Chapter Summaries

Su Ye killed Zhou Ling and the other three Great Xia soldiers to obtain their Storage Rings and fuel, while Great Xia’s leaders planned to support his vehicle’s growth. Later, Zhou Kai met Su Ye and began explaining the vehicle buildings available for his first build.

• Zhou Ling and the other three attacked one another until their health bars were nearly empty, then Su Ye killed them and collected three Storage Rings and a hundred units of fuel.
• Su Ye merged the Storage Rings, expanded his storage to 180 cubic meters, refueled, and continued down the road.
• Chu Ge and the Great Xia leaders discussed raising Su Ye’s vehicle to level ten and arranging his first vehicle building.
• Su Ye drove through the day, killed several civilization monsters that dropped nothing, and eventually met Zhou Kai and two other Great Xia soldiers.
• Zhou Kai told Su Ye the soldiers could drop function modules and described the Pharmacy, Training Room, Cultivation Room, Kitchen, and other vehicle buildings.

Su Ye chose the Training Room as his first Vehicle Building after Zhou Kai explained that it would help him develop the combat experience his attributes lacked. After Zhou Kai and his comrades completed their mission and died, Su Ye collected three Function Modules that would upgrade his Vehicle to level ten.

• Zhou Kai recommended the Training Room because it could build Su Ye’s combat experience without requiring a specialized NPC to operate it.
• Su Ye agreed to choose the Training Room so he could strengthen his fighting skills before facing other players.
• Zhou Kai and his two comrades attacked one another until their health bars were nearly empty, then spoke to Su Ye before dying.
• Su Ye collected three Function Modules: Repair, Radar, and Autopilot.
• Su Ye celebrated the Autopilot module, realizing it would let his Vehicle keep driving while he used the Training Room.

Su Ye upgraded his vehicle along the speed path and incorporated the self-driving module. He then negotiated with Ling Yue to trade information about vehicle buildings for mutant beast meat.

• Su Ye collected storage rings from three groups of Great Xia soldiers, expanding his storage space to 260 cubic meters.
• Su Ye stopped for the night and upgraded his vehicle along the speed path, incorporating the self-driving module.
• Su Ye read the chat channel and decided to focus on building his strength before the Beginner Period ended.
• Su Ye asked Ling Yue whether he had mutant beast meat to sell.
• Su Ye offered information about two vehicle buildings in exchange for a piece of mutant beast meat he had not eaten before, and Ling Yue agreed.

Su Ye sold Ling Yue information about Vehicle Buildings and explained that some required Game NPCs to operate effectively. After gaining Survival Coins and Mutant Beast meat, Su Ye planned his next Vehicle upgrades and asked Mo Yu to find him another Physique-boosting meat.

• Su Ye sent Ling Yue information about ten types of Vehicle Buildings and received five types of Mutant Beast meat in exchange.
• Su Ye offered Ling Yue more Vehicle Building information for eight hundred Survival Coins, and Ling Yue paid after negotiating unsuccessfully.
• Su Ye explained that some Vehicle Buildings needed Game NPCs and that players could hire them with Survival Coins or earn their loyalty through affinity.
• Su Ye considered saving Survival Coins for the Training Room and Shop Service Area, then calculated how the meat would raise his attributes.
• Su Ye messaged Mo Yu to ask for an uneaten type of Mutant Beast meat that increased Physique.

Su Ye traded information about Vehicle upgrades and NPC hiring with Mo Yu for Mutant Crocodile meat, then raised his mental attribute to 10 and his physique to 9.9. He postponed his breakthrough until his Vehicle finished upgrading and prepared to expand production from bandages to weapons.

• Mo Yu offered Su Ye roasted Mutant Crocodile meat, and Su Ye gave him confidential advice about choosing a Vehicle Building and hiring NPCs at Vehicle level ten.
• Su Ye ate Mutant Beast meat, raising his mental attribute to 10 and his base physique to 9.9.
• Su Ye decided to delay breaking through to the first tier until his Vehicle finished upgrading so he could take shelter in its rear compartment.
• Su Ye watched injured players offer valuable fuel for Simple Bandages and anticipated his stock would reach thirty thousand that night.
• Su Ye reviewed weapon blueprints for items such as machetes, ground spikes, and maces as the fifty-minute Vehicle upgrade countdown ended.

