Road Survival, I Have a Hint System!

Zhang Tuohai arrived at the base of the dune and tried to climb up.

However, the entire sand dune was made out of fine sand, which is a bit soft and doesn't provide much support when stepped on.

It was tolerable when walking on flat ground, but when climbing up a dune, your feet could easily sink into the sand.

After climbing just a few steps, Zhang Tuohai's shoes were already filled with all sorts of fine sand, and he almost lost his shoes in the process.

At this time, the surface temperature of the sand was at least forty degrees, extremely hot. Zhang Tuohai could not imagine what would happen if he were to step on such sand with his bare feet.

"Wouldn't it be easier to have gone around the two sides of the dune?"

Zhang Tuohai thought about it.

[Please climb straight along the dune to the top of the dune. There is a quicksand vortex on the left side of the dune, and a bad-tempered black scorpion is hidden on the right side of the dune.]

As if sensing Zhang Tuohai's thoughts, the electronic synthesized sound immediately spoke.

"hiss--"

Zhang Tuohai took a breath of air. He didn't expect that there were such insidious traps hidden on both sides of the seemingly ordinary sand dunes.

If it weren't for the hint system, he might have been tricked.

Even he almost fell for it, so one can imagine how great a test it must be for ordinary people without any system to rely on.

If it weren't for someone to be extraordinarily lucky, it would probably be very difficult to escape the desert unscathed.

After receiving the hint from the hint system, Zhang Tuohai did not dare to think about those shortcuts anymore, he honestly climbed along the route toward the top of the sand dune.

Zhang Tuohai inserted the crowbar into the sand dune to use as a cane and climbed up to the top of the sand dune, one step deep and one step shallow.

When Zhang Tuohai finally climbed to the top of the sand dune using both his hands and feet, his entire body was covered in sand and dust.

As soon as he reached the top of the dune, he saw the blue supply box neatly placed behind it.

[Level 2 supply box, a slightly more advanced supply box, may contain supplies, but may also contain some dangers.]

This was a prompt given by the game system.

[Level 2 Supplies Box, containing two packets of instant noodles, one tea egg, and one liter of mineral water. It is not dangerous, feel free to open it.] This was a hint provided by the hint system.

After hearing the hint from the hint system, Zhang Tuohai's eyes lit up. He quickly took two steps and arrived in front of the blue supply box. With a bang, he inserted the crowbar into the lid of the supply box and pressed down forcefully. The lid of the supply box popped open.

Whoosh!

The blue supply box disappeared instantly, revealing the contents inside.

There were two buckets of instant noodles, one with a sour cabbage flavor, and one with a braised beef flavor.

The tea eggs were tightly packed in vacuum-sealed packaging.

Next to it was a large one-liter bottle of mineral water.

"Sure enough, great danger accompanies great rewards." Zhang Tuohai excitedly held all the supplies in his arms.

These supplies were enough for him to consume for the day.

If he saves a little, he could even have breakfast tomorrow.

[Dig down one meter, there's a white supply box containing 80 units of gasoline and 1 coat.]

"It's actually a double-yolked egg!"

Upon hearing the voice next to him, Zhang Tuo-hai's spirits shook.

He didn't expect that when entering the desert for the first time, he would actually find two supply crates.

Although the supply box buried under the sand is only white, the supplies inside were very important.

Needless to say, gasoline was the third most important material after food and water.

With gasoline, you could travel further and search for more resources.

These 80 units of gasoline were enough for him to cruise for 2-3 hours.

Based on the frequency of finding a supply crate approximately every 10-20 kilometers previously, this amount of gasoline should ensure that he can obtain 4-8 supply crates tomorrow, which should provide enough survival supplies.

Zhang Tuohai, who had only eaten a piece of bread, started to pant heavily after digging a few times.

However, he did not stop to rest; instead, he continued digging downwards.

Because the surroundings were all sand, every time he dug out a handful of sand, about half a handful of fine sand would flow back in, making Zhang Tuohai's excavation work very slow.

Moreover, the sand, which had been scalded by the sun, was unbearably hot, causing Zhang Tuohai's hands to swell and redden.

However, Zhang Tuohai knew how important the resources below were to him and kept working hard to dig deeper.

He had to dig the one-meter-deep pit for more than an hour. His fingers were so worn that he lost some feeling in them, and his hands kept shaking due to the lack of strength.

When he saw the white supply box, Zhang Tuohai's eyes were already filled with stars.

Twisting open a bottle of mineral water, taking a sip, and resting against the sand dune for a while. Only then did Zhang Tuohai take the time to catch his breath.

He glanced at the sun hanging high in the sky, grabbed the crowbar, inserted it into the lid of the supply box, and pressed down hard. The white supply box opened.

What was revealed inside was a small tin can with the words '80' and 'gasoline' written on it.

A neatly folded black coat was placed beside it.

[80 units of gasoline found.]

[One coat found.]

This was a prompt given by the game system.

"Awesome!" After seeing the resources, Zhang Tuohai felt his whole body being filled with energy again, and excitedly picked up the gasoline barrel.

With this can of gasoline, his plans for tomorrow are now settled.

Zhang Tuohai threw the gasoline barrel out of the sand pit, then picked up the coat and observed it carefully.

This was an old-fashioned overcoat, with black camel hair on the outside and fine short fur on the inside. Its length reached Zhang Tuohai's shins, it should easily withstand temperatures as low as minus 10 degrees Celsius, keeping one's warm.

but...

Zhang Tuohai looked up at the scorching sun above his head.

The temperature in this desert reaches up to thirty to forty degrees. Why should he need such a heavy coat?

Was it because of the sinister taste of the supply distributor?

Zhang Tuohai speculated.

Anyway, it was already unboxed, so I might as well take it and not let it go to waste."

Zhang Tuohai also took the coat away.

After getting out of the sand pit, Zhang Tuohai returned to his car with his supplies while following his original route.

Throwing all the supplies on the back seat, Zhang Tuohai leaned back in his seat to rest, and at the same time entered the regional channel, ready to see how everyone was doing.

And what he saw frightened Zhang Tuohai.

The regional channels had been flooded with red messages from the system.

Line by line, it's all players' death messages.

Even now, death messages are still rolling up from time to time.

The number of people on the regional channels had dropped to 3,028.

Moreover, the numbers were still shrinking.

In other words, in less than two hours, more than 1,700 people had died.

Zhang Tuohai stared at the numbers in a trance.

It wasn't until the sun had set that the constant rolling of death messages gradually stopped.

The membership of the regional channel had finally stopped at 2,712 people.

<Challenge for the Brave> had led to the death of more than 2,000 players.

The death rate was nearly half.