Doomsday Highway: I can be infinitely enhanced

Emotional triggers? A cheat code!

The system is here!

Su Xing felt a jolt in his heart, and an unprecedented will to survive erupted, as if he had finally broken free of an invisible shackle and woken up.

In a daze, I woke up to see a figure in the driver's seat that looked like a brown bear.

He had thick eyebrows, large eyes, a square face, and dark skin, as if he had been exposed to the wind and sun for many years. He was also frighteningly large.

This is the person he had been constantly talking about during his three days in a coma—his awakened younger brother, Su Yan!

Many memories of Su Yan flashed through Su Xing's mind.

The two are brothers from the same parents. Su Yan is one year younger than Su Xing. They grew up together and are very close.

Although the two are brothers, they are quite different in build and appearance.

Su Xing looks like her mother, with delicate features, a height of 1.83 meters, and a weight of about 70 kilograms, making her half a greyhound.

Su Yan resembles his father more, standing at 1.98 meters tall and weighing 300 kilograms. This isn't just being overweight; it's genuinely adipose muscle.

In ancient times, he would have been a natural-born military general.

Before the apocalypse, Su Yan had already reached the standard of a shot put athlete in his junior year of college, which could not be an exaggeration to say that he was born with superhuman strength.

At this moment, Su Yan leaned halfway into the back seat, his face full of disbelief. His eyes first showed confusion and stunned disbelief, then visible surprise, and finally he roared:

"Brother! You really didn't die!"

"A scourge lives on for a thousand years! I knew you wouldn't die!"

As he was speaking, Su Yan prepared to climb into the back seat and give Su Xing a bear hug, but as soon as he got up, he realized that Su Xing was wrapped up like a mummy and looked very weak, so he could only sit back down awkwardly.

Su Xing witnessed all of this and was deeply moved, but was immediately drawn to a new voice in his mind.

[Su Yan is happy that you didn't die, positive emotion points +100]

"Another emotional moment is brewing!"

"Huh, this time it seems to be a positive emotion..."

"Negative emotion points and positive emotion points—you can tell the difference just from their names..."

"But what exactly is the use of these two emotional points?"

Just as Su Xing was about to start figuring out his cheat ability, Su Yan was still rambling on and on:

"Brother, you're finally awake! You have no idea how I survived these past three days... and just now, Xie Yun..."

Having been unconscious for three days without food or water, Su Yan was now starving and couldn't stand his nagging any longer.

He rolled his eyes and said:

"Huozi, stop nagging and hurry up and cook me a pot of porridge. I'm so hungry I'm about to throw up!"

Upon hearing this, Su Yan realized what was happening and slapped his thigh, saying:

"Yeah! Brother, you should recover first. I'll go cook you some porridge."

When Su Yan was born, his father consulted a fortune teller who said that Su Yan lacked the element of fire in his Five Elements, so he named him Yan.

His family members were also used to calling Su Yan by his nickname, Huozi.

Soon, there was a rustling sound from the trunk. Su Yan took out a camping pot and a portable gas stove, scooped out half a bowl of rice and a bottle of mineral water and poured them into the pot.

A few grains of rice were scattered on the ground. Su Yan picked them up one by one, blew on them, and put them directly into the pot.

In the apocalypse, every grain of rice is a precious resource.

Su Xing was wrapped up like a dumpling with bandages and still lay in the back seat. The slightest movement caused excruciating pain to shoot through his skin.

Even just breathing makes my internal organs feel like they're on fire.

"How did I survive with all these injuries?"

Su Xing stared blankly at the roof of the car.

A clear pain shot through my body, and a faint, sour smell of feet wafted through the car.

All of this clearly tells Su Xing that this is not a dream; he has truly traveled through time.

As a senior member of a certain online platform and a seasoned bookworm who has read countless books, Su Xing quickly accepted the fact that he had transmigrated.

Fortunately, during the three days he was in a coma, he awoke and received all of the original owner's memories.

