Highway Survival for All: My RV's Infinite Evolution

Night falls.

The wind in the wilderness was no longer the dry, scorching heat of the day, but had turned into a biting steel blade.

Looking in the rearview mirror, the all-consuming gray fog wall had been left far behind and could no longer be seen.

As Lin Hui drove the RV, he opened the system and glanced at the blood-red countdown:

[Time remaining until fog arrives: 08:59:32]

Distance from the fog: Approximately 270 kilometers

Lin Hui parked the car behind a sheltered mound and pulled the handbrake.

Although he has "unlimited fuel", he can't keep driving forever.

People need rest, and cars need it even more.

Especially the left front wheel, which shows moderate wear on the vehicle panel.

"We need to find the tires and repair tools as soon as possible."

Lin Hui took a deep breath and began to examine his RV.

The interior space of this Lv.1 civilian motorhome is not particularly spacious.

Apart from the driver's cab, the living area is only two meters wide and three meters long.

A simple folding table and two rows of facing booths can be used as a dining table.

Behind it was a single bed that was only 1.2 meters wide, with a pillow and a thin quilt.

The bathroom in the corner was pitifully small, and the toilet was the simple straight-flush type, making it difficult to even turn around.

"Although it's a bit rudimentary, it's still much better than most players'," Lin Hui shook his head.

Just then, a piercing whistle suddenly swept past the car window.

Waaah—!

Immediately afterwards, the temperature inside the car began to drop precipitously.

The breath he exhaled instantly turned into white mist. A layer of frost flowers formed on the car window glass at an almost visible speed.

[Regional Announcement: Players in area C-996, please note, a cold wave is approaching!]

The current ambient temperature has plummeted to -10°C and is expected to continue dropping.

[Warning: Low body temperature can cause heat loss, slowed reaction time, and a slight decrease in sanity (Sanity).]

Survivors, please find a source of heat or a warm place as soon as possible!

"This game doesn't give you a moment to breathe!"

Lin Hui rubbed his stiff fingers and opened the [Regional Chat Channel] that was constantly flashing a red dot.

Upon seeing this, even someone with exceptional mental fortitude like him couldn't help but slightly contract his pupils.

[Current number of survivors in the area: 7,001,248 / 10,000,000]

Only seven or eight hours had passed.

They've lost a full three million players in this region!

Where did these three million people who disappeared go?

Did it run out of fuel and get swallowed by the gray fog behind it? Or was it killed by the zombies or alien species the system mentioned?

In the chat channel, the panic was colder than the cold wave.

"It's so cold... I can't feel my feet anymore, someone please help me..."

"Damn it, why is the car's air conditioning blowing cold air?! Is this junk car broken?!"

"You idiot upstairs, how can the heater come out if the engine is off? You need to start the car!"

"I can't start the car! I only have 20% gas left! If I turn on the heater, how am I going to drive tomorrow? That smog is still chasing us!"

"Waaaaah, I'd rather be bitten to death by a monster than freeze to death..."

"Does anyone have oil? I'm willing to trade instant noodles for it!"

"I have a gun, and I'm willing to exchange it for gasoline! Please!"

"This game gives you absolutely no chance to survive! No fuel means death, no heating means death too!"

despair.

Even through the screen, Lin Hui could smell the intense aura of despair.

On this deadly highway, fuel is not just a source of power, but also a lifeline for maintaining body temperature.

To get warm, you need to consume fuel to start the engine and generate heat.

But once the fuel runs out, we'll be overtaken and swallowed by the smog tomorrow.

This is an unsolvable deadlock.

But for Lin Hui...

He glanced at the fuel gauge, which was stuck firmly on the "full" mark.

"A dead end? That doesn't exist."

Without any hesitation, Lin Hui reached out and turned the heater knob on the center console all the way to the bottom.

Maximum airflow!

Highest temperature!

"boom......"

In just over ten seconds, a wave of heat gushed out of the air vent.

The frost melted, and the chill dissipated.

Inside the cramped carriage, the thermometer needle climbed rapidly.

0 degrees...10 degrees...20 degrees...26 degrees!

Lin Hui took off his windbreaker jacket, leaving him in only a thin T-shirt, and comfortably leaned back in the driver's seat.

"It's even a bit hot."

He casually adjusted the air vents and then looked inside the RV.

During the 700-800 kilometer journey he just sped through, he used his speed advantage to find more than 100 resource boxes ahead of him.

According to the system notification, there are ten million players in this area, but only one hundred thousand resource boxes, a ratio of 100:1.

Lin Hui opened all one hundred-plus resource boxes.

They received over fifty portions of all-purpose fuel, and the rest were food, appliances, or daily necessities.

Lin Hui categorized them one by one.

[Strategic Materials]:

All-purpose fuel - 55 portions

Tires - 8 units

......

