Road Survival, I Have a Hint System!

Chapter 2

Water Collector

Translated by Trevor
Edited by Trevor

“A system?”

Zhang Tuohai first froze, and then he felt extremely lucky. If he had a system, then it would be quite convenient for him in the future.

“System, are you there?”

Zhang Tuohai tried to ask.

The system made no sound.

Zhang Tuohai asked several times in his mind in succession but the system was silent, without a single response.

“A shy system?”

Zhang Tuohai speculated.

However, the most important thing now was to open the supply box and verify the legitimacy of the system.

Zhang Tuohai came to the white supply box, inserted the flat end of the crowbar into the gap of the lid, and gave a fierce push downward.

A creak. The lid of the supply box was pried open.

The supply box flickered and disappeared, revealing the contents.

A bottle of mineral water and a piece of whole wheat bread fell to the ground.

Zhang Tuohai hurriedly picked up the mineral water and bread.

“Mineral Water Bottle.” Was the only thing written on the bottle. Three words. No place of production, expiry date, nothing.

The bread’s packaging was the same. There was no information available about the product.

If this was before, these kind of no-name products Zhang Tuohai would never touch.

However, now that Zhang Tuohai’s stomach was empty, his grumbling stomach made him so uncomfortable he wanted to die and he could not care less where the food came from. He tore open the package to stuff the bread into his mouth.

The taste of whole wheat bread instantly spread in his mouth. The bread seemed to have just come out of the oven, sweet and soft.

Three sips of water and two bites of a whole wheat bread later, the soreness in his stomach reduced a lot.

Zhang Tuohai unscrewed the mineral water again and drank half the bottle in one gulp, which made him feel a lot more comfortable.

Although he was still a little thirsty, looking at only half a bottle of mineral water left, Zhang Tuohai tightened the cap to carefully put it away.

He didn’t know when he’d find the next supply box.

Searching the first box of supplies, Zhang Tuohai had an understanding about the supply boxes.

He continued to drive on the road, his eyes sweeping back and forth over the highway. This time the car probably drove about 40 minutes before Zhang Tuohai found a new supply box.

There were even two.

Two white boxes of supplies were placed in the middle of the road. One on the left and one on the right.

“There are actually two? Could it be more bread and water?”

Zhang Tuohai’s eyes lit up.

Just now that bread he found and ate was simply not enough. It would only last him another few days.

Zhang Tuohai once again grabbed the crowbar and jumped out of his car.

Before he could proceed, the electronic voice sounded again.

[There is a rat with germs in the left supply box. Being bitten has a certain chance of suffering from the Black Death.]

[There is a level 1 blueprint in the box on the right.]

Rats!

Black Death!

Hearing those two words, Zhang Tuohai instinctively took two steps back.

He had heard of the Black Death.

It is said that during the Middle Ages, the Black Death killed a third of Europeans.

In this harsh environment with no medicine, you had to gather supplies on your own. Illness or injury was likely to mean death.

Not to mention the Black Death, which was almost certain to kill.

Playing it safe, Zhang Tuohai chose to stay away from the box on the left.

Zhang Tuohai carefully moved to the right side of the box, using a crowbar to crack open the lid of the box.

The supply box disappeared, revealing a blueprint.

Zhang Tuohai picked up the blueprint.

[Lvl 1 Water Collector: The lowest level of water collector. Can collect 1-2 liters of water per day. The yield will change according to the environment.]

[Resource Requirement: 4 units of metal fragments, 2 units of metal parts, 2 units of glass fragments.]

Seeing the description of the blueprint, Zhang Tuohai’s eyes lit up.

According to scientific research, a person’s normal daily intake of water is about 2 liters.

It could be reduced to 1 liter or even less if one disregarded health and only maintained what was needed for life.

That is to say, as long as Zhang Tuohai built out this water collector, he can basically meet his own water supply needs.

If he reduces his needs a little, he could even take out some to sell for the resources he needs.

As a dedicated player of some MMORPG games, Zhang Tuohai knew very well the importance of such an advantage.

As long as the advantage was laid at the beginning, the resources would gather to him like a snowball and his development speed would become faster and faster.

He could use his resources and technological advantages after that to reap the benefits of others.

Now, the only problem was acquiring the resources needed to build the water collector first.

Zhang Tuohai’s eyes rested on the half bottle of mineral water that he had left to drink.

Zhang Tuohai returned to the car. Closing his eyes and concentrating, he entered the game’s social media again.

At this time, there were still many people in the chat channel complaining about why they were chosen to enter the road survival game.

A few risk-takers were complaining about the stingy nature of the stuff in the supply box.

“I just opened a supply box and got out 2 units of glass shards, what’s the use of this crap?”

“I just opened a broken piece of metal and got bitten by a big rat, do any of you have a cure for tetanus?”

“Whoops, I just got 10 units of gasoline. Which one of you has water, let’s exchange! I can’t stand the thirst.”

