Chapter 27: All Depends On Morals And Martial Virtue
Today, Yu Jiang traveled over four hundred kilometers together, and the Weekly Mileage Mission has already been completed.
She still methodically sorted the newly received materials, performed crafting, and then put the excess supplies on the Trading Platform.
Although it costs some Crystal Coins as a handling fee here, it’s very convenient.
For the Poison Rain Upgrade, she needs Mutated Spider Toxin, but she’s been looking for two days and hasn’t even seen a Spider Leg.
The Monster Merchant ‘X’ also said they haven’t seen this thing and suggested she check the Instance Mission.
Survival Time: Day Eight
In the blink of an eye, a week has passed in the Survival Game, and thinking about it still brings some emotion.
Today is still a heavy rain, temperature 10-12, northeast wind level 9, strong enough to rip off the sheet metal roofs of old houses.
On the road, the figures of Dwarf Shrubs and trees are completely gone, only sparse weeds remain.
Some unupgraded vehicles are now unable to move an inch; on the Parallel Road, you can see vehicles that have crashed, and without Repair Cards, people are pushing them along.
It seems to be a woman, around forty years old, dressed fairly warmly, with a face full of bewilderment; seeing Yu Jiang open the box, she didn’t dare come up to share the things.
The box is full of Level 2 Vehicle Upgrade Materials, with a small amount of Level 3 materials, which are dispensable to Yu Jiang.
“You take it.” Yu Jiang stepped aside.
The woman seemed unable to believe what she heard, “This box is for me?”
Yu Jiang nodded; her family was down to just her, but seeing such an older player who didn’t even dare speak up for a box discovered together, only standing by waiting to pick up what others didn’t want, it touched her heart a bit.
“Do you have gathered plants? I have extra upgrade materials and can trade with you.”
“I do, I have some. But trading like this, I’m taking advantage.” The woman spoke a bit embarrassedly.
“Not really, I need gathered Chinese Herbal Medicine; Wild Vegetables work too.”
Yu Jiang saw soil and a leaf on her vehicle, so she should have these things.
The woman smiled gratefully, “Thank you; in this strange place for so many days, you’re the first to help me, miss. Take a look, which of these Wild Vegetables and Herbs do you need? Pick whatever you want.”
She directly displayed her stockpiled supplies, with several kinds of Wild Vegetables and Chinese Herbal Medicine.
Yu Jiang only took one Calamus, two portions of arborvitae leaves, and one Angelica Dahurica.
Angelica Dahurica is a material for Wind-Cold Powder; she didn’t take anything else.
Then she completed the Level 2 Vehicle Upgrade Materials that the other lacked.
“You recognize Wild Vegetables and these Chinese Herbal Medicines, so gather more; there’s a player called Purple Butt Can Do It on the Trading Platform, and their companions will buy them.”
Seeing the other’s embarrassed look, Yu Jiang understandingly told her how to find people on the Trading Platform, compare prices, and set trade conditions.
Purple Butt Can Do It’s side are all players with low combat power, focused on gathering and manufacturing; they form groups for resource swaps.
“Thank you so much; this purslane and Purslane taste good, and Beetroot can replenish sugar; take more.”
Finally, at the other’s insistence, Yu Jiang took two handfuls of fresh Wild Vegetables and two Beetroot.
The rain is heavy, visibility is low, and there are scrapes happening on the Parallel Road.
There’s no traffic police to assign blame here, no insurance; how it’s handled all depends on both sides’ morals and Martial Virtue.
The two people up front opened their windows and started cursing first.
“Can you drive? Such a wide road and you still crash into me, blind? I just repaired my rearview mirror yesterday! Compensate with supplies!” The irritable guy on the left cursed loudly.
The young guy on the right was no slouch either, pulling out the steel vernier caliper he brought into the game.
“I’ll compensate you, you idiot! Driving fine and you suddenly change lane, trying to scam me? Come on, get out and let’s touch!”
“Come on! Noob, you get out.”
“You get out first! Such heavy rain and you want me to get out, think I’m stupid?”
What if he gets out and gets wrecked?
He’s seen this trick before: while others are opening boxes for supplies, someone behind floors the accelerator, rams them to kill and loot, then laughs hysterically; it scared him into speeding and he got fined 100 Crystal Coins.
Now a Pickup Truck arrived behind, with a good chassis and model.
The young guy on the right felt like he was in big trouble; the Pickup Truck and this scammer next to him are together.
Have they been eyeing him? Knowing his Artisan manufacturing profession and merchant identity, with lots of supplies on the vehicle, wanting to stop him and rob him.
The irritable guy on the left, seeing another vehicle arrive behind, also feared they were with the right side.
The two exchanged a glance, seeing murderous intent in each other’s eyes; they stopped cursing and tacitly straightened their direction to quickly drive away.
Yu Jiang behind them:
She wanted to see if they’d fight and if she could pick up some bargains; after players are eliminated, Abandoned Vehicles are useless anyway, can only be recycled.
At first, she really didn’t want to linger on the Parallel Road, wishing she could speed through.
Now, after picking up two Abandoned Vehicles, she felt this place was full of opportunities!
To improve and survive, she couldn’t be timid!
Good things aren’t encountered every day; Yu Jiang still wanted to enter the Service Area, but days passed without even seeing its shadow.
As soon as Yu Jiang drove off the Parallel Road and said to knock off work and rest, the car was scratched twice by a Zombie.
It hurt her heart; she put on her hat and rushed out.
It was a long-haired Zombie, scratching and roaring; she’s heard about this thing on the Public Screen.
Hit it, and it emits a shrill scream, attracting a group of Zombies to swarm.
In thunderstorm weather, mutated animals don’t come out, but Zombies all run onto the road.
For scattered ones, Yu Jiang handles them manually; if many, she uses herself as bait to gather them, then grinds their Health Points with skills.
After solving them, she was soaked herself, shivering from the cold; one Wind-Cold Powder down, holding out until night to shower.
No other reason: if a horde of monsters suddenly jumps out attacking the vehicle while showering, they might flip the car, which would be terrifying.
There’s already a breakdown person on the Public Screen.
Luò Tuó Xiángzi: [F**k, can’t the nickname really not be changed? Caught a cold and had to go, then ran into a Zombie, tripped on my own pants, scene too explosive, dare not elaborate.]
Steamed Bun: [Hahaha, bro, Zombies just can’t talk, or it’d collapse too.]
Player 999: [With this nickname, do you have some heart matter?]
Wolong: [Don’t say it, I’m f**king eating Eight-Treasure Congee!]
Player 8579: [You should be glad it’s not the Parallel Road, no one saw the embarrassment; if robbers caught you then, even more despair.]
Yu Jiang washed her hair, fearing Health Value Decrease, and used the warm wind in-car Incense given by the Monster Merchant.
Still Endless Summer shaped; in less than a minute, the car filled with mild Warm Fragrance, feeling very comfortable, perfect for this weather.
Noticing a message come in, Yu Jiang clicked to take a look.
