Chapter 296: Extreme Environment Warning Ahead
At around 6 AM, Yu Jiang slept until she woke up naturally, with both her body and mental state in great condition.
She was still leaning against the headboard scrolling through the public screen when Sad Pig Intestine spoke up in the channel:
“Good morning everyone! Three days on the battlefield were simply unlivable! Today I cooked Vegetable Lean Pork Congee and small steamed buns, with a bit of Sweet Wine left. Those who want can choose sweet fermented rice lotus root powder. A wonderful day starts with breakfast!”
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.
Pure Love Cockroach Spicy Spicy: “Ahhh! Am I dreaming or what!”
Han Jiang Gu Ying: “Thanks for the hard work, Intestine. I’m fine with anything, let everyone else choose first.”
Strawberry Candy: “Me too! Intestine, you’re too good. Seeing such a bountiful breakfast, I jumped right out of the RV.”
Yu Jiang: “『Raise hand』 I want the congee, thanks Intestine. Later, check the team ingredients warehouse and see if we need to restock some.”
For team meals, besides Pig Intestine, everyone else contributes supplies; if no ingredients, they contribute Crystal Coins, and Purple Butt Can Do It will exchange them for ingredients.
If they really have no extra supplies on hand, they can make up for it later when they get some; team members don’t nitpick too much.
Of course, no one deliberately contributes less to take advantage; everyone fears contributing too little.
Originally, when ingredients needed restocking, Purple Butt Can Do It would remind everyone, but in reality, he never collected them; before it was time to restock, everyone had already sent theirs over.
The ingredients warehouse has times when it’s too full, never running out.
Previously in the friend channel, those who bought Sad Pig Intestine’s food at friendly prices knew it was limited to one portion per person; someone pretended not to know and bought several to resell, and was directly kicked out.
Sad Pig Intestine replied after two minutes:
“Don’t worry, Captain Jiang. We have plenty of rice, flour, and oil left, as well as quite a lot of fresh vegetables and Dehydrated Vegetables. The storage space in my Refrigerator dedicated to team supplies is pretty full.”
Yu Jiang replied with an OK sticker pack.
At 7:40 AM, after washing up, Yu Jiang sat on the balcony eating breakfast; the buns were still steaming hot, and one bite was full of fresh aroma.
Sad Pig Intestine makes buns with Item kitchenware assistance and the quick cooking talent; otherwise, in this doomsday environment, making buns early in the morning would be too time-consuming and laborious.
Yu Jiang looked at the sunlight falling on the nearby Abandoned House, feeling a bit hot.
It wasn’t even 8 AM yet, and the temperature was already 33 degrees; it would only get hotter at noon.
She quickly opened the Trading Platform, and sure enough, sharp merchants had already adjusted their prices.
Photovoltaic Panels that were cheap on rainy or snowy days were now very expensive, with only two left on the entire Trading Platform.
The key was there were no matching converters or Power Storage Devices; just having the panel alone was useless.
Devices are much rarer than panels, hard to obtain; Wholesale King Wang Defa said she couldn’t get them, yet managed 2 sets in half a month.
Not many people can afford a full set of facilities now; if the inside the vehicle setup doesn’t match, even having solar power generation facilities isn’t cost-effective.
Too expensive; the cost of a full set could refuel for a long time.
Yu Jiang had exchanged two Gasoline Cards yesterday; she asked Purple Butt Can Do It to help exchange them: 100L Gasoline Card for 5 Charging Cards, or a battery with +200km total mileage; not sure if anyone would take it, but worth a try.
It earns an extra Charging Card compared to direct exchange.
50L gasoline: high fuel consumption vehicles can only go 400-500 km, low ones up to 800 km.
1 Charging Card covers 300km, including all in-vehicle electricity for 24 hours.
Cards are more expensive than batteries, but not by much because most players have Autopilot Component Cards, and vehicles don’t have many appliances, so no need to spend extra on cards.
Current Trading Platform market price: 600km battery is not much different from 50L gasoline.
Fuel consumption on level 5-6 Off-road Vehicles is terrifying; maybe some teams short on gasoline would trade.
Yu Jiang hoards Charging Cards whenever she can, and batteries too, alternating between them.
Use batteries when saving, Charging Cards when using Autopilot and Air Conditioning.
Yu Jiang retracted the balcony extension, closed the second floor windows, went downstairs to clean up the tableware, and prepared to depart.
After claiming rewards last night, everyone in the team channel was full of energy today.
Pure Love Cockroach Spicy Spicy: “Charge ahead! I feel terrifyingly strong right now!”
Kuang Kuang Kuang: “Charge charge charge!”
Hand Holding Cleaver Chopping Wire: “Grow big and strong, recreate glory!”
Lightning Mage King: “That Electric Net Kid is a bit strong, I need to work harder too!”
Mileage Tasks have been issued.
Daily: 100km, Weekly Mission: 1000km
In this weather, proceeding without Air Conditioning would be like steaming in a sauna in a few hours.
Yu Jiang didn’t turn it on; she could tolerate it, 30+ degrees wasn’t bad.
The scenery along both sides of the road gradually changed; buildings seemed increasingly dilapidated, plants disappeared, and the originally cloudless blue sky turned into a chaotic gray-yellow.
Temperature reached 37, Supply Boxes still scarce.
At 11:30 AM, Yu Jiang stopped to rest.
The system message popped up at this time.
【Ahead: Extreme Environment Warning: Volcanic Ash, Wildfire, radiation year-round, making this stretch barren (except certain Mutated Plants), full of dangers; monsters here are exceptionally fierce. Survivors, proceed with utmost caution.
Radiation zones require specialized Armor, or you’ll continuously lose health. But rest assured, from the moment you gained Survivor Qualification, your body was upgraded; while alive, you won’t mutate into a monster due to radiation.
Purple quality and above Professional Exclusive Armor can resist radiation corrosion~】
It was instantly from supply heaven to supply hell.
The road ahead yields nothing from Gathering, and probably no safe supplies to pick up; can only rely on system Supply Boxes.
Yu Jiang held her Mixed Noodles lunch and looked at the public screen.
Lightning Shrimp: 【《While Alive》『Smile』, if I die, does it matter what I turn into? Answer me!】
Murong Tiedan: 【What kind of crap road is this, volcanoes and radiation; I just said I holed up in the battlefield for some supply rewards, could open a Canned Food for lunch today, now telling me ahead not only few supplies, but might die walking.】
Aladdin Nerve: 【Meteors might cause volcanic eruptions and Wildfires, or geological changes. Radiation comes either from the sky or doomsday: power plants, factories, research bases collapsed, and over time became like this.】
Fireworks Year After Year: 【Those of us who didn’t enter Urban Parallel Road have few supplies to begin with, can’t enter battlefield, suddenly this hits; did we offend the heavens?】
Drunk Fluttering Moth: 【Buying radiation Armor, Air Filter Masks, Clothing.】
Black-faced Zhang Fei Squawks: 【It was 200 Crystal Coins just now, guess what, now 600 Crystal Coins; I was just one second slow.】
Sicily: 【I have two sets of old ones here, usable, cheap at 599 Crystal Coins; Advanced Healing Potion for Armor Crafting Scrolls, price negotiable.】
Wholesale King Wang Defa: 【Buying Armor Crafting Scrolls, PM if interested.】
Yu Jiang: 【Same, buying.】
Radiation-resistant Equipment and scrolls are high-level, not easy to acquire; merchant caravans have players specializing in Armor, but only Clothing and Gloves so far, no Filter Masks yet.
Masks block large dust particles, but not invisible radiation.
