Sugar: ...... But I'm a GAY!
At 6:00 p.m., it's getting dark.
Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo left Shanghai and got on the highway, where there were more cars on the road. They drive very slowly, only covering a few dozen kilometers in two hours. Fu Wenduo pulls the handbrake, slams on the brakes, and the SUV drifts dramatically on an empty stretch of highway, the brakes sound harshly, and the car stops horizontally in the middle of the road.
The car stops, and Tang Mo is a little surprised. At night, they really shouldn't be in a hurry. Firstly, because it was dark, there were many cars on the highway that crashed together because their owners suddenly disappeared, blocking the road in a mess, and at night they couldn't see these cars, making it easy for collisions to occur. Secondly, it was very likely that they would run into other players at night.
But Fu Wenduo's intention for parking the car this way was a little puzzling to him.
As if sensing Tang Mo's doubts, Fu Wenduo said, "On the way from Beijing to Shanghai, I came across three groups of people. They were ambushed on both sides of the highway. There are always people who are in a different place and want to go home to check on the safety of their relatives and friends. Because of the long journey, these people must have water and food on them, and perhaps a weapon. Robbing them is a good option."
Tang Mo had never traveled far (Suzhou and Shanghai are very close), but he had already guessed that such players existed. He soon realized what Fu Wenduo meant: "You put the car like this, trying to pretend that it's a car whose driver suddenly disappeared and lost control?"
"Yes."
With the head of the car against the highway fence, strangely straddling the road, it did look like a derelict car.
The two men said no more. Fu Wenduo gave the back seat of the car to Tang Mo so that Tang Mo and could rest flat on his back. He himself lowered the driver's seat and closed his eyes to rest. Tang Mo was not polite, he lay down and looked at the dark roof of the car, his eyes were calm, but his mind was full of thoughts.
In the silence of the carriage, Fu Wenduo's steady breathing sounded softly. Tang Mo knew that even if Fu Wenduo's breathing was stable, he wasn't sleeping right now. With the current strength of the two of them, three days of sleeplessness would not affect their normal activities at all. Today was their first night out of Shanghai, and the fact that Fu Wenduo had given the back seat to Tang Mo and was uncomfortably lying in the front meant that he would not sleep. Tonight, he will be the night watchman.
If he did not sleep, Tang Mo could not make any special movements. Even if Fu Wenduo was asleep, once Tang Mo took out the book of supernatural powers, he would most likely notice Tang Mo's strange movements and wake up immediately.
Yes, from the moment he got his hands on that silver hand|gun, Tang Mo was looking for a chance to pull out the Book of Allomancy.
His mind is at war. On the one hand, he had now become teammates with Fu Wenduo, and both of them had even decided to go on the road together to the distant Beijing. It seemed that he was perfectly capable of telling the other party about his supernormal abilities. But on the other hand, he was still a bit unconvinced.
After all, they had known each other for such a short period of time; it had only been two months since they had met, with a long period of no contact in between.
Just wait a little longer.
Tang Mo decides that if tomorrow he takes out the book of powers and realizes that he has obtained Fu Wenduo's powers, then he will no longer hide them and tell the other party about his powers.
As the night passes, Fu Wenduo seems to realize that Tang Mo has not slept, but neither of the two men says anything.
Tang Mo closed his eyes to rest, and at first light, both of them opened their eyes at the same time. The first night passed without incident. Fu Wenduo pulled the door open, walked to the front of the car, and pushed the three cars in front of him, which had crashed together, out of the way. When he returned to the car, Tang Mo was already sitting back in the passenger seat. Holding a map, he said, "Go this way and get on the Beijing-Shanghai highway. In ten kilometers we should pass a service area, and then I'll go down and see if there's any food and water."
Fu Wenduo said, "Nine out of ten have already been taken. When I came from Beijing two months ago, the supermarkets in the service area along the road had long been ransacked."
Tang Mo: "What if there is?"
Fu Wenduo didn't say any more, and the two continued on their way.