Su Ye upgraded the Gale Ranger to Level 10 and spent Survival Coins to install a Training Room. He explored its physical and mental training equipment, then entered the fighting platform and saw a virtual panel appear.

• Su Ye completed the Gale Ranger's upgrade to First Tier, Level 10, gaining Autopilot and an extra building slot.
• Su Ye refreshed the Vehicle Building options twice and selected the Training Room for three Survival Coins.
• Su Ye entered the Training Room and examined its physique-training equipment and mental-training area.
• Su Ye opened an Illusion Box, resisted its battlefield illusion with his mental attribute, and realized the boxes could help train the mind.
• Su Ye stepped onto the fighting platform, where a light barrier rose and a virtual panel appeared.

Su Ye tested the Training Room’s Combat Simulation by fighting a Mutant Gray Wolf, then discovered he could train while his Vehicle was upgrading. He began a physique workout to see how long it would take to raise his base Physique by 0.1.

• Su Ye scanned a wolf skin into the Combat Simulation Database and spent one Survival Coin to summon a Mutant Gray Wolf.
• Su Ye killed the wolf with one punch in 1.2 seconds and decided he needed stronger monster materials or a Great Xia Soldier as a training opponent.
• Su Ye left the Training Room and used a Function Module to upgrade his Vehicle, starting a fifty-five-minute upgrade.
• Su Ye found he could enter the Training Room while the Vehicle upgraded and headed to the physique training area to test his training progress.

After upgrading the Gale Ranger with Radar, Su Ye tested it alongside Autopilot and confirmed it could safely navigate the highway while he trained. His training raised his physique by 0.1, triggering tier advancement because both his stats had exceeded 10.

• Su Ye finished training and used his last Function Module to install Radar in the Gale Ranger.
• The upgraded level 12 Gale Ranger gained Repair and Radar, whose scans covered a three-thousand-meter radius and mapped monsters, terrain, and road conditions.
• Su Ye tested Autopilot at speeds up to 292 kilometers per hour, and Radar helped the car avoid walls, pits, broken roads, and tire spikes.
• Su Ye trained in the Training Room while Autopilot drove, then gained 0.1 physique after two more hours.
• The system announced that both of Su Ye's stats had exceeded 10 and that his tier advancement would begin in ten seconds.

Su Ye broke through to First Tier, endured marrow cleansing, and unlocked his Skill Bar. On the fifth day of Road Survival, he saw that he had climbed to fifth place on the Mileage Leaderboard and pushed the Gale Ranger to 3,000 kilometers per hour, leaving him close to overtaking Ling Yue.

• Su Ye broke through to First Tier, completed marrow cleansing, and unlocked his Skill Bar, though he decided to wait for his talent to awaken before choosing skills.
• Su Ye washed off the impurities from his breakthrough and rested while the Gale Ranger continued driving through the night.
• On the fifth morning, Su Ye checked the Mileage Leaderboard and found himself in fifth place at 22,951 kilometers, with Ling Yue in first at 23,645 kilometers.
• Su Ye ate Mutant Crocodile meat but received no attribute increase, then set off in the Gale Ranger.
• Su Ye used Sprint and accelerated the Gale Ranger to 3,000 kilometers per hour, racing past road monsters until Sprint's duration ended.

Su Ye met two groups of Great Xia Soldiers while traveling, learning how talents worked and arranging for a combat instructor to help his Training Room. After using the Gale Ranger’s Sprint module, he met Zhou Daqiang, the instructor sent to assist him.

• Su Ye told the first group of Great Xia Soldiers that he had advanced to the first tier and learned that talents were categorized as active, passive, or support, while freely choosing one was not possible early on.
• Su Ye asked for a sample of Great Xia combat techniques for his Training Room, and the soldiers agreed to report his request before departing.
• The five soldiers attacked one another, leaving Su Ye three Storage Rings and two Function Modules, which he collected and merged into his own Storage Ring.
• Su Ye drove onward, activated the Gale Ranger’s Sprint module at noon, and later encountered the second group of Great Xia Soldiers.
• Zhou Daqiang introduced himself as a former combat instructor sent to help Su Ye.

Su Ye recorded Zhou Daqiang as a Training Room simulation target after Zhou gave him advice on learning to defend and offered his severed arm for scanning. After meeting more Great Xia Soldiers and collecting their supplies, Su Ye began training against Zhou’s projection, which quickly exploited his opening and struck him in the abdomen.