This way, he wouldn't be completely ignorant of this post-apocalyptic world.

But it is precisely these memories that make Su Xing realize how low his chances of surviving in this apocalyptic world are.

"One month ago... a cataclysmic event occurred... anomalies emerged... cities became forbidden zones..."

"In order to survive, the survivors, led by the superhumans, were forced to migrate in convoys to evade the unusual hunt..."

Su Xing roughly sorted through the memories in his mind.

"Where I am now is a temporary convoy of about a hundred people."

"The convoy consisted mainly of two buses. Most of the survivors lived in the buses, while only a small number of the 'property class' owned their own vehicles..."

"Fortunately, Su Yan and I belong to the 'property class'..."

In the apocalypse, having your own vehicle is obviously much better than living in a bus.

It's not hard to imagine a scene like this:

Dozens of people were crammed into a narrow bus, eating, drinking, and relieving themselves all on the bus.

The car reeked of feces and urine, and was filled with the covetous eyes of fellow passengers. At night, sleeping huddled in the car seat, one couldn't even stretch out their legs, accompanied by the snoring of the person next to them. The theft of the supplies they had painstakingly collected was commonplace...

In comparison, independent vehicles offer more horsepower, a more private environment, and more storage space.

Take this revitalized Jeep Wrangler as an example.

With a length of 4.8 meters and a wheelbase of 3 meters, the car offers ample interior space. It is equipped with a 2.0T four-cylinder turbocharged engine, an 81-liter fuel tank, and a maximum range of 700 kilometers.

A car like this would cost over 500,000 yuan before the apocalypse, which was certainly beyond the reach of college students Su Xing and Su Yan.

But Su Xing was lucky; he found the car on the street right after the apocalypse broke out.

The key was in the car, the door was not closed, the original owner was missing, and there was still a lot of blood inside the car.

In order to save their lives, Su Xing naturally requisitioned this vehicle. During the more than one month of the apocalypse, this Wrangler could be said to be the most important strategic resource for Su Xing and Su Yan.

Every husband is not guilty, and he is guilty of his crime.

Having such life-saving supplies in the apocalypse is important, but so is being able to hold onto them.

Fortunately, given Su Yan's physique and imposing presence, even those in the convoy who dared to attack the vehicle wouldn't dare to try it easily.

"But that was before. With Su Yan and I guarding this car, it was relatively easy. But now..."

Su Xing looked at his body covered in bandages. He was in such a physical condition that he couldn't even take care of himself, let alone fight.

To put it bluntly, Su Xing is now a burden to Su Yan!

"No, this can't go on..."

Su Xing didn't want to be a burden to his younger brother, and he understood that his severely injured body was simply no match for him in the apocalypse.

"The only hope lies in those emotional triggers that previously popped into my mind..."

Su Xing felt a sinking feeling in his mind, and a series of messages suddenly flashed through his head.

[Ordinary Humans: Awakening]

Occupation: None

[Status: Near death, weak, severe external injury, severe internal injury]

[Skills: None]

[Strange Item: None]

[Positive Emotional Points: 100]

[Negative Emotion Points: 246]

The panel is unremarkable, but what is eye-catching is the long status bar, which is filled with several negative buffs.

Especially when he saw the "near death" entry, Su Xing's pupils suddenly contracted, and he said with a wry smile:

"As expected, if I don't do something, I'm afraid I might die at any moment..."

"The only hope now lies in these two emotional points."

Just as I was about to explore the role of these emotional points, another passage of text surfaced in my awakened mind:

[Having just transmigrated, you are filled with despair and resentment. You want to live well and prepare to explore the function of emotional points.]

What the heck?

The sudden narration caught Su Xing off guard.

He looked around and, after confirming that the narration appeared along with the panel, became even more curious.

Your eyes searched the car carefully, hoping to find something that could save your life. Finally, you found two boxes of antibiotics in the glove compartment behind the driver's seat. These two boxes of medicine might help with your recovery.

