Super Doctor of the Universe

Soon after submitting the materials, it was basically confirmed that he was admitted to the university. Link's life became much more leisurely. He no longer stayed at school and was at home every day. In addition to daily exercise and gun practice, he occasionally took Peggy out to play. Just reading at home.

This kind of life passed for more than a month. When it was almost time to report, Link packed his things and prepared to drive the second-hand Ford that Robert gave him.

Peggy originally wanted to stay with Link, but because she needed to live with Linda instead of living on campus, she flew there a few days earlier than Link to find a place to live and then settle down.

In fact, if given the choice, Link would still prefer to fly there, but then he would have to leave the car in Texas and buy one in California.

For him who doesn't have a lot of money now, it's more cost-effective to drive there by himself.

The United States is a sparsely populated country with very few long-distance trains. Apart from airplanes, cars are the most common means of transportation for people.

After having lunch at noon, Link drove away from the small town. He walked for nearly two hours when the car suddenly bumped. After getting out of the car, Link found that three of the tires were flat.

If one tire had a leak, Link had a spare tire, but if all three tires had problems, he really had no choice.

However, it was unusual for all three tires to be flat at once. It reminded Link of a time when he was driving in his last life. He encountered a remote road. The owner of the car repair shop liked to scatter nails on the road. Then he waited for people to go to his place to repair and replace tires.

He returned to the car, took out the map and studied it, and found that the location here was really awkward. The nearest small town when he came was fifty kilometers away.

If we go forward, the nearest Wolfker is still 40 to 50 kilometers away, and he happens to be stuck in the middle.

Link thought for a while and could only take his bag and get off the car. Fifty kilometers was really nothing to him, but at this time, he was more hoping to meet a black-hearted car repair shop owner who would get him cheated out of dozens of dollars at most. .

Not long after walking, Link noticed another car on the roadside in front of him, and it was a trailer towed by a pickup truck.

When he got close, Link saw a middle-aged man and woman making a noise, a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old lying on a folding sofa chair, and a boy of sixteen or seventeen years old playing with two dogs. .

They looked like a family on a trip, so Link asked: "Hello!"

The middle-aged man and woman seemed to have noticed Link now, and the man said: "Hello, who are you?"

"I came here to ask if you have any spare tires. My tire is broken." Link said and pointed to his car, which could still be vaguely seen from here.

"Oh, actually, our tire is broken too, and we don't have a spare tire."

Seeing this, Link could only continue walking forward, thinking that if he really reached the town ahead, he could call a tow truck for the other party. There was no black-hearted car repair shop in sight, which made Link feel bad.

After walking like this for half an hour, he saw a house in front of him. When Link got closer, he saw a sign hanging on it, which was obviously a hotel.

Link walked into the hotel and saw no one at the front desk, so he called out: "Is there anyone there?"

After a while, a man came out of the back passage. He looked ordinary but a little slovenly. Link asked, "Do you have any tires here? My car has a puncture."

The man said, "We don't have any spare tires."

"Is there a phone? I'd like to borrow the phone to find the towing company."

"We don't have a phone here."

"Is there a car? Can you give us a ride?"

"My wife went shopping by car and doesn't have a car for the time being. Well, so, can you stay in a hotel?"

Link frowned, and he vaguely understood what this guy meant: If you don't pay for a night's stay, there will be nothing in this store.

It was no different from the deceptive car repair shop that Link had expected, and probably even more sinister. He looked at the sky outside the window and saw that there were still an hour or two until dark. Link didn't want to stay here for too long, so he continued. road:

"Excuse me, do you have any useless 'old tires' that can be used? I'm willing to buy them at the price of staying in the store."

However, the shop owner's answer was still that his wife would drive back from Wolfker to collect the goods tomorrow morning, and he could send them there at that time.

When Link saw this, he did not agree immediately. Instead, he walked around the hotel first, and found that there was really no car or phone here.

After all, the hotel is only such a big place, and the outside is desolate. There are telephone lines that can be easily seen, and the same is true for cars.

At this time, Link could only say that the other party did a good job. He probably found people to deliver goods and daily necessities regularly, so that no one could find any faults.

Relying on mountains, relying on water, and relying on roads, of course, you have to benefit from passing vehicles. Link even maliciously guessed whether the other party cooperated with Wolfker's tow truck company in front of him.

No matter what, Link has determined that the other party is even more evil than the car repair shop on the other side of the Pacific.

You can earn money from the room fee, you can earn money from the food, and you can earn another money from towing and repairing the car. If you don’t spend more than three hundred dollars with this package, it probably won’t solve the problem.

In the end, Link could only pay for the hotel. Then, because the owner looked really sloppy, he bought some packaged ready-made food at the counter, such as sandwiches and canned food.

These things were more than twice as expensive as the supermarket in the city. Link casually filled his stomach, and then he found that the family of four he met on the road just now also came to the hotel.

Apparently, they also chose to walk here. Link chatted with them casually and learned that they were indeed a family. The middle-aged man and woman were Bob and his wife Ethel, and the other two were his daughter Brenda and son Bobby.

Hearing that Link's father was the sheriff, Bob also had a better impression of him and said that he was also a policeman.

The owner listened to the chat of several people without making any movement, and poured himself a drink next to him.

There was no TV here, so everyone could only chat casually. Later, they found a deck of cards to pass the time. It was not until after ten o'clock in the evening that Link said goodbye and went back to the house.

After taking a shower, Link fell asleep. It was quiet all around, with only the faint chirping of insects outside the house.

At some point, Link felt the door of his room opened, and someone came to the bedside.

He immediately became alert and tried to get up, but he found himself weak and his eyelids were heavy as if he hadn't slept for a few days. This made Link immediately think that he might have been given anesthesia or something.

Then Link heard someone say, "Move faster." Then he felt that he was lifted up by two people, and a moment later he was thrown heavily into the bed of a pickup truck.

Link tried his best to fight against his numb body, but the effect was not obvious. He still couldn't move, and the drowsy feeling still showed no signs of dissipating.

However, he still insisted on not falling asleep, and at the same time, he felt cold in his heart. He didn't expect that this was not just a black-hearted hotel.