sharp claws slashing at her!
Pei Hening chopped off the head of the black-haired rat monster; this was a subconscious reaction she had accumulated during her fight with Xixia.
One fatal blow!
Her face looked pale; if it were her who hadn't attended class this morning, she might have really tripped and fallen.
"Congratulations to player [滴比滴比] for killing a common rat monster*1, experience +2, and dropping 2 rat furs."
Pei Hening became more vigilant and continued opening the boxes.
A strange two-headed bird flew out of the fifth wooden box; one head spewed flames, and the other spewed venom.
Pei Hening nimbly dodged the two-headed bird's attack range, and swung her knife backhand, intending to cut off both of its heads, but only managed to cut off the one that was spitting venom.
Enraged, the two-headed bird attacked more and more fiercely. In the end, Pei Hening had to exchange injuries for injuries, and it was only after being bitten hard by the bird that he was finally able to kill it!
"Congratulations to player [DibiDibi] for killing a Reincarnation Bird Monster*1, experience +4, and Reincarnation Bird Feather*3 dropped."
Pei Hening collapsed to the ground, still shaken, panting heavily.
She almost killed it!
Chu Xuange silently gave her medicine for her injuries.
He opened the [chat channel].
[Princess Ningning]: Buying location cards and affiliation items at high prices.
"001, keep an eye on the chat channel. If someone offers a location card or affiliation item, trade with them. I'll give you access."
001: "Yes, Master."
I only feel at ease when he's right under my nose!
He must be out of his mind to agree to let that weakling of her open the box!
"Baby, don't open it. Just give me the box now, and I'll open it for you right away."
Pei Hening had just finished treating the injury on her hand when she heard his words. She laughed and said, "It's nothing, just a minor injury. You won't even let me treat a monster as strong as Gogo myself. What if I encounter an even stronger monster in a dungeon?"
Chu Xuange remained silent for a long time before giving in: "I understand, let's continue, baby."
He shouldn't insist on protecting people under his wing.
Pei Hening used his samurai sword to pick up the skeleton of the two-headed bird and threw it off the road.
A withered little flower by the roadside suddenly shook its stem excitedly. It opened its gaping maw and swallowed the two-headed bird whole. The flower stem bulged and writhed strangely as it digested its food.
Pei Hening was initially quite scared of this scene, but she got used to it after seeing it many times.
Now that the game has arrived, isn't it normal for Xiaohua to do some crazy things?
She rested for a while, then continued opening the boxes.
Inside the fifth wooden box, they found a highly venomous ant as tall as a calf.
Before the ant could attack, he stabbed it through the junction of its head and tail, killing it instantly!
"Congratulations to player [滴比滴比] for killing 1 poisonous ant, experience +3."
Pei Hening was somewhat disappointed that the highly poisonous ants dropped nothing.
Pei Hening looked at the iron box with a solemn expression, and only opened it after making thorough preparations—nothing happened.
Congratulations to player [滴比滴比] for obtaining 1 car air conditioner, 1 water dispenser blueprint, 1 piece of cloth, 4 iron blocks, and 6 apples.
Chu Xuange breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that there were no monsters in the iron box: "Baby, you rest well, I'll go cook."
As soon as he finished speaking, a familiar mechanical female voice echoed throughout every corner of the highway.
"Server-wide announcement! Congratulations to player [Princess Ningning] for becoming the first owner of a Level 4 vehicle!"
The server-wide announcement, which played three times in a row, was as concise as ever.
Chat channel.
"Here we go again, Princess Ningning, can you please stop being so stubborn! Today is only the eighth day since the game launched! And she's already at level four!"
"I previously said that the server-wide announcement about the Tier 3 vehicle wasn't from Princess Ningning and Dibi Dibi, that it must have been them messing around, but I didn't expect they were planning something big!"
"Are we playing the same game? Is she cheating?"
"Princess Ningning is obviously a girl. She probably tricked that brother into giving her the supplies!"
"What are you guessing? Don't forget, the little princess is number one on the mileage leaderboard. She must have opened a lot of boxes, so it's normal for her to accumulate some upgrade materials, right? A brain is a good thing, I hope you have one!"
"I wonder what the difference is between a Class 4 vehicle and a Class 2 vehicle? I really want to see!"
Highway School
[Megsil]: @Ningning Little Princess Sister, you really work so hard~ attending classes during the day~ leveling up in the afternoon~ amazing!
[Fire the boss]: @NingningLittlePrincessLittleBrother I worship you
[Hanada Chiko]: @Princess Ningning, how did you level up so fast!
[Kojiro Matsushita]: Chiko, I didn't see you today. When did you go to school?
[Hanada Chiko]: Arrived at school at exactly 12 o'clock @Matsushita Kojiro
[Princess Doris]: The school curriculum is too difficult, even more difficult than math!
[Frank]: What time are you going to school tomorrow? Could we arrange a time so I can meet up with everyone?
[Falcon]: I privately checked with the students to understand the situation, and each course will increase the corresponding attribute points.