Road Survival, I Have a Hint System!

Chapter 3

Blueprint Deal

Translated by Trevor
Edited by Trevor

After putting the fourth supply box away, Zhang Tuohai returned to his car.

This time he did not immediately hit the road.

Driving continuously for two hours, plus searching for supplies, had consumed a lot of his spirit and now he needed to rest for a while.

Using this time, Zhang Tuohai closed his eyes and opened the game’s social media, ready to see how the half bottle of mineral water he put up sold.

After summoning the game’s social media, Zhang Tuohai was taken aback. Hundreds of people had privately messaged him.

The number of private messages had long since been 99+.

“Great God, where did you obtain the mineral water?”

“I’m dying of thirst, can you give me a bottle of water? I can be a slave or your lover, salty water or sweet.”

“Give me the water, when we go out and return I’ll give you a million in cash.”

Zhang Tuohai looked through, most of the private letters were this kind of worthless information which he directly deleted.

There were also a small number of people who had obtained some resources and wanted Zhang Tuohai to lower the price.

But the resources they had were too few.

It did not match Zhang Tuohai’s price he had in mind.

Fortunately, Zhang Tuohai did not worry that his water would not be sold.

In this highway with desert on both sides, water was the most valuable resource. No one would mind trading materials for water.

“Ah whatever, I’ll wait until the night. Most likely someone will have enough resources.”

Just when Zhang Tuohai was ready to close the game’s social media and continue on the road to find more supply boxes, suddenly he received a new private message.

“Hello, I have the relevant resources. Only the amount I have is not quite enough, but there are other things that can be used to fill the difference, can we talk about it in detail?”

“How many resources do you have?”

Zhang Tuohai sent back a message.

“Broken glass 5 units, metal fragments 6 units, metal parts are relatively small with only 3 units.”

The other party quickly replied.

Fortunately, it was enough to build the water collector with.

Zhang Tuohai let out a long sigh of relief.

Since he was able to make the water collector, Zhang Tuohai made up his mind to finalize this deal.

Now the only thing that needed to be seen was how much more the other party was prepared to pay to fill the difference.

“What are you prepared to add into this deal to fill the gap?”

Zhang Tuohai rubbed his hands together and inquired.

The other party sent a screenshot.

[Lightweight Tire: Lvl 1 blueprint.]

[Resource Requirement: 20 units of low-grade rubber, 20 units of metal fragments, 16 units of metal parts.]

[Effect: Reduce fuel consumption by 30%.]

When he saw this drawing, Zhang Tuohai’s eyes lit up.

Lightweight tires did not seem to be a survival resource and were of little use to the immediate situation of everyone.

But in the long run, this would definitely be a blessing.

You know, at the beginning, each of them only had two hundred units of gasoline.

How long can these two hundred units of gasoline last?

At the cruising speed of 30 mph, you could probably only drive for seven hours.

If you can’t get new gasoline to replenish your tank within seven hours, the car would not be able to move.

In a place like this, being immobile was tantamount to death.

And a 30% reduction in fuel consumption was equivalent to more than two hours of exploration time than others.

A single supply tank can be the difference between life and death, let alone two hours.

This kind of thing could be said that the sooner you use it, the greater the benefit.

It’s simply too good of a deal.

“It’s enough.” Zhang Tuohai pressed down the joy in his heart and replied with a message.

“The value of this blueprint you should know. If my sister was not injured, I would never have taken this drawing out. You need to add a medical resource to help her with the trauma, otherwise please forgive me for not being able to agree to this deal..”

The other side replied with a long message.

Seeing the other party’s reply, Zhang Tuohai’s fingers tapped lightly on his steering wheel, calculating the pros and cons of the deal.

He had the medical resources to help.

Moreover, with the hint system, he could easily avoid those risks and basically would not be injured.

Then, the help of these bandages in his hand for now were useless.

It was more cost effective to use it for trading.

However, there was a message in the other party’s reply that interested him.

“You just mentioned your sister, how did you get in touch with her? Were you with her? Was it the same car or two cars? How did she get hurt? If you can tell me all this, I can deal with you.”

To enhance the persuasiveness of his words, Zhang Tuohai also took a picture of the hemostatic bandage and sent it over.

[Hemostatic Bandage: Used to bandage wounds. The bandage is coated with pharmaceuticals which can be anti-inflammatory and sterilizing and promote wound healing.]

After the message was sent, the opposite side was silent for a bit.

However, Zhang Tuohai was not worried that the trade would be affected.

Because, medical resources were the third most important resource besides food and water.

