Players, Please Board the Train

Chapter 259: A Game That Must Be Lost

The stick figure version of the Travel Guide was very simple, showing a five-pointed star route map with a few notes beside it.

Each person can play one game per day at each game point. Winning a game earns you one small pink hat. Answering staff questions correctly gives you a chance to obtain a small pink hat. Every visitor needs to collect fifteen small pink hats."It probably isn't as simple as just finding fifteen small pink hats," Yan Jiayu said. "Otherwise, people wouldn't be giving the small hats away."

"The five-pointed star only marks ten game points. Going through all these places would only get you ten small hats at most," Xu Huo said.

"Maybe the other hats are with randomly appearing staff members," Yan Jiayu said, scratching her head. "I wonder what questions the staff will ask."

"We'll see when we meet them. Let's go to the first game point first," Xu Huo said.

To save time, the two ran to the first game point. Even so, it still took half an hour. Only after passing through a flower vine patch did they see a small cabin surrounded by a wooden fence, with over ten white rabbits inside.

As soon as they approached, the vending machine outside the fence sounded: "Mother Rabbit has gone out. The poor little rabbits are waiting hungry at home for their mother. Kind visitors, please feed them."

"One hundred White Bills for two cabbage leaves? That's practically highway robbery," Yan Jiayu complained, then bought two leaves. Unexpectedly, the moment the cabbage appeared in her hand, all the rabbits that had been leisurely grazing inside the fence moments ago swarmed over, opening their mouths to bite.

Yan Jiayu swiftly grabbed one of them, pinched its throat, and saw that the open rabbit mouth was filled with densely packed sharp teeth, with shreds of bright red meat stuck between them. The rabbit didn't struggle either; its impossibly long tongue lashed out towards her face!The young girl didn't even blink. A transparent covering instantly appeared over her left hand. She directly grabbed the rabbit's tongue, swung it around, and smashed it against the ground, tearing out the rabbit's throat and tongue together!

Several beams of sword energy swiftly flashed past. After Xu Huo killed a few rabbits, he looked back at Yan Jiayu, who was using the tongue as a whip, and couldn't help but pause. The image of the little girl practicing horse stance punches on the Preliminary Trial Train vanished like a bubble.

These rabbits looked ferocious, but they weren't fast. Once their surprise attack failed, injuring people again became very difficult. The two didn't spend much effort cleaning them up. Facing the ground covered with rabbit corpses, the door of the small cabin suddenly opened.

"The game probably isn't this simple," Yan Jiayu said, clapping her hands and walking in first.

The moment the two stepped into the house, the door behind them automatically closed. Click-clack sounds of metal bars locking followed one after another. The large fireplace in the room ignited without fire, and the several rabbits hanging inside immediately began roasting, emitting the fragrant smell of sizzling fat.

"They're not going to invite us to eat, are they?" Yan Jiayu went closer to look, then turned back to Xu Huo. "They really are rabbits."

Xu Huo nodded, standing by the cabin's only window. "Mother Rabbit is back."

Yan Jiayu followed his gaze outside and saw a cloud of dust rising in the distance, rushing towards the cabin at an extremely fast speed.

It was a group of rabbits—certainly not normal-sized rabbits, but giant rabbits at least two meters long. Their claws and teeth had evolved, and they had completely churned up the ground along their path, reaching the front of the cabin in an extremely short time.

However, the giant rabbits didn't immediately surround the cabin. Instead, they frantically devoured the small rabbits on the ground. Fresh entrails were torn and scattered everywhere, but were instantly licked clean by the hungry rabbits in the blink of an eye.

"The first game at Bunny Bear Fun Land is starting!" A stuffed rabbit climbed out from the fireplace, patted its ears blackened by the fire, walked into the room, and plopped down onto a chair.

Xu Huo closed the curtains and walked over. "How do we play the first game?"

"It's very simple," the stuffed rabbit said, swinging its two feet. "How could an amusement park have games that trouble children?"

As it spoke, it extended its front paws. "Of course bunnies play Rock Paper Scissors. Pay attention now, the game rule is: you can only play 'Scissors'."

Xu Huo looked at its paws, which were sewn into ball shapes. "If we can only play Scissors, doesn't that mean we're guaranteed to lose?"

The stuffed rabbit's voice was cheerful. "How can children's games be about winning or losing? But if you lose, the doors here will automatically open. Outside is a low-danger Mutant world, and bunnies eat people too, you know."

Xu Huo's eyes flickered. "What if we kill all the rabbits outside? Does that count as winning?"

The stuffed rabbit shook its head. "There are many more rabbits here. After the rabbits are gone, there are foxes. After the foxes are gone, there are wolves. But what does that have to do with the game bunny? Each of you only gets one chance to play the game. If you lose, you have to wait until tomorrow to play again."

"Then doesn't that mean we can only lose?" Yan Jiayu looked back at Xu Huo. "The rabbit plays Rock, we can only play Scissors. If we lose, not only do we not get the small hat, but we also have to fight the mutated animals outside."

Xu Huo paused, then asked another question: "If the game outside never starts, can the game never be declared over?"

The stuffed rabbit shook its long ears. "Unfortunately, the start and end of the game are both announced by me. You already know the game rules now, so let's begin!"

After saying this, it put its paws behind its back and gestured for Xu Huo and the other to do the same.

Xu Huo stopped Yan Jiayu and looked at the stuffed rabbit. "You announced the start, so we're already in the middle of the game now, right?"

The stuffed rabbit tilted its head. "That's right. Are you afraid of losing?"

"Not afraid," Xu Huo smiled. "I just want to know if there's a time limit."

The stuffed rabbit's mouth corners drooped. "You can think for ten minutes."

"That's great. This game is too difficult; I need to think carefully," Xu Huo said, taking out all his candy and even asking Yan Jiayu if she wanted some.

Without another word, Yan Jiayu sat down as well, reached into the glass jar, grabbed a handful, peeled several pieces and put them in her mouth, then said with surprise, "Mixed together, they taste even better!"

"Really?" The stuffed rabbit stretched its head forward, its paws reaching towards the glass jar.

"Bam!" The stone staff slammed fiercely onto the wooden table, making everything on the tabletop jump. Yan Jiayu smiled while staring at the rabbit that had quickly retracted its paw. "Rabbits can't eat candy."

The stuffed rabbit hugged its furry paws, its expressionless sewn face directed at Yan Jiayu for a moment before saying, "Big brother, big sister, can you give me one piece?"

"No," Xu Huo also ate one. "Unless you play 'Paper'."

The stuffed rabbit's lower lip protruded outward. "But I can only play 'Rock'."

"Then there's no helping it," Xu Huo handed the glass jar to Yan Jiayu. "Later, you should buy two jars too. If you can't finish them, take them back as local specialties."

Yan Jiayu quickly nodded. "There are other players in the game. If we ask others for help, we can definitely buy several more jars."

"Then we can get many eight-discount coupons. Candy is quite expensive too. With discount coupons, one jar can be one thousand White Bills cheaper. With the money for four jars, you can buy five jars. That's such a good deal," Xu Huo also said with a visibly tempted expression.

The rabbit beside them audibly swallowed saliva.