Chapter 60.3

Editor: Kat

Proofreader: Junyans

IV-1 pretended to be polite and said, “It’s getting dark. I’ll take the others to set up tents first.”

“Wait, aren’t we all going around the lake together?” Fei Lezhi suddenly asked.

He was still hostile to IV-1, and subconsciously stood beside Wei Xun. “Brother Wei, I’ll go with you.”

“Lezhi, go and change your clothes first,” Wei Xun comforted him, “It’d be fatal for you to contract a cold in the highlands. You and Yin Baitao should stick together, and I’ll come back after circling around the lake.”

“Ah, achoo! Sure.”

Fei Lezhi sneezed. Just now, too many things had happened in a short amount of time and his blood was still boiling. Now that he came back to his senses, he felt cold after Wei Xun reminded him of it. Besides, Fei Lezhi didn’t believe that IV-1 would speak truthfully to Wei Xun, and those indifferent experienced tourists were not good people in his eyes. He thought of Yin Baitao and Xu Yang. One was a girl and the other was a blind child. Only he was a tall and strong man. Fei Lezhi suddenly felt the desire to protect them, so he didn’t stubbornly insist on going along with Wei Xun.

“I’ll be heading off,”  Wei Xun turned his head and said to the group of experienced tourists.

The corners of his lips were still turned up, but his smile was not as warm as the one he had revealed to Fei Lezhi. Instead, the smile appeared colder and made Wei Xun seem more powerful. He briefly ordered, “Wenbunan Village is divided into the South Village and North Village, while the middle part of the village is separated by a gully. Remember to explore both sides. Tomorrow we will go to the Xiangxiong Kingdom. Collect more information today, okay?”

For newcomers like Fei Lezhi, the key point to buying them over was cohesion and personal feelings. Issuing them strong orders would only backfire. But for the experienced tourists who were able to protect themselves, they had experienced many tours and really understood the terrifying aspects of tour guides like IV-1. The more powerful Wei Xun was, the more he could suppress them——If he behaved gently and politely, he would only make people feel he was unreliable and easy to bully.

How could a truly gentle and polite person be the opponent of Tour Guide IV-1?

Sure enough, under Wei Xun’s commanding tone, the veteran tourists did not show expressions of disbelief. Although they did not respond, they all silently listened to his words and noted them inwardly. Some of the experienced tourists’ eyes twinkled.

This newcomer…really seemed to be different.

Maybe they could truly stay alive if they followed his words?

“Got it. You’re so naggy.”

The iron tower-like strong man who had knocked on the window of the SUV previously spoke impatiently, but he was the only one who answered. “The South Village and the North Village must be checked. We all know that. You should hurry to circle the lake. Don’t take too long circling around the lake or the skies will turn dark when you’re done.”

“Ji Hongcai.”

Wei Xun nodded. When IV-1 took roll, he remembered everyone’s names.

Wei Xun didn’t care whose side these experienced tourists were on. In his eyes, there was no difference between new tourists and experienced tourists, as long as they were knowledgeable and honest enough.

On the contrary, Ji Hongcai was stunned when he heard his name from Wei Xun’s mouth. After Wei Xun turned and left, he scratched his head and muttered, “He’s a man of culture. Heh. People like him are rare.”

“Old Ji, you should say less.”

Fang Yuhang, who was in the same family as Ji Hongcai, said helplessly, “It’s us mortals who suffer when immortals fight.”

He lowered his voice and said, “Just look at the way Guide IV is glancing at you. Hm?”

“He’s a stupid fucker. It was so refreshing to see him being stepped on like a dog by Boss Wei.”

Ji Hongcai hummed. Fortunately, he lowered his voice this time. Ji Hongcai always acted alone, and he backed down mainly because he didn’t want to cause harm to his friend due to his own actions. He didn’t want IV-1 to hate his friend because of him.

“Let’s go and investigate the village.”

Jiang Hongguang warned, “Don’t fall behind, and don’t act in an eye-catching manner.”

