Chapter Summaries

Su Ye opened a Supply Crate, killed the Big-Headed Toad, and gained a necklace that increased his Spirit. Later, he met six Great Xia soldiers outside an abandoned factory, where Li Xin began explaining the leadership’s plans to assist him.

• Su Ye opened a Supply Crate and killed the Big-Headed Toad with four crossbow bolts, collecting purified water, bread, and the Warty Toad Necklace.
• Su Ye equipped the necklace, raising his Spirit to 4.1, then continued driving along the highway.
• Su Ye killed three more tier-zero monsters and opened three Supply Crates, finding fuel and basic supplies.
• Su Ye spotted six Great Xia soldiers gathered outside an abandoned factory and stopped to meet them.
• Su Ye and the soldiers exchanged passwords, and their leader, Li Xin, introduced himself and said the leadership had chosen three areas in which to assist Su Ye.

Su Ye met Li Xin and Great Xia’s first supply team, which offered storage, vehicle modules, and attribute-boosting equipment while warning him to avoid dangerous risks. After sharing his improved stats and circumstances, Su Ye prepared to receive the supplies and continue on with support from two more teams expected later that day.

• Li Xin explained that Great Xia would supply Storage Rings, Function Modules, and attribute items to help Su Ye survive and compete.
• Su Ye described blacking out after activating Sprint at five times his speed, prompting Li Xin to urge him to act more safely and promising a top-tier advisory team.
• Li Xin listed the resources his group had brought, including two Function Modules, two Storage Rings, a Spirit-boosting headband, and Physique-boosting equipment, and said two more teams would arrive that day.
• Li Xin explained that civilization monsters could not provide permanent attribute-boosting items, though primitive monsters, Supply Crates, and special roadside service areas might yield them.
• Su Ye reported that his Physique was 4.9 and his effective Spirit was 4.1, and Li Xin said the new equipment would raise them to 5.9 and 5.1.
• Li Xin told Su Ye that supplies had been left inside the factory building, then ordered his five team members to attack.

Su Ye killed Li Xin and his five teammates after they brought themselves to 1% health, then collected their drops and strengthened his equipment and stats. He entered the factory to retrieve the supplies Li Xin had gathered and found two large boxes.

• Li Xin and his five teammates wounded one another until their health bars fell to 1%, then asked Su Ye to kill them.
• Su Ye killed all six men, and they dropped two Storage Rings, two vehicle Function Modules, a Flashy Headband, and a Turtle Vest.
• Su Ye fused the two Storage Rings into his existing ring, expanding its capacity to thirty cubic meters, and stored his supplies from the trading interface.
• Su Ye equipped the Hard Armor and High Speed modules for later use, then put on the Turtle Vest and Flashy Headband, raising his Physique to 5.9 and Spirit to 5.1.
• Su Ye entered the factory and opened the first of two large cardboard boxes containing the sorted supplies.

Su Ye upgraded his vehicle along the speed path and began producing hand crossbows, but Mo Yu’s urgent request led him to acquire and register a Simple Bandage Blueprint. He prepared to make bandages for Mo Yu, who was badly wounded and bleeding.

• Su Ye chose the speed path for his vehicle upgrade and incorporated the Rapid Function Module.
• While the vehicle upgrade proceeded, Su Ye started a batch of two hundred Simple Double-Shot Hand Crossbows and read the regional chat.
• Mo Yu sent Su Ye a Simple Bandage Blueprint and asked him to make bandages for his bleeding thigh wound.
• Su Ye accepted the trade, registered the blueprint with his workbench, and discovered that Simple Bandages required cloth and alcohol.

Su Ye traded free bandages to Mo Yu and received roasted Mutated Bird Meat that permanently increased his mental attribute. After strengthening his vehicle along the speed route, he listed hand crossbows in exchange for mutated meat.

• Su Ye sent Mo Yu ten Simple Bandages, and Mo Yu explained that two horned monsters had ambushed him in an abandoned warehouse.
• Su Ye gave Mo Yu a hundred more bandages for free, and Mo Yu traded him three chunks of Roasted Mutated Bird Meat.
• Su Ye sent Mo Yu four Double-Shot Hand Crossbows, two hundred Simple Crossbow Bolts, and a Machete in return.
• Su Ye ate the three meat chunks, raising his mental attribute by 1.5 points and sharpening his perception.
• Su Ye's vehicle completed its upgrade, and he began another speed-focused upgrade while integrating Hard Armor.
• Su Ye listed 190 groups of hand crossbows and bolts for trade, accepting only mutated meat chunks.

