I, the Guide to the Omniverse, Usher in Blue Star's Great Ascension! - chapter 9

Sheng Ai waved her hand, “Everyone, get on the bus. We’ll reach our destination in an hour.”

The coach slowly came to a stop, its rear emblazoned with ‘Omniverse Travel Coach.’

The bus door opened, and an elderly auntie appeared at the entrance.

She bore some resemblance to Aunt He, but her face was marked by a fierce strength.

She wore a blue uniform, presumably the bus company’s, with a five-pointed red star embroidered on her shoulder.

Perhaps it was this red star that gave a sense of security-despite the strangeness of the situation, the tourists felt somewhat reassured looking at this auntie.

Seeing the tourists, she immediately urged, “Hurry up, hurry up! The Toad Spirit is waiting for you over there.”

Sheng Ai was also shocked; she hadn’t expected that this kind of time-space travel would actually have a driver.

She was the first to board and curiously asked, “Auntie, which company are you from?”

The auntie glanced at Sheng Ai, “Didn’t the one with you tell you? If we’re from the same company, don’t pry.”

Sheng Ai: “…”

System: [Even if we’re from the same company, there are too many departments. If they’re not from ours, don’t ask.]

Meanwhile, Pei Qiu was still bewildered, “Sheng Ai, is there really a Toad Spirit?”

The key point was, this coach and this underground parking station were both incredibly strange.

Among the five-person tourist group, one named Tian Youyue stared at the blue sky and white clouds outside, feeling it was bizarre, “We clearly came to an underground parking lot…”

Even if there was a problem with the elevator, they were obviously inside that big mall. How could they suddenly find themselves in an unfamiliar natural landscape in the blink of an eye?

In fact, everyone was beginning to sense that something was off.

Wu Qian was even more terrified.

She had originally come to expose scammers, but what was happening now was beyond her expectations.

She instinctively turned around, but at that moment, the auntie on the coach was already urging, “Hurry up, hurry up! Even if you’re not in a rush, think about us-I still have to get off work!”

Hearing that they were delaying her getting off work, the tourists immediately rushed aboard.

Aunt He took He Zhou and sat in the front row, “I get carsick, so I’ll sit up front.”

Sheng Ai also had to sit in the front, as she needed to explain some rules about this trip while on the bus.

All the tourists boarded, and before their seats were even warm, the auntie rather rudely started up the coach.

On the straight asphalt road across the grassland under the blue sky and white clouds, the coach sped along.

Wu Qian, seeing Pei Qiu-a girl about her age-and hearing that Pei Qiu had also been dragged here by a friend, felt a bit closer to her.

Wu Qian sat by the window, opened it, and looked at the scenery outside, whispering to Pei Qiu, “Don’t you think the scenery here is unbelievably good?”

The sky was so blue, the clouds so white, the grassland so green-everything was as beautiful as a scene from an anime.

Pei Qiu nodded, “Yes, it’s especially nice.”

At that moment, Sheng Ai cleared her throat and began announcing the rules for this trip.

“Hello everyone, I’m Sheng Ai, your Chief Guide for this journey. We’re about to head to the Journey to the West Route-Xiaomi Mountain.”

“This Journey to the West Route is exactly the one you remember-the path that Tang Monk and his disciples took to fetch the scriptures. Of course, we’re only visiting a segment of it.”

As she finished speaking, the tourists fell into a deathly silence.

Even now, everyone felt as if they were dreaming, unable to believe they were truly heading to the Journey to the West Route.

Sheng Ai, however, paid no mind to their inner thoughts and proceeded to explain the travel rules clearly.
“This trip will last three days. During these three days, the food and lodging conditions might not be very good, so please bear with us.”

“Also, throughout the journey, you must follow my instructions. You all know where this is-the Journey to the West Route. There really are Demons on the road. If you get separated and are caught by a Demon, that’s no joke! Of course, if anyone truly refuses to follow instructions, we will send you back early and blacklist you permanently, so you won’t be able to join the next trip.”

Seeing that these were pretty much all the rules, Sheng Ai said, “If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. Anyway, we still have more than half an hour before we reach our destination.”

Pei Qiu raised her hand.

Sheng Ai: “Ask.”

Pei Qiu, bewildered, pressed her fist to her mouth: “You mean, the place we’re going to is the real Journey to the West Route, the Journey to the West?”

Sheng Ai nodded. “Yes, Pei Qiu, I made it very clear just now. Is there something you don’t understand?”

Pei Qiu: “…”

Damn it!!

Which part of what you said was understandable?!!

A tourist in the group of five named Zhou Zhihui spoke up in confusion: “But this trip only costs two hundred yuan.”

Two hundred yuan!!

Going to the Journey to the West Route, meeting Sun Wukong?!

Huh?

Sheng Ai coughed: “The Travel Agency just opened, so of course we need some promotions to attract customers. Discounts in the early stage are normal. Next time, it won’t be this price.”

At this moment, Tang Yuanhang’s voice was also hoarse: “What kind of Travel Agency are you, exactly?”

“The Omniverse Travel Agency. Haven’t I made that very clear from the start?”

Sheng Ai sighed. “I told you, you should pay attention in class, and when you enter society, you should also listen carefully to others. I’ve explained it so clearly, how come you still don’t understand? Sigh!”

Everyone: “…”

They all looked dazed.

He Zhou was younger and still a bit naive, but she understood basic logic. Although she found it hard to believe, her curiosity was clearly piqued by something else: “Sister Ai, do you mean we can really see the Great Sage?”

“Uh, well…” Sheng Ai awkwardly covered the corner of her mouth. “We have to have some gimmicks for the grand opening. We’re going to Xiaomi Mountain, where you can meet the Toad Spirit. As for the Great Sage, I can’t guarantee that. I don’t even know which point of the Journey to the West Route the Great Sage and the others are at right now…”

Fortunately, He Zhou wasn’t the type to fuss over these things. Just thinking about what she might see next made her excited.

Only Aunt He was completely confused the whole time: “What Journey to the West Route? Aren’t we just going to a farmhouse for a trip?”

Sheng Ai: “…”

It seemed Aunt He was the type who wouldn’t believe it until she saw it with her own eyes.

Wu Qian looked at her phone and suddenly became nervous: “My phone has no signal!”

As soon as she said this, the others checked their phones and indeed found that none of them had a signal.

Other than that, all other phone functions worked normally.

But without a network signal, a phone is basically useless.

What was even more unsettling was being unable to contact anyone else.

At this moment, Sheng Ai followed the System’s instructions: “Xiaomi Mountain hasn’t opened up the Cross-Time Network yet. If you want to make a call now, you’ll have to use the time-space signal navigation function. This feature, uh, costs one hundred yuan per minute.”

Even Sheng Ai felt a bit guilty saying this.

She hadn’t expected that the travel tickets were so cheap because this was where they made up for it.”