Doomsday Highway: I can be infinitely enhanced

Su Xing lay in the car, her body trembling slightly, her fingers clenched so tightly they turned white.

The exertion tore open the already unhealed wound, and blood stained with pus flowed out from the gaps in the bandage.

The pain frustrated him and left him feeling confused and disoriented.

"I...I shouldn't have let him go!"

Su Xing gritted his teeth and slammed his fist heavily on the seat.

There's still food in the car, enough to last at least a few days. If we're being prudent, we can wait a few days before searching for supplies.

Su Yan wanted to go to the town mainly to help Su Xing find medicine!

But it's too late for regrets now that things have come to this.

If something happens to Su Yan, in this apocalyptic world, amidst this cannibalistic convoy, it's not hard to imagine what fate awaits Su Xing...

The supplies inside the vehicle will be stolen, and this valuable vehicle will fall into the hands of others.

As for Su Xing... he will inevitably be ruthlessly abandoned and die in some cold, dark corner.

Not only for his own safety, but also because of the memories in Su Xing's mind, and everything Su Yan did after he transmigrated, Su Xing felt the warmth of his family.

He didn't want to lose the only person he could trust in the apocalypse.

What Su Xing found most pathetic was that he couldn't even go to town to find Su Yan!

"I hope...no, nothing bad will happen!"

Like the other survivors in the convoy who had not seen their loved ones, Su Xing prayed silently.

Through the windshield, Su Xing saw Guan Jiajia talking to several survivors who were carrying back supplies in front of the bus.

Soon, Guan Jiajia brought an eighteen or nineteen-year-old youth to the jeep.

The young man had a baby face, his forehead was covered by thick bangs, and his eyes were clear. He looked like he had just entered university.

He smiled slightly awkwardly and said:

"After we entered the town, we walked a few hundred meters and saw a grain store, and there was also a supermarket next to it."

"Then everyone was overjoyed, pried open the door, and went in to take away a lot of supplies."

"But just then, a long-haired woman appeared from the darkness of the grain store. Her face was obscured, but she had very long fingernails. Suddenly, she pounced on them, dragging several people into the darkness, their fates unknown..."

Su Xing's heart clenched upon hearing this. Could it be that his younger brother had been killed by the strange encounter?

But then the baby-faced college student said again:

"Luckily, that woman couldn't stand the sun, so we quickly ran into the street, and she didn't chase after us."

"I also saw Brother Yan at that time. He was carrying two bags of rice and a big bucket of oil. He was running really fast."

Awakening: ...

"Can you get to the point?" Su Xing was taken aback and said helplessly.

The baby-faced man scratched his head and said:

"Then Captain Fang said that there were guns in the police station in Qingxi Town, and he wanted to find a few brave people to go and get the guns. Everyone who went would get a gun and bullets."

"But the police station is in the center of town, and I didn't dare go there, but I saw Brother Yan, Captain Fang, and a few other people go there..."

Hearing this, Su Xing breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Su Yan is not dead; at least no one witnessed him being killed by an anomaly.

It was Fang Yuan, an extraordinary individual, who had his eye on the guns in the police station and wanted to try his luck.

Fang Yuan is a mechanic, so firearms will definitely be very useful in his hands.

But the police station is located in the center of the restricted area, where there are bound to be more abnormalities and greater dangers!

Thinking of this, Su Xing couldn't help but worry.

"Brother, Yan-ge will definitely be fine with the superhumans! He just went deep into the town, so he might be a little slow to come back?" Guan Jiajia comforted him.

Su Xing forced a smile and nodded slightly.

It was already past 2 p.m.

The survivors who returned from the town all boarded the bus.

But the convoy didn't move and remained waiting on the highway.

If it were an ordinary person who hadn't returned, the convoy would have left Qingxi Town on time long ago.

But this time was different. Fang Yuan didn't come back. He was one of only two superhumans in the team!

Despite the pressure, Hu Dong notified the convoy to postpone their departure by half an hour.

He stood beside the SUV, smoking continuously, cigarette butts littering the ground, glancing occasionally toward the town.

It's obvious that Hu Dong is very nervous.

This team isn't particularly strong; if they lose another superhuman, they might be on the verge of total annihilation.

Time passed second by second.

