"The countdown has begun, all racers please gather near the starting line!"
"30!"
"29!"
"28!"
…
Mo Xiaoyao noticed that a red barrier was slowly rising near the starting line, while the blue barrier around the small stage where she was located was gone. A few metal fences were slowly rising where she could have been on the stage, reaching about her waist Stopped at the position and surrounded the entire small stage.
Leyin held the drumstick in a standard manner, Jiang Yan also put two slender and strong hands on the keyboard, Mo Xiaoyao pursed his lips, wrapped the bass strap around his neck, and pressed it on himself On the black and white checkered cotton shirt.
Tentatively, the music beat out a basic rhythm, and the three of them felt their feet move, and the small stage began to slide forward to the left at a speed of no more than 5 miles.
Leyin said truthfully: "This speed... we are afraid that we will be cold."
Mo Xiaoyao lowered his head and fiddled with the bass in his hand, pressing his fingers on the four cold thick strings, feeling a little dazed. She hasn't touched this thing for about 6 years. Since the parents said that she is 18 years old and should be responsible for her future life, she has never returned to that so-called home.
Of course, he never touched the bass that had long been a new toy for his younger siblings.
After trying to play the first bar of "Let's Swing the Oars", Mo Xiaoyao found that the front of the small stage, where the microphone was located, turned to the direction of her bass position.
Turning around, the bass position is facing to the right, and the stage rotates accordingly. Obviously this is the so-called bassist/guitarist's way of controlling the direction.
"15!"
"14!"
"13!"
…
There was already a noisy roar on the track, all those who could drive, those who could not drive, those with wheels and those without wheels, all gathered near the starting line.
Under the attempts of Le Yin and Jiang Yan, the small stage also floated over, but failed to grab a good position and stopped in the middle of the outer circle.
Behind more than 20 cars, there is a group of people walking on their own two legs. They are either yelling with resentment, or crying in despair. Only a few people are still trying to see that it is not full. car climbed up.
A woman squeezed beside Mo Xiaoyao, holding a child who seemed to be only 3 or 4 years old in her arms. At this time, the small stage floated up for a certain distance because of the lack of restraints, about to the position of the woman's shoulders. She obviously couldn't climb up by her own strength.
"Please, help me." The woman begged, holding the child over her shoulders, hoping that the people above could help.
The closest person was Jiang Yan, but the man just stared at the keyboard in front of him intently, not even looking at the woman. Leyin's position was rather troublesome, he had to go around Jiangyan to get close to the woman, so he turned his attention to Mo Xiaoyao for help.
Mo Xiaoyao couldn't bear the pleading eyes of the warm man and the golden retriever for a long time. Stepping on the large cartoon slippers that Leyin gave her, with a heavy bass hanging, she walked to the woman with some difficulty, and stretched out her arms to the lifted child. The hand, and then stopped after the fingertips touched an invisible barrier.
The woman looked at Mo Xiaoyao in puzzlement, and lifted the child up with all her strength, her tone full of anxious pleading: "Sister, help me, take the child first, the time is coming."
Mo Xiaoyao bent down halfway, and looked at the woman at the same level. Bess was still affected by the gravity of the earth that no longer existed, shaking back and forth in front of her chest: "There is something blocking me, I can't reach this child, try again yourself " After finishing speaking, she straightened up and walked back to her original position, ignoring the woman and her child who had panic-stricken eyes.
If Leyin hadn't lent her comfortable shoes first, Mo Xiaoyao would have ignored Leyin's plea for help, and would not have approached that woman, no matter how pitiful she looked.
When Mo Xiaoyao was still passionate, she helped someone who had nothing to do with her out of sympathy, but in the end, Mo Xiaoyao lost her most important friend and suffered from mild PTSD. It's commonly known as post-traumatic stress disorder.
Simply put, after that, her interest in participating in important activities decreased significantly, she alienated her relationship with unfamiliar people, and she didn't even look forward to her future life.
Her former friends and colleagues are fine, she can still maintain normal communication with people, and she looks like a normal person. But outside, especially on commuting vehicles, she completely behaved like a stranger.
Fortunately, this society is developing rapidly, and restaurants such as mobile phone orders abound. Mo Xiaoyao can complete her food plan without talking to anyone.
She also went to see a psychiatrist for this, and received several courses of treatment, but with little effect, the biggest gain was that Mo Xiaoyao saw it.
