Because Qi Xu answered the first question wrong, counting the time it took to pay the fee until she finally came out, she spent no more than two minutes in total.
This was quite awkward.
Fortunately, she had enough game tokens left, so she immediately went to challenge the Snow Mountain Roller Coaster.
Looking at the queue that twisted through eighteen bends, Qi Xu did the same as yesterday and walked straight to the very front.
The difference between players and tourists was actually quite obvious.
The players were full of anxiety, while the tourists had faces full of smiles.
"Hello, can I trade ten game tokens for your spot in line?"
"No." The player took a step back in strong resistance.
On the rare occasion Qi Xu showed some conscience, she was rejected. She had no choice but to open her mouth and scam someone again.
"The secret to clearing three amusement rides in exchange for your spot."
"Sure, it's a deal."
Qi Xu truthfully told him the secrets to clearing the three amusement rides she had completed yesterday, and obtained a position to immediately enter the Snow Mountain Roller Coaster.
At the entrance, there was a painting of snowy mountains.
It depicted towering snowy mountains along with a winding streak of red, which represented the roller coaster.
On the far left, eight characters were written in wild cursive calligraphy. Although Qi Xu had some difficulty recognizing them, thanks to Vitality Brother, she managed to figure them out after observing for a while.
"A heart lake without waves, tranquil to the very end."
The general meaning was that one's heart should be like a calm lake surface without ripples, always maintaining tranquility without any emotional fluctuations.
Qi Xu felt this was a bit difficult.
Even though there was no way to visually estimate exactly how tall this snowy mountain was, just looking at the winding tracks was enough to guess that it would definitely be thrilling!
Stimulated by such a strong sense of weightlessness, her heart would definitely pound...
However, if she was prepared in advance, the result should be a bit better. Qi Xu took a deep breath, handed over her game tokens, and walked right in.
The higher the difficulty, the more important the clues obtained were likely to be. There was no other way; it was unavoidable.
But when she followed the staff to the front, Qi Xu found that only the very front seat was left. She glanced back and saw not a single empty seat elsewhere, so she simply and decisively sat down.
At this moment, a minotaur monster suddenly appeared.
"Hey, you guys are so unlucky! From this moment on, the Snow Mountain Roller Coaster is officially renamed the Roller Coaster of Death. My dear tourist friends! Farewell! Hahahahaha! You will face the judgment of the snowy mountain and die completely right here!"
After the minotaur monster finished speaking in a bizarrely sarcastic tone, its rampant laughter echoed in everyone's ears for a long time. The roller coaster launched directly out, reaching an extreme speed right from the start.
Qi Xu did not know if it was an illusion, but she felt that the minotaur monster just now was deliberately targeting her. When it was madly roaring and howling loudly, its eyes staring at her looked like they were about to shoot fire.
But... they hadn't met before, right? Qi Xu was very confident that she hadn't offended any NPC monster staff...
Wait, it seemed that during the first instance of this round of the game, there was a minotaur monster with a negative affection level toward her.
Was it him? How did he end up doing worse and worse? At least back then he was the monster in charge of a one-star instance, but now he had actually become an NPC puppet in a six-star instance. Tsk tsk...
Qi Xu's calm eyes looked forward, her heart completely devoid of any ripples. Completely ignoring the crazy push-back sensation, she tried hard to control her thoughts, pondering all the details of this instance.
But as the roller coaster sped up faster and faster, she had already finished thinking about all the details. With nothing else to do, she started to think about which of all the dishes made by Chinese Master Chef was actually the most delicious.
Completely zoning out...
The waterfall cheese ribs from last time were really good, but eating too much was a bit greasy. She still preferred the spicy seafood medley and spicy rabbit heads made by the chef; they were very addictive.
Her thoughts had completely drifted away. When she snapped back to reality, she suddenly realized there was no road ahead. Right on the edge of the snowy mountain cliff, just as the roller coaster was about to plunge completely off the mountain, it suddenly came to a halt.
Qi Xu felt like her neck was about to be shaken off...
Before she could recover, the roller coaster suddenly reversed rapidly. With a synchronized thump, all the tourists, including Qi Xu, slammed their foreheads against the handlebars in front of them.
On the return trip, Qi Xu's emotions were completely stable! There was not the slightest fluctuation in her heart; she was just calmly cursing people out...
Couldn't you have just put a layer of soft padding on that handlebar? Making people literally kowtow like that.
Whether it was accelerating, decelerating, crazy turns, or giant loops, nothing could affect Qi Xu anymore.
So the roller coaster returned peacefully. At the exit, the minotaur monster, huffing from its nostrils, handed Qi Xu forty game tokens and a small slip of paper.
Did this player have no heart? There were absolutely no signs of an accelerated heartbeat. It had wasted its passionate speech on her.
"Thank you, here's a tip." Qi Xu tried to show goodwill.
"I don't want it! Despicable human!"
The minotaur monster arrogantly turned its head and walked away.
But unexpectedly, Qi Xu spoke again, "You gave yourself away; you're not a puppet! You are ruining my instance experience."
The minotaur monster's footsteps paused. It instantly put on a dull look, shaking its head and pretending not to hear what Qi Xu was saying.
Qi Xu didn't relentlessly pursue the matter either. Instead, she just smiled and left.
The minotaur monster heaved a massive sigh of relief. This player was even harder to deal with than before! But I shouldn't have exposed myself, right?
After coming out, Qi Xu looked at the slip of paper. It had one word: "Toss."
After putting it away with the other two slips of paper, Qi Xu rushed straight to the next ride and successfully cleared a flume ride.
Very few people cleared this ride. Qi Xu also failed once before figuring out the pattern: it required that not a single drop of water touch one's body.
Qi Xu simply threw money at the problem and bought four raincoats, wrapping herself up tightly to pass with ease.
Then she sold the four raincoats, along with the complete secret to clearing the flume ride, to the players still waiting in line.
Not only did she not lose money, but she also made an extra thirty tokens.
The word written on the slip of paper this time was "Be."
Today's three play opportunities had one last chance remaining, and Qi Xu already had a rough guess.
But it still needed to be verified.
For the last ride, Qi Xu directly chose the carousel. Clearing this level shouldn't be too hard; after all, that not-so-bright-looking young man from yesterday had successfully cleared it.
But the problem was that if the clues were insufficient, it would likely waste this only opportunity for exploration.
Once an amusement ride was successfully cleared, it could not be chosen again. So Qi Xu was pondering whether to clear it right away or wait a bit.
After counting all her currently remaining game tokens, she found it was completely enough, so Qi Xu planned to investigate without clearing it.
As a result, right after coming over, she found that the two people lined up in front of her were a Handsome Best Actor and a Severely Ill Girl.
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