Chapter 81.1

Editor: Kat

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All over the country, and even all over the world, people jumped up in shock in the middle of the night. Some people woke up their sleeping wives and were chased away, so they could only sleep on the sofa. There were others who were causing a ruckus, so their neighbor grew angry and came to bang on the door.

If it was a large tour party, or a well-equipped tourist jumping into this bottomless abyss-like hole, the well-informed audience would not have been so shocked.

However, Wei Xun was really just a newcomer who was on his first tour!

And no one saw him wearing any protective measures, not even using a safety rope.

The audience who’d wanted to call Wei Xun “Grandfather” in the livestream room was silent. No one had thought that Wei Xun would do this!

In the virtual hall, the big bosses from various bases, and even the tour guide alliances who were paying attention to this tour were shocked. Was Wei Xun crazy? Was he being controlled? What the hell was going on here, how could he suddenly jump into the hole?

Everyone eagerly wanted to know what had really happened, but the light from the flashlight on the edge of the cliff was too weak. After Wei Xun fell for a second or two, the entire screen was completely dark, and nothing could be seen except for the sound of whirring wind.

“Fuck!”

In the theater room of the Homeward Tour Party, Mao Xiaole, who was watching the livestream with great interest, jumped up and directly rushed to the screen, almost sticking his eyes to it as he anxiously tried to find Wei Xun’s figure in the dark.

“Hey, you’re blocking me!”

Just now, when Wang Yushu saw Wei Xun jumping down, he was so shocked that he’d crushed the Coke can in his hand. The brown liquid fell on his trousers and stained his pants in a suspicious manner, but he didn’t pay any attention to it. Seeing that Mao Xiaole was acting very immorally by blocking the big screen, Wang Yushu was anxious and had no time to reason with him. For fear of missing the wonderful scene, he directly opened the livestream on his mobile phone and watched it again.

“Teacher Wei…has landed…”

Mao Xiaole’s voice was trembling. His throat was extremely dry, his heartbeat was about to jump out of his throat, and his mind had turned into a mess. He stuck as close as possible to the livestream screen. Their tour party base had the best sound system. Mao Xiaole heard a very slight “click,” as if something knocked on the cliff.

“Teacher Wei brought a hook…”

Even so, Mao Xiaole was still incoherently muttering, “He, he’s just a newcomer, he’s not in good health, and he didn’t use any protective measures, how dare he jump down!”

“I’m inspired, I’m inspired again.”

Wang Yushu listened carefully and repeated the sound repeatedly, with a strange, frenzied expression on his face. He wrote with his fingers, leaving half-solidified light marks in the air.

“I’ve decided to call it the Spider-Man Suit! Teacher Wei, I comprehend what you’re feeling. To hell with protective measures. Experiencing direct stimulation is the most thrilling sensation!”

Previously, he had always wanted to design a set of props for the downhill exploration of caves, but he had to defend/guard against all possible or sudden dangers, such as falling rocks, bats, underground creatures, etc. Therefore, the descending speed was unable to reach the extreme, which hadn’t been able to satisfy him.

However, Wang Yushu had now found new inspiration thanks to Wei Xun.

Just look at this newcomer who dared to jump straight down with only one hook without any precautions. Yet those bigwig tourists were still picky about his products offering some protective measures. Were they children who had not been weaned?

Yes, it was not his problem.

To hell with protective measures. The macho men and women should jump straight down!

“Teacher Wei, my superman!”

“Teacher Wei scared me to death, my heart isn’t good, I can’t stand this torture.”

Mao Xiaole burst into tears inwardly. He had already discovered that Teacher Wei seemed different from the image that he had gradually etched in his mind over the past five years. However, this current image seemed to fit him unusually well, as if he was born to look like this.

“Great, I thought that our tour party would finally have a normal person, and I was worried that it would not be easy to get along with him.”

Wang Yushu smiled wickedly, and his eyes were slightly red. “It’s good, everyone is crazy, that’s great.”

“Teacher Wei is not a lunatic!” Mao Xiaole retorted, but his persuasive power was a little weak as he said, “He’s just an extreme sports fan, that’s normal!”

Wang Yushu said to himself, “At the end of the tour, someone will pick him up. I’ve decided that I’m going to pick him up, just to communicate/discuss with him about a product that could help one descend downwards with no protective measures.”

Mao Xiaole immediately got angry. “What a load of shit. I’m going to go, I’ve already reported it to the captain——If you rob me of my chance, I will tell Captain you call him ‘Xiaoxue’!”

“Oh yes, Captain is also on the tour.”

Wang Yushu woke up from his stupor, showing an expression as if he had a toothache. He was regretful and added reluctantly, “Forget it. Given Captain’s current state, for the sake of my little life, I should not go.”

“Isn’t it because you sold Captain a hundred rocket launchers last time, and all of them misfired?”

Mao Xiaole immediately laughed. Wang Yushu didn’t answer but groaned. It was rare that he was like this. He suddenly lowered his voice and asked, “Xiaole, look at Teacher Wei, doesn’t he look like a Class X tourist?”

“A Class X tourist…”

Mao Xiaole was silent because he knew what Wang Yushu meant. Class X special tourists were reserve tour guides. When they first entered the tour, they seemed to be normal tourists, but they had an additional countdown to death.