In the midst of anxious and uneasy waiting, three figures came rushing from the direction of the town.

The tall figure among them was none other than Su Yan.

"elder brother!"

Su Yan, carrying a bulging travel bag on his back and a bulging snakeskin bag on his shoulder, strode to the jeep with a simple smile on his face.

"Let's talk about it in the car!"

Su Xing's face hardened, and he first took two packets of instant noodles from the trunk and handed them to Guan Jiajia.

"Guan Jiajia, this is the payment we agreed upon beforehand!"

Guan Jiajia couldn't help but swallow as she looked at the two large bags of instant noodles with "more for the same price".

Two packs of instant noodles, if used sparingly, would be enough for her and her two other girlfriends to eat for a day.

"Thank you, brother!" Guan Jiajia said repeatedly.

Guan Jiajia is happy that you paid her on time, positive emotion points +60.

[Wu Youyou's positive emotional points +20]

[Chen Li's positive emotional points +20]

Three consecutive notification sounds brought a slight joy to Su Xing's heart.

Another 100 emotion points have been credited to my account!

After closing the car door, only Su Xing and Su Yan remained inside. Su Xing's face hardened, and he began to reprimand:

"You think you're all grown up now? You dare go to the center of the restricted area?!"

"Fang Yuan is a superhuman, you're just an ordinary person, what are you doing getting involved?!"

"Just say you don't want to live anymore!"

Su Xing became angrier and angrier as he cursed. At least six or seven people went to the police station to look for a gun, but only three of them survived.

Although he didn't know what had happened, the danger involved was unimaginable!

"Brother, I was wrong... I won't do it again!"

Su Yan readily admitted his mistake, then, in a conciliatory manner, took off his backpack, unzipped it, and emptied its contents onto the passenger seat.

slam-la-

A large pile of medicines was stacked on the seat; Su Yan had even filled a backpack with various medications.

"Brother, the pharmacy is right next to the police station... I brought you back a lot of medicine!"

Su Yan winked and made faces.

Su Xing was speechless for a moment, wanting to curse but not knowing how to start.

At this moment, Su Yan mysteriously took out a black object from his pocket—

A Type 92 pistol!

"Brother, take this gun. Your injuries haven't healed yet. In case I'm not around, you'll be able to protect yourself!"

"Oh, right, there are bullets... Captain Fang gave me 30 rounds, use them sparingly!"

Su Yan stuffed the gun and two magazines into Su Xing's arms.

"you……"

Upon waking, he could only sigh and say:

"Fine, but don't let it happen again!"

"Don't worry, brother! There will definitely be no next time!" Su Yan shook his head repeatedly.

Su Xing looked at the pistol in his arms and felt moved.

In my memory, the anomaly could not be killed by conventional means, including a handgun.

But that doesn't mean guns are useless—if they can't kill anomalies, can't they still kill people?

Su Yan risked his life to bring back this gun so that Su Xing would have the ability to protect himself.

After the superhumans returned, the convoy prepared to leave Qingxi Town.

Just as they were about to leave, a small disturbance broke out in the convoy.

A sallow-skinned peasant woman knelt in front of the bus, pleading desperately:

"Please, please, save my child!"

"Niu Zi, Niu Zi is only twelve years old! He's usually very well-behaved, he just wanted to catch more crabs..."

"My husband died in town and never came back, and neither did my child..."

The peasant woman knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing, wanting the convoy to send someone to the field to find her son.

Most people ignored it, remaining seated and urging the convoy to depart.

After offering a few words of advice, the few people returned to the bus.

The superhuman remained silent for a long time, and finally the bus started and drove away from the country road.

Through the rear window of the car, Su Xing saw the peasant woman kneeling blankly on the ground, as if she had lost her soul, muttering to herself:

"My child, my child! Mommy's come to find you..."

After saying that, she rushed into the rice paddy like a madwoman.

Outside the car window, the lush green rice paddies stretched as far as the eye could see, their backs bent low in the wind.

"This is the end of the world," Su Xing muttered as he turned around.

……

As soon as the convoy left Qingxi Town, Hu Dong's urgent shout came through the vehicle's walkie-talkie:

"Hurry! Hurry! Full speed ahead!"

"All cars stay close to me, don't fall behind!"

