Road Survival, I Have a Hint System!

Chapter 4

Brave Man's Challenge

Translated by Trevor
Edited by Trevor

Finally manufactured!

Seeing the water collector in his hand, Zhang Tuohai was overjoyed.

At this time, the water collector had begun to gather some tiny beads of water. It seemed like he could use it as he went and he did not have to collect once every 24 hours.

Carefully putting the water collector on the passenger seat, Zhang Tuohai continued to drive forward searching for supplies along the highway.

However, he drove along the road for more than an hour and did not even find a single supply box.

This discovery made Zhang Tuohai a little anxious.

According to what he noticed before, about every ten to twenty kilometers on average, there would be a supply box.

However, now he had already advanced forty kilometers and not a single supply box was in sight.

This was somewhat out of the ordinary.

Moreover, he had already driven for three hours and consumed half of his gasoline. So, if he couldn’t find any more gasoline, he was afraid it would be the end for him.

“Could it be that my difficulty setting was increased after acquiring two blueprints one after another?” Zhang Tuohai speculated.

After thinking about it, Zhang Tuohai decided to go to the game’s social media to probe for news.

Closing his eyes, Zhang Tuohai opened the game’s social media.

At this time the people in the regional channel, excluding lazy people, were discussing the issue of supplies.

“How come the supply boxes are missing? I have not found a supply box for more than an hour and if I can not find water I’m going to die of thirst.”

“Yes, it was good to stay in an air-conditioned room. I can still remember flirting with the new secretary. I wonder who is so evil that they would force me to be here to suffer.”

“Yeah. At the beginning, the game said that there were boxes of supplies on the highway, but now none can be found. Is the game going to leave us thirsty and starving? Almost 300 people have already died, maybe it will be our turn soon.”

As soon as this person finished speaking, a red system alert popped up in the regional channel.

[Player Li Ming died. Cause of death: dehydration.]

Zhang Tuohai looked to see the number of group members, at this moment the number of members in the regional chat became 4702.

He clearly remembered that there were 5,000 people at the beginning, how come there were so many less in the blink of an eye?

Zhang Tuohai scrolled through the system alerts.

He was shocked to find that almost every minute, a message of player death would pop up in the regional channel.

The players died in a variety of ways. There were dehydration deaths, there were overheating deaths, some died from explosive traps, some died from poisoning, some were bitten to death by the fierce beasts in supply boxes.

The most tragic death of all was someone drinking sewage and ending up with acute diarrhea, resulting in a dehydration death.

“Have so many people actually died already? This game is really too dangerous.” Seeing the dense death alerts, Zhang Tuohai couldn’t help but have some chills on his back.

At the same time, Zhang Tuohai was also inwardly thankful for a moment, thankful that he had obtained the hint system.

Otherwise, he was afraid that he would only become a funny death message.

However, what exactly was the reason for all the resources on the highway disappearing?

Just when the crowd speculated, suddenly a system prompt appeared in front of everyone’s eyes.

[Version update prompt: In order to increase the difficulty, a limited time challenge will start – Brave Man’s Challenge has been added.]

[Rules: Starting today, every day from 12:00 noon to 18:00 at night, the game will automatically enter the Brave Man’s Challenge event. During this period, all the supply boxes will be refreshed in the wilderness on both sides of the highway. If you are confident in your strength, you can go to the wilderness to get the supply boxes. In order to match the difficulty, all the boxes that are refreshed in the wilderness will have a 50% chance of being upgraded by one level.]

[Warning: There are numerous risks lurking in the wilderness, so players should act according to their strength.]

Brave Man’s Challenge?

Supply boxes refreshed in the wilderness?

There are risks lurking in the wilderness?

Supply box level increased by one?

Zhang Tuohai sifted through the announcement. Isn’t this just high risk and high reward?

Using better supplies to lure players to face higher dangers in the wilderness.

“Should I try going into the wilderness?” Zhang Tuohai looked down and thought.

Messages poured in.

“I’ll do it. I’ll go to the wilderness. Anyway, staying here sooner or later will result in me being trapped to death. Might as well try my luck, if I make it out alive that’d still be a relief.” Someone was the first to say.

“I think it’s better to stay here and wait for help. As long as we all refuse to look for supplies and cooperate, maybe they’ll let us go.” Someone clearly did not want to act.

“That’s right, 300 people died just now looking for supplies on the highway and now we have to go to the even more dangerous wilderness. The chances of our deaths must be even higher, whoever of you wants to go will go anyway. I’m not going.”

“Hmph, then you stay here and see what you do tomorrow when there’s no food!”

The regional channel was clearly divided into two factions. A group of people advocated going to the wilderness to try their luck and a group of people advocated staying put. They wanted to at least stay put until tomorrow after the challenge time to go to the highway to look for supplies, which would be less risky.

The two factions were each sticking to their own arguments and nobody could convince the other side.

Zhang Tuohai looked at the noisy regional channel, shook his head and quit the game’s social media.

