Chapter 11 The Town of Otaku

The fog in the town was much thinner than on the highway, but it was still in a hazy state.

As soon as Feng Bujue got out of the car, he was surrounded by a damp and cold air.

"Visibility has increased to twenty meters, but the temperature is only about two degrees Celsius, and the humidity is ridiculously high..." Before Jue Ge could close the car door, he was already missing the air conditioning inside, "If this script calculates stamina based on the character's actual physical feeling... I will definitely need to drink water, eat, and rest appropriately during this 'whole day'... otherwise, I will definitely run out of energy."

While thinking about these issues, Feng Bujue had already left the car and walked towards a gas station a dozen meters away.

There were two reasons why he didn't try to fix the car himself: first, he couldn't; second, he felt that this breakdown was arranged by the system and couldn't be repaired in a short period of time.

Therefore...

He decided to find a professional for help.

"The gas station is conveniently located at the entrance of the town." Feng Bujue walked quickly towards the gas station, thinking to himself, "Given the consistent nature of the game world, there's probably a side quest here..." Jue Ge's brain never stopped, and he immediately imagined a possible plot, "For example... the gas station owner says that to repair my car, he needs a total of A, B, C, and d four parts, and he only has two of them; because there are too few employees at the gas station, he gives me a quest to buy the parts myself at points e and f in the town... and when I find the owners of points e and f, they ask me to help them collect g, h, i, and j four things, otherwise, they won't sell me the parts... and those four things are scattered in the k, L, m, and n four areas of the town, and there are corresponding mini-Bosses to defeat in each area..."

Just as Jue Ge was using his "Zelda logic" to speculate on the upcoming plot, suddenly...

"Go back."

Faintly, he heard a voice...

It was a woman's voice, sounding ethereal and distant, but her tone was very firm.

"Who?" Jue Ge reacted quickly, turning his head abruptly, but he didn't see even a ghost.

"Follow the highway, back to the other side of the bridge! While there's still time..." A few seconds later, the voice came again from the distant fog, but it was still only heard, not seen.

"Tch... you think I don't want to..." Feng Bujue complained in his heart, "If the main quest is [Escape from Otaku Town], I would leave without you telling me."

Despite his thoughts, he didn't ignore the voice: "Who are you?" he shouted in the direction the voice came from, "Why are you telling me to leave? Why do you say there's still time..."

Rumble...

At this moment, a violent collapsing sound came from the bridge, instantly drowning out Jue Ge's shout.

"Hmm..." The corner of Feng Bujue's mouth twitched twice, "I see..."

Although this standard development was obvious, as a meticulous person, Jue Ge still chose to confirm the situation with his own eyes.

He trotted back in the direction he came, past the broken-down car, out of the town entrance, back to the highway, and ran for another few dozen meters.

Then... the broken bridge appeared before him.

The fault line was about eight meters wide, obviously a distance that ordinary humans could not jump across; perhaps if he could find a ladder more than ten meters long and put it on top, people could pass over it, but it was unknown whether he could find such a prop in this small town...

"This kind of arrangement... is not very good..." Jue Ge looked at the deep valley under the bridge and muttered, "If this is the only path connecting the town to the outside world, then I definitely can't get out..."

"It's too late." Suddenly, the ethereal female voice sounded again.

Jue Ge looked in the direction of the sound and finally saw a vague figure on the opposite side of the broken bridge.

"Is there something wrong with this town?" Feng Bujue immediately shouted at the other person.

He didn't repeat the question he had asked earlier, because he knew... whether in horror movies or horror games, this type of npC with hints has several significant characteristics: one, they only say half of what they mean, and they like to give irrelevant answers; two, when you ask a key question, they will immediately become deaf or disappear, but when you ask some ambiguous, meaningless questions, they can hear you; three, they will only approach you when you are dying or unconscious, and when you are awake, they won't even let you see their true face; four, they will only give you substantial help when you have been tricked, injured, or are in a desperate situation; five, they can usually provide seemingly reasonable and unverifiable explanations for all of the above four behaviors.

In conclusion... they are a group of guys who deserve a beating.

"Now, you only have two choices." Sure enough, the figure ignored Jue Ge's question and said to itself, "First, become a 'mailman'; second, become one of 'them'."

After saying that, before Feng Bujue could respond, her shadow disappeared into the fog...

"Hey~ Hey——" Feng Bujue also knew that the other party probably wouldn't pay attention to him anymore, so he just shouted twice symbolically, then turned around and sighed, "Alas... the purpose of this plot is to throw me a few mysteries that can't be solved in a short period of time..." But the next second, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Hmph... quite to my liking..."

While thinking, he had already started walking, heading back towards the town.

In less than a minute, he returned to the front of the gas station.

"Hmm... even if this kind of gas station built in a small town doesn't need to be open 24 hours..." Jue Ge looked at the empty parking lot and the closed roller shutter door in front of the store, and muttered helplessly, "But it's already 8:30 in the morning... it's still closed, which is not reasonable..."

That's what he said, but he couldn't change the facts before him...

"In other words... finding someone to repair the car... was just wishful thinking." Jue Ge stroked his chin and thought, "The plot arrangement here is fixed... abandon the broken car and head straight to the destination."

With this in mind, he quickly turned around and took a few steps, coming to the sign outside the gas station.

In fact, he had already noticed this sign, although the patterns and writing on it were mostly covered by oil stains, he could vaguely see... that this should be a map of Otaku Town.

"This is not a coincidence, is it..." Feng Bujue carefully observed the visible parts of the sign, "The road from the town entrance to the 'town square' is basically still clear, but the other places are basically invisible..." He only spent ten seconds using graphic memory to clearly imprint the pattern on the sign in his memory, "Is this telling me—'Don't run around until you reach the post office'..."

"Hmph... fine... after all, I have to arrive before nine o'clock in the morning, and the time is not too abundant. If I encounter any more troubles along the way, things will not be easy... I'll just follow the main quest for now." As Jue Ge spoke, he stepped onto the main road beside him.