The off-road vehicle at the front of the convoy suddenly accelerated, kicking up clouds of dust on the country road.

Su Yan's expression also changed slightly, and he said:

"Bro, hold on tight!"

After saying that, Su Yan stepped on the gas, the engine roared, and he steadily overtook the two buses, closely following the SUV driven by the superhuman.

The entire convoy, including the two buses, pushed forward with all their might, as if some ferocious beast was chasing them.

"Is it Hu Dong's ability... to sense something unusual chasing the convoy?"

He seemed lost in thought upon waking.

In my memory, Hu Dong was always like the eyes of the convoy, leading it to dodge and hide.

Even when collecting supplies, they can only stay for a short time.

The search of Qingxi Town was originally planned to take two hours, but Fang Yuan's late return delayed the convoy by half an hour, which is why the convoy is now speeding like crazy.

"It seems that even in the sparsely populated wilderness, it's not that safe..."

Su Xing thought to himself.

However, he is not in a position to worry about the team right now; recovering from his injuries is the top priority.

While her younger brother was driving, she regained her composure and summoned the control panel.

[Ordinary Humans: Awakening]

Occupation: None

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

[Skills: None]

[Strange Item: None]

[Positive Emotional Points: 542]

[Negative Emotion Points: 746]

In the status bar, the recovery buff has ended, indicating that the effects of the special medicine have worn off.

Su Xing still had a special medicine in his hand, but he didn't rush to take it.

"A whopping five hundred positive emotion points, and seven hundred negative emotion points!"

"It's time for a buff!"

Su Xing felt a slight stirring in his heart, wanting to further enhance his body's recovery ability.

[Current human recovery ability: Average, can be strengthened.]

[Option to enhance: Increase the body's overall recovery ability by 50%]

[Required: 500 positive emotion points]

"confirm!"

He awoke without hesitation.

[500 points of positive emotion consumed, 42 points of positive emotion remaining, 0 remaining creature enhancement slots.]

[Reinforcement Countdown: 00:59:59]

【00:59:58……】

A new countdown begins, and Su Xing retrieves the special medicine that was previously enhanced.

He focused his attention on the effective medicine.

[Special Antibiotic (Can be Enhanced): Advanced pharmaceutical technology, with remarkable effects in reducing inflammation and fighting infection.]

[Enhancement Direction 1: Enhanced Efficacy: Significantly enhances the elimination of inflammation, wound infections, and pathogens.]

[Required: 500 points of negative emotion.]

[Enhancement Direction 2: Expanded Therapeutic Effects: Significantly enhances the efficacy of anti-inflammatory drugs and provides some recovery for most injuries.]

[Required: 800 points of negative emotion.]

"There are two enhancement directions. One is to specifically enhance the anti-inflammatory and anti-infection effects. The other is to enhance the anti-inflammatory effects while also having a certain restorative effect on other injuries..."

"To put it simply, one specializes in treating inflammation and infections, while the other treats a little bit of everything..."

After a moment's thought, Su Xing decided to focus on strengthening direction one.

After being struck by lightning, his injuries were complex and clearly not limited to inflammation.

However, the inflammation urgently needs to be addressed, as it can cause the injury to worsen and inhibit the body's self-healing ability.

Five hundred points of negative emotion are hard-won; he must first eliminate the inflammation in his body.

As for the other injuries... Su Yan brought back quite a few medicines, which may be useful.

"Strengthening Direction 1..."

He murmured to himself as he awoke.

[500 Negative Emotions consumed, 246 Negative Emotions remaining, 0 item enhancement slots remaining.]

[Reinforcement Countdown: 00:59:59]

【00:59:58……】

Having exhausted most of his pent-up emotions, Su Xing lay on the back seat and waited silently for an hour.

The convoy headed north, driving along the highways between towns, with the trees on both sides becoming blurry images.

Fortunately, it was the end of the world, so there was no speeding rule, otherwise I would have lost all my points long ago.

An hour passed quickly, and the special medicine and the body's recovery ability were simultaneously enhanced.

The body's recovery ability is enhanced by a full 50%, which is quite remarkable.

Su Xing clearly felt a lightness in his body, and the dizziness and headache caused by his injuries were much clearer.

He could feel his body was more energetic.

[Current human recovery ability: Excellent, can be strengthened.]

