Road Survival, I Have a Hint System!

"Wow! A gun! I finally have a firearm!" Zhang Tuohai's face was filled with ecstatic joy.

This was a gun—having this meant he would have a chance to fight back against those large carnivorous animals.

Previously, he could only use a small crossbow to scavenge and hunt injured animals.

Now, he could almost go toe-to-toe with a wild wolf.

With a slug, he could even hunt elephants or lions.

And this was a shotgun—a shotgun designed for close-range damage.

With this thing, aiming was nearly unnecessary.

Just pull the trigger in the direction you want to shoot.

Moreover, holding the gun with both hands greatly reduced the recoil problem.

For a beginner, this was definitely one of the friendliest firearms.

Nice!

Zhang Tuohai was eager to start making the shotgun immediately.

However, upon checking the materials, he frowned.

He had all the other materials, but he was lacking only the intermediate wood.

"It seems I'll have to check the regional channel."

Zhang Tuohai sighed, put away the manufacturing blueprint, and picked up the card.

"Hello to the lucky player who has arrived here. If you are reading this letter, it means you have been favored by the goddess of luck. There is a large door in front of you, inside which there are treasures and dangers. You can choose to open the door and accept the challenge or leave. Of course, you might be under-equipped to handle the dangers inside, so we have prepared a piece of equipment for you—a Remington M870 and the accompanying ammunition manufacturing manual. We hope you will successfully obtain the treasure."

Zhang Tuohai read the card twice.

"So, this thing is the accompanying equipment for players preparing to explore that building?"

"So, I accidentally entered and completed the dungeon through the back door?"

"I took the dungeon's resources first and then got the exploration equipment?"

"Damn!"

Zhang Tuohai threw the card to the ground and stomped on it twice.

It wasn’t enough to vent his frustration.

"Who the hell designs these dungeons? Damn, they almost got me killed."

The card clearly stated that current players were simply not strong enough to face the dangers in the dungeon. To balance the difficulty, they had specially provided the shotgun blueprint.

It was certain that the dangers were hiding behind the wooden doors on both sides of the passage.

Those were enemies that could only be fought with a shotgun.

If Zhang Tuohai hadn’t had the hint system, he would have likely died inside.

Thinking of this, Zhang Tuohai couldn't help but feel a shiver of fear.

Fortunately, he had managed to come back alive and had reaped a good harvest.

Zhang Tuohai took a moment to rest in the car and then crafted the sausage maker.

He had all the materials for it.

With a flash of white light, a machine wrapped in metal, about a meter long, appeared in front of Zhang Tuohai.

The machine was encased in a metal box, making it hard to see the internal structure.

The exposed parts were a funnel-shaped feed port and a round discharge port.

In addition, there was a black solar panel and a red button.

[Sausage Maker: Can produce sausages, solar-powered. Charging time: 1 hour, working time: 10 minutes.]

[Sausage Recipe: One sausage requires 0.1 jin of meat, 0.1 jin of flour, and 0.1 units of inferior plastic or other materials for casings. Shelf life: 12 months.]

[Note: Users can adjust the ratio of meat to flour as desired.]

"Nice!"

Seeing the description of the sausage maker, Zhang Tuohai pumped his fist in excitement. He finally had a method to preserve fresh meat.

A 12-month shelf life in this world where today might be your last is nearly infinite.

"Make some and taste it."

Zhang Tuohai first threw a jin of wolf meat, a jin of flour, and 1 unit of inferior plastic into the feed port, then pressed the red button.

Buzz—

Accompanied by a buzzing sound, red-packaged sausages fell out of the discharge port.

Zhang Tuohai picked up a sausage, and weighed it in his hand. Each sausage weighed about 2 taels, or roughly 100 grams, similar to ordinary sausages.

He opened one and took a bite. The taste was quite good, with a meaty texture, unlike regular sausages which mostly taste of flour.

However, Zhang Tuohai had limited flour—only about 20 jin—and couldn’t use it all to make sausages.

After some thought, Zhang Tuohai decided to first look online for flour.

He would see how much he could get; if not enough, he’d make full-meat sausages instead, as preserving meat was the priority.

[Looking to purchase flour, price negotiable.]

[Looking to purchase intermediate wood, price negotiable.]

Zhang Tuohai posted these two messages in the trade channel.

At this time, people who did not participate in the Brave Challenge were chatting in the regional channel.

Anyway, with no resources on the road, there wasn’t much to do but chat.

When Zhang Tuohai’s trade messages appeared, the regional channel was instantly abuzz.

"Has the boss returned from the challenge?"

"The boss must have acquired new things; otherwise, he wouldn’t suddenly be buying these items."

"Boss, can I cling to your leg? Can you tell me how you survived the Brave Challenge?"

"Boss, can you reveal what you obtained?"

Zhang Tuohai ignored these messages and started browsing through private messages.

As he went through them, Zhang Tuohai frowned.

Other players in the regional channel had managed to obtain flour, but they assumed Zhang Tuohai had a wealth of resources and tried to get a piece from him.

Many offers were ludicrously high.

One jin of flour was even being exchanged for a jin of braised meat and a liter of water.

Seeing these inflated private messages, Zhang Tuohai sneered and deleted them all.

"Hmph, I was even thinking of selling some sausages to you, but it seems you haven't grasped the situation. Fine, let you have a few more days of oil dregs."

Zhang Tuohai decided to turn all the remaining meat into full-meat sausages and keep them for himself.

Then, Zhang Tuohai sent a private message to Su Qi: "Help me look out for intermediate wood. If you find any, buy it for me. I’ll give you a packet of spicy turkey noodles as a reward."

"Spicy turkey noodles!" Su Qi's eyes widened at those three words.

She stared at the words, unable to look away.

As mentioned before, Su Qi was obsessed with spicy food, and spicy turkey noodles were her favorite.

Previously, her home always had a box of it for a late-night snack.

Now, seeing the words "spicy turkey noodles" in this world, it reminded her of the old days, and she couldn’t help but drool.

"Don’t worry. It’s just intermediate wood. I promise to get it for you." Su Qi assured, patting her chest.