Alien Species Invasion? I Kill Them Back.

Chapter 47: Chapter 45: The Lone White Bird

"You help look, too," Feng Ling said enthusiastically. "The clue to the Maze is a riddle. The first line is ’A frog in a top hat rushes to the sky,’ and the second line is ’Covetously kissing a lone White Bird.’ We’ve already found the frog in the top hat, so now we need to find the lone White Bird."

"Huh?" Zhou Diao was completely lost.

He glanced around. ’Where am I supposed to find a bird around here?’

’And it specifically mentioned a lone White Bird... It can’t be a real, living bird. It must be a metaphor, right?’

There were swan-shaped pedal boats on the lake, and not just swans, but little yellow ducks, too. But the problem was... they were miles away. How could they be "covetously kissed"?

Zhou Diao felt it was a long shot, but he pointed it out to Feng Ling anyway. "Hey, could it be that boat?"

Feng Ling glanced over and asked Huangfu Miaomiao beside her, "What do you think? Does that boat look like a White Bird?"

Huangfu Miaomiao was a little unsure. She looked at the lake, then at Feng Ling. "...It kind of does, but... something feels off."

Feng Ling rested her chin on her hand, pondering. "It’s not quite right."

Huangfu Miaomiao said hesitantly, "Besides, the riddle says a *lone* White Bird. That boat... it’s not alone."

There was more than one pedal boat on the lake, so what exactly would count as "lone"?

Zhou Diao said, "’Lone’ doesn’t necessarily mean a single, solitary boat. Maybe it means it’s the only one of its kind."

"That makes sense~" Feng Ling nodded.

’Looks like three heads really are better than one.’

"Once we get down, we’ll ask around. If this is the only white boat in the whole park, it means we’ve found it!" Feng Ling said.

Everything was going smoothly. She felt like she was already 66% of the way to victory!

’Keep it up!’

The cabin reached the very top of the Ferris wheel.

As Zhou Diao admired the view, he didn’t spot anything else that could be the "White Bird," but he was surprised to see the Inspection Bureau building.

"You can see the Inspection Bureau from here... Wow, and you can see the Qingjiang No.1 Bridge, too."

Zhou Diao couldn’t resist taking out his phone and snapping a few scenic photos. "This is a great angle~"

Hearing him, Feng Ling also gazed at the distant bridge.

To facilitate traffic, Qingjiang City had built many bridges. The No. 1 Bridge was practically an antique.

’When I used to pass the No. 1 Bridge by car, it always seemed so old and worn. I never thought it would look this beautiful from up high, like a great white bird spreading its wings.’

Wait...

’A white bird?’

Feng Ling’s heart skipped a beat, and she observed it carefully once more.

But as their altitude decreased, the bridge started to look less and less like a bird.

’Maybe it was just my imagination...’

Feng Ling wasn’t sure.

’If I want a definitive answer, I’ll probably have to ride the Ferris wheel again.’

The cabin slowly descended. The vast view gradually shrank, and the nearby houses and trees surrounded them like giants, blocking the distant scenery.

Feng Ling got out of the cabin and headed for the Boating Area.

The lake had seemed quite close from the Ferris wheel, but now that she was walking, she realized it was quite far. The path was winding, too, and she grew irritable before she even knew it.

As she passed a candy shop, the sweet fragrance wafting out soothed the manic energy stirring in her heart. Realizing her mood had shifted, Feng Ling immediately stopped, on guard.

"Why’d you stop?" Zhou Diao asked from behind her.

Feng Ling took a deep breath of the fragrant air and asked Huangfu Miaomiao, "The perfume?"

Huangfu Miaomiao quickly pulled off her small backpack and unzipped it. She had bought five or six bottles with all kinds of scents: floral, woody, tea, milky—you name it.

Feng Ling grabbed a bottle at random and spritzed both herself and Huangfu Miaomiao.

Following behind them, Zhou Diao immediately covered his nose in disgust.