Awakening: ...

Well, actually he didn't find the two boxes of antibiotics.

But since the narrator said so, it wouldn't be appropriate for him not to take a look.

Su Xing then shakily stretched out his arm and, with great effort, managed to take the two boxes of medicine into his hands.

Upon closer inspection, he realized they were two boxes of amoxicillin.

Su Xing felt a lump in her throat. Amoxicillin, it's a very common anti-inflammatory drug, usually good for treating colds and fevers.

But the problem is, he got struck by lightning!

Extensive skin burns, accompanied by internal bleeding and infection, can even be seen seeping pus from the gaps in the bandages upon waking.

This person is almost dead, can amoxicillin save them?

He woke up feeling a bit annoyed, only to find that a new narration had started again.

You're disappointed to find that these are two boxes of amoxicillin, offering very little help... So you start to wonder if emotional triggers might come in handy?

Awakening: ...

He never even considered that possibility...

However, the narration seems to be guiding and helping him all along?

So Su Xing took out an amoxicillin pill and focused his mind on positive emotions.

"use!"

Nothing happened.

Su Xing was not disappointed and continued to try negative emotions.

This time, something has finally happened.

A series of messages appeared in Su Xing's mind.

The antibiotic amoxicillin can be fortified.

[Strengthened Direction 1: Specialized Drugs: Enhance anti-inflammatory effects, quickly eliminate inflammation, and inhibit bacterial growth.]

[Required: 100 negative emotion points.]

[Strengthened Direction Two: Panacea: Eliminate all infectious, bacterial, and inflammatory diseases; cures all ailments instantly.]

[Required: 3000 negative emotion points.]

Strengthening medication? Is this the effect of negative emotion triggers?

Can it enhance all items?

Su Xing glanced at his 246 negative emotion points and could only choose to strengthen direction one.

[Currently available item upgrade slot 1. Should I use 100 Negative Emotion Points to upgrade the Special Anti-inflammatory Potion?]

"Confirmed," Su Xing silently thought to himself.

[In progress...]

[Reinforcement Countdown: 00:09:59]

【00:09:58……】

Ten minutes of enhancement time is enough time to wake up.

My younger brother, Su Yan, was still busy outside the car starting a fire and cooking porridge.

As dawn broke, the convoy had camped near a grove of trees the previous night.

They are currently taking a headcount, preparing to depart for Qingxi Town, dozens of kilometers away, to replenish supplies.

Su Xing then took this time to continue studying the emotional points.

Mineral water, can be enhanced...

[Adidas jacket, reinforced...]

Upon waking, he discovered that not only drugs, but everything he saw could be enhanced, including the jeep he was in.

However, the required negative emotional points vary greatly depending on the direction and magnitude of the reinforcement.

The range of emotional points can vary from a few to tens of thousands.

After a few minutes of experimentation, Su Xing roughly drew a conclusion:

Negative emotion points can be used to enhance all non-living objects...

However, only one item can be enhanced at a time.

"So, what about positive emotions?"

Su Xing had a vague guess in his mind, and focused his attention on himself.

[This treatment can be used to enhance the vision of the left eye, which is nearsighted by 300 degrees.]

[Strengthening Focus 1: Vision Recovery: Restore vision to a normal 1.5 level.]

[Required: 100 points of positive emotion.]

[Enhancement Direction Two: Super Vision...]

Because I often sleep on my side while using my phone, my left eye is nearsighted when I wake up, while my right eye has normal vision, so I don't usually need to wear glasses.

But this emotional value can even restore my nearsighted left eye!?

He felt a surge of energy upon waking and continued trying.

[The burned right arm can be strengthened.]

[Emphasis Area 1: Burn Recovery: Treating large-area severe burns and inflammation on the arm...]

[Required: 500 points of positive emotion.]

[Strength Enhancement Item Two: Superhuman Arm Strength: Years of right-handed exercise give you superhuman arm strength...]