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Chapter 440 Fatty Wang's Revenge

The wide river was filled with small boats, each about two meters long, packed together less than half a meter apart.

The fat man craned his neck to look to both sides and saw that the wooden boats were lined up in a straight line on the dark blue river, with no end in sight, just like athletes lining up before a sprint race.

On each ship, there was someone who didn't seem to understand what was happening yet, and the fat man knew that his expression was not much different from theirs.

He saw someone pick up an oar from the boat and row a few strokes, but apart from creating a few ripples on the river, the boat didn't move an inch. It seemed the race hadn't started yet, and there should be an event announcement later.

"It's kind of scary." The fat man glanced at the water and then sheepishly shrank back. He didn't know where Gu Mian and the others had gone, and there was a murderous ghost in the water.

There were other players nearby who wanted to push others off...

At this moment, the fat man was terrified. He gripped a paddle tightly and observed his surroundings, trying to keep an eye on his enemies before the event officially started.

On the small boat to the left was a little girl with a ponytail. She looked weak, but the fat man felt he could lift her up with one hand.

On the right was a rather refined-looking young man wearing gold-rimmed glasses. He looked as frail as Chu Changge, and the fat man felt he could lift him up as well.

Seeing this, the fat man not only gained confidence, but also boldly extended his gaze into the distance.

His gaze extended further, and he immediately spotted a familiar face—not Gu Mian and the others, but another familiar one—007.
She was only about a dozen ships away from him, very close.

On the boat next to her was a burly man with a shifty look on his face, who was also turning his head to look around furtively.

At this moment, 007 also noticed the fat man looking around and gave him a surprised look.

The fat man looked at 007 with some surprise. He knew that 007 would participate in the dragon boat race, but he did not expect to be able to compete against her.

"I wonder if she's found her parents yet..." the fat man muttered to himself.

This was clearly not a good place to ask "Have you found your mother yet?", so the fat man had to suppress his questions. At this moment, his gaze was drawn to the big man on the boat next to 007, who was still turning his neck with a shifty look.

At this moment, the fat man suddenly remembered Chu Changge's remarks about gasoline and became nervous.

Could that guy be one of those people who bought gasoline that Brother Chu mentioned? The fat man swallowed hard, looking at the less than half-meter distance between 007 and the big man, and immediately shouted a few times at her nervously.

But the shout didn't attract anyone else's attention. Only 007 remained looking at him with a puzzled expression, as if no one had heard him.

The fat man called out a few more times and finally confirmed that no one else could hear him. He thought for half a second and reached out to the refined man next to him, but an invisible barrier blocked his hand.

It should be a protection mechanism before the game officially starts.

Having no other choice, the fat man started making faces at the crowd.

007 looked at the fat man, who was more than a dozen boats away from him, with some confusion.

Just then, a host's voice suddenly rang out on the river, loud enough to reach everyone's ears instantly.

"Dear players, I am the referee for this event." Referee? Upon hearing this title, Fatty instinctively thought of people like the Green Host or the Driving Instructor; their endings don't seem to be very good...

The clear and articulate voice continued to ring out, leading the fat man to suspect that the guy had secretly attended a broadcasting academy for extra lessons.

"Now I will announce the specific rules for this dragon boat race."

"This competition is divided into two stages. The first stage is finding teammates. There are four checkpoints set up along the way. Your other four teammates have been placed in the dragon boat checkpoints. Each time you pass a checkpoint, one teammate will be restored. After passing the last checkpoint, the first stage ends and the second stage begins."

"The second stage is mine clearance on the water, which requires the assistance of teammates to complete as quickly as possible. Once the second stage is completed, you can freely rush to the finish line."

"The event's reward mechanism is based on ranking; the shorter the time to reach the finish line, the higher the ranking, and the higher the ranking, the richer the reward."

"To ensure fairness and transparency in the game, this event will be broadcast live throughout. Participating players can monitor the game data in real time through the live stream above."

The fat man subconsciously looked up and saw a semi-transparent screen in the sky in front of him. On the screen was a long blue bar that was divided into two sections, and on the far left of the bar were the small boats of the players.

"There is a protection mechanism before the event officially starts. The event will officially start after the three-minute whistle, and the protection mechanism will be turned off. Within three minutes, everyone can name their dragon boats. To help players distinguish them, dragon boats without names will be automatically assigned numbers."

Naming...

The fat man who was winking at 007 suddenly stopped, and countless names flashed through his mind.

007 looked at the fat man with some confusion, not quite understanding what he wanted to say. After hearing about the naming, the fat man, who was more than ten boats away from him, suddenly paused as if he was thinking about something; but he didn't pause for long, and immediately started fiddling with his face towards him, as if there was something quite urgent.

The fat man kept pointing backward. 007 looked back several times, but all he saw was a wide river with nothing but water.

Three minutes passed quickly. 007 watched as the fat man kept squeezing and fiddling with his face, but he couldn't hear anything.

Immediately, a piercing whistle echoed across the river. As the protective mechanism disappeared, countless noises flooded his ears. 007, with his exceptional mental fortitude, immediately distinguished the fat man's voice amidst the cacophony—

"Run backward!"

007 reacted very quickly. Although she didn't quite understand why the fat man was saying these things, she instinctively slid the hand holding the oar backward.

Immediately afterwards, she suddenly smelled a strange odor on the windswept river surface, and something flew past the bow of the boat.

She turned her head and saw a can about the size of a milk powder can, already opened, with a strange-smelling liquid leaking out. It had been thrown out by the man sitting next to her.

Because 007 swung backward a few times, the object didn't land on her, but instead landed on a girl's boat on the other side of her.

Immediately afterwards, 007 saw the man frantically slide forward a distance with the paddle, and then throw something back at him.

007 didn't see what it was, but the flames that suddenly burst forth from the ship ahead said it all.

(End of this chapter)