With five people staring at him like that, Su Ye began to wonder if he was even human.
And compared to him, that handsome, middle-aged man who could slash out a blade arc with a single swing seemed far less human.
But Su Ye didn’t dare say that aloud.
“Sirs, my name is Su Ye. I’m from Blue Star, and I just entered this Road Survival Game,” Su Ye replied.
“Blue Star? You said you’re from Blue Star?”
“Which city on Blue Star are you from? What’s your ID number?”
The moment he heard Su Ye’s answer, the handsome, middle-aged man grew excited. The other four looked just as incredulous.
“I’m from Changwen City, Fenghai Province, Xia Kingdom, on Blue Star. My ID number is 54321…” Su Ye said.
“You’re from Fenghai Province? Then do you know who the richest person in the province is?”
“Brother, I really don’t know. I’m just a freshman at Fenghai University from an ordinary family. How would I know who the richest person is?”
Su Ye answered helplessly. He knew who the richest person in the country was, but he’d never looked into who held that title in the province.
“Fine. Then let me ask you this: what’s the most famous building in Fenghai Province?”
“There are too many famous buildings to count, but the most famous has to be the Fenghai Ancient Pagoda. It stood for a thousand years without collapsing, but then some experts came to repair it—and, well, they made it collapse. Now it’s famous across the country.”
“What’s the most famous animal in Fenghai Province?”
“How many provinces does our country have?”
“What time does the evening news air?”
“...”
The handsome, middle-aged man asked more than a dozen questions, and Su Ye answered every one. It wasn’t that Su Ye was especially knowledgeable; the other man was asking about general knowledge.
Fortunately, Su Ye had merged with his predecessor’s memories, so answering posed no difficulty.
“Brother, do you have any more questions?” Su Ye asked. He knew the man was verifying his identity.
“Wait a moment. We’ll discuss it.”
The handsome, middle-aged man’s expression turned grave. “By the way, my name is Zhou Chang. I’m the richest person in Fenghai Province. And don’t even think about running. You’re just a newcomer, but even a Tier Two Player wouldn’t survive a single slash from me.”
With that, Zhou Chang led the other four off to one side. They huddled together, talking about something Su Ye couldn’t make out.
Su Ye let out a sigh of relief. At least from what he could tell, Zhou Chang and the others weren’t going to attack him. His life was safe for now.
Seeing Zhou Chang and the other four huddled together whispering, Su Ye seized the chance to learn about the Game Rules.
There were eighteen Game Rules in total. It wasn’t until he saw the eighteenth one that Su Ye realized the Survival Game had warned him to run as fast as he could from the very beginning.
“Oh, right. There’s the Game Panel, too.”
Su Ye focused, and a panel appeared before him.
The panel had three sections. The first was his Attribute screen.
【Player】: Su Ye
【Nickname】: None
【Race】: Human Race
【Status】: Healthy
【Tier】: Tier 0
【Physique】: 0.9（A normal adult has a score of 1）
【Mental】: 2.1（A normal adult has a score of 1）
【Talent】: Not awakened
【Vehicle】: pickup truck
“My Mental Attribute is actually twice that of an adult. It must have something to do with my transmigration.”
“There’s also a Talent Panel. Could that richest man, Zhou, have a Talent that lets him slash out blade arcs?”
“My Mental Attribute does seem suited to some kind of mage Talent. I wonder how you obtain a Talent. I’ll see if I can ask those five later.”
Next, Su Ye looked at the second section: the Vehicle screen.
【Vehicle】: pickup truck
【Level】: Level 1
【Durability】: 78%
【Fuel】: 30 units（1 unit can take you 10 kilometers）
【Vehicle-Mounted Weapon】: None
【Function Module】: None
“There’s only enough Fuel to travel three hundred kilometers. That means I’ll have to find more Fuel later.”
Su Ye furrowed his brow. This much Fuel wouldn’t even last him a full day of driving.
It looked like Fuel was even more important than food and water.
