StarCraft: Everyone wants the Queen

Chapter 165 I got carsick

The armored vehicle, which was originally cool and awesome, now looked like an old car, moving slowly and unevenly on the road.

It would pause from time to time, then blast off exhaust fumes from its exhaust pipe before slowly taking a leisurely stroll.

This stop-and-go rhythm can easily lead to a certain outcome.

That is--

I get carsick!

Actually, it was fine at first. None of the four insects reacted much. Some took out small mirrors to touch up their makeup, while others dozed off. There was no sign of motion sickness at all.

The problem arose from a sudden jolt, coupled with the armored vehicle running out of fuel, causing it to sway back and forth, moving intermittently.

They were like sardines trapped in a confined space, being tossed and turned as the vehicle crawled forward.

The first to fall was Lia. She was sitting in the back, and because of her insect body, without the support of Xiaowei and Andor's automatic correction and control system, she quickly succumbed.

"Stop, stop the car... I... I feel a little... nauseous..."

Leah leaned out of the car window and started gagging, as if she wanted to vomit her lungs out.

"Cough, cough..."

Andorra stopped the car promptly, opened the door, and let Lia out.

As soon as she stepped outside, she kept gagging herself. It was the first time Leah had ever realized how awful motion sickness could feel.

Shen Qingqing also felt a little unwell, but she was alright and didn't vomit like Liya did.

"Have some water to rinse your mouth first. We can stop and rest for a while." Shen Qingqing handed her the bottle and towel.

Lia managed to keep herself from falling to the ground by bracing her arms.

"Thank you so much... ugh..."

"You'd better not say anything, take a break before you speak."

Leaning against the car door, Andor crossed his arms, occasionally raising his hand to shield his eyes from the sunset light, while asking Xiao Wei to get him some medicine.

He grabbed it casually when he passed by the logistics transfer center, never expecting it to come in handy so soon.

After taking the medicine and feeling a bit better, Leah practically wanted to pave the entire road with her bare hands.

"I almost... I almost died, sob sob."

Lia was filled with remorse, tears streaming down her face as she threw herself into Shen Qingqing's arms, "Waaah, it was so scary! I don't want to ride in an armored vehicle, it was too bumpy, waaaah..."

But they still had a long way to go, and if they didn't sit in the car, what could they do...?

Thinking of this, Shen Qingqing's eyes lit up, and then she told Andor, who was leaning against the car, "I have a plan to relieve Lia's motion sickness."

Leah's eyes lit up: "What a brilliant plan! Present it to us immediately!"

"Why not just sit in the car instead of inside?" Shen Qingqing suggested opening a sunroof so that Liya could peek out.

“It’s a bit dangerous,” Andor walked over and pointed to the roof of the vehicle, “and we can’t destroy our only means of transportation with our bare hands right now.”

“That’s easy.” Shen Qingqing whispered something in Liya’s ear, and the latter gave her a thumbs up in approval.

"Good for you."

So in the afterglow of the setting sun, Leah's shadow, sitting alone on the roof of the car, was stretched very long.

"Your idea is good, but it's a bit cold." Lydia, sitting on the roof of the car, wrapped herself tightly in a blanket and squinted at the sunset in front of her.

“At least you’re not carsick anymore, right?” Shen Qingqing handed another blanket up through the car window. “I remember you weren’t cold when you were taking a cold bath in the underground lab before, so why are you feeling cold now?”

"..."

Leah found herself a plausible reason that didn't sound too awkward.

"Because I was on the roof of the car, the terrain was high, the temperature was low, and the friction on the roof was low, and the wind was strong."

Shen Qingqing: You're good at geography.

A little culture, but not much.

"What you said has no scientific basis."

Andorra, who had been focused on driving, said, "Assuming the air pressure here is standard, the temperature drops by 0.6 degrees Celsius for every 100 meters increase in altitude. You're less than 100 meters away from us on the roof of the car, how could you possibly be cold? At most, it's just a bit windy."

The two culture enthusiasts started another heated discussion because of the unequal temperature.

Andorra ultimately decided—

Slam on the brakes!

"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing?! I almost flew out of the air!"

Thankfully, she was wearing a seatbelt around her waist; otherwise, she would have had to perform a perfect parabola, spinning 720 degrees in the air before she could get out of the car.

Leah was furious whenever she brought it up.

But there's nothing we can do about it.

After getting out of the car, Shen Qingqing helped Liya down from the roof. "The car is out of gas, we'll probably have to push it."

"What? It's out of gas so quickly?!" Leah was incredulous.

"How long have we been walking?"

“We’ve been traveling for a long time,” Andor told them. “This vehicle has managed to travel more than ten kilometers with just a tiny bit of gasoline, carrying four insects and countless supplies. This far exceeds the energy efficiency that a normal vehicle can achieve.”

"Just be content."

After he finished speaking, several insects followed him to the back of the car.

Andorra braced his hands on the spare tire of the armored vehicle, straightened his legs, and pushed the entire armored vehicle with all his might!

"Wow, impressive arm strength!"

"Great stamina!"

Shen Qingqing and Liya were not focusing on the same thing.

Since Andorra has taken the initiative to push the car, they naturally cannot stand aside.

The four insects then huffed and puffed as they began their next journey.

The only difference was that they were driving the car on the previous journey, but this time the vehicle was driving them.

"I'm a little tired..."

Leah gritted her teeth and squeezed out a few words.

She'd been pushing the cart for so long without seeing a single house; her legs were practically worn out.

"Aren't you tired?" Shen Qingqing also exerted force with both hands from behind, trying to hypnotize herself, "I'm not tired either!"

The heavy armored vehicle moved slowly along the road, and the driver's seat was empty.

Life is hard when you're out of gas, but it's even harder when you have a car but can't drive it.

As dusk fell, occasional colorful clouds drifted across the horizon, reflecting a dazzling light and ever-changing shapes, much like fiery sunset clouds.

"On the bright side, at least we don't get carsick anymore."

Shen Qingqing uttered her last words and collapsed to the ground, panting heavily as if all her strength had left her.

Faced with Andorra's help, he laboriously raised his arm and shook it, his arm already stiff and sore.

"I...I can't go on, you go first...I'll follow later..."

Before he could finish speaking, Andorra stopped in his tracks, and the car stopped moving.

Shen Qingqing felt like her throat was on fire; she had never felt so tired from pushing a cart.

The four of them were pushing an armored vehicle weighing over ten tons; this was already her limit.

Their heads were spinning, their ears were ringing, their shirts and skirts were almost soaked with sweat, and the three of them were not in good condition either.

Suddenly, her body was lifted into the air. Shen Qingqing exclaimed in surprise, and her arms instinctively tried to hug the thing in front of her, but she was too weak to move.

He could only watch helplessly as Andorr held him in his arms with one hand, then turned around and continued pushing with his other hand.