Except for himself, who had a hint system to avoid risks, no one could guarantee that they would not be injured.

A medical resource was a talisman that could save one’s life when it mattered.

Zhang Tuohai believed that, at least at this stage, no one would trade bandages as carefree as he would.

Taking advantage of this, Zhang Tuohai looked at the name of the person who sent him the message.

It was a girl named Su Mu who looked very young.

Sure enough, as expected by Zhang Tuohai, three minutes later, the other party sent a reply.

“Actually, it’s not a big deal to tell you this. My sister and I were chosen to enter the game at the same time, luckily, we were not far away and managed to rendezvous. These supplies were put together by the two of us, my sister was injured by an explosive inside when she opened a supply box, this blueprint of the lightweight tires came from that box.”

“It was actually an explosion.” Hearing Su Mu’s explanation, Zhang Tuohai was also shocked.

He originally thought that the danger in the supply box was non-lethal, that is, crazy dogs or rats or something. He did not expect that there would actually be an explosion.

That was not non-lethal at all, did it mean to kill people?

At the same time, Zhang Tuohai deeply felt his luck. If he was not bound to the hint system, he was afraid that in front of the trapped supply box with the rat, he could have died.

“Can I ask what color that supply box was?” Zhang Tuohai asked curiously.

” Level 2 supply box, blue.” Su Mu replied.

“Is it that the higher the grade of the supply box, the greater the danger it contains?” Zhang Tuohai made a note of this guess and then confirmed the deal with Su Mu.

With half a bottle of water plus a roll of hemostatic bandages, he exchanged the resources to make a water collector and the blueprint of lightweight tires.

After the trade was completed, Zhang Tuohai immediately went to the manufacturing page.

[Blueprints detected: Level 1 Water Collector and Lightweight Tires.]

[Level 1 Water Collector resources are fulfilled, please confirm if you want to manufacture?

“Manufacture!”

With a buzzing sound, the blueprint and resources disappeared and a moment later, a water bottle-like object appeared in Zhang Tuohai’s hand.

[Level 1 Water Collector: Can collect 1-2 liters of pure water every 24 hours. It fluctuates according to the outside environment. Can be placed in the car to take effect. Can be upgraded.]

[Upgrade Requirement: One Level 2 Water Collector blueprint, 8 units of metal ingots, 4 units of metal parts, 4 units of glass.]

Chapter 3

Blueprint Deal

Translated by TrevorEdited by Trevor

After putting the fourth supply box away, Zhang Tuohai returned to his car.

This time he did not immediately hit the road.

Driving continuously for two hours, plus searching for supplies, had consumed a lot of his spirit and now he needed to rest for a while.

Using this time, Zhang Tuohai closed his eyes and opened the game’s social media, ready to see how the half bottle of mineral water he put up sold.

After summoning the game’s social media, Zhang Tuohai was taken aback. Hundreds of people had privately messaged him.

The number of private messages had long since been 99+.

“Great God, where did you obtain the mineral water?”

“I’m dying of thirst, can you give me a bottle of water? I can be a slave or your lover, salty water or sweet.”

“Give me the water, when we go out and return I’ll give you a million in cash.”

Zhang Tuohai looked through, most of the private letters were this kind of worthless information which he directly deleted.

There were also a small number of people who had obtained some resources and wanted Zhang Tuohai to lower the price.

But the resources they had were too few.

It did not match Zhang Tuohai’s price he had in mind.

Fortunately, Zhang Tuohai did not worry that his water would not be sold.

In this highway with desert on both sides, water was the most valuable resource. No one would mind trading materials for water.

“Ah whatever, I’ll wait until the night. Most likely someone will have enough resources.”

Just when Zhang Tuohai was ready to close the game’s social media and continue on the road to find more supply boxes, suddenly he received a new private message.

“Hello, I have the relevant resources. Only the amount I have is not quite enough, but there are other things that can be used to fill the difference, can we talk about it in detail?”

“How many resources do you have?”

Zhang Tuohai sent back a message.

“Broken glass 5 units, metal fragments 6 units, metal parts are relatively small with only 3 units.”

The other party quickly replied.

Fortunately, it was enough to build the water collector with.

Zhang Tuohai let out a long sigh of relief.

Since he was able to make the water collector, Zhang Tuohai made up his mind to finalize this deal.

Now the only thing that needed to be seen was how much more the other party was prepared to pay to fill the difference.

“What are you prepared to add into this deal to fill the gap?”

Zhang Tuohai rubbed his hands together and inquired.

The other party sent a screenshot.

[Lightweight Tire: Lvl 1 blueprint.]