Lurking in the chat channel and looking at the screen for five minutes, he found that no one mentioned blueprints and the hint system.

“It seems I’m still quite well off because of the hint system. I’m afraid the one lying in the car asking for help would have been me without it.” Zhang Tuohai celebrated, then opened the trading area and put up the half bottle of mineral water.

[Item: 300ml mineral water.]

[Exchange: 8 units of metal fragments + 8 units of metal parts + 8 units of glass fragments]

[Note: If you have other valuable materials, please private message me.]

The reason why Zhang Tuohai demanded so much was mainly to give the buyer room to counter-offer.

Otherwise, if the buyer took out other resources to offset the difference, he may not be able to build the water collector in the first place.

After putting up the transaction information, Zhang Tuohai was ready to continue driving to search for supplies.

However, the moment he was ready to start, his gaze once again fell on the resource box with the rat.

“If, I take this box away, when it matters, can I scam the others?”

Such an idea suddenly emerged in Zhang Tuohai’s mind.

With the idea of giving it a try, Zhang Tuohai got out of his car again. He walked to the side of the supply box and tried to move it.

This supply box was very light and Zhang Tuohai did not use much effort to move it.

“It really works.” Zhang Tuohai’s eyes lit up.

He carefully put the trapped supply box on the back seat of the car.

“If nobody messes with me, so be it, but if someone has any ideas…”

Zhang Tuohai took a look at the white supply box placed on the back seat of the car and revealed a cold smile.

After driving for about another half hour, Zhang Tuohai once again found a white supply box.

“The supply box contains a roll of hemostatic bandages and a ham sausage. There is no danger, please feel free to open it.” The hint system gave a hint again.

Zhang Tuohai pried open the supplies box and harvested a sealed roll of hemostatic bandages and a ham sausage.

They both were without any brand name.

Resisting the urge to eat it, Zhang Tuohai put the ham sausage away.

His current supplies were still small. Ham sausage was to be used as a reserve ration and not arbitrarily wasted.

At the same time, Zhang Tuohai also had a basic understanding of the game.

He drove about 2 hours with his car and encountered a total of four supply boxes, excluding one hiding a rat with the Black Death. The remaining three were loaded with a variety of supplies.

In other words, as long as you dare to drive forward, you will more or less get some loot.

In addition, in the trading area, one can survive without edible supplies with no problem.

Unless one stayed in place and tried to wait for assistance from others, most people would be able to survive the initial test.

Chapter 2

Water Collector

Translated by TrevorEdited by Trevor

“A system?”

Zhang Tuohai first froze, and then he felt extremely lucky. If he had a system, then it would be quite convenient for him in the future.

“System, are you there?”

Zhang Tuohai tried to ask.

The system made no sound.

Zhang Tuohai asked several times in his mind in succession but the system was silent, without a single response.

“A shy system?”

Zhang Tuohai speculated.

However, the most important thing now was to open the supply box and verify the legitimacy of the system.

Zhang Tuohai came to the white supply box, inserted the flat end of the crowbar into the gap of the lid, and gave a fierce push downward.

A creak. The lid of the supply box was pried open.

The supply box flickered and disappeared, revealing the contents.

A bottle of mineral water and a piece of whole wheat bread fell to the ground.

Zhang Tuohai hurriedly picked up the mineral water and bread.

“Mineral Water Bottle.” Was the only thing written on the bottle. Three words. No place of production, expiry date, nothing.

The bread’s packaging was the same. There was no information available about the product.

If this was before, these kind of no-name products Zhang Tuohai would never touch.

However, now that Zhang Tuohai’s stomach was empty, his grumbling stomach made him so uncomfortable he wanted to die and he could not care less where the food came from. He tore open the package to stuff the bread into his mouth.

The taste of whole wheat bread instantly spread in his mouth. The bread seemed to have just come out of the oven, sweet and soft.

Three sips of water and two bites of a whole wheat bread later, the soreness in his stomach reduced a lot.

Zhang Tuohai unscrewed the mineral water again and drank half the bottle in one gulp, which made him feel a lot more comfortable.

Although he was still a little thirsty, looking at only half a bottle of mineral water left, Zhang Tuohai tightened the cap to carefully put it away.

He didn’t know when he’d find the next supply box.

Searching the first box of supplies, Zhang Tuohai had an understanding about the supply boxes.

He continued to drive on the road, his eyes sweeping back and forth over the highway. This time the car probably drove about 40 minutes before Zhang Tuohai found a new supply box.

There were even two.

Two white boxes of supplies were placed in the middle of the road. One on the left and one on the right.

“There are actually two? Could it be more bread and water?”

Zhang Tuohai’s eyes lit up.

Just now that bread he found and ate was simply not enough. It would only last him another few days.

Zhang Tuohai once again grabbed the crowbar and jumped out of his car.

Before he could proceed, the electronic voice sounded again.