Just like friends traveling together, Fu Wenduo and Tang Mo were not too nervous and looked calm. In fact, with their strength, there were very few players in Huaxia who could rob them, and if they could even run into them on the highway, then they would be too lucky. Most of the dangers that came from players could be handled by the two of them, unless the danger did not come from a player.
Tang Mo suddenly thought, "In addition to realistic copies, Luo Feng City categorizes Black Tower copies into two types, one is S-ranked security copies and the other is other copies. It was because I participated in one of the other replicas four months ago that I was noticed by the Black Tower, and then I was forcibly sent to challenge the Tower Attack game." After a pause, Tang Mo said, "It's the game where I first used Huo Ji Egg Archive, you should have heard about it."
Fu Wenduo recalled as he drove, "Mario, what plaid?"
"Yeah, that's the one. Is it possible that we were driving along nicely on the road and suddenly triggered a copy? Maybe it's a reality copy, maybe it's an S-rank copy, maybe it's some other copy?" After saying that, Tang Mo laughed to herself, "I shouldn't be that unlucky." But gradually, Tang Mo recalled his experiences over the past four months, and he fell silent, "......"
...... His luck is really that bad.
That's when Fu Wenduo said, "Generally speaking, I've had pretty good luck."
It should be considered lucky to have traveled all the way from Beijing to Shanghai and never run into any of the copies.
Tang Mo has no comment on this.
Soon the two arrived at the service area. Fu Wenduo parked his car in the parking lot of the service area, and Tang Mo walked straight into the supermarket, where Fu Wenduo waited for him outside. Tang Mo's hand was pressed on the small Yang San, always on the lookout for possible enemies hiding in the supermarket. After a few moments, when he was sure that there was no one in the supermarket, he began to search in earnest.
The supermarket in the highway service area isn't that big, and Tang Mo has seen it all in half a minute. As Fu Wenduo says, the place is a mess. Everything edible on the shelves had been snatched up, leaving only some useless toys and books in their place. As if he didn't want to leave empty-handed, Tang Mo went deeper into the shelves and grabbed two toothbrushes and a toothpaste. When his figure was completely blocked by the shelves and he could not be seen from the outside of the supermarket, Tang Mo quickly reached out his hand and took out a book of supernatural powers from the air.
He flipped to the last page as fast as he could and read the line on it.
[Alien Power: Destroying You on Behalf of the Stars]
Tang Mo sighed softly, unable to say what she felt in her heart. It wasn't a regret, it wasn't a disappointment, and it was even a little bit of a matter of course. He took his toothpaste and toothbrush and walked out of the supermarket.
When Tang Mo walks out the door, Fu Wenduo is leaning against the front of the car, looking down at the map. When they looked at each other, Fu Wenduo saw the toothpaste and toothbrush in Tang Mo's hand. He raised one eyebrow, curled his lips, and asked, "No?"
Tang Mo regretted, "It was all taken. Probably taken by the player who took the highway earlier."
Fu Wenduo said, "Why don't you take another towel after you've taken the toothpaste and toothbrush?"
Tang Mo: "......"
Ignoring his flirtation, Tang Mo pulled the car door open and got in. Fu Wenduo followed, and the two of them continued on their way. After confirming that he hadn't acquired Fu Wenduo's powers, Tang Mo finally took out the silver-colored handgun. He sat on the passenger seat and carefully observed the gun. The bright sunlight shone through the window of the car, shining on the gun, glittering with a cold silver light.
His brain raced as he observed the gun.
Tang Mo's ability "Eat, Wipe, Don't Pay" is Tang Mo's own ability. Four months ago, he got the book of abilities, and since then, he has collected the abilities of many players. Most of these powers are cut-down versions, so the owner of the power won't realize that his power has been papered over by Tang Mo, and there are various restrictions on how Tang Mo can use it. There are two ways to get powers, the first is the simplest: kill a player and you will definitely get that player's powers. The second kind of Tang Mo has not been clarified so far.