He was prepared to test his luck in the wilderness.

For others, the wilderness might be full of dangers, but, for him it might not be.

He had a hint system after all.

Since the hint system could help him avoid any possible danger while opening a supply box, maybe it would be equally good in the wilderness.

If the hint system could help him avoid the dangers of the wilderness, then the Brave Man’s Challenge was a great opportunity for him to get resources.

Moreover, he also had a reason as to why he had to go to the wilderness.

Seven days later there would be a disaster: double suns.

The twin suns over the sky would be devastating.

Just a few hours ago, 300 people died in his region. What about when the day of the double came?

If he couldn’t prepare in advance, even if he survived the first six days, what awaited him on the seventh day would be death.

It was for this reason that forced him to look for every opportunity to collect supplies and improve his chances of surviving the disaster.

Zhang Tuohai grabbed the crowbar, tucked the water collector into his arms, unplugged the car keys and headed out into the desert.

As soon as Zhang Tuohai got out of the car, he felt a burst of heat.

The blazing sun baked the highway so hot that even through the soles of his shoes, he could feel the heat of the road.

Zhang Tuohai reckoned that now you could throw an egg onto the road, a few minutes later it would be cooked.

The scorching wind blew past him from time to time.

However, these winds not only didn’t bring even a hint of coolness, but it also made his body even hotter.

Not only that, the wind was also carrying fine yellow sand, so in a short while, Zhang Tuohai’s face was stained with a layer of fine sand and dust.

Sand and dust mixed with the sweat flowing down his forehead and soon turned into mud, hanging on Zhang Tuohai’s body.

However, Zhang Tuohai at this time could not care about that. He carefully observed his surroundings, tapping the sand along the way with his crowbar to confirm that there was no problem before taking a step forward, from the road into the desert area.

At the same time, the electronic voice of the hint system rang out again.

[There is a hidden quicksand trap 100 meters ahead, you will die if you fall into it.]

[Two hundred meters ahead at 11 o’clock there is a pile of white bones under the yellow sand, carelessly stepping into it may pierce the soles of your shoes and cause tetanus.]

[At your 3 o’clock, five hundred meters ahead, behind the dunes there is a level 2 supply box, which contains two buckets of noodles, a tea egg, and a liter of mineral water and some ham sauage.]

“It’s really useful!”

Hearing the electronic voice of the hint system, Zhang Tuohai excitedly waved his fist. His guess was correct, the hint system was also useful in the middle of the wilderness.

Zhang Tuohai quickly walked towards the dune.

Chapter 4

Brave Man's Challenge

Translated by TrevorEdited by Trevor

Finally manufactured!

Seeing the water collector in his hand, Zhang Tuohai was overjoyed.

At this time, the water collector had begun to gather some tiny beads of water. It seemed like he could use it as he went and he did not have to collect once every 24 hours.

Carefully putting the water collector on the passenger seat, Zhang Tuohai continued to drive forward searching for supplies along the highway.

However, he drove along the road for more than an hour and did not even find a single supply box.

This discovery made Zhang Tuohai a little anxious.

According to what he noticed before, about every ten to twenty kilometers on average, there would be a supply box.

However, now he had already advanced forty kilometers and not a single supply box was in sight.

This was somewhat out of the ordinary.

Moreover, he had already driven for three hours and consumed half of his gasoline. So, if he couldn’t find any more gasoline, he was afraid it would be the end for him.

“Could it be that my difficulty setting was increased after acquiring two blueprints one after another?” Zhang Tuohai speculated.

After thinking about it, Zhang Tuohai decided to go to the game’s social media to probe for news.

Closing his eyes, Zhang Tuohai opened the game’s social media.

At this time the people in the regional channel, excluding lazy people, were discussing the issue of supplies.

“How come the supply boxes are missing? I have not found a supply box for more than an hour and if I can not find water I’m going to die of thirst.”

“Yes, it was good to stay in an air-conditioned room. I can still remember flirting with the new secretary. I wonder who is so evil that they would force me to be here to suffer.”

“Yeah. At the beginning, the game said that there were boxes of supplies on the highway, but now none can be found. Is the game going to leave us thirsty and starving? Almost 300 people have already died, maybe it will be our turn soon.”

As soon as this person finished speaking, a red system alert popped up in the regional channel.

[Player Li Ming died. Cause of death: dehydration.]

Zhang Tuohai looked to see the number of group members, at this moment the number of members in the regional chat became 4702.

He clearly remembered that there were 5,000 people at the beginning, how come there were so many less in the blink of an eye?

Zhang Tuohai scrolled through the system alerts.

He was shocked to find that almost every minute, a message of player death would pop up in the regional channel.

The players died in a variety of ways. There were dehydration deaths, there were overheating deaths, some died from explosive traps, some died from poisoning, some were bitten to death by the fierce beasts in supply boxes.

The most tragic death of all was someone drinking sewage and ending up with acute diarrhea, resulting in a dehydration death.