He could go without food and water for a few days, but without Fuel, he’d be waiting to die after three hundred kilometers.
But since this was a survival game, the road ahead would surely offer chances to obtain Fuel. Otherwise, there’d be no point in trying to survive.
Next, Su Ye opened the third section, which combined the Chat and Trading Interfaces.
【Please set a nickname. You can use it to chat in the Chat Interface and trade in the Trading Interface.】
“Never Checks the Fuel Gauge.”
Without much hesitation, Su Ye used the ID he’d had when playing games in his previous life.
【Setup successful. The Chat Interface is now open.】
As the notification faded, Su Ye saw messages rapidly streaming across the Chat Interface.
【C13 Zone Chat Channel（999,029 Players）】
“What the hell is this place? I haven’t even finished washing my feet.”
“What the hell? Five monsters suddenly charged at me just now. Good thing I ran fast.”
“What kind of Vehicles do you all have? I’ve got a Heavy Truck, hehehe.”
“Why do you get a Heavy Truck when all I got was a pair of ice skates?”
“At least you’ve got ice skates. I drove into the Gray Mist, and it swallowed part of my car. Now it’s wrecked, so I have to run on foot.”
“Great spirit of the earth’s flames, please come save us! I don’t want to be here!”
“...”
As Su Ye read the messages, he narrowed his eyes.
He realized that he’d never seen the writing used in the chat before, yet he could understand what it meant.
Next, he opened the Trading Interface. Players could trade supplies there, and quite a few useless items were already listed.
However, since there was no currency yet, most trades were barter.
As Su Ye looked through it, Zhou Chang and the other four seemed to have finished their discussion and walked over together. Su Ye hurriedly closed the interface and forced a smile again.
“Get out of the car. Let’s talk.”
Zhou Chang said, “Relax. If we’d really meant you harm, you wouldn’t still be alive.”
“All right, brother.”
Su Ye got out without hesitation. After seeing Zhou Chang’s strength, he knew his pickup truck couldn’t stop the man.
“You saw the Game Rules just now, right? You should know that the main characters of this Survival Highway Game aren’t the Human Race, but the Five-Race Clan,” Zhou Chang said.
Su Ye paused, then flipped back to the first sentence of the first chapter. Sure enough, it said, “This is a game of flight belonging to all members of the Five-Race Clan.”
Tsk. I thought the author had made a mistake.
“Brother, what kind of race is the Five-Race Clan?” Su Ye asked curiously.
“I don’t know the details either. I only know that the Five-Race Clan is divided into five groups: the Xi Clan, Flame Clan, Ling Clan, Frost Clan, and Sand Clan.”
“Individual members of the Five-Race Clan are far stronger than our Human Race. Take you, for example. Your attributes are probably only around one point right now, while members of the Five-Race Clan start at five points at the very least.”
Zhou Chang continued, “That means if you encounter any member of the Five-Race Clan, you’ll probably be killed, even if you fight with everything you have.”
Su Ye’s heart jolted. He’d thought that having a Mental Attribute of two points put him among the top, but he hadn’t expected individual members of the Five-Race Clan to be so powerful.
“I don’t know how you ended up in this Road Survival Game, which should have belonged to the Five-Race Clan. But one thing’s certain: the survival challenge you face will be much harder than the one we went through,” Zhou Chang continued.
Su Ye nodded thoughtfully. With the Five-Race Clan’s individual members this strong, the Survival Game would certainly be much harder.
“But don’t lose heart. The gap between you and the Five-Race Clan is only there in the early stages. Once your attributes improve, you’ll be fine.”
“You saw your screen, right? It has a Talent Panel. Awakening a Talent is simple. Once your Physique and Mental Attributes both reach ten points, you can advance to Tier One. Then, if you obtain a Talent Awakening Potion, you can awaken a Talent.”
“There are many ways to obtain a Talent Awakening Potion. For example, during the first seven days of the newbie protection period, if you cover the most distance, you’ll receive one.”
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