Welcome to the Road Survival Challenge!
Challenge Age: 20 ~ 60 years old
You will drive primitive vehicles to challenge roads in different environments. By killing monsters outside the vehicle, picking up treasure chests, exchanging in the mall, and trading with Challengers, you can improve vehicle performance and ultimately complete the stage challenge to obtain extraordinary abilities.
Warning! This is not a game; failures will result in death during the challenge!
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Wei Huan's vision blurred, and when he opened his eyes again, he found himself sitting in a dilapidated car.
The car was very old, like an old Wuling Hongguang minivan that had been driven for over ten years in the mountains.
The rear seats were gone, revealing mottled car paint and years of old dust, but the empty cabin was the only place in the car where one could rest.
It was like an RV, yet it gave a feeling of utter destitution.
Outside the hazy windshield, towering spruce trees could be seen on both sides of the road, and a straight road stretched to the horizon.
Looking up, one could see a sliver of blue sky, like a "one-line sky," with a few soft white clouds floating in it.
His gaze fell on a bronze box placed by the roadside a hundred meters away; its profound patterns and faint blue light were all meant to highlight its existence.
It was as if it was beckoning, "Come open me~"
Wei Huan indifferently shifted his gaze away from the bronze box.
He skillfully found the ignition, turned the flimsy key, and the "rumble, rumble" of the engine roared inside the car.
He pressed the clutch with one foot, shifted gears, and the vehicle made a "creaking" sound, shaking as it drove forward.
He stole a glance at the dashboard.
The dashboard was probably the only advanced thing in this broken car.
The old-fashioned odometer showed a speed of 10 mph, with one bar of fuel remaining, which could support 20 kilometers.
However, apart from these two points, which were data that should inherently be on the dashboard.
The remaining display interface seemed a bit odd.
The dashboard displayed four sections: [Chat Room], [Forum], [Mall], and [Auction House].
Currently, only the [Chat Room] section could be clicked, while the other sections were grayed out.
Below them were also two buttons: [Projection Mode] and [Computer Mode].
Wei Huan skillfully clicked on [Projection Mode], and the screen, which was originally only on the dashboard, instantly projected onto the windshield.
While seeing the screen, he could also see the road ahead.
Just this point alone showed a stark contrast in technological content compared to this dilapidated minivan, appearing extremely incongruous.
As Wei Huan opened the [Chat Room], he happened to pass the bronze box.
At the same time, he saw that the chat room displayed (1000/1000 people).
Chat messages scrolled frantically.
You Hao: Those from Lingnan District, Anyang City, C Province, report here and add me as a friend.
Yuan Tian: Fellow students from B City Strategy University, add me as a friend, thank you.
Mo An: Beijing Challenge University, add me as a friend.
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Zhou Yue Liang: Wow, it's really like the legends, so exciting!
Li Yu Xuan: So excited I didn't sleep all night. Five years of honing a sword, just waiting for this moment. I will be the one to clear it, I will become a peerless hero!
Xu Yuan: Are you sick? Still looking forward to entering the challenge? You won't be laughing when you die!
Stone Constant Lord: Hasn't the school taught you? After entering the challenge, do not occupy the public channel. Quickly find your classmates or Challengers from your province or city to add as friends and group up; this can greatly increase your survival probability.
When Wei Huan saw this, he let out a slight breath.
It was the exact same opening as his previous life. Because after that, he always recalled this moment, so he knew it by heart, backward and forward.
For example, the instructor's screen-filling block of text was about to appear…
Teng Jiayang: Hello everyone, I am the instructor of the Youth Class in the Great Xia Challenge Zone. Please do not panic, students. Follow the school's teaching steps to confirm your surrounding environment and fuel level. And do not open treasure chests below the black iron level. If the first three treasure chests do not contain a black iron treasure box, do not panic, and definitely do not leave your vehicle. Enter "Apply for Challenge Subsidy + ID number" in the chat room, and you will soon receive 20 kilometers of fuel sent by the Challenge Legionvia system mail, to ensure that students can reach a black iron treasure box. If that still doesn't work, you can apply for the next round of fuel subsidy according to the loan order you previously processed…
That's right, the "Road Challenge" has been present on Blue Star for seven years.
This is a real-person road escape challenge.
Initially, the death rate was as high as 90%.
Later, as years and sessions passed, the challenge experiences summarized by predecessors were publicized, and the death toll decreased year by year.
Some predecessors who entered the challenge earlier even found opportunities to return to the first level, providing corresponding resources for newcomers.
The 20-kilometer fuel supply might not seem like much, but it allowed most newcomers to find a Black Iron-level treasure box.
Based on the probability that the first treasure chest must contain an extraordinary potion.
A black iron treasure box, which is of a higher grade than a Bronze treasure box, would also definitely yield a higher star-rated extraordinary ability, and a certain probability of a legendary profession.
This not only greatly improved the starting level of the same batch of Challengers.
It also helped Challengers team up with predecessors in the later stages to challenge the progress that had been stuck for Great Xia for two full years.
From all aspects, this was the best arrangement at the time.
In fact, it was true.
This arrangement allowed the Great Xia Challenge Team to consistently remain the world's top team, enduring for eleven years amidst the terrifying monster invasion.