[Food Category]:

Mineral water (500ml) - 24 bottles

Compressed biscuits (100g) - 15 bags

Want Want Rice Crackers (100g) - 10 bags

Lay's Potato Chips (70g) - 6 bags

Coca-Cola (330ml) - 11 bottles

Braised Beef Noodles (Bucket Pack) - 11 buckets

Country Bumpkin Braised Eggs - 5 bags

Shuanghui Ham Sausage - 7 pieces

Lettuce (100g) - 1 serving

Corn (100g) - 12 ears

Lamb hot pot set meal - 1 serving

...

[Electrical Appliances]:

Electric kettles - 2

Induction cooker - 2

Rechargeable high-powered flashlights - 3

...

Lin Hui's eyes lit up when he saw the supplies filling the RV.

What's most important in the apocalypse?

It's undoubtedly supplies!

With the supplies we have right now, if we're careful with them, an average person could survive for a month!

The only thing that bothered Lin Hui was that the system didn't provide a backpack, and with so much stuff piled up inside the RV, it was too crowded.

Especially these all-purpose fuels, 55 portions, they take up too much space.

But for those in the chat channel who are practically frozen solid, this all-purpose fuel is liquid gold, a lifeline.

With this in mind, Lin Hui opened the regional channel.

His gaze was calm as he typed a line of text into the regional channel.

[For Sale: 1 unit of all-purpose fuel. DM me if interested!]

The moment this message came out, the chat channel, which had been filled with lamentations, fell silent for a moment, and then exploded in chaos!

"Holy crap?! Someone's actually selling oil?!"

"Are you crazy?! This guy's got the life to run 100 kilometers! Does he own a gas station?"

"Big brother, can you give it to me for free? I'm freezing to death."

Lin Hui: No way!

"Cold-blooded! You'll get your comeuppance!"

"Shut upstairs! I'll buy it! I'll buy it! DM me, bro!"

……

In less than ten minutes.

Lin Hui then used 10 portions of gasoline to obtain the supplies he wanted.

Among them are food items such as water and bread.

To his surprise, one of the bottles of all-purpose gasoline was exchanged for an axe gun, although only three bullets remained.

Lin Hui put the axe gun in his backpack, intending to keep it for later study.

Now, he was hungry.

Lin Hui's gaze swept over the neatly arranged supplies and finally landed on the "Lamb Hot Pot Set Meal." He hadn't expected the resource box to be able to drive a car.

He tore open the bottled water packaging and poured the water into the induction cooker.

Plug it in.

Press the switch.

For the average user, using an induction cooker right now would be absolutely out of the question. The car battery's pitiful charge wouldn't even last for boiling a kettle of water before it runs out of power, preventing the vehicle from starting.

However, Lin Hui's [Infinite Fuel] has the characteristic of "energy overflow converted into electricity", and the generator is continuously outputting a violent current.

It's more than enough to boil water, let alone bring a welding machine.

goo goo goo...

Two minutes later, the water boiled.

Lin Hui tore open the mutton hot pot set meal, which contained soup base, 3 catties of mutton, sesame sauce, chili sauce, various vegetables, and vermicelli.

It's quite a lot... Lin Hui was very satisfied. He put the mushroom hot pot base into the boiling water.

During the three minutes of waiting, he looked out the window again.

The wind outside grew even more fierce, as if countless wronged souls were wailing.

In the regional channel:

"I can't stand it...it's too cold...my hands are all black..."

"Does anyone have anything to eat? I'm so hungry, I'd trade my body for a loaf of bread, I'm F..."

"Hey upstairs, who has the energy to do that at a time like this? Save your breath."

"I just drank some cold water and now I have stomach cramps, it hurts so much I feel like I'm going to die."

"Mom...I want to go home..."

Looking at the lines of text filled with despair, Lin Hui began to cook the mutton.

Steaming white mist rose up, blurring his face.

He picked up a large piece of mutton, dipped it in sesame sauce, and stuffed it into his mouth.

"call--"

The scalding hot meat slid down his esophagus into his stomach, and the instant satisfaction made every pore on his body open up.

......

[Ding! High-calorie, delicious food consumed.]

[Status Update: Full.]

[San value is weakly responding... Current: 100/100 (overflowed)]

[Comment: In the apocalypse, a bowl of hot soup is more precious than gold.]

Lin Hui took a big gulp of mutton soup, feeling the fine beads of sweat on his forehead, and then glanced at the dark and cold wasteland outside the window.

Outside is hell, inside the car is heaven.

"This is only the first day."

Lin Hui muttered to himself, stuffing the last bite of mutton into his mouth, his eyes appearing particularly deep in the rising steam.

"If I want to live like this forever... this car needs to become even stronger."

Just then, a muffled thud came from the car door.

Immediately following was the ear-piercing scraping sound of sharp claws cutting through the metal.

Sizzle—!

Lin Hui's hand holding the fork froze in mid-air, his eyes instantly turning as sharp as a knife.

......