Tang Mo's first ability, "Draw a circle to curse you", was obtained by Li Bin, an official player, who inadvertently handed him a flashlight, and Tang Mo inexplicably possessed his ability. Tang Mo guesses that if he wants to get someone else's powers, he has to take away one thing from the other person and not pay for it. The name of the game is to eat and wipe clean without paying.
After that, he did as he had done, gaining the friend-finding ability to recognize players' identities, Chen Shanshan's super-intelligent thinking, and the Goblin Returns My Grandfather ability ...... However, he never got the little fat man's ability. Tang Mo did one more thing in front of Fu Wenduo during the surprise night at the Cirque du Freak. When he imprisoned Wang Yinggui and Lao Niao, he stripped them of their clothes and coated their bodies with a layer of oil.
At the time, he explained to Fu Wenduo, "This will fool the other players that we caught these two to eat them, we just haven't gotten around to it yet." That's why when Glasses Guy and the others rescued the Wang Yinggui duo, they realized they were shirtless and covered in oil.
This is a move to mislead the players that Mr. A and Mr. B will really eat humans, so that after they take away Wang Yinggui and Lao Niao, they will mistakenly think that the two missing players were eaten by Mr. A and Mr. B. Meanwhile, Tang Mo got the clothes of Wang Yinggui and Lao Niao without money, but he still didn't get the powers of these two people. Meanwhile, Tang Mo got Wang Yinggui and Lao Niao's clothes without paying them, but he still didn't get the powers of these two people.
Now, Fu Wenduo has offered to give Tang Mo a valuable handgun, but Tang Mo still hasn't gotten his powers.
It was the fourth ability he hadn't gotten.
Tang Mo hid his emotions in the bottom of his heart. The doubts in his heart were getting bigger and bigger, he very much wanted to know what exactly was the way he obtained his powers, but unfortunately, that bitchy book of powers could never tell him voluntarily in his life, everything could only be found out by himself.
Thinking about her mouthy book, Tang Mo sighed helplessly.
"What, regretting not getting a towel?"
Tang Mo: "......"
The joke was so cold it wasn't funny, and Tang Mo wrapped his coat slightly tighter. He said lightly, "We've pushed a lot of carts along the way as well, so let's stop and rest sometime. I guess we can get to Nanjing tomorrow, we won't be rushing at five o'clock in the evening, I want to try out this gun."
Fu Wenduo: "Good."
Tang Mo asked, "This gun is important to you?" After a pause, he added, "I see a letter on the bottom of the stock, is that your name?" And possibly someone else's name.
Fu Wenduo did not hide, he replied, "My code name, old V. In the special forces, each of us will not be called by our real names, and call each other by our code names, so that we can hide our identities, and it is also more convenient. My code name is Old V."
Tang Mo originally thought it meant "victory". He had heard that many Olympic archery athletes would carve the letter "V" on their best longbows for good luck, meaning victory. He didn't realize it was Fu Wenduo's code name.
But in that case, the gun is even more important. Tang Mo : "No problem giving it to me?"
Fu Wenduo drove the car with one hand, this section of the road was very spacious, and there were not many cars, he turned his head to look at Tang Mo, "I don't really need it for my powers, and I have props that are more powerful than it, so it's more of a chicken ribs for me now." He didn't throw it away purely because he was used to using it before, and it was also a bit emotional, "Besides, you need it more than I do, don't you?"
Tang Mo didn't answer, he calmly turned his head and continued to observe the gun.
Fu Wenduo gave a laugh and continued driving.
Tang Mo didn't know what the man had discovered, but in any case, everything was just his guess. As long as Tang Mo did not admit it, Fu Wenduo could never know the truth. Even if he had guessed, Tang Mo would not admit it.
As the sun sets, a thick black cloud drifts across the sky, blocking most of the sunset. It's going to rain soon, so Fu Wenduo pulls over to the side of the road, not wanting to stop early this time. Tang Mo takes his pistol and walks alone down the highway to a nearby farmland, where he tries to raise his pistol.