When a normal tourists entered the tour, all they saw was the scene of them realizing their dreams and fulfilling their expectations. What Class X special tourists saw was the omen of their own death. Some people unlocked their status on their first tour and became reserve tour guides, while others unlocked it by coincidence after several tours as a tourist.

But even if the time they unlocked their status was different, the result was the same. Class X special tourists would eventually get rid of their tourist status, fall into the abyss, and become tour guides.

And because of the pressure they faced from the countdown to death when entering the Travel Services, this type of tourist either acted greedier for life, braver, or crazier——Of course, before they really unlocked their status and became a tour guide, no one could fully confirm whether the other party was a Class X special tourist. This was a secret that no one could inquire about and was a rule of the Travel Services.

And among the actual tourists, there were not just a few people who feared for their lives, feared death, or who went crazy.

Wei Xun’s performance was so special, far more than ordinary newcomers, and it was normal for some people to think deeply.

“I’ve already thought about it,” Mao Xiaole said slowly as if saying these words was very difficult for him, “Teacher Wei is in poor health.”

Yes, ever since Mao Xiaole knew Three Waters, Sun, and Moon, he knew that the other was not in good health. When writing the novel, he had to ask to “take leave” every day. One day, he would say that his heart was not feeling good, and the next he would say his lungs felt bad. Then, he will say his stomach wasn’t well. He was like a critically ill patient.

At that time, some readers also wondered whether these were excuses the author made so that he would not update. However, Mao Xiaole believed that he could still foretell the situation of Three Waters, Sun, and Moon at that time. He knew that Teacher Wei was in poor health and was destined to suffer from all kinds of diseases in his life.

Usually, if this kind of seriously ill person entered the Travel Services, they would become a Class X special tourist. However, Three Waters, Sun, and Moon were different. Mao Xiaole had even foretold that he would suffer from a serious and incurable disease five years ago, but Three Waters, Sun, and Moon had lasted for five years. During these five years, he’d even often written novels and communicated with Mao Xiaole. Instead of showing the slightest bit of decadence and despair, he was full of yearning for the unknown vast world.

A true explorer, a natural tourist.

Mao Xiaole overturned his original idea. He believed that the firmness of Three Waters, Sun, and Moon’s character had already surmounted the pain in his body. When such people were selected by the Travel Services, based on the Travel Services’ consistent standards, it was not impossible for them to become a tourist.

“To the Travel Services, he meets the criteria to become a tourist more than to become a tour guide.”

Mao Xiaole took a deep breath, and his tone was a bit sarcastic and self-deprecating as he said, “Everything is based on the will of the master of the Travel Services. This is the most important rule.”

As long as the Travel Services agreed, even if the vast majority of seriously ill people became tour guides, some could become tourists. And in this case, a healthy body would be his wish.

“Don’t be so heavy-hearted. I mean, he’d be fine even if he was a Class X special tourist.”

Wang Yushu shrugged indifferently. “Our tour party has not experienced a tour led by a tour guide for several years, and every time we have to ask for an outside/unfamiliar tour guide. It is very troublesome. For the year-end celebration, Dream Chaser has been invited by the Feihong Tour Party. And I don’t want that stupid Puppeteer to be our tour guide.

“It would be great if Teacher Wei could be a tour guide. We could bring our own little tour guide for the year-end celebration.”

“You have a great imagination.”

Mao Xiaole gave him an angry look. “Teacher Wei would have to be both a tourist and a tour guide. Why don’t you be both a father and a mother for someone?”

“It’s not impossible for me to recognize Wei Xun as my parent,” the unabashed and shameless filial son Wang Yushu said.

He laughed loudly. “Wei Xun’s current move has also smothered the Slaughterer Alliance, and they might doubt whether Wei Xun is a Class X special tourist.”

All humans will subconsciously support the parties they belong to. Most of the tourists watching Wei Xun’s performance were probably thinking that he was the strongest newcomer, which was why he was so strong. Meanwhile, the tour guides might also be suspicious.

How could a normal newcomer tourist beat IV-1 silly in the first place?

However, if he was a Class X special tourist, a reserve tour guide, then maybe it made sense. After all, in the minds of most tour guides, they would reject the fact that a newcomer tourist could press IV-1 to the ground and rub him into it. It could be said that IV-1 was already the shame of all tour guides in their hearts.

If Wei Xun was a reserve tour guide, it would be easier for them to accept it.

“In this way, there will be far fewer assassinations on the tour guide’s side. They’ll at least wait for Wei Xun to complete this tour.”

Mao Xiaole also calmed down a little and said to himself, “Teacher Wei performed so fabulously on the tour to Northern Tibet. If he is really a Class X special tourist, I’m afraid that this tour will be sufficient to unlock his tour guide status.”

“That’s true,” Wang Yushu replied, “Just watch till the end of the tour and see if he gets a tour guide cloak when he enters the virtual hall for the first time.”

There was excitement in his tone as he said, “It will be very lively at the end of this tour.”

Just as Wang Yushu predicted, seeing Wei Xun’s almost fatal “performance,” the tour parties who were paying attention to him hesitated, and the tour guide alliances also hesitated. However, the two parties were concerned over different matters.

T/N: Sorry for the late chapter update.