Su Ye used a listing for 190 hand crossbows to draw Ling Yue and four tribal representatives into negotiations for Simple Bandages, offering them guaranteed supplies at a premium. Ling Yue asked for a discount, but Su Ye refused and left the deal unresolved.

• Ling Yue and representatives of the Tide, Flame, Frost, and Sand Tribes contacted Su Ye to buy his listed hand crossbows.
• Su Ye refused to remove the crossbows from the trading hall and offered to craft more for buyers who supplied Simple Trigger Components.
• Su Ye showed the five representatives his Simple Bandage and offered ordinary players a price of one unit of fuel while charging tribes two units for priority supply.
• Ling Yue weighed the risks of competing with independent players for bandages and asked Su Ye to lower the price.
• Su Ye told Ling Yue the price was not negotiable and gave him the choice to accept or refuse.

Su Ye secured orders for fifty thousand Simple Bandages from five tribes, then drove his upgraded vehicle toward a Mileage Leaderboard lead. He met three Great Xia Soldiers, who delivered two Storage Rings and a Herbal Pill, and asked whether the pill could be made at a Workbench.

• Su Ye told the five tribe representatives they could pay for bandages with fuel or supplies, and each agreed to order ten thousand.
• Su Ye calculated the cloth and alcohol needed for the fifty thousand bandages and planned to use the tribes' materials to fulfill the orders.
• Su Ye's vehicle upgraded to level five, gaining Hard Armor and a top speed of 390 kilometers per hour.
• Su Ye drove for over two hours, encountering Civilization Monsters and Supply Crates that yielded only basic materials.
• Su Ye met three Great Xia Soldiers, who gave him two Storage Rings and a Herbal Pill.
• Su Ye asked the soldiers whether the Herbal Pill had been made using a Workbench.

Su Ye learned how special buildings worked and discussed his needs with the people supporting him before collecting their drops. After trading and eating mutant meat, he improved his stats and continued driving with a larger Storage Ring and more ammunition.

• The man explained how players could obtain special buildings, and Su Ye decided that leveling his vehicle to ten was his most feasible option.
• Su Ye told the man he needed more Storage Rings, vehicle function modules, and stat-boosting equipment, then killed the three men after they attacked one another and collected their drops.
• Su Ye fused a Storage Ring, acquired an Herbal Pill, and found that all 190 Hand Crossbows he had listed had sold.
• Su Ye ate unfamiliar mutant meat, raising his physique to 7.9 and his spirit to 8.4, then drove on to meet another delivery group.
• Su Ye collected the final group's drops, including ten Universal Bullets and three Storage Rings, which he fused to increase his Storage Ring capacity to seventy cubic meters.

Su Ye rose into the Top 500 of the Mileage Leaderboard, sold thousands of Simple Bandages, and set out on the road with a huge stockpile of fuel. He approached an abandoned gas station where three Great Xia soldiers were waiting for him amid dangerous creatures.

• Su Ye saw that Ling Yue had driven through the night to reach 8,600 kilometers, while his own mileage had put him in 321st place.
• Su Ye collected forty thousand Simple Bandages, traded thirty thousand to three tribe representatives, and sold the remaining ten thousand for fuel within five seconds.
• Su Ye ignored pleas and guilt-tripping in the chat, collected ten thousand units of fuel, and drove away with ninety thousand units in his Storage Ring.
• Su Ye spotted an abandoned gas station and drove toward it, hoping to collect free supplies.
• Three Great Xia soldiers hid at the gas station among five Zombies, four Goblins, and a Giant Bear, and Old Wu said they would move away when Spark arrived.

Su Ye attacked the abandoned gas station, where the rules prevented its monsters from striking first, and killed them before claiming the loot. He left with valuable supplies and equipment after killing the sleeping giant bear.

• Su Ye entered the gas station and killed its five zombies while they were unable to attack him.
• Su Ye climbed onto the roof and killed the four goblins, collecting the wood and copper they dropped.
• Su Ye shot the sleeping giant bear in the head with his Desert Eagle and killed it before it could wake.
• Su Ye collected four drops, including Mutant Giant Bear Meat, a Strength Bracer, Survival Coins, and a Fuel Storage Tank.

Su Ye collected the Giant Bear’s drops and met Wu Jun and two other Great Xia Soldiers, who explained the Fuel Storage Tank and introduced the Eye of Detection. After defeating them to claim their items, Su Ye tried the Eye of Detection and inspected a Fuel Pump.