He looked up some knowledge of shooting after getting checkmate powers. Tang Mo opened the safety and pulled the sleeve on the tang. Only a crisp click was heard, and Tang Mo held his breath. He raised his hand and aimed the gun at a small tree ten meters away. Narrowing his eyes, Tang Mo suddenly presses the trigger.
Bang!
The tremendous recoil caused Tang Mo to open his eyes wide in dismay and fall back half a step. He never expected that the recoil of this gun would be so astonishingly large, and with his current physical fitness, his arm was numbed by the shock after he was caught off guard and fired the gun. He looked at the small tree again, only to see the branches shaking and a few leaves wobbling to the ground.
Not a single bullet hole in the tree.
Tang Mo was aiming at the trunk of the tree, and now it's clear that he missed and the bullet grazed the leaves and flew away.
Tang Mo clenched his teeth, he was prepared this time, gripping the hand|gun with both hands and pressing the trigger with force. With a roaring gunshot, the silver bullet quickly pierced through the air and shot through the tree trunk. In Tang Mo's eyes, his dynamic vision barely caught a silver light. The light had indeed pierced through the tree trunk, but it was more than thirty centimeters away from where Tang Mo was aiming.
Although the "Destroy You on Behalf of the Stars" ability says that the bullet will continue to track the target as long as you aim to shoot it, this is based on the fact that you are actually shooting accurately. If Tang Mo's aim changes at the moment the bullet is fired, then even if he uses the power to shoot at the enemy's head, the bullet will probably only track the shoulder of the enemy, and it won't hurt if he shoots through it.
That's still the good case, the worst case is that he shoots a bullet through, completely aiming crookedly and not aiming at anyone at all.
Tang Mo sunk his face, he did not say anything, raised his hand | gun to the trunk of the tree again is bang bang two shots. This time, the error was more than 20 centimeters, and the error was half a meter. With five rounds left in his pistol, Tang Mo raised his gun and prepared to fire again when a low voice came from above his head, "You've never played before?"
Tang Mo turned her head to look away, "Nope."
"This way." Fu Wenduo stood on the highway, he took a drink of water, put the empty plastic bottle on the front of the SUV, propped one hand on the fence, flipped over and jumped off the highway. Fu Wenduo walked to Tang Mo's side, Tang Mo said: "I have a little bit of motion sickness, motion sickness is not bad, but playing 3D shooting games will usually be a little dizzy, so I rarely played before. I usually only play some gaming games."
Fu Wenduo gave him a surprised look and said, "I'm talking about going to a club and playing with guns, not shooting games."
Tang Mo understood: "Never played it."
It is true that many people in modern society go to clubs to play archery and shooting, and Fu Wenduo is justified in asking. After all, when he saw Tang Mo suddenly wanting to shoot a gun, he thought he knew how to do it, but he didn't realize that Tang Mo really didn't know how to do it.
Fu Wenduo took the gun from Tang Mo's hand and raised it to aim at the tree ten meters away.
His eyes narrowed and he suddenly flew on the safety, pulled the holster on the tang and pressed the trigger.
Bang!
This series of movements was so fast that Tang Mo could not even react to it. In the next second, a loud gunshot rang in Tang Mo's ears, and as if the huge recoil didn't exist, Fu Wenduo didn't even move his fingers, and a bullet shot out of the muzzle of the gun, straight through the center of the small tree, making a small, round hole.
Tang Mo's level is not bad among beginners, after all, he has top vision, strong body strength and can concentrate on finding the center. Given a few days, he should be able to reach the level of an ordinary shooter. But compared to Fu Wenduo, the shots he just fired were really the difference between an amateur and a professional.
Fu Wenduo barely aimed, he just looked and shot right through the spot Tang Mo was trying to shoot. Tang Mo didn't say where it was, and he'd never hit it with his previous four shots, but Fu Wenduo stood on the highway, saw right through where he was trying to aim with just his naked eye, and hit it with a single shot.
Tang Mo said, "You know I was aiming for the spot with the missing piece of bark?"