[Option to enhance: Increase the body's overall recovery ability by 10%]

[Required: 100 positive emotion points]

Su Xing tried to reinforce the information and found that the description in the text had changed.

His recovery ability went from "average" to "excellent".

"Tsk tsk, excellent-level recovery ability, almost 60% higher than the average person... Is the difference between people really that big?"

Su Xing sighed inwardly. His recovery ability was quite good, but it was still within the realm of humans, which showed that some people were indeed born with such strong recovery abilities.

Su Xing quickly turned his attention to the special medicine after it had been enhanced twice.

[Special Antibiotic (Can Be Enhanced): A special drug from the future, possessing top-notch anti-inflammatory and anti-infective effects, regarded by patients as a "miracle drug"...]

[Strengthening Direction 1...]

The descriptions of the special drugs have also changed considerably. Although they are no longer described as a panacea that can cure all diseases, they are still quite astonishing.

He swallowed the medicine with mineral water after waking up.

I waited for about ten minutes.

Upon waking, I could clearly feel that my breathing was much easier, and the discomfort in my throat, mouth, and nose was completely gone.

He gently peeled off a bandage, and the wound on his skin stopped oozing pus and even showed signs of scabbing over.

This indicates that the infection and inflammation in the awakened body are rapidly recovering!

"Wow, this medicine is incredibly effective!"

He woke up and looked at the status bar.

[Status: Severely injured, weak, severe external injury (recovering), severe internal injury (recovering)]

A single, highly effective drug miraculously brought him back from the brink of death.

Although still seriously injured, at least his life is no longer in danger.

"Goodness, if this were before the apocalypse, it could probably sell for hundreds of thousands!" Su Xing thought to himself in surprise.

A few minutes after taking the medicine, that drowsy feeling returned.

Su Xing simply leaned back in his seat and fell asleep again.

I don't know how much time passed.

When she woke up and opened her eyes, it was already night.

The blood-red moonlight spilled onto the car roof, trees, and ground, adding to the eerie atmosphere.

Upon waking and looking up, I saw a large, red moon, as big as a cartwheel, hanging silently in the sky.

With just one glance, Su Xing immediately lowered his head.

This eerie red moon can drive people mad.

"Brother, you're awake?"

Su Yan leaned close to the car window, holding two eggs in his hand, and grinned foolishly:

"Brother, I traded rice for two eggs. I'll cook them for you to help you recover."

As he spoke, Su Yan started a fire and cooked a meal next to the car.

Su Xing looked around and saw that the convoy had stopped in a spacious open space beside the road.

Many disheveled people emerged from the bus, most of them with blank expressions.

Many people took out instant noodles, biscuits, and the like from their pockets, took a few bites to fill their stomachs, and then greedily inhaled a few breaths of air before crawling back onto the bus.

Only a dozen or so people took out their portable gas stoves, either to cook instant noodles or to heat up a few cans of food.

Some survivors with sallow complexions secretly drooled as they watched others' pots of instant noodles. In the apocalypse, being able to eat a hot meal was already a luxury.

At that moment, a pretty girl dressed like a college student looked around nervously and then slipped into an SUV not far away.

A few minutes later, the girl got off the bus with flushed cheeks, holding a can of luncheon meat in her hand.

Su Xing witnessed all of this; such things were commonplace in the convoy.

At this moment, Su Yan turned on the car radio and said with a smile:

"It's seven o'clock, and we can hear An'an's voice again!"

"Brother, when we get to the capital, I absolutely have to see what An'an looks like!"

Not long after the words were spoken, a pleasant female voice came over the loudspeaker:

Fellow citizens! It is now 7 p.m. Beijing time.

"I'm An An, a radio host!"

First of all, congratulations everyone on surviving another day! You guys are amazing!

"As is customary, I will share the post-apocalyptic knowledge I've gathered to help everyone survive better!"

The girl's voice on the radio was cheerful and had an inspiring quality.

"The following patterns were reported by the survivors, and we welcome everyone to report any new patterns!"

"Rule number one: Anomalies cannot be killed unless supernatural powers are used."

"Rule number two: Every type of anomaly has its own pattern. Common low-level anomalies are afraid of sunlight, so they can avoid most anomalies in the sunlight."