Chapter 1 Pilot Down

The pilot was punched in the nose by Dracula, grunted, and fell backward.

Dracula still didn't try to suck the pilot's blood, but kept staring at the rectangular box in the middle of the cabin, slowly squatting down next to it.

Before long, the pilot, having recovered from the punch, looked up and saw Dracula squatting on the ground, staring at the large wooden box with deep affection.

As luck would have it, near where the pilot had fallen, there happened to be a control lever, which could be used to open the floor in the middle of the cabin.

As mentioned earlier, this plane was a converted World War II bomber, hence this feature... At this moment, the clever pilot quietly reached out and decisively pulled the control lever.

The next second, there was a "click".

The cabin floor suddenly opened, and the rectangular wooden box "whoosh" fell down.

However, Dracula did not fall with the box... The moment the floor opened, he floated into the air, looking down at the pilot.

This scene is a recreation from the original *Monster Squad* movie, but I personally think... there's something very illogical here, namely... the plane is an object in motion as a whole. When Dracula hovers in mid-air, his body has no contact with the plane. Therefore, theoretically, he should soon be slammed into the wall at the end of the cabin...

But that didn't happen...

Although we can forcibly explain that... Dracula relied on some kind of static electric field to generate repulsive or frictional forces with the surrounding environment, so he could move in the same direction as the plane without any physical contact; but I think... it's better to explain it with a simple "don't nitpick an 80s movie".

Anyway, this Bug shot didn't last long...

Dracula floated in the air for a moment, glared at the pilot, then transformed into a bat, flew out through the gap in the floor, and chased after the falling wooden box.

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Meanwhile, elsewhere in the script.

"Haa... haa... that kid... runs faster than a dog... lost him in the blink of an eye..."

"Huff... forget... forget it... let's not chase for now... in this physical condition, stamina is depleting so fast..."

After chasing Feng Bujue down n streets, Qi Sha and Long Ge... actually lost him.

The two of them were panting heavily, with a "cooked duck flying away" expression on their faces, quite dejected.

"Haa... say... weren't... weren't you from a sports school?" After panting for a while, Qi Sha turned to Long Ao Min and said, "And you're so much taller than us, those long legs of yours should be able to run like the wind, right?"

"Tch... I mainly trained in badminton at the sports school... not track and field..." Long Ge replied, "Besides... who told you that tall people run fast? By your logic, basketball players should all switch to long-distance running."

"Hmm... that's true..." Qi Sha couldn't help but laugh.

"Isn't it?" Long Ge also laughed.

These two had fairly straightforward personalities, and since they were comrades, they were able to adjust their moods quickly.

Thinking about it afterward... the whole thing was actually quite funny, after all, it's not every day you get to see a child version of Feng Bujue running away in a panic.

"By the way, did you get a side quest?" After resting for about a minute, Long Ge's breathing had returned to normal, so he asked.

"Ah, I got one, to rendezvous with the team, right?" Qi Sha responded.

"That's right," Long Ge continued, "the quest log says 'teammates', so I guess... we all have to meet up."

"Then... why don't we split up and look for them?" Qi Sha suggested. "Then we can agree on a meeting point?"

"Hmm... good idea," Long Ge thought for a moment and agreed. "Right now, there's no way to pinpoint the others' locations, so splitting up... can expand the search area."

So, the two of them quickly discussed a meeting time and place, and then went their separate ways.

After they had walked far away, just five meters from where they had been standing... the lid of a... trash can... located at the entrance of an alley... was lifted from the inside. Then, a child with a banana peel on his head and dead fish eyes slowly stood up from inside.

At that moment, a homeless man pushing a cart happened to pass by and wanted to rummage through the trash, but he didn't expect to see a little boy popping out of it.

"Hey, what are you doing in my fridge? Kid." The homeless man was clearly an alcoholic, his cheeks were already flushed in the morning, and his breath reeked of alcohol.

"Don't worry, I didn't touch your 'food'." Feng Bujue replied as he stepped out of the trash can and patted the dirt off his clothes.

"Got any spare change? Kid." The homeless man said, taking a small bottle from his pocket, putting it to his lips, and taking a swig, while blocking Jue Ge's path with his body.

"Spare change?" Feng Bujue looked up at the man, then pretended to feel around in his pockets. "Oh, I do." After replying, he deliberately asked, "Is there something you need, sir?"

"Give me the money." As the homeless man spoke, he looked around guiltily, seeing that there weren't many passersby nearby, and no one was paying attention to the situation, he revealed a sinister expression and repeated, "Hurry up and give it to me!"

"Okay, okay, sir, don't rush." Feng Bujue replied lazily, as his hands reached into his knapsack.

"Hurry up! Don't dawdle!" The homeless man kept urging Jue Ge in a stern voice. He wasn't paying much attention to the "child's" movements, focusing mainly on observing the pedestrians nearby.

"Alright, alright~ here you go..." Seconds later, Feng Bujue suddenly pulled out a wjQ-308 military shovel from his knapsack, and as he said those words, he swung the shovel.

The reaction speed of an alcoholic is naturally slower than that of a normal person, and Feng Bujue could be said to have easily stunned the homeless man.

Then, he calmly threw the homeless man onto his own cart and silently pushed him into the alley...

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On the other hand, the backyard of a residential house in the community.

"I can't believe I'm doing this in a competition script..." At this moment, Po Jun was holding a large rake, scraping the fallen leaves on the ground.

"You just went ahead and accepted the child setting, huh..." Tan Lang, like him, was also doing the job of clearing the fallen leaves.

These two, the captain and vice-captain of the Saber Team, had met up at the beginning of the script, because in the setting of this script, the children they were playing were two brothers in the same family.