• Zhou Daqiang advised Su Ye to study defense, pain, attack patterns, and combat footage before learning to attack.
• Zhou Daqiang cut off his own arm so Su Ye could scan and record his combat data in the Training Room.
• Su Ye recorded Zhou Daqiang as a simulation target, then watched Zhou and two other Great Xia Soldiers kill one another and collected their Storage Rings.
• Su Ye met five more Great Xia Soldiers, exchanged information, and collected their Storage Rings, a Sealing module, and fuel after they died.
• On the night of the fifth day, Su Ye started a simulation against Zhou Daqiang and tried to meet his first punch head-on.
• Zhou Daqiang changed his trajectory, exposed Su Ye’s chest and abdomen, and landed a heavy punch that left Su Ye reeling.

Su Ye repeatedly fought Zhou Daqiang in the Combat Simulation, learning to defend and survive longer with each attempt. After a night of training, he left the Training Room on day six and discovered that his vehicle mileage had put him in first place on the leaderboard.

• Su Ye was killed by Zhou Daqiang in 7.4 seconds after falling for a feint and leaving himself open.
• Su Ye tried defending instead of attacking, but Zhou Daqiang swept his legs and finished him while he was falling.
• Su Ye reviewed his weaknesses and repeatedly trained, improving his footwork, movement, and ability to protect vital areas.
• After fifteen deaths and spending 150 Survival Coins, Su Ye watched a three-minute simulation recording and recognized how much his defensive skills had improved.
• Su Ye left the Training Room on day six, checked the mileage leaderboard while eating, and saw that he had taken first place.

Su Ye claimed first place on the C13 Zone Mileage Leaderboard and sold three Function Modules to Mo Yu for fuel while refusing to reveal his Vehicle’s details to other players. He activated the Sprint Function and raced onward until he spotted an abandoned Gas Station beside the highway.

• Su Ye overtook Ling Yue to take first place after driving over fourteen thousand kilometers overnight.
• Mo Yu congratulated Su Ye, explained that he was waiting for a Function Module before upgrading his Vehicle, and bought Su Ye’s Energy-Saving, Sealing, and Hard Armor modules for seven thousand units of fuel.
• Su Ye gave vague replies to Ling Yue and the Four Clans’ representatives, avoiding questions about his Vehicle and resources.
• Su Ye activated the Sprint Function and sped down the highway, passing Civilization Monsters without slowing.
• Around noon, Su Ye spotted an abandoned Gas Station beside the highway.

Su Ye cleared a Gas Station occupied by Pig-Headed Men and a Mutant Wild Boar boss, then scavenged fuel, equipment, and Function Modules from the area and other Great Xia Soldiers. At night, he examined a new Thorns module that could give his Gale Ranger offensive and defensive spikes, before turning to inspect the second new module.

• Su Ye used his Gray Fog Medal and Hand Crossbow to kill the Pig-Headed Men at the Gas Station, then shot the sleeping Mutant Wild Boar boss with his Desert Eagle.
• Su Ye collected Mutant Wild Boar Meat, merged a Fuel Storage Tank to increase its capacity, and obtained an Armor-Piercing Spear with a granted skill.
• Su Ye scavenged fuel and Fuel Pumps from the Gas Station before continuing his journey.
• Su Ye encountered three groups of Great Xia Soldiers and collected Storage Rings, fuel, and five Function Modules from them, including two new modules.
• Su Ye stopped for the night, roasted Mutant Wild Boar Meat, and inspected the Thorns module, which could cover his Gale Ranger in metal spikes.

Su Ye upgraded the Gale Ranger with Thorns and Interference, raising its level and top speed while adding stronger defenses and an electronic countermeasure. He drove through the night on Autopilot, trained, slept, and stopped the vehicle at dawn.

• Su Ye used the Thorns module to upgrade the Gale Ranger, increasing its top speed and adding retractable metal spikes.
• He activated Thorns, inspected the vehicle's spikes, then used the Interference module to begin another upgrade.
• While the second upgrade ran, Su Ye trained in the Training Room until the Gale Ranger reached level 14 and a top speed of 820 km/h.
• Su Ye activated Radar and Autopilot, let the Gale Ranger travel overnight, and trained until about two in the morning before going to sleep.
• At six in the morning, Su Ye woke refreshed and stopped the Gale Ranger at the roadside.