• Su Ye equipped the Strength Bracer, stored the Survival Coins, and learned that merging Fuel Storage Tanks could increase their capacity.
• Wu Jun told Su Ye that the Giant Bear had been the Gas Station boss and explained where more Fuel Storage Tanks could be found.
• Wu Jun introduced the Eye of Detection and said four more groups of Great Xia people would meet Su Ye that day.
• Su Ye defeated Wu Jun and the other two soldiers, then merged their Storage Ring and collected the Sealing function module and Eye of Detection.
• Su Ye equipped the Eye of Detection and learned that the nearby Fuel Pump still contained 1,000 units of fuel and had salvage value.

Su Ye stripped a gas station of fuel, food, and salvage before upgrading the Gale Ranger to level six. After driving on, he camped beside the highway at night and began roasting Giant Bear meat.

• Su Ye transferred one thousand units of fuel into his Fuel Storage Tank and began upgrading the Vehicle, adding the Function Module and choosing speed.
• Su Ye looted the Convenience Store’s food and water, shelves, pipes, Exhaust Fan, door, and cash register, then dismantled and collected the fuel dispensers.
• The Vehicle reached level six, and Su Ye checked the Gale Ranger’s new top speed of 420 kilometers per hour and its updated Function Modules.
• Su Ye drove away and, at the end of the third day, made a campfire beside the highway and roasted ten chunks of Giant Bear meat.

Su Ye collected three function modules and other useful loot, then began upgrading his Vehicle and inspected the shield and bed he had obtained. After seeing the survivor count fall below a million, he resolved to strengthen himself before the beginner protection period ended, then noticed players frantically tagging him in chat.

• Su Ye gathered loot from four groups of his people, including seven Storage Rings, three function modules, a shield, and a bed, and expanded his Storage Ring to 150 cubic meters.
• Su Ye examined the Temperature Control, Camouflage, and Weather Forecast modules and decided to use them to improve his Vehicle.
• Su Ye fused the Camouflage module into the Vehicle and started an upgrade that would take 35 minutes.
• Su Ye inspected the Steel Shield and the bed, whose effect helped recover mental exhaustion, and planned to put the bed in the Vehicle's rear compartment.
• Su Ye checked chat and saw that 931,587 survivors remained in the region; he resolved to get ahead before beginner protection ended, then noticed players tagging him.

Su Ye sold ten thousand Simple Bandages for one unit of fuel each, earning enough to push his reserves past a hundred thousand. With twenty thousand bandages still in storage, he decided to use Mo Yu as a middleman for future high-priced sales, and messaged him to start the arrangement.

• Su Ye announced that he would list ten thousand Simple Bandages at the unchanged price of one unit of fuel each.
• Players bought all ten thousand bandages in less than three seconds, bringing Su Ye's fuel reserves above one hundred thousand units.
• Some players began reselling bandages at ten or fifteen times the original price, prompting furious arguments in the chat channel.
• Su Ye revealed that he had kept another twenty thousand bandages in storage and had sold the earlier batches cheaply to cultivate demand.
• Su Ye chose Mo Yu to serve as a front man for future sales and sent him a private message.

Su Ye arranged for Mo Yu to sell his Simple Bandages after announcing a material shortage, using panic to drive up prices. Mo Yu sold the first batch for 14,000 units of fuel, and Su Ye agreed to hold Mo Yu’s commission because he lacked storage space.

• Su Ye told Mo Yu to sell his bandages privately after he announced a shortage, offering him ten percent of the profits.
• Su Ye sent Mo Yu one thousand Simple Bandages and told him to find buyers once the announcement went out.
• Su Ye posted that he could not make many bandages for the next few days, and panic spread through the Regional Chat Channel.
• Mo Yu offered his limited stock in chat, and buyers paid an average of fourteen units of fuel per bandage.
• Mo Yu transferred 14,000 units of fuel to Su Ye, who paid him a 1,400-unit commission.
• Mo Yu asked Su Ye to hold the fuel because he lacked storage space, and Su Ye agreed.

Su Ye and Mo Yu sold ten thousand Simple Bandages for a massive fuel profit, then stopped to save the remaining stock for the final day of the beginner period. After upgrading his Vehicle to level seven and eating Mutant Giant Bear Meat, Su Ye nearly reached the first-tier physique threshold and asked Ling Yue about meat that could improve his mental attribute.