Unfortunately, in the end, humanity on Blue Star failed to complete the sixth level of the "Road Challenge," and was crushed by the seven-tier "Monster Lord" from the opposing side.
When Great Xia fell, it also signified Blue Star's complete defeat in the planar war.
Wei Huan, sheltered under Great Xia's "big umbrella," was protected and lived for another eleven years.
Until he opened his eyes again, he had returned.
He ignored the bronze treasure chest slowly passing by on the road.
He didn't open this treasure chest in his previous life, and he wouldn't in this one either.
Soon, the bronze treasure chest fell behind the car, gradually receding until it was out of sight.
Leaving the first treasure chest meant that the Challenger had left the absolute safe zone by default.
If unlucky, a monster that had strayed onto the road might be encountered very soon.
If he encountered a monster that could overturn a car, the Challenger would be dead.
Humans would not be merciful to monsters invading Blue Star, and monsters would not be merciful to humans invading their plane.
The planar war had been going on for its seventh year, and both sides had evolved from an initial state of naive and ignorant exploration to one of blood feud, killing on sight.
Wei Huan even specifically checked the number of people in the chat room.
999/1000.
As expected, one person died right at the start.
The chat room was also in an uproar.
Someone died?
No way? Died right at the start? Did he get out of the car?
Perhaps it's a small probability event, where a monster got onto the road.
Newbie protection period, how unlucky must one be to encounter a wandering monster.
… …
Though it wasn't appropriate, the drop in the number of participants allowed Wei Huan's tensed shoulders to relax again.
The repetition of events meant that he was indeed reliving everything that happened in his previous life.
Therefore, the next chest would be a black iron treasure box.
As if to confirm Wei Huan's thoughts, ten minutes later, a treasure chest emitting a faint black light appeared again by the roadside.
The black iron treasure box was larger, a full meter long, with a more intricate and ancient design, and a heavy texture; it clearly looked more imposing than the bronze treasure box.
At the same time, on the windshield ahead, the instructor was still spamming the chat room messages projected onto it.
Teng Jiayang: … … Never open treasure chests below the black iron level. If the first three treasure chests do not contain a black iron treasure box, do not panic, and definitely do not leave your vehicle…
In other words, if you encounter a black iron treasure box, you can open it.
The extraordinary potion provided inside a black iron treasure box would be at least two-star, and with good luck, one might even get a three-star potion.
A three-star extraordinary ability was enough to handle the first four road challenges and would earn considerable treatment and importance in the Challenge Legion.
In his previous life, Wei Huan had fortunately obtained a three-star potion from this treasure box, and then awakened the Farmer profession through the potion.
Farmer → Warrior → True Soldier … …
Without needing to prepare a three-level potion in advance, he only took four years to successfully advance to True Soldier.
He could materialize any three single-soldier weapons of 3x3 cubic meters that he had recently touched.
The Farmer profession was also the most awakened profession on Blue Star, and without exception, all would be incorporated into the Challenge Legion.
It was also the profession where Great Xia clearly knew the locations of four-level and five-level potions.
Wei Huan had accumulated enough points in his previous life and had already applied for and approved a four-level potion, but unfortunately, he died before he could get his hands on it.
His gaze fixed on the black iron treasure box, with a hint of hesitation in his heart.
He was very familiar with the Farmer Sequence, and believed he could do even better if he did it again.
Perhaps in less than a year, he could advance to True Soldier and obtain the four-level Soldier King Sequence potion.
Then, eventually, he would walk step by step to the end of the sequence and become a War God.
But in the end, Wei Huan firmly shifted his gaze away from the black iron treasure box, accelerated past it with a stomp on the gas pedal, and left without looking back.
He returned
He didn't come back to walk the old path again, but to try the white treasure chest he had longed for over ten years, the one he had glimpsed from inside the car.
The silver treasure chest, a higher-grade treasure chest than the black iron treasure box.
It guaranteed a three-star potion and had a chance of yielding a four-star potion.
Moreover, potions from silver and higher-level treasure chests had a greater chance of awakening "Legendary Professions," offering a higher starting point and greater potential.
However, in his previous life, he had strictly adhered to the rule of newcomers not leaving the vehicle, thus missing that white treasure chest, which ultimately became a regret.
After confirming his rebirth, Wei Huan decided that even if he died again, he would explore the truth and make up for his regret.
He wanted to see what he had missed all those years ago!
After leaving the black iron treasure box, the third treasure chest was still a bronze treasure box.
Wei Huan clearly remembered that the silver treasure chest was 20 kilometers ahead.
This meant that he only needed to apply for one national subsidy.
Without giving himself time to hesitate, Wei Huan spoke in the chat room.
Apply for Challenge Subsidy + ID number
No inquiries were needed; two minutes later, a red dot pulsed in the upper right corner of the control panel.
Clicking it revealed an email from the Great Xia Challenge Material Bureau.
The email content showed:
Respected Compatriot:
Today, Great Xia is facing difficulties, a glorious era. We, the descendants of Huaxia, are determined to serve our country, not fearing bloodshed, forging ahead through hardship, never forgetting our original aspiration, and protecting the nation's peace.
Though there are ages past and eight directions, the future is vast, and there will be many days to come. Today, only for our young men, dare to challenge heaven and earth and test their mettle!
Come!
I am waiting for you ahead!
Come!
We are waiting for you ahead!
— — — — Dong Chujian!