“Have so many people actually died already? This game is really too dangerous.” Seeing the dense death alerts, Zhang Tuohai couldn’t help but have some chills on his back.

At the same time, Zhang Tuohai was also inwardly thankful for a moment, thankful that he had obtained the hint system.

Otherwise, he was afraid that he would only become a funny death message.

However, what exactly was the reason for all the resources on the highway disappearing?

Just when the crowd speculated, suddenly a system prompt appeared in front of everyone’s eyes.

[Version update prompt: In order to increase the difficulty, a limited time challenge will start – Brave Man’s Challenge has been added.]

[Rules: Starting today, every day from 12:00 noon to 18:00 at night, the game will automatically enter the Brave Man’s Challenge event. During this period, all the supply boxes will be refreshed in the wilderness on both sides of the highway. If you are confident in your strength, you can go to the wilderness to get the supply boxes. In order to match the difficulty, all the boxes that are refreshed in the wilderness will have a 50% chance of being upgraded by one level.]

[Warning: There are numerous risks lurking in the wilderness, so players should act according to their strength.]

Brave Man’s Challenge?

Supply boxes refreshed in the wilderness?

There are risks lurking in the wilderness?

Supply box level increased by one?

Zhang Tuohai sifted through the announcement. Isn’t this just high risk and high reward?

Using better supplies to lure players to face higher dangers in the wilderness.

“Should I try going into the wilderness?” Zhang Tuohai looked down and thought.

Messages poured in.

“I’ll do it. I’ll go to the wilderness. Anyway, staying here sooner or later will result in me being trapped to death. Might as well try my luck, if I make it out alive that’d still be a relief.” Someone was the first to say.

“I think it’s better to stay here and wait for help. As long as we all refuse to look for supplies and cooperate, maybe they’ll let us go.” Someone clearly did not want to act.

“That’s right, 300 people died just now looking for supplies on the highway and now we have to go to the even more dangerous wilderness. The chances of our deaths must be even higher, whoever of you wants to go will go anyway. I’m not going.”

“Hmph, then you stay here and see what you do tomorrow when there’s no food!”

The regional channel was clearly divided into two factions. A group of people advocated going to the wilderness to try their luck and a group of people advocated staying put. They wanted to at least stay put until tomorrow after the challenge time to go to the highway to look for supplies, which would be less risky.

The two factions were each sticking to their own arguments and nobody could convince the other side.

Zhang Tuohai looked at the noisy regional channel, shook his head and quit the game’s social media.

He was prepared to test his luck in the wilderness.

For others, the wilderness might be full of dangers, but, for him it might not be.

He had a hint system after all.

Since the hint system could help him avoid any possible danger while opening a supply box, maybe it would be equally good in the wilderness.

If the hint system could help him avoid the dangers of the wilderness, then the Brave Man’s Challenge was a great opportunity for him to get resources.

Moreover, he also had a reason as to why he had to go to the wilderness.

Seven days later there would be a disaster: double suns.

The twin suns over the sky would be devastating.

Just a few hours ago, 300 people died in his region. What about when the day of the double came?

If he couldn’t prepare in advance, even if he survived the first six days, what awaited him on the seventh day would be death.

It was for this reason that forced him to look for every opportunity to collect supplies and improve his chances of surviving the disaster.

Zhang Tuohai grabbed the crowbar, tucked the water collector into his arms, unplugged the car keys and headed out into the desert.

As soon as Zhang Tuohai got out of the car, he felt a burst of heat.

The blazing sun baked the highway so hot that even through the soles of his shoes, he could feel the heat of the road.

Zhang Tuohai reckoned that now you could throw an egg onto the road, a few minutes later it would be cooked.

The scorching wind blew past him from time to time.

However, these winds not only didn’t bring even a hint of coolness, but it also made his body even hotter.

Not only that, the wind was also carrying fine yellow sand, so in a short while, Zhang Tuohai’s face was stained with a layer of fine sand and dust.

Sand and dust mixed with the sweat flowing down his forehead and soon turned into mud, hanging on Zhang Tuohai’s body.

However, Zhang Tuohai at this time could not care about that. He carefully observed his surroundings, tapping the sand along the way with his crowbar to confirm that there was no problem before taking a step forward, from the road into the desert area.

At the same time, the electronic voice of the hint system rang out again.

[There is a hidden quicksand trap 100 meters ahead, you will die if you fall into it.]

[Two hundred meters ahead at 11 o’clock there is a pile of white bones under the yellow sand, carelessly stepping into it may pierce the soles of your shoes and cause tetanus.]

[At your 3 o’clock, five hundred meters ahead, behind the dunes there is a level 2 supply box, which contains two buckets of noodles, a tea egg, and a liter of mineral water and some ham sauage.]

“It’s really useful!”

Hearing the electronic voice of the hint system, Zhang Tuohai excitedly waved his fist. His guess was correct, the hint system was also useful in the middle of the wilderness.

Zhang Tuohai quickly walked towards the dune.