[Resource Requirement: 20 units of low-grade rubber, 20 units of metal fragments, 16 units of metal parts.]

[Effect: Reduce fuel consumption by 30%.]

When he saw this drawing, Zhang Tuohai’s eyes lit up.

Lightweight tires did not seem to be a survival resource and were of little use to the immediate situation of everyone.

But in the long run, this would definitely be a blessing.

You know, at the beginning, each of them only had two hundred units of gasoline.

How long can these two hundred units of gasoline last?

At the cruising speed of 30 mph, you could probably only drive for seven hours.

If you can’t get new gasoline to replenish your tank within seven hours, the car would not be able to move.

In a place like this, being immobile was tantamount to death.

And a 30% reduction in fuel consumption was equivalent to more than two hours of exploration time than others.

A single supply tank can be the difference between life and death, let alone two hours.

This kind of thing could be said that the sooner you use it, the greater the benefit.

It’s simply too good of a deal.

“It’s enough.” Zhang Tuohai pressed down the joy in his heart and replied with a message.

“The value of this blueprint you should know. If my sister was not injured, I would never have taken this drawing out. You need to add a medical resource to help her with the trauma, otherwise please forgive me for not being able to agree to this deal..”

The other side replied with a long message.

Seeing the other party’s reply, Zhang Tuohai’s fingers tapped lightly on his steering wheel, calculating the pros and cons of the deal.

He had the medical resources to help.

Moreover, with the hint system, he could easily avoid those risks and basically would not be injured.

Then, the help of these bandages in his hand for now were useless.

It was more cost effective to use it for trading.

However, there was a message in the other party’s reply that interested him.

“You just mentioned your sister, how did you get in touch with her? Were you with her? Was it the same car or two cars? How did she get hurt? If you can tell me all this, I can deal with you.”

To enhance the persuasiveness of his words, Zhang Tuohai also took a picture of the hemostatic bandage and sent it over.

[Hemostatic Bandage: Used to bandage wounds. The bandage is coated with pharmaceuticals which can be anti-inflammatory and sterilizing and promote wound healing.]

After the message was sent, the opposite side was silent for a bit.

However, Zhang Tuohai was not worried that the trade would be affected.

Because, medical resources were the third most important resource besides food and water.

Except for himself, who had a hint system to avoid risks, no one could guarantee that they would not be injured.

A medical resource was a talisman that could save one’s life when it mattered.

Zhang Tuohai believed that, at least at this stage, no one would trade bandages as carefree as he would.

Taking advantage of this, Zhang Tuohai looked at the name of the person who sent him the message.

It was a girl named Su Mu who looked very young.

Sure enough, as expected by Zhang Tuohai, three minutes later, the other party sent a reply.

“Actually, it’s not a big deal to tell you this. My sister and I were chosen to enter the game at the same time, luckily, we were not far away and managed to rendezvous. These supplies were put together by the two of us, my sister was injured by an explosive inside when she opened a supply box, this blueprint of the lightweight tires came from that box.”

“It was actually an explosion.” Hearing Su Mu’s explanation, Zhang Tuohai was also shocked.

He originally thought that the danger in the supply box was non-lethal, that is, crazy dogs or rats or something. He did not expect that there would actually be an explosion.

That was not non-lethal at all, did it mean to kill people?

At the same time, Zhang Tuohai deeply felt his luck. If he was not bound to the hint system, he was afraid that in front of the trapped supply box with the rat, he could have died.

“Can I ask what color that supply box was?” Zhang Tuohai asked curiously.

” Level 2 supply box, blue.” Su Mu replied.

“Is it that the higher the grade of the supply box, the greater the danger it contains?” Zhang Tuohai made a note of this guess and then confirmed the deal with Su Mu.

With half a bottle of water plus a roll of hemostatic bandages, he exchanged the resources to make a water collector and the blueprint of lightweight tires.

After the trade was completed, Zhang Tuohai immediately went to the manufacturing page.

[Blueprints detected: Level 1 Water Collector and Lightweight Tires.]

[Level 1 Water Collector resources are fulfilled, please confirm if you want to manufacture?

“Manufacture!”

With a buzzing sound, the blueprint and resources disappeared and a moment later, a water bottle-like object appeared in Zhang Tuohai’s hand.

[Level 1 Water Collector: Can collect 1-2 liters of pure water every 24 hours. It fluctuates according to the outside environment. Can be placed in the car to take effect. Can be upgraded.]

[Upgrade Requirement: One Level 2 Water Collector blueprint, 8 units of metal ingots, 4 units of metal parts, 4 units of glass.]