However, their parents were very strict, even making the children do chores on Halloween, and even the chore of sweeping up fallen leaves.

Although the two were reluctant, they had to agree verbally first. Unexpectedly... after they agreed, [Clear the fallen leaves in the backyard until the area covered by fallen leaves is less than 5%] was recorded in the quest log as a side quest.

For the sake of the reward, these two... actually put up with it.

"I'm really looking forward to what reward this quest will give us after it's completed," Po Jun continued.

"I think... it's unlikely that they'll give us equipment or skills," Tan Lang analyzed. "The reward is probably something unexpected, but something that will help us 'take advantage' in the script."

"Hmm..." Po Jun nodded in agreement, then continued, "I wonder... how Long Ge and Qi Sha are doing right now, whether they've also received similar quests."

"Hehe..." Tan Lang joked, "Maybe they're doing something similar, maybe even worse than us, like picking up dog poop or something."

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"Achoo!" At the same moment, Qi Sha had returned to the place where he had met Feng Bujue earlier, and sneezed inexplicably.

"Okay, doggy, let's keep running." He found the dog that he had tied to the fence, untied the rope, and muttered, "Who told me to accept the quest..."

By now, everyone must have understood... the reason why Qi Sha was walking a dog was also because he had received a corresponding side quest from his "parents", and the content of that quest was - [Complete a dog walk of at least two kilometers and bring the dog home].

"Eh? What's that smell?" When Qi Sha untied the rope, he faintly smelled something, and when he looked down, "Oh, geez... that's a huge pile..."

In that second, a fierce struggle unfolded in Qi Sha's heart.

Although the quest didn't explicitly say that dealing with dog poop was part of dog walking, Qi Sha did receive a small shovel, a pack of tissues, and a paper bag from his "dad" when he took the dog out... all three of these things were in his knapsack right now.

"If I don't clean it up... not only is it morally wrong, but it might lead to quest failure..." Qi Sha looked at the pile of stuff. "But this is too exaggerated... what does this dog eat normally? Babies?"

Regardless of what he said, what had to be done still had to be done...

The audience watching this competition was really getting their money's worth, they could not only see the child versions of those professional players, but also see these "kids" sweeping fallen leaves, picking up dog poop, riding tricycles, etc.... all unimaginable scenes.

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Looking again at the other end of the community...

This area should be considered the "rich area". The houses here are obviously more upscale than the houses in other parts of the community, whether in terms of land area, house type, or decoration... they have already broken away from the middle class, and the whole exudes a strong, capitalist, sinful aura.

And in one of these houses, there were still two players who had not yet appeared, enduring torment.

"This is simply purgatory." Ruo Yu stared blankly at the low table in front of her, speaking from the bottom of her heart.

At this moment, the low table in front of her was filled with exquisite and expensive tea sets and tableware; next to the table, there was also a circle of "people" sitting around. In addition to Li Ruo Yu, there were also five little girls around the age of ten sitting at the table, as well as six differently styled and well-made Barbie dolls.

"We should be thankful... that this quest didn't require us to put on cute pink princess dresses or anything..." Xiao Ling was also sitting next to her cousin, holding her forehead and replying.

Obviously, they had also received a side quest that made people both laugh and cry - [Have a Barbie tea party with the girls next door for at least forty minutes].

Unlike the two players, the other little girls at the table were all playing leisurely, happily "drinking tea and chatting" with their Barbie dolls, discussing various major life events.

"I think John and I are over, he held that bitch Barbara's hand last month."

"I'm going to marry Tony when I grow up, he's so handsome, we're going to have four kids, a boy and a girl and a pair of twins."

"Ah~ I know Derek is pretty good looking, but his family doesn't have much money, I don't want to earn more than him in the future, you know what I mean."

For a considerable period of time (actually less than half an hour, but the two players felt like it was an eternity), Ruo Yu and Xiao Ling were surrounded by similar dialogues, which was undoubtedly a torment for them.

"I once heard a sentence..." Ruo Yu pinched her nose bridge, closed her eyes and said, "...'When I was a teenager, I hated teenagers.'" She paused, "At this moment I suddenly understand the feelings of the person who said this, I have to say...'When I was a little girl, I hated little girls.'"

"Sigh..." Xiao Ling sighed deeply and continued, "There's no hurdle in life that can't be overcome... we must be strong..."

Just as they were lamenting, another little girl sitting on Ruo Yu's right suddenly spoke to her, "Hi, Li, how's it going on your side?"

"What's how's it going..."

"Do you have a boyfriend yet?"

"Um... I do."

"Oh? Is he handsome? Is his family rich? Have you guys kissed yet?"

Ruo Yu heard this, remained silent for a few seconds, and then...

Bang--

Her forehead slammed heavily on the table: "Suddenly I feel so tired..."

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Let's turn our attention... back to Xiao Tan's side.

After accepting Horace's invitation, Xiao Tan followed the little fat man all the way to a forest on the edge of the community.

This place couldn't be considered very desolate, the nearest houses were only a hundred meters away. But there were many trees nearby, and weeds grew everywhere, and there was also a small river connecting to the sewers not far away, giving it a "wild" atmosphere.

"Look, this is it." Horace led Xiao Tan through the weeds and trees for a short distance, then pointed to a large tree.

Xiao Tan looked up in the direction the other person pointed, and soon saw a "tree house" built of wood, iron sheets and other materials at a high place.

"What is this place?" Xiao Tan asked tentatively.

"It's our club!" Horace replied, and immediately added, "My friends and I are all experts in the study of demons and monsters, cool, right?"