On the seventh day, Su Ye prepared for the end of the Beginner Period while the Fivefold Race leaders secured supplies and readied their teams for the dangers ahead. Su Ye crafted hand crossbows for them and continued driving, determined to widen his lead on the Mileage Leaderboard.

• Su Ye reviewed his large stockpile of supplies, ate roasted mutant wild boar, and set out on the final day of the Beginner Period.
• Ling Yue heard reports on his fleet’s resources and ordered those outside the top ten race to rest instead of exploring overnight.
• Ling Yue and the other clan leaders asked Su Ye to sell them weapons and bandages; Su Ye declined to sell bandages but offered to craft hand crossbows in exchange for Trigger Components.
• Su Ye received more than five thousand Trigger Components and started crafting Hand Crossbows, a process expected to take fourteen hours.
• Su Ye drove through a danger-free morning and noon, then resolved to extend his lead; the leaderboard showed him first, ahead of Ling Yue and Yan Kuang.

Su Ye rested and traded hand crossbows as the seven-day Beginner Period neared its end. The system announced a three-hour Purge targeting players behind in mileage, leaving the other players panicking while Su Ye received a personal system prompt.

• Su Ye monitored the chat and withheld his stock of bandages, planning to sell them when danger drove up demand.
• Su Ye traded the hand crossbows reserved by Ling Yue and the others for a large batch of resources, then resumed driving overnight.
• At six in the morning, the system announced the end of the Beginner Period, upcoming hazards and services, and a three-hour Purge of players behind in mileage.
• Players panicked in the chat, asking for fuel, weapons, and medicine as Su Ye waited to check the channel and heard a personal system prompt.

Su Ye claimed his Novice Period Mileage Rankings rewards and used the bandage shortage to boost sales through Mo Yu. He drank the Talent Awakening Potion in the Training Room, and the system announced that his talent had awakened but did not reveal what it was.

• Su Ye claimed the Talent Awakening Potion, Designated Service Area Card, Conquest Card, five free attribute points, and 3,000 Survival Coins, then considered the risks of players attacking one another.
• Su Ye told Mo Yu to sell bandages and weapons at high prices after he listed 1,000 Simple Bandages at one unit of fuel each.
• Su Ye's bandages sold out almost instantly, and Mo Yu offered additional bandages and weapons to buyers in the chat channel.
• Su Ye sent Mo Yu the remaining 29,000 bandages and his weapons, trusting his Conquest Card as a way to recover them if Mo Yu betrayed him.
• Su Ye entered the Training Room, drank the Talent Awakening Potion, and received the system's announcement that his talent awakening had succeeded.

Su Ye awakened the Intuition talent and discovered it could judge whether Mo Yu had honestly reported their trades and warn him about lethal attacks in simulated combat. The chapter ended with Su Ye using its warnings to defend himself against Zhou Daqiang’s relentless assault.

• Su Ye awakened the Intuition talent and considered how it might help him make decisions in dangerous situations.
• Mo Yu reported selling Su Ye’s bandages and weapons for large amounts of fuel and acquiring vast supplies and more than forty blueprints.
• Su Ye told Mo Yu to keep the overflow of resources in their private trade window and reassured him that he would receive his share.
• When Su Ye wondered whether Mo Yu had stolen any supplies, his intuition assured him that Mo Yu’s accounts were genuine.
• Su Ye entered the Training Room and learned that Zhou Daqiang was overwhelmingly stronger than him in a head-on fight.
• Su Ye used his intuition’s warnings to evade and defend against Zhou Daqiang’s attacks.

Su Ye improved his survival time in the Training Room by using Intuition to counterattack Zhou Daqiang, though the instructor still killed him. After leaving the simulation, Su Ye drove on and met Zhao Wen and sixteen other Great Xia Soldiers at a Gas Station to report his situation and talent.

• Su Ye used Intuition to duck Zhou Daqiang's punch and sweep his legs, but Zhou turned his fall into a spinning elbow that broke Su Ye's bone and ended the simulation after 11 minutes and 43 seconds.
• Su Ye saved the battle recording and realized that his Intuition could suggest effective responses, but his body could not keep up and repeated use drained his Mental Power.
• Su Ye left the Training Room, checked the chat channel, and drove down the highway as players raced to escape the approaching Purge.
• Su Ye spotted a Gas Station after driving for around half an hour and found seventeen Great Xia Soldiers waiting there.
• Su Ye exchanged the password with the soldiers, met Zhao Wen, and began explaining his situation so the logistics department could plan his development.