Chapter 121: Sweet Roasted Corn
Yu Jiang’s team discussed it, but they’re not sure if they’ll receive the message, so they can’t afford to delay.
They chose not to take the right fork off the parallel road.
First, disband the team. Three people escorting two merchant bosses—weather’s bad now, better to play it safe.
Their team doesn’t lack resources right now. What they’re earning isn’t supplies, it’s favors.
With Wholesale Wang Defa’s help, it’s much easier for people in their team to collect things, and the prices are a bit cheaper than outside.
Yu Jiang, Pure Love Cockroach, Shi Xu, Wholesale Wang Defa, Purple Butt Can Do It—one team.
The remaining team members can form groups as they discuss among themselves. Yu Jiang also pulled in Desert Eagle Uncle and Good Times Big Sister from the previous instance into the team—perfect for earning supplies together.
From the short time observing them, those two are decent. The team currently only has Kuang Kuang Kuang as a shooter. Desert Eagle Uncle is ninth on the Combat Power Ranking, has principles and won’t sell out teammates—any team would fight to have him.
Groups sorted, Yu Jiang and the others leave the service area, waiting for the merchant bosses to gather.
Temperature today is -45 degrees, still Blizzard warning.
Early in the morning, but the sky is as dark as if night is about to fall.
Everyone’s here. Finalize the formation and set off.
Yu Jiang was about to speak when she saw Shi Xu’s eyelashes flutter slightly, with crushed snow falling onto them.
He had a dark windproof and waterproof jacket over his down jacket, wearing a mask, only his eyes showing, standing by the black off-road vehicle.
Wrapped up so tightly, his posture was still upright, and his calm gaze was even more captivating.
Extremely cold, weather changing a lot—even with full equipment, you have to dress like this. A wild goose down jacket alone can’t handle it anymore.
Air humidity is too high; over time, the down jacket gets wet, and the clothes inside get damp too.
Inside, it has to be wool quick-dry shirt + wool sweater + fleece jacket + down jacket, then topped with a windproof and waterproof jacket to stay warm. That way, you won’t lose body heat when getting out to move around.
This is experience Yu Jiang learned from Shi Xu earlier.
All the wool from the farm was made into wool quick-dry shirts and wool sweaters, given to people in the team. The remaining few were prioritized for the friend channel—no sales outside.
Without this set of equipment, extreme cold weather is really tough.
“I’ll lead the way first. Autopilot saves fatigue value,” Yu Jiang said.
Shi Xu nodded. “Mm, I’ll take the rear.”
Yu Jiang made an ‘OK’ gesture and turned to head to her vehicle.
Wholesale Wang Defa and Purple Butt Can Do It, who arrived later, both have Level Four Vehicles. When they saw Yu Jiang’s RV, they reacted like the others ahead—first a “Wow.”
“Oh my god, what strength! So envious.” Wholesale Wang Defa messaged in the team.
“Sister Fugui, your business vehicle’s defense is built to presidential car standards.” Purple Butt Can Do It said expressionlessly.
Everyone has Level Four Vehicles, but they’re actually not the same.
After Wholesale Wang Defa took second on the Wealth Ranking, she got the nickname ‘Wang Fugui’ in their merchant team.
Pure Love Cockroach Spicy Spicy: “So I’m the only one in the team with a Level 3 Vehicle? And my fuel consumption is higher than Purple Butt Can Do It’s. I’m done for!”
Purple Butt Can Do It: “No worries. You and Big Shot X split the gasoline we provide. Sister Jiang doesn’t need it—just say we’ll collect upgrade materials and medicinal herbs for her.”
Of course, no higher-level component cards have appeared yet, so Yu Jiang isn’t in a rush. She’ll collect them when they do.
A Level Five RV is pretty comfortable too—has everything, just a bit small, no other issues.
Wholesale Wang Defa: “I have a little speaker here that can share to the team channel. Want music? Only a few fixed light and soothing tracks, with fatigue reduction effect.”
“Yes!” Yu Jiang exclaimed. This sister really has a lot of good stuff.
“Fatigue value growth slows down? Awesome!” Pure Love Cockroach Spicy Spicy said happily.
Half a minute later, relaxed soothing music played in the team channel. Looking at the majestic mountain range ahead, it really felt like everyone was on the road, heading toward poetry and distant places.
If not for the occasional abandoned vehicles on the road, some with players dead from hypothermia inside, their cold-weather clothes stripped by others.
Yu Jiang didn’t bother recovering anything below Level 3 Vehicles—too few materials, too cold to move.
She was sitting in the RV eating fermented glutinous rice dumplings with taro balls—sent over by Sad Pig Intestine that morning.
They split sales 50-50: she provides ingredients, Pig Intestine provides cooking skills.
The other four in the team bought some too, but they’re all driving now—no time to eat, and they can’t.
This game fines crystal coins for drunk driving.
Wholesale Wang Defa: “Captain Jiang, if I may ask boldly, how’d you get your autopilot? How many crystal coins?”
She was genuinely envious. She has money; she wants one too.
Yu Jiang: “It was a gifted component card. I helped an NPC clear a site, moved him.”
The other four in the team: This works too?
Purple Butt Can Do It: “Why don’t I run into this kind of luck? Only met a monster merchant once, inviting me to join some chamber of commerce. Can stock up at the designated service area, but it’s all discounted old items—not guaranteed to have useful things.”
Last time, he entered that service area—full of old clothes, dehumidifiers, monster merchant special medicated oil.
Sold all the old clothes; not much left after. He had barely any crystal coins when entering the service area, none left when exiting.
Yu Jiang understood. Some service areas require specific conditions or professions to enter. The scrap yard she went to before was one, and so was the one Purple Butt Can Do It mentioned.
Lunch break at noon—they sat in the RV gnawing roasted corn, roasted yams, with some dried deer meat.
Corn from the farm is especially delicious, particularly after roasting—sweet and fragrant with every bite.
While eating lunch, some people outside were peeking, wanting to see inside the RV, and requesting help hoping for some supplies.
Wholesale Wang Defa immediately raised her hand to say she’d sell—market price at most a bit cheaper, also cheap compressed biscuits, protein blocks.
The other party ended up buying only two compressed biscuits—looked pitiful, ragged clothes, frostbite on hands. Took a long time to decide to buy one more frostbite cream.
Too many people struggling to survive on this road. They need to survive too—can only help without affecting their own survival.
The RV quieted down again. Yu Jiang was holding a second golden corn cob, gnawing away, when the private chat message pinged.
She raised an eyebrow and looked at Shi Xu and Pure Love Cockroach. “It’s here—the Judgment Card player’s message.”
“Real or fake?” Pure Love Cockroach Spicy Spicy looked over expectantly.
She’d long heard Sister Jiang mention Raccoon Supermarket—she wanted to go too!
This wasn’t a Judgment Card marking a player; it was her dear admission ticket!
Yu Jiang chatted with him a couple sentences. “He said he was originally in that team. His companions forced him to kill, bullying female players, but he didn’t dare, so no Judgment Card mark on him. Companions wanted to kill him to prevent info leak; he ran.
So he chose to give me the message, saying I’d sell supplies cheap so I must be a good person. But he’s afraid his companions will find out, and afraid I’ll scam him, so he can only give the team location to me alone, asking me to give him healing and a day’s survival supplies.”