Veteran tourists who could live to the present all had their own tricks to survive in tours. It was safest to stay in the middle of the tour group. As long as they didn’t stand out, didn’t take the lead, and didn’t fall behind, they should survive.

Ji Hongcai kept up with the majority of the tourists as they walked to the village in an absent-minded manner. He took two quick steps forward and poked Fang Yuhang’s waist: “Hey, Old Fang, why do I think that something’s wrong? You said that Fucker IV asked Leader Wei to circle the lake by himself. Is he trying to scheme against Leader Wei? From what I observed, IV-1 didn’t have good intentions.”

“Hiss.”

Fang Yuhang almost jumped up when he was poked. He glanced at Ji Hongcai and warned, “Shut up and talk less.

“Even you can tell this. Do you think the others wouldn’t be able to tell?”

Jiang Hongguang, who was beside him, muttered, “Leader Wei is not an ordinary person. If he acts together with the rest of us, perhaps he might find it troublesome.”

“It may be his intention to be able to investigate the site himself.”

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Indeed, being able to investigate alone suited Wei Xun’s intentions! When Wei Xun was controlling IV-1 just now, he had secretly let the golden mosquito suck IV-1’s blood. Afterwards, Wei Xun set up a play for IV-1—he used the dagger to cut IV-1’s neck and wiped IV-1’s blood on his lips. In the future, even if IV-1 was on guard, he was just on guard against letting his blood fall into Wei Xun’s hands again. He would not pay attention to a small golden mosquito.

When the golden mosquito had sucked IV-1’s blood, IV-1 malicious thoughts had been completely transmitted to Wei Xun. The Valentine demonic mosquito was quite easy to use. If Wei Xun used the demonic mosquito’s mouthpiece to suck blood himself, he could even completely read IV-1’s mind.

But Wei Xun did not want to do such a dirty thing. The golden mosquito had already sucked enough blood. Walking on the path to Tangra Yumco, Wei Xun even thought that when he had a chance, he could suck the blood of the snow leopard——When IV-1 had taken roll, all 15 tourists had been there. IV-1 didn’t call out the snow leopard in the back of the SUV. It was as if the snow leopard didn’t exist. This made Wei Xun more suspicious.

As long as the golden mosquito sucked the snow leopard’s blood, Wei Xun would completely understand whether the snow leopard was a real wild animal or a human.

When Wei Xun reached a row of white pagodas by the lake, he withdrew his thoughts and slowed down his pace.

Tangra Yumco was the largest holy lake worshiped by the Yungdrung Bon religion. The lake had the same status as Dago Snow Mountain, as well as Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar, which were regarded as the center of the Buddhist world. There was yellowish sand and very sparse vegetation on the banks of the lake. One could see a path by the lakeside, a product after years of people trampling on the ground. Looking around, Wei Xun found that the lake was calm and without waves, and he couldn’t see the end of the lake. It was like a huge sapphire, reflecting northern Tibet’s blue sky and white clouds.

These were the traces left by the people who had walked around the lake. Contrary to the Buddhist teachings of walking clockwise around the mountain and lake, believers of the Bon religion thought that walking counterclockwise around the mountain and lake was the right thing to do. Many scenic spots of this tour involved the Bon religion. Wei Xun was afraid that this was IV-1’s trap——If Wei Xun hadn’t known this, circling the lake clockwise might have caused trouble and danger.

Even if there were no supernatural ghosts on a Difficult-level tour, they would still face danger and experience obstacles in the tour.

Wei Xun stood by the lake and looked backwards. From this point of view, he could not see the other tourists and Wenbunan Village. The faded prayer flags fluttered in the wind. It was very quiet, as if he, the snow mountain, and the lake in front of him were the only things left in the vast world.

Wei Xun slowly walked along the path by the lake, but he was turning——clockwise.

[Why did he go around the lake clockwise? It’s over. Wei Xun is in danger!]