If you are sick, you will be sick, and you can't die. Isn't it just that you don't take the initiative to talk to strangers? Like her, she can't even reach the level of social terror. It's not that she's afraid of talking to strangers, it's just that she can't arouse this interest at all, but as long as the other party shows her kindness first, she can accept it without any burden, and will no longer classify people as strangers.
It was as if Leyin had asked her to wear her own shoes.
Mo Xiaoyao's voice was not loud, but everyone heard what she said just now. Jiang Yan immediately raised his head and walked to the edge of the small stage to try it out. The possibility of Yao cheating him is just a pity for the mother and child underneath.
"5!"
"4!"
"3!"
…
As the countdown approached, the woman frantically wanted to send the child up, but no matter how hard she tried, the invisible barrier kept blocking her actions, making everything she did futile.
After Jiang Yan tested the real existence of the barrier, he had already walked back to his position, waiting for the final start.
"2!"
Jiang Yan put his hands on the keyboard.
"1!"
Tone gripped the drumstick tightly.
"Game start!"
With a piercing sound of the flute, the red barrier on the starting line instantly shattered into particles and dissipated in the air. All kinds of strange-shaped cars rushed forward, lest they would be squeezed behind by someone accidentally.
Mo Xiaoyao’s small stage is the one that lags behind, only a little better than those who run forward on two legs. She even saw the woman with the child running over them, looking back. There was undisguised joy in his eyes.
… Is it lucky that the barrier blocked her, so she didn't get on this classic snail car
Mo Xiaoyao didn't know what the woman was thinking, but he knew that they should hurry up.
Fortunately, this embarrassing situation only lasted for more than 10 seconds. Leyin and Jiang Yan found a way to cooperate and move forward. The speed of the small stage suddenly accelerated. Quickly surpass those who are destined to be eliminated without a car.
The initial track was flat and wide, with at most some ups and downs. As the two became more proficient in their cooperation, the speed of the small stage also reached a new level.
It is estimated that there are 120 miles. Mo Xiaoyao was thinking while staring at the road ahead. She can be said to be the most leisurely of the three now. The flat road seems to be endless. If it continues like this, she feels that she is not needed at all. Bass player who steers.
"Don't be careless."
Jiang Yan spoke suddenly, his fingers mechanically played the song "Let's Swing the Oars" repeatedly on the keyboard, but his eyes were fixed on the front.
"Well. Practice more."
Mo Xiaoyao responded, and reminded again, his fingers skillfully plucked the strings, using the soul-shaking bass to echo the rhythm and melody of the keyboard and drum kit.
Without Jiang Yan's reminder, Mo Xiaoyao also knew that this competition would not be as simple as being faster than anyone else. After being too lazy to communicate with others, she almost spent all her spare time watching TV dramas and playing single-player games.
Mo Xiaoyao has enough reasons to suspect that this flat road is similar to the novice teaching level in the game, in order to let the drivers better familiarize themselves with their cars so as to deal with the subsequent official levels.
So she tried it just now. If she stops after playing a bar, she can control the direction for about 20 seconds. But if she keeps playing uninterrupted, in addition to being in control all the time, she will feel very flexible in the hand.
It is so flexible that it can even play with the brakes for drifting.
Thinking about it, Mo Xiaoyao said, anyway, these two people have spoken to her on their own initiative, and they are also grasshoppers on the same rope. According to the relationship, they should be counted as colleagues, not strangers.
Leyin's eyes lit up immediately: "Try it!"
Jiang Yan calculated the distance from the front team and the back team in his mind, and agreed to the proposal.
Then the little stage began its performance on the flat road, in a strange way of advancing.
Four minutes later, Jiang Yan called to stop the exercise, and he could already see people who were good at running had already caught up. Fortunately, at this time, the three of them have already figured out the way and standardized the passwords for cooperation. If they really need to use them later, they can use them first.
Then, Leyin and Jiang Yan put their heads down and hurried on their way, once again opening up the distance with the rear team. Just when they could see the end of the line of cars ahead, there was a screeching, goosebump-spitting screeching sound suddenly coming from the fog beside the road.
Immediately afterwards, a monster with a height of about 1 meter unexpectedly rushed out from the left rear of the small stage.
Its skin shone with a metallic luster, its head was triangular in shape, its eyes could not be seen, only a mouthpart full of sharp teeth opened and closed with hissing.
After the monster sprang out, it immediately locked on to the small stage closest to it as the first target, and then landed on all fours, running in an extremely fast zigzag pattern, hopping three times and jumping twice, before catching up with Mo Xiaoyao and the others.