"Those shots you fired earlier were all around that point." Fu Wenduo rightfully asked back, "You didn't want to shoot there?"
Tang Mo is really speechless this time.
It was also fortunate that the Earth had come online, everyone possessed psychic abilities, and everyone's physical fitness had improved. Otherwise, before, ten of him would not be enough for Major Fu to fight alone.
Fu Wenduo returned the gun to Tang Mo, who held the gun and tried to recall Fu Wenduo's movements just now, wanting to imitate his shot. However, at the next moment, a warm hand covered the back of Tang Mo's hand, causing him to tremble. He turned his head in shock and saw that at some point, Fu Wenduo had already come up behind him.
His movements were incredibly natural, as if he were training new recruits, and he skillfully took Tang Mo's hand and helped him grip the gun. Fu Wenduo pressed Tang Mo's hand, placing his hand in a correct position. His voice was low: "With your strength, it is not difficult to aim at an object ten meters away. The inability to shoot is because your hand was crooked when the bullet was discharged. This gun of mine uses a special muzzle restraining device that dampens the recoil. But it itself is specially made, and the bullet is so powerful that the recoil is great. If you don't stabilize it at one point when you're shooting, and the recoil affects you, it's easy to shoot crookedly. One more time, huh?"
Fu Wenduo lowered his head and looked steadily at Tang Mo.
Tang Mo's heart fluttered, but he quickly collected himself and looked at the small tree ten meters away.
Fu Wenduo holds his hand, he holds the gun. Then gently pull the trigger.
Bang!
This time within five centimeters, Tang Mo's new bullet leaves a small round hole next to Fu Wenduo's previous bullet hole.
Fu Wenduo : "Not bad, a few more times and you should be able to catch the feeling." Saying that, he didn't let go of Tang Mo's hand and continued to hold it, intending to shoot another shot.
Tang Mo: "......"
It's a weird feeling.
Even a girl holding his hand right now didn't feel so weird to him. Fu Wenduo seemed to be a straight man, but Tang Mo knew that he was a gay man himself. Being held by a man's hand for so long made Tang Mo feel awkward, but he did vaguely catch the feeling of the shot he had just fired. He secretly decided that he would take another shot, and the next one, he would definitely let go of his hand and shoot alone.
Led by Fu Wenduo, Tang Mo fired another shot, this time still missing by five centimeters.
Fu Wenduo took his hand and seemed about to fire another shot when Tang Mo immediately said, "I'll do it myself."
Fu Wenduo looks down at him.
Tang Mo's expression was calm: "I've probably caught a bit of feeling, let me try myself?" As he said this, Tang Mo did not move and tried to break away from Fu Wenduo's hand. However, at the moment when he was about to break away, Fu Wenduo's gaze changed, and he immediately tightened his grip on Tang Mo's hand. Tang Mo's face was stunned for a moment, but in the next second, his face also changed slightly, and together with Fu Wenduo, he turned his head to look behind them.
Fu Wenduo held Tang Mo's hand and pulled Tang Mo's waist with his other hand, turning his entire body backward in a big 180° turn. While turning, he quickly whispered, "Shoot!"
Tang Mo didn't even see where he was aiming, but as soon as Fu Wenduo's words left his mouth, he didn't hesitate to pull the trigger. He fired the bullet with immense trust, and then, with a short cry of surprise, the bullet blasted into a large stone at the edge of the field, piercing the stone with a small round hole.
Fu Wenduo held Tang Mo's hand and was about to shout the second word "shoot". At that moment, a female voice came from behind the stone: "Don't, don't. We don't mean any harm, we really don't mean any harm! We don't mean any harm, we really don't mean any harm. We just heard the gunshots and came to take a look, really."
Another male voice rang out, "Don't misunderstand, don't shoot. I ...... we are just passing by. Really just passing through."
Dark clouds pressed in from the sky, and as the sun set, two figures stepped out from behind the boulder with their hands held high.
Published at: 06/10/2024 03:00