A large part of the audience in IV-1’s livestream room were watching Wei Xun’s split screen, looking forward to what feats this amazing new tourist would accomplish. Seeing this scene, many viewers were worried after someone shared their knowledge of Bon and Buddhism, and the difference in the way their believers should walk around the lake on the commentary barrage.

[No, you should walk counterclockwise! Ah, I’m so anxious. Why did Wei Xun suddenly mess up!]

[After all, he’s a new tourist. IV-1 harbored malicious intentions. He didn’t remind Wei Xun of the Bon religion at all. How would he know whether one should go around the lake counterclockwise or not]

[As I said earlier, don’t offend the tour guide, don’t offend the tour guide. See. Offending the tour guide is fun for a moment, but Wei Xun will suffer immediately after doing so]

[Alright, don’t give such belated advice. Wei Xun is still too naïve. He didn’t guard against the tour guide, but I think he is so strong that he should have no problem with this]

[Be careful! Look behind you, Wei Xun!]

[Motherfucker, Wei Xun is in danger!]

Suddenly, there were more comments that quickly swept past in the commentary barrage. One by one, the comments anxiously reminded Wei Xun to run or turn back quickly, but Wei Xun couldn’t see the livestream. He was still walking around the lake clockwise at his own pace.

There was terrible silence around the lake, without the sound of any birds, animals, insects, or fish. There was only the slight sound of Wei Xun stepping on the sand and gravel by the lake.

Rustle.

Rustle.

Rustle——

Suddenly, Wei Xun turned back and his gaze bumped into a pair of bloody and malicious eyes.

A swarthy and rough face inched so close to Wei Xun that it almost stuck to Wei Xun’s face. But previously, he hadn’t heard the sound of this person approaching. Unknowingly, this man had silently followed close behind Wei Xun!

A cold light flickered. Wei Xun lowered his eyes, and saw that the cold light turned out to be a sharp Tibetan knife in the other party’s hand. There were shocking red and brown blood stains on the knife!

“What. Are. You. Doing?”

Every word was spoken in a hoarse and strange tone, and his eyes were staring at Wei Xun. It seemed that as long as Wei Xun gave the wrong answer, the knife the man was hiding would cut off Wei Xun’s head!

It was a critical moment and even then, Wei Xun laughed.

Good, this is the danger I was craving!

In Intoxicating Xiangxi, before arriving at Little Dragon Farmstead, Wei Xun had fought and pushed back the zombified flying foxes on Wuluo Mountain. He had saved Miao Fangfei, and he had gotten the task of opening up a new scenic spot.

Wei Xun wanted to have a try——Before going to the Ruins of Xiangxiong Kingdom, if he saved the tourists in danger, would he be able to trigger a task?

Could tourists trigger the task of opening up a new scenic spot?

This was both a threat and an opportunity!

It was really convenient for Wei Xun to leave the tour group and act on his own. Wei Xun could experiment with this alone. What he wanted to do was to meet with danger, and save himself from danger!

This was so that he could bask in thrill and excitement. This was the true meaning behind why he enjoyed the tours.

Wei Xun smiled and said something in Tibetan. The next moment, the angry Tibetan man holding the sharp knife was stunned.

What Wei Xun said was——

The author has something to say:

I won’t leave this as a cliff-hanger so you guys won’t feel upset. There will be an update before 11 o’clock. Mua, mua! (づ￣ 3 ￣) づ

Q&A class!

Question: [IV-1 trembled. When he wanted to kill Wei Xun with props just now, he felt a chill behind his head inexplicably——] Why was this so?

A: IV-1 has severe baldness. The wind was blowing, so his head felt cold

B: The leopard-y is watching him in the SUV!

Please select!

Tourists: Wei Xun is the new rising star of us tourists!

Tour guides: Protect III-250, he is the reason tour guides will become stronger in the future!

Wei Xun [hugging the snow leopard, rubbing its fur]: Darlings, I suggest you have a fight with it first.

The snow leopard who managed to steal the man (Wei Xun) in advance [tail wrapped around Wei Xun’s thigh]: Meow?