[There is a rat with germs in the left supply box. Being bitten has a certain chance of suffering from the Black Death.]

[There is a level 1 blueprint in the box on the right.]

Rats!

Black Death!

Hearing those two words, Zhang Tuohai instinctively took two steps back.

He had heard of the Black Death.

It is said that during the Middle Ages, the Black Death killed a third of Europeans.

In this harsh environment with no medicine, you had to gather supplies on your own. Illness or injury was likely to mean death.

Not to mention the Black Death, which was almost certain to kill.

Playing it safe, Zhang Tuohai chose to stay away from the box on the left.

Zhang Tuohai carefully moved to the right side of the box, using a crowbar to crack open the lid of the box.

The supply box disappeared, revealing a blueprint.

Zhang Tuohai picked up the blueprint.

[Lvl 1 Water Collector: The lowest level of water collector. Can collect 1-2 liters of water per day. The yield will change according to the environment.]

[Resource Requirement: 4 units of metal fragments, 2 units of metal parts, 2 units of glass fragments.]

Seeing the description of the blueprint, Zhang Tuohai’s eyes lit up.

According to scientific research, a person’s normal daily intake of water is about 2 liters.

It could be reduced to 1 liter or even less if one disregarded health and only maintained what was needed for life.

That is to say, as long as Zhang Tuohai built out this water collector, he can basically meet his own water supply needs.

If he reduces his needs a little, he could even take out some to sell for the resources he needs.

As a dedicated player of some MMORPG games, Zhang Tuohai knew very well the importance of such an advantage.

As long as the advantage was laid at the beginning, the resources would gather to him like a snowball and his development speed would become faster and faster.

He could use his resources and technological advantages after that to reap the benefits of others.

Now, the only problem was acquiring the resources needed to build the water collector first.

Zhang Tuohai’s eyes rested on the half bottle of mineral water that he had left to drink.

Zhang Tuohai returned to the car. Closing his eyes and concentrating, he entered the game’s social media again.

At this time, there were still many people in the chat channel complaining about why they were chosen to enter the road survival game.

A few risk-takers were complaining about the stingy nature of the stuff in the supply box.

“I just opened a supply box and got out 2 units of glass shards, what’s the use of this crap?”

“I just opened a broken piece of metal and got bitten by a big rat, do any of you have a cure for tetanus?”

“Whoops, I just got 10 units of gasoline. Which one of you has water, let’s exchange! I can’t stand the thirst.”

Lurking in the chat channel and looking at the screen for five minutes, he found that no one mentioned blueprints and the hint system.

“It seems I’m still quite well off because of the hint system. I’m afraid the one lying in the car asking for help would have been me without it.” Zhang Tuohai celebrated, then opened the trading area and put up the half bottle of mineral water.

[Item: 300ml mineral water.]

[Exchange: 8 units of metal fragments + 8 units of metal parts + 8 units of glass fragments]

[Note: If you have other valuable materials, please private message me.]

The reason why Zhang Tuohai demanded so much was mainly to give the buyer room to counter-offer.

Otherwise, if the buyer took out other resources to offset the difference, he may not be able to build the water collector in the first place.

After putting up the transaction information, Zhang Tuohai was ready to continue driving to search for supplies.

However, the moment he was ready to start, his gaze once again fell on the resource box with the rat.

“If, I take this box away, when it matters, can I scam the others?”

Such an idea suddenly emerged in Zhang Tuohai’s mind.

With the idea of giving it a try, Zhang Tuohai got out of his car again. He walked to the side of the supply box and tried to move it.

This supply box was very light and Zhang Tuohai did not use much effort to move it.

“It really works.” Zhang Tuohai’s eyes lit up.

He carefully put the trapped supply box on the back seat of the car.

“If nobody messes with me, so be it, but if someone has any ideas…”

Zhang Tuohai took a look at the white supply box placed on the back seat of the car and revealed a cold smile.

After driving for about another half hour, Zhang Tuohai once again found a white supply box.

“The supply box contains a roll of hemostatic bandages and a ham sausage. There is no danger, please feel free to open it.” The hint system gave a hint again.

Zhang Tuohai pried open the supplies box and harvested a sealed roll of hemostatic bandages and a ham sausage.

They both were without any brand name.

Resisting the urge to eat it, Zhang Tuohai put the ham sausage away.

His current supplies were still small. Ham sausage was to be used as a reserve ration and not arbitrarily wasted.

At the same time, Zhang Tuohai also had a basic understanding of the game.

He drove about 2 hours with his car and encountered a total of four supply boxes, excluding one hiding a rat with the Black Death. The remaining three were loaded with a variety of supplies.

In other words, as long as you dare to drive forward, you will more or less get some loot.

In addition, in the trading area, one can survive without edible supplies with no problem.

Unless one stayed in place and tried to wait for assistance from others, most people would be able to survive the initial test.