• Su Ye sent Mo Yu another thousand Simple Bandages, and they sold out in under five minutes for 17,000 units of fuel.
• Su Ye and Mo Yu sold ten thousand bandages for roughly 160,000 fuel, bringing Su Ye's reserves to 250,000 after Mo Yu's commission.
• Su Ye told Mo Yu to stop selling and save the remaining bandages for the last day, when he expected prices to rise further.
• Su Ye's Vehicle reached level seven, and he used a second Function Module to begin another upgrade.
• Su Ye ate three pieces of Mutant Giant Bear Meat, raising his physique to 9.9 with equipment bonuses and leaving him 0.1 short of the first-tier threshold.
• Su Ye messaged Ling Yue to ask whether he had mutant meat that boosted mental attributes, and Ling Yue replied.

Su Ye traded mutant meat with Ling Yue, arranged to sell him 100,000 units of fuel, and ate several pieces that raised his mental attribute. As his vehicle upgraded to level eight, Su Ye prepared to eat the remaining Mutant Night Owl Meat and cross the first-tier mental threshold.

• Su Ye traded four pieces of Mutant Giant Bear Meat to Ling Yue for four pieces of meat that each boosted his mental attribute by 0.5.
• Ling Yue recognized that Mo Yu was supplying bandages for Su Ye and asked to buy fuel; Su Ye agreed to trade him 100,000 units the following day.
• Su Ye traded his remaining Mutant Giant Bear Meat to the leaders of the other Four Clans for three pieces of Mutant Night Owl Meat.
• Su Ye’s vehicle upgraded to level eight, and he used his last function module to begin another upgrade.
• Su Ye ate three pieces of Mutant Deer Meat, raising his mental attribute to 9.9, and planned to eat the remaining Night Owl Meat to pass the first-tier threshold.

Su Ye upgraded the Gale Ranger to level nine, then crossed the ten-point threshold in Mental Attribute after eating mutant night owl meat. He drove through the night using his enhanced perception, reached the top ten on the Mileage Leaderboard, and killed three Goblins that attacked him.

• The Gale Ranger upgraded to level nine, and Su Ye decided to save Survival Coins before pursuing a level-ten Vehicle Building.
• Su Ye checked the Mileage Leaderboard and saw that Ling Yue remained first while he rose to thirty-sixth place.
• After eating three pieces of mutant night owl meat, Su Ye's Mental Attribute reached 11.4, greatly improving his perception and reaction speed.
• Su Ye drove through the night, sensing and avoiding road hazards until he had covered 2,000 kilometers in five hours and entered the top ten.
• Three frenzied Goblins emerged from the fog and charged at Su Ye, who killed them with shots from his Hand Crossbows.

Su Ye traded 100,000 units of fuel to Ling Yue for Survival Coins, materials, and blueprints, then sold him information about the Vehicle level-ten upgrade. The chapter ended with Su Ye explaining that reaching level ten unlocked a free choice of Vehicle Building and that Survival Coins could refresh the options.

• Su Ye slept for four hours on Can't Get Out of Bed and woke fully refreshed on the fourth day of the beginner period.
• Su Ye and Ling Yue haggled over fuel and agreed that Ling Yue would pay 500 Survival Coins for 31,500 units of fuel, with materials covering the rest of the 100,000-unit deal.
• Su Ye and Ling Yue negotiated prices for materials and blueprints, leaving Su Ye with supplies and Ling Yue with 100,000 units of fuel.
• Su Ye charged Ling Yue 300 Survival Coins for information about what happened when a Vehicle reached level ten.
• Su Ye told Ling Yue that a level-ten Vehicle unlocked a free Vehicle Building choice, and that Survival Coins could refresh the available options.

Su Ye told Ling Yue how Vehicle rank-ups worked and met Zhou Ling and three Great Xia Soldiers to discuss his progress and future upgrades. Zhou Ling warned that the beginner period’s end would trigger a deadly purge, leaving Su Ye to consider profiting from the panic and the resources of doomed players.

• Ling Yue paid Su Ye three hundred Survival Coins for rank-up information and asked him to keep it secret.
• Su Ye received a clear weather forecast, then drove to meet Zhou Ling and three other Great Xia Soldiers.
• Su Ye reported his attributes, level-nine Vehicle, and 803 Survival Coins, and Zhou Ling promised that Great Xia would recommend a Vehicle Building.
• Zhou Ling explained player and Vehicle rank-up requirements, including attribute thresholds and rank-up quests.
• Zhou Ling warned that the gray fog would accelerate after the seven-day beginner period and purge players who had not progressed enough.
• Su Ye realized the purge could give him a chance to collect resources from players before they were eliminated.