He was too close; the scent was overpowering.

"What’s wrong with you two? We’re in the middle of something important, why are you spraying perfume!" he protested.

Feng Ling ignored him and kept walking.

On the shore of the Boating Area was a small building: the boat rental booth.

Just as Feng Ling walked over, she saw a park employee standing on the wooden dock, using a metal hook to pull in a returning pedal boat.

A dozen or so empty boats were lined up neatly on the shore. At a glance, there were at least four swan-shaped pedal boats, not including the one still on the lake.

"This isn’t it," Feng Ling frowned. "These things aren’t the lone White Bird."

She turned and headed decisively back to the Ferris wheel.

Confused, the others all followed her.

The frog-themed cabin was already on its way up. A full rotation took fifteen minutes.

Feng Ling kept her composure and waited patiently for the frog cabin to complete its circuit.

Beside her, Huangfu Miaomiao watched Feng Ling uneasily, her hand clutching the perfume bottle. She was anxious and tense, hesitating to spray it.

It wasn’t just Feng Ling, whose Pollution Value was spiking, who was getting agitated. Even Zhou Diao was getting fed up. He glared at the cabin and cursed, "Damn it, can’t this thing go any faster? It’s moving at a snail’s pace."

After a moment’s thought, Huangfu Miaomiao quietly spritzed Zhou Diao twice with the perfume.

"What the hell! What are you doing?!" Zhou Diao leaped to the side, looking fit to burst. "Don’t spray that stuff on me! It’s so girly!"

Feng Ling was completely focused on the cabin. "It’s almost down. Let’s go."

The three of them got back into the frog-themed cabin.

This time, Feng Ling kept her eyes fixed in the direction of the Qingjiang Bridge, afraid of missing any detail.

"I thought the Qingjiang Bridge looked a lot like a big white bird just now. You guys take a look too," Feng Ling said.

Zhou Diao disgustedly rubbed the spot where he’d been sprayed and frowned. "The bridge has triangular steel cable supports, one on each side, which do kind of look like wings. But there are several Qingjiang Bridges, and they’re all similar in design. How do you know which one it is?"

Feng Ling thought about it, then looked toward the other side of the river—

’The bridges are actually all quite far apart, but from the unique vantage point of the Ferris wheel, the ones in the distance look clustered together. Only the Qingjiang No.1 Bridge, directly in line with our frog cabin, stands by itself. It fits the ’lone White Bird’ metaphor perfectly.’

’I’m almost certain,’ Feng Ling thought.

’The lone White Bird must be the Qingjiang No. 1 Bridge.’

’But there’s one thing I still don’t get. What’s this ’covetously kissing’ part supposed to mean?’

’The frog is in the sky, and the White Bird is on the river. The two are completely unrelated, so how are they supposed to kiss?’

"Let’s go check out the No. 1 Bridge," Feng Ling said.

"Are you sure?" Zhou Diao frowned. "The bridge is packed with traffic right now, lots of cars and people. An Alien Species might spot you."

Alien Species might not come to the amusement park, but the No. 1 Bridge is a route many people take to and from work every day. It was possible there were Alien Species among them.

Feng Ling was unconcerned. "I’ll be in a car, an Alien Species won’t necessarily see me. Besides, don’t we have Little Skeleton with us? If there’s an Alien Species, she’ll definitely be the first to spot it."

She looked at Huangfu Miaomiao.

Huangfu Miaomiao immediately nodded vigorously, as if pledging her loyalty. "Yes!"

Zhou Diao was speechless. He gave a slight pout and said, "Fine. We’ll go to the No. 1 Bridge. Don’t say I didn’t warn you."

「By the time they got off the Ferris wheel again, it was already 7:00 p.m.」

The sun was setting in the west, its afterglow blanketing the city in a veil of vibrant pink gauze.

On the highway leading to the Qingjiang No. 1 Bridge, traffic was at a standstill, the cars lined up in a long, unmoving queue.

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