CH 12

Chapter 12 - He's still a child! (3)

“Lu Xingchi, if you really don't want to take her along, why are you driving so slowly? You might as well let her come up." Du Ruo lied on the car window and looked back to watch Bei Nuan. "More importantly, if she continues driving like this, she'll hit our car sooner or later."

Lu Xingchi glanced at the little yellow car in the rearview mirror. He smiled slightly and continued to drive the jeep unhurriedly.

Bei Nuan was clutching the steering wheel with sweaty hands. Her full attention was on the jeep in front of her.

As a rookie that had failed the driving test five times before passing and hadn't touched the steering wheel since then, it really was too challenging for her to drive at such a high speed for the first time on the highway.

However, compared to being sent back home by the system and being squashed flat by a truck, this was nothing. Fortunately, the jeep wasn't moving too fast, and she was barely able to keep up.

She hadn't drive far when #3's said in a pleased voice, "Congratulations on successfully completing the novice stage of escaping City S. The Holy Mother's voice tasks are enabled."

Bei Nuan: "..."

"What's the Holy Mother's voice?"

"The Holy Mother's voice is a series of small tasks. You'll get extra rewards after completing~!"

That sounded pretty good.

"What's the small task?" Bei Nuan held the steering wheel and split half of her attention to talk with #3.

"For example, in front of the male protagonist, hug a person that's been bitten by a zombie and cry out, "Who will save him? Can someone come over to help him?"

Bei Nuan was speechless. "Is that being a Holy Mother? That's just being brainless. What's the reward?"

"In the next 24 hours, the Holy Mother points you earn will be doubled."

The risk outweighed the reward. Bei Nuan wasn't interested.

"Are there other tasks?"

#3 answered, "Yes, reasonably say the words he's still a child in front of the male protagonist twice. The reward is double Holy Mother points for the next five hours."

Bei Nuan thought; that one was okay. It was much easier.

Just as her thoughts were wandering, the jeep's tail lights suddenly turned on and the  jeep slowed down.

Bei Nuan hurriedly stepped on the brakes, but she stepped on the accelerator instead. The car sped up and was about to hit the bumper of the jeep.

Lu Xingchi seemed to have expected the outcome. The jeep swiftly moved to the side, giving Bei Nuan the space to slow the car down and stop.

Breaking out in cold sweat, Bei Nuan hastily stopped the car and saw what was up ahead. A line of over a dozen cars had crashed into each other.

Countless big and small cars were stuck together. In this chaos, every car was desperately driving forward. The lanes were no longer distinguishable. The road ahead was in shambles.

Bei Nuan followed Lu Xingchi and Du Ruo in getting out of the car and looking forward.

In the novel, there was a series of car accidents that blocked the highway from City S to Ningcheng, but the male protagonist and his party had left City S and arrived at Ningcheng smoothly. They should have made it in time to miss the accident.

It didn't take Bei Nuan long to figure out why they had encountered the big traffic jam. It was because Lu Xingchi had turned the jeep back to refuel.

There didn't seem to be hope of passing through this.

Lu Xingchi saw the traffic jam and said, "Let's get off the highway and take a detour."

There was an exit near them.

Du Ruo agreed. Just as he was about to get into the jeep, Bei Nuan grabbed him.

"Stop! Don't put your foot down!"

"Yes, just like that. Keep it up!"

Du Ruo froze in place, scared by her actions. He looked at Bei Nuan in confusion.

Bei Nuan knelt down, picked up a cute, little red ladybug that Du Ruo had been about to step on, and placed it on her palm.

"Don't step on him. He's still a child!"

Du Ruo: "..."

Lu Xingchi: "..."

[Holy Mother's voice task (1 out of 2 completed).]

Bei Nuan carefully brought the bug to the side of the road and blew it away. "Baby bug, be good, go home and find your mom!"

Lu Xingchi's cold and blithe voice came from behind her.

"That's an adult ladybug, not a baby. Ladybugs look very different as babies. They look like caterpillars, very ugly. I doubt you want to touch a baby ladybug with your hand."

Bei Nuan: "..."