Chapter 4: Wilderness, a Challenge for the Brave
It’s finally made!
Zhang Tuohai was overjoyed when he saw the water collector in his hand.
At this point, some tiny water droplets have begun to condense on the bottle wall of the water collector. It seems that you can use it whenever you want without having to collect it every 24 hours.
Carefully placing the water collector on the passenger seat, Zhang Tuohai continued driving forward, searching for supplies along the road.
However, he drove along the road for more than an hour but did not find a single supply box.
This discovery made Zhang Tuohai a little anxious.
According to previous rules, a supply box will appear approximately every ten to twenty kilometers on average.
However, he had now advanced forty kilometers without collecting a single supply box.
This doesn't make sense.
Moreover, he had already driven for three hours and had used up half of the gasoline. If he couldn't find more gasoline, it would be dangerous.
"Could it be that the difficulty has increased after obtaining two drawings in succession?" Zhang Tuohai guessed in his heart.
After much thought, Zhang Tuohai decided to go to the chat channel to find out the news.
Closing his eyes and concentrating, Zhang Tuohai opened the game interface.
At this time, except for those who were lying down waiting for rescue, most people in the regional channel were discussing supply issues.
"How come all the supply boxes are gone? I haven't found any supply boxes for more than an hour. If I can't find water, I'm going to die of thirst."
"Yeah, I was originally staying in an air-conditioned room and flirting with the newly hired secretary. I don't know who is so wicked to throw me here to suffer. They said they would drop a supply box on the highway, but after searching for more than an hour, there is not a single hair."
"Yes, yes. At first they said there were boxes of supplies on the road, but now they can't find them. Are they planning to let us all die of thirst and hunger here? Almost three hundred people have died. Maybe it will be our turn soon."
As soon as the man finished speaking, a red system prompt popped up on the regional channel.
Player Li Ming died of dehydration.
Zhang Tuohai looked the number of group members, which now had become 4702.
He clearly remembered that there were 5,000 people at the beginning, how come there were so many fewer people in the blink of an eye?
Zhang Tuohai scrolled up to see the system information.
He was shocked to find that a message about a player's death would pop up on the regional channel almost every minute.
The reasons for the players' deaths were varied, including death from dehydration, death from high temperature and fainting, death from explosives in the supply box, death from poisoning, and death from beasts in the supply box. The worst case was that a person drank sewage and ended up with acute diarrhea, which led to death from dehydration.
"So many people have died? It's too dangerous." Seeing the dense death information, Zhang Tuohai couldn't help but feel a chill on his back.
At the same time, Zhang Tuohai was also feeling fortunate that he had obtained the reminder system.
Otherwise, I would have become one of the dead and would not be able to peek at the screen here.
However, what exactly caused all the resources on the road to disappear?
Just as everyone was guessing, a system prompt suddenly appeared in front of everyone.
[Version update tips: In order to increase the difficulty, a time-limited challenge session has been added - the challenge for the brave. 】
[Rules: Starting from today, the brave challenge time will automatically start from 12:00 noon to 18:00 at night. During this period, all the supply boxes will be refreshed in the wilderness on both sides of the road. If you are confident in your ability, you can go to the wilderness to get the supply boxes. In order to match the difficulty, all the supply boxes refreshed in the wilderness have a 50% chance of upgrading one level. ]
[Solemn warning: There are countless risks hidden in the wilderness, please act according to your ability. 】
A challenge for the brave?
Supply boxes refresh in the wilderness?
Are there risks lurking in the wilderness?
The probability of supply boxes being increased by one level?
Zhang Tuohai sorted out the information. Isn’t this high risk and high return?
Use better supplies to allow players to face greater dangers in the wilderness.
"Should we try the wilderness?" Zhang Tuohai thought with his head down.
"Let's do it. I'm going to venture out into the wilderness. I'll be trapped to death sooner or later if I stay here anyway, so I might as well try my luck. If I die, I'll be relieved." Someone spoke first.
"I think it's better for us to stay here and wait for rescue. As long as we all refuse to look for supplies and refuse to cooperate, maybe they will let us go." Someone obviously didn't want to take action.
"That's right. 300 people died while searching for supplies on the highway just now. Now we have to go to the more dangerous wilderness. The chance of death is definitely higher. Whoever is willing to go can go. I'm not going anyway."
"Well, then you stay here and see what you'll do when you run out of food tomorrow!"
The regional channel was clearly divided into two factions. One group advocated trying their luck in the wilderness, while the other group advocated staying where they were, at least until the challenge time was over tomorrow, and then going to the highway in the morning to look for supplies, which would be less risky.
The two groups each held their own views and neither could convince the other.
Zhang Tuohai looked at the noisy regional channel, shook his head, and exited the game panel.
He was going to give it a try in the wilderness.
To others, the wilderness may be full of dangers, but not necessarily to him.
He has a reminder system.
Since the prompt system can help him avoid dangers in the supply box, maybe it will be equally useful in the wilderness.
If the hint system can help him avoid dangers in the wilderness, then the brave man's challenge time is a great opportunity for him to obtain resources.
Besides, he also had his reasons for going into the wilderness.
That is, seven days later there will be a disaster called Two Suns in the Sky.
Two Suns in the Sky, just by hearing the name you know that it is definitely not to be underestimated.
In just a few hours, 300 people died in the regional channel. What about when the two suns are in the sky?
If they fail to prepare in advance, even if they survive the first six days, death will still be waiting for them on the seventh day.
It was for this reason that forced him to look for every opportunity to collect supplies and increase his chances of surviving the disaster day.
Zhang Tuohai picked up the crowbar for self-defense, put the water collector in his arms, pulled out the car keys, and walked into the desert.
As soon as Zhang Tuohai got off the car, he felt waves of heat.
The scorching sun made the road so hot that you could feel the heat even through the soles of your shoes.
Zhang Tuohai estimated that if you throw an egg onto the road now, it will .
The scorching hot wind blows from time to time.
However, these winds not only failed to bring even a hint of coolness, but made the body even hotter.
Not only that, the wind also carried fine yellow sand, and soon, Zhang Tuohai's face was covered with a layer of fine sand.
The sand and dust mixed with the sweat running down his forehead and quickly turned into mud, hanging on Zhang Tuohai's body, which was extremely uncomfortable.
However, Zhang Tuohai couldn't care about these at the moment. He carefully observed his surroundings and first used a crowbar to test the desert in front of him. After confirming that there was no problem, he took a step forward and stepped into the desert area from the road.
At the same time, the electronic synthesized sound of the reminder system sounded again.
[There is a hidden quicksand pit one hundred meters ahead. If you fall into it, you will die.]
[200 meters ahead at 11 o'clock, there is a pile of bones under the yellow sand. If you step on it accidentally, it may pierce the sole of your shoe and cause tetanus. ]
[At 3 o'clock, go 500 meters forward and cross the sand dune. Behind the sand dune, there is a level 2 supply box containing two buckets of instant noodles, a tea egg, and a liter of mineral water.]
“It really works!”
Hearing the electronic synthesized sound of the prompt, Zhang Tuohai excitedly waved his fist. His guess was correct. The prompt system was also useful in the wilderness.
Zhang Tuohai walked